Chapter 196: Iron-Blooded
A commander of the Uighur army was furious when he saw Zhang Guodong so brave, and no one dared to be so arrogant in front of him since he joined the army, and even when the commander saw him in normal times, he had to be polite to him, at this time, seeing Zhang Guodong taking his brother as a vegetable cut, how not to be angry, "Wow! The ground shouted twice, waving the sword like Zhang Guodong slashing.
Zhang Guodong saw that this commander of the Uighur army had extraordinary martial arts, and he did not dare to be careless, his pupils shrank, his whole body sank, and he raised the spirit of twelve points to meet the battle.
The two fought for more than a dozen rounds in the chaos on the wall, and there was no winner or loser, because the martial arts of these two people were too strong, the soldiers next to them did not dare to approach, and let the two of them go head-to-head on the wall.
Due to the urgency of time, the stone wall must be taken as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to wait until the Uighur reinforcements arrive, Zhang Guodong decided to fight quickly, and once again bullied forward, waving his knife to the Uighur army's commander, the two fought for a few more rounds, Zhang Guodong's eyes suddenly swept away, found a little cold light coming, and immediately realized that it was the Uighur army's crossbowmen who were firing cold arrows, and immediately turned sideways and flashed over.
At this moment, taking advantage of Zhang Guodong's distraction, the commander of the Uighur army flew up and kicked him in the head. This commander of the Uighur army has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and it can be said that he has practiced three nines in winter and three dogs in summer, and the strength of this foot is naturally not small.
Zhang Guodong only felt as if a boulder had hit his chest, and when he landed, he knocked him on his back, his blood was churning, and there seemed to be countless Venus stars coming out of his eyes, and he said "Wow!" The ground spat out a mouthful of blood.
The commander of the Uighur army was not only overjoyed to see this, but judging from his many years of experience, he had hit the key point with this kick, and the Ming army was afraid that he would not be able to recover for a while. As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness and wanting your life, this commander of the Uighur army refused to let go of the opportunity, and immediately swung his sword forward, wanting to end Zhang Guodong.
Under the danger and chaos, Zhang Guodong subconsciously touched with his hands, and did not know where to find a broken spear, and immediately a donkey rolled around, rubbed his body forward, and took advantage of the Uighur army's commander's carelessness to slap into his feet.
"Ahh With a terrible cry, the Uighur commander staggered and stood unsteadily, and retreated to the side of the city wall near the Ming army, and Zhang Guodong wasted no time in rushing to him, holding his legs, and throwing him down.
The Ming army, who was being beaten by Uighur archers under the stone wall, saw the Uighur officer fall, and immediately rushed up and slashed at him as if they were mad, as if they didn't want money.
In an instant, the commander of the Uighur army was cut off beyond recognition. With the momentum of this wave of generals, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and the more they fought, more and more people rushed to the stone wall, and the Uighur defense line became more and more difficult.
At this moment, the 10,000 reinforcements of the Uighur army finally arrived, they were all elite divisions that had been recuperating for many days, and they were a new force compared to the two tired Ming armies in front of them.
"Don't give up! This is their reserve, and if they are defeated, the Uighur army will be completely defeated! Although it was difficult to defeat them completely, it was not possible to vent the morale of the battle-hardened army, and when it came to this point, he could only move forward and not retreat, so he still led the charge while waving his sword and shouting loudly to boost morale.
Just as the Uighur reinforcements arrived, the Uighur army's catapult convoy also entered the predetermined position, and began to pour boulders into the position of the Ming army's forward battalion.
"Click!" With a bang, one of the Ming army's ladders was hit by a boulder falling from the sky, and it was instantly broken into two, and the three Ming soldiers on it also fell down and fell heavily to the ground. The Uighur archers took advantage of this opportunity to bend their bows and arrows and fired a burst of fire at the Ming army who fell to the ground, and two Ming soldiers were killed on the spot. One of the Ming soldiers was more athletic and experienced, and knew that the Uighurs were about to start firing arrows after they fell, and the moment they landed, a donkey rolled and dodged a wave of arrows, and while the Uighurs were changing arrows, he quickly got into a shield array under the protection of his teammates.
A Uighur archer was very unwilling, and wanted to take out an arrow to try his luck to see if he could shoot the Ming army just now, but as soon as the arrow hit the string, he was "whoosh!" With a sharp arrow, he struck the throat and fell straight down.
"Don't be afraid! Hurry up! Having already jumped onto the city, Wang Huchen personally killed three Uighur soldiers who had come to stop him, turned his head, beckoned to his men behind him, and cheered them on loudly.
