Bright Spring

Huang Zhong glanced at it, clasped his fists and gritted his teeth, and said, "The last general obeys orders!"

...Huang Zhong could see clearly that the picture placed in the big tent of the Chinese army was the picture of Duobang City; the place that Hou Xincheng was pointing at was the southwest corner of Duobang City.

That night, Huang Zhong mobilized 4000 people under his command to gather in the southwest of Duobang City, and ordered all the ministries to prepare to attack the city tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Huang Zhong summoned dozens of generals from more than a hundred households.Everyone rode to the flag of the chief general, waiting for the general to speak.

The sun hadn't risen yet, and the sky was still very dark, but the cannon had already been fired, and the generals seemed to be numb, not paying attention to the deafening cannon nearby.Dozens of people got off their horses and saluted one after another, looking up at Huang Zhong who was still sitting on the horseback.

Huang Zhong said: "When I came to Annan Kingdom, I just came out of the Imperial Prison, and I borrowed the head on my shoulder from the Marquis of Xincheng."

There were a few sparse laughter from the crowd.There was no trace of a smile on Huang Zhong's face, he glanced at the direction of the laughter with a blue face, and ignored it.

Huang Zhongdao: "The base soil on the southwest side is almost reaching the top of the wall, and we will build four ladders, so every time we attack, there will be eight hundred teams. We will draw lots for a while, and it depends on the destiny when we catch them.

Within today, our guard will attack five times.Every time the city is attacked, it is after all the people died last time.Ben will finally take the law enforcement team and personal soldiers to the city.Ben Jiang didn't want to die in the imperial prison, Duobang City was the place to be buried! "

No one in the crowd could laugh anymore, and the surroundings were dead, only the sound of cannons and shouts in the distance could be heard one after another.

Huang Zhong pointed to several Hongwu cannons under the banner, and said: "These cannons will be loaded with stones and iron pellets and placed behind; Come back, kill them all! All generals have the right to execute in front of the battle. Those who run away, kill! Those who retreat, kill!

If the military commander escaped by himself, he would have reported those people who were greedy for life and fear of death to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.They will be sentenced to death | crimes, their families will be implicated, their sons will no longer inherit the position of a hundred households, and their children and grandchildren will be exiled as slaves and women as prostitutes.

If a hundred households die in battle, the son-in-law can inherit the position of the hundred households; before the battle, the hundred households will be tested for military power.If a hundred households die, the general banner will take over the military power of the hundred households; if the general banner dies, the small banner will take over the military power of the hundred households.Until there is no one left in each hundred-household team, or the city wall is captured. "

Huang Zhong paused, looked back at the silent generals around him, and continued: "I put my whole family's life on Duobang City, and I'm not afraid of doing things that offend others. The ugly words are before, if there are people who steal and play tricks, don't Blame this will be merciless! Can you hear everything clearly?"

Responses came from the crowd one after another, and people's expressions were very solemn.

Huang Zhong exhaled, and said again: "This battle, as long as you give me a good face, I can talk about other things. After the battle, no matter what you do, I will take care of you. Duobang City is here. In an important town, there are many wealthy and wealthy families, I also heard that some of the beautiful girls selected by the Hu family are in Duobang City..."

At this moment, a man actually laughed and said: "General Huang can mean what he says!"

Huang Zhongxun looked over, and sneered: "In front of so many brothers, I would have done what I said!" He glanced at the small paper ball brought by the soldiers, and said, "If you draw lots, let's get ready. "

... The Baihu who was joking in front of the army was called Yin Desheng. He was a young man less than 20 years old.Originally, there were many Guangxi soldiers in Zhang Fu's camp, and Yin Desheng's troops should have followed the King of Han; but last year, Yin Desheng was transferred to Huang Zhong's guards and horses, and this year he was still under Huang Zhong's restraint and came under Zhang Fu's command.

Yin Desheng caught the No. 16 note, and the civil official in charge of recording told him: "You can't do it in the first attack. You will shoot | arrows and cannons in the back and wait. Once the military order is issued, you will fill it in according to the military order."

