"One, two, three...... Push! ”

On the gondola under the hot air balloon, two sergeants carried a prototype bomb the size of a basin and threw it from the side of the gondola

The fuse could be faintly seen as the bomb fell from the gondola, and several sergeants in hot air balloons were sitting in the same thing near them.

Not every bomb will blow up, there are constantly bombs falling from the sky to the city wall, violent explosions on the city wall one after another, each bomb weighs dozens of pounds, even if it is only filled with black powder, but the power of this explosion still blows up the defenders on the city wall to the flesh and blood, plus the steel balls and shrennel flying everywhere, so that the defenders fall to the ground like cutting wheat, in the face of this kind of explosion that cannot be resisted by manpower, the defenders are in a mess, although there are constantly officers who stand up to try to stop, But the chaos continues.

Looking at the swarm of soldiers around him, Wu Sangui's face became more and more iron-blue. Now that the Xuan army has not yet begun to attack, its own people are in chaos, how can this battle be fought. However, Wu Sangui is indeed ruthless again, and he has determined a truth, although the bombs of the Xuan army are powerful, they can't be thrown down endlessly, Lao Tzu has people, so he will spend it with you.

I have to say that sometimes simple truths are often the truth, the gravity of hot air balloons is limited, after a burst of bombardment, all the bombs in the gondola have been gone, and only a few 10,000 enemies remain. Looking at the defenders on the city wall below who had been blown up like headless flies, a sergeant who still had to get up and the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion muttered with some dissatisfaction: "It's still addictive, it's gone, what's the use of these little nodotes left." ”

A captain next to him kicked him in the ass and scolded: "What are you kid shouting, some are still good, don't you see that the infantry brothers below still have to charge with knives and guns?" Compared to them, we are already much better, don't be verbose, hurry up and prepare the things! ”

After being bombarded by bombs, the defenders on the city wall ushered in the baptism of 10,000 enemies. A dull explosion sounded again, compared to the bomb just now, the power of the explosion of this kind of 10,000 enemies weighing only three catties is naturally much smaller than that of a bomb weighing dozens of catties, but the number is more dense, one after another 10,000 enemies fell on the city wall and exploded continuously, while Wu Sangui and the defenders on Shanhaiguan could only hide in the corner and silently bear the baptism of the explosion.

After two quarters of an hour of bombing, all six hot air balloons had dropped their bombs, and the sergeants of the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion who were still unsatisfied with it operated the hot air balloons to slowly land towards the artillery position. Grab the rope under the gondola and pull hard to pull the balloons to the ground and secure them.

As soon as the hot air balloon landed on the gondola, the soldiers on the gondola shouted loudly, come and hurry up to load the ammunition, we have to hurry up and continue the bombing.

Looking at the soldiers of the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion who were roaring urgently, Zhao Yongxin laughed and said: "These stinky boys are really addicted to bombing!" ”

A deputy on the side also smiled, "Isn't this just right, it's better to blow up more to reduce the pressure on the brothers who are besieging the city." ”

"Well, that's just as well!" The smile on Zhao Yongxin's face as he looked at the siege troops who were slowly approaching the city wall slowly converged, this time the attack was not as easy as attacking the urn city.

The truth is just as Zhao Yongxin expected. When the first wave of more than 2,000 attacking troops approached the city wall with a ladder and a shield cart, they were immediately resisted by the defenders. Subordinate to the border army, their will to fight was still very tenacious, and under the supervision of officers at all levels, they quickly picked up their spirits and launched a counterattack, and arrows rained down from the city wall immediately. The red-coated cannons deployed on the walls also began to fire at the besieging forces.

"Woo ......"

A bowl of iron shot down from the top of the city, and in the middle of it was a sergeant who was rushing forward with a ladder, and before the sergeant could make any sound, the upper body of the person disappeared immediately. The swift iron pellet struck the sergeant, and then hit two soldiers in succession, before it fell to the ground with a dull thud, and then rolled for a long distance before stopping.

