Chapter 280: The Brave
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Hao Fenglou never expected these rebels to be unrepentant after being defeated. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!)
He was faced with well-trained officers and soldiers, and although they rebelled, officers and soldiers were officers and soldiers.
They shouted the trumpet, push the arrow tower forward, this arrow tower and the pass of the city tower level, if it is in such a big city as Beiping, Nanjing, may have no effect, but Lang Son Pass is not a Xiong Pass after all, it is only a few zhang, more regrettable, Lang Son Pass does not have an inclined plane.
The so-called inclined plane, in fact, is also a certain design of the city wall, some Dayi city walls often have some oblique design, although this kind of slope is not large, not enough for people to climb, but it can prevent the thief army on the arrow tower from reaching the city wall directly. It's just that this design naturally does not appear on Lang Son Pass, and the wall on Lang Son Pass is at right angles.
Hundreds of huge arrow towers began to advance, with special baffles on them, and instead of archers holding bows and arrows to shoot, they cowered behind the heavy planks and let the rebels below push forward.
The rebels marched together in a crowd of humble formations, and this time they learned to be obedient, not in a dense manner, but at a certain distance, and continued to attack.
The musketeers on the castle tower began to shoot. Shoot straight at the Arrow Tower. The firebolts can easily pierce through the rudimentary planks, and each firebolt can shoot a rebel.
However, the platform on the arrow tower is huge, and there are many people hidden in the black pressure, and the three hundred firecrackers seem to be a little difficult.
When the first arrow tower approached, the plank suddenly withdrew, and then began to draw the bow to shoot, the power of the bow and arrow was obviously much worse than that of the firecracker, and the lethality was even more pitiful, but it gave the gunners a great trouble.
In this way, the rebels under the arrow tower were relaxed, because the firecrackers on the city wall were somewhat suppressed, and everyone rushed forward with the ladder together. This time they learned a lesson, no longer rushing to the city in a swarm, but in the form of a team, they arrived at the city and set up a ladder.
Boom......
The grenadiers began to threaten, and one grenade after another was thrown down, and the rebels who arrived under the city were immediately bloody and fleshy, and countless people fell straight to the ground.
Compared with yesterday's flowering bomb, which directly killed and injured one person, although the casualties this time were large, it was much less than yesterday.
Bands of rebels began to fill in. The rebels who rushed to the front were obviously dead, and they should be the most elite men and horses of Chen Qinrang. These people continued to erect ladders under the bombardment of flowering shells.
The arrow tower at the top, the ladder at the bottom, the disadvantage of the sparse personnel on the city tower was exposed. Although the rebels were still being killed and wounded on a large scale, an hour passed. The rebels did not ascend the tower. There were already heavy casualties, but there were many rebels, and instead of charging in a swarm, they adopted the method of one battalion after battalion, one battalion collapsed, and the other battalion was replenished. The new rebels were not affected by the previous ones, and their morale was high.
In this way, the firecrackers and grenadiers on the tower of the city were exhausted and in danger.
It's noon. Zhu Di and Hao Fenglou personally led a team of people to carry a large cake to the city tower, and many people could only fight back while gnawing on the dry and hard oil cake.
Casualties also began to appear, and the doctors, who had been prepared, carried some of the wounded down the castle tower sporadically to be treated.
Zhu Di already felt bad, in fact, Hao Fenglou was more worried than him, with the help of flowering bombs, although no rebels could enter the city for the time being, and the rebels on the arrow tower could not suppress the firecrackers, the rebels had been suffering casualties, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger, but if it continued to be consumed like this, not to mention whether the soldiers could support it, even if they could barely support it, but the reserves of flowering bullets were also extremely consumed, and the rebels' way of attacking the city was very effective, they guessed that the gunpowder in Langshan must be insufficient, so they took turns to attack, a ** The ground went into battle, obviously trying to use these 'dead soldiers' to consume the gunpowder reserves on the city tower.
Zhu Di was on the city tower in person, holding a bow and arrows, and shot down the rebels on the opposite arrow tower. But it was also full of dangers, a sharp arrow slashed directly through his cheek, and there was a bloody mark on his face, Hao Fenglou saw this, so he had to pull him down the city tower, and said with red eyes: "Father, what is this going to do?" The purpose of the rebels is to take the life of our father, if my father is gone, what is the point of us staying here? β
Zhu Di gasped for breath and looked at Hao Fenglou.
Hao Fenglou stomped his feet and instructed the first few strong men behind: "Look at the emperor's majesty, don't let him climb the city tower, no matter what the method, if he forcibly wants to climb up, if you can't hold it, I will only ask you." β
Hao Fenglou didn't say anything more, nor did he look at Zhu Di again, he rushed directly to the city tower and continued to watch the battle.
Finally stayed up until the night, the rebels finally stopped, almost tired and paralyzed soldiers one by one eager to lie on the aisle of the city wall to rest, many firecrackers due to continuous shooting, after overheating, the guide pipe deformed, fortunately, the long guns have a lot of reserves, can be rotated at any time.