Yin Desheng returned to his hundred-household team with the note, and summoned General Banner, Xiaoqi and other generals. After briefly explaining the matter, he said loudly: "Anyone who flees will die. If you enter the city, You can do whatever you want. Last time we suffered a big loss at Qinzhan, we were so aggrieved, this time we have to get our face back!"

After hearing the commotion among the soldiers, everyone shouted happily for a while.

Not long after, Commander Wei began to blow the horn.Yin Desheng yelled to rectify the soldiers and horses, got on the horses and led the centurion to follow the soldiers and horses, and slowly moved forward.

The sky is still foggy|mist, large and small fires flicker non-stop, and there is a roar and noise between the sky and the earth.All the armies moved towards the direction where the flames were shining, and the formation steadily approached.

Next to Yin Desheng, there is a small flag leader named Liu Da, who is not yet 50 years old, but he is called Old Man Liu because he is the oldest regular soldier in the entire hundred-household team.Old man Liu is unmarried and has no son, and his military rank is also low. He has not had a nephew to succeed him for a long time, so he has worked in the army until now.

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, old man Liu said: "We are all going to see | die..."

"Ah?" Yin Desheng didn't hear clearly.

Old man Liu took two quick steps, and said kindly: "The general above only wants to make meritorious deeds, Yin Baihu knows that, you are still young, if you can survive, you are better than anything else."

Yin Desheng smiled and said: "Old people are cowards, haha! Old man Liu, don't try to run away, you can't escape..."

Chapter 3 The whole country resists the enemy (8)

In the southwest corner of Duobang City, the gray dust and mist lingered.There was a row of turpentine fire wires burning in front of Liu Da, and the smoke and black smoke of turpentine burning was lingering.Holding the bow and arrow in his hand, he stared blankly at the fire on the city wall in front of him.

A raging fire ignited on a ladder, and those young and strong young people screamed loudly, turning into balls of flames and falling down from above.The Annan army at the top of the city was still smashing the porcelain pots below, and the oil in the pots poured out and immediately added to the flames.

The ladder on the left front side is useless!Not far away, a military general pointed his knife over there and shouted, "Fire the cannon!"

"Boom boom boom..." Liu Da was soon enveloped by white smoke, and he coughed.At this time, Yin Desheng's voice from a hundred households shouted to shoot arrows again, and the soldiers in Liu Da's row lowered their bows and arrows one after another, and ignited the tarpaulin wrapped around the arrow clusters on the turpentine wire in front of them. "Bang bang bang..." The strings sounded one after another, and the rockets in the air flew towards the top of the city like fireflies.

Liu Da spotted an enemy soldier holding an earthen pot on the crenel, and shot an arrow at it with a "bang".The rocket hit the earthen jar, and the cluster of arrows smashed the earthen jar, and the burning oilcloth ignited the flowing oil.Liu Da vaguely saw that the enemy soldier was burning all over, staggered and fell to the bottom of the city, the screams were mixed with countless shouts, like a small stone thrown into the sea without splashing any waves .

Liu Dagang took out an arrow from the quiver and was still looking at the scene on the top of the city when he suddenly saw many enemy soldiers holding firecrackers appearing.Liu Da hastily shouted: "Bow and arrow|Hands back, shield up!"

When the soldiers in the front row heard the shout, they took two steps back one after another, allowing the spear and shield soldiers behind to step forward through the gap.Fortunately, Liu yelled early, and sure enough, a row of firecrackers flashed densely.Liu D shrunk his neck, and heard the wide-brimmed iron hats on the heads of several young people next to him being hit by the firecrackers and arrows "jingling, jingling, jingling".

"Ah!" There was a loud cry, and the large shield in the hands of a soldier of the Ming Dynasty fell down. The man covered his face with his hands and kept yelling.

A ladder truck slowly pushed up from behind and was passing by Liu Da.Because the fire on a ladder was getting bigger and bigger, it couldn't be extinguished at all, and no one continued to climb it, and a new ladder was needed there.

Under the fire-burning ladder, the soldiers of the Ming army turned around one after another and ran towards the slope of the base. Many soldiers were climbing up the city wall with their shields.The entire city wall was filled with smoke, and arrows flew in all directions like locusts.

The situation on the base soil was even worse. The two sides were stabbing each other with long|guns across a wall.The arrows and javelins in the air were very dense, and the shouts and miserable cries had already resounded through the sky and the earth.Under the corners of the walls on both sides of the base, corpses have piled up like a mountain!

At this moment, suddenly there was a commotion from the rear army, and Liu Da heard someone shout: "The right deputy general, Marshal Zhang, is here!"

Liu Da followed the sound and looked around, and sure enough, he saw a group of fine riders running behind, and a banner with the character "Zhang" on one side was flying in the wind.Every time the general in the blood-red cloak came to the side of a phalanx, he shouted in person: "This city is held by thieves! It is a great achievement to capture Duobang City. A man should serve the country with his own body, and make great achievements in one fell swoop! Those who climb the city, I, Zhang Fu, will not be rewarded again and again."

Yin Desheng, a young hundred household nearby, saw the general of the Chinese army coming to the battlefield in person, so he waved his knife excitedly and shouted: "The man has made great achievements!"

"Make meritorious deeds..." All the troops shouted loudly.

The generous shouts soon subsided as the commander rode away on horseback, and the screams, groans, and cries from the air once again shrouded the city.

The sun gradually rose overhead, but the smoke was thick, and the sun's shadow was dim, as if it were in the clouds.

At this time, General Huang Zhong and his party came to the front of the army on horseback, and Yin Desheng from a hundred households immediately came forward to pay their respects.

Huang Zhongdao: "Did you see the fortress on the right front? Li Baihu's men and horses are all dead, and he himself is dead. They can't continue to attack the city. Yin Baihu, you must attack the city wall!"

Yin Desheng clasped his fists and said, "The last general has orders!"

"Woo..." There was a long sound from the horn behind him, and as soon as the drum beat, Yin Desheng drew out his saber and shouted: "Go forward in sequence!"

Liu Da clenched the bow and arrow in his hand, followed behind the spear and shield soldiers, and followed up with the remaining eight or nine young men under his command. They quickly jumped over the line of fire burning turpentine in front of them.

There was a "swish" in the smoke, and black shadows of arrows continued to break through the mist.From time to time, someone yelled and fell to the ground. No one in the hundred-household team paid attention to the injured. They had to rush up the wall, and the wounded soldiers could only be left for the help of the brothers behind.

Liu Da turned his head and said to his juniors: "When you go up, there will be crowds of people, don't worry about running, just be smart and look ahead. Don't be in a hurry to shoot the arrow, and don't run out of strength."

Everyone responded several times one after another.

"Kill!" Yin Baihu yelled, the military flag was waved, and the spear and shield soldiers in front rushed towards Leitu first.Liu Da and the others also ran forward.

When the people climbed up the soil slope, Yin Baihu's face turned pale a lot, and it seemed that he was not as impassioned as before.There is no soil at all on the slope, it is full of dead|people!People can only use their hands and feet to climb up from the dead.

Liu Da turned his head and glanced under the slope, the corner of the city wall was like a mass grave or a mass grave!The corpses below are already piled up. There are people from the Ming army, those from the Annan army, and people wearing various hats.

"Ah..." There were several screams from above.Suddenly, many sharpened bamboos flew out from a bed|crossbow, stabbing towards the faces of the soldiers in front.A soldier's chest was pierced straight through, but the man was not dead, he was stuck there spitting blood and struggling desperately.

Liu Da looked up and saw that many enemy soldiers were walking to the crenel with firecrackers.He opened his bow and set his arrows, but saw a cart loaded with wooden barrels pushed against the wall, and white smoke was still rising from the wooden barrels.Liu Da took aim at the enemy soldier standing next to the barrel, and shot an arrow with a "bang".