Chapter 90: Wuchang (3)
The soldiers in the central position connecting the two city walls of Wuchang and Zhonghe also engaged in the battle, and their bows and arrows were fired. Whether they are friends or enemies, they all turn their heads to look west.
The night has been completely torn apart, and the dawn is up.
A few neighing horses were heard amid the neighing and shouting, and Wang Biao's cavalry was assembled.
On the two wings of the cavalry is a phalanx of new infantry pawns. Wang Biao was in armor and speared, his eyes staring at the military flag of Cao Mang's command on the platform without blinking, his eyes waiting for the flag, and his ears waiting for the drums.
Cao Mang was reluctant to shoot down the drumstick, and Yang Kai repeatedly explained that all battles must be heavy, and there is no effect in advance, and it will have no effect in the future.
I could hear the roar from the far end of the West City before, when the old department of Yanhou arrived, the resistance on the head of the city became weaker and weaker, and there was no help for a long time, when Yang Kai covered in both directions, making it difficult for the enemy to distinguish between the real and the false, the strategy worked.
Looking at the battle again, I saw that their banners had been erected on the top of the city, and Wei Shisan, Zhang Gui'er and others had already climbed the city wall, so they shouted.
Finally, on the stage, the yellow flag suddenly rolled; The drumstick in the hands of the pro-soldier falls on the surface of the drum.
The gates of the camp were wide open, and the bows and arrows in the front trenches leaped sharply and trotted to the flanks. Four or five hundred people shouted together, their long-range shooting mission had been completed, and all that remained was to draw their short knives and follow the army.
Wang Biao shouted violently and raised his gun, Zhao Hu pulled out his lance, and the two battalions each stepped on the ground with a thousand horses, only to see the water in the moat churning, and the city tower trembled and rushed out of the camp gate.
The thousand-man cavalry team under Su Fu'an's battalion is much stronger in combat than the old department left by Tan Si. In order to adapt them, Yang Kai put a lot of thought into it at the beginning.
From the first chief to the hundred households, except for the newly promoted, they are the most rebellious and brave of the selected veterans. Xiaogan City promised a few more marriages, gave land, and gave heavy pay, so everyone was excited.
The drums on the stage are getting heavier and heavier, and they are getting more and more urgent. Under the cold wind, the flags were rolling more and more intensely.
Under the encouragement of the banner and the golden drum, Wei 13 on the city wall did not want to cover with his own soldiers, and danced his long knife, and an arrow shot by the enemy on the horse at the head of the city hit the iron armor on his chest, he shouted a few times, flew over and dragged down the guard who wanted to shoot the second arrow, and slashed more than a dozen knives in a row. Immediately after the sound of the bombardment of the ladder, it hit the head of the city.
At this time, the foot soldiers under the city were also divided into two teams, one team carried the sassal wood and crashed into the car, and struck the city gate with a loud cry; One team continued to lift the overturned ladder and the ladder pushed from behind to slap the city wall.
Hitting the door on this way, the leader Li Qinghui. He didn't receive any tasks in the evening, only snatched back the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle, and his men suffered few losses. When I went to war, my eyes were full of heat, as if I didn't know what the word fear was. Cao Mang was angry for him, so he agreed to his request.
After all, his background is not the same as Zhang Gui'er, he was originally a sergeant in the border army, and he has been returning to the old man for many years, and their family's tactics are deeply rooted in the bone marrow, Yang Kai mentioned it at the beginning, and before they really asked for battle, they would not entrust him with important tasks.
Since he took the initiative to ask for battle this time, of course he didn't want to return with a feather, and the main garrison force at this time had been led away by the city climbers, leaving only a handful of enemies in front of him. It's just that the gange board in front of the city gate blocked Li Qinghui's way, and it was difficult for the mulberry to hit it.
ordered to raise a wooden shield to block the arrows of the city tower, and was about to hit the door, but saw Wei Shisan, who had cut the guard with more than a dozen knives, and cut off the head of the guard, screaming, like a beast, and threw his hand to the city tower. The guards on the city wall avoided it in shock.
He was heard howling from afar: "Kill into the main city tower and open the city gate for Brother Li and the army behind him!" ”
The exiles under his command frantically shouted: "Kill the tower!" Fight the Tower! ”
"What a bunch of crazy people."
The commander of the city guard was panicked, his face turned white with fright, he threw down the weapon in his hand, turned around and ran. The hardships of the lives of the poor are unimaginable without experience.
Zhang Gui'er was more ape-like on the horse face and the aisle of the city wall, jumping flexibly, every time she fell, she either severed her limbs or plundered her life, but what remained unchanged was that blood splashed with the knife. At this time, whether it is a coward or a brave person, they all change color for his bravery.
Three or four brothers who followed and climbed up, opened their shields to protect Zhang Gui'er's body. The puff and muffled sound continued, and in the blink of an eye, knives and guns stabbed over.
As soon as he stood firm, the broadsword slashed down.
Thinking of the brother who rushed forward and was slapped to death by the giant mace, he hissed again: "Kill 200 enemies and avenge my two elder brothers, Hong and Liu!" ”
Rushed a few times, but the gange board couldn't be penetrated, and Li Qinghui shouted angrily to the sky. At this time, the thirteen households of Wei finally entered the main city tower, moved the wheel car and pulled up the gange board, Li Qinghui personally rushed forward, pushed open a support wood and shouted, and the wood rushed to the city gate.
