Chapter 242: The Bloody Battle of Simon

Before he reached the West Gate, the sound of explosions and shouts of killing reached Zhao Shuo's ears. The www.biquge.info is a world of another world altogether compared to the silence of the East Gate and the sparse explosions of the North Gate.

"I'll go, what's the situation, the battle here feels different from other city gates." Gonggong Feng looked shocked. "Lord Wang, let's not go over yet, it's too dangerous here."

"Yes, Lord Wang, the slave maid thinks, let's transfer some soldiers from other city walls to come over to support, let's not go over." Fluttershy is worried.

"Recruit the rest of the walls?" Zhao Shuo shook his head. "The Qi army has surrounded the entire Chang'an City, and the strength is more than three times ours, if we transfer troops, they will definitely change the direction of the main attack, and when the time comes, the situation will still be the same, but the dangerous city gate has been changed."

"Then we can transfer back when the time comes!" Gonggong Feng said.

"Confused!" Zhao Shuo said. "The four gates of the Qi army attack at will, and the main attack is one, if we continue to mobilize the soldiers, it will only make the soldiers tired of moving in the four gates, and the physical strength will be wasted."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuo walked to the city wall of the West Gate, above the city wall, thick smoke was billowing and the soldiers were constantly running. The rumbling sound under the city wall kept coming, and the sound of thumping muskets kept ringing, but the shouting and killing under the city wall did not decrease in the slightest, and from time to time a wave of arrows crossed the city wall, taking the lives of a dozen soldiers.

"Fluttershy, Grandpa Feng, you two go to the South Gate to see what's going on there, and then come back and report to me." Zhao Shuo squatted against the wall and said to Grandpa Feng and Fluttershy.

"Lord Wang, at this time, how can we leave you here alone." Yan Wu said worriedly.

"This is an order, the West Gate is like this, and the South Gate is also a little uneasy." Zhao Shuo shook the musket in his hand. "I have this, and, Ling Yun is here, I'm fine. After you have seen the situation at the South Gate, come and report to me immediately. ”

"Got it, lord, the slave and maid will go." Fluttershy reluctantly leaves.

"Grandpa Feng, I'll leave Fluttershy's safety to you, if something happens to her, I'll ask you." Zhao Shuo grabbed Gonggong Feng, who was leaving, and added.

"Don't worry, lord. The old slave won't let this girl have anything to do. Father-in-law Feng saluted and left.

After the two left, Zhao Shuo took the musket and quietly looked at the station below.

The Qi army did not have many soldiers attacking the city, only about 500 people. A few dozen meters behind the siege team, followed by a square team, also about five hundred people. These 500 men drew their bows and arrows, and kept attacking the west gate. And behind this team, there are also some bulky siege weapons - catapults.

Soldiers, arrows, catapults, this kind of layered attack is definitely a nightmare for the defenders. In addition, the number of Qi troops is more than the defenders of Ximen, which is not a little more.

Under Ling Yun's defense, the 500 men besieging the city were quickly lost, and then, under the orders of the generals in the rear of the Qi army, this wave of soldiers began to retreat. Then the wave of soldiers who fired their bows and arrows came up like a tidal wave, and the catapult soldiers in the rear were added to the positions of the archers, and then a wave of soldiers was added to the positions of the catapults.

"I'll go, this is a crowd tactic plus a attrition tactic." Zhao Shuo shook his head depressedly, looking very helpless. "Shameless, shameless."

"Hit, hit me hard."

"Small cannonballs, throw them at me."

"Musketeers, fire."

Ling Yun's orders kept coming, and the Qi army was repulsed again and again, but the situation on the battlefield was becoming more and more unfavorable to the defenders.

Bang~!

A gunshot rang out, and a general of the Qi army who could only attack the city fell.

"Whoever fights, fights well, just fights like that." Ling Yun pointed to the fallen Qi army general's order, laughed, and said.

Five musketeers, you look at me, I look at you, all at a loss. None of them were aiming at the general.

"Ensign, it's not us!" A musketeer said with a puzzled expression. "We're not here for new reinforcements of musketeers?"

Bang~!

Another gunshot rang out, and another Qi general fell.

"Beautiful!" Ling Yun gave a thumbs up. At this time, he also found out that the five musketeers next to him did not release their guns. "You continue to attack, I'll go see if it's really coming for reinforcements."

Suspicious, Ling Yun probed along the city wall. If reinforcements came, they wouldn't have been able to report to him first. And, even more suspiciously, judging by the sound of this gunshot, it was supposed to be a musketeer. Sending reinforcements, just one musketeer, it's really unreasonable.

Ling Yun probed, thinking in his mind, and suddenly a figure of a person appeared in his mind.

Ling Yun quickened his pace, and soon, he found Zhao Shuo who was putting the gun in the corner of the wall.

"Lord Wang, it's really you." As soon as the words came out, Ling Yun regretted it, hurriedly smiled awkwardly, and changed the topic. "Lord Wang, why are you here?"

Bang!

After firing another shot, Zhao Shuo turned his head to look at Ling Yun. "Why, you are very disappointed to see this king coming alone!"

"How dare you, how dare you, the prince alone is enough to be worth thousands of troops and horses." Ling Yun slapped a sycophant.

"Okay, between you and me, you don't have to be like this." Zhao Shuo half-squatted down against the city wall. "You're having a hard time, isn't it? How many soldiers do we have? How many more small shells are there? How long can it last? ”

When Ling Yun heard Zhao Shuo's words, his whole person was stunned. He didn't expect Zhao Shuo to ask so directly.

"Say, I've seen a few city gates, and it's normal for you to have some losses as the fiercest attack of the Qi army." Zhao Shuo was worried that Ling Yun would think too much, and said with relief.

"There were more than 1,500 soldiers guarding the city at the west gate, but now there are less than 1,000 people alive. There are very few small shells left, and they dare not use them anymore until they are absolutely necessary. If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the musketeers, Simon might have been lost. Now this situation, according to the speculation of the last general, will hold on for an hour at most. ”

"Order, go to the arsenal, and bring in more than 100 small cannonballs that have been made." Zhao Shuo said.

Ling Yun was stunned, when he first distributed the small cannonballs, Zhao Shuo had hundreds of them in his hands, but now, Zhao Shuo did not use the small cannonballs in his hand, but mobilized the small cannonballs from the arsenal, which made Ling Yun really unable to understand.

"There are some things that you can't figure out, so don't think about them." Zhao Shuo knew what he was thinking when he saw Ling Yun's expression. "If you don't want more than 100 shells, then I'll transfer them to someone later."

"Don't, don't!" Ling Yun was taken aback and waved his hand repeatedly. "I'll send someone to the arsenal and ship it right away."

After Ling Yun left, Zhao Shuo got up, looked at the rear of the Qi army guarding outside the city, the west of Chang'an City, and muttered to himself. "I don't know, what's going on over there in Longyou." (To be continued.) )