Chapter 1324: Numbness
Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 inforeadx;? At the end of December, the 130,000 wind army led by Shangguanxiu and Meng Qiuchen launched a fierce attack on the southern city of Tianjing.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if the wind army is too good at picking the time to attack, the day when the wind army stormed Tianjing, there are only two days left before the New Year,
On the day of the siege of the city, the artillery positions moved forward as a whole and were set up less than two miles away from Tianjing City, and launched a wanton bombardment of the city defense of Tianjing South City.
The defenders at the head of the city also fought back at the first time, and the two sides launched a large-scale artillery fire, one outside the city and the other on the city.
The deafening roar was incessant, almost a continuous explosion, causing the earth to shake inside and outside the city walls, and the smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun.
The artillery positions of the wind army are also full of explosions, and the craters that have been blown out on the ground are large and small, dense, and countless, and you can see the bombed artillery everywhere, as well as the corpses of artillery soldiers.
In the Imperial Palace, in the Imperial Study,
The eldest grandson Bohao stood behind the dragon book case, and knocked down all the things on the table, such as the sooth, the battle report, and the four treasures of the study, to the ground, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Feng Jun has no faith in his words, and he deceives people too much,"
The ministers kneeling below looked at each other, and there was only a secret bitter smile left in people's hearts.
This time, the Wind Army has to put Chastan to death, it is just a strategy used by the Wind Man, anyone can see it, but His Majesty can't see it, he fell into the Wind Man's trick, and now the Wind Army is attacking in a big way, what can he do about it,
Zhang Jiuwei cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the wind army has no faith in its words, it has lost morality first, this is one of the victories of our army, the wind army is outnumbered, it is a move to hit the stone with an egg, this is the second of our army's victory, our army has a strong city defense of Tianjing to rely on, the wind army has no danger to defend, this battle our army will win the third, in the capital, there are millions of people, all for our army's backing, but the wind army is a lone army deep, rootless and helpless, this battle our army will win the fourth, time, location, Everyone is on our side, and there is no reason for us to be invincible in this battle,"
Listening to Zhang Jiuwei's four-win theory, the eldest grandson Bohao's face finally softened a little,
The ministers present peeked at Zhang Jiuwei, all of them were angry and funny, the capital was obviously in danger, but Zhang Jiuwei still swore that he would win, I really don't know where his confidence came from,
Guanyu kowtowed forward and said: "Your Majesty, the battle of the capital is unavoidable, and now the wind army is attacking Tianjing, inside and outside the capital, the soldiers are in chaos, and Weichen suggests that Your Majesty should evacuate Tianjing as soon as possible and go to Amy City for temporary refuge,"
Amy City is located in the west of Ningnan, where there is also the second treasury of Ningnan, if you want money, you want food, and you can be the capital of Tianjing, there is no problem at all.
However, before the others could speak, the eldest grandson Bohao blew up first, he slammed the table, and shouted: "I won't go anywhere, I will stay in Tianjing, and live and die with the capital,"
"Your Majesty—" Guanyu and the other ministers bowed forward one after another,
"No one needs to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind," the eldest grandson Bohao said categorically,
The eldest grandson Bohao looks contradictory, when he should be bold, he is timid and afraid, and when he is cowardly, he has the determination to die.
In fact, this is also very understandable, when the Feng Army first arrived in Tianjing, things were not irreparably bad, the Feng Army felt more like pretending, Changsun Bohao just wanted to calm things down at this time, and send the Feng Army away from under his nose as soon as possible, Tianjing as the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, was approached by the enemy soldiers, after all, it was not a glorious thing, even if he made some concessions and damaged some national character, as long as the Feng Army could withdraw its troops, it was worth it,
And now the situation is completely different, the ambition of the Feng Army is exposed, what they want is to capture the capital and annex the entire Haotian Kingdom,
The rise and fall of the country's society has been tied to the first line, as an emperor, how can he flee without a fight, if so, where is the majesty of the emperor, where is the emperor's face,
In addition to the problem of face, he also has his own ideas, he feels that if he runs away at this time, the military and people's hearts in the capital will inevitably be in chaos, and the capital will definitely not be able to keep it.
