Chapter Ninety-Eight
It's been an hour later.
Therefore, Yelu Jing ordered the Liao army in the west and north directions to immediately attack.
For a time, countless war horses neighed and charged towards the west and north gate of Qianzhou City at the same time, and countless cloud ladders followed, and people were like ants and people, swarming in.
Seeing this, Baili Wuji turned his head to Chai Rong and said, "As you expected, Yelu Jing is really determined to attack the city." ”
Chai Rong said with a smile: "Rong wishes my brother all his wishes come true." ”
Baili Wuji responded: "Accept your auspicious words." ”
The two of them laughed loudly as if no one was around, and the laughter infected the soldiers of the Ming army in every scene.
After laughing, Baili Wuji said loudly: "Order Peng Xiao to lead the fleet close to the shore, and the naval guns will aim at a predetermined position one mile outside the north city gate, and all the shells will be exhausted; ordered Chen Yanzheng to fight and retreat, and to stand by at a predetermined position outside the North City Gate; ordered the musketeers of the northern city wall to cover the retreat of Chen Yan's main force within firing range; Ordered the musketeers of the western city wall to fire freely to prevent the Liao army from climbing the wall and ladder to approach ....... ”
One after another, carefully refined battle orders flowed out of Baili Wuji's mouth, as if to reveal the fate of the Liao army.
Yelujing has been staring at the progress of the Liao army, from the moment the catapult completed the throwing and the Liao army launched a general attack on Qianzhou City, he had an ominous premonition, but he knew what the problem was, so he could only shake his head and abandon this premonition.
It's already on this point, and it's hard to ride a tiger, so let the strength speak. Yelu Jing said to herself.
Therefore, after the 40,000 Liao troops of the front Yelu Qixi approached the west city wall, and Yelu Tira's leather room army forced Chen Yanzheng's Ming army to reach the north city wall, Yelu Jing ordered the 80,000 leather room army to launch a general attack on the west gate of Qianzhou City.
The west gate of Qianzhou is not as close to the sea as the north gate. The terrain of the west gate is vast, and after Yelu Jing's order, 80,000 leather room troops poured like a tide towards the west city wall five miles away.
It's within a radius of twenty or thirty miles. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought to the death for their national fortunes and interests.
When all the 80,000 leather room troops entered the artillery range, Baili Wuji finally gave the order for the artillery salvo of the western city wall.
In an instant, a thunderous roar sounded, and at the moment when Yelujing and the Liao army did not have time to react to the loud noise, the raining cannonballs fell on the position that had already been marked.
The two caliber guns were set at two distances by Baili Wuji, that is, one to four miles to the west, with the western city wall as the standard.
Two walls of fire intercepted the 80,000 leather room army within this distance. You can't go in, and you can't go back.
At this time, the musketeers of the western city wall began to shoot at Yeluxi's 40,000 Liao troops with ease.
Outside the West Gate was a massacre. The Northern Rangers, who had been rampaging the world for decades, tasted the pain of defeat at this moment, and they could not even find the goal they wanted to fight for. The soldiers of the Leather Room Army, who could not help but startle their horses, rushed into the two walls of fire and were shattered.
The chaos and tragedy of the scene are difficult to express in words. When two walls of fire rose to the sky. Eighty thousand leather chamber troops have been ordered to retreat. But at this time, it is no longer possible to rely on words and flag orders.
Yelu Jing then ordered the five hundred palace guards to charge at the risk of death, hoping to break through to the first wall of fire and convey his retreat order to the generals of the Pi Room Army. It's a pity that after the Five Hundred Palaces Wei broke into the wall of fire without hesitation, there was no sound.
This round of shelling did not last long, only the time of a pillar of incense.
But the timing of this pillar of incense determines the victory or defeat of this war, during this time. The musketeers at the West Gate completely wiped out Yelu Qixi's 40,000 Liao troops, and even Yelu Qixi himself died under the random guns.
The Liao soldiers had no way to escape. It's like a living target, giving every Ming soldier live training.
Within twenty zhang, the whistling projectiles penetrated their already thin leather armor, and the reinforcements were not far from the north, but this half a mile of distance could not be crossed by manpower.
Some veterans of the Liao army wisely chose to retreat beyond the range of the muskets, while others were wise enough to cling their bodies to the city walls to avoid the fire of the muskets.
But this is just a lingering breath, at this time, the Liao army has no trace of the will to fight at all, and only how to save their lives is in their minds.
After defeating the 40,000 Liao army, Baili Wuji ordered the four-inch artillery to raise the muzzle, adjust the firing range, and conduct extended fire.
The "cannonball wall" one mile outside the west city suddenly disappeared, causing the surviving soldiers of the 40,000 Liao army to rush towards the leather room army. They were glad they had finally escaped.
Unfortunately, in just one breath, the four-inch cannon on the city wall began to shoot extendedly, and the barrage rained down on every Liao soldier in this distance.
At the same time, Baili Wuji turned his head to Chai Rong and said with a smile: "Second brother, do you have the courage to lead 6,000 guards to annihilate 80,000 leather room troops?" ”
Chai Rong naturally knew that this was a favor from Baili Wuji, and the 80,000 leather room army in this state was like 80,000 sheep, waiting to be slaughtered by himself. Annihilating the 80,000 Liao State Pi Room Army with 6,000, such a remarkable military feat, how could it be missed.
"Brother, rest assured, Rong will live up to expectations."
"Good. Then I'll wait for the second brother's good news. ”
Chai Rong then went out to dispatch the personal guards.
Outside the north city gate, although Chen Yanzheng was unwilling in his heart, he still fought and retreated according to the order of Baili Wuji, from three miles outside the city, slowly retreated to the city wall twenty zhang, and the Ming soldiers began to divide into columns according to the predetermined state, and the position they stood was the distance between the battlements and the battlements. At this moment, flames began to erupt from the battlements, and the musketeers began to shoot.
In the stalemate, this arrangement of columns caused thousands of casualties among the Ming soldiers in an instant, but the subsequent shooting of the musketeers instantly plowed the dense array of the Liao army into blood trenches.
At this moment, Peng Xiao's naval guns began to shoot, and after sporadic gun tests, shells rained down. Immediately, the artillery on the north gate also began to roar.
The crowding two Liao army formations, 38,000 leather room troops, were within five miles of the northern city wall of Qianzhou, and they were wiped out.
Yelutira was lucky enough to escape this fate, he had thought that the generals of the Pi Mur army no longer needed his command to be able to fight today, and his main task was to take care of the remaining 40,000 or so tribal troops.
Yelutira was also very unlucky, because the Pi Room army in front was bombarded by shells, and the tribal army, which had long been dissatisfied, was instigated by those "people with a heart" who had been captured by the Ming army with Yelu Shuogu, and decided to "revolt before the battle".
As a result, the deputy marshal in the camp tent of the Chinese army, Yelutira, was taken down by the rebels in one fell swoop, and was ready to be used to surrender to the Ming army. (To be continued......)