Chapter 245: The Bloody Battle at Jiayuguan (4)

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At this time, there were only two roads in front of them, one, to withdraw the troops. Second, it is a strong attack regardless of casualties. If the troops were to be withdrawn, the five or six hundred thousand men and horses would die in vain, and it would not be safe on the way to retreat. Zhao Guo would never allow them to withdraw so peacefully, and at least he would try his best to bite off a few pieces of meat from them. The most important thing is that once the troops are withdrawn, the current coalition of countries will also be finished. When the time comes, who will be the opponent of Da Zhao's terrifying army? When the time comes, what you will face is Da Zhao's endless revenge.

But if you don't withdraw, how can you capture Jiayuguan, which is like a turtle's shell? Especially on the shell of the turtle, there are thousands of powerful cannons? Want to send a master to sneak up on those artillery? It is also impossible, as far as the current point of view, Da Zhao has three innate powerhouses and hundreds of grandmasters. Which country can compare with this kind of perverted strength? Originally, the coalition army also had three innate and dozens of grandmasters. But two of them were born and one was seriously injured, and it was impossible to play in a short time. The other one, surnamed Suo, has been killed by Da Zhao. As for the grandmaster-level powerhouse, the losses are also extremely heavy, and now there are only more than twenty left, how can they fight hard with Da Zhao?

Today's coalition forces are in a dilemma. But in the end, it was unanimously discussed, that is, it was necessary to fight. As long as the Jiayu Pass is broken, the country will continue to replenish its troops. and Da Zhao consume national strength, and they all consume Da Zhao to death. At this time, Da Zhao seems to have exhausted his hole cards. The armies of the aces have shown their faces. As for the thousands of exquisite artillery, the power is fierce. However, it is impossible for any artillery to bombard continuously for a long time.

This is the weakness of artillery, just grasp this weakness. It can still win at the last minute. After all, most of the dead today are ordinary infantrymen, as well as muskets and artillery. There are also countless powerful armies, which are not moving. After discussing for a few hours, the leaders of the coalition began to command the army again.

Shields were built one after another, and a certain number of catapults were accumulated. Perhaps because of the casualties and fatigue of the Golden Eagle Flying Horse, it was rare that they did not come to disturb them in two days. The two sides seemed to be silently waiting for the final decisive battle, and as for the previous battlefield, after consultation with the envoys of both sides, it was agreed that it must be dealt with, otherwise the time dragged on for a long time, and this place would become a plague land. First, Da Zhao dispatched 20,000 infantry to give priority to cleaning up the battlefield and made countless trophies. Turning back, the 20,000 infantry of the coalition army brought back the bodies of their companions and burned them to ashes to be brought back.

Hundreds of shield carts, driven by the infantry, slowly moved towards Jiayuguan. This kind of magnificent scene can only be seen in such a large battlefield. However, the actions of the coalition forces this time seem to be different. It was surprisingly quiet, and those shield carts were moving inward little by little, until they approached the four miles of Jiayuguan.

Boom, boom, the exquisite artillery began to roar again. Rounds of shells bombarded the hundreds of shield carts. One after another, shield carts were shattered in the continuous artillery fire. However, only a few infantry were revealed.

On the top of the city tower, Yang Dingshan, who was using the vision of the strong master of the sect master and saw all this from a distance, his face changed slightly in an instant. said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the other party has already figured out a way to crack the Linglong cannon." ”

Zhao Zhe's brows also frowned slightly: "How?" ”

"The enemy uses a large number of shield vehicles to advance into the battlefield, but there is only a small amount of infantry in each shield vehicle, which lures the bombardment of our army's exquisite artillery and consumes the cooldown time of our exquisite artillery. But if we don't bomb, there will be few infantry in those shield chariots. In total, there are thousands of people who can slowly clear obstacles and fill potholes. Yang Dingshan sighed and said, "The next battle, I'm afraid it's going to be white-hot." Your Majesty, is this boom, is it not boom? ”

"Zhen Guogong, you are the commander-in-chief of this battle, you can boom if you say it. Otherwise, it is not a matter for them to eat away. Zhao Zhe's eyes froze, and he looked at all this from a distance with his hands behind his back: "I actually know that a battle of this level, the so-called sneak attack, ambush, and so on are just small paths. It can still be used when there are tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops. However, when it comes to millions of troops, it is simply wishful thinking to rely on some crooked ways to win. The move of the coalition army is obviously to suppress the odd with positive, and under the hard fight of their large number of troops, they don't care about casualties and only seek victory. It's really difficult. ”

"It is true that if the enemy launches a general offensive regardless of casualties. No matter how powerful our artillery is, the number of enemy soldiers killed is limited. Yang Dingshan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, in the next time, you can retreat to a safe range." The old minister assures you that if you are locked up, you will die. ”

