Chapter 691: Early Action (Second Shift)
Lakemouth Castle.
The two saints of Maoshan have superior skills, and the boss Ouyang Chu has the body of a half-immortal, so he can see at a glance that Lu Ding has a problem.
Zuo Mengeng was shocked and immediately sent troops to arrest Lu Ding.
But they also miscalculated, thinking that they would soon be able to arrest Lu Ding and other masterminds, force the troops to be detailed, and then plan to lure the Ming army into being fooled.
However, Wang Yuncheng and Li Cheng went for a long time, and they didn't catch a single soldier, Zuo Mengeng was anxious to wait in the Shuaifu, and immediately ordered someone to investigate the situation.
Soon someone came to report that all the men and horses under Lu Ding mutinied, and Lu Ding with thousands of soldiers resisted stubbornly, and was fighting with Wang Yuncheng and Li Cheng's men and horses, and in half an hour they could kill all the thieves such as Lu Ding.
"Bastard!" Zuo Menggeng was so angry that he lifted the handsome case, of course, this was not the result that Zuo Mengeng wanted.
Lu Ding is his father's confidant, usually he Zuo Mengeng also treats him as a confidant, Lu Ding is also respectful to him, the young marshal, and obeys his words.
Why are you so determined to oppose their father and son today? What's even more odious is that the thousands of soldiers under him are all willing to follow Lu Ding to lose their heads?
But these people have been kicked in the head by a donkey?
Knowing that the matter is exposed, if you continue to fight, you will die, don't you know that you throw a knife and gun and surrender on your knees?
In history, when the Qing Manchu *** came over, Zuo Mengeng did just that, throwing his head and surrendering on his knees. But now that his soldiers don't do this, they swear not to surrender, and Zuo Mengeng can't figure it out.
"Young marshal, you have a good heart, but there is no way for these people to find death, so just don't count them all and kill them all." Ouyang Zhidao, the second eldest of the two saints of Maoshan Mountain.
"Good!" Zuo Mengeng gritted his teeth, "Kill them all, not one will be left!"
"Young marshal, don't be impatient, we went over to help the two generals." Liu Zeqing's general Bai Yongfu and Liu Liangzuo's general Pang Jidao.
"The poor monk will go too." Master Hami also stood up, he really deserved to be aggressive, he loved to fight and kill, and had no other hobbies.
"The little monk is also willing to go." Hun Sen also got up and asked for orders.
"Okay, you guys go and get back quickly." Zuo Menggeng said.
Now that it's dark, wait another hour, when will you have to wait, Zuo Mengeng changed his attention, and he couldn't wait to chop off all the heads of Lu Ding and the others to feed the dogs.
The two generals and two monks received the order, and they went out of the marshal's mansion and ordered thousands of soldiers and horses to come to the Lu Ding camp......
As soon as they left, Zuo Mengeng and the others heard the earth-shattering cannon, Zuo Mengeng and the others were shocked, looked at each other, and were just about to send someone out to inquire about the situation.
The scout who reported the incident ran into the marshal's mansion, "Young marshal, something is wrong...... The Ming army attacked the city in a big way...... The mountains are full of torches, and I don't know how many people and horses there are......
Zuo Mengeng suddenly stood up, "Everyone, follow Ben Shuai to the city to kill the enemy!"
"Yes!" His generals Wang Jincai, Zhang Guangcui, Maoshan Ersheng, Tuotuo Zen Master and other martial arts masters saluted and promised in unison.
The 100,000 horses and horses that Li Yan, Huang Degong, and Ma Bao had ambushed in the hills a few miles outside Hukou City, rushed out of the hills and shouted like a tide, like a raging wave rushing towards Hukou City.
"Fire! Quick, open the cannon......" The defenders of the city had already noticed that a soldier would poke a torch at the lead of the cannon.
There was a soft sound, a knock knock...... Bang......
The artillery at the top of the city soon roared, and the ground shook.
In the firelight, the Ming soldiers who died under artillery fire will be difficult to count, but this cannot stop the momentum of the Ming army's charge.
In the blink of an eye, the Ming army rushed to the moat, countless archers and soldiers on the city shot at each other, braving the rain of arrows, and the Ming army began to build pontoon bridges in the moat.
The Ming soldiers jumped into the moat like dumplings.
At this time, it is already October.
Despite its proximity to the south, the cold of early winter is already reflected in the water.
But at this time, the greatest threat to the Ming army was not the temperature of the moat water, but the rain of arrows on the city.
Although there were Ming archers on the shore who kept pulling their bows and shooting arrows at the head of the city to cover up
Protect them from their homework.
But it still couldn't stop the rain of arrows on the city.
All the soldiers who jumped into the moat were shot into the water, and the water of the moat turned red under the light of the torches.
But the Ming army went forward one after another, carrying the splints on their shoulders and going down to the river, racing against time to build bridges, and some simply used as bridge piers in the moat, shooting down one and coming up three ......
Soon, countless Ming troops rushed across the moat and rushed to the city walls
In addition to shooting arrows downward, the thieves defending the city began to throw stones down, pushing and rolling wood, and the Ming troops who climbed the city suffered heavy casualties.
Some of them climbed to the top of the city and overturned the ladder for the soldiers above, and the Ming army on the ladder fell down a string.
Some of them had just climbed to the height of half a city, and they were hit by the stones above and planted down, and some of them had just been erected with the rolling logs on their backs, and the bones were crushed into meatloaf.
At the same time, the thieves defending the city above were constantly shot by Jane, some fell to the city, and some fell down screaming.
The number of dead and wounded on both sides will be incalculable.
At this time, the abbot of Shaolin and the head of Wudang gave an order, and the monks of the Shaolin faction and the veteran of the Wudang faction all seemed to have wings, and they crossed the moat and fell to the city.
The disciples of the Wuyue Sword Sect were not far behind, and they rushed through the clouds one after another, and more than 100 martial arts masters fell on the top of the city......
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen