Chapter 235: Offensive and Defensive Battles (7)
More soldiers of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion took advantage of the pause of the rebel shooters to throw stones and rolling logs down the city, and fell into the dense crowd of rebels, causing heavy casualties to the rebels.
For a time, there was chaos under the city wall, most of the people ran back along the moat passage in panic, and although the rebel soldiers were in chaos, they were busy picking up the burning materials on the ground into the moat under the command of the rebel generals.
Those who turned and fled were immediately shot by the rebels' birds and bows and arrows, and those who fled first rolled down to the moat screaming, and finally forced the fleeing Minzhuang to return to the city wall.
At this time, the Western cannons fired at each other had to stop for a while because of the long firing and the heating of the breech.
The number of artillery in the earthquake camp is small, but the victory lies in the high accuracy of fire, which can effectively deter the rebels; The artillery of the Kong Youde rebels was superior in number, and when fired, it caused great damage to the soldiers defending the city wall and the head of the city.
Taking advantage of the pause in the artillery fire between the two sides, Kong Youde sent a second wave of siege troops with the participation of chariots, in an attempt to capture the city gate with superior forces in one fell swoop.
After a brief panic among the rebels under the city, under the command of Mao Chenglu, they began to force Minzhuang to build a ladder to attack the city.
At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion took advantage of the artillery fire to increase their throwing efforts to attack the rebels under the city.
The ladder of the rebel siege was repeatedly pushed to the side of the defenders of the Zhenshan battalion, but the rebels repeatedly built and climbed again, while the defending soldiers of the Zhenshan battalion at the head of the city were attacked by rebel archers and birdmen.
The screams of shouts of killing, the sound of birds hitting and the wounded soldiers on both sides filled the battlefield, and the city and the city fell into a state of offensive and defensive stalemate.
The second wave of rebel siege forces gradually approached the edge of the moat. At this time, more than 10,000 rebels were crowded under the two-mile-long city wall of Cheng'en Gate.
However, the second wave of 3,000 rebels did not attack the city walls, but followed the chariots and prepared to attack the gates of the urn city.
After a brief communication between the leading rebel generals and Mao Chenglu. Immediately ordered to prepare for the siege.
All of the chariots stopped at the gates of the city, and soon rebel soldiers stepped forward to separate the chariots from the horses. to prevent the recurrence of the startling incident.
There are 20 birds in the chariot to shoot at the head of the city, and there are 10 birds in each car, and the chariot is closed on all sides, so there is no need to worry about the firearms at the head of the city, and the birds and soldiers in the car can shoot through the shooting hole.
The addition of 200 new long-range shots immediately suppressed the counterattack of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion at the head of the city, resulting in a decrease in the number of throwing objects such as rolling logs, stones, and ash bottles falling on the head of the city, and the rebels at the base of the city wall could have a chance to breathe.
The rebels' eight rocket vans were lined up, each with honeycomb-like launchers covered with crow-shaped rockets aimed at the open space in the city. Prepare to strike back against the defenders inside the Urn City.
This kind of crow-shaped rocket is called "Divine Fire Flying Crow", there is a gunpowder line in the gunpowder inside the crow body, and it is connected with the gunpowder in the gunpowder cartridge of the take-off rocket, and the gunpowder line of the take-off rocket is ignited when launched, so that the rocket flies to the enemy camp and detonates the gunpowder loaded in the crow's body, which is used to kill, injure and burn the enemy soldiers and horses.
The last eight large general's chariots, located closer to the gate of the urn city, were not afraid of the blows of the city's birds, and two Franc machine guns were placed on the wooden platform in the carriage. At this moment, all the gun ports are aimed at the position of the gate of the Urn City.
"Boom Boom"
The Franco's cannon on the general's car was aimed at the urn city gate, and the pieces of cannons roared and hit dozens of paces on the urn city gate and the city wall around the city gate.
At such a close distance, the Franc cannon could exert great power, and hundreds of shotguns slammed into the iron-clad gates of the Urn City. Nearly smashed the gates to smithereens.
Immediately after that, the Divine Fire Crow on the rocket car on the other side flew into the open space of the Urn City with a sharp whistle, and in an instant, a series of shelling sounds sounded in the Urn City. Puffs of smoke rose from the urn city.
The 3,000 rebel soldiers on the side of the moat, under the command of the rebel generals, directly charged in the direction of the urn city. A small number of rebel soldiers pushed the General's chariot over the moat. Prepare to bombard Cheng'en Gate through the Urn City; Most of the others brandished their blades and shouted and rushed towards the broken gate of the Urn City, with the aim of of course, after the general's chariot blasted open the gate. Rush into the city and fight.
The movement of the rebels under the city naturally attracted Feng Jian's attention, and there were 200 bird soldiers on the rebels' twenty cars, which cooperated with the rebel bird soldiers under the city to almost suppress the bird soldiers on the enemy platforms on both sides of the Zhenshan camp, and the rocket car and the general's car finally showed great power.
This strong new force participated in the siege, which suddenly changed the scene of the stalemate battle, and it was difficult for the soldiers defending the city of the Zhenshan Battalion to be suppressed to carry out an effective counterattack, while the rebel camp was gaining momentum.
I couldn't see the city wall in the city gate tower, and seeing that the three thousand rebels pushed the general's chariot directly to the urn city, I didn't need to ask to know that the situation was now unfavorable to my side.
Huang Jinjiang said anxiously: "Looking at the situation, the situation at the city gate in the urn city is not good, I don't know what the situation is with the five hundred Zhenshan camp brothers such as Brother Fan Li?" ”
Feng Jian said suddenly: "Now the situation is critical, Zhao Shougang is very difficult to deal with, you all follow me to the city to meet the rebels together." ”
Huang Jinjiang and a group of guards hesitated slightly, and saw Feng Jian turn around and walk out of the city gate, Huang Jinjiang knew what Feng Jian had decided, so he would not allow his subordinates to object, and quickly led his guards to follow Feng Jian and rush to the direction of the city.
Zhao Shougang crouched at the head of the city to observe, although the rebels suppressed the head of the city strongly, but the casualties of the soldiers of the Zhenshan battalion at the head of the city did not increase, and it was still difficult to attack the head of the city through the ladder.
The most critical part of the situation now is the location of the city gate, just now the rebels bombarded the inside of the urn city with the "Divine Fire Flying Crow", which may affect Fan Li and others who were ambushed in the urn city.
The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the ground in the urn city was blown up by the "Divine Fire Flying Crow", but there was no imaginary scene of crippling and wailing, and Zhao Shougang's heart relaxed when he saw the current situation, which showed that Fan Li and others were almost not affected by the explosion.
The rebel rocket car launched the Divine Fire Flying Crow to target the open space in the middle of the urn city, and Fan Li and the other five hundred people must have been hiding in the city gate hole, so naturally they could not be harmed. In this way, when the rebels pour into the city of the urn, their own gunpowder bag can greet the rebels without any scruples.
Zhao Shougang thought for a while, and then said loudly to the guards beside him: "Immediately order five hundred motorized soldiers to come to the location of the urn city at the gate of the city, and everyone must carry a gunpowder bag......
In a blink of an eye, he saw Feng Jian leading more than a dozen guards to stand at the base of the city wall and look down, Zhao Shougang was full of excitement, and then took a closer look, it was indeed Feng Jian who led Huang Jinjiang and other guards to check the situation under the city wall.
Zhao Shougang only felt that his anger was surging, the bullets and arrows flew on the head of the city, and the commander rushed to the head of the city, in case of an accident, it would immediately affect the entire Huluyan force, Huang Jinjiang, the head of the guard battalion, was really unqualified!
Zhao Shougang said loudly: "The city head is too dangerous, how can the commander be in danger, please go back to the city tower to supervise." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head and glared at Huang Jinjiang angrily, and scolded: "You, the commander of the guard battalion, are going back more and more, and the commander is in charge of the overall situation, how can you risk yourself." ”
The officers of the Zhenshan Battalion all knew that Zhao Shougang had always been gentle to others, and it was rare to see him lose his temper with others, but now he even ignored and directly scolded Huang Jinjiang, which shows that he was indeed angry.
Huang Jinjiang's face turned red, and he didn't know how to explain, and the many guards behind him also smiled bitterly.
Feng Jian looked at the situation under the city wall, the roots of the city wall were burned black, the shield cart that the rebels pushed to the city wall was also burned, and the ground was full of rebel soldiers with casualties.
Most of the casualties were burned, and they were now lying under the base of the city wall, howling, and the uninjured rebels and people around were forced by the rebel generals to build ladders and climb to the top of the city.
At this moment, dozens of ladders and rebels almost climbed the top of the city, and now the situation is indeed critical.
Feng Jian turned around and said to Zhao Shougang: "This matter has nothing to do with Huang Jinjiang and them, now that the defense of the city is tight, my guards and I naturally can't stay out of the matter." ”
Saying that, he waved his hand to signal Zhao Shougang not to say much, Zhao Shougang understood Feng Jian's temper, and sighed: "Then ask the commander to defend the city wall of the urn city." ”
Feng Jian nodded and said: "The rebels have all shown up in the city, you hurry up and organize a counterattack, and the defense of the urn city will be handed over to me." ”
Fan Li and his five hundred soldiers were ambushed in the Cheng'en Gate Gate, and the muzzles of the two tiger squatting cannons were aimed at the gate of the city of Wengcheng.
Therefore, the rebel Franco's cannon attack just now, and the surprise attack of the Divine Fire Crow did not cause casualties to them, and at this moment they were concentrating on waiting for the rebels to storm the urn city.
Through the broken gate of the urn city, Fan Li had already seen a large number of rebels rushing towards the city gate of the urn city, rushing to the city gate, and the rebel soldiers waved their knives and guns to directly destroy the entire broken city gate.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of rebels shouted excitedly and rushed into the gate of the urn city.
The soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion behind Fan Li all clenched their blades tightly and watched nervously at the large number of rebel soldiers pouring into the city.
Fan Li looked at the rebels more than fifty paces away with a cold face, and said loudly: "Tiger squatting cannon, shoot!" ”
"Boom"
Two loud noises came, and more than 200 cannons erupted from the two tiger squatting cannons, which blossomed in the rebels on the opposite side.
Bursts of blood mist erupted from the rebels on the opposite side, and nearly 100 rebels who rushed to the front screamed miserably and fell in pools of blood.
The rebels behind him didn't know that something had happened in the urn city, and they were still rushing into the city! The rebels who rushed to the front were affected by the rebels behind and still charged in the direction of the city gate.
Fan Li said loudly: "The first team threw the gunpowder bag and blew it up for me!" ”
"Sneer"
The hundred soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion behind him will have already prepared the gunpowder pack, and as the core burns, it is quickly thrown to the rebel crowd, and after the gunpowder bag falls to the rebel crowd, there is a sudden explosion, and more than a hundred gunpowder packs explode almost at the same time, and the explosion range covers almost the entire urn city.!! (To be continued......)