Chapter 376: Poor Skills

Because the gunners of the Shunxiang Army almost wiped out the artillery of the intrusive army outside the west city, the tower on the west gate was safe again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After discovering this situation, Wang Yinchang and Yang Garrison couldn't wait to move the headquarters back to the city tower, after all, the city wall was cold and biting, which was unbearable, and the army continued to jump on the city, which was a great worry, and it was warm and safe to return to the city tower.

Wu Zhengchun also moved the thousand headquarters to the city tower, either with banners or through heralds to direct the battle. At the same time, if the soldiers in the city were killed or wounded, they asked the soldiers of the township warriors to carry them to the city tower, and the doctors in the Shunxiang army quickly treated them.

Through the development of these years, the ambulance system in the Shunxiang army has been greatly developed, and there are many medical officers and doctors, that is, there are many medical shops in each city on the East Road, which treat the sick and wounded of the military households in each city at a low price.

If you are a family member of a sergeant, you can also enjoy completely free treatment. The numerous benefits in the army are also one of the reasons why the people of the East Road flock to the army.

Wu Zhengchun stood on the windowsill of the city tower and looked at the city, the following tearing seems to be about to come to an end, although there are constantly soldiers jumping on the city wall, often they have not yet gained a firm foothold, and they are wiped out by the Shunxiang army on the city wall.

Looking at the city, whether on the left or on the right, it seems that the Shunxiang army lined up in two columns is like two sinuous monsters, the one in front is holding a bird gun, invincible, all the strong enemies are knocked down in front by their firearms, and the smoke of gunpowder seems to be filled in a long column.

Then, before the smoke had cleared, the cold light of steel, like a forest of spears like thorns, appeared in the smoke or through the smoke, and the whole column of pikemen pushed forward like a neat, slender forest of spears, and finally all the moving figures in front of them disappeared.

Cycle after cycle, cycle after cycle, two sinuous monsters devoured an unknown number of enemies.

Wang Yinchang, Yang Shoubei and others on the city tower looked at them blankly, and there was a feeling of being in a nightmare.

The noise on the city wall slowly became quiet, and more and more Luoyang officers and soldiers and Xiangyong Society soldiers retreated, leaving the open space of the city wall to the Shunxiang soldiers to play, willingly as their auxiliaries to fight.

Their eyes were full of fear and awe, not afraid of those intruders, but of those Shunxiang soldiers who were killing the enemy. Maybe many people don't understand why the Shunxiang army is like a leisurely stroll to kill the enemy, they are so hard.

In the hand-to-hand combat of Fang Cai, although they also made gains, this result was too far from that of the Shunxiang army, and the cooperation between them was not to mention. It is even more inevitable that there will be casualties one after another, on the other hand, the Shunxiang army, there may be some wounded, but the dead seem to have not been seen.

The outstanding combat power and tactics of the Shunxiang Army not only shocked these Luoyang soldiers and civilians, but also seemed to open a new world to them, and it turned out that the battle could still be fought like this.

Wu Zhengchun stood quietly, there was no expression on his dark and thin face, but the pride in his eyes couldn't be hidden, this was the army under his command.

There was a whisper behind him, but it was Yang Shoubei and his officers discussing this killing tactic.

Wu Zhengchun smiled in his heart, accustomed to relying on martial arts and brave soldiers, and the officers from all over the Ming Dynasty who were easy to obtain and difficult to find a general might suddenly find it difficult to understand this tactic of cooperating with each other and fighting in formation. Perhaps some of the soldiers under Yang Garrison's command were better than the new troops under his command, but if they fought in formation, it would be as easy for his army to kill their warriors as easily as killing chickens.

In their minds, if the enemy goes to the city, it often means that the city will fall, and the situation in front of them is really rare in a hundred years.

In fact, the reason is very simple, put the enemy on the city wall, if you line up in the field to fight, although this "field" is narrower, and the Shunxiang army, the most feared is to fight in formation. This set of tactics proved to be effective as early as the Shunxiang Fort.

Looking at the battle situation at the head of the city, Wu Zhengchun couldn't help but think of the situation when he was a small soldier, fighting with the Tartars at the head of the city of Shunxiang Fort, time flies so fast, a few years have passed in a blink of an eye, and he has become a thousand presidents from a small soldier back then, and he married a wife and had children, and he is the father of three sons.

Thinking of his wife and son who were far away on the East Road, Wu Zhengchun felt a tenderness in his heart, and then he stabilized his mind back, walked to the front of the city tower, and used a clairvoyant mirror to look at the situation of the army outside the city.

The cheering outside the city had stopped, and although there was still a sea of black and oppressive rogue people outside the sheep and horse walls, there was an eerie silence. ,

It is not to blame that the intruders outside the city are like this, the situation at the head of the city is too strange, it stands to reason that after many ladders were erected before, and the dense soldiers climbed up, it would not take long for the officers and soldiers to collapse, and then the banner of the city head was erected, the city gate was opened, and Luoyang was captured.