"Don't worry, I can enter the holy realm at any time to take refuge, but Zhenguo Gong, don't mention it lightly. Even if we fail in the end, we must save our lives and keep Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood. Zhao Zhe smiled easily and said, "What if the Jiayu Pass is broken?" Our Great Zhao country has a population of 130 million, how can it be so easy to be destroyed. Rather than watching them get closer and closer, it's better to do that. Fight, Zhen Guogong. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Dingshan's face was unprecedentedly solemn: "Control the bombardment rhythm of artillery fire within the uninterrupted range of cooling." ”

Under Yang Dingshan's order, the bombardment speed of Linglong artillery became slower. Often, more than half a minute later, the second shot was fired. After each shot, the barrel is only slightly hot. The gunners, too, covered the guns with leather bags full of water to absorb the heat. But Rao is so, in order to maintain long-term firepower, the Linglong Cannon must rely on time to cool.

As the pace of artillery fire slowed down, the coalition forces naturally heard it. Following their orders, groups of infantry began to charge, each carrying a plank, and quickly rushed through the reclaimed ground. Then they rushed into the area full of obstacles, and even if there were obstacles, it did not mean that people could not move forward. They put planks on the holes, in such a way that they could not allow cavalry, elephants, and all sorts of siege equipment to pass. But at the very least, it is possible to allow the infantry to pass quickly. The exquisite artillery is still roaring unhurriedly. But with the opponent maintaining a very sparse formation, the lethality is not as great as imagined. A round of shelling, that is, hundreds of casualties, can hardly exceed a thousand.

But the infantrymen quickly erected improvised gangplanks out of wooden planks. Quickly approaching Jiayuguan. A team of dragon spearmen, with the cooperation of shield soldiers, left Jiayu Pass. The formation was set up, constantly sniping at the infantry who tried to rush closer. As soon as the coalition saw the appearance of the dragon pikemen, they immediately ordered the infantry to no longer load the springboard and begin to charge over the obstacles.

In the face of the target of this kind of activity, the Dragon Lancers also began to harvest human lives at a rapid pace. But the number of the other party is too much, like a tide, passing through the potholes and rejecting the horse. The distance between the two sides is constantly being narrowed. The delicate musket has become hot with rapid fire in a short period of time. Facing the infantry only twenty meters away, the dragon lancers had no choice but to retreat quickly.

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of infantry rushing to the front, the army behind is constantly keeping up. Originally, many of them were cavalry of all kinds, but in this case, the cavalry played zero role. So, having been ordered to dismount and turned into infantry, they rushed with the army. Rao was used by Zhao Guo with various tactics to weaken the military strength of four or five hundred thousand. At this time, the coalition army still had more than 3 million combat strength.

Just shot and killed 20,000 or 30,000 dragon spear troops, and retreated to Jiayu Pass in embarrassment. But at this time, the allied infantry that rushed to the front was already approaching the city wall. At this time, the walls of the city were already filled with countless ranged soldiers, or soldiers armed with bows and arrows, crossbows, muskets, and even delicate spears. At the sound of an order, they began to shoot the infantry who had approached the city walls.

In fact, the coalition forces would have caused great damage by charging like this. Especially under the rapid impact, many people did not die under the gun, but fell into the pit. But the boundless coalition forces, ready to bulldoze Jiayuguan in numbers, where can they take care of such casualties. If you are timid, the final end will be to be eaten by Zhao Guo.

The coalition forces can't wait any longer, this is a general offensive, a general offensive that either you die or I die. Rao is a long-range shot on the wall of the Great Zhao City, and there are constantly coalition soldiers who are killed. But more troops are rushing under the walls of Jiayuguan. Although the wall of more than ten meters is high, it is difficult to resist the crossbowmen of those coalition forces. Archers use their bows and arrows to shoot at the walls, while crossbowmen shoot precisely at the battlements.

The two sides fought a long-range fierce battle under the city walls. Countless arrows come and go, although Da Zhao has the advantage of the city wall, the casualty rate is lower than that of the enemy. But it really can't stand the large number of people on the other side, and the arrows like flying locusts are thrown up the city wall, and there will always be one that hits the people. Both sides, each with an alarming rate, are increasing the proportion of casualties.

At the same time, a group of special operators began to attack the city gate with swords. Although the city gate of Jiayuguan is more than a few feet thick. But the swords infused by those masters with true qi can still cut through the city gate little by little. It can be seen that it only takes a quarter of an hour to break through the city gate of Jiayu Pass. And the soldiers who were good at climbing, threw their rope hooks and claws towards the walls, and then climbed up with agility like apes. Even if there is a master, he only needs to borrow two strokes to climb the city wall. The soldiers in the rear of the coalition forces are not idle, they are quickly erecting springboards or clearing obstacles. The war, from this moment on, entered the white heat in an instant.

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(To be continued)