Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Boulders covered with kerosene, waiting for the blazing flames, were like meteorites falling from the sky, smashing fiercely one after another on the city wall.

Chapter 139 Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang

boom!boom!boom!

The ground shook and the mountains shook, and amidst the thick fire smoke, shattered bricks and stones burst out, and there was a lot of wailing and screaming.Even those who were directly hit by the stone bullets in the crowd were even a large exploding piece of flesh and blood.

Of course, now can be regarded as the age of firearms, trebuchets naturally not only have stone bullets, but also real shells!

This is not made by Li Xiu using the thinking of a traveler, but a cannonball that already existed in this era, that is, it is made of cast iron, filled with gunpowder, and equipped with a fuze.

Ignite the fuze, use the trebuchet to launch, hit the explosion, and the iron pieces fly horizontally. It can be regarded as a large grenade, and its lethality is naturally not weak at all.

Speaking of which, the wars of this era are quite similar to the coordination of modern infantry and artillery.

The trebuchet bombarded non-stop, and the cannons erected in front of the army formation were also pouring firepower towards Ansai City in the midst of bursts of gunpowder smoke.

With the cover of trebuchets and artillery, the infantry pushed a series of siege equipment to follow, and slowly moved towards the city wall.

"Damn, why are these officers and soldiers so fierce!"

On the tower, Li Zicheng watched the attack of the Yongwei Battalion outside the city through the arrow holes with some trepidation.

Since the incident, he has fought against the imperial court officers and soldiers a lot, but this is the first time he has seen a battle fought in such a strict and orderly manner.

Moreover, just by looking at the majestic and majestic aura of the military array outside the city, it can be seen that this official army is definitely not easy to mess with.

Moreover, it is absolutely ruthless!

It's not that he hasn't seen the scene of forcing the rebels to die just now, and he even saw a few familiar people in it.

"This time it's estimated to be over!"

Thinking of the recent defeat of the rebel army across the board and the viciousness of the army in front of him, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.

Immediately, Li Zicheng felt a deep sense of regret.

He joined the bandit army because of his good luck. He ate well in the emperor's food and earned some extra money from time to time. But when he came back to visit his relatives, he was dragged into the bandit army.

I wanted to fool around, so I found an opportunity to sneak away, and continued to go back to eat his imperial food and live his peaceful life, but who knows, he was appreciated by others and promoted to be a small boss.

As the saying goes, one wrong step, one wrong step, one wrong step, and by mistake, he actually became the adopted son of Gao Yingxiang, the number one general of the rebel army.

Now, where is there any imperial food to eat!

Step by step, he was apprehensive and apprehensive, and he finally felt relieved when the imperial court appeased him, but now...

"Self-formed..."

Just when Li Zicheng was in a state of anxiety, the voice in his ears made his heart tense. Li Zicheng subconsciously stood up and responded seriously.

"The end is here!"

At this moment, beside Li Zicheng, it seems to be Gao Yingxiang, the controller of Ansai City.

For some unknown reason, Gao Yingxiang has been dressed in extremely conspicuous white since the incident.

Today's army besieging the city is no exception. He is dressed in a white robe, so he should not be too conspicuous in this bloody battlefield.

Of course, for the rebel soldiers in the city, this conspicuous white is a good thing. At least, they can clearly know that the main general of the city is always on the front line with them, which is enough to stabilize morale.

There are naturally many disadvantages, such as many brave guards who have already boarded the siege vehicles, their eyes are already fixed on this conspicuous white.

The greatest military exploits are nothing more than being the first to ascend and capture the general!

When both of them are in front of you, it is enough for people to gamble on the glory and wealth.

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang did not have the vigor of the past, the rebel army was defeated so fast, so fast that Gao Yingxiang didn't even think about what to do, and the imperial army had already approached the city.

He is also the commander of the army, so it can be seen at a glance that the imperial army outside the city is very different from the Yulin frontier army he fought against before.

This extremely smooth and well-coordinated infantry siege alone far surpassed the Yulin frontier army that attacked before.

Of course, if it was just a pure imperial army attacking, no matter how elite he was, he would still have some confidence. The same as the army's advance and suppression, how long can it last?

He knew that the imperial army was divided into three groups, and only the left army was the one that encircled and suppressed him. The other two armies seemed to be approaching the main force of the rebel army.

