Chapter 586: The Battle of the Pontoon Bridge V

No matter what kind of thoughts Mo Dengyong has in his heart at this moment, it will not help.

Reality doesn't change a single bit because of him.

For a whole morning, the two sides did not fight much. Only a few scouts fought repeatedly in places where the outer armies could not be seen.

However, Annan lacked horses.

Although there are not many horses in Dongyong. But there are still quite a few horses. Far better than Annan.

It was almost noon. All the siege equipment was just in place.

Zhu Houhuang's camp is not far from Thang Long City, but these siege equipment is too heavy, some of them have wheels underneath and are easy to do, and those without wheels can only be moved over little by little with rolling logs. It's not fast at all.

In addition, many places outside Thang Long City are fertile fields for planting waterways, and if you don't do a good job of laying the groundwork first, you can't even use rolling logs.

So, a lot of work was wasted.

After all kinds of siege equipment were in place, Yu Dayou ordered: "The whole army rests." ”

At the sound of the order, except for the soldiers who were on guard in front of the battle, all of them sat on the ground and rested happily.

Under Zhu Houhuang's training, even if he rested, he sat horizontally and vertically, and sat in Shiwu as a unit.

Immediately, a man came forward with a large basket and distributed them one by one, and everyone got some rice such as broth. The rice was clumped together as if it were rice balls, and the broth was poured into each soldier's kettle.

The soldiers' kettles were made of bamboo, a bamboo tube. But there is a war today, and there are big chunks of people in the broth. Each piece is the size of an adult's thumb, and each soldier has a ration. Limited to three.

Don't underestimate these three pieces of meat, this is already Zhu Houhuang's hard work, almost all the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep raised by the Annam people near Shenglong.

If it weren't for the war, there wouldn't be so much meat to eat, and it wouldn't have been eaten so well even before the last World War.

Because the siege was no better than the rest, the casualties were too heavy.

I don't know how many of these people will live to eat meat next time.

However, these made the soldiers not have enough to eat at all.

The ancients were all pot-bellied men, especially those who were going to war, and they ate more. A few buckets of rice are consumed every day.

And the big war is coming, and you can't eat too much to eat. Otherwise, when the time comes for a big war, there will be no strength, and the food given to each one is quite limited.

All the soldiers were accustomed to such a hurried meal, and everyone seemed to be gobbling it up. But for a while. They've all eaten almost.

There was a loud "bang", and the hanging door on the city gate slammed down.

"Rush?" More than 1,000 people rushed out of here.

Yu Dayou said: "The whole army is calm, there is no need to get up. "Yu Dayou does not underestimate the Mo army, and the Yongjun army has never been afraid of field battles. If the Mo army dared to fight, Yu Dayou would be happy.

Yu Dayou dared to conclude that the troops sent in Shenglong City were not here to charge the battle at all.

Sure enough, only a few thousand people left the city, and there was a lot of noise in front of the two armies, engaged the vigilant soldiers.

There were only more than 10,000 soldiers on guard in front of the battle.

The thousands of Mo troops could not shake the Yongjun formation at all.

The sound of "jingle bell" came to the sound of gold, and the city saw that it was in vain. It's time to collect troops.

Yu Dayou didn't want to chase either. After all, the city head didn't know that firearms and crossbows were waiting, and it was impossible to please them if they rushed over rashly. And within the city gates, there is also an urn city. Can't rush through at all.

Yu Dayou saw that the harassment in the city was over. He also felt that the soldiers were almost exhausted, and immediately ordered: "Attack." ”

The soldier at the front is none other than Yongjun.

However, when it came time to attack the city, the first one to go up was not the Yongjun.

The Yongjun army is Zhu Houhuang's life-root, how dare Yu Dayou consume the Yongjun army in the siege battle with heavy losses.

Therefore, the first wave to attack was the Thanh Hoa army.

Yu Dayou also wanted to send new troops trained by Wang Yangming, but these new troops were too light after all. I'm afraid I can't afford too many casualties.

And the Qinghua army, although repeatedly defeated by Moh. After all, it is a veteran military service. Experienced in combat. The ability to withstand casualties is also much stronger.

"Put." With Yu Dayou's order.

