Chapter 61: The Battle of Mingmengjin (18)
The battle was raging, Li Chengdong's siege troops quickly put the escalators, siege towers and other siege equipment close to the Bauhinia Pass, and the siege artillery began to bombard, and the rebels began to desperately hit the gate with giant trees. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Li Yan ordered the soldiers to block all the sandbags, stones and other items in the gate, and blocked the gate, and then Li Yan quickly put the new force of 5,000 people back into the battlefield, because Li Yan seemed to be a weak scholar, so there were guards to defend him before, and now this guard has been transferred to guard the pass, even so, it is still unable to resist the enemy's fierce attack, when the siege tower is close, there are constantly soldiers directly to the pass, and the other side of the Houjin Tartar has been on the city wall several times, In the end, under the desperate slashing of Liu Guoneng and others, they were repelled, and some soldiers even jumped into the siege tower directly with explosives bags and blew up the siege tower directly.
The casualties gradually increased, and finally even the wounded could not rest, all went into battle to guard the pass, many of the wounded could not even hold their weapons, some of them pounced on the enemy who climbed up to knock down, and they also fell down and died together, and some lit the explosives bag and jumped down to the place where the enemy was crowded, and many people would say to each other: "I am a brother in the next life!" After that, he went to death without hesitation, looking at the heroic sacrifices of his comrades-in-arms, Li Yanxin was like a knife, although he had only been here for a short time, but he had already regarded all the people up and down at this time as his brothers.
Several times, Li Yan was pushed aside by the people around him, and from time to time a cannonball exploded around him, and a boulder slid past him, but he was still in front, commanding, unwavering, he was ready to be martyred, he had a grenade in his pocket, even if he died, he would have to pull a few pads.
Time passed minute by minute, Li Chengdong looked at the Bauhinia Pass that had gradually collapsed, and a smile had climbed up his face, Zhu Youxiang lived or died It didn't matter to him, now the army was in his hands, and he could be a soil emperor in any place, it really didn't work, so much land outside the pass could be played casually, as long as he occupied this Bauhinia Pass, he could attack and retreat, and then the sea and the sky would be wide.
Just when Bauhinia Pass was crumbling, a sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, followed by a rumbling cannon, when Li Chengdong was still sneering, the rear of his army was suddenly bombed by chickens and dogs, people turned on their backs, and the soldiers began to panic, Li Chengdong looked at the past from a distance, and could vaguely see that there were two big flags fluttering in the wind, and there was a big Sun character on the flag! Also a big Zhao word!
"Could it be that the army of the imperial court is coming? Or is Sun Chengzong's old guy leading the way? Li Chengdong thought in his heart, but no matter what, he couldn't let the artillery in the rear bombard his camp endlessly, he looked at the dust behind the artillery, and estimated that there must be a lot of troops coming from the other side, so he gritted his teeth and allocated 30,000 troops to rush over first, as long as his side broke through, even if the imperial army came, he could retreat.
Li Chengdong thought wrongly, it was not Sun Chengzong who came, but Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting was quite puzzled, he originally arranged an ambush with Zhao Shujiao to prepare to attack the rebels, but the battle ended before he appeared on the stage, and there was no chance for him to perform at all, and then Sun Chengzong sent him to reinforce the Bauhinia Pass first, and also transferred the ten new Franc machines to him, so Sun Chuanting arrived first, but watching the enemy's army of more than 100,000 people attacking Bauhinia Pass, it was not enough for the rebels to kill thousands of people on their side directly! But now it seems that this Bauhinia Pass can no longer hold up the arrival of the imperial army, and if he doesn't make another move, Bauhinia Pass will soon be over.
Sun Chuanting turned his head to look at Zhao Shujiao and said, "General Zhao, we can't wait for the imperial army any longer!" Otherwise, Bauhinia Pass will fall! ”
Zhao Shu taught: "Governor Sun, it's true! But if we kill it like this, I'm afraid that the enemy will at most divide a little force to resist us, and then the army will still attack the city with all its might, as long as the pass is broken and the enemy forces converge, we will not be able to return to the sky! ”
Sun Chuanting nodded, looked around, and suddenly remembered the strategy used by Zhang Fei during the Three Kingdoms period: "In this case, let's go to the surrounding woods as soon as possible, cut some wood, and tie it to the back of this war horse!" ”
As soon as Zhao Shujiao heard this, he knew what was going on, so everyone started work inside, and soon they were ready, seeing that everyone was in a good state, Sun Chuanting raised his long sword, pointed his sword forward, and shouted: "Kill!" So he rushed out first, of course Zhao Shujiao would not lag behind, and then galloped out, and everyone behind immediately rushed out, and the Franco cannon arranged in front also began to roar.