The main force of the rebel army can't protect itself, so there will be no extra troops to support him. If there are no reinforcements from outside, if you stick to it, you will defend a dead city and walk a dead end!

Of course, if the main force of the rebel army can turn defeat into victory, that would be a different story, but this possibility seems to be a joke in the current situation of complete defeat.

How Gao Yingxiang struggled was naturally out of Erwazi's consideration. He only had this Ansai City in his eyes.

The three armies consisted of himself, Zhou Yuji, and Yan Shun as the main generals.

The three of them are also the only ones among the tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire brave guard battalion who passed Li Xiu's test and were given the important task of leading an army alone.

Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Even if they are both in robes, how can they not have the heart of comparison, especially for Erwazi.

After all, he is different from Zhou Yuji and Yan Shun, and it is not that there are gossips circulating in the army.

He needs military exploits, even military exploits that are far more prominent than the two of them, to silence everyone.

What's more, he couldn't live up to Li Xiu's expectations.

Take down the important town of Ansai, turn the front of the troops, block the escape route of the rebels, and directly encircle the main force of the rebels with the other two armies!

Then, in this battle, he should take the lead!

The siege is still going on, and the huge siege equipment is moving towards the city wall bit by bit under the push of manpower. The defenders on the city wall will naturally not be able to sit down on all of this.

The artillery fires, bullets hit the slowly advancing siege equipment, and at the same time, countless rockets fly out, trying to destroy the siege engine, but also killing and wounding the thieves who are pushing the attack equipment. Soldiers captured.

Similarly, the counterattack of the siege battalion was extremely swift and fierce. The huge siege vehicles were more than ten feet higher than the city wall, and the firecrackers and archers were condescending. Cooperating with the trebuchets and artillery in the rear, they suppressed the rebels on the city wall. Army's counterattack.

Before the city wall arrived, the fight between the two sides had already become fierce. This Gao Yingxiang's unit fought back fiercely, and their determination to resist was also extremely strong. Dozens of large and small siege equipment were destroyed before they completely approached the city wall. A little half.

But under the orderly counterattack of the Yongwei Battalion, the remaining siege equipment finally leaned firmly on the Ansai city wall.

kill!

Shocking shouts of killing suddenly rang out, and the bloodiest battle of first ascending in the siege battle was completely started!

1 Chapter Forty

"kill!"

"Fighter! Die!"

While the gunpowder smoke was billowing, Li Zicheng's face was covered with blood, and with a ferocious expression, he hacked and killed a timid soldier in front of him. Looking around, Li Zicheng shouted violently, full of murderous aura.

Even though he was hesitant and frightened, Li Zicheng had no choice at this moment!

If he wanted to survive, he could only block the official army's attack first. As for whether to break through or defend, it was not up to him to decide.

Although it seems that the siege of the city is already in full swing, in fact, so far, the Yongwei Battalion has only used some auxiliary soldiers. That's all.

Under the city tower, batch after batch of captive soldiers were forced to climb up the tall siege ladder under the supervision of the soldiers waiting in battle, and then rushed to the top of the city to fight with the former Paoze.

At this critical juncture, facing the former robes that were forced by the Yongwei Battalion to rush up the tower, the defenders on the city wall had no other choice but to aim their blades at these former robes and slash them down.

In just a short moment, the top of the city was covered with blood and corpses.

Gao Yingxiang's iconic white robe seemed to have been dyed blood red, but in war, one's own bravery has never been able to affect the battle situation.

As the war continued, it was no longer the ragged captives of the bandit army that boarded the city, but the brave guards who gradually emerged into the system.

In fact, the treatment of the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion was unmatched by other armies of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that they never defaulted on the slightest amount of military pay and the open supply of food every month, just that all the soldiers in the army are wearing armor, this point is enough to make any army in Ming Dynasty feel ashamed.

Regardless of any other factors, when a man in armor fights against an unarmored soldier, the man in armor obviously has the absolute upper hand.

And that's the case with the current battle for first ascending.

The established brave guards are all in armor, arranged in a formation, and they are still in the narrow place of the city head, which is enough to easily occupy a local advantage.

Convergence of advantages everywhere is an irreparable disadvantage for the defenders in the city!

Although Gao Yingxiang was brave and his generals fought hard, facing the gap between quality and quantity, their defeat became more and more obvious.

