55. The War in Shanxi (4)

The artillery of the Black Flag Army on the city wall hurriedly filled the ammunition and fired at the soldiers under the city, although it was not as accurate as the French, but also the Vietnamese soldiers below were blown up on their backs, but unfortunately this counterattack only lasted for half a tea hour, and was fired by a round of artillery salvo from the French could not raise their heads, not only the artillery, but also the bows and muskets on the city wall became scarce, and the Vietnamese on the ground were very excited, and took the ladder and set up the city wall, and the wood was also prepared, under the protection of the companion shield, Bang bang bang began to bang on the city gates. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

This is the role of artillery, the powerful firepower of the Black Flag Army defending the city to the lowest possible counter-attack, so as to provide a relatively less damage siege environment for the Vietnamese soldiers who climbed the city, the ladder trees are getting higher and higher, and the fastest climber has almost touched the top of the city wall, but was smashed by a big stone, even the head was smashed into the chest, and even fell down to the ground several people below.

"Shoot the arrows!" At this time, it is impossible to shoot artillery with foreigners, so there is only other way to delay the offensive of these arrivals, "These damn Vietnamese, how can they deal with the French like soft-footed shrimp, and they are not afraid of death when dealing with us?" Li Wei stood in front of the city tower and scolded the Yue people, he held a gun, hid in the dark hole and shot outside, killing a Vietnamese with one shot, "Muskets and bows and arrows are on together, these people are not allowed to get close to the city wall!" ā€

"Yes!"

There was a lively fight under the city wall, but the French who were behind did not move at all, and when the servant army recruited by Saigon had attacked three times in a row and retreated in vain, Guba took out a gold watch from his arms, and the time was 10:05 in the morning, "Okay, the purpose of consuming the physical strength of the Black Flag Army has been achieved, and then it is the turn of our French warriors to go into battle!" ā€

"Pass the order! Cross-shoot and get ready for siege! ā€

"Your Excellency!" A bloodstained and panting team was facing Li Wei and said, "Hurry up and ask the commander to send troops, just rely on us people, we will definitely not be able to stop the next French devils!" ā€

Li Wei shook his head slowly, "No, the French have not yet launched their official army into the palace, and they will kill these Vietnamese, which will make you soft?" Even if the French artillery attack is fierce, these Vietnamese don't want to climb to the top of Shanxi City, and this French general is only dealing with the East Gate, do they have any conspiracy to do something else? This is all necessary to be vigilant, the reinforcement troops need to be prepared like this, you give Lao Tzu, kill a few more Frenchmen, and die! ā€

As soon as the words of the two people fell, there was a whining horn sound from the French position in the distance, and the tide of Vietnamese soldiers swarmed up again, Li Wei stuck his head out of the wall, and squinted at the French army not far away without fear of the shooting of muskets and bows and arrows, and the French soldiers in white military uniforms stepped forward with guns in an orderly manner, and they finally began to fight head-on.

"It's good to come!" Li Wei is the kind of person who is crazy, seeing so many French soldiers coming forward, not only was he not afraid, but he became more excited, he geared up, "Bombard Lao Tzu!" Shoot! Archery! I'd like to see if it's our Black Flag brothers, or if the French are more awesome! ā€

The French soldiers in white uniforms attacked forward unhurriedly, and in the eyes of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army on the city wall, they looked like a flock of big white geese, at this time, the French artillery seemed to suddenly mute fire, and the frequency of firing was not as frequent as when the Saigon servant army attacked before, "What are these French going to do?" Li Wei squinted his eyes and aimed at a small Vietnamese leader who was waving a flag to command, and with a bang, a blood flower spurted out of the Vietnamese's chest, and he fell down in response, several Vietnamese people with bows and arrows shot at Li Wei here "whooshing", he hurriedly hid under the city wall, feathered arrows and locusts generally landed on the city wall, and several personal soldiers held shields to prevent this round of volley of feather arrows, "Boss!" Quick," one soldier stealthily looked down at his shield, "the French are coming up soon!" ā€

As soon as his words fell, a gunshot rang out, half of his face was blurred with flesh and blood, and the whole person fell to the ground, obviously hit by a musket, and the others didn't dare to probe again, just to prevent Li Wei, Li Wei gritted his teeth, he was the most unsightly of his close brother dying in front of him, he stood up, just in the gap of the shield, fired several shots in a row, the gun hit, "boom", as if the sky was falling apart, the French artillery in the distance began the most violent shooting attack today, All of a sudden, the two people guarding Li Wei were cut off, the upper body was blasted under the city wall, and the fragments of the lower body and internal organs were hung on the city wall with blood, and again, the remaining half of the city gate building was completely shattered, Li Wei was caught off guard, was hit in the back by a beam, fell to the ground, and a pile of rubble buried it, and suddenly did not know whether he was alive or dead.

A few people hurriedly pulled the rubble and wood, the scouts on the corner tower saw the new movement of the French army with clairvoyance, half of the French soldiers at the north-wing angle outside the east gate were originally marching towards the east gate, suddenly a few shouts, turned to the right, crossed the east gate, and walked towards the north, the scouts stood on end, "They are going to attack the north gate!" He hurriedly waved the black flag in his hand, and waved it left and right four times, "North Gate, North Gate!" ā€

In the southerner camp, it gathered in the middle of the East Gate, and this half of the French army was the main force attacking the East Gate, and everyone worked together to brave the powerful artillery to turn Li Wei out of the rubble, fortunately it was not injured, but it was disgraced, Li Wei wiped his eyes with spittle, "His grandma, these damn devils, it seems that they are really going to die!" ā€

A herald went up to the city wall of the east gate, "Pass the order of the chief soldier, he will personally go to the north gate to defend, and the east gate will be handed over to you, Lord Li, if you lose the city gate, let you come to see it!" ā€

"There's no need for adults to provoke," Li Wei spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, "just look at who admits it first!" ā€

Liu Yongfu rested under the city wall of the north gate, there was a Tang Jingsong sitting next to him, who was dispatching various materials and equipment for the city defense, although Tang Jingsong did not know the military affairs, but he was in charge of logistics and grain and grass, Liu Yongfu received the report, nodded and got up, "Ben Shuai personally went to defend the north gate, Brother Tang, the logistics will be handed over to you." ā€

The sound of shells at the east gate became more and more deafening, Tang Jingsong nodded, "These French people are really bold, relying on the strength of the crowd, and they also divided their troops to fight, but they don't have artillery cover on their side, and I'm afraid it's just a feint." (To be continued.) )