Chapter Seventy-Four: The City Breaks
Just when the incentive war was going on here in Yulin, Xi'an City, which was only a few hundred miles away from Yulin, was also going on a big war, but compared with the war in Yulin, it was more grandiose, inspiring, and more cruel and bloody.
"Boom Boom"
This was the sound of the few remaining cannons above the city, and every time there was a sound, some soldiers and siege engines would be torn to shreds under the city, but in the face of the enemy who was pouring like a tide, this attack did not have much effect at all.
Although the effect is not great, but this is indeed the last reliance of the entire Xi'an defenders, without the support of these cannons and some other firearms, let alone holding on for dozens of days, three or five days can not be held, Xi'an will fall.
After dozens of days of fierce attacks, the city wall of Xi'an City, which is more than ten zhang high, has long been unable to hold on, and most of it has collapsed in many places.
As round after round of boulders fell, more places were slowly collapsing, and as the role of the city wall became smaller and smaller, the soldiers outside the city attacked more fiercely, one by one, as if facing the old enemy, they rushed forward without dying.
Seeing that the tall city wall of Xi'an is collapsing more and more, without the protection of the city wall, with the defeat of those remnants of the city in the city, how can it be his opponent, when the time comes, his wish for many years will be realized, standing behind, looking at Xi'an City, Li Zicheng couldn't help but think excitedly, but what Li Zicheng didn't know was that because of Shi Lei's unexpected appearance, Yulin, Yan'an and other places that should have been attached to him a long time ago not only did not follow suit, but also robbed the grain that should have been sent to their camp. caused him to capture Xi'an City more than ten days later than in history, and the butterfly that disturbed history gently stirred its wings here, although the effect was not great, but it also caused a certain impact.
"Generalissimo, it seems that Dong Xueli's turtle egg can't hold on, it's been a day or two since the city was broken, his grandmother's, such a kid, was able to stop us for so many days, if he hasn't died after the city is broken, see how I clean him up." Liu Zongmin, who was standing next to Li Zicheng, said.
"Yes, it's just, hey, they're all good men, why are they so rigid, for a false name, Sun Chuanting is like this, this Dong Xueli is also like this, if these people can be used by me, I would have already knocked down Beijing City." Hearing Liu Zongmin's words, Li Zicheng said with some sighs.
If Li Zicheng rebelled in the past just to survive or eat, then now that he is about to capture Xi'an City, his heart has completely begun to change, and his vision has been looking higher, so he has long lost the difference between the enemy and his own people, in order to be able to realize the ideal in his heart, whether he was an enemy or not, as long as he is willing to take refuge in him, he can accept it with an open mind.
Just when Li Zicheng and the others outside the city were full of passion in their hearts, the city was already chaotic at this time, and everyone was panicking.
"Father, father, I can't hold it, I can't hold it, what should I do, what should I do, our gunpowder is gone, and our troops are less than 3,000 left, and now there is no food and grass inside and no rescue soldiers outside, what should we do!" A young general cried out loudly while fighting desperately.
At the head of the city, a middle-aged general wearing a broken armor and holding a handle that has already broken through countless gaps, looks like a saw knife, and his beard has already been dyed black with blood, after hacking to death a soldier who attacked the city, he scolded the young man who was crying behind him to the young general, "What are you crying about, the man is alive, standing up to the sky, the big deal is just a death, from the beginning of Sun Dashuai handing over this Xi'an city to me, I said, the city is in the people, the city is lost, what is there to cry about." ”
This person is the Xi'an guard general Dong Xueli, the young man who shouted is his eldest son, Dong Qi, who is just eighteen this year, as Sun Chuanting's confidant and favorite general, after Sun Chuanting led the troops to Henan to quell the turmoil, he was stayed, because he didn't expect Li Zicheng's strength to improve so quickly, in addition to Xi'an is a big city, therefore, Sun Chuanting only left Xi'an with 15,000 defenders, you know, if it is normal, such as Xi'an and other important cities, there will be at least 50,000 soldiers stationed.
Therefore, when Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting in Henan, when he went north to Xi'an City, although Li Zicheng repeatedly persuaded him, as Sun Chuanting's favorite general, Dong Xueli had no intention of surrendering, and with the cannons and many firearms left by Sun Chuanting, Xi'an finally insisted until now, but after seeing the situation outside the city, Dong Xueli knew that Xi'an City was finally unbearable today.