The cold wind gusted above the castle tower, and there was silence, only the night wind blowing and the sound of heavy wheezing. The doctors who accompanied the army climbed up to the castle tower and began to distribute some herbs, and all the food was delivered, and piles of bonfires rose in the corridors of the city wall, and everyone looked a little numb and tired.
Hao Fenglou was also leaning on the aisle of the city wall, and he was so tired that he didn't want to move at all, he suddenly realized that he was too naΓ―ve, and he seriously underestimated the will of the rebels.
Not only are these rebels well-trained, but they are also called outlaws, they have no choice but to jump over the wall. In the face of such a military horse, Hao Fenglou greatly overestimated the role of flowering bombs and firearms.
Fortunately, the gunners were very strong-willed, and the grenadiers were still quite strong, and at night, many of them were so tired that they fell asleep without eating, and Hao Fenglou was also exhausted, took a nap, had to stand up, and began to inspect the officers and soldiers on the city wall with a few personal guards.
Early the next morning, the rebels unsurprisingly began to attack again.
Today's attack is sharper than yesterday's. What kind of person is Chen Qinrang, he has gradually figured out the details of the city tower, although he was still stunned at first, but now he has a way to deal with it, and gradually became full of confidence, he personally watched the battle today, and appeared under the city with a team of personal soldiers.
As the drums resounded through the heavens and the earth, a battalion of rebels took the lead in the charge.
It was still yesterday's tactics, and the officers and soldiers on the upper floor were also counterattacking like gourds.
The battle for the pass turned into a fierce battle, and both sides were obviously a little impatient, but they were both trying their best to support it, and it was up to them to see who could hold out to the end.
The arrow tower was pushed up, and there was a strong wind today, so the effect of the bow and arrow was greatly reduced, and many arrows were shot out, swaying in mid-air, and probably blown away by the wind before they could get close to the city wall.
As for the firecracker, it was naturally not affected by the strong wind, and continued to shoot the rebels on the arrow tower.
The rebels didn't seem to care, after all, the role of the arrow tower was only to cover the rebels besieging the city, as long as it could make the Ming troops on the tower dare not poke their heads out blatantly.
When the rebels arrived at the city, they began to drop as always, but because of the lack of flowering shells, the grenadiers began to save money, and they tried not to use flowering bombs, most of the time, just splashed sulfuric acid or boulders, and only used flowering bombs to relieve the siege when the danger was in danger as a last resort.
One morning passed, danger began to appear on the Guan Tower, a group of rebels actually took the opportunity to climb up, Hao Fenglou saw it, and immediately shouted: "Kill, kill back." β
Hao Fenglou personally led the team, and more than a dozen guards behind him quickly stepped forward, each with two short guns, and after the snap, the rebels who were lucky enough to climb up fell directly in a pool of blood.
There will be a second time with the first, and in the afternoon, there have been more than a dozen groups of rebels climbing the city wall, and Hao Fenglou had to ask some of the firecrackers to give up the long guns and start to patrol the aisles of the pass with short guns.
The only thing that can make Hao Fenglou breathe a sigh of relief is that this pass is not long, but it is only half a mile, and there are dense officers and troops above, but it is not easy to let the rebels take advantage of the loopholes.
Day 3...... The fourth day passed......
Lang Son Pass has reached the point of exhaustion, and the rebels under the city have certainly suffered heavy losses, with more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and they are exhausted to the extreme, and even demoralized. However, the upper floor of the gate was not much better, and fierce battles had appeared more and more in the corridors of the city walls from under the city, and although the rebels who climbed up were suppressed by the short guns, they also caused great trouble.
Day 5.
The flowering shells had been completely depleted, and all but a dozen spares had begun to divide the grenadiers.
The Shortbolt was extremely easy to use, and although they had practiced it for an hour before, once it was put into use, nothing went wrong.
Hand-to-hand combat officially began.
Hao Fenglou personally led the team to constantly clean up the rebels who climbed the city wall. Leng Buding, Zhu Di also went up to the city tower, he was holding a sharp blade, although he did not use a short gun, but no one could get close, several grenadiers accompanied him to protect him, but it was like a tiger in the flock, no one dared to be.
Hao Fenglou was frightened into a cold sweat and went to meet him, Zhu Di only glanced at him, and said with a cold smile: "Hao Fenglou, are you a three-year-old child?" Don't be afraid, those who can kill me in this world have not yet been born. β
On the other side, someone climbed the city wall, but a long sword flew over, directly cutting the rebels who came out of the head into two, the owner of the sword is Zhu Zhiling, who has been silent, Zhu Zhiling was responsible for delivering food to the soldiers, but now seeing that the situation is urgent, he can't take care of it, holding a long sword, ignoring Hao Fenglou's persuasion, he just went to the city to fight.
Hao Fenglou looked at it, and finally laughed and said: "Kill it, I don't believe that anyone in the world can kill me." β
A team of rebels rushed up, Hao Fenglou was suddenly silent, he was about to make a short gun, but who knew that with a click, he actually forgot that the short gun ran out of ammunition, he couldn't help shouting: "Sister Beauty, save ......" (to be continued......)