Chapter 242: Anqing Offensive and Defensive Battle XVI

Batches of reinforcements gradually went to the city, which made Zhu Houhuang feel relaxed, at least Zhu Houhuang didn't have to rush to the front now.

Zhu Houhuang was sweating profusely, as if all the water on his body had turned into sweat, which flowed out of his body, and together with the blood, all Zhu Houhuang's clothes were wet.

It's just that at this time, the prince of Ning's army who was besieging the city shouted loudly, and was shocked, Zhu Houhuang looked down, but found that a big flag was in the army of King Ning, fluttering in the wind, embroidered with a big king character,

Zhu Houhuang thought in his heart: "Is it the enemy's main general who personally goes into battle?" I don't know, who is the other party? But I, Zhu Houhuang, am not inferior to him. Zhu Houhuang said: "Come on, raise my banner." ”

This time he came in a hurry, and he didn't bring Zhu Houhuang's flag at all, but the people around Zhu Houhuang turned their brains quickly, and immediately got a flag, got some blood from the ground, and wrote a big Yong character on the flag.

In just a moment, the blood solidified on the banner and turned dark black, and in this way, a large banner with a red background and dark black font rose at the head of the city.

Although Zhu Houhuang tried his best, he did not drive all the people in the city out of the city, and there were four or five gaps, which were firmly held by the army of King Ning.

At this moment, Wang Lun came to the aid in a big way, and their archers began to attack again.

When Zhu Houhuang came up just now, the reason why the opponent's archers didn't attack was that they hadn't recovered yet. You must know that the biggest disadvantage of archers is that archers need manpower.

After an archer has shot dozens of arrows, he must rest for a while, otherwise he will hurt his arm, and it is absolutely impossible to keep bowing and arrows in a day unless a large number of archers shoot alternately.

At this moment, the archers began to shoot.

A rain of arrows seemed to be a splash, sprinkled on the city, this round of arrow rain came too fast and too fierce, and the young people who had just gone to the city had not received training to avoid arrows, and when the rain of arrows came, they didn't know what to do, and there was not enough armor in the city for these people who refused to go to the city, and a large number of young people died under the bow and arrow.

The battlefield is so cruel, only those who adapt can live, or have the qualifications to live.

Just as arrows were raining down, those who had gained a foothold on the city walls also began to counterattack.

Behind him, a large number of men died under the bow and arrow, and although the people in the front were not covered by the bow and arrow, they would also be a little restless and were caught off guard by a large number of fresh forces.

Even if there are more people on Zhu Houhuang's side, they are still suppressed.

Now the city has been repeatedly contested, all long-range weapons have lost their effectiveness, and there is nothing they can do against a group of archers under the city, and this group of archers is not shooting all the time, but shooting two or three rounds coldly, and after shooting a lot, they stop.

In the midst of fierce siege battles, after a while, everyone will forget how to defend against arrows, and then they will release arrows again, so that the rhythmic round after round of shooting. So that the people in the city can't adapt at all.

And the people who are besieging the city under the city will try their best to swing the bamboo ladders to the city wall, but they are not in a hurry to attack the city, as if they have been ordered, if they can climb the city in one fell swoop, they will naturally go to the city, if not, they will contain the people at the head of the city.

Defending a city requires a lot of supplies.

Moreover, these young men who have just entered the city have no concept of defending the city, and they are not as good as the previous batch, and they have received three days of training in defending the city.

On the Shura field at the head of the city, many people lost control and threw down the rolling stones that had been prepared for a long time, but they didn't hit many people. It's just that there is a huge shortage of materials.

Zhu Houhuang tried his best to direct the rear to send the supplies up, and when he inadvertently turned around, he found that the person who was now sending the supplies to the city was actually a woman.

Zhu Houhuang was furious and said, "What's going on? Could it be that all the men in Anqing City are dead? Ask the women to go up to the city wall to carry supplies. ”

The person who escorted these materials was a catcher in Anqing City, and he smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, the young men under Anqing City are not dead, but the men near the south gate are all in the city." ”

"Xianggong, Xianggong." A woman slammed into the ground, and a man lay on the ground, and there were large patches of dried blood on the ground, apparently the man had been dead for a long time.

Zhu Houhuang looked at these women, and there was a kind of worry and longing in the eyes of these women, the men who were worried about them, eager to see them.

"This damn war." Zhu Houhuang's already numb mind was instantly stimulated, and he originally had some sympathy for King Ning, because a Ming vassal king who wanted to make a difference was almost not far from Jingnan. This is the damn Ming ancestral system.

But at this moment, Zhu Houhuang realized that he seemed to have forgotten how cruel war is, this is just the beginning, and in Anqing City, it is estimated that he has been filial piety every year.

Just for his own political ambitions, is it really worth it to involve so much? Zhu Houhuang didn't know whether to scold King Ning again or to scold himself, he was powerless to speak, just waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and go down, it's dangerous here." ”

"Your Highness, here we are." When Zhu Houhuang saw it, he was overjoyed.

It was none other than Zhu Houhuang's pro-army, a musketeer.

The musketeers did not suffer many casualties in the battle out of the city, and were the least casualties among all the troops. However, most of the people were injured in the fierce battle, and they also lost their strength, so they were put in the city to recuperate.

At this critical juncture, Zhu Houhuang couldn't care about anything else, so he called them all over.

Zhu Houhuang said: "These archers are all handed over to you. ”

"Yes." The archers immediately leaned against the female wall, aimed at the archers lined up below, and with a "bang", began to fire.

The musketeers' accuracy is not high, but the archers below are lined up on the flat ground, there is no cover, and a dense group of people can hit without being too accurate at all.

Immediately after the musketeers fired, these archers changed their target to musketeers.

There were less than three hundred musketeers, which was too much worse than the archers below. There are also many sharpshooters below, and the musketeers have just emerged, hurting their opponents and being hurt by their opponents at the same time. Several musketeers did not even snort, but fell to the ground, and their muskets and gunpowder were scattered all over the ground.

It was an arrow in the face that went deep into the skull.

Zhu Houhuang wanted to get closer, but was firmly held by his guards, preventing him from poking out of the city as if he had just been.

Li Liangqin grabbed this musket and shot out the loaded musket through the firing port at the head of the city.

Zhu Houhuang's heart moved, looked at the musket beside the dead musketeer, and immediately said: "Then go and teach these young men the essentials of musket shooting, and let them shoot." ”

Compared to bows and arrows, muskets are too easy to learn. After a while, several young men and women had learned the same way, and whether they were accurate or not, more than 200 muskets began to shoot, and one person died was replaced by one person.

But the archers are different, not to mention that they have the limit of physical strength, and besides, there are not many people who can actually shoot the musketeers behind them through the firing port under the cover of the female wall.

So in this match, it gradually fell behind.

But Zhu Houhuang's attention at this time was no longer in the confrontation between musketeers and archers, but a king's banner at the head of the city.

The main general of the other party, the one surnamed Wang, has already ascended the city.

Wang Lun is above the city, and many people don't know what Wang Lun's military command ability is, but Wang Lun's martial arts are definitely first-class.

At this moment, Wang Lun perfectly interprets this point, he was outstanding in martial arts, and was selected by King Ning from many guards to become the leader of King Ning's cronies, not for nothing.

Wang Lun rushed to the front, and there was almost no general in front of him, especially the width of the city head that could only accommodate four horses galloping, so that the battle was greatly restricted, giving personal force a good stage.

Ning Wangjun and Wang Lun are the blades.