Qingchi Castle,

Under the ruins of the outer city walls, the smoke clouds that had just exploded in several places had not yet dispersed;

As a backdrop and backdrop, groups of Pinglu soldiers rushed to the city walls; It's just that some of them are dead, their flesh and blood are blurred or broken and lying on the ground, and some of them are covered in fire or blood, but they are still screaming and continuing to pounce forward in a disorderly manner according to some kind of inertia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And those soldiers who rushed to the front, no one seemed to survive; There may have been, but only those who could still crawl on the ground if they were wounded, and the wounded and the corpses were all intertwined, and it was hard to imagine that a moment ago they were brave and brave to the first to attack.

Smoke came out everywhere, and only some of the baggage soldiers who were used to push the siege equipment were still alive, but their state was also a little trance and indifferent, and they could no longer hear the sound of the golden drum from the rear, which should have been shocked to the weak points of the ears and mouth and nose; The soldiers and horses that were supposed to advance in the rear also lost the courage and endurance to continue advancing in the face of the huge smoke that erupted in front of them, and some began to wander in place and huddle together, while others began to turn around and flee.

However, for the defenders of the city, the situation did not get any better, but the enemy attack was postponed and the group was sent to another time, but after consuming the gunpowder, the city wall was also shaken out of the cracks, which made the situation even more critical.

For there were already several places in the city that had been forcibly penetrated by the enemy, and those who went forward fought with the defenders in the narrow passages; The corpses and wounded that fell down were like raindrops, and the enemies climbed up by various long ladders were still desperate.

Even the location of Brother Peng Ju has become the focus of attacks and battles, and the cannon stones and spears projected by the stone cannons and crossbows under the city are flying and penetrating among them, flesh and bone are mixed with flesh and bones, and blood and blood flow in one place.

The men and miscellaneous servants on standby under the city had already taken up their weapons and poured into the city, led by veterans and non-commissioned officers, along the steps and corridors, and threw themselves into fierce battles everywhere one after another.

At this extremely critical can, Chen Yuan, who was pushed again and sat down in the bloodstains, only felt that he was going to confess here in the next moment, suddenly heard a roar that seemed to echo, and he was not the only one who heard it, but many people around him and other cities also heard it.

"The sound of cannons."

Then I saw Chen Yuan use the last bit of strength in his body, and shouted with tears streaming down his face.

"It's our reinforcements that have arrived."

These few subtle tremors seemed to have opened some kind of prelude, and a series of roars sounded again in the field, but not from the top of the city, but from the rear of the besieging enemy in the south of the city.

And the enemies under the city who were in the middle of the attack suddenly became a little disordered and sluggish like a disturbed tide; And in a certain atmosphere of confusion and panic, the enemy troops, who had not yet had time to climb the city wall with large rows pushing ladders and rushing carts, also began to stop one after another and turn to look behind them.

For, in the besieged camp there, the flags they knew were many of them, and they were shrouded in the smoke of the fire and the shouts of the roar.

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Groups of northern soldiers arrived and gathered on the banks of the river, and tried and in vain to fire rockets and throw spears at the new fleet of boats in the river, but most of them failed to reach their target and fell into the rippling water, and some of them were lucky enough to hit their targets, but they were intercepted by the baffles erected by the side of the boats.

Behind these baffles, I saw a number of fires flickering and a dense cloud of smoke blooming, and in an instant, the roaring hot iron bullets fell into the air and fell into the crowd of people crowded on the riverbank.

In an instant, they were knocked down in a row, making a few bloody gaps, and continuing to bounce behind the riverbank, which knocked over more people, before disappearing in castration; Then a rain of lead shot from the side of the ship followed, like an invisible gust of wind blowing halfway through, piercing the archery soldiers head-on, and screaming and screaming and falling to the ground.

The splashes and blood that flowed one after another dyed the shallows of the near shore in an instant a light red, and the enemy troops who came to meet them could not bear it any longer and collapsed on the spot, and they scrambled to turn and scatter in all directions.

The city heads, which had observed this scene, were already cheering with great morale, and redoubled their efforts and exhilaration, pushing and driving down the enemy soldiers who had occupied the walls and were stranded again.

Then, the city gate to the south was also opened, but it was the Peng Ju brothers, who were the main generals, who took the lead with the last remnants of the cavalry and the infantry who still had the remaining strength, and seized the opportunity and transformation in time to take the initiative to attack.

Half a day later, in the field where the sky was gradually darkening, there were already enemy troops without formation. The soldiers who were in charge of the counterattack and pursuit also sat in groups in the field, and the exhausted could hardly stand up.

Brother Pengju, who trampled on the corpses all over the ground and barely overcame the exhaustion and torment, also saw the river reinforcements who had caught up at a critical moment in the temporary berthing on the bank of the river.

In fact, within the time limit he expected, you must know that he has no expectations; I only hope that in the follow-up street battles, I can drag the enemy army longer, or create a chance to break through the siege and keep these bones, blood and seeds of my Cangzhou army

This is a fleet of vehicles and boats with a unique shape, and there is a long column of smoke dragging on the boat, and I can't help but feel more and more shocked and surprised; After all, as far as he knew, it was not the season for a large-scale crossing of the Yellow River.

The next thing he knew,

They were waterwheels and gunboats from the Yunzhou water camp, and they joined the Cao transport vehicles and ships in Xuzhou, and after loading the reinforcements on the spot, they were dragged by these water wheels and boats driven by the big guy called pot and mule machine, but this time they took the risk to break the principle of "river boats do not enter the river, Bianzhou boats do not enter the river (Yellow River), and river boats do not enter Wei (Weishui)".

The small steamer that is only navigable in inland rivers such as Jishui and Huaishui, but has not yet been navigable in the Yellow River, is used as the towing power to rush the ferry; At the great risk of being washed away and overturned, he forcibly crossed the Yellow River and entered the Cao River, the northern line, which had been dredged for the most part.

(Because these waterwheels and boats using pot and mule machines do not disperse in the smoke column during the day and the fire is hidden at night, they are also called small steamers.) ）

It was also because these small steamers that only needed to burn coal to move were able to carry thousands of lightly armed troops carrying only the most basic rations and ammunition, all the way to the north without the help of manpower and animal power, and finally preempted the expectations and expectations of the attacking enemy and us, and appeared outside Qingchi City like a god general.

Although only a few gunboats appeared as surface fire support as the first to appear on the south side of the battlefield, they were enough to pose a huge frightening and deterrent to the tired old divisions besieging the city.

Even after the official round of shelling at the school, there were signs of camp roaring and rout in several places.

The biggest result was that a shell landed nearby and knocked down a flag of the Pinglu Army, although it did not cause more casualties; However, the loss of the symbol of the rear troops led to a complete collapse of the miscellaneous men and horses monitored and supervised by this Pinglu army.

These are like a chain reaction, rushing to turn around and run away, and even the Overseers have been scattered and carried away.

In the same time in the city,

Li Fugui, who can be called the remnant of the catastrophe and rejoiced, looked at the great monk who was facing the bodies of the fallen soldiers, bowing his head and reciting the scriptures of the past life;

Although the other party's brown monk's robe, which had become tattered, was almost soaked with blood, coupled with the opponent's thick and powerful limbs, some bruised and bruised faces and many bandaged wounds, it looked a little terrifying.

It is not so much a great monk as a villainous image of Shura, but Li Fugui only feels that he has an inexplicable taste of kindness and peace of mind. I thought that if I had a chance to turn back, I must go to the temple of this great era to offer a few pillars of incense. (To be continued.) )