Chapter Twenty-Three: Breaking the Pass
Yuan Yun kept shaking his legs, looking a little impatient, Xiao Liu, they had already bombed a round, but at this moment, there was still no sign of collapse on the left side of the mountain wall of Tongguan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now that a new round of gliding eagles has flown out, if it doesn't succeed this time, Zhang Liao will definitely let the frontmost fighters charge.
Because countless earthen walls have been built in the front position, almost blocking the narrow road in front of Tongguan.
The guards of Tongguan were not vegetarians, and they organized two waves of charges out of the city, which were quite effective, destroying all the earthen walls in the front row.
Although the enemy troops who left the city were killed by the grenades of the Gunpowder Army, they could afford to lose, after all, they had the advantage in numbers.
"It's a pity, if we mix the steel crossbow team into the front army, none of the enemy troops who rushed out will want to escape back." After Yuan Yun finished speaking, his face was full of regret.
When Zhang Liao heard this, he just replied indifferently: "Our siege this time is not to kill the enemy, but to destroy the city wall of Tongguan, and sending a steel crossbow team up will not have much effect, it is better to carry more gunpowder bags." ”
Yuan Yun naturally knew that this was the case, but he just couldn't help but complain, otherwise he would always feel unhappy.
Zhang Liao also seemed to see Yuan Yun's worries, so he continued: "If Xiaoliu and them don't succeed, we can retreat, and today will be regarded as a temptation." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, but he was very unhappy in his heart, the two waves of enemy raids just now, at least dozens of people died on his side, and such a temptation always felt that the cost was too high.
Xiaoliu must succeed, otherwise he will lose money this time.
Yuan Yun sighed secretly, and then looked at a few black dots in the sky that were gradually getting farther away, and was suddenly stunned, this time the gliding eagle troops actually formed a formation of more than a dozen people in one mouth, which was really too nonsense.
Because half of the sky over Tongguan is a mountain, the space is narrow, and it is most appropriate for a group of five people to glide, but now there are so many people at once, and it is too risky to enter the range of the enemy's crossbow arrows.
When Xiaoliu comes back, he must discipline him well, otherwise he will completely become an aggressive fighter, damn!
Just when Yuan Yun was worried, he suddenly found that the scene in his eyes seemed to move, and in an instant, the mountain wall collapsed with a bang.
Such a large area of collapse immediately kicked off countless smoke and dust, even if the city wall of Tongguan blocked the view, you can still see that the smoke and dust have been raised in the air.
"Front army formation, assault!" Zhang Liao decisively gave the order.
Yuan Yun also reacted, and looked at his own front formation, those sword and shield hands with big shields, quickly began to move towards the position of the city gate, and the defenders on the city wall seemed to be frightened in the collapse of the mountain wall, and no one released arrows.
Finally, the enemy reacted, and a large number of arrows rained down, immediately covering the entire head of the soldiers in the front, but even so, their own soldiers did not stop.
Thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps...... Finally, before their soldiers reached the city wall, they soon saw a small group of gunpowder troops break through to the city gate under the cover of sword and shield men.
In the time of half a pillar of incense, the gunpowder soldiers at the gate of the city suddenly began to retreat, running very fast, almost ignoring the cover of the sword and shield hands.
Rumble!
The loud noise in the sky almost shook the entire earth, and the city gate of Tongguan was directly blown upside down, and large pieces of rubble completely blocked the entrance.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao showed a hint of a smile and said to Yuan Yun: "Dashuai, Xiaoliu should take the first credit this time, now that the city gate has been blown up, the enemy army has no possibility to leave the city, so after we arrange a large number of gunpowder bags under the city wall, they will not have time to demolish it, and this fortified city will be destroyed by us." ”
Yuan Yun actually heard a trace of reluctance in Zhang Liao's words, which was strange, so he asked directly: "General Zhang Liao seems to be very reluctant to destroy this place, why is this?" ”
Zhang Liao said with a smile: "This place was only built by Cao Sikong a few years ago, and after being robbed by Li Yu, it has undergone a lot of repairs, and now it is Xiongguan, if this pass is in our hands, it can be used to defend against the warlords in Guanzhong, those people are really not enough to believe." ”
Yuan Yun smiled and said: "General Zhang Liao seems to have forgotten the speed of building things in the new city, just a Tongguan, as long as the imperial court gives money, I think it should be able to be rebuilt in half a year, and it is not too laborious, but the landlord's family has no surplus grain, let's not worry, naturally someone will come to the door to beg us, this is another big income in the new city, haha." ”
Zhang Liao frowned slightly, he was quite ashamed of Yuan Yun's copper smell, but this is also true, if Xincheng comes to build Tongguan, it must be very fast, and the quality must be higher, think about the so-called cement that was burned, this worry will become superfluous.
The two of them were silent for a moment, and suddenly there was a stir in the air, and in an instant, the sound of thunder roared in the sky.
A large amount of smoke rose in front of the Tongguan city wall, covering almost the entire pass.
In a short time, the soldiers of the Powder Army who had been sent out rushed out of the smoke, and their faces were covered with dust, and some of their earlobes were still bloodstained, but everyone was very excited.
On the other hand, those sword and shield hands were more miserable, everyone was like ashes, and their faces were full of panic, and some of them were even so frightened that their legs were weak.
They hadn't figured out what had just happened, and the only thing they remembered was covering a large number of gunpowder soldiers rushing under the city wall, and then watching the other party desperately throw the earth, burying the big bags and small bags they were carrying into it, and finally being pulled back desperately by these inexplicable gunpowder army soldiers.
When the air wave blew them five or six paces away, they suddenly realized that they seemed to be deaf, because the battlefield, which was still very noisy, suddenly fell silent with those few earth-shattering loud noises.
