Section 23 Ascending to the city
Yellowstone, please.
Mao Wenlong jumped off the horse and helped Huang Shi up, he held Huang Shi's shoulders with both hands, tilted his head, looked at Huang Shi carefully for a while, and suddenly slapped Huang Shi hard with both hands at the same time: "Good Huang Shi is worthy of being a good son and a real man in my Liaodong." ”
"The handsome man has won the prize. Huang Shi had also taken a closer look at Mao Wenlong at this time. The last time he went to Dongjiang Island to receive the silver arrow, he saw Mao Wenlong once, compared with a few years ago, Mao Wenlong looked a lot older, and now the corners of his eyes are densely covered with crow's feet, and his cheeks are also deep or shallow wrinkles, which makes Huang Shi can't help but sigh softly: "The handsome man has worked hard, he really looks old." ”
These words aroused Mao Wenlong's laughter, and he asked loudly as he walked towards the camp gate: "Huangshi, do you think you are still young? When we first met in Dongjiang five years ago, you still looked like a stunned young man, and after a few years of fighting in Liaodong, you now look ten years old. ”
"That's what the marshal said. ”
Mao Wenlong strode into Huangshi's tent, and without being polite to Huangshi, he sat down in the center and sighed comfortably while beating his waist with his hands. While beating his waist, he still said to Huang Shi: "Huang Shi Xiu has to look down on your handsome family in my heart, haha, I am nearly sixty years old, I can still ride a fierce horse and lead the army for thousands of miles, and when you reach this age, it is estimated that you will not be able to compare to half of my ability!"
As he spoke, Mao Wenlong took off his helmet and put it on the table in front of him. The last time Huang Shi saw Mao Wenlong, he was only slightly frosty on his sideburns, but now he is full of silver threads. There weren't a few blacks left.
"Vice Marshal Huang. ”
"I've seen Vice Marshal Huang. ”
A group of Dongjiang officers who came with Mao Wenlong also poured into the military tent in Huangshi at this time, and they scrambled to salute Huangshi first.
"General Mao. ”
"Vice Marshal Huang. ”
Among them are also Huangshi's former righteous brother Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, who came to Jinzhou last time.
Kong Youde, who is currently a guerrilla in the 1st Battalion, and Huang Shi, the right governor, smiled when they clasped their fists, and then stepped aside and sat down. Geng Zhongming chatted with Huang Shi quite enthusiastically for a few words before happily sitting next to Kong Youde.
Mao Wenlong rested for a while, and then asked about the offensive and defensive situation of Haizhou. There were not many defenders in Haizhou City, according to Huangshi's estimates, there were about 400 armored soldiers, as well as thousands of Han troops and some civilians who assisted in the defense. As for the cannons, there are about forty guns. Four of them looked like eighteen-pounder guns.
Hearing Huangshi say that it would take seven days to prepare for the siege, Mao Wenlong's face suddenly became solemn. He raised his eyes and looked at the ceiling of the big camp, and he counted something in his mouth, and finally shook his head and said: "It's too dangerous, our army has a lot of old and young, and we have to go back in seven days, otherwise it won't be safe." Prepare to attack the city, we must take Haizhou in three days!"
Huang Shi was silent for a moment after hearing this. Dongjiang Left Association is scarce. It can only provide a warning time of no more than one day, and there is a thousand miles from this place to North Korea, and there is absolutely no guarantee that the Jin army will pursue them with light cavalry after the departure of more than 100,000 refugees. Mao Wenlong, for the sake of safety, went back early, of course, it was safe, but although Mao Wenlong wanted to attack in advance, it would take many days to build siege equipment now, not to mention that there were cannons at the head of Haizhou City. Huang Shi muttered again and again, but did not come up with a plan to capture Haizhou in three days.