Huge boulders rose from the sky and fell on the city.

The stones were smashing on the city walls, and with a "bang", the bricks and stones flew in a row.

A boulder fell, and it was just the beginning, and countless stones fell on the top of the city.

In an instant, the Mo army on the head of the city was seriously damaged, and the worst Mo was not hit by a boulder. The whole person was forced into meat puree.

Perhaps they are also the luckiest, as long as they know nothing for a moment. And most of the people who survived were stumps and broken arms.

It was as if in an instant, the city had turned from a human being to a hell.

Mo Dengyong and Shen Xiyi were watching the battle in the city. Immediately, there were guards who protected the two of them from the big shield layer by layer. Immediately retreat into the tower.

There are many layers of protection on top of the tower. It looks like it's safe. It seems to be able to block the boulders falling from the sky.

Although these trebuchets have been standardized a lot under Zhu Houhuang's arrangement, the control of the landing point is still not very accurate. But by mistake, it smashed on the castle tower.

Huge boulders fell from the sky and smashed through the roofs of the towers.

For a while, there was smoke and dust in the city tower, and the screams were repeated, and blood sprayed on the faces of Shen Xiyi and Mo Dengyong.

Mo Dengyong was also surprised by the power of the trebuchet. But after all, he was a hero who was killed by a soldier. So he calmly said, "This place should not stay for a long time. Let's go. ”

Shen Xiyi's face turned pale.

Shen Xiyi is different from Mo Dengyong, although he is young and has been on the battlefield, he has never encountered a situation on the line between life and death. The frightened calves couldn't stop shaking. It's just that it doesn't show it on his face at all.

Shen Xiyi is not a timid person. Let him go into battle with a knife and kill seven in and seven out, and he is not afraid at all. But for such an unpredictable, irresistible blow. made Shen Xiyi a little distracted for a while.

However, Shen Xiyi immediately came back to her senses. Together with Mo Dengyong, surrounded by guards, he left the city tower.

Even so, it can't stop the boulders from flying. From time to time, two or three boulders flew high over the walls and smashed into the walls. Collapse all the houses.

After Mo Dengyong and Shen Xiyi got off the city wall, they hid under the city wall. This is a dead end for trebuchet shooting.

Under the city walls, water flowed down.

"Report, the enemy has launched a sortie."

"Report, the enemy trebuchet has stopped firing."

"Report, the enemy has begun to fill in the earth."

Mo Dengyong said: "Start firing back. ”

"Yes."

The soldiers who had already been withdrawn from the city went up to the city, most of them archers. There will also be many rolling stone sassers.

In an instant, the siege had just begun.

Mo Dengyong had already sorted out the defense of Thang Long City, and naturally the moat was indispensable.

This moat is the water of the Red River, although it is not called mighty. But it is also quite wide, and if you want to attack the city, you must first fill in the moat.

What Yu Dayou wants to do is also fill in the moat first.

First bombarded the city wall with trebuchets, and then ordered the Thanh Hoa army to dig and fill the trenches, layer by layer.

Countless people held large shields in their hands. and put the soldiers who carried the soil under the great shield.

His bags of dirt smashed into the moat, which seemed to be useless at first, but after a while, the moat seemed to become a little shallower.

However, Mo Jun will not let the Yongjun mess around.

Ten thousand arrows were fired at the head of the city, and countless long arrows shot down, and the city seemed to grow barren grass in an instant. Especially among the shields, every soldier who raised the shield felt a violent tremor in his hands, and there was a chaotic sound in his hands.

Sometimes a few sharp arrows shot through the gaps in the shield, killing the people below.

Sometimes, several shieldmen were killed. As soon as there is a gap, there will be a rush of crossbow arrows, which will be shot under the shield to death.

The most lethal to the lower part is still artillery.

Although the artillery of the Mo army is not as powerful as Dongyong's artillery. But it's not vegetarian either. Projectiles smashed on the ground. No kind of gambling can stop such a cannonball.

However, Yu Dayou will not let them do this. Countless musketeers came out of the ranks. Platoons of musketeers fired at the city. Crackling noise. The soldiers of Mo at the head of the city, countless people were shot by one accident. They fell down from the city.