Chapter 95 Waiting for the Net
The weather in spring is like a girl's mind, rain and sunny, constantly changing.
The rogues lacked rain gear, tents and other supplies were scarce, and a large number of weak or injured rogues started to burn.
The flu soon spread among the army, and more rogue people showed symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and diarrhea.
The Liukou with severe symptoms was thrown into the Yangtze River by Zhang Xianzhong's order, and the rest of the Liukou were given a bowl of decoction to get rid of the wind and cold.
"My lord, the spring is warm and cold, and the drizzle is like silk, which is the time when the cold invades. The adult army braved the rain to operate, fearing a large-scale invasion of typhoid fever. Although the villain's decoction can get rid of wind and cold, the patient still needs to recuperate. Wu Langzhong said.
"When you take Wuchang City, you can rest." Zhang Xianzhong said: "How can there be immortals in war? Those who survive are the elite. ”
In troubled times, human life is like a mustard! Wu Langzhong shook his head, turned around to boil the decoction, and saved one by one.
Wu Langzhong practiced medicine in Shaanxi, regardless of whether he was rich or poor, whether he was an official or a soldier, as long as he was touched, he tried his best to heal.
Later, he was captured by Zhang Xianzhong and became a military doctor in Zhang Xianzhong's army. Wu Langzhong is also at ease. Saving the Liukou is also saving people, they are all doing good, and there is no difference.
Following Zhang Xianzhong all the way, he has seen too many dead people, too many rogues are cruel and unkind, and he has seen more Zhang Xianzhong killing people like killing chickens, Wu Langzhong sometimes doubts his own behavior, whether he is doing good deeds or helping to abuse?
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Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, and Bai Wenxuan led the army up the Yangtze River, rendezvous at the mouth of the three rivers, and invaded Wuchang.
Zhang Xianzhong ordered all the soldiers and horses, set up the built ladders, building cars, stone throwers and other equipment, and prepared for the siege of the city.
The 80,000 or 90,000 troops of the Liukou launched a fierce attack from the east and west sides of Wuchang City at the same time, and it seemed that Wuchang City was in a stormy and crumbling manner.
Zhang Xianzhong learned the lessons of the previous siege, and at the same time warned Sun Kewang not to be underestimated. One east and one west, the army of the rogues took out the most elite troops, made adequate preparations, and attacked cautiously and resolutely.
Guarding the eastern city was Liu Wenxiu's deputy, Wang Fuchen.
Wang Fuchen is also a native of Shaanxi, followed Zhu Shunming from southwest Shaanxi to Huguang, resourceful, strong execution, has always followed Liu Wenxiu, and is Liu Wenxiu's very important right-hand man.
Faced with the overwhelming flow of gangsters outside the city, Wang Fuchen bit a piece of licorice and said disdainfully: "How many people are there? Can you still fly up? ”
Wang Fuchen has seen the tricks of the Liukou to attack the city, and the most important method is to attack the city with ants. Anyway, human life is not worth anything.
The second is to dig tunnels, dig down the city walls or dig tunnels directly into the city.
But now that the drizzle is continuous, the groundwater level is high, and the ground is muddy when it is dug up, how can any tunnels be dug?
"Remove the gun jacket and prepare for the shotshots."
Sun Kewang invested 30,000 troops at one time to surround the city wall four or five miles long, and hundreds of ladders were used at the same time, and at the same time set up heavy rushing carts, intending to carry out a destructive attack on the city gate.
Of course, it's good to be able to break through the city gates. Even if you can't break the door, you can boost morale and consume the officers and soldiers' wooden rolling stone arrows and other equipment.
"Offensive ......" Sun Kewang ordered.
Ainengqi took the lead, personally served as a pioneer, and was unstoppable.
Among the three Sun Kewang, Sun Kewang is good at using people, but his heart is narrow; Ainengqi is the most courageous, the first, simple-minded, and the most popular; Bai Wenxuan is brave and strategic, but he is a little selfish and slightly conservative.
"Open the cannon......" The red-clothed cannon at the head of the city roared and spewed fire and thousands of angry steel balls, like a steel death net, and scattered towards the lower parts of the city.
