Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Battle of Baoqing (I)

Outside the city of Baoqing City, sprinkled in the west city of Baoqing, where the fierce battle was in full swing, a few wisps of wet summer wind blew, bringing a pungent bloody breath.

"Toot ~ ~ Toot ~~!" "Boom~Boom~" The sound of war trumpets and war drums above and below the city was loud and angry, and it was endless, but the soldiers fighting desperately on both sides seemed to be a little numb.

"嗾~~嗾~~!" Feathered arrows are like locusts, with a terrible whistling sound flying endlessly above and below the city. From time to time, soldiers on both sides fell from arrows, screaming one after another.

More than 100 ladders were erected on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Great Western Army climbed along the ladders to the city head one after another.

However, the garrison of the Qing army in the city was also quite tenacious, and Bel Tunqi was not afraid of the arrows and stones to come to the front line in person.

Under the supervision of the full army, and after many days of bloody fighting, the Qing army also became numb.

At the foot of the city wall, countless smashed and burned ladders and the wreckage of rushing cars were piled up everywhere, confirming the tragic extent of the offensive and defensive battles in the past few days. The two-zhang wide moat that surrounds Baoqing City has long been filled in.

"Quick, quick, attack Lao Tzu!" Ma Jinzhong of the Great Western Army had already climbed to the top of Baoqing City, fighting with the defenders while shouting hoarsely to the soldiers under the city to climb the tower as soon as possible.

"Good!" Sun Kewang's eyes lit up, and he also looked extremely excited, as if the city was about to break down.

waved the handsome flag in his hand forward, and Sun Kewang roared loudly, "Shang, you must conquer Baoqing City today......

But before Sun Kewang could finish the order, the city in front of him changed again - under the command of Tunqi, who stood proudly at the head of the city, the Qing soldiers on the city tower suddenly threw countless rubble urns down the city.

"It's not good, the Qing army wants to set fire!" As soon as he saw the Qing army act like this, Feng Shuangli, who was extremely experienced in the battlefield, immediately realized it and exclaimed in surprise.

"Cast!" As Tunqi's penetrating loud voice sounded, dozens of soldiers holding torches suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and immediately threw the torches in their hands into the city.

"Whew~" sounded, as soon as the boiling oil under the city touched the torch, it was shrouded in flames in an instant, and the raging flames were more than two feet high.

"Come forward, take down the thieves at the head of the city!" Tun Qi did not hesitate to break off again.

"Damn! Withdraw it. Ma Jinzhong showed a look of shock and helplessness on his face, pulled out the short knife on his waist, and after cutting down a few Qing soldiers, he immediately roared wildly and took the lead in retreating to the rear.

"Hmph~!" On the city tower, Tun Qi snorted lightly, followed Ma Jinzhong who fled from the city with a cold gaze, and then raised his right hand to stop the pursuit of the Qing soldiers.

"Damn. Hateful ......" Seeing that the siege failed again, Sun Kewang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and couldn't stop scolding.

"Aoi Woo, are you okay?" Feng Shuangli greeted Ma Jinzhong, who had retreated to the military position, and asked with concern.

"I don't have anything, it's just a pity that this siege ......" Ma Jinzhong wiped the sweat from his face, and said with regret in his tone.

"I can't imagine that this Tunqi is so tricky." Feng Shuangli stared at Tunqi on the city wall in the distance and said with emotion.

In the past half month, in addition to the strong attack, the Great Western Army also used many methods to try to provoke Tunqi out of the city, and then annihilated it in one fell swoop.

But he didn't want to, Tunqi completely ignored all the means of the Great Western Army, and responded to all changes without change, just holding on to the city.

In the face of the method adopted by the Great Western Army, Tunqi did even more desperately - directly sealed the vacated city gate, completely cutting off his retreat, in order to show his heart to defend the city.

"This man is brave and resourceful, and he acts calmly and calmly. It is also battle-hardened. What a tough opponent to deal with! Ma Jinzhong nodded and echoed Feng Shuangli and said.

"Ordered the army to rest for the time being. Continue to fill the moat after half an hour! The anger in Sun Kewang's eyes was constantly accumulating - the hateful Baoqing City had blocked his army of more than 10,000 for nearly half a month;

When Feng Shuangli just wanted to persuade, he was stopped by Ma Jinzhong. Ma Jinzhong shook his head, Feng Shuangli sighed, and was silent.

Now everyone can see that after Li Dingguo's two famous queens and military prestige soared, Sun Kewang was deeply jealous of him.

Originally, he should have taken advantage of the killing of Nikan to annihilate the Qing army commanded by Nikan in one fell swoop and recover Huguang.

However, Sun Kewang was afraid that Li Dingguo would support his own troops in the future, which would be detrimental to himself. He forced Li Dingguo to garrison Guilin and transferred Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong back to his banner. The great opportunity to annihilate the Qing army was lost.

