Chapter 123: Hunting the Enemy General
The Taiping army and the people on the city wall of Hanzhong cheered, holding swords and guns, hugged each other, and shed tears of excitement, seeing that the Hui army broke through the city, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city were going to suffer.
"Providence, providence."
"Thunder fell from the sky and slashed back the soldiers."
"God has appeared."
"It's not God, it's Lei Gong."
The soldiers and civilians rushed to the vicinity of the city tower in this area, wanting to see the situation here with their own eyes, especially the defenders in the distance, only to hear the loud sound of the explosion, and thought that the army had buried mines to knock down the city wall by using the method of tunnels.
Luo Yang also secretly blamed himself for being careless, originally he wanted to let the Hui army attack the city, and then counterattack, but, for the safety of the ammunition, most of the explosives were hidden in the west gate tower of the city, as a result, when the Hui army frantically attacked the city and the war was critical, he bombarded the city tower, all helpless, but also a stroke of genius, but after thinking about it, what if those explosive bags were detonated, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Luo Yang didn't have the time to pay attention to the results of the artillery bombardment, anyway, he just knew that it was good, his eyes were fixed on the outside of the city, looking at the movements of the Hui army,
The headquarters of the Hui army outside the city, the generals commanded on horseback were extremely shocked and angry, the danger of artillery bombardment in the city, they had predicted that whether it was the Qing army or others, the firepower and equipment were stronger than the Hui army, so the Hui army often faced it, and they were no longer afraid.
"You can't retreat, all Muslim brothers, you can't retreat, all return to attack, and those who retreat will be killed." Marshal Ren Wu angrily drew his saber and shouted,
The Bai Yanlong brothers were even more active, and immediately rode forward, yelling, leading their troops, and attacking in reverse.
Driven by the generals of the Hui army, all the defeated Hui troops immediately regained their fighting spirit, turned around and hesitated, and no longer retreated.
"Kill, follow me into the city, the long-haired city has been opened, what are you afraid of."
The Bai Yanlong brothers led hundreds of cavalry to assault forward, and then, more infantry followed behind them, charging towards the ruins of the west gate of Hanzhong City.
Another fierce offensive began,
The Taiping army and the people in the city, who were cheering, immediately stopped their joy and hurriedly found a suitable position to defend, and many exclaimed: "City gate, city gate." ”
It was really dangerous, on the city walls, in the place of the flying thunder cannons, there were only six rounds left in the explosives pack, while the rest were suppressed in the collapsed city gatehouse,
What can I do about this, Luo Yang was in a hurry, the stroke of genius during the fierce battle just now suddenly became a fatal move,
Leaving the flying thunder cannon to the artillery team to operate by himself, Luo Yang anxiously walked around the city wall, observing the whereabouts of the enemy army while imagining new methods.
"There it is."
He walked quickly to a cast iron cannon and instructed the soldiers to adjust the angle of fire of the cannon according to their own requirements.
The telescope scanned the wilderness area west of the city, and also tracked the location of the main general's banner of the Hui army, and soon, he found Ren Wu's handsome banner, although the distance was far away, hundreds of away, he could still see clearly,
Ordered three cast iron cannons to aim at one place at the same time, of course, the target was expanded up and down, left and right, and a small target, a large target composed of three fulcrums, and ordered the soldiers to be ready to shoot at any time, and then, he grouped up the other two cast iron cannons, scanning the crowd of horses of the charging returning army,
"Brother Luo, what are you going to do, why don't you fight back the crowd of soldiers, why do you want to aim there." The artillerymen were puzzled,
"Fight back."
"Well, hit."
"Just a few of our cannons, sparsely drawn, can hit a few, useless."
"Then you."
"Hunt their leaders, capture thieves and kings."
"Ah, well, we'll listen to you." The artillerymen rejoiced,
The three cannons aimed at Ren Wu, under the command of Luo Yang, were fired, and three loud bangs broke out almost simultaneously, and then, the artillerymen hurriedly continued to load the shells and gunpowder,
"Don't stop, blast all the shells towards Ren Wu."
While commanding the supreme commander of the bombardment of the Hui army, Luo Yang also set his eyes on the pro-enemy commander of the Hui army, in fact, in the battle, the role of the former enemy commander is more real,
The robes of the brothers Bai Yanlong and Bai Yanhu, in the fierce horses and the wind, hunting and dancing, are as strong and perfect as the lion on the African grassland, mighty and lovely.
Luo Yang's sinister gaze was already on them, and then, from time to time, using telescopes and eyemetry, alternately measuring the distance, and then, operating an iron cast cannon with his own hands, tracking and adjusting the angle, after the gunpowder and shells were loaded, the assistant artilleryman was holding the rope and lit it at any time,
All the soldiers and civilians around looked at them warmly and worriedly, because of the great power of the artillery last time, this time, everyone had high hopes for them,
Luo Yang knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't pay attention to everyone's eyes at all, otherwise, his mood would be tense and out of proportion, who knew what would go wrong.
The charge of the Hui army was very fierce, and the footsteps of the horses and soldiers trampled the wilderness outside the city into dust, and the corpses everywhere aroused the righteous indignation of the Hui soldiers, who quickly healed the fear of the cannons, and galloped forward with a desperate pace.
"Kill." Bai Yanlong, worthy of being a strong martial arts rider, as one of the few Qing Dynasty martial artists, he is both civil and military, heroic and extraordinary, so, as one of the marshals of the Hui uprising, he is more prestigious, young and strong, he is a banner of the Hui rebel army,
Luo Yang didn't know Bai Yanlong, nor did he know Bai Yanhu, but he still knew something from the prisoners of war, and the question was that at the scene, he didn't expect who the two Hui generals were, but decisively aimed at the cannon.
Luo Yang operated a cannon steadily, this kind of cannon, because of the ancient breech gunpowder projectile bulky cannon, the power is so small, it is understandable, however, this kind of cannon also has an advantage, the huge projectile kills, once it hits anyone, it will definitely not be cured,
There is very little hope, but once it hits, it is 100% successful.
For this slim chance of success, beads of sweat appeared on Luo Yang's forehead,
The scorching sun is in the sky, the summer in southern Shaanxi, and there is no coolness because of the cover of the Qinling Mountains, Hanzhong City in the lofty mountains, like a lonely island, besieged by hostile people, precarious,
Luo Yang, who was on the isolated island, looked at the general rider who was galloping in front of him, and decisively ordered, "Point." ”
Luo Yang had calculated the speed of the war horse's running, the bursting time after igniting the cannonball, combined them, and measured a advance amount.
Boom, the cannon shook,
Luo Yang didn't go to see the results of the battle, but quickly rushed to the back of another iron cast cannon, commanded and operated, set up the amount in advance, and then bombarded.
Sure enough, during the bombardment, it was found that the first shot was far behind, avoiding the enemy generals, and a projectile knocked several enemy cavalry on their backs.
Slightly modified, Luo Yang's second artillery bombarded out,
Bai Yanlong, one of the leading generals of the Hui army, was directly hit by a projectile, and was immediately knocked out of the saddle, and his flesh and blood flew sideways.