Chapter 261: Hold on to Guiyang City (3)
Shamahabi watched boredly as the Yiren rebels slowly moved in the direction of Guiyang City, "squeak, squeak", and the jerky turning sound of the wheel shaft gradually faded away. Guiyang City has not moved. During this period, I saw wisps of cooking smoke rising from the head of Guiyang City, probably because the head of Guiyang City was preparing meals for the soldiers defending the city. The rebels also had a good meal, they thought that they were in front of the cart, safe and worry-free, and they were quite happy to eat, and a few rebels with a relatively wide heart even started fighting.
Just when the rebels' chariot was about to reach the moat, the defenders of Guiyang City suddenly moved, and dense arrows were poured towards the rebels' ranks like dense rain. The advantages of the car were immediately reflected, and the arrows were shot on the baffle of the car, making a sound of "grabbing". The rebels in the cart couldn't help but be overjoyed, listening to the arrows hitting the cart, and they were safe and sound, it didn't feel ordinarily good, just like on a rainy day, they were holding an umbrella, and others were walking in the rain. The soldiers behind the cart were unlucky, they stood behind the cart, thinking that it was too peaceful, and they didn't even take their shields, and they were shot to the ground one by one.
Because of the surprise, the rebels rushed to the wolves, and the formation was in chaos. Some rebels saw that the inside of the cart was very safe, so they forced into the cart, a cart that could only fit ten people, actually squeezed into fifty or sixty people, and many people were squeezed out, either hit by stray arrows, or pressed under the cart, fortunately, at this time no one had the heart to push the cart, although they were wolves, but there was no danger โof life. Some of the rebels carried the corpses of their own soldiers and used human shields to defend themselves against arrows. Others simply turned around and retreated out of range of their arrows.
The entire siege force of the rebels was faintly collapsing. If soldiers knew there was danger ahead, they might have the courage to brave the arrows. But if you give them an illusory hope, the morale of the soldiers after discovering that they have been fooled is simply staggering. Yesterday to motivate the soldiers to build more cars faster and more. Surtai has a lotus tongue and praises the chariot as the only one in the sky, and there is nothing in the world. The soldiers had some unrealistic fantasies about the cart, thinking that they would be invulnerable with the cart. The rain of arrows in Guiyang City ruthlessly shattered their illusions - generally, disillusionment was followed by collapse.
Shamahabi stared at the slowly advancing rebels. Before I knew it, I fell asleep, and when I heard the commotion in front of me, I opened my eyes and was startled, this scene was a sign of a fiasco. He didn't dare to think any further, and hurried to inform his superiors. His boss was also sleeping, and after being woken up by him, he took a look at the battle on the front line and slapped him hard. scolded: "Stupid pig, I didn't notify you earlier, and I didn't sue me until now." If defeated, I'll skin you first! โ
Shamahabi's boss went to inform his boss again, and the result was another "crackle" and a string of curses, and then reported it again, and so on, and the "crackling" and swearing were incessant. And so round down. There were only three people who were not slapped in the face, An Wei, Surtai and An Bangyan. There was only one person who was not scolded.
It must be said that An Bangyan's command and leadership skills are really not covered, he rushed out of the camp, yelled at the fingers, and sent the overseer team again, after half an hour passed. The rebels have held their ground.
Seeing the heavy casualties of the rebels, An Bangyan thought of retreating again. Surtai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "King, our Qianfeng troops are already close to the moat and are approaching the city of Guiyang. Now that there is a car protection, safety is not a problem. Moreover, the hearts of the soldiers are fluctuating, if the retreat order is given, it is likely to cause a big collapse, and the king should think twice. โ
Seeing that Surtai was reasonable, An Bangyan was ruthless, and shouted at the troops: "If you don't retreat, rush into Guiyang City, don't seal the knife for ten days, and the money and women you have robbed belong to yourself!" โ
The rebels usually like to do some robbery, but the most beautiful girl they robbed must be handed over to the above, and the looted property must also be handed over to ninety percent, and now it is all their own, and the morale of the rebels suddenly skyrocketed, and they rushed forward with their shields.
Seeing that An Bangyan would no longer pull his hind legs, Surtai began to direct catapults to throw stones at the city walls. A rain of stones suddenly fell on the city wall, and heavy stones fell from the sky, causing the defenders of Guiyang to complain.
The lightest piece of the stone weighed seven or eight pounds, and the sound of the wind came straight to the city wall. Such a stone, let alone hit a person, even if it is rubbed with oily skin, it has to be made to lie in bed for ten days and half a month.