As the emperor, he stayed and lived and died with the capital, which is bound to greatly stimulate the fighting spirit of the military and people in the city to resist the wind army, so as to defeat the ambition of the wind army in one fell swoop.
I'd rather die than be the king of the country, at this point, the eldest grandson Bohao is definitely worthy of praise, as far as the heart is concerned, the eldest grandson Bohao wants to work hard, wants to be a good emperor, and be a holy monarch, but unfortunately, he doesn't have such an opportunity, and the wind country refuses to give him such an opportunity.
From his ascension to the arrival of the wind army in the city, it has not even been a year.
"The wind army is menacing, and it is too dangerous for Your Majesty to remain in the capital," the ministers said in unison.
The eldest grandson Bohao looked around at the ministers below, and suddenly laughed, and was laughed at angrily,
He raised his hand and pointed at the ministers, and said word by word: "Are you worried about my safety now, or are you worried about your own comfort, when I don't know, when I am a three-year-old child?"
When the ministers heard this, they all bowed forward again, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty has wronged the ministers and waited,"
The eldest grandson Bohao pointed to everyone's fingers and trembled, holding back for a long time, Fang Youyou said: "Sheji is in danger, life and death, tied to the front line, persuade me to leave Beijing, everyone can be killed,"
After saying this, the eldest grandson Bohao fell backwards, sat on the dragon chair with his buttocks, clenched his fists on his forehead, lowered his eyes, and said no more.
The ministers looked at each other, and finally they all hung their heads,
The words of the eldest grandson Bohao are right, the ministers who persuaded him to leave Beijing at this time are thinking about who they are thinking about and who they are looking for, and only the ministers themselves understand.
The siege of the wind army continued, and the artillery of the two sides fought against each other, starting from the morning and fighting until night, and the sky was dark, but the offensive of the wind army still did not mean to stop.
Now, no one doubts that the Wind Army's food, grass and ammunition are insufficient, and the Wind Army's artillery seems to be never dumb.
After a whole day of artillery bombardment, no less than hundreds of artillery pieces were damaged on the Feng Army's side, and there were also hundreds of artillery pieces that were blown up on the head of Tianjing City
The Ningnan army in the city urgently transferred artillery from the other three cities to the south city to support,
The artillery is not a few, dozens, but hundreds or thousands, and to transfer so many artillery pieces from the other three cities to the southern city, there is an urgent need for manpower, officials in the city, recruit the people, let the people contribute, and help transport the artillery.
But what is surprising is that there are millions of people in Ningnan in the city, and no one is willing to help.
The eldest grandson Bohao still miscalculated the situation, he thought that his stay in Tianjing could play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, but in fact, people had long been disappointed in what he had done.
The soldiers in the army can still insist on fighting, that is because there is no way, as soldiers, military orders are like mountains, whether they want to or not, once the military order is given, they have to bite the bullet.
And the people are different, they are not soldiers, and there is no shackles of military orders, the emperor is worthy of love, people will naturally serve you, even if it is unpaid service, they are willing, but the emperor is not worthy of love, who is willing to contribute to you, the people are staying at home and hiding idle,
No people are willing to help, so they can only rely on the officers and soldiers in the army to carry the artillery themselves, but most of the soldiers in the army also do not contribute.
After the soldiers of the eastern, western, and northern cities transported the artillery to the center of the city, they left it alone and retreated to their respective city defenses.
In the evening, the artillery bombardment of the wind army did not stop, and continued for another night, and at dawn the next day, the artillery bombardment of the wind army continued endlessly.
The defenders at the head of the city looked out of the city, and despair spread quickly,
In yesterday's artillery battle, the Feng army obviously destroyed nearly 500 pieces of artillery, but now that we look at it, all the damaged artillery pieces have been transported out of the artillery positions, and the vacant spaces left are filled by a new batch of artillery.