Ma Jinzhong and Feng Shuangli were both deeply dissatisfied with Sun Kewang's jealousy of Xian Neng, but they were afraid that he was the leader of the Great Western Army, so they could only dare to be angry but not dare to speak.

Looking at Baoqing City, Sun Kewang's eyes were full of anger.

Then Li Dingguo can easily kill the general, I am the king of Qin, how can this personal expedition fail. No, Lao Tzu must not fail! Lao Tzu must conquer Baoqing and let everyone see that Lao Tzu is no worse than Li Dingguo.

But even more hateful is Tunqi, who always seems to be able to figure out how to deal with his own army.

"This time, the army will all be dispatched, and I must bulldoze the moat in one fell swoop!" Sun Kewang almost said these words in a roaring manner.

"Don't worry, this time, I will personally lead the army to fill the river!" Ma Jinzhong said out loud.

"I'm on it too!" Feng Shuangli's words were very short, but his tone and expression on his face naturally exuded a kind of perseverance.

After the retreating Great Western Army returned to the original military formation, it regrouped according to its respective divisions, Qu, Tun, and Shi.

Immediately, simple siege equipment such as crashing logs and ladders were distributed to the soldiers, and several rushing carts with rough structures were also pushed to the front of the formation.

"Tom tom tom ......tom" The shocking sound of war drums sounded rapidly -- Sun Kewang, commander of the Great Western Army, waved the handsome flag in his hand and shouted angrily and issued an order for an all-out siege: "Those who ascend the city first will be rewarded, and the whole army will not seal the sword for three days after the city is broken." Those who dare to retreat. No mercy! ”

"Siege!" The last two words were almost shouted out by Sun Kewang.

"Toot ~!" The trumpeters quickly transmitted Sun Kewang's order to all units of the Great Western Army.

The Great Western Army, armed with all kinds of siege equipment, began to slowly move in the direction of the city walls. And as the war drums beat more and more rapidly, the speed of the march became faster and faster.

The experience honed over the years of fighting in the battlefield allowed the soldiers of the Onishi Army to skillfully dodge most of the bows and arrows fired by the enemy. Quickly rushed to the bottom of the city walls.

"Bang the wood and slam the door!"

"Build a ladder and climb the city!" Feng Shuangli, who was the first soldier, waved the big knife in his hand to block the flying arrows, and at the same time, he roared hoarsely.

"Knock~Knock~!" Two or three huge banging logs slammed into the south gate of Baoqing at the same time, causing a deafening loud sound.

At the same time, with a sound of "pop~", more than 30 ladders almost set up the city wall in order, and then countless soldiers of the Great Western Army raised their shields and sharp blades, and began to climb up from the ladders to the city head quickly.

"Boiling oil ready~. Splash! Seeing that the Great Western Army had attacked the city, Tunqi's face was still calm and unwavering, and he could not see a trace of panic, while letting the archers continue to shoot, while calmly directing the soldiers on the inner edge of the city tower to carry the boiling oil that had been burned to the outside of the city tower and pour it down.

Boiling oil was constantly poured down from the place where the Onishi soldiers set up the ladder and hit the city gate, and the Onishi soldiers who could not dodge were immediately burned and flesh opened.

From time to time, some people covered their faces and planted themselves from the ladder to the city, and the sound of miserable screams and wails was endless.

"Throw fire!" With a shout, the lit torches and hay were quickly thrown out of the city by the defenders. Suddenly, a sea of fire ignited outside the city, as if it was grilling the city wall.

"Archers, fire a volley at the city and suppress the enemy army!" Ma Jinzhong roared angrily and commanded his archers to shoot wildly, and at the same time, the strong bow in his hand did not stop shooting the enemy soldiers in the city one by one.

"Those who retreat from the battle will be killed!" After slashing the two soldiers who wanted to retreat, Feng Shuangli snatched a large shield and personally climbed up the city along a ladder that had not yet burned to the ground.

In a short time, Feng Shuangli skillfully dodged countless stray arrows and stones and climbed to the top of the city.

"General Feng has landed in the city! Soldiers, attack with me! The sharp-eyed Ma Jinzhong immediately roared, inspiring his soldiers to bravely climb the city.

Under the cover of the rain of arrows like locusts by archers, more than 100 soldiers of the Great Western Army were slamming into the city gate with a few newly cut logs.

Each impact brought a throbbing and muffled sound, and the heavy impact seemed to make the city wall shake with it.

"Rolling stones, boiling oil and boiling water, all smashed down, fell!"

"Don't let them break the gates!" On the tower of the city, Tun Qi shouted to his subordinates, and personally braved the enemy's arrow rain to throw large stones into the city.

"Your Excellency!" Suddenly, a soldier rushed up to the west city tower and reported to Tun Qiyu in a hurried tone, "There are thieves in the city who are making trouble and are rushing to the east gate, wanting to open the city gate and let the enemy army enter the city!" ”

"What?" Tunqi's complexion changed drastically. (To be continued.) )