Chapter 159: Gunpowder Makes a Meritorious Service
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Hua Yue held this Liuyun scimitar in one hand, pulled the reins of the horse in the other, and quietly looked at the direction of the city gate of Huzhou City, behind him was a group of soldiers, all of whom were already neatly draped, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, standing quietly in the open space, only some cavalry horses would snort slightly from time to time, and all the soldiers were silent, silently looking at the direction of the city gate.
From time to time, the generals and cavalrymen stroked their horses, calmed their restless emotions, and quieted them, and the whole army stood quietly in the darkness without lighting a single torch.
After collecting the troops tonight, Gao Huaiyuan ordered everyone to start the war meal immediately, and after eating, the army immediately lay down to sleep, and ordered the three armies to get up and prepare after the third watch, and then led by Hua Yue to line up outside the south gate of the city, ready to attack the city at any time.
The vast majority of people didn't know what kind of medicine Gao Huaiyuan was selling in this gourd, and they only thought that Gao Huaiyuan was going to attack Huzhou City at night, so they all retreated and rested after receiving the order, not daring to be the slightest dissatisfied.
Only Hua Yue, Zhao Futang and the others were puzzled, and Gao Huaiyuan dared to ask to understand, Gao Huaiyuan replied to them with a mysterious face: "Don't ask me first, I'll tell you when you wait in formation, but you must be prepared to enter the city and fight in the streets, and you must control Huzhou City before dawn!" As much as possible, don't let King Ji and other first evil people get away! ”
Hua Yue and Zhao Futang really didn't understand why Gao Huaiyuan had such confidence, as if the city gate would open by itself after the third watch, could it be that there was already an internal response in the city.
Gao Huaiyuan refused to say anything, so the two of them didn't ask any more, and after making their own arrangements, they immediately lay down to rest.
And Gao Huaiyuan didn't sleep that night, took Li Ruohu and some of his own soldiers to the baggage camp, transferred out a few inconspicuous carts, and left the camp towards the urn city at the south gate of the city when it was close to the third watch.
Hua Yue got up early and heard that Gao Huaiyuan was leaving the camp, so he immediately ordered his troops, according to Gao Huaiyuan's arrangement, and left the camp in the dark.
Including those artillery carts, even Minzhuang was ordered to get up, ready to launch in the dark, and a large number of rockets were prepared for crossbows, ready to be ignited at any time, and launched towards the city and the city, when all this was ready, Hua Yue saw a battalion of soldiers and horses quietly coming from the direction of the city gate, and under the inquiry of the sentries, he knew that it was the battalion of soldiers and horses stationed in the urn city who evacuated the urn city and returned to the main formation.
"See General Hua for his humble duties, and the little one is ordered by General Gao to report to General Hua! General Hua, please! After the commander of the troops was brought to Hua Yue, he immediately whispered to Hua Yue.
Hua Yue frowned, and secretly complained to Gao Huaiyuan in his heart, how could he, the commander of the three armed forces, be so irresponsible to himself? He only brought a small number of guards and ran into the urn city, once the rebels knew that he had arrived in the urn city, I am afraid that he would be captured or killed at any cost! Now he has actually returned the soldiers and generals stationed in the urn city, is it possible that he thinks he is an enemy of ten thousand people? Are you going to take dozens of his guards and rush through the gates of Huzhou City?
But he can't tell others this, otherwise it is likely to damage Gao Huaiyuan's prestige in the army, and as Gao Huaiyuan's deputy, he must maintain Gao Huaiyuan's image, so he waved his hand and said: "You take your subordinates to the left flank to line up and prepare to attack!" Remember not to make a sound! ”
The officer was ordered to lead people to the left flank formation, and more than 10,000 elite soldiers stood in the darkness outside the city so stupidly, not knowing when it was time to attack.
At this time, a small group of people rushed from the direction of the city gate, and soon came to Hua Yue, Hua Yue saw that it was Gao Huaiyuan who ran back with people, so he picked up the horse and came to Gao Huaiyuan's side, and asked in a low voice: "I said Master Gao, what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd?" Why did you even give up the urn city that we had so hard to capture? ”
Gao Huaiyuan looked at the direction of the city gate, and hurriedly said to Hua Yue: "It's about to explode!" Hey! Hurry up and give the order, and let the cavalry control their mounts, so as not to be frightened by the war horses and disrupt their formation! The others better cover their ears and hurry up and give the order! ”
It turned out that Gao Huaiyuan was on the expedition this time, kept an eye on it, ran to the place where the ordnance supervisor specialized in making gunpowder, and supervised several trucks of gunpowder overnight with his formula, and this time he was brought to Huzhou City with the army, in order to be forced to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall and attack Huzhou City, yesterday they accidentally captured the urn city at the south gate of Huzhou City, Gao Huaiyuan immediately thought of this idea, to use these gunpowder overnight, blow up the south gate, and capture Huzhou City at night, so there is such a scene staged.