So there was a scene that Li Chengdong saw before, the cavalry always has an advantage, they can throw grenades according to the distance, and cause huge damage to the enemy when they have not yet touched, these thousands of grenades are thrown out in unison, and suddenly the people on the opposite side seem to have a feeling of black clouds pressing the city, and when the black clouds disperse, suddenly a big pit appeared in the whole formation, and the pit is a hellish scene, Li Chengdong looked at the cavalry who kept throwing grenades, and gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, Secretly speaking, when Lao Tzu breaks the barrier, I want you to look good.
The two sides quickly collided together, swords flew, and the enemy soon found that they were not facing tens of thousands of troops, but less than themselves, and their morale suddenly rose a lot, but although the quantity was not as good as the rebels, but the quality was much stronger than several levels, Sun Chuanting took away the three thousand cavalry is the elite of all the cavalry in Henan, and the thousands of cavalry led by Zhao Shujiao are the Guanning iron cavalry, and the combat effectiveness is the same as him, so although the number is a lot less, But they were confident that they could fight their way out, and the two sides were temporarily deadlocked.
The soldiers on the Bauhinia Pass saw that the reinforcements from the imperial court had arrived, and their morale was even more boosted, and they fought bravely without flinching, Li Yan looked at the situation outside, and knew that this was only the vanguard of the reinforcements, and the army should not have arrived yet, but no matter what, it was good news, they also shared a lot of pressure for themselves, as long as they gritted their teeth again, they should still be able to survive until the arrival of the army. He constantly encouraged the soldiers, and he himself picked up the sword to slash and kill the enemy, of course, not to cut and kill head-on, mend the knife, and sneak attack is still possible! It surprised the soldiers guarding the pass, and also made them a lot more excited, a scholar can slash and kill the enemy, how can they lag behind?
Sun Chuanting and Zhao Shujiao approached the rebels' Chinese army camp with difficulty, but there were too many rebels, and the speed of advance was much slower, but they were still moving forward after all, Li Chengdong looked at this strong army, and couldn't help but worry that there would really be an accident at this juncture, and sent 20,000 people to intercept it, and suddenly Sun Chuanting and Zhao Shujiao were a lot bigger, and they basically stopped advancing, and they could only stalemate there.
The battle continued, everyone on the battlefield was red-eyed, Sun Chuanting's sword had already been cut off, and now he was holding a knife picked up from the enemy, if it weren't for Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying's desperate protection, Sun Chuanting's assassin would have been stabbed several times, after all, he was the boss, so many people's attacks would be beckoned to this side.
"Governor Sun, there's no way to move forward! This damn Li Chengdong sent another 10,000 people over, and now the casualties of our army are constantly rising, and it is estimated that if we fight for another hour, we will be wiped out! Zhang Xianzhong said.
Seeing the situation here, Li Chengdong knew the purpose of this cavalry, so he divided another 10,000 to prepare to kill this cavalry, as time went by, even if this strong army was strong, there were too many enemies, and there were too many ants, not to mention people, and they had been fighting for more than an hour, and now the number of dead and wounded has exceeded half.
"The army is coming! Hold on and persevere!" Sun Chuanting said. As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Shujiao, who was rushing in front of him, Zhao Shujiao has now become a bloody man, his knives have been changed five, and he doesn't know how many people have been hacked to death. There are also those Guanning iron cavalry, although they are surrounded by tens of thousands of people, but they still rush left and right to cause huge casualties to the enemy.
"Guanning Iron Cavalry deserves to be Guanning Iron Cavalry! If it weren't for them, I would have been wiped out," Sun Chuanting sighed, and then raised his knife and rushed forward, Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying immediately followed, they just fought for their lives to protect Sun Chuanting's integrity.
The battle was fought close to evening, and now there is no clean land on the battlefield land, blood stains this land, the soldiers walk on the blood and water, all the people are persistent, everyone is almost exhausted, but no one dares to stop the knife in their hands, as long as you take a little slower, the next moment you will replenish the water for the blood on the ground, one by one hoarse voices shouted to kill, Li Chengdong looked at this already broken Bauhinia Pass, his eyes were about to drip blood, What kind of beliefs have sustained these people until now? It was about to break through several times, but he let the soldiers inside plug the gap with their lives, and they were stunned to repel them, so that Li Chengdong and the efforts of the Tartars were in vain, that is, Haoge and Fan Wencheng couldn't help but sigh when they looked at it: "If all the Ming troops in Liaodong were like this in the past, then Dajin would not be able to establish it at all!" ”
There are not many people who can stand on the Bauhinia Pass now, and it is only a matter of time before he breaks the pass, and the Bauhinia Pass has exhausted the last trace of his strength.
Just when the rebels and Houjin were about to strike a final blow, the earth-shattering shouts in the distance came from far and near, and soon a large black shadow appeared, and finally appeared in front of Li Chengdong's eyes were ten thousand horses galloping and a pair of soldiers running fast, and suddenly he felt that his life had become dark with the arrival of this black shadow.