Chapter 137: The First Battle in Kunming
As in the case of Shehuakou, after the army of Pu Mingming was gone, Xu Chengming immediately commanded the army to launch an attack on Kunming City, and the defenders of Kunming City were always in a state of high vigilance, so there was no panic in rushing to the battle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Sure enough, as I expected, these Ming troops want to lead us out of the city to fight! It seems that the king is more than lucky! Sha Dingzhou looked at the Ming army surging like a tide, and Sha Dingzhou sighed helplessly.
"Should we send troops to support the King?" Wu Zhaoyuan said leisurely on the side.
"Look outside! How to send troops? Sha Dingzhou pointed to the situation outside, at this time Kunming City was like a boat in the vast sea, constantly shaking and rising under the attack of huge waves, and there was a danger of silence at any time.
"I can only pray for the king! May God bless our king safe and sound! Wu Zhaoyuan sighed.
"Don't think about that! Let's worry a little more about ourselves! Sha Dingzhou patted Wu Zhaoyuan's shoulder and said.
"With the protection of Kunming City, there should be no problem, although the Ming army has new firearms, but the protection of Kunming City is still enough to deal with it!" Wu Zhaoyuan said confidently, "And in addition to the desperate efforts of the defenders, the people in the city are also trying their best to help, I believe that as long as we persist, the Ming army will retreat!" ”
Sha Dingzhou shook his head and said: "According to common sense, there is no problem, but there is still an uneasy factor!" ”
"You mean the Duke of Qianguo?" Wu Zhaoyuan frowned.
Sha Dingzhou nodded and said, "How are people looking for it?" ”
"Three feet into the ground in Kunming City, but I still haven't seen even a ghost!" Wu Zhaoyuan spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Hope is still in the city! Keep looking, and send some more people to deal with emergencies! Sha Dingzhou thought for a while.
"No problem! Rest assured! Wu Zhaoyuan patted his chest and said, then said as if he remembered something: "I thought we should let Mrs. Chen prepare, if the Duke of Qian Guo appears outside, we can let Mrs. Chen show up and say that the Duke of Guo was captured by the Ming army, force the Duke of Guo to do so, and lure us to surrender!" In this way, there should be no accidents for those soldiers and the people in the city! ”
Sha Dingzhou's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then immediately dimmed, Wu Zhaoyuan looked at it, his heart suddenly burst, and he said tentatively: "Could it be that Mrs. Fei was killed?" ”
Sha Dingzhou nodded, which was regarded as answering his question, Wu Zhaoyuan was suddenly like a lightning strike, and he was speechless for a long time, and only after a long time did he mutter: "Hey! It's up to people to make things happen, and it's up to heaven to make things happen! Ay! Now all you can do is pray! ”
"Go and prepare! Don't get messy! Sha Dingzhou waved his hand helplessly, and Wu Zhaoyuan also understood the seriousness of the situation, hugged his fists, and left.
"This Kunming city has been in business for hundreds of years, and it really hasn't been built!" Xu Chengming looked at Kunming City, which was still immobile under such a surging wave of attacks, and shook his head secretly.
"It's not good, we have to disappoint Vice Governor Qin, Chief Xu!" Zheng Chaodong also said with a wry smile.
"I'm afraid such a strong attack won't work, plus now disperse the attack!" Liu Kexun said.
"Mingjin retreats!" Xu Chengming commanded.
Looking at the Ming army that was receding like a tide, Sha Dingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, gave a few orders and left the city and went back to the city.
In the tent of the Ming military camp, Xu Chengming and others sat together and discussed countermeasures.
"Everybody talk about it! What's the best way to do it? Xu Chengming asked.
"My lord! Do you want to stop digging tunnels? Liu Yangkun said with a smile.
"It's too late! Besides, looking at this formation, the city is also heavily guarded! Not very feasible! Xu Chengming frowned.
"I just don't know if Grandpa Guo has been rescued, if he is rescued, as long as Grandpa Guo shows up with his little son, it will be easy to do!" Zheng Chaodong frowned.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Liu Ke said, "My lord! This is just the best policy, we have to have an additional way, the last general thinks that we should concentrate our firepower to attack the north gate, the east gate and the west gate can be guarded, the south gate has General Yang here, even if they escape, there is no way to escape the siege of General Yang's army! ”
"Makes sense! Keep talking! Xu Chengming said with a smile.
Encouraged by this, Liu Kexun continued: "After the Kunming city wall is high, although our artillery is powerful, such a scattered attack cannot have the effect it should have! We could gather eight guns together and bombard a section of the city wall without stopping! In addition, we also put all the catapults at the north gate, and then we can tie gunpowder to the boulder, use the catapult to throw it in, and cooperate with the artillery attack, and when it is effective, the soldiers are cooperating with the attack! ”
"If we do that, the rebels will concentrate on filling the gap, and it will be difficult to wait for the results! The last general thinks they should attack at the same time! The archers must help cover the siege brothers! Zheng Chaodong added.
After hearing what the two of them said, Xu Chengming fell into deep thought, Liu Yangkun thought for a while and said, "Can you find a way to tie that grenade to the bow and arrow?" When shooting, the other brothers helped to tear off the yin line? ”
Zheng Chaodong responded: "It may affect the accuracy and range, what if you accidentally blow it up if you don't operate it properly?!" ”
The others nodded approvingly, and Liu Yangkun suddenly lowered his head decadently.