After Hua Yue heard Gao Huaiyuan's words, he vaguely seemed to remember something, and he was shocked, and quickly turned his horse and turned his head to the herald: "Quickly pass the order, let the cavalry of all armies control their mounts, don't be frightened!" The rest of the people covered their ears! Be a little faster! Pass it on! ”
So the three armies received this strange order in a short time, and the cavalry hurriedly dismounted, and grabbed the reins of the horses, and the rest of the people put their hands on their ears suspiciously, wondering if these generals had drunk too much tonight, and actually gave the order to cover their ears.
Just when everyone was full of doubts, Gao Huaiyuan first tightened the reins of the horse, and covered his ears with his hands, and a flash of light suddenly lit up in the direction of the city gate in the distance, and then the ground shook violently, and then there was a huge roar that rolled in.
In the night, the south gate of Huzhou City immediately turned into a piece of rubble and flew into the air, the flash of the explosion almost illuminated half of the night sky, a huge pillar of smoke went straight to the sky up to a height of several hundred meters, and the bricks, stones, clods of soil, and the remnants of human corpses that were blown up to the sky were soon scattered like rain, and the water surface of the moat seemed to be splashed by the torrential rain, stirring up countless water columns, and was set off by the nearby explosion, and the river water also rushed to the bank of the moat.
Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, and with this flash of light and the violent explosion, they collectively shrank their necks, and the war horses couldn't stop letting out a sloppy scream, trampling on all fours, trying to escape.
Those who didn't cover their ears were so shocked by this huge roar that their ears were ringing, and they even felt a feeling of dizziness and nausea, and the soldiers at the front could even feel a wave of qi rushing towards them.
The generals and cavalrymen hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horses, and kept to comfort their mounts, so as not to crash around after the mounts were frightened, even so, there were still people who were dragged to the ground by the frightened war horses, fortunately, the nearby soldiers immediately stepped forward and helped them pull the horses, which did not cause trouble, and finally the formation was stabilized.
Gao Huaiyuan calmed his yellow horse again and again, and saw that the south gate of Huzhou City had been turned into a pile of rubble in this explosion, and the originally neat city wall appeared a huge gap in the position of the original city gate, as if a person's front teeth had been knocked out.
So he immediately turned over and got on his horse, pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "The sons of the three armies! Give me a rush! ”
At this time, Hua Yue, who was frightened, came to his senses, and immediately turned over his horse and pointed the scimitar in his hand at Huzhou City, shouting: "Brothers, kill me!" Immediately, both feet slammed into the belly of the war horse, and the war horse, which had just recovered from fright, immediately exerted its hind legs and galloped out towards Huzhou City.
A large number of soldiers also woke up from the shock at this time, and heard the order to charge, so they took the lead bravely, and followed their own team to rush towards Huzhou City.
In the darkness, the Lin'an army was like a night demon, shouting in the night and rushing towards the bombed Huzhou City, and like a tide, under the leadership of the general, it poured directly into Huzhou City.
At this time, the soldiers who operated the cannon and the bed crossbow also understood, shouted together, struggled to hold the rope in their hands, pulled up the gun tip of the cannon cart, and then threw the heavy stones to the city wall of Huzhou City on the other side of the river.
At the same time, the crossbowmen of various armies also began to fire arrows at the city wall of Huzhou City like a torrential rain......
"Surrender or kill! ......After storming the city of Huzhou, the officers and soldiers shouted collectively while slashing and killing the rebels who tried to prevent them from entering the city.
The sudden explosion blew the city gate of Huzhou City into pieces immediately, the soldiers on the city tower did not even have any preparation, they were blown up in the air on the spot, the huge explosion and the air wave stunned many people near the city gate, some people were even shocked by the huge shock wave and vomited blood on the spot, although the people who were far away were not hurt, but they were also stunned by the explosion and did not know what to do, and they watched a huge city gate tower disappear in front of their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, they saw a large number of Song troops appear in the darkness outside the city like ghosts, and the tide poured into the city of Huzhou.
So even if these rebels completely collapsed, some people lost their weapons and turned around and ran, while some simply lost their weapons and knelt down on the spot to announce their surrender, just waiting for the Lin'an army to come and surrender them, in short, when they found that the Lin'an army had entered the city, the rebels gathered in the south of the city were completely chaotic!