Bright Spring

... The routines of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao are completely different.Li Jinglong didn't repair the fortifications at all, and set off cannons early the next morning, firing from all sides.

The Wankou blunderbuss and Hongwu cannons on the walls of Beiping also fired back one after another.All of a sudden, the whole city was firing guns, and gunpowder filled the walls.On the foggy ground, countless lights flashed from time to time, like lightning in the clouds.

The wooden parts of the ladder that I don't know come from have already been partially assembled.When the gunpowder smoke blew away, countless infantry carrying shields and various weapons filled the air from under the city wall, pushing tall ladders slowly approaching like tides.

"Boom boom boom..." The artillery didn't seem to stop for a moment.

Zhu Gaoxu was attracted by the raging fire in the distance again. A ladder close to the city wall was on fire. Black smoke was billowing, and many soldiers jumped down from the smoke.The black smoke was so thick that it couldn't be burned with wood or ordinary vegetable oil. Zhu Gaoxu reckoned it was the "fire oil" stored in the city...in fact, it was oil dug out of the ground.

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud noise, and a lump of round stones hit the nearby wall pile, and the bricks and stones flew wildly, and a soldier fell to the ground and screamed loudly.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw that half of the soldier's face was covered with flesh and blood. He stretched out his hand and trembled beside his face, but he didn't dare to press it down. He just yelled "Ah! Ah...".

Amidst the gunpowder smoke, slender black shadows swayed, which were arrows flying randomly in the air.The surrounding sergeants drew out their arrow feathers from their quiver, drew their bows and set their arrows, without aiming at all, and just shot the arrows with a "bang" at the bottom.

Not long after, arrows flew up from the city wall.A soldier was shot by an arrow in his chest and had already dropped his bow. He was sitting behind the wall, grabbing the arrow and shouting.

Holding the handle of the knife, Zhu Gaoxu dragged the heavy armor that jingled, and walked into the tower.In this kind of battle, force is almost useless, and it depends on luck to die. Zhu Gaoxu doesn't want to stand there.

Not long after, Wang Bin, Wei Da, Liu Ying and others also followed in, and everyone had nothing to say.

On the first day, the official army's attack was not violent, there were too few ladders, and they mainly relied on artillery bows and arrows to project firepower on the city. The infantry's attack was intermittent and irregular.But Zhu Gaoxu reckoned that after Li Jinglong brought over more heavy equipment, the battle would be even more brutal.

Chapter 61 Unexpected

The officers and soldiers came from the south, and the largest number of people gathered outside Lizhengmen, the south gate of Beiping.Cannon fire roared outside the city and gunpowder smoke billowed, but the crown prince still sat at Lizhengmen in person!

Zhu Gaoxu, Yao Guangxiao and others were also standing beside Shizi, and everyone in the tower couldn't help coughing "cough cough cough..." from time to time.The gunpowder smoke and the thick smoke from the burning oil are very choking.

The smell of burning oil is like the mixed stench of gasoline and asphalt. Zhu Gaoxu seems to be in a 30-year-old dilapidated car.

Although the people on the tower were condescending, their vision was affected by the thick smoke, and they couldn't see the scene outside clearly.From time to time, soldiers walked into the city tower and knelt down on one knee to report the situation. When the gunfire was dense, even the voice of speech was often inaudible, and the surrounding atmosphere was noisy and tense.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: Although the offensive and defensive forces in Beiping City are bigger than the previous ones in Yongping City, the reason is the same.The danger comes from the continuous consumption of the defenders, which will lead to weak troops; the real solution to the problem is the reinforcements!

Now that the battle has not been fought for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu is not too worried for the time being.

At this moment, suddenly a bloody general rushed into the Lizheng Gate Tower!Everyone looked sideways, and Shizi was also attracted.

The general didn't wait to ask, and immediately said: "It's not good! His Royal Highness, the Zhangyi Gate has been breached!"

"What?!" Shizi's obese body suddenly became extremely agile, and he bounced off the chair all at once.Everyone in the tower was in an uproar immediately, their faces changed, and even Zhu Gaoxu, who was distracted just now, was stunned.

Someone next to him said: "It's less than ten days, how could the fortified city of Beiping be breached?"

Yao Guangxiao couldn't sit still anymore: "The situation is critical! There are so many officers and soldiers, once they rush into the city, Beiping will not be able to defend it! My son, send reinforcements immediately, desperately, we must take back Zhangyimen!"

Seeing that the son is inconvenient to move, Zhu Gaoxu can't sit still anymore. Now he and everyone in Beiping are grasshoppers on the same rope!He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Brother, the troops I brought back are just in the west, and they are not arranged to go to the city. Please order, Brother, allow me to lead the army to reinforce immediately!"

"Okay! Second brother go!" The prince put aside his personal grievances for a while, and said in an extremely sincere tone, "Once second brother leaves, there is still a turning point!"

"I will try my best." Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and ran out of the tower in a hurry.

The prince was still talking to the generals in the back, and was arranging more troops near Zhangyimen to reinforce.

"Kang Dang...Kang Dang..." Zhu Gaoxu ran down the city, the heavy armor on his body colliding with the violent movement.Once the city gate is broken, the rhythm of the battle will suddenly speed up. At this time, every second is very deadly!

Zhu Gaoxu rushed down the tower, jumped on his horse, and ran towards the west of the city at the fastest speed.Fortunately, the crown prince had already ordered the entire city to be under martial law before the war started. Several streets in the city were blocked, and no common people were allowed to enter, just to keep the roads clear in an emergency, so that troops can be dispatched quickly!