The streams were dense and rushed towards the city walls like a tidal wave. The rogues who were shot fell to the ground instantly, and the rogues who did not hit the vital point screamed loudly and wailed, falling to the ground and rolling.
The rogues who fell to the ground were quickly trampled into pulp by their colleagues who followed behind.
The cannon at the head of the city continued to roar, but the rate of fire of the breech cannon could not stop the surging rogues. The scattered bullets rippled in the sea of rogue people, causing some casualties to the rogues, but they did not help the overall situation much.
When the rogue approached, the cannon at the head of the city began to roar.
The range of the Franc cannon is not as good as that of the red-coated cannon, and the power is far inferior, but the number of Franc cannons in the east of Wuchang City is thirty-six.
Thirty-six Franc cannons opened fire at the same time, and the steel balls formed an iron curtain and rushed towards the city.
As if they had hit an invisible reef, the attack was forcefully stopped, and the swaths of the rogues were crushed by the forces of the front and back.
The Franc cannon had an extremely fast rate of fire, firing four or five rounds in a minute. The cannon roared rapidly, and the steel barrage wiped out the rogue under the city one after another.
By the time Liukou approached the city wall and set up the ladder to the head of Wuchang City, four or five thousand people had already fallen under the muzzle of the cannon.
An even bloodier ant-attached siege begins.
The sturdy rogues climbed quickly along the ladder towards the top of the city.
The defenders at the head of the city pushed the ladder with a pusher, and together with the rogues on the ladder, they slammed it to the ground. The life and death of the rogues on the ladder are unknown, and the flesh and blood of the rogues on the ground who were hit by the ladder fly sideways, killing them instantly.
Wang Fuchen's defense of the city is somewhat conservative, and it can also be said to be steady. In his heart, defending the city is defending the city, and he doesn't play any tricks of defending and attacking. Therefore, he was well prepared with all kinds of tools and equipment to defend the city.
"Throw the sassa, shoot the rod and prepare."
Hundreds of catties of sassal wood were thrown from the city, with huge kinetic energy and potential energy, roaring and smashing into the dense rogues under the city, smashing the rogues into meat patties.
"Racket preparation...... Put ......"
The axe hand cuts the rope in front of the racket, and the lever is struck horizontally towards the city wall under the action of the hammer.
The thick slapstick broke the ladder on the city wall in two, and the rogue on the ladder screamed and fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Enench was the first to charge, but the shelling and the saki did not cause him any damage, and the slap did not pick the ladder he climbed.
Ai Nengqi used both hands and feet, climbed up to the head of the city in three or two strokes, jumped on the wall one by one, handed a single knife in his mouth, and cut down the officials and soldiers around him with a few slashes, firmly guarding the position of the ladder he climbed up.
The rogues behind Ainengqi climbed up to the top of the city one after another, occupying a small section of the city wall.
Sun Kewang watched the unstoppable Ai Nengqi climb the city wall first, and said with some envy: "Brother Ai is a fool, and the sword on the battlefield seems to have eyes, but it doesn't go to Brother Ai." ”
Ai Nengqi is a famous lucky general in Zhang Xianzhong's army. He is extremely brave, and he must take the lead in every battle, and he has not been injured, which is really incredible.
"This big man has a bit of Boss Zhu's posture." Wang Fuchen said to himself: "Courage is bravery, but it's a pity that I don't have a brain...... Is Wuchang Chengtou so good? Are you going to be a laughing building? ”
"Prepare the nets and capture this big man alive. Maybe the boss likes it. ”
Two pedal crossbows are linked together, each tied to one end of the net. With a knife, he cut the rope that tied the bolt of the crossbow, and the sharp arrow took the open fishing net towards Ainengqi and the others.
Ai Nengqi suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart, he turned around and jumped off the city without hesitation, grabbed a rogue as a back, and fell to the city unscathed.
The fishing nets netted the rogues at the head of the city. The rest of the rogues who slipped through the net were quickly slaughtered.
"Take these guys down." Wang Fuchen was a little annoyed. I didn't expect that stupid big man to slip like a loach, so decisive at the moment when he couldn't afford it, and escaped with his life. It's a talent! Wang Fuchen fell in love with Ainengqi.