Chapter 34: The Bombardment of New No Castle
Li Qifeng nodded his head and said, "Yes! What the general said is extremely true! We are so many that we are naturally not afraid! Moreover, if Qin Governor He Luo would send an army from the land of Shangzhou to return to Da to attack Zhang Biwu with you and me, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhang Biwu! As soon as Zhang Biwu is destroyed, other cats and dogs are not worried! ”
"Hah!" Lei Xing said: "Yes! What General Lee said is extremely true! And I thought about it! The Ming Dynasty has no way, the Qing Dynasty is prosperous, since we are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, we have to make immortal contributions to the Qing Dynasty! ”
Both of them forgot that they were also the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, but now in order to make their red tops bigger, they did not hesitate to dye them red with the blood of their compatriots in exchange for bigger red tops.
"Report! Zhang Biwu released all the people in Xinye City out of Xinye City, and he seemed to have expected that our army would come to attack Xinye! "Hou Qi came to report.
Lei Xing couldn't help but smile and said, "General Li, look at it!" Zhang Biwu is so smart! It's expected that we will attack Xinye! And if he was quite kind, he actually released all the people in Xinye City! But he knew that we were going to attack Xinye, but he didn't withdraw, but wanted to stick to the lonely city, isn't it stupid? But you still have to be careful, what is the situation on Lingbao and Lu's side? ”
Hou Qi replied again: "Most of the soldiers on that side are all fortified in Tongguan, and even the defense of Shaanzhou has dispersed a lot of troops in Zhang Biwu's area. Shaanzhou and Lingbao did not have troops to enter Nanyang, Zhang Biwu only sent Lu Xiangsheng to lead 8,000 people to attack Nanyang at first, and now he has not received additional troops, I don't know how many people and horses are in the vanguard army to block the prince, I think it is necessary to block, and the soldiers can't be sent less, right? ”
Lei Xing's eyebrows were locked. He said: "Zhang Biwu is really confusing sometimes. Can he hold us back with so few men? And sent troops to sneak attack the prince's forward army. The prince's iron cavalry will soon gather together and wipe out all the men and horses he sent! What a dangerous move he had! ”
Li Qifeng also shook his head, looking puzzled: "Really! I don't understand it either! "Gotcha! Gotcha! "Another horse came over quickly, this is Zhang Wenheng's personal cavalry.
He bowed his hand to Li Qifeng and Lei Xing and asked, "Two adults, my general sent me to ask the two adults, is it possible to attack the enemy city now?" ”
Lei Xing and Li Qifeng had reached a consensus after looking at each other, and Lei Xing said first: "Okay! Encourage the soldiers. Get ready to fight! Take down Shinno in one fell swoop! Behead Zhang Biwu! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Wenheng's personal rider looked very excited, and he quickly went back to report to the main general.
Zhang Biwu stood at the head of the city, and he also repaired Xinye City well, but it was not an easy task to block the enemy's attack.
Zhang Biwu looked at the dense enemy army that was preparing to attack, his heart was bottomless, he was thinking: "When Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye, he invited Zhuge Liang, so as to set up three points of the world in the future. Standing on its feet. Then can I, Zhang Biwu, also rely on Liu Bei's luck to stop Lei Xing and others in Xinye, and let Azig be defeated. So that I can gain a firm foothold in Henan? ”
Just when Zhang Biwu was thinking a lot, the rapid drum of "Bang Dong, Bang Dong", Han Baqi was arrayed, and their eyes were staring at Xinye City.
The general quickly came to the front of the formation, and he shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, Shinno City ahead! Please rise up and take Shinno Castle! As long as Zhang Biwu's head is removed, everyone will enjoy endless glory and wealth! The military discipline of our Qing army, everyone knows the way, those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and the latter will be punished! ”
"Good!" A large group of soldiers raised their weapons, and at the same time they slammed their feet on the ground, causing the earth to tremble to show their bravery.
The general shouted: "Capture Zhang Biwu!" Then many soldiers shouted together: "Capture Zhang Biwu!" ”
Zhang Biwu looked far away, the distance was too far, if he got closer, he would be able to shoot the other party with one shot. The sound of grabbing him sounded in his ears, but Zhang Biwu was shaking his head.
He said to Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Yuji: "It's a pity! These are all us Han people, how good it would be if we became our Han army? Is it our duty to awaken their Han souls? Let them know that they are wearing this layer of Manchu skin, but they are not as good as the Han people! First of all, it has to be reflected in the war! ”
Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "Yes! Kunio is right! But if they knew that we didn't have 6,000 men, but only 4,000 men, their offensive would have been even more violent! And most of the people of Xinye City have been released by us! After all, they are not willing to defend the city with us against the enemy, and it is not good to keep them in Xinye! ”
Zhang Biwu said: "Yes! As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party's flag wave, and the enemy army began to attack, pouring towards Shinno Castle like a tide.
"Put!" "Boom" two Hongyi cannons fired at the same time! Blew down a gate to the east of Shinno Castle.
"Capture Zhang Biwu and receive the reward! Come on! Rush! This is how the Qing soldiers shouted and rushed under the city gate, especially the bombed city gate gathered more enemy soldiers.
