Chapter 124: Defeat of the Enemy
The slow and rhythmic bombardment, the three iron-cast breech guns with a fairly good firing range, rigidly trapped the position of Ren Wu, the commander of the Hui Army, and, from time to time, shook the gun body, so that the landing point of the shells could be slightly changed, so as to bombard more places and prevent the evasion of the target.
When Luo Yang saw that the enemy commander in front was about to be knocked away, he couldn't help but wave his fist excitedly: "Okay." ”
The charging troops of the Hui army were obviously affected, and the front part actually stagnated, because the rear was crowded forward, and the rear did not move, causing considerable confusion.
Of course, this is another good opportunity, Luo Yang seized the fighter and ordered the sixth and seventh iron cast cannons to also join the battle.
The firing of each cannon was measured and corrected by Luo Yang, so the accuracy of the target of the bombardment made every artillery group exclaim: "Ah, it hit." ”
As long as it can hit the enemy, the ideal of these artillery is quite low-grade,
The power of the projectile that does not explode is also quite powerful, once it hits in a dense crowd, it often beats several people, more than a dozen people directly into rags.
The stagnant Hui cavalry in front, with men and horses, was knocked out by dozens of them,
The soldiers and civilians watching the battle in the city saw that this was simply a wonderful performance, and the cannons in the city were very accurately aimed at the crowd of returning troops, showing their might, beating the enemy to the point of turning people on their backs, and killing and wounding countless people.
The charging procession of the Hui army became more and more chaotic, clashes between front and back, collision left and right, and the flying shells penetrated through it, beating its ranks even more chaotic',
"Boom, hurry up and load your ammo."
Under the command of Luo Yang, the artillery in the city gave full play to its might, although it still blew up the Hui army into a hornet's nest with backward and inferior breech guns.
The soldiers and civilians in the city didn't know that the reason for the chaos of the Hui army was that their former enemy general, Bai Yanlong, was hit by a projectile and smashed his head directly.
Not only that, but Bai Yanhu, another main general, was also hit by the war horse, flew out of the war horse, and was seriously injured.
The two main generals were killed and wounded almost at the same time, which made the Hui army tremble.
Taking advantage of the hindrance of the Hui army's offensive, Luoyang's side immediately ordered the army and civilians to strengthen the city defenses, especially to close the city gates, and at the same time, to step up the transportation of gunpowder and make more bombs.
Because the last Hui army attack was repelled by Luoyang artillery fire, and the explosives bags in the hands of many soldiers and civilians were not used, so in terms of firepower, there was still quite plenty of power here.
Coincidentally, the continuous fierce battle here attracted the attention of Qiu Yuancai, the chief general of the Taiping Army, who led several troops to hurry over.
After a period of confusion, the Hui army attacked again, and, almost the whole army swarmed all over the mountains and fields, and swooped down on the city walls.
Qiu Yuancai was anxious, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers of the Taiping Army, fathers and elders in the city, the Hui army is fighting the city, and the ambition is to win, our army must fight to the death, and we must not let the Hui army enter the city for half a step." ”
"Yes." Seeing that the Lord will be so mighty, all the soldiers and civilians also know that the critical moment has come, and they are all gearing up to fight to the end.
Luo Yang proposed Qiu Yuancai to pull the soldiers and civilians away so that he could attack the enemy by himself, looking at the corpses of the Hui army inside and outside the city, which had been piled up, Qiu Yuan knew how fierce the battle situation here was, and also knew how huge the results of Luo Yang and the others were, so he obeyed with trust,
Qiu Yuancai's troops held the city wall, and used one part as a reserve force to defend the interception battle under the city in case the Hui army broke the city.
The Hui army was overwhelming, almost without any pause, and covered the moat, and then poured under the city gate, although the city gate was destroyed, but the soldiers and civilians in the city decisively blocked the corpses of the Hui soldiers here, forming a terrible mountain of corpses, blocking the speed of the Hui army.
Just like the ant army in the American rainforest, the troops of the Hui army were very spectacular and terrifying, and quickly broke through the obstacles and rushed into the city.
Luo Yang commanded the troops, lured the enemy deep again, and when the Hui army was very clever to flock to the city wall to expel and slaughter the Taiping army, etc., he decisively ordered a strike,
The flying thunder cannon, which was only packed with a few explosives, frequently fired its might, accurately and easily aimed at the dense crowd of the Hui army, and when the cannon went down, the Hui army was killed and wounded a large area, and in the dense crowd, there was a large empty mass, and the corpses flew sideways, the flesh and blood were blurred, and it was unbearable to see.
At the same time, the Taiping army and the people also decisively rushed forward, using the height of the city wall to ignite the explosives package and throw it under the city.
Boom Boom Boom,
The sound of explosions was undulating, and the Hui army suffered countless casualties.
Luo Yang personally lit a small explosive bag, and then threw it fiercely and threw it dozens of meters away from the city, as a result, the more than 30 Hui soldiers in that area were cut to pieces by various sharp and hard debris that burst, and they all screamed and fell to the ground.
With the great power of firepower, the defenders of the Taiping army blew up all the Hui troops who entered the city in an instant, killing and wounding them, and even the Hui troops outside the city were also blown up to the ground with blood and corpses.
There were about 1,500 Hui troops who rushed into the city, and only 100 people were able to cry and shout and smash and climb out of the city gate, and the Hui troops who also gathered outside the city were also killed and wounded by the explosion.
In the violent explosion, the Hui troops retreated helplessly,
The generalissimo Ren Wu, who was being supported by others, burst into tears, and was extremely sad and indignant: "Why do you want to retreat, say, who wants to retreat." ”
However, his words no longer worked, and thousands of Hui soldiers, having lost the command of the former enemy commander, where was there still military discipline to speak of, galloped away one after another, like a group of poor wildebeest on the African savannah,
Of course, there are quite a few Hui soldiers who look back at Hanzhong City angrily: "Despicable long-haired thieves, using such vicious artillery. ”
Ren Wu was seriously injured and reluctantly rode to stop the retreat of the troops, but was intercepted: "Dashuai, don't go, if you go, you will see our brothers, and it will chill everyone's hearts." ”
was greeting the retreating troops, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Bai Dashuai is dead, and Second Brother Bai is also unconscious." ”
Bai Yanlong's brother Bai Yanhu was carried by people and retreated from the front line, and the people who carried it cried while walking, and more people knew about Bai Yanlong's death, and also joined the trend of crying and grieving.
The retreat of the Hui army made Luo Yang breathe a sigh of relief, but he did not relax the work in his hand, because he saw clearly the banner of the main general of the Hui army, and a few cavalrymen, in the telescope, he was definitely the leader of the officers.
Continue to shoot, operate it personally, after Luo Yang's visual inspection, observe and correct it with a telescope, and then, personally fire the cannon,
The dense Hui army flags surrounded by the crowd were cut by the projectile whistling, and countless people were cut into pieces by the sharp projectile trajectory, and even pierced the body, especially the commanders of the troops under the banners, who suffered heavy losses,