However, after a long time, there was no movement at the head of the city, and not only that, but the soldiers who climbed the city wall before and after were afraid that there were thousands of them, and then they all disappeared. Except for the constant sound of fire and screams from above, there was no figure of his own soldiers, nor their corpses. It seems that there is a huge devouring monster within the city wall, and no matter how many people go up, they will eat it all in a moment.

Unspeakable fear surged into the hearts of the intruders outside the city, and even the follow-up soldiers who climbed the ladder also hesitated, not knowing whether to continue to climb up.

On the edge of an earthen platform, Liu Fangliang also looked at the city head with a pale face, and some leaders beside him were whispering, guessing what was the situation on the city wall of the West Gate, why did his soldiers continue to attack the city wall, but the officers and soldiers did not surrender and collapse at all?

And...... Why didn't the soldiers who climbed to the top of the city react at all?

This is really inconsistent with common sense, since last year Li Zicheng made a comeback, these generals and leaders under Li Zicheng's command, captured a city in Henan Province, usually as long as the righteous army went to the city, no matter how brave the officers and soldiers were when defending the city, they soon fled in panic and took the city lightly, but now ......

Only Liu Fangliang's face was ugly, gritting his teeth, and he hated in his heart: "Wang Dou, Wang Dou again, Shunxiang Army again"

It was Liu Fangliang who commanded these waves of troops to attack the city, and as early as when he had not yet attacked Luoyang, Liu Fangliang, who had fought with Wang Dou, offered Li Zicheng a strategy of crowd tactics. According to the advantage of the large number of soldiers and the convenience of the soldiers, the hungry soldiers are constantly attacking the city and consuming the military strength of the officers and soldiers in the city.

This tactic proved to be successful and effective, and their own soldiers succeeded in capturing the city. According to the precedent of the past, it was a foregone conclusion to break through Luoyang today, but the result backfired, and the only possible reason was that the Shunxiang army defending the city was blocked at the head of the city.

He hated it in his heart, knowing that his expectations had become an empty talk, looking at the melancholy appearance of the army under his command, it was obvious that the army's morale had been lost, and it was getting late, and today's battle had no choice but to give up. He was about to give the order to Mingjin to withdraw his troops, when he suddenly heard a burst of exclamations from the other side of the city, he hurriedly looked at it, and couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.

Then the officers and soldiers who had not been seen in the city for a long time reappeared, and they threw down the corpses one by one, including their own foot soldiers and hungry soldiers, who were their own soldiers who disappeared after entering the city.

What seemed to rain corpses fell from the city, and some of the wounded, who were still not dead, were thrown from the city, and when they were in the air, they let out cries of terror and despair, and then fell to the ground as a pile of pulp.

"Rogue, this is what happened to you."

Corpses were thrown down, followed by chilling shouts from the city. Whether it was the intruders inside the sheep and horse wall, or the intruders outside the wall, they were all dumbfounded and trembling in their hearts, it turned out that so many brothers who attacked the city were all dead, all dead, and they were thrown down the city like this.

I don't know who reacted first, screaming to dodge the falling corpses, and then the screams from the city spread.

More and more corpses fell, and soon a thick layer had accumulated outside the city, and many of the dead still looked dead.

Seeing this situation, those intruders collapsed, and although these peasant armies were crazy to survive, it did not mean that they were not afraid of death. On the contrary, they are very afraid of death, so they let it go because there is no way back, there is no way to live, and there is hope ahead.

However, when there was no hope in the front, they went crazy and fled back in a frenzy.

The intruders who were still on the ladder also jumped off the ladder screaming, not caring if they would break their legs.

The army attacking Simon repeated the previous wave of escape, they wanted to flee back from the sheep and horse wall, and the dense flow of people was huddled together, everyone wanted to escape, and no one was willing to lag behind, so people trampled on people, people trampled on people. I don't know how many people were trampled on the spot, and then countless pairs of feet trampled on, and these people screamed and were trampled into a pile of mud.

The peak of panic reached when the city gate was opened, and the officers and soldiers at the west gate pursued and killed them, and inside and outside the sheep and horse walls, on the moats, and in the moats, there were all different corpses crowded and trampled to death.

The wave of these intruders fleeing for their lives also affected the large array of the intruding army on the side of Tutai, and they were forced to retreat a mile again, and then the formation was reopened, and countless spears were lined up in formation, blocking the officers and soldiers in the city from continuing to pursue and kill.

According to conservative estimates, the number of casualties in this wave of siege is likely to reach nearly 10,000, and the most important thing is that the blow to the morale of their army is incomparable. Siege warfare, all means are used in order to get to the top of the city, even if there are still a series of siege techniques that have not been carried out, but there is no point in it.

With the Shunxiang army at the head of the city, what is the use of attacking the city? The casualties of their own men and horses in vain seem to be in front of them, and the consumption of hungry soldiers is useless.

Moreover, the defeat of the siege of the West Gate and the tragic death of thousands of soldiers are afraid that it will soon be reported that all the camps of the army will be compiled. After all, with the organizational structure of the peasant army, there is no way to stop the spread of all kinds of panic rumors, will there be hungry soldiers willing to attack the city next time? After all, if you want to be fed and clothed, you have to keep your life, right?