"Fill, fill!" Someone shouted in Chinese, Zhang Biwu heard this shout, his heart was very uncomfortable, and he could always think of Cao Zhi's poem: "Why is it too anxious to fry each other from the same root?" ”
"Kill, kill!" The enemy soldiers shouted, and they rushed to the city gates, and they looked excitedly at the collapsed walls, and thought of rushing in through this gap.
"Put!" What they didn't expect was that there were also Hongyi cannons in the city, but the two Hongyi cannons in the city were not attacking the enemy troops who were pouring in, but to confirm the direction of the opponent's Hongyi cannons, so as to open fire.
After Zhang Biwu was defeated in Song County, his Hongyi cannons were all lost, and the Qing army thought that he didn't have Hongyi cannons, so where could he get them?
But I didn't know that Zhang Biwu had a Hongyi cannon during the battle with Zhai Sangwu and others, plus when he was saving Zhang Biwu before, a Hongyi cannon dismantled by Dai Lisi was recovered, and now both are there.
There are only these two pairs of sharp weapons, so naturally you have to deal with them carefully, once the opponent's Hongyi cannon is fired, then hit the opponent's location.
Zhang Biwu had already prepared a high shelf for this purpose, and under the high shelf was a car, as soon as he found the direction of the opponent's Hongyi cannon, he would start to attack the other party.
"Boom! Rumble! "Two shells landed on the Tartar battery with unmistakable accuracy, and the shells fell when one of the Qing soldiers was using a long stick to open the chamber.
"Uh-ah" screamed, his limbs were blown out of the air with his limbs wide open, and the iron rod was thrown out of the air and fell in front of a Qing soldier who was blown down, and plunged straight into it, shaking, wobbly, pitiful! The Qing soldier who fell to the ground couldn't stand it anymore, and he was so frightened by this iron rod that he fainted.
"Boom" came with two more cannons, and we would not stop until the Qing army's Hongyi artillery was blown up.
The Hongyi cannon was mounted on the corpse of a Qing soldier, and several corpses of the Qing soldiers were scattered in front of the Hongyi cannon.
The Qing soldiers quickly stepped forward, they didn't want their Hongyi cannon to be blown up, and once it was destroyed, there would be no siege weapons.
"Boom!" This shot was amazingly accurate! It was blown up by Zhang Biwu himself, he had been trained by Han Runchang when he was in Yulinwei before, and his crosshair was aimed very well, even in normal times, whenever he had free time, he would go to practice shooting artillery. In this day and age, if you are a good gunner, then you can achieve greater feats.
No, one shot destroyed one of the opponent's Hongyi cannons. The Qing soldiers rushed over to pull away another Hongyi cannon, but when the Qing soldier's hand touched the barrel, his hand flicked quickly, it was too hot! The palm of the hand is about to turn into a braised palm.
"Quick!" The Qing soldiers shouted, they wanted to protect their Hongyi cannons, a group of Qing soldiers came, and with a "boom", four or five Qing soldiers were killed.
There were a lot of Qing soldiers, and they had to rescue this Hongyi cannon.
Zhang Biwu saw it in the city, but he was too late, after all, it takes time to launch the shells, and they have to be loaded after they are fired, and the delay in time gives the Qing soldiers time.
The Qing soldiers quickly stepped forward and pulled their Hongyi cannons away, and when Zhang Biwu and another gunner came over, it was too late.
"Hey!" Zhang Biwu waved his fist in annoyance, he felt that it was a pity that he let go of one of the other party's Hongyi cannons, and the other party was recuperating, and he would bombard Xinye City again, he was afraid that Xinye City would not be able to support it.
The Qing soldiers rushed towards the collapsed city gate blasted open by the Hongyi cannons, and they wanted to use this to rush into Shinno Castle.
They couldn't be more wrong. Yao Dongzhao in the city shouted at everyone: "Quick! Everybody come with me! Plug the gap for me! "There are a lot of sandbags piled up at the city gate, which is to guard against the Qing army's Hongyi cannon to open the city wall.
Yao Dongzhao was old and strong, he quickly reached the gap, unloaded the sandbag on his back, and many people came behind him.
In fact, there are still 1,000 Ding Zhuang in Xinye City who have not left, they have long admired Zhang Biwu's prestige, and they hated the Manchu Qing Dynasty for occupying the magpie's nest under the pretext of avenging the Ming Dynasty.
So Zhang Biwu plus these spontaneous Ding Zhuang, he still has 5,000 people, and 1,000 Ding Zhuang are used to carry sandbags, sasswood, etc., to support his defense of the city.
The Qing soldier held a shield over his head and came towards the gap. "Xiuxiuxiu" arrows rained down on the city, sweeping down one after another from time to time, but the tide of Qing soldiers still stepped on the bodies of their companions.
Zhang Biwu looked at the battle situation, he sighed, and said: "They are both Han people, but when they are the Ming army, it is good to be so brave!" Alas! There is no salary, neglect of training, insufficient food, poor clothing, and the adoption of private soldiers, and the disunity within the army is a great blow to the combat effectiveness! (To be continued......)