This is the rumored gunpowder technique, and now these sword and shield players have understood it, and the shock in their hearts is deeply imprinted in their bones.
As for Yuan Hou, who is always smiling on weekdays, they will tremble all over their bodies even when they think about it, they knew before that he killed Yuan Shao's 70,000 soldiers, but later when they saw his arrogant virtue, everyone agreed that it was a rumor, and now it is estimated that no one dares to think so.
This Yuan Hou's gunpowder technique is so terrifying, although he is gentle and friendly on weekdays, but he himself is definitely a big devil who kills people, this kind of person still has to be respectful in the future, and he really can't afford to provoke it.
Yuan Yun was standing on the high platform at the moment, looking at the blown up Tongguan city wall, he was dancing and smiling, but he was almost rolling on the ground.
Zhang Liao really can't stand it, how can someone look like a handsome person? So he asked for his life, and took his guards to prepare to break into the pass.
Yuan Yun didn't stop it this time, and there was no need to stop it, such a big blast, even if those defenders on the city wall survived, it was estimated that they would become wasters, and Zhang Liao was just going to slaughter.
After laughing for a while, Yuan Yun's face suddenly froze, and then he shouted to Shi Shen very angrily: "Arrest Xiaoliu's grandson to Benhou, Lao Tzu will implement family law!" ”
Shi Shen laughed, and went to arrest Xiao Liu, he was not worried about how miserable Xiao Liu would be, because since Yuan Yun claimed to be Ben Hou, not Ben Shuai, he knew that he would not use military law.
As for the family law, in fact, the people of the Yuan Mansion have long known it, that is, as long as it is not a big mistake, if you make a small matter, you should quickly explain to Yuan Yun, and don't fall into the hands of Feng Xuan, because the so-called family law of their lord is to kick two feet to finish the matter, and the lord has no strength, and it doesn't hurt to kick it, maybe he will give a reward after kicking, which is a good thing.
Zhang Liao's troops had already gotten into the smoke, and just as Yuan Yun had guessed, the defenders had completely lost any resistance.
Zhang Liao climbed over the collapsed city wall and found that the defenders in the pass were basically dead in the front, and almost all the people in the rear chose to flee, and the rest were only injured and unable to move.
"General, the enemy left these wounded soldiers and fled, and there were quite a few wounded soldiers, at least four or five thousand people." One of the scouts finished speaking on his knees, waiting for a new order.
Zhang Liao looked back at the city wall where the smoke was still billowing out, and then he frowned and said, "Leave no one!" ”
Several of the retinue immediately dispersed, and in a short time the order reached the various teams, and in an instant this pass became purgatory, and the screams were heard one after another.
Zhang Liao didn't have much mood swings after giving the order, and now they urgently need to rush to Chang'an, it is impossible to escort the prisoners, and only by killing them can they prevent future troubles.
He himself took the lead in entering the city, in fact, to carry out this order, which was also the result of endorsing with Jia Xu, because Yuan Yun, the commander, was a little merciful anyway, if he waited for him to enter the city first, maybe he would order to take care of the wounded soldiers, and it would be troublesome.
In a few pillars of incense, the 4,000 gunpowder army completed the order to slaughter, for them, the killing was not human life at all, but military merit, and a string of ears marking military merit also hung on their chests, which represented only glory.
Tongguan was completely destroyed, very completely destroyed, a Xiongguan built by Cao Cao, and then strengthened and improved by Li Dao, just disappeared on the edge of the Yellow River.
For Yuan Yun, this was not much of a burden, because he had already begun to think about how to cheat money from those old officials in the imperial court.
As for Xiao Liu, after being kicked a few times, he also got a big sword, which was the one Yuan Yun had been holding, but it was too heavy and useless, so Yuan Yun simply gave it to Xiao Liu.
This made Shi Shen very red-eyed, this kind of big sword is made of the most sophisticated steel, the output is very low, to get such a blade, for a martial artist is simply stronger than any treasure, now he regrets it very much, he should have learned how to fly a gliding eagle.
It's too late to regret it, and it's useless.
Liu Yiyi, the goblin, has not been idle since the siege of the city, has been waiting in Yuan Yun's camp tent to listen with her ears, after knowing that the gunpowder army won a great victory, she immediately took a group of shopkeepers to set up a high platform in the camp, and then prepared to start receiving the spoils sent by the soldiers, and ignored Yuan Yun's sarcasm about the copper smell all over her body, they are all husband and wife, who stinks better than whom.
Jia Xu is a little old, so before the start of the war, he just sat in his camp tent and cooked tea, thinking that after a while, the two generals would triumph, just enough to entertain him, as for the question of victory or defeat, he never worried, even if he lost today, there was a water dragon car behind, Tongguan was just meat in a pot, and he could enjoy it if he gave some time.
The first one to come in was Yuan Yun, looking at the tea bowls placed on the low table, he drank it without thinking about it, and then he shouted, looking very happy.
Zhang Liao still needed to clean up the mess, so he wouldn't be able to come for a while, so Jia Xu thought about it for a while and put away another tea bowl.
"After here, we will soon enter the boundary of Hongnong County, although the city wall there is not high, but the terrain is complicated, Li Dao has given a lot of time to prepare, the strong wall is inevitable, and after our supply line passes from here, it will be doubled, and we must be very careful later." After Jia Xu finished speaking, he filled Yuan Yun with a cup of tea.
Yuan Yun didn't seem to show any worried look, and said with a very calm smile: "Mr. Wenhe, don't worry, I have already made arrangements, if the expectation is good, they should also arrive when they build a simple wharf by the river." ”