Chapter 1007: Attack and Defense
Biquge.inforeadx;? Woo woo -
The horn of the Ningnan army sounded, and then, the drums sounded in unison, and I saw the Ningnan army array, like a moving carpet, coming to Qingcheng.
Regardless of the combat strength of the Ningnan Army, whether the eldest grandson Huai'an has actual combat experience or not, the formation of the Ningnan Army is still very good.
The advancing Ningnan Army takes the battalion as a unit, forming a small phalanx for every 1,000 people, and then forming a large phalanx of 10,000 people by ten small phalanxes.
The three corps phalanx are in front, side by side, and the two corps phalanx are close behind, making strategies in the back.
"Kill, kill, kill," the five corps were advancing as the soldiers shouted in unison,
The leopard looked at the oncoming enemy army and raised the command flag in his hand.
As he raised his banner, the shouts of the city came and went,
"Ready to fight,"
"All ready to fight,"
"Launch the artillery,"
"Artillery stationary artillery,"
"Reload, equip to shoot,"
The wind army at the head of the city pushed out a cannon, and the muzzle of the black hole just poked out from the gap between the arrow battlements and the arrow battlements.
"Don't fire yet, listen to my orders,"
"Don't open fire, listen to the general's orders," "Don't fire the cannons, listen to the general's orders-"
All kinds of military orders came out from the city gate tower, and then they were conveyed one by one by the commanders of each regiment, each battalion lieutenant, and each captain of all sizes, until they reached the ears of every wind soldier in the city.
"Reloading-" The wind army at the head of the city took out the paper shell bullets one after another, loaded them into the barrel, put their fingers on the trigger, and aimed the guns at the enemy troops outside the city,
The Ningnan army was still a hundred meters away from Qingcheng, Jiang Leopard looked back at Shangguan Xiu, and saw that the latter nodded, he waved the order flag in his hand forward vigorously, and shouted: "Fire fire,"
"Firebolt fire," "Firebolt fire—"
Bang bang bang, for a while, the explosion sound on the city head was like popping beans, ringing into a piece, the fire sprayed, the smoke of gunpowder rose everywhere, and the whole city wall was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder.
Smelling the smell of gunsmoke, the blood in Shangguan Xiu's body seemed to be boiling, he stood up from the chair, walked to the arrow stack, held the arrow stack in his hand, and raised his eyes to look out.
In the advancing Ningnan military formation, I saw the soldiers in the front row, and from time to time someone released a cloud of blood mist, silently falling to the ground, and the soldiers behind were shocked, looking at the companions who fell in front of them, looking frightened and at a loss.
Just look at the reaction of the soldiers of Ningnan on the battlefield, you can judge that this is an inexperienced army, a truly experienced army, on the battlefield, it is a group of cold-blooded machines, the enemy falls in front of them, they will not blink their eyes, their own companions fall in front of them, they will not blink their eyes, their minds do not need to think, they don't need to think about those messy things, just remember one thing, advance according to the military order, kill all the enemies in sight,
At present, the Feng Army stationed in Qingcheng City has a total of three corps, and the three corps have no reservations, and they are all transferred to the head of Xicheng City in Qingcheng.
The counterattack of the wind army was fierce and abnormal, the firepower continued, after the soldiers in the front row finished shooting, the soldiers in the back immediately made up for it and continued to shoot.
Under the attack of the wind army's cottonpower, the advancing Ningnan army fell row after row, at this time, the phalanx of the Ningnan army was no longer neat, some were fast, some were slow, the dogs were staggered, uneven,
The three corps in front of them were already in disarray, and the two corps that followed up hurriedly accelerated their advance, wanting to reinforce the front army.
And at this moment, the cannons on the head of Qingcheng City rang out in unison, and the cannonballs spewed out the fire from hell, and the cannonballs whistled in the air, passing over the heads of the three corps of the Ningnan Army, and smashing into the camp of the two corps that followed up.
The battlefield seemed to be frozen, silent for a few seconds, and then, a series of roaring explosions sounded, and the iron pieces, nails, and stones sputtered out of the shells hit the surrounding crowd, and the soldiers of Ningnan who were shot were countless,
What's worse is that the shells were also loaded with a large amount of phosphorus powder, which dispersed with the shock wave of the explosion, and the soldiers affected were covered in fire, wailing, struggling, scurrying around in their own camp, rolling all over the ground,
The surrounding soldiers of the Ningnan army were stunned and stupid when they saw this, but soon, another cannonball fell from the sky and fell near them.
Looking at the round shells that smashed on the ground, and the puffs of green smoke, people's heads couldn't react, and they stood in place one by one, looking at each other.
Boom, boom, boom, another series of explosions sounded, and another ball of flames appeared in the camp of the Ningnan army,
Groups of Ningnan soldiers were affected, some were killed on the spot, some were still squirming and struggling on the ground, the smell of blood, the scorching smell of burnt skin and flesh filled every corner of the battlefield, and also stimulated the nerves of everyone on the battlefield.