The strange thing is that the generals of the Dongjiang headquarters seem to know Mao Wenlong's plan, and they all stood up and said, "Order." ”
Then everyone scattered, and it seemed that they had each made pre-war preparations. Huangshi, who was confused in his heart, did not leave. He waited until everyone dispersed and then hugged his fist towards Mao Wenlong: "Handsome." ”
"Well, Huangshi, you have always been in charge, and you probably don't know Ben Shuai's tactics yet. Mao Wenlong stretched out his right hand and pressed it downward, indicating that he understood Huang Shi's confusion in his heart. Mao Wenlong's eyes narrowed slightly. There seemed to be some sadness among them, and his voice became low: "Tomorrow we will storm Haizhou, and tomorrow there will be many good sons and daughters of Liaodong who will spill their blood on the battlefield." ”
Huang Shi's tone was slightly raised: "Dashuai!"
"I know what you're trying to say. Mao Wenlong waved his hand to interrupt Huang Shi's statement, and his tone was calm: "So many Liaodong children came to me, not only to survive, but also to ask Jiannu for blood debt. Haizhou is bound to win. Not only for the supplies in the city, but also to seal the mouth of Xiao Xiao in the court, lest they say that our Dongjiang army is spending military salaries and deducting our life food. ”
There was a brief silence between the two governors, and finally it was Mao Wenlong who broke the silence: "It will be the courage of the army." Huangshi, since you have doubts about attacking Haizhou, then you will be responsible for blocking the four gates tomorrow. lest the tartars come out and make trouble. ”
"Obey the command, the commander. ”
......
Early the next morning, Huang Shi and Jin Qiude and others saw that the people of the Dongjiang headquarters had set up a high platform, which looked like a booth for singing a big opera, not only did it look like it, but there were also chairs on the opposite side of these seemingly opera sheds, and the most exaggerated thing was that there were really many people who looked like actors, dressed in colorful clothes, and painted each other there.
This scene made the Dongjiang Left Association look at each other, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Mao Wenlong's gourd. Last night
Mao Wenlong asked Huangshi about the details of Haizhou's city defense, and finally finalized a surprise location according to Haizhou's city wall construction map. This assault site also made Huangshi a little confused, because this is the corner between the East Gate and the South Gate, although the possibility of artillery attack here is relatively small, but the breakthrough is too narrow, which is not conducive to the Dongjiang Army to wield superior forces.
In the view of Huangshi, it is best to choose a city gate to break through, so that once successful, the army can enter through the city gate, and the city tower is also a safe support point after night. Mao Wenlong chose the place where the city wall turned, although he avoided most of the firepower, but it was easy to be blocked by the enemy soldiers, if he could not return to a certain city gate in time to capture the city tower, after dark that day, one of them accidentally gave up his efforts.
Although Changsheng Island has not experienced siege warfare before. However, Jin Qiude also did not agree with Mao Wenlong's plan: "Anyway, we have to attack the city gate, why go around this big circle? If we are blocked on the city wall, then we will not waste time in vain and lose manpower?"
"This battle is commanded by Mao Shuai himself, let's just watch it. Huang Shi looked at the Dongjiang headquarters army of more than 40,000 Dongjiang officers and soldiers who were preparing for battle, and stood in black and oppressively, covering a good land and a place. They were all in shabby clothes, and the weapons in their hands were also of good and bad condition, and Huangshi could hardly tell the difference between soldiers and auxiliaries from them.
The troops of the Dongjiang Left Association were scattered outside several city gates in Haizhou. Prepare to prevent the Houjin soldiers in the city from rushing out and injuring people, and at the same time prevent the enemy from breaking through and escaping. The Dongjiang Army of the Left Association was lined up in a neat formation, and thousands of soldiers wearing shiny armor stood in the front row, while a large number of auxiliary soldiers of the Left Association were busy behind them.
"Hit Haizhou and eat meat openly. ”
Facing the rising sun in the east, the position of the headquarters of the Dongjiang River resounded with passionate shouts, and with the sound of a cannon, countless people carried dirt bags on their backs. Rushing towards the moat of Haizhou. The Houjin defenders in the city had long paid attention to them, but after seeing the Dongjiang army coming from the ground, they were also angry for a while, and it was not until the Ming army rushed to the edge of the moat that the gongs and drums sounded on the Haizhou city wall.