After a day and a night of fighting, the number of artillery of the wind army was equal to no damage at all, and it remained at about 2,000 guns.
Such a high combat efficiency and such adequate pre-war preparations are staggering, on the other hand, the side itself has millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops, but there are only a handful of artillery that can be drawn from the other three cities.
In fact, the complaints and resentment of the defenders of Nancheng are also superfluous, even if all the artillery of the other three cities is transported to the side of Nancheng, it will no longer be able to stand on the head of the city.
After a day and a night of fierce shelling, the city wall of Nancheng has long been left with a good arrow stack, and there is no flat open space on the city wall.
The Tianjing city wall, the thickest wall base at the city gate, has reached twenty meters, and the top of the city wall in the rest of the places has a thickness of seven or eight meters, but such a thick city wall was bombarded by the wind army artillery about half a meter, and the city wall is full of potholes, and even the people who stand are struggling, let alone trying to set up the artillery.
The day before the New Year, the second day of the Feng Army's siege, the Wind Army still did not send infantry to attack, only used artillery for long-range bombardment, this day's engagement, the counterattack in Tianjing City has become weak, almost all of them are unilateral artillery bombardment,
At the head of the southern city, not a single soldier of the Ningnan army can be seen, and all the soldiers have fled to the city to take refuge.
Countless soldiers sat under the city wall in the dark, and the expressions on people's faces were not panicked, fearless, or excited when the two armies were fighting, and some were just numb.
In the continuous explosions, the rubble and dust on the head of the city flowed down and fell on the people's bodies and heads, but the soldiers sitting below were like puppets that had lost their traction, and did not even move, allowing the dust to cover their bodies layer after layer.
In fact, on the battlefield, there is no fear that the soldiers will have a panic and fear mentality, and when they go to the battlefield, no one can foresee whether they are alive or dead, and it is normal to be afraid.
What is really terrible is the numbness that is happening now, this is no longer a question of the strength of the fighting spirit, but there is no fighting spirit at all, the soldiers are on the battlefield, but the soul no longer knows where to float, in such a state, even if there are more troops, there is no combat power at all,
Quiet, the scene was as quiet as death, only the incessant sound of explosions, roars,
Shelling, endless shelling, I don't know how long it will last, when it will stop, the fire suppression of the wind army, so that the soldiers of the Ningnan army, who are already numb, become more and more numb, occasionally cannonballs from the city head, fall into the crowd, explode, inside and outside the crater, a mess, everywhere corpses and mutilated corpses, but the surrounding soldiers, but they don't even look at it, people just sit in place dumbfounded,
The battle situation in Nancheng made the commander of the First Legion, a battle-hardened veteran, at a loss.
Chen Yansu, in terms of qualifications, can be regarded as one of the few old generals in the Ningnan Army, he is over the age of six, but his sideburns are still black, and he is full of spirit, but now, the old man seems to be more than ten years old all of a sudden, with deep eye sockets and thin cheeks,
Looking at the soldiers under his command who were already insensitive, Chen Yansu felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he has been in the army for 50 years, and he has fought countless big and small battles, and he has never faced such a desperate situation now.
Back then, even if he fought more with less, fought stronger with weak, even if he was surrounded by several times or more than ten times the enemy's legions, the soldiers under his command would grit their teeth and drag their scarred bodies, as he fought to the death with the enemy.
The funny thing is that there are now hundreds of thousands of troops in the city, with sufficient weapons, ammunition, food and grass, and salaries, while the wind army outside the city is only 130,000, but the soldiers of the whole army have no fighting spirit, just like a walking corpse.
"General," a general who had followed Chen Yansu for more than ten years knelt down in front of him, choked up and said, "Please...... I beg the general, leave a way for the brothers of the first army to live, this battle, the brothers can no longer fight,"