After all, the defense line built by the Ming Empire with huge manpower and material resources was not in vain, and the siege troops were attacked violently at the beginning of the attack, and the casualties were very heavy for a while.

Seeing such a scene, Yue Yang's eyes suddenly froze, and the generals standing behind him began to breathe rapidly, although they had already prepared in their hearts, knowing that this first pass in the world was not so easy to capture, but it was still very uncomfortable to see the troops suffering such heavy casualties.

Yue Yang thought for a moment and asked, "Has the artillery of the artillery battalion been transported to the city wall?" ”

An artillery battalion officer replied: "Back to the Hou Ye, only part of the artillery of the artillery battalion has been transported, and some of it has not been transported to the city wall. ”

"Can't wait!" Yue Yang said with a calm face: "Order the artillery that has been transported to the city wall to bombard the enemy's city wall immediately, and then transfer the fire to advance to the local city wall for 500 steps, and launch a horizontal formation to suppress the city wall with all its firepower." In addition, the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion was ordered to seize the time to load the bombs, and the aerial bombardment must not stop! ”

"Yes!"

I have to say that Yue Yang is indeed a little anxious, according to the current casualty rate, if the Xuan army wants to capture Shanhaiguan, it is impossible not to kill one or two hundred thousand people. In his opinion, the victory paved with the corpses of the soldiers is not worth showing off, and more importantly, there is no need for him to make his soldiers pay such a big sacrifice for Zhu Youzhen.

Yue Yang was in a hurry, the soldiers under his command were also ruthless, Zhao Yongxin personally went to the urn city to direct the artillery to shell the head of Shanhaiguan, a twelve-pound cannon and twenty-four-pound cannon shells flew to the head of Shanhaiguan like raindrops, their primary goal was to suppress those red-clothed cannons, although the other party fired only solid bullets, the lethality is not as powerful as the flowering bullets, but this kind of artillery is a great deterrent to the siege troops, so Zhao Yongxin immediately matched the opponent's artillery.

Artillery to artillery, and the musketeers who rushed to the city also opened fire on the city, at this time. The long range and high accuracy of the Mini guns were immediately apparent, and in the midst of the burst of gunfire, the defenders who had leaned out of the battlements to fire arrows or splashed gold juice screamed and fell to the ground in a dense rain of bullets, most of them in the head. Due to the high-speed rotation of the Minnie bullet in flight, once the defender's head was shot, the whole head would burst open like a watermelon, and the white brain and red blood splattered everywhere, greatly shocking the guard's companions. In the face of the fierce fire of the firecrackers, Wu Sangui also sent a part of the crossbowmen to counterattack the firecrackers under the city, but these crossbowmen were desperate to find that the crossbows they shot could not reach the other party.

When the battle was raging, a deputy general stumbled to Wu Sangui's side: "Lord Wu." The firearms of the Xuan army are too hard, and our bows and crossbows can't hit each other at all! ”

"Since you can't reach it, forget it, you send someone to take a shield to protect the battlement, and when the Xuan army comes up, let's kill one by one, and we must not let the Xuan army go up to the city wall, understand?"

"Understood!"

Wu Sangui was desperate, although the defenders suffered heavy casualties under the fierce bombardment of the Xuanda army and the resistance of the Mini-style firecrackers, he had already gritted his teeth and continued to dispatch troops to plug the gap, and the battle became a stalemate for a while.

Just as the two sides gritted their teeth and kept fighting. Hot air balloons loaded with ammunition re-lifted and flew over Shanhaiguan, bombs began to fall from the sky again, and fire continued to rise from the city walls. This time, the high-altitude reconnaissance unit also received a new order, and their priority targets were the artillery on the city walls and crowded places.