"Father, as a soldier, I will serve the country and die, this is our duty, but what about my mother and younger brothers and sisters, do you want them to die with us, sister, my sister is not yet five years old!" For the coldness of the middle-aged general, the young general couldn't help but shout.
Hearing the shouts of his son Dong Qi, after the middle-aged general cut down the city wall with the last intruder, his eyes couldn't help but close, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "You are right, I didn't think about it, we die as soldiers, but we can't let those who are loyal to the country cut off their children and grandchildren, you go back immediately, gather all the active soldiers, and at the same time take Sun Dashuai, General Niu and other generals' families, and look for an opportunity to break through." ”
"Break through, father, can we still stand out now, I said, now there are people everywhere who break into the army, even if we break through, where can we go, father, it's better to break through like this, you take Sun Dashuai and the family members of others to break out, and I will resist here." The young general Dong Qi said suspiciously.
"Hahaha, my father just said, I promised Sun Dashuai, the city is in the people, the city is lost, and now at this point, do you want to let the father lose his trust, besides, do you think that even if the father can break through, then Li Chuang will let go of the father, okay, don't say anything else, there is not much time now, you hurry up and gather all the families of the generals in the city, and then, while the enemy is now mainly attacking the south gate, quickly break through from the north gate, remember, after the breakthrough, don't go south, If you want to go to the north, at least the north is stable for now. Looking at his young son, Dong Xueli carefully instructed while tidying up his clothes and armor.
When his son walked towards the city with tears in his eyes, Dong Xueli suddenly felt a shock under him, and then heard a huge cheer from outside the city, "The city is broken, the city is broken, rush." ”
Sure enough, not far from Dong Xueli sitting on the city wall, a section of the city wall of about three zhang finally couldn't resist the bombardment of the boulders, and then collapsed to the ground, completely exposing the situation in the city.
Seeing that breach, the army swarmed in, Dong Xueli's heart suddenly stopped being nervous, but relaxed, and heard him raise the sky and say, "Sun Dashuai, I, Dong Xueli, have lived up to your expectations, not only have I defended this Xi'an City, but I can't avenge you, but, don't worry, I, Dong Xueli, will definitely fulfill my promise, rest assured, I'm about to meet you with many brothers, you wait." With that, he took the steel knife he was guarding and ran towards the gap.
Just when the city of Xi'an was broken, there were also bursts of cheers in Yulin.
"It's open, it's open, the city gate has been broken, hurry, rush, if you want to be promoted and get rich, you will rush me!"
Under the desperate attack of the soldiers of the Hao army under the city, the heavy gate of Yulin City finally couldn't hold on to the huge sound of 'boom, boom', and slowly fell.
This sudden accident made everyone change color, Hao Shaoqi didn't expect that happiness would come so quickly, but Shilei in the city looked horrified, although they had already expected that there would be such a moment, but they never imagined that this moment would come so quickly and so suddenly.
"Hahahaha, good, great, Mr. Tong, have you seen it, the city gate has been broken, we are going to win, and Yulin will belong to us from now on." Standing at the back, seeing the broken Yulin City Gate, Hao Shaoqi finally couldn't help laughing.
Hearing Hao Shaoqi's words, Mr. Tong couldn't help but smile and said, "Congratulations to the general, General Hexi, the first step on behalf of the general's ideal success has been taken. ”
'Happiness gives birth to sorrow and bitterness in sweetness'' 'Saion loses his horse, and he doesn't know if it's a blessing'
Our ancestors have already given us detailed explanations, but no matter what time they are, people's hearts are always unwilling to believe this.
Hearing those deafening shouts from outside the city, looking at the Hao soldiers who were swarming in, Shi Lei did not have the slightest worry on his face, a look of fear, but said indifferently, "Okay, good, great, start now, give us a counterattack, Hao Shaoqi, you just wash your neck and wait for my steel knife!" ”
"Come on, detonate it!"
With Shi Lei's words, tens of thousands of people in the city and under the city saw a terrifying scene, with a deafening sound, everyone felt as if the earth dragon turned over, and the land under them couldn't help but stir a few times, and then, everyone saw that more than 1,000 Hao soldiers who originally broke into the city were completely swallowed up by a skyrocketing fire, and when the fire disappeared, there was no longer a Hao army soldier who existed, leaving only pieces of different sizes on the ground, mixed with a broken arm or finger from time to time.
Collect, collect, collect