"Try using a crossbow arrow!" Liu Kexun thought for a while.
"How do we have crossbows?" Zheng Chaodong glared.
"I was impatient before! According to the tactics just mentioned, the grenade can get close to the city and blow up the city gate and the city foot! Xu Chengming groaned.
"The last general commands!" Humane.
"Send some brothers to hang out in front of the city of Kunming, so that they don't need to attack, and the rest of the brothers can rest!" That's right! The brothers who are swaying remember to rotate, keep their spirits up, and launch a general attack at the right time! Xu Chengming clapped his head.
"The last general commands!" Everyone clenched their fists and then retreated together.
On the other side, Yang Hu and the others carried Mu Yuanqi towards the agreed place, but when they arrived, they found that the Ming army launched a crazy attack on the city, and in order to avoid accidental injury, they retracted into the secret passage, and finally it was quiet outside, so they rushed to the agreed place in a hurry, after all, their sister was still here.
Yang Hu and the others came to the agreed place, and after watching for a long time, there was no one except the black bushes, could it be that my sister had an accident? Yang Hu's heart couldn't help but burst.
"Brother Tiger! Don't worry too much! She's so good that she's fine! Long Zaitian was relieved.
"That's it! It's going to be fine! Lu Yongming also comforted on the side.
"Sister E's going to be fine! It's going to be fine! Yang Hu comforted himself, and then looked at Mu Yuanqi, who was weak on his back, and said, "Guogong! The last will send you to the camp! Then he said to Long Zaitian and Lu Yongming: "You two are waiting for Sister E here!" Remember to be careful! ”
"Brother Tiger! Rest assured! The two patted their chests and smiled.
"It's okay! Let's wait for Xiao'e together! Mu Qiyuan smiled weakly.
"But Guogong! It's not safe here! Yang Hu said anxiously.
As he was talking, suddenly, a black shadow appeared not far away, as if he was still carrying a person on his shoulder, and slowly came towards this side, Long Zaitian and Lu Yongming suddenly clenched the steel knife in their hands, ready to attack.
Yang Hu stared at the black shadow carefully for a while, and suddenly said happily: "Don't be nervous, it's Sister E!" ”
Sure enough, everyone quickly saw the appearance of the person who came, and they were immediately overjoyed, and they stepped forward to respond, and Yang Hu was relieved to see that Yang E was fine.
"Sister E! Are you okay? Why are you here now? Yang Hu asked.
"See Grandpa Guo!" After Yang E put down the person on his back, he did not answer Yang Hu's words, but saluted towards the Duke of Qianguo.
"Good! Xiao'e has worked hard! Tell your brother about it, she's going to die! Mu Qiyuan smiled weakly.
Yang E nodded, turned to Yang Hu and said, "I'm fine!" I got rid of the chasing soldiers when I got out of the palace, I originally wanted to get out of the city, but the imperial army couldn't come out of the siege, so I returned to the city, and I saw that the rebels were chasing a person as if they wanted to kill him, so I saved him. That's the man! ”
Several people looked at it at the same time, although it was night, but through the faint moonlight, they could still see the bloodstained face, the hair was scattered, and the beard was scumbag, "Who is this person?!" Yang Hu and the three of them couldn't recognize it.
"I'll see!" Mu Qiyuan said, then looked at it seriously, pondered for a long time, and said, "It seems to be Wang Xigon, the great scholar of the Tribute Academy!" It's a bit vague, but it shouldn't be wrong. ”
"The last general rescued him near the Gongyuan!" Yang E said.
"Then it's him! I didn't expect these brutes to kill the people of the Gongyuan! Mu Qiyuan said hatefully.
"That's it! Grandpa Guo! If you have anything to say, let's go back to the camp! It's not safe here, and your injuries are not light, this scholar Wang Xigon seems to be not lightly injured, and it needs to be treated in time! Yang Hu said.
"You're right! Let's go! Mu Qiyuan nodded and said.
"Brother Dragon! Sorry for you! Yang Hu said with a smile.
"Look at what you're saying!" Long Zaitian smiled, gently carried Wang Xigon on his back, and then left with Yang Hu, Yang E was in front of the investigation, Lu Yongming was on the last guard, and everyone cautiously walked all the way towards the camp of the Ming army.
Dawn is gradually coming, the rooster crow of the past is replaced by the roar of today's artillery, this artillery as an alarm clock treatment, it is estimated that the Kunming city defenders such treatment is also unprecedented! There is no one left! The defenders who had been sleepless all night looked at the Ming army who were rejuvenated and launched an attack, and they were speechless for a while. Attacking so early is in a hurry to reincarnate!
However, no matter what they thought, they still raised their weapons and stuck to their posts and accusations, and launched a heroic resistance against the surging Ming army.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The artillery continued to bombard a section of the city wall according to the plan, and the defenders of that section of the earthquake were really untenable, many soldiers were blown up by the artillery fire, and their souls returned to the west, coupled with the explosive boulders flying in the sky, which suddenly made the soldiers defending the city feel a chill, and they suddenly felt that death was so close to them......