Chapter 68: Stretching the Net
On the city of Chunhua, the sound of guns and cannons was endless, and puffs of gunpowder smoke slowly rose from the battlements of the city wall.
In a short period of time, Chunhua City has turned into a sea of blood, and the smell of blood has filled the entire battlefield.
The rudimentary ladder was filled with hungry soldiers in ragged clothes, but none of them were able to climb the walls.
Either he was hit by a gun and fell under the city, or he was hit by a rolling log or a rock, and he was already unconscious.
The most terrifying thing is the pot of gold juice pouring down, and the gold juice used to defend the city is just an elegant name.
The so-called golden juice is to add the collected manure to water and boil it in a large pot.
When a ladder is erected in the place to attack the city, the boiling gold juice is poured down violently, which can cause serious burns and infections.
Moreover, the stench itself can greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the enemy army.
At this time, the smell of Chunhua City was extremely unpleasant, and many of the rogues who were besieging the city couldn't stop vomiting.
But where is there food in their stomachs, many people are just retching.
The counterattack on Chunhua City was fierce, and a group of hungry soldiers who had just arrived in the city were already afraid, and they had suffered continuous casualties all the way, and their morale had already fallen to the bottom.
No one wants to die, everyone wants a way to live.
Those who don't want to live are already dead by the time the rogues arrive......
But their will did not matter, and no one expected them to actually be able to storm the walls.
Their role is only to test with their lives how many men and horses there are and how many guns there are.
The old soldiers who were mixed in the array of hungry soldiers held shields to protect their chests and other vital parts, and at the same time brandished the swords in their hands to threaten those hungry soldiers to attack the city.
Their fierce gods are by no means pretending, as long as someone dares to retreat, they will never hesitate.
There is a law in the army: one person escapes and kills his management team, and he retreats for a while, and the generals are beaten by fifty sticks, and the military schools below the management team are all beheaded!
A hungry soldier with a wooden spear was too frightened by the sound of guns to step forward, crying and retreating.
But he didn't retreat far away, and he was already cut in the throat by the old bandit who was supervising the battle behind him.
More people who wanted to retreat were so frightened that they stopped their pace, and the old bandit team who supervised the battle stepped forward and continued to threaten, cutting down a person from time to time, which made the atmosphere of despair linger on the battlefield.
If they die in battle, their relatives can continue to follow the army.
The stewards knew them, they knew their families, and if they were killed in battle while fleeing, their families would suffer.
The hungry soldiers in front could only be pushed to continue attacking the city wall, they cried and shouted wave after wave towards the Chunhua city wall, and then smashed under the strong city wall of Chunhua.
Chen Wang stood in the battlement, taking in all the beings above and below the city.
On the battlefield, there is no room for half-distraction.
In the era of cold weapons, rout and escape often trigger a chain reaction, and even lead to the collapse of the entire army, and the Warlord is almost a necessary existence.
It is undoubtedly unrealistic to expect that the soldiers will be able to resist all situations and situations by virtue of morale and training.
Tang Shiping stood beside Chen Wang, his face was not good-looking.
He was in charge of logistics, and only he knew that the situation was not optimistic.
Now it seems that they have the advantage, but the cost of such a high-intensity battle is enormous.
"The gunpowder is consumed too quickly, and if it continues to be fought at such an intensity, it will be exhausted in less than three days."
There were a lot of guns and cannons, but those things didn't kill at all without the gunpowder fire.
"I know."
Chen Wang nodded, he had also calculated the consumption, but he also had his considerations.
"This is the first wave of the Rogue's attack, and the more than 900 guards in the city are all cowards."
"If the first battle is difficult to win, I am afraid that they will lose their courage in the follow-up battle."
Husband war, courage also.
The battalion soldiers dared to fight in the face of the rogues, but the guards were hard to believe.
In the later period of the Weisuo Army, the military household had already become the domestic slave of the general, and lived a life that was inferior to that of cattle and horses.
The little blood on their bodies has long been exhausted by the long exploitation, and they hold farm tools for far more time than blades.
Even ordinary bandits can't count on them, can they still be counted on on the battlefield?
Winning the first battle can also give it some courage to fight for their lives, so that the enemy will not lose their courage when they climb the city wall.
"So the first battle must not only be won, but also won thoroughly."
Chen Wang clenched the Yanling knife on his waist, and his eyes slowly became sharp.
His gaze slowly moved into the distance, passing countless flags along the way, until he finally stopped when he saw the black big curtain.
His guess was right, the people who had entered the city before were indeed mixed with spies from the army.
And there are not a few, in order not to startle the snake, the people sent out by Tang Shiping are paying more attention to the soup soup and so on.
It was found out that it was not deeply hidden, and the acting skills were clumsy.
But that's it, and now more than forty or fifty people have been found.
Chen Wang felt that there should be about the same number of people who had not been found, and it should be around 100 people.
If more than 100 people suddenly burst out in the city, it is not impossible to take the loosely guarded city gate in one fell swoop if they attack at night with deliberate or unintentional calculations.
Or during the siege of the city, arson in the city caused a riot, which can cause great distress to the defenders.
"Don't worry about the west city and the north city, the main thing is to be optimistic about the two gates of the east city and the south city, and you will divide the veterans of the two rounds and withdraw the guards of the east and south cities at that time."
Chen Wang's gaze swam back and forth on the black daze in the distance.
"Adjust your guard at night, and don't alarm the people in the city."
A plan has slowly taken shape in Chen Wang's heart, but this plan is still missing a crucial link.
And this link lies in Gao Jie's body.
Gao Jie is now just an ordinary military academy under Li Zicheng, and he is not too relied upon.
He had an affair with Li Zicheng's wife Xing, so he betrayed Li Zicheng and surrendered to the Ming army.
In the near future, if Chen Wang had not interfered in the process.
After the surrender, Gao Jie joined the Ming army, participated in the pursuit of the peasant army, and was promoted to the chief military officer all the way.
After the fall of Beijing City and the hanging of Chongzhen, Jiangnan and other places supported the enthronement of Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu.
Gao Jie was named Xingping Bo, and Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong were called the four towns of Jiangbei, and once dominated the power.
According to historical records, Gao Jie escaped from the barracks of the Chuang army with Xing in August and joined He Renlong.
It is certain that Gao Jie is in Li Zicheng's camp, but the question is how he will establish contact with Gao Jie.