Chapter 213: Overwhelming
When Wang Dalun led the army to arrive, the pursuit battle had come to an end, and the results of this raid were very great, not only the Korean army was defeated, but also killed and captured nearly 20,000 people, and the 100,000 Korean army was beaten to the bones.
And the pursuit of the cavalry did not last long, when the Korean rout was chased into Tieshan City, the cavalry stopped, and began to catch sheep everywhere, so many prisoners, that when Wang Dalun came over, he saw a group of prisoners guarding labor.
"That's right, it seems that the two of you have achieved great results this time, and in the future, the North Koreans will definitely have palpitations when they mention the names of the two of you!" Wang Dalun smiled and praised Sun Liu and Li Weiluan beside him.
Sun Liu still maintained his previous demeanor, anyway, he was praised by Wang Dalun many times. And Li Weiluan was very excited in his heart, it seemed that his position was stable, fortunately there was no shame, thinking of this, he couldn't help but complimentarily say: "Our big victory is not the result of the commander's good command!" ”
"Hehe, this is your good timing! It has nothing to do with me! Wang Dalun shook his head with a smile, and then said: "Okay, let's not compliment each other, come over together and arrange the follow-up battle plan!" ”
When all the generals were there, Tian Boguang briefly reported the results of the raid on behalf of Wang Dalun, and then changed the topic and said: "Now that the Korean army has taken refuge in Tieshan City, what the commander and I mean is that we can't just let them go, and we will prepare to attack the city tomorrow!" ”
Zhang Bao stood up and shouted loudly: "The cavalry unit has performed last time, and it is time for us to play." This time, we also want to let the North Koreans know that our infantry team is not vegetarian!"
"That's right! It's time for us to behave this time, isn't there 20,000 captives this time, there are enough people besieging the city! Shang Keyi and the other Dongjiang generals stood up and said loudly.
When Wang Dalun heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "I have useful use for these captives, let them be cannon fodder, it's a pity!" ”
The generals of the former Dongjiang Army looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know why Wang Dalun did not let the prisoners participate in the siege of the city, which was a common practice in the army, and did not let the prisoners attack the city. Do you want to let your brothers be cannon fodder?
Wang Dalun looked at their faces. Zhilu said that they had misunderstood, so he said with a smile: "This time I don't plan to use the inefficient method of siege warfare, and I won't use it until the last resort in the future." Not to mention the inefficiency of this siege method. And the casualties are too great. Not cost-effective! ”
"What are you going to do?" The generals of the former Dongjiang asked suspiciously.
Zhang Bao said proudly on the side: "This is our unique skill, the last time we attacked Qufu, we didn't use any cloud ladder at all." Blow up the city wall directly! ”
When the generals of the former Dongjiang heard this, they immediately reacted, it seems that they are preparing to use gunpowder, but how to blow this up? It's a trick!
Wang Dalun shook his head with a smile and said: "Zhang Bao is also wrong, to deal with these soft-footed troops in North Korea, there is no need to use the method of blasting, it will also take time, my goal is to hit Pyongyang, if it is delayed for a long time, I wonder if the robber Huang Taiji will have any bad intentions!" ”
"So what to do?" The generals asked in unison.
"The mountain people have their own clever plans, and you will know the Tao tomorrow!" Wang Dalun said mysteriously.
Early the next morning, the drums for the siege began to beat. Li Shi stood on the city wall very worriedly, looking at the enemy troops who entered the attack position one after another, there seemed to be a lot of people on the other side, and he saw a group of soldiers lined up in a neat queue and entered the preset position.
The soldiers who entered the position all walked in neat steps, and the monotonous and uniform footsteps always echoed, and the footsteps were like drums, stepping on Li Shi's heart at once, and his face began to turn white when he looked at so many well-trained troops.
After the soldiers lined up the array, they stood quietly, and the audience was silent, just when Li Shi was very puzzled why they didn't carry the ladder, he saw a group of people dragging two wheeled guns over, followed by a group of soldiers rolling a few iron buckets.
When Li Shi saw it, he was even more puzzled in his heart, and he couldn't help asking, "What are they going to do?" They thought they could smash the gates open with a few cannons? And what are they doing with those tin buckets? ”
Li Shi's question was destined to be answered by no one, because the people on the side were also very puzzled, and they didn't know what the other party was going to do? In their concept, things like cannons are bulky and heavy, and the effect is not too good when used to attack the city, and the key role is still played by the soldiers to attack the city!
Seeing that the people below continued to be busy, they set up their cannons and aimed them at the head of the city. And the tin buckets were also erected diagonally, facing the city.
Li Shi couldn't help but sneer: "They won't treat these iron buckets as cannons, right?" Although we are a small country in North Korea, we have seen a lot of firearms, so they don't think they can scare us away with this thing, right? We are not ignorant farmers! ”
The generals on the side also said very cooperatively: "These Ming people are simply too arrogant, they can scare us away by firing two shots at the head of the city in the future?" They're too wishful thinking! ”
Just as Li Shi and the others were laughing on the wall, the position of the cannon was finally calibrated, and they saw the artillery command flag waving and the cannon sounding. Li Shi and the others hurriedly hid under the city wall, they have experience, as long as this kind of shell is not directly hit, there is no threat.
To the surprise of Li Shi and others, the cannonball hit and exploded, and the city tower that was hit was destroyed by the explosion, and the broken wood fragments flew everywhere, and many soldiers were caught off guard and were injured.
"It's going to explode?" Li Shi's mouth opened wide, the scene in front of him was beyond his understanding, and the power of this explosion was too great, and a corner of the city tower was cut off.
"Blossom bomb! This is the flowering bomb of the red-haired people!" A knowledgeable general shouted loudly.
"Damn! When did Daming learn to bloom bombs? Isn't this technique said that it can't be passed on, the red hair himself doesn't have many flowering bullets, how can Daming have it? Li Shi scolded loudly, he had only heard people boast that the red hair had a flowering bomb, but he had never seen the real thing, and the red hair had just mastered this technique.
After a while, only the deafening sound of the cannon was heard again, and this time it did not hit the tower again, but all hit the city wall, and the explosion near the ear shook the city wall, accompanied by the sound of broken stones.
The generals ran to Li Shi's side and shouted loudly: "General, quickly find a way, if you continue like this, this city wall can't stand it!" ”
"Don't be noisy, aren't I trying to figure it out?" Li Shi scolded loudly, but he didn't have any way at all now, people were so far away, and bows and arrows couldn't hit them at all.
The sound of cannons rang out one after another, shaking people to stand unsteadily, but gradually everyone put their minds at ease, although the wall of this iron mountain is not too strong, but if you want to blow it up with cannons, it will still take a while, and there are not many flowering bombs in the red hair, how much is the Ming Dynasty?
It is estimated that the effect is not too good, or the barrel needs to be cooled, after four or five rounds of cannons, the sound of the cannons stopped, Li Shi proudly said to the people on the side: "How about it, I'll tell you not to make a fuss, they can't blow up the wall!" ”
There was a wave of slander in everyone's hearts, who was trembling just now? And did you just say that? It seems that people who are big officials are shameless, this one is really thick-skinned.
Before everyone had time to compliment Li Shi, the cannon sound sounded again, this time the cannon sound was very strange, it sounded much louder than last time, everyone hurriedly lay on the ground, and then, only heard a big explosion suddenly sounded, and this time there was no law at all.
Feeling the deafening explosion in his ears, Li Shi had to open his mouth wide, and finally the cannon sound stopped, he raised his head, but what he saw was a scene that shocked him, only to see that more than fifty zhang away from him, a hole was blown open on the city wall.
The wound was not fatal, it was in the upper part of the city wall, but the soldiers in that direction were all dead, the soldiers at the center of the explosion were left with only stumps and broken arms, and the soldiers on the side were still intact, but they were all bleeding and were shocked to death!
Not only this, but as long as the place hit by this round of attacks, the soldiers were all in this miserable situation, and the survivors suddenly shouted in horror: "Demon law! The other party knows how to spell! ”
Li Shi was taken aback by this tragic situation, he had never heard of such a powerful weapon in the red hair, this is too powerful, he will die directly if he is hit!
Li Shi was thinking about countermeasures, only to hear the sound of cannons under the city again, this time he saw it with his own eyes, only to see bags of strange items flying out of the tin buckets under the city, and then began to explode on the city wall, and there was no survivor in the affected place.
"Retreat! The other party's weapons are powerful, and if we stay here, we will wait for death! Li Shi suddenly said loudly, he is now frightened, this thing is too terrifying, if it hits where he is, then his little life will not be over? So all he thinks about is running away now!
The east gate was opened, and I saw the people in the city fleeing in fear, they didn't want to stay in the city and wait for death, the power of this thing was too terrifying. I saw that the leader was the general Li Shi, who took the lead and ran at the front, how fast and how fast it was!
Seeing the enemy troops in the city fleeing, the generals asked for orders to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Wang Dalun shook his head with a smile and said: "Let them run a little more, we will go into the city first, and then chase their butts down, and drive them all the way to the city of Pyongyang!" ”
"That's too cheap for them!" The generals said unhappily.
"Why, if they lead the way, before they reach Pyongyang, the cities along the way will fall without a fight, believe it or not?" Wang Dalun said with confidence. (To be continued......)