Chapter 257: Fierce Battle at the Head of the City
Most of the artillery had already been carried by them from Dongli Mountain, and there were only three artillery pieces left on the city wall, as well as more than 20 simple mortar bamboo mines.
For the hundreds of thousands of troops in front of them, these things don't play much role at all. However, it was still possible to destroy the trebuchet positions of the Khitan army.
"Come on, knock out their trebuchet positions for me. Artillery and mortar mines are all blasting in that direction! ”
With Jiang Chao's voice, several gunners and the soldiers who controlled the mortar bamboo thunder hurriedly pointed their targets at the trebuchet position over there.
Under Jiang Chao's order, three artillery pieces and more than 20 mortar bamboo mines launched a salvo at the trebuchet's position.
Bang...... Bang...... Bang...... A dense loud bang instantly blossomed in the trebuchet position. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen of those trebuchets were blown down.
The Khitan troops in the position who operated the trebuchets were also killed and wounded. Yelu Guangming, who was still enjoying the wine in the Malaysian Golden Knife just now, looked at the trebuchet position with a stunned face.
What caught his eyes made him think he was wrong. He couldn't have imagined that there was something in Dong-type Guanzhong that could fly so far to blow up his trebuchet.
Just as he was stunned, another volley landed on the trebuchet position. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen trebuchets were blown up.
When the surrounding Khitan soldiers saw this, their eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief, and they didn't know what was going on for a while.
"Quick...... Dismantle the trebuchet to Ben Shuai! ......Hurry up," came back to his senses, and Yelu Guangming suddenly said to his opponent in a hurry.
These trebuchets are the sharp weapons that he used to take down the entire Great Zhao, if they are all damaged here, then the siege battle behind me will not be easy to fight.
But just as he wanted people to save the trebuchet, another volley came, and the trebuchet was destroyed by a dozen again.
Nearly a hundred trebuchets, after three salvos, not even half of them are gone.
Yelu Guangming, who was still very calm just now, couldn't calm down anymore. He hurriedly and anxiously wanted his soldiers to rescue the trebuchet.
It's a pity, in the face of artillery fire, who can rescue those trebuchets under artillery fire?! Even if there are people who are not afraid of death and want to go to the rescue, the final result is to be buried there with the trebuchet.
After about a quarter of an hour, the trebuchet position was completely abandoned, and there was not a single intact trebuchet left.
Since, the sharp weapon that threatens the Dongxing Pass from a long distance has withdrawn from this battle. The besieging forces also suffered unprecedented casualties.
There were almost 20,000 siege troops, and five or six thousand died just by the inexplicable explosion under the city walls.
Because there were too many people besieging the city, most of the Khitan army was crowded together, so if a grenade was thrown down, there were not a few people killed and injured.
If you're lucky, you'll even kill a dozen or so at once. Especially when they explode together, they can almost empty a space of several meters around them.
Just imagine, how many people can be squeezed into a space of several meters?! In the end, these people will be killed directly!
As for those who were on the city walls, before they had time to exert their strength, they directly let the army cut down the city walls.
After half an hour of siege, none of the Khitan soldiers could rush to the city wall alive. And they have already injured 7,000 people.
The siege force of 20,000 was already somewhat frightened by the grenades. All of them are retreating.
The soldiers who besieged the city did not dare to attack the city anymore, even if there was a battlefield law enforcement team that killed a few soldiers who fled backwards. But it only suppressed everyone's idea of turning around and running away.
However, it couldn't stop these Khitan troops from wanting to turn around and escape. In this way, in front of the Dongxing Pass, the Khitan army, which was still in full swing to attack the city, was so frightened that they all withdrew from the city wall.
And the soldiers on the city wall did not throw grenades again, and this time there were not many grenades. You can't waste too much.
Supplies in the rear cannot be counted on for the time being. And grenades, artillery and mortar bamboo mines are the current weapons of the children's army. If you want to defeat the Khitan army, you have to rely on these things with minimal damage to yourself.
Seeing this scene, Yelu Guangming's eyes welled up with anger. He roared and angrily called the siege troops rubbish.
But he also knew that if he blindly let the besieging troops go up, he would only let them die in vain. But just like this, he was helpless against Dongxingguan, and he was unwilling.
"Order the siege party to disperse, and don't give that strange fire and thunder a chance. Go all out to continue the siege of the city, but the commander wants to see how many of those kinds of fire and thunder they have. ”
Unwillingly, Yelu Guangming had no choice but to order his subordinates to continue the siege again.
But at this time, his face was extremely ugly. He looked almost furious.
Thinking that it was Jingbian Houjiang's grandson who was guarding the city, he was even more unwilling in his heart, and he had suffered a loss at the hands of Jingbianhou. I wanted to make up for it from his grandson.
But who would have thought that the loss he suffered at the hands of Jiang Lin's grandson was greater than the loss at the hands of Jiang Lin. He can say that he has lost face.
A team of more than 100,000 lost nearly 20,000 before they engaged Jiang Chao. Even Xiao Ce, the proud vanguard general under his command, was killed.
The 8,000 vanguard troops guarding the Dongxing Pass before, plus the 4,000 cavalry, and the more than 7,000 soldiers who had just lost in the siege, really counted, it is estimated that more than 20,000 are in their heads.
With his voice, the siege team launched another attack on the East Type Pass. It's just that this time they learned to behave. It's no longer a dense formation.
Moreover, when they saw the grenade falling, they actually had a separate Khitan army that would pounce on it and suppress the grenade.
Such sacrifices, although one Khitan soldier would die each time, but it greatly reduced casualties.
It seems that Yelu Guangming wants to use the lives of Khitan soldiers to consume Jiang Chao's grenades.
When Jiang Chao saw this scene, he had to give up the idea of letting everyone use grenades for the time being. It can only be a tough confrontation with the Khitan army.
The rhythm of the Khitan army's siege of the city did not stop, but it was a little difficult for them to attack the city wall.
After all, they were scattered to attack the city, and if the number of soldiers on the city wall was not dense enough, as long as there were enough soldiers on the city walls, they could easily defend it.
Of course, Jiang Chao did not let all the soldiers go to the city wall, those who should rest are still resting, and those who should be in reserve are still in reserve.
In this way, the Khitan army attacked for a whole day, but they couldn't even step on the city wall. Nearly a thousand Khitan troops were lost. They can only be Mingjin to withdraw troops.
Looking at the corpses under the city wall, Yelu Guangming's face turned pale. He looked in the direction of the city walls, his eyes full of anger.
It's a pity that no matter how angry he is, it's useless, and he can't attack the city wall at all for the time being.