"Three, three, three. You immediately blast the red-coated cannon on the southern city wall to Lao Tzu, and you must not let it continue to bombard our siege troops,"

"Six, you're fucking blind...... You almost blew up our guys. If you do this again, you will immediately roll down for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will give you a knife to climb the ladder to attack the city yourself! ”

When the battle was raging, the walkie-talkie was filled with the angry shouts of the commander. The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, the siege troops changed several times in a row, and the casualties were close to two thousand, listening to the number of casualties reported by Wu Qing, the corners of Yue Yang's eyes jumped imperceptibly, so many casualties in such a short period of time were rare in Yue Yang's military career, which also made Yue Yang's mood begin to become a little bad.

However, although Yue Yang's mood was very bad, opposite him, his opponent Wu family's father and son were even more uncomfortable.

At noon, the Xuanda army, which had attacked the city for two hours, temporarily stopped attacking, and the defenders of Shanhaiguan also hurried to seize the time to treat the wounded and replenish supplies, and the people in the rear also took the opportunity to send lunch to the city wall, and the father and son of the Wu family, who had commanded the battle for half a day, also took the opportunity to gather together for dinner.

Although it was during the war, the food of the Wu family father and son was still good, and their meals were also sent by the master of the Wu Mansion to send them, all of which were the tastes they were used to, and they were also full of meat and vegetables, no different from the usual, but at this time, the Wu family father and son were not in the mood to eat, and looking at these dishes they liked on weekdays, the father and son were like chewing wax.

After Wu Xiang took a few bites of food, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and asked the personal general beside him: "Have today's casualties been calculated, show them to the official!" ”

This family's face was a little strange, and he stammered a little and said, "Go back...... Back to the adult, the casualties have been calculated, and General Shicai Lin has already sent it over, and now the villain is here. ”

"Since it was delivered, why didn't you show it to the official immediately, can you afford to take a big deal if you miss it?"

Wu Xiang scolded the general before taking over the casualty statistics handed over by the general, but he was almost stunned when he saw it, and the number on it made him unable to believe his eyes.

At this time, the father and son of the Wu family were having lunch, Wu Sanfeng leaned his head over and looked at the report in his Lao Tzu's hand, and the mouth full of rice suddenly spurted out, and then stammered: "Casualties...... More than 8,300 people ......"

"Let's ......"

With a soft sound, the chopsticks in the hand of Wu Sangui, who was eating, fell to the ground almost at the same time, and his face, which was gradually becoming bloody, instantly turned pale again.

Wu Sangui's younger brother Wu Sanfu stood up in surprise, grabbed the general's shirt and shouted, "Is this really sent by Vice General Lin?" Do you know that lying about the military is going to kill you! ”

The general was so frightened that he knelt down and cried: "General Wu San, the villain doesn't dare to deceive you even if he eats the leopard's guts, this is indeed sent by General Lin, if you don't believe it, you can check it in person, if the villain has half a false sentence, he is willing to be punished!" ”

"You ......"

Wu Sanfu wanted to continue scolding, but was stopped by Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang waved his hand weakly and said, "Forget it, junior, don't embarrass Wu Fu, he has been with the old man for so many years." He has always been loyal to our Wu family, and he will not deceive the old man, and besides, can this kind of thing be deceived? ”

Wu Sanfu gradually let go of his hand, sat on the cold green bricks, and muttered with a somewhat sluggish expression: "It's only been a long time since we fought, and there have been so many casualties, if we continue to fight like this, it won't take two days for our people to die!" ”

Wu Xiang didn't say anything, there were more than 32,000 defenders in Shanhaiguan, and now a third of the casualties were lost at once, and this was only a morning of fighting. If we continue to fight at this speed, the defenders here will have to fight out tomorrow.

Seeing such heavy casualties, even Wu Sangui, who had the strongest will to resist, fell into deep thought, judging from the current casualties, they could hold out for a day at most, once they waited until the loss of troops, it would mean that their end was coming, and Yue Yang would not let them go.

