Chapter 115: Under the Siege
Just when Sun Xiaping was crazy, a panicked Bao Yi in front of him opened his hands and ran wildly towards the back, suddenly, his head flew up violently, and a fierce armored soldier came out from behind the headless corpse that fell down, he carried a bloody Shun knife, and shouted: "Those who dare to take a step back, cut it immediately!" ”
Sun Xiaping cried heartbreakingly, while crying, he picked up a waist knife from the ground, and staggered towards the ladder, his eyes were full of hatred, he couldn't bear it anymore.
"Kill! Kill! ”
Sun Xiaping muttered this sentence, many of the clothes in front of him had been forced by the armor soldiers to climb the ladder one after another, these clothes trembled, but there was no way to stop the pace of climbing, they were one after another, looking like a string of wriggling ants from a distance.
Sun Xiaping bit the knife on his waist, firmly grasped the ladder with both hands and climbed up, although the coat on top of him had been cursing him viciously, Sun Xiaping turned a deaf ear, his heart was killed, and the screams of killing were full, and he couldn't hear other sounds on the battlefield at all.
At this moment, a rapid banging sound suddenly sounded at the head of the city, and all the clothes and soldiers who were climbing with their heads down looked up in horror, and a bucket of boiling dung juice was dumped on their heads and faces.
"Ahh
The top few coatings were poured on their heads, and the hot dung juice opened the hot skin of the first few unarmored coatings, and some of the dung juice fell on the clothes and even made a squeaky burning sound, these coats let out a terrible scream, and fell down the ladder with their hands dancing, and the others on the ladder were no better, and the hot dung juice killed the tallest climbers. Being blown by the cold wind in the fall was no longer lethal, but the disgusting dung juice was poured on all heads and faces, and the whole ladder was filled with a foul smell. The smell of it makes people tumble in the abdomen and almost faint.
Sun Xiaping raised his head from the ladder, and when a wrapper fell down just now, he smashed heavily on the two positions above him, bringing down a soldier in heavy armor, and the two of them fell heavily at the city gate, obviously not surviving.
Sun Xiaping spat and spit out the fecal juice stuck to his mouth. At that moment, two more soldiers fell screaming, and one was hit by an arrow in the door. The other had his wrist cut off by a city defense weapon called the chopping axe, which, like the bladed gun, had a handle more than seven meters long and was fixed to the city wall. Several soldiers pushed back and forth with the hands used to hook and shovel the ladders.
"Good death!" Sun Xiaping laughed miserably. Continuing to climb up, there were four heavily armed armor soldiers above him who were also moving, looking down, the figures of the armor soldiers under the cloud ladder were getting smaller and smaller, but the killing shouts at the head of the city were getting clearer and clearer!
Yes!
There was another scream, and the first armored soldier was just a few positions away from the city, when two groups of Ming troops suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and several spears and snakes stabbed down a few times. The soldier was caught off guard and was hit several times in front of the door. screamed and fell, and the horse armor covering under the city immediately counterattacked with a rain of arrows, but the Ming army had already retracted back to the city, and then several stones of more than 30 catties were thrown out, one hit the ladder, and was rebounded by the ladder and flew far outside, but the other smashed on the top of the head of the soldier in front, and the man's climbing body was slammed, and he spurted blood and rolled down.
The soldiers who climbed at the front of the ladder fell down one after another, and came out with an empty position, Sun Xiaping roared, using both hands and feet, and quickly caught up with the armor soldier in the front, perhaps he was wearing several layers of iron armor, and his movements were staggering and clumsy, at this moment, there was a sudden exclamation under the ladder, and before Sun Xiaping could react, the light on his head suddenly brightened, and the bear-like armor soldier had disappeared, Sun Xiaping grabbed his hand tightly, and was stunned as soon as he looked up, the armor soldier was hooked by the flying hook thrown by the city, A sharp iron hook pierced the chain mail at his waist, hoisting his heavy body away from the ladder, and the armored soldier let out a bitter howl of pain as he danced in mid-air and struggled with all his might.