A man was carrying supplies up the city when he was hit on the head by a stone, and his whole head was like a watermelon falling to the ground, and he couldn't look at it anymore. When the other people saw that this man had died so miserably, they were so frightened that they left their supplies behind and turned around and ran down the city.
Fu Zonglong was so angry that his beard was cocked, and he pointed at the people and shouted: "What are you running, didn't you hear the slogans of the rebels?" Kill into Guiyang City, and do not seal the knife for ten days. You thought it would be safe to hide in the city, but you were caught by the rebels and died even worse. It's better to stand on the wall with me like a man. If you defend the city, you are the savior of the women and children in Guiyang City; If we can't defend the city, we will die together, and even if the manly husband dies, he will die vigorously, which is better than being tortured and killed by the rebels. โ
Where will the people listen to him, in the blink of an eye, there is not a single left, ammunition, military supplies are scattered all over the place.
Cai Fuyi: "Hmph, these people, when I come to the rescue, I will arrest them one by one to enforce the military law, anyway, their names are registered in the account book, so it is easy to find." โ
Suddenly, one of the guards stepped forward, and then raised his shield with both hands to protect Fu Zonglong's head. It turned out that at this time, a huge stone fell from the sky, and if it was smashed, Fu Zonglong's head might not be much better than that Minling.
I heard a loud "bang", and the stone hit the shield hard. The guard's strength was astonishing, and he took the blow of the stone hard, but soon he collapsed on the ground, blood spilling from his mouth. It seems that this time he has suffered extremely serious internal injuries.
The guard reluctantly said, "Please...... Big...... Adults take refuge in ...... Among the towers. โ
Cai Fuyi and Fu Zonglong were not hypocritical and entered the city tower.
Fu Zonglong shouted loudly from the city tower: "Artillerymen, aim at the enemy's catapult and hit me hard!" โ
The tiger squat cannon in Guiyang City is located in the four corners, in order to prevent the rain from wetting the gunpowder, a small stone house was specially built to place the artillery. Therefore, although the city wall of Guiyang has been baptized by a rain of stones, the artillery has nothing to do. It's just that one of the gunners, unlucky, was hit in the left leg by a splash of debris and walked with a slight limp.
When the gunners heard Fu Zonglong's order, they hurriedly filled the barrel with a large amount of gunpowder, stuffed the solid shells into the barrel, and then lit the fuse, covered their ears, and turned to both sides.
With a loud "boom", a solid cannonball flew towards the rebels, but because the angle of the tiger cannon was raised too high, the cannonball fell far in front of the catapult, smashing a rebel with a knife and screaming forward to the brain. The cannonball hit the ground, bounced again, and pierced the chest of another rebel......
The gunner watched the beating of the shells, and little by little, his head counted the number of kills from the shells. After a few moments, the gunner finished his observation, and the shell bounced a total of fourteen times, killing seventeen rebels. The gunner slapped his thigh, it was great, the weather was dry for the past two days, and the ground was solid, so he could bounce so many times.
Fu Zonglong was very dissatisfied, and shouted: "It's useless to fight the enemy's creeps, give me concentrated firepower and knock out the rebels' catapults." Listening to Lord Zhu from the capital, they bombarded the enemy's catapult with artillery. You can all see that they have no hair on their mouths, and they don't smell dry, just these little children. You are all old gunners, and you eat more salt than they eat rice, but you can't lose to them! โ
The gunners' faces turned red as soon as Fu Zonglong's words were squeezed, and they quickly used wet mops to cool down the barrels, reload the gunpowder and shells, and adjust the angle of the cannons, aiming accurately, and then firing the cannons.
This time it didn't hit again, of course, the artillery is old, the gunpowder is inferior, and it's strange to be able to hit. However, the artillery fired, and a large number of rebels were hit by solid bullets and died miserably.
The artillery was powerful, the enemy's trebuchets did not stop, and waves of stone rain poured on the walls. The defenders' crossbow bolts had been completely suppressed, and the defenders were now thinking not about how to shoot the enemy, but about doing everything possible to hide or carry the stones that fell from the sky.
Seeing that the rain of arrows on the city wall was gradually thinning, the rebels cheered in unison and accelerated towards the city wall. They poured the dirt they were carrying into the moat. In less than half an hour, the moat had been completely filled.
Although the moat has been filled, the chariot still encountered great trouble, the soil of the moat is relatively soft, and the wheels of the chariot are deeply sunk into the ground and cannot move. (To be continued......)
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