Chapter 862: Quarrying
Quarry City.
From the third watch last night to today's noon, Shan Xiongxin led 50,000 Zhennan troops to launch eleven waves of attacks on Quarry City. The offensive of the Zhennan Army became more fierce and fiercer than one wave.
At the beginning, Xu Shiji was able to hold on to various fortifications in the city.
Rolling wood, rolling stones, hot oil, gold juice, catapults, bed crossbows!
In the end, bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, and even gunpowder packs, grenades, fire oil bombs, fierce trains, and gas bombs were thrown out without reservation.
However, although the quarrying was built as a fortress to defend the crossing of the Yangtze River, the whole city has an inner city and an outer city, and there are also acropolis and urn cities. And there are also a lot of ditches, tunnels and obstacles. It was also by relying on these fortifications that the 3,000 defenders were able to retreat step by step. However, Chen's army was only 3,000 men, while Wu's army had 50,000, and the huge difference in strength between the two sides was more difficult to overcome than the huge moat outside the quarrying city.
It survived eleven waves of attacks, and the 3,000 defenders of Quarry City also lost a third. The remaining two thousand men and horses, as well as a large number of wounded. If it weren't for the exceptional strength of the quarrying city and his perfect defenses, the quarry would have fallen long ago.
Shan Xiongxin, who was in charge of the attack, also had a toothache in the face of this quarrying city like a meat grinder. This is a city, this is simply a meat grinder, grinding bones. Every time he took a step forward, he had to fill it with his life. The wide moat, the high walls, the sturdy iron-clad gates.
With the lives of countless soldiers, he filled in a dozen passages in the wide moat. It took more soldiers' lives to storm the city. The gates were taken. But this is just an urn city. As soon as he entered the urn city, in the narrow urn city, he was shot and killed by the defenders of the inner city without any obstacles. In this urn city, the corpses of the fallen Wu Jun were all piled up.
City Tower, Arrow Tower, Hao Ditch, Secret Road!
Eleven waves of attacks advanced to the inner city, but the Wu army had already suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Such a loss. made Shan Xiongxin all frightened.
"Bang!"
With the onslaught of the huge Broken City, the incomparably strong iron-clad door of the inner city was finally smashed open.
The soldiers of the Wu army shouted excitedly and rushed into the city with horizontal swords. But as soon as he rushed into the city, he was happy for a while. Wu Jun was stunned.
Broke through the inner city gate, but did not take the quarry city as they imagined. What appeared in their eyes was a huge ditch, and behind the huge ditch that was several feet wide and equally deep, there were still tall walls, and in the inner city, there was a strong fortress.
At this moment, many Wu soldiers had already scolded angrily, and they cursed this quarry city like a young lady, taking off their clothes outside. There are also skirts inside. I took off my skirt and there was a petticoat underneath. When I took off the petticoat again, I thought it should be a blood-spurting trouser coat. But there is another petticoat inside her mother, and there are countless rope knots tied to it, how can this not make people scold her mother?
After these countless petticoats, no matter how good the desire-desire feeling is, it has gradually subsided at this time.
Now the Wu soldiers under the castle feel like this, after launching eleven waves of fierce attacks in succession, and after storming for almost a day, after successively taking the acropolis, moat, outer city wall, urn city, and inner city gate, there are actually stronger ditches and castles inside. How did they endure it. The originally fierce morale couldn't help but slack off at this time.
Wu Jun is scolding his mother, and Xu Shiji is also scolding his mother in his heart.
This good brother Shan Xiongxin is really unkind, from last night to now, he has launched eleven waves of attacks in a row without a moment's rest. Not to mention brothers. Even the hatred of killing his father, and the hatred of taking his wife is not so fierce. If it weren't for the sturdiness of this quarry. He's really a prisoner. But even if he wasn't yet, he wouldn't be able to hold out much longer. There are more than 1,000 people left, and those who are still short of arrows and bows, so they can only hold on for another hour or two. …,
Xu Shiji held his sword and stared, and smiled at Chen Kedi on the side: "Commander Chen, I don't know when Your Majesty's reinforcements will arrive?" If you don't come again, then I will have to drag you to show your majesty my loyalty. ”
"The only regret is that if I could have thought about it a little more, I wouldn't have fallen into such a situation, let alone some of the times when I lost my teacher and misled the country."
"Wait a minute." Chen Kedi, who was also covered in blood, grabbed Xu Shiji's hand.
Xu Shiji smiled bitterly: "If the quarry city is lost, what kind of face will I have to live to see Your Majesty." ”
"No, Wu Jun seems to have stopped."
The Wu army did stop, and the Wu soldiers who had already rushed to the front of the castle ditch did not immediately storm as before at this time. On the contrary, there were constantly heralds waving small flags and running, and then more Wu soldiers began to turn and walk back. Even many Wu Jun made frightened sounds, all of which made Chen Kedi happy.
Xu Shiji and Chen Kedi glanced at each other and exclaimed, "Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?" Is it Liyang's reinforcements that have arrived, or is it His Majesty's reinforcements that have arrived? ”
"Looking at Wu Jun's reaction, it seems to be in the southeast direction, I guess Hu Dudu received the holy edict and returned to the division to quarry."