Only a few desperate shouts, which were heard quite neatly, were heard, and the dull impact disappeared with the last shout.
The bolt of the city gate broke, and the soldiers who were clustered under the main city tower swarmed in, and at the same time, the drawbridge outside the city gate also fell to the ground, and almost in the blink of an eye, two thousand horsemen stepped on it.
At this time, Cao Mang and Su Fuan also led the new army foot soldiers to follow.
Enter the urn city.
The city wall of Wuchang is similar to the original Runan Mansion City, both of which have two floors. The upper layer uses a strong bow and crossbow, which can shoot far away; The lower level is a knife and gun, which can be approached. Based on Cai Qian's previous experience, they already knew how to deal with this kind of city defense.
It is nothing more than finding the hidden soldier hole, and then desperately drilling into it, in fact, at this time, the defenders of the city have been defeated on all fronts.
I don't know who is fighting in the chaos and the crowd shouted: "The general and the garrison have run away!" ”
The guards began to abandon their weapons and surrender, and they ran fast and fell into the urn city, and were taken down by Corporal Li Qinghui, who rushed in first.
But for a while, the Wuchang city wall was surrounded by shouts. Most of the enemies on the towers of the city, or the residents of the city, could not understand what they were shouting, but under such a momentum, the morale of the defenders of the whole city had been taken away.
After learning of the tragic defeat of the defenders by Zhonghe Gate Liukou, the old department of Yanhou, who was feinting outside the Wenchang Gate in the direction of Xicheng, actually saw the guards taking the initiative to open the city gate to welcome them into the city.
Zhonghe Gate, who ran early, was also stabbed through the cavalry who galloped into the city when he reached the street.
The cavalry entered the main street of the city through the urn city, and rode away for a long time, Wang Biao led the troops to guard the gates of the east city to prevent the rich from taking the opportunity to escape, and Zhao Hu took a picture of the people in the city who raised up in the city to welcome the rebels into the city.
They were organizing an attack on the Chu Palace, wanting to enter the palace and loot the goods, but they were blocked by Xu Xueyan, who commanded the recruits of the Chu Palace, and were driven to the corner of the street from the main gate of the Chu Palace.
Although the recruits of Chu Mansion in Xu Xueyan's hands were also composed of stragglers, they were completely superior to the former in terms of equipment and armament and leader's combat power.
Therefore, the corpses were lying all over the street, the blood was red, and the city gates in the west and south were in danger, and Xu Xueyan was not seen, because Zhu Huakui wanted him to protect his safety.
Outside the city gate on the east side of Wuchang City, Cao Mang only reconnoitred and did not garrison the position, just to prevent the reinforcements from the east from taking them by surprise.
Before entering the city, many city officials and large families fled from there, until the people of the incident organized a large-scale unrest, guarded the main street, and robbed a large family who wanted to escape.
The poor people saw more of this kind of behavior, and they also began to loot with the general trend, and the number of people gathered more and more, so they hit the idea on Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu in the palace of the king of Chu.
Among the militia who were losing and retreating, someone saw Zhao Hu, who was in the lead, and immediately raised the yellow flag he was carrying, only to see a sentence written on it: "The world is chaotic, and the heroes are high-spirited." He shouted: "We are willing to surrender when we are in charge, save me quickly." ”
Zhao Hu didn't say a word, handed the horse lance to the soldiers around him, took off the hard bow behind his back, aimed at Xu Xueyan, and shot an arrow.
Xu Xueyan's armor is good, the enemy's bow and arrow can't be pierced, there is no danger, seeing that the two armies in front and rear are about to smash the militia to pieces, everyone hurriedly fled to the lanes on both sides of the street.
He found Zhao Hu from the crowd at a glance, the wolf teeth in his hand danced to smash him, Zhao Hu threw away the bow and arrow, took back the horse lance from the hands of his own soldiers, and looked at the seam between the pole wood and the iron hammer, and the longitudinal lance stabbed out.
Zhao Hu's horse lance is sharpened with a very sharp head. Coupled with sufficient strength, rich experience in siege, and a long time of training with Cao Mang, he knows where the weak position of the mace is. Unexpectedly, he suddenly broke the interface, leaned down, avoided the flying wolf fangs, and swept the lance sideways.
Xu Xueyan didn't have time to be surprised, he quickly withdrew his stick and put it on his chest, and the horse lance followed, and the sweeping force was heavy, but he didn't chase his chest, but only fell in front of him and stabbed the mount.
Blood splattered on the front legs of the war horse, with a sad scream, he knelt down, threw Xu Xueyan to the ground, and the long stick was gone, and then when he struggled to get up, several spears followed, unable to move.
Zhao Hu only glanced at him, ignored the lance, and left only a few personal soldiers in charge of guarding, leading the troops straight into the Chu Mansion recruit array behind Xu Xueyan.
Everywhere he passed, none of the enemy's soldiers matched their opponents, and they killed all of them.
The surrounding sergeants swept across with their horses and cheered in unison.
At this time, the Zuojin King Department of the northern city wall finally arrived, and the city guards did not know the variables in the city for the first time, and tried their best to resist.
The soldiers of the left battalion got few ships, and it was a battalion of more than 5,000 people who came up to fight the first formation.
Soon, I heard a shocking cheer in the palace of the King of Chu.