After riding for a while, Zhu Gaoxu finally saw the cavalry lined up on the side of the street.Before he reached the place, he immediately shouted: "Wang Bin, take your cavalry with me to Zhangyimen! Wei Da, lead the infantry to run forward, and immediately transfer to Zhangyimen!"

"Order!"

Although Zhu Gaoxu has tried his best to send reinforcements as quickly as possible, it takes time to deploy troops!After some delay, in such a period of time, I don't know how many officers and soldiers entered the city!There are as many as 50 officers and soldiers outside the city.

This unscientific!It shouldn't be over so easily, right?

Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to Zhangyi Gate first, and heard the roar of killing in front of him. When he got closer, he saw the gate of Zhangyi Gate opened wide, and there was a mass of soldiers and horses fighting at the gate.The nearby defenders and reinforcements arrived without waiting for the Chinese army's order.

The gate of the city was full of gunpowder smoke, arrows flew randomly, and the firecrackers of "bang bang..." kept ringing. The gate of the city was crowded with people and horses, and Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry could not get up for the time being. He saw a general defending the army shouting there, so he shot Immediately forward.

Zhu Gaoxu called the general to stop, and asked angrily, "How can the officers and soldiers break the door?"

The general recognized the king of Gaoyang County, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "The last general has just arrived. It is said that because there are few officers and troops outside Zhangyi Gate, there are not many guards at Zhangyi Gate. The guards were a little careless, and they were arrested by the officials." Jun climbed up from the ladder!

This officer army was very fierce, taking advantage of our army's unpreparedness, they quickly climbed up the main wall from the moon city with a ladder; the defenders on the wall were defeated, and the officer army rushed down the ramp over there Defeat the defenders from inside the city gate and open the city gate! "

After Zhu Gaoxu listened to the general process, the defenders resisted several times, but none of them blocked it. Isn't this offensive of the officers and soldiers smashing all the way?

At this moment, I suddenly saw a mess at the gate of the city, and a large number of soldiers of the Yan army fled to the streets on both sides, screaming and shouting loudly, it was like throwing away their helmets and armor!The infantry of the Yan army in the back soon advanced forward again under the yelling of the generals.

Zhu Gaoxu and others led the cavalry to follow up, and saw that the officers and soldiers were standing in formation at the gate of the city, only defending and not rushing into the city.There is also a spacious sloping passage near the city gate, leading to the city wall. The opening there is also guarded by officers and soldiers. It is estimated that the main reason is to prevent the defenders from reinforcements from the city wall.

The infantry of the officers and soldiers is in the front, the cavalry is behind, and the people and horses are cleared up.Zhu Gaoxu couldn't believe it. With the organization of the ancient army, the rebellious army that had just entered the city gate could quickly deploy?

"Tell Cao Guogong to send troops over here, hurry up!" Behind the ranks of the officers and soldiers, a general on horseback shouted loudly, even Zhu Gaoxu could hear his voice.

Zhu Gaoxu thought in his heart: No wonder the officers and soldiers did not take advantage of the situation to rush into the city. The defenders of Zhangyi Gate were weak, and there were not many officers and soldiers entering the city; but this officer and general was very smart. Killed in!

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the general and asked, "Who is the enemy general?"

Someone replied: "Captain Qu Neng!"

At this moment, the fighting in front suddenly became fierce, and a large number of Yan troops approached the city gate. "Bang bang bang..." The firecrackers in front of the officers and soldiers rang out one after another, and the cavalry behind them rode and shot one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu observed carefully and saw that the infantry in front of Qu Neng was arranged in an unusual way. There were firecrackers and crossbows at intervals between the spearmen. A large number of melee infantry were fighting with the Yan army in the front. Another bow and arrow throw...

At this time, the chaotic and chaotic killing of the men and horses was loud, but Qu Neng's men and horses had a method, and the combination of firepower from far and near was quite deep!In such a narrow place, under the chaotic and tense battle, it is not easy to maintain this effect!

Zhu Gaoxu understood the situation, so he didn't dare to lead his troops to charge... Last time Wang Bin's heavy armor was pierced by a firecracker, which left a deep impression on him!It is too dangerous to rush towards Qu Neng's formation in front of him.

"Hurry up, people, bring up the cannon!" Zhu Gaoxu made a decisive decision and shouted.

At this time, the generals who had rushed several times suddenly came back to their senses, and they all shouted and raised their artillery to bombard them!

Or when the city was suddenly broken, many guards panicked and were eager to take back the city gate, so they just rushed forward and tried to clean up the army here; but it took a lot of time, except for the two sides. Casualties continued to mount without playing any decisive role.

Fortunately, there is no perfect military formation in the world.

Qu Neng was blocked at the gate of the city, with no mobility on foot and cavalry, and the crowd was so dense, wouldn't it collapse after a bombardment?

At this moment, the men and horses on the passageway of the city wall looked empty, and began to rush towards the gate of the city in groups. The cavalry in the corridor of the city gate also turned around first and retreated outside the city... Just as Zhu Gaoxu heard Qu Neng's shout, just now Zhu Gaoxu Qu Neng's yell seemed to be heard too.

Yan Jun finally gained the upper hand and continued to advance towards the gate of the city.

"Stop chasing, block the city gate first!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted again, "Soldiers, go to the city wall immediately!"

Qu Nengbu left behind a pile of corpses and wounded soldiers, passed through the Weng City one after another, and ran out of the city. "Gah..." There was a loud sound from the heavy city gate, and it finally closed slowly.