This kind of flying hook called "iron owl" is composed of a sharp iron hook and a long iron chain, because the soldiers besieging the city are wearing iron helmets, wearing iron armor and are unable to move, plus they are afraid of the attack of the heart arrow stone on the city and dare not raise their heads, they are all lying down on the ladder to climb, so they are accidentally caught by this kind of flying hook, like a fish caught at the mercy of others, sure enough, the soldier defending the city quickly pulled the iron chain, and hoisted the soldier to the battlement, several iron spears pierced into the body of the soldier, and the soldier grabbed two iron spears with both hands, A miserable cry came out of his mouth, and under the dense stabbing, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally died in mid-air.
Just when Sun Xiaping was about to approach the battlement, there was a sudden sound of fierce gold under the city, whether it was still climbing on the ladder, or pushing the cart under the city, or suppressing it in the earth city, whether it was the soldiers and the clothes all gave a sigh of relief, they scrambled to retreat one after another, and the soldiers on the ladder also stopped climbing and quickly retreated downward, Sun Xiaping gritted his teeth, and suddenly made a force on the ladder, and jumped on the battlement!
"Kill, kill! Haha......" Sun Xiaping laughed wildly and waved the sword, time seemed to freeze in an instant, all the Ming soldiers looked at this crazy cloth, this clothing carried a gap and waved the knife left and right, he jumped on the rejection horse at the head of the city, the entire lower body was penetrated by a sharp iron branch, and there was also an iron branch through the abdomen, but this person didn't seem to feel pain, and still shouted frantically.
Several spears pierced his whole body with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, Sun Xiaping snorted a few times, and his originally blood-red pupils gradually began to spread, and just a moment before he died, Sun Xiaping finally came to his senses.
"What should I do if I die doll ......"
Disheveled!
A cloud of smoke and dust was smashed under the city, and Sun Xiaping's body was thrown down by the Ming army, his eyes were still open, and he looked at the thick and dark sky full of lead clouds.
In front of the northern city, Houjin's long horn sounded again, and the armor soldiers who had retreated and completed the whole team swarmed up again, and the second wave of attacks began again......
As soon as Ming Jin rang out, Yu Xuezhong jumped up as soon as possible, he had a dirty strip of cloth tied to his head, and the strip of cloth was specially soaked in blood for a while. continued to take away the lives of several Ming soldiers defending the city, and a piece of the rubble flying around wiped the forehead of Guo Xuezhong, taking away a piece of oily skin from the boss. Yu Xuezhong likes this kind of injury the most, it looks extremely terrifying, but in fact, it is not in the way at all. He took advantage of the gap in the whole team to count, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, just now more than 100 Baoyi were killed and wounded by nearly 50, many of them were killed in siege, but more were killed by the Governor team. However, the siege of Zhenglan and Zhengbai also suffered heavy losses, and this wave of attacks left layers of corpses under the city.
A person with a flag on his back rode over, perhaps because Yu Xuezhong's heroic image infected him. He nodded at Yu Xuezhong, and then shouted: "Attack with all your strength, leave no room, and cover with vests." Infantry siege. Wrap up, the horse team supervises the battle, take a step back, and the whole team is killed! ”
Yu Xuezhong was taken aback, the Great Khan was determined to take Mopan City, but how should he come back alive?
The one who had to take a deep look at Yu Xuezhong, turned around and patted the horse away, Yu Xuezhong gritted his teeth. He drew his sword and shouted at the Bao Yi who had been replenished: "As long as the gold is not sounded, we will attack to the death." Those who survived were given the flag, and there was still land to divide after entering the flag, two meals of bread a day, and the family was also protected, if they dared to take a step back and kill them on the spot, they would also be held accountable for the crimes of their families."
Maybe Yu Xuezhong's agitation stimulated these people, yes, as long as they can come back alive, they can eat flatbread, and they can also carry the flag and divide the land, why not do it? A group of Baoyi raised their sticks and shouted: "Siege!" Besiege! ”
Yu Xuezhong felt a little dazzled, there were clearly Sun Xiaping, Li Yun, Xie Zhengyang and others looking at him in this group of clothes, but when he rubbed his eyes, Sun Xiaping's face changed into a different look.