This time the counterattack Liaodong Bai family's grandson only came a small old man, the last long march was too tired, and it has not completely recovered until now. Listening to the earth-shattering war drums of the Dongjiang Army behind him, Bai Youcai took the dirt bag and threw it on his back. He ran forward. Run, run, run, the city wall in front of him is getting taller and more majestic, and the sound of cannons on the opposite side is getting clearer and clearer, but this qiē can't make Bai Youcai stop.
Bai Youcai was stunned and followed the footsteps of the brothers in front of him. Well, they threw down their things and dodged away, and Bai Youcai's eyes suddenly opened up, and a wide moat suddenly appeared in front of him. Bai Youcai did not hesitate, bent over, flicked the dirt bag on his back, and flew into the moat with a loud bang. The dirt bag stirred up a splash of water, splashing Bai Youcai's body.
Bai Youcai turned around and glanced at the moat, his own dirt bag was thrown down, and it disappeared in a flash, when he turned around and ran back, he saw a stray arrow passing in front of him, Bai Youcai had seen this scene many times: "The Jiannu in the city is also capable of this." They will shoot non-stop archery, but that won't stop us. We must make them pay with blood. ”
There was a cry of pain in his ears, and Bai Youcai trotted all the way back to the place again, and a large group of shirtless Dongjiang soldiers were quickly shoveling dirt and loading bags.
A row of Dongjiang officers with a large number of white labels in their hands stood in front of them, and one of the splitters stuffed a white label into Bai Youcai's hand: "Take it, brother." ”
Then he patted him on the shoulder again: "Good brother." ”
Bai Youcai didn't say much, he didn't stop until he ran to the hill where the dirt bags were piled up, and like the others, he split his legs, bent down, and followed, and a shout came from his ear: "Pick up the brother." ”
Another heavy cloth bag fell on Bai Youcai's back, he snorted, raised his foot, and ran towards Haizhou again, running, running, running, and in a blink of an eye, the majestic high wall appeared in front of him again, and the city was still shooting bows and arrows. A cold whizzing arrow came and stuck in the ground in front of Bai Youcai's feet, but he ignored it, and threw the dirt bag towards the moat with a loud shout.
This time it was a piece of muddy water, and the white and talented dirt bag stirred up waves again, and the dirt bag he threw down also disappeared from time to time with this wave of waves. Bai Youcai coughed vigorously, turned around and ran back, taking the white label like last time, and then carrying the third bag of soil on his back and embarking on the journey again.
This time, when he ran over, the Houjin army had already dragged a tiger squat cannon to the corner of the city wall, and as a cloud of white smoke rose at the head of the city, the two or three brothers on Bai Youcai's left screamed at the same time, they threw down the dirt bag and rolled on the ground covered in blood.
"It's dangerous. Bai Youcai turned this thought in his mind, and now he had stepped on the wet mound of dirt and rushed straight to the foot of Haizhou City, and a brother was thrown down by a big log in front of him. Bai Youcai threw the dirt bag into the corner of the wall and ran on the way home full of joy.
Halfway through the run, Bai Youcai took out his two white labels from his trouser pocket, and by the time he returned to the Dongjiang Army's position, he was already exhausted. He gasped and waved vigorously the two white labels in his hands.
"Good brother. The officer who greeted Bai Youcai put the third white label hard
It was stuffed into his hand and then pushed him the back: "Go rest for a while, brother."
Bai Youcai staggered towards the back, the person was already tired and weak, he slapped the three white labels together on a table, and then lowered his head and gasped for breath.
"Well done. Brothers. The man behind the table screamed like this, and then pushed over a bowl of fragrant and steaming broth, which contained a large piece of meat with bones, followed by two large sheets of pancakes, which were put into Bai Youcai's hands.
Bai Youcai took his food and walked straight to the theater shed that had been set up, where he was beating gongs and drums and singing a big opera. He found a place and sat down comfortably, listening happily to the drama with the Dongjiang Army brothers around him. He tore the pancake in his hand into pieces and ate it with broth.
Tired Dongjiang soldiers continued to withdraw from the ranks, but also people continued to join in, transporting dirt bags to Haizhou. Although Huang Shi stood far away, the boiling cry still reached his ears, Huang Shi estimated that hundreds of people had fallen in the battle, but the moat had been filled in for a long time, and the earth mountain in the corner of Haizhou Wall had also grown up to the naked eye.
In the rear of this fierce battlefield, the troupe set up at the headquarters of the Dongjiang River sang enthusiastically, and two or three thousand soldiers were already gathered in front of those sheds. And the number is growing. The actors in the theater faced the black and oppressive audience, and they also redoubled their spirits and used all the solutions of their whole bodies to come out.
Huang Shi, Hong Antong behind him, and the guards of Changsheng Island all stared intently at the siege battle in the distance.
"Very ......," Yellowstone's hand danced in the air, as if searching for the right words in his mind, and after a moment, Yellowstone shook his head. Spit out two words softly, and there seemed to be a slight dissatisfaction on his face: "Magnificent." ”
Hong Antong and the internal guards all remained unchanged, and their breathing became very rapid at this time, and after hearing Huangshi's evaluation, Hong Antong and they all nodded heavily. At this time, Mao Wenlong's banner changed again. The drumming of the Dongjiang Army also changed with the birth.
When Mao Wenlong's banner changed, Sun Ergou and several of his brothers were standing aside, and an hour passed, but they still didn't have their turn to play, which really made them anxious.
"Look!" the boss of the Sun family pointed hard to the side. His hurried cry attracted the attention of the people around him, and they followed the gaze of the Sun family boss. The phalanx of sword and shield soldiers, who had been quietly staying in the rear, was opening up. Those Dongjiang officers and soldiers all unsheathed their swords one by one, slapped rhythmically on the other hand holding the ground shield, and shouted in a neat low voice:
"Kill. ”
"Kill. ”
"Kill. ”
......
Geng Zhongming drove towards Haizhou with his sword and shield soldiers, and more and more Houjin soldiers gathered at the corners of the city wall to resist, and they had formed a huge threat and obstacle to the lack of cover.
"Kill. ”
"Kill. ”
Walking in the middle of the queue, Geng Zhongming struggled to wave his sword into the air, leading his sons and daughters to stride forward together. The sword and shield soldiers were undoubtedly a larger and more obvious target, and since Geng Zhongming's clearly armored troops appeared in the range of the Jin army, the enemy troops did not stop firing at them for a moment.
Thanks to the enemy's frequent artillery mistakes, thanks to Mao Wenlong's choice of a very favorable location for attack, and thanks to the fact that other friendly troops shared considerable attention, Geng Zhongming's 300 sword shield soldiers only hit one shot when they reached the foot of Haizhou City, and two people were killed. The enemy archers in the city seemed to be very tired, but Geng Zhongming didn't dare to be careless, and with his order, the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang bowed their waists one after another, blocked their shields in front of them, and forced towards the dirt mountain.
The Ming soldiers walked all the way to the highest point of the earth mountain, and spears began to pierce down from it, and the Ming sabers and shields gathered tightly together, struggling to resist the enemy's attack. Since they poured in, the pressure of the Ming soldiers who resisted the dirt bags in the back suddenly decreased, and they continued to run forward and throw bags of dirt at the feet of the sword and shield hand.
The earth mountain was still widening and rising, and the top began to throw down logs and boulders towards the shield array of the Ming army, and the Dongjiang soldiers fell to the ground on one knee one after another, pressing their shields close together, and working together to resist the heavy objects thrown down by the Houjin army, and turning them into stepping stones for further upward climbing.
The archers of the Ming army also flocked to the corner, and they stood in a row, brushing their bows and arrows......
"Ready-go!"
A ** feathered arrow shot at the head of the city. More dirt bags were thrown onto the dirt mountain, Geng Zhongming kept calculating the distance from the city, and his right arm was raised: "Javelin-Ready." ”
The last few rows of sword and shield soldiers each carried three javelins on their backs, and they unleashed their javelins in their hands as they were ordered.
"Cast!"
"Cast!"
"Cast!"
After three consecutive covering projections, Geng Zhongming roared and jumped on the battlements first, his family and his personal army followed closely behind, and the other sword and shield bearers also shouted loudly and cheered together, and followed the people in front of him to rush to the top of the earth mountain and jump towards the head of Haizhou City......
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