"Bring up the reserve team!"

Gao Yingxiang's eyes were red, and he shouted loudly.

Up to now, the battle has completely exceeded his expectations. According to his thinking, he can last for ten days. This time is enough for him to judge the situation clearly and find a way out for himself.

But now, it was only the first wave of attack by the government and army, and it seemed that they could no longer hold on, and the defeat was obvious.

Even if this wave of official army attacks is repelled, what about the second wave and the third wave?

He could see clearly that the main force of the army outside the city hadn't moved yet!

Now this wave of offense, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a tentative offense!

As for the surrender of Xiancheng, Gao Yingxiang never thought about it from the beginning to the end.

Surrendering, ordinary soldiers and generals may have a way to survive, but a thief like him will definitely end up beheaded for public display.

What's more, just looking at the attitude of this officer army towards the captives, he couldn't even think of surrendering.

The battle to break the city went so smoothly, which was beyond Erwazi's expectations. You must know that he is extremely caring about this so-called number one general of the bandit army.

Unexpectedly, he still had a lot of means to use, and the bandit army seemed to be unable to hold on.

In this way, it is naturally beating the dog in the water!

"Send another battalion of infantry up to make preparations for the cavalry to prevent the bandits from abandoning the city and fleeing!"

The general order was issued, and when another battalion of infantry ascended the tower, the balance of the war was completely tilted.

As for Gao Yingxiang, he was still making the final struggle.

Leading a group of confidantes, and the only reserve team in the city, they resolutely counterattacked towards the Yongwei Battalion that had already occupied half of the city wall.

"Then Gao Yingxiang is still on the tower?"

After hearing the news of the battle ahead, Erwazi also frowned, and his demeanor was already extremely similar to Li Xiu.

"The leader of the thieves personally led a group of thieves to launch a counterattack against the Xiandeng soldiers of our army. The momentum was very rampant, and the vanguard soldiers of our army suffered heavy casualties."

"Gao Yingxiang... Li Zicheng..."

Looking at the clearly visible fighting scene at the top of the city, Erwazi frowned, but these two names reappeared in his heart.

He didn't have any special feelings about these two names, they were nothing more than the two generals in the Yan'an bandit army. He has a crush on these two.

"Let the guard camp prepare, follow me to the city, and I will see how Gao Yingxiang is fighting back!"

As soon as the words fell, Erwazi stepped forward on the horse, and all the guards around him also followed suit.

Now the top of the city has been occupied by the brave guard battalion. Under such circumstances, the war, for the bandits in the city, has changed from defending the city to fighting for the city tower.

Ascending the city, there are not too many obstacles.

However, the top of the city is narrow and cannot accommodate too many troops. Therefore, before the city gate is captured, the city can only be pushed forward bit by bit in this anxiety.

The so-called general is the courage of a soldier. A large part of the reason why the bandit army in the city was able to resist tenaciously in such a declining situation was naturally the reason for the courage of the general, Gao Yingxiang.

And as Erwazi came to the top of the city and raised the flag high, the morale of the brave guards who already had the upper hand increased a little bit.

You must know that the battle of ascending the city was not only a life-and-death danger during the ascending process for the soldiers who ascended the city first, but the most dangerous thing was that the battle for the top of the city was unfavorable, and they had to withdraw their troops.

For the soldiers below the city, withdrawing troops means retreating directly, but for the soldiers who stepped on the tower first, retreating means either becoming a prisoner or fighting to the death. As for the possibility of retreating, it is too small.

But now, the lord will come to the city in person, the most worrying possibility, of course, does not exist, so the improvement of morale can be imagined.

At this moment, the balance of war is completely tilted!

"How brave!"

Seeing the general flag raised suddenly, and the second child who stood out surrounded by all the generals, Gao Yingxiang didn't know that the chief general of the army had come to the city!

Gao Yingxiang couldn't help admiring how brave he was to visit the tower in person when the situation was uncertain and he was still fighting for the top of the tower.

But after the admiration, a strong sense of powerlessness came to my heart.

Half of the city wall has been lost, and with the continuous support of the officers and soldiers, the defeat has become more and more obvious.

It can even be said that the defeat is doomed!

"General, break out!"

Some generals exhorted.

Gao Yingxiang was also entangled, but when he saw Erwazi surrounded by the generals again, the entanglement disappeared.