"Go on, keep the shelling, and use up all the shells around you—" shouted the lieutenants of the artillery battalion, commanding their artillery to speed up their fire,
The first to show a rout was not the three Ningnan Army Corps at the front, but the two Ningnan Army Corps that responded later, these two corps suffered a comprehensive attack by the Feng Army's artillery and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing so many comrades and companions being blown apart and burned to black charcoal, recruits who have never been on the battlefield, when have they ever seen such a bloody and terrifying scene, where is this still a battlefield, it is simply hell on earth,
People couldn't control their panic at all, and they fled backwards in droves.
The two corps that were doing the strategy behind were scattered, and the three corps fighting in front were still struggling to support, and under the suppression of the fire of the wind army, they had no way to continue to advance, and the original siege war also became a positional war.
The soldiers of the three corps were suppressed under the city of Qingcheng, and people either hid in the trenches dug up by the Feng army, or used the corpses of their companions as sandbags, and used the corpses to build bunkers, and many Ningnan soldiers lay behind the bunkers, holding their heads, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
A corps commander of the Ningnan Army yelled at the two lieutenant generals beside him: "The firepower of the Feng Army is too fierce, we can't attack it, go and call for reinforcements, ask the prince for reinforcements,"
As soon as a lieutenant general agreed, a stray bullet flying down from his head hit his helmet, and he heard a ding, and the helmet was sent out of the way, and the lieutenant had a bloody hole in his head, and he was killed on the spot without saying a word.
The corps commander who was close at hand was startled, hurriedly held his head, and fell to the ground, and the other lieutenant general also squatted down, turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind: "Go back to ask the prince for help, go back and ask the prince for help,"
There is no need for them to go back to their main camp to ask for support, the battle ahead is unfavorable, and the news that the attack has been blocked has reached the ears of the eldest grandson Huai'an.
The two corps commanders who were originally planning were standing in front of the eldest grandson Huai'an with a disgraced face at this time, their heads lowered, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
The eldest grandson Huai'an's face sank like water, and he said coldly: "You two have good skills, the three corps in front of you are still fighting bloodily, and you haven't taken a step back, but the two of you have given the king a first defeat and retreated,"
"Lord Wang, it's the wind army's artillery that is too fierce, and the range is too far, and the wind army's cannonballs fell directly on the top of our heads......"
"Therefore, the two of you don't care about the life or death of the soldiers of the three corps, make good claims, and retreat,"
"Please forgive the prince,"
"You are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you have no backbone, I will stay and wait for you to do anything, come and drag these two people out, and correct the Fa on the spot, so as to set an example,"
With the order of the eldest grandson Huai'an, the four Ningnan soldiers walked into the simple Chinese army tent, pulled up the two corps commanders, and strode out.
"The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life, the prince ......" The two begged for mercy became weaker and weaker, and finally completely disappeared outside the tent of the Chinese army.
The eldest grandson Huai'an had a cold face, stood up, and shouted, "Peng Sheng,"
"The last general," a general stepped out and intervened to give a salute,
"You lead five corps to support the front army, and you must break through the city defense of Qingcheng for me before it gets dark,"
"The last general obeys," the general named Peng Sheng intervened to receive the order, turned around and strode away,
The eldest grandson Huai'an followed out of the camp, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Qingcheng, squinted his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Cornered, I can only do the battle of trapped beasts, and I want to hold on for how long,"
On the side of the Ningnan Army, five more corps joined the battle, and at this time, the offensive of the Ningnan Army also began to be ferocious.
The projectiles that flew up from outside the city were like hailstones, crackling the arrows, stone chips flying, and the wind army on the city head was shot and fell to the ground from time to time.
The corpses and wounded were quickly moved off the city wall by the soldiers, and the wind army at the head of the city continued to shoot condescendingly.
At this time, the Ningnan army, which was originally hiding behind the bunker, regrouped and began to charge the city wall of Qingcheng.
The wind army at the head of the city concentrated fire downward, and at the same time, the artillery also adjusted the muzzle of the cannon and did artillery bombardment downward.
Now the wind army doesn't need to aim at all, as long as it shoots outside the city, almost no bullets are missed, and it can hit the enemy.
The wind army and artillery were both pronged, and the firepower was fully opened, and the Ningnan soldiers in the charge fell row after row,
If the attacking Ningnan soldiers are veterans, they can rely on the advantage of their own people, withstand the firepower of the wind army, and directly attack under the city wall in one go.
It's a pity that they are not veterans, but a group of recruits who have just entered the battlefield, which is too bad,
The frightened recruits did not listen to the command at all, and seeing the heavy casualties of their companions in front of them, the people did not dare to continue to rush forward, and turned around and ran back.
Seeing this, Peng Sheng, who commanded the battle, jumped like thunder, and shouted angrily to the generals around him: "Pass the order, don't withdraw, no one is allowed to withdraw, give me a top, whoever dares to take a step back, military law will deal with it,"
Unfortunately, before his orders could be conveyed, the attacking soldiers had already been defeated and retreated, and the people hid behind bunkers, set up fire guns, and fired back at the city, and the siege war turned into a positional war again.
Peng Sheng was so angry that his eyes were red, he raised his eyes to look at the sky, the sky was getting dark, and the military order given to him by the prince was to break through the defense of Qingcheng before it got dark.
He ordered eight regiments, each corps to leave only one battalion to supervise the battle, and the rest of the people, all on top, as long as anyone is defeated and retreats, no matter who it is, the battalion will be killed.