Seeing that the main general was so brave, the soldiers of the forward battalion of the Ming army were all excited, their morale doubled, and they shouted loudly, climbing up to the top of the city from the ladders.
"Kill! Follow the adults to make a contribution! A hundred households of the Ming army's forward battalion rushed to the foot of the ladder, and was about to climb the ladder to attack, so it was inevitable to encourage it, but fate always likes to joke, just as he finished saying this, when the aftermath was lingering, a huge stone fell from the sky, "Bang! The ground slammed into his head, and the head was bleeding.
This Ming army hundred households stared at the incredulous eyes, and fell down unwillingly, he was thinking about making a career to earn more face for his wife, but he didn't expect to die here like this.
The rest of the Ming soldiers did not stop, and immediately stepped on the ladder and rushed to the stone wall to fulfill their unfulfilled last wish of the Lord of the Hundred Households.
"General! The Tartar trebuchet came up and was out of our range to attack the forward battalion. The commander of the firearms battalion drew Zhou Lianzhong's attention to the dozens of behemoths of the Uighur army, pointed to them and said to Li Mian, the general of the left who commanded the firearms battalion.
Li Mian also saw the stone throwers that posed a huge threat to the Ming army's forwards, wedged his beard, thought for a while, and then said firmly: "Pass my order, the firearms battalion moves forward, and first knock out the Tartar stone throwers!" "To tell the truth, the catapult is barely within reach of some large guns at this distance from the firearms battalion, but the strength and accuracy are much worse, so it must be moved forward, otherwise the cost will be too high and the cost will be too great.
If you just look at the appearance, Li Mian looks more like a civilian official than a military general, he is very elegant, and he has the standard beard of a civil official - a goatee, but if you rely on this to conclude that he is weak, it is very wrong, if he fights, he is more ruthless than anyone else.
Seeing that the Uighur army's stone throwers began to be arrogant again, Li Mian's heart was not only on fire, but the last time he was nervous, he only blew up half of your stone throwers, and if he didn't give you light again this time, Lao Tzu's Li character would be written upside down.
The firearms battalion order was forbidden, and after receiving General Zuo's order, everyone did their work in an orderly manner, carrying shells and dismantling machines, a busy and orderly scene.
The firearms battalion can only advance less than 100 meters, because if it goes forward, it will poke the butt of the forward battalion, and it is not a good thing that the firearms are too dense, after all, the artillery of this era is still in danger of exploding, if it is blown up, the Ming army will fall to pieces, and the rear will be completely chaotic.
"Aim for the stone thrower, put!" After the artillery was in place, the commander of the firearms battalion, Zhou Lianzhong, glanced at the distance between the cannon and the stone thrower, and felt that it was almost there, so he immediately waved the command flag very decisively and ordered loudly.
"Knock knock!" With a few more roars, the Ming army's large artillery fired huge lead bullets at the Uighur army's stone throwers.
"Click!" With a bang, a stone-throwing machine was hit by several lead bullets from the Ming army, and the main structure was shattered on the spot, completely unusable.
"Centurion, their cannon is here again!" A Uighur stone thrower operator said to his centurion with a bitter face and a look of fear.
"Do your job, they can't be so accurate!" This centurion saw that his subordinates were so timid and didn't fight anywhere, and the artillery of the Ming army didn't have eyes, even if they were open to bomb at such a distance, they might not be able to bomb a few vehicles, and their own side only needed to take this opportunity to knock down the forward battalion of the Su State, as for casualties, how could there be no casualties in the war? If the casualties of the catapult convoy are large, you can rush up and fight with the forward battalion of the Ming army.
"Yes, yes." The Uighur treulter operator was apparently more afraid of his centurion, and when the centurion reprimanded him, he immediately nodded in agreement, and then quickly turned away and went to move the boulder with his teammates behind him.
"Lift this stone up and give them another shot!" A veteran of the Uighur army shouted at the Uighur soldier and two other soldiers, that the stone was too big for at least three men to move.
"Let's go!" The three Uighur soldiers worked together to lift the boulder and were about to install it on the stone thrower, when they heard a sharp sound in the air, followed by "Boom! With a thud, the boulder was smashed in half by a huge buckshot and fell to the ground, striking the feet of two Uighur soldiers.
"Ahh "Ahh There were two cries of pain on the ground, and the two soldiers jumped up and down in pain. At this time, another soldier was heard crying out hoarsely: "Father, father! ”
The two Uighur soldiers turned their heads to see that the veteran soldier who had been directing them to carry the stones had been hit in the head by a buckshot bullet, and his brain was splashing and he could not die again.