Chapter 233: The legs are weak
It wasn't until Peng Yue came to the south gate that he discovered the seriousness of the matter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 It turned out that I had already transferred most of the soldiers and horses to the south gate to attack, and the south gate city wall was not as strong as the north gate, and the enemy was attacking very fiercely, many large siege equipment were under the city to assist in launching attacks, many wall buttresses have been damaged, and the corpses of many soldiers next to them were scattered, and some were even buried under the blue brick sand, and they had not had time to be dragged over.
Peng Yue hurriedly ascended the city tower, but saw Zeng Mo anxiously commanding there, and at the same time, he also set up a strong bow from time to time to shoot the enemy himself.
"Lord Zeng, how is the battle going now?" , Peng Yue was lying in the protective wall of the city tower, unable to raise his head at all.
Zeng Mo didn't have time to pay attention to Peng Yue at the moment, just responded lightly, and then went into battle again.
Peng Yue also understood the situation at the moment, and knew that he was only adding to the chaos there, so he retreated from the edge of the city tower with interest.
"Master Peng, fortunately I and Lord Zeng came earlier, otherwise the situation would have been dangerous...", Wang Huan also retreated from the edge of the city tower, it turned out that he was sent by Zeng Mo to protect Peng Yue's safety.
"What the hell is going on?" , Peng Yue was also a little surprised, although the defenders of the south gate were weaker than the north gate, but the city defense of the south gate was still quite strong, and all kinds of fortifications were also very complete. In addition, the south gate is backed by a mountain, occupying favorable terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although there are many enemy troops, the south gate is relatively narrow, and the city wall is not wide, the enemy army cannot carry out a large-scale attack, and can only be on the ground in batches, which is more conducive to garrisoning, so Zeng Milling has always been more assured about the defense of the south gate, how can the situation be so critical?
"Master Peng, you don't know, when Master Zeng and I arrived. Only General Li Dequan and General Li are commanding here, Qiu Luan... Lord Qiu. He left alone, saying that he was going to transport weapons. But I haven't come back yet...", Wang Huan couldn't help but be a little indignant when he said this, but because of Qiu Luan's official position, he still endured the few swear words on his lips.
"How so?" Peng Yue couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this, although the enemy was strong this time, Qiu Luan, as the main general, couldn't escape from the battle.
Besides, the south gate occupies so many favorable conditions, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, he ordered the soldiers to transport an artillery piece here before the war, although there is not much ammunition, but if it is used properly, it can also inflict a very big blow on the enemy, how can it easily fail?
Qiu Luan saw that the artillery was very powerful, and ordered the artillery to fire and bomb at the beginning, but at this time, the enemy's infantry had not yet approached, and only some cavalry were killed. As a result, it didn't take long for the shells to run out. At this time, the enemy infantry approached. And a lot of siege equipment was transported, and they began to frantically fire incendiary bombs and crossbow arrows at the city, and many brothers were killed...". Speaking of this, Wang Huan couldn't help but sigh and shed tears.
"So at this time, Qiu Luan ran away?". Peng Yue looked to the side viciously, and scolded Qiu Luan several times in his heart.
"Qiu Luan said that he was going to get weapons. But now... Didn't come back, damn it... It's a jerk! ”。 As soon as Wang Huan remembered the death of so many brothers, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and scolded angrily.
"I died so many soldiers, but I am hiding here, and I need others to protect me, what kind of thing am I, and what is the difference between me and Qiu Luan?" Peng Yue thought in his heart, so he got up and prepared to climb the city tower to fight together, "Wang Huan, follow me upstairs to kill the enemy!" ”
Peng Yue stood on the edge of the city tower, but saw that the enemy cavalry was charging towards the city gate, and a large number of infantry had gathered from the city gate.
"Firecracker, quick, concentrate your fire, and hit in the direction of the city gate...", Peng Yue shouted from the city tower.