Yang Bo stood on the enemy tower with his hands to observe the battle situation, today's Houjin's offensive was fierce, it seemed that he did not reach the goal and did not give up, the heavy army of the north city was okay, did not let the Houjin attack the city, but the situation in the east was tense, there were about 30 more than 30 armor soldiers to break through the defense, but Yang Bo mobilized the reserve team to block it, hundreds of firearms fired together, and finally repelled the attack of the Tartars, the eight banners in addition to the blue flag, other soldiers and horses are attacking the city, and even the Huanglong umbrella of Huang Taiji can be seen, obviously, the slave chief is also a little anxious.
"Crowd tactics!" Yang Bo sighed, saw that the people around him were a little nervous, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Lose sleep over something? This is actually nothing, in the future, we will have the opportunity to fight with the Liukou, you will know what is the real crowd tactics, the people coerced by the Liukou are overwhelming, attacking the city day and night without stopping, presumably the Emperor Taiji is far behind, the Eight Banners will soon send out the elite to attack the city, and it is only now that it is officially entering the stage of attrition. ”
After speaking, Yang Bo said: "Order, all the reserve battalions will go to the city to assist in the defense, redistribute the defense area, and make the first flintlock battalion the general reserve." ”
The heralds rushed back and forth, conveying all Yang Bo's orders, and Yang Bo asked Zhang Fengjin sideways: "How is the progress of the tunnel?" ”
Zhang Fengjin, who looked haggard, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Several excavations have deviated from the direction, the soil is hard in winter, and it will take time to excavate." ”
Yang Bo nodded: "Do your best, if my army suddenly appears behind enemy lines and attacks from both sides, the Tartars will inevitably be defeated, and it depends on you whether you can perform this miraculous feat." ”
Zhang Fengjin nodded silently and didn't say anything more. The retreat was hurried that day, and the two tunnels that had dug about half a mile were abandoned, and now the two brick kilns were used as a big camp by the Tartars, if they really dug out the abandoned tunnel from Mopan City, and the Houjin who had been besieged for more than a month was originally exhausted, at this time a new force appeared behind, not to mention that the Houjin would inevitably be defeated, and even the capture of Huang Taiji was possible.
In just a short moment, the Tartars under the city began to attack again, and the artillery of Houjin also began to bombard the city wall, covering the footmen to enter the city, and the Ming army at the battlement was hiding.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers crossed the pontoon bridge and re-erected the ladders that had been scattered all over the place, and each ladder was crowded with ragged clothes and armor soldiers, who carried heavy shields and long knives, and their faces were full of hideousness.
The soldiers at the head of the city also boarded their own defense areas one after another, and they all looked calm, but after more than a month of siege, the psychological and physical exhaustion could not be concealed.
Bang bang!
On the forty horses in the north city, the flintlock muskeil soldiers wrapped in iron armor opened fire at the same time, and the people below who were about to enter the city were suddenly killed and wounded, and even many of the vests hiding behind the earthen bags to cover were also beaten and couldn't raise their heads, and many armored soldiers had a large cloud of blood mist on their bodies, even heavy shields could not block the shot of lead, and the platoon guns greatly reduced the morale of the attacking Tartars, and more heavy shields were erected.
Every time before the Tartars attack the city, the Ming army defending the city can always spend the least cost to weaken the morale of the other party, but Yang Bo obviously underestimated Huang Taiji's determination, this wave of siege has been fought for three hours, the corpses under the city are piled up, and all kinds of burned and damaged siege equipment are blocking the corners, but the Ming army only took a breath, and the third wave of Houjin's attack began again......
On the same day, Tang Baocheng and his entourage finally arrived in Tianjin day and night, but when he went to ask Zong Yuanfang for peace with a smile, he was faced with Zong Yuanfang's screaming and angry scolding: "What a monkey cub who doesn't know anything, it can make our family wait hard!" It's not our family boasting, but do those little cubs in Wu Zhongcun dare not listen to our words? Wouldn't it be over if I arrived in Changping early and appeased the regimental training camp? Our family is wondering, didn't Yang Bo send someone to deliver the message if he refused to let our family go? What the hell? And you monkey cub, you made a tune, let our family wait in Tianjin for ten days, we are ugly words to the front, in case there is a change in Changping, the regimental training camp is destroyed by the imperial army, then it is not to blame our family......" (to be continued......