"Soldiers and horses appear in the southeast!"
"It's the Black Eagle Battle Flag, it's the Black Eagle Battle Flag, it's the reinforcements, it's the reinforcements that have arrived."
"Ahead there were cavalry charges, and they were rushing!"
"It's General Li Ziqi, it's Li Chengyi and Li Chengli, the two generals of Jiangbei!"
As if in response to the call of Chen Jun on the castle, a terrifying shout suddenly sounded on the southeast plain: "Long live the broken army!" ”
After the huge roar, the light cavalry of the Chen army, which numbered about 3,000 horses, had already formed a sharp arrow charging formation, and quickly charged towards the quarry city. Behind the 3,000 light cavalry, there were more infantry of about 20,000 men.
Under the quarrying city, Li Chengyi danced with a lance and shouted: "The whole army charges!" ”
His younger brother Li Chengli saw that although the outer city of quarrying was broken, the banner of Chen's army was still flying high in the inner fort, and he couldn't help but say cautiously: "General, our army is galloping all the way, and the soldiers are tired, do you want to rest first before attacking?" ”
Li Chengyi said loudly: "Our army is new and its morale is booming. The Wu army has been attacking the city for half a day, but it has not yet taken the quarry, and this is the time when morale is slack. When we attack at this time, we can just kill the Wu army by surprise. What's more, there are only tens of thousands of Wu troops here, and if it is delayed, maybe more Wu troops will arrive. Your Majesty has a will, keep the quarrying at all costs, we can't hesitate! Kill! ”
Shan Xiongxin was also caught off guard by the sudden killing of Chen Jun, and immediately hurriedly ordered to gather troops and horses, assemble in formation, and turn around to meet the enemy.
However, in a hurry, most of the Wu army entered the urn city, and more soldiers were exhausted and were lying here and there resting. For a while, only a few battalion leaders of soldiers and horses were hurriedly mobilized, and an infantry phalanx was hastily deployed in the southeast.
As long as he is given some time, Shan Xiongxin is confident that it will be okay to deal with the more than 20,000 Chen troops who have been killed.
"Array, meet the enemy!"
"Hold your ground!"
One by one, the squares were arrayed, and one after the other spears stabbed diagonally.
However, the Chen army, which had already launched a thunderous charge, had no fear of this, and the infantry of the Wu army was too weak to have depth at all. With such a few men and horses in front of their cavalry, Chen Qi gave a sneer.
Three thousand light horsemen roared in unison: "Long live the broken army!" ”
The horse's hooves were like thunder, and the cavalry, with the two light cavalry battalions of the Li brothers as the core, was like a huge moving wall, quickly squeezing in front of the hastily formed infantry formation of the Wu army with a huge momentum.
"Gale!" …,
The cavalry in the charge suddenly waved several flags, all embroidered with a huge strange bird. The flag flew over, and the light horsemen who saw the flag shouted the name of the gale. The strange bird depicted on the banner is the ancient mythical bird Gale Gale, and legend has it that this bird will raise a strong wind when it flutters its wings, and it is a famous fierce beast. In Chen's army, the gale flag is dancing, representing the shooting of crossbow arrows.
With the roar of the gale, one after the other's crossbows were raised by the cavalry.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps.
Eighty steps, shoot!
Eighty paces away, it is difficult for ordinary archers to shoot, but crossbow arrows are the most likely to hit.
Three thousand crossbows fired a salvo, firing seven arrows in a row.
More than 20,000 arrows carried a strong wind, like a storm and a shower, and quickly poured on the soldiers of the Wu army's array.
A whirlwind of metal blew, and pieces of Wu Jun fell. In front of this kind of serial crossbow, which has not yet been imitated in large numbers by other forces, there are few who can control it.
After the seven crossbow arrows were quickly fired, the knights on the horses quickly replaced their mounted guns.
After a round of metal storm baptism, the already weak phalanx of the Wu army was even more full of loopholes at this time.
"Kill!"
Knights are like dragons, and warriors are like tigers!
With the high-speed impact force, one after another spears easily pierced the bodies of the Wu soldiers, and the huge impact brought by the high speed made the cavalry guns burst in the bodies of the Wu soldiers one after another.
The knights quickly discarded the broken cavalry spears and quickly pulled out the standard horse chopping knives mounted by the Chen army's cavalry.
Whew!
One by one, the sabers were pulled out, and the shiny blade shone with a dazzling light, and the sword light of the three thousand sabers gathered into a dazzling light practice, lighting up the entire battlefield.
Three cavalry squads, nine cavalry and a small triangle formation, Chen Cai, who already has superior equipment, after the cooperation of this insidious and shameless three-three battlefield squad, is even more covering each other.
One by one, the Wu army fell, and the hastily formed infantry gun formation, in a moment, only one charge, had already become a sparse rot under the horse's hooves.
Iron hooves are like thunder, shouting to kill the sky! The cavalry rolled past, and more infantry rushed forward like wolves! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )……,