After a while, Wu Sanfu looked at his father, Wu Xiang looked at his two elder brothers, and stopped talking a little. Wu Sanfeng said impatiently after seeing it: "Third brother, if you have something to say, just say it, don't look like you are annoyed." ”

Wu Sanfu gritted his teeth and said, "Dad...... Big brother and second brother, judging from the current form, we won't be able to hold it for long. We need to plan ahead! ”

Listening to Wu Sanfu's words, Wu Sanfeng glared and said, "Third child, what nonsense are you talking about, what is it called making plans early." Shanhaiguan is our lifeline, without it we will become a lost dog, and there will be no place for us in the world! ”

At this time, Wu Sanfu can be regarded as out of the way. He pulled his neck and said: "But the problem now is that our place of residence is about to become our burial place, originally I thought that with the deep checkpoints of our city and the 30,000 army, we could defend it for a month or two." At that time, when it snows heavily, they will be forced to withdraw their troops, but who would have thought that this Xuan army would be so powerful, not only with sharp artillery, but also with a thing that can fly in the sky and keep heading at us for thousands of enemies. Tell me, how many of our brothers have died today at the hands of these 10,000 enemies? Can we still hold this Shanhaiguan? ”

"You stinky boy, I think you're in arrears!" After being robbed by Wu Sanfu for a while, Wu Sanfeng's face was a little unbearable, and he stood up as if he was teaching him a lesson, but he was stopped by Wu Xiang.

"Boss...... That's enough! Wu Xiang's face was also ugly, he glared at Wu Sanfeng and shouted: "What kind of majesty are you playing at your brother, Lao Tzu is not dead!" ”

Wu Sanfeng said with some grievances: "Dad...... Look at what kind of he said the third brother...... He's shaking the hearts of the army! ”

"What's that...... Truth! Wu Xiang snorted angrily and said: "I said a long time ago, this surnamed Yue is not a good stubble, if he doesn't have some real skills, he can beat the tartar so badly?" Now you've seen what he's capable of, right? Second, you have the most ghost ideas in our family, can you tell me what we should do? After that, Wu Xiang turned his head and asked Wu Sangui, who had been silent on the side.

Wu Sangui sat on the green bricks in a daze, and the chopsticks that fell on the ground were not built, he had been pondering from just now to now, and after listening to Wu Xiang's question, he said slowly: "If we continue to stay here, no matter what we do, there will only be a dead end in the end, and we will only have one way for now!" ”

"What way?" The voices of Wu Xiang's father and son came from the side.

Wu Sangui raised his head violently, and his eyes flashed again, "If you want to survive, you can only abandon the pass and go to Jinzhou to join your uncle!" ”

"Abandonment?"

The father and son of the Wu family looked at each other for a long time, and after a long time, the three of them nodded in unison as if they had a heart: "Now there is only this way." ”

After seeing that everyone agreed, Wu Sangui said again: "Since this is the case, father, you and the third brother will immediately go back to the house and load the valuable gold and silver into the car, and then bring the family with them, and go out of the city quietly at the north gate first. Also, you can't bring anything else to Jinzhou this time, but Guanning Iron Riding must take it all with you! ”

Wu Xiang and the others nodded in unison, this kind of thing is not gone, Wu Sangui said that they are also very clear. What is the war fought? The fight is the morale of the army, the troops in Shanhaiguan are all trained by the Wu family father and son, and they are still loyal to them, which can be supported until now under the fierce offensive of the Xuan army, but this loyalty is also limited, once they learn that the Wu family father and son abandoned themselves and fled, the morale of the whole army may disappear. And Guan Ning Tieqi is their lifeblood, and they have a chance to re-turn their books when they are related to Ning Tieqi, if they don't have Guan Ning Tieqi, they are nothing.

Without further ado, when it comes to escaping, the father and son of the Wu family are still very talented, and after hurriedly eating lunch, Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu immediately went down the city wall to reply to the matter of preparing to escape.

After two hours of hurried preparations, at the end of the afternoon, Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu rode out of the north gate with the Wu family's young and old and seven thousand Guan Ning Tie and hurriedly ran in the direction of Jinzhou...... (To be continued......)