When the gunners heard the order, they immediately fired in the direction of the city gate, but it was too late, and some enemy infantry had already rushed through the city gate. Moreover, the enemy's incendiary bombs and crossbows also cooperated with the attack of the city gate, killing many soldiers on the side of the city wall, and also killing two musketeers.
"Firecrackers, be careful!" , Peng Yue hurriedly shouted, Peng Yue didn't have many musketeers this time, and in Peng Yue's heart, the musketeers and artillery were important, but the musketeers and artillery men were more important.
"Whoa", I saw that the cavalry and infantry who rushed in front were trapped in the big pit at the gate of the city. "Bang", only to hear a few loud noises in the big pit, followed by screams again and again.
"Haha... They've been tricked, and it's finally come in handy...", Wang Huan laughed from the side.
It turned out that Zeng Milling knew that the south gate was not as strong as the north gate, and there were not many people who usually walked, so he dug many big pits at the south gate, and laid some Zeng's mines, wood tribulus terrestris, iron thistle and other things. It's just that because of the delay of pedestrians entering and exiting the city gate in peacetime, everyone always has to detour every time they arrange a big pit, so this is often opposed, but Zeng Mill still insists on setting up some big pits at the south gate, which are surrounded by a fence on weekdays and withdrawn during wartime to attract the enemy.
"Archers, gunners, attack the inside of the urn city with all your might...", Zeng Mian shouted from the castle tower.
It turned out that the gate of the urn city had been blasted open by them with artillery just now, and many infantry had already bypassed the big pit and rushed into the urn city.
"Block the gate of the urn city with stones, close the door and beat the dogs!" , Peng Yue also reacted quickly. Peng Yue noticed that the gate of the urn city was narrow and could not rush in too many people, as long as the gate of the urn city was quickly blocked, the part of the infantry that rushed in was not to worry.
I saw several large stones fall, killing all the infantry at the gate of the city gate. The part of the soldiers who rushed in were all blocked in the urn city, and they did not bring heavy weapons, and the big city gate could not be broken, only in the urn city was smashed to death by rocks and arrows, and they were shot to death.
And the gate of the city of Urn was almost blocked, and you could only jump in by climbing on the stones, and only one or two people could enter at a time, and the soldiers who wanted to move the stones were also suppressed back by the fire gunners and archers. The gates are secure for the time being.
"Wang Huan, now send out a part of the soldiers and defend the corner tower in case the enemy attacks there!" Zeng Mill turned his head and said to Wang Huan.
Peng Yue couldn't help but admire Zeng Miao's adaptability, and after guarding the city gate, he immediately thought of choking the dead end of the city defense.
Originally, the Datong city defense was too wide, so in the corner platform of the four corners of the city wall, each built a building, named the corner tower. The height and volume of the hug are between the city tower and the enemy tower, which makes up for the weak link of the defense at the corner of the city wall, and the corner tower has a wide field of vision, which can be more convenient to strike at the enemy.
"Quick, let's get the tired answer, "Bring it up...", Zeng Milled on the top of the city tower and commanded.
At this time, several soldiers brought up some fine soft curtains tightly woven with coarse hemp rope, and the surface was also coated with a layer of mud.
Peng Yue was puzzled, and Wang Huan explained to him that this is a kind of protective equipment, and they are hung on the city tower, the female wall, and the outer building, which can prevent the wall battlements from being destroyed, and the mud layer on it also has the function of fire prevention and fire extinguishing.
"Bang", a shell fell on the city wall, killing quite a few soldiers. A fire broke out next to it. Fortunately, Zeng Mill reacted in time just now and quickly hung up the tired answer, which protected the city wall from being damaged and the fire did not ignite.
It turned out that the enemy army saw that the city gate had been blocked and it was difficult to break in, so they planned to bombard the defenders of the city with artillery and wait for the ladder to attack the city.
Hey, I'll go, this is war, when Peng Yue didn't experience it, he still had some small expectations in his heart, but now... Forget it, let's not talk about it, my legs are all weak... (To be continued.) )