Chapter 30 Brave County

On the morning of the eighth day of October, the siege of Yongning officially began. More than 3,000 soldiers from the second and third battalions took a unified action and launched an attack on Yongning County together.

The 20 three-pound cannons and 20 tiger squatting guns brought with the army were lined up by Xing Tianjun in the southeast. With Xiao Tianjian's order, these cannons went on fire together and hit the head of the city.

After hearing a series of gunfire, the Xing Tianjun artillery array outside the city suddenly raised a mass of gunpowder smoke. Dozens of shells roared and flew to the city wall. Solid bullets fell everywhere on the wall, and suddenly hit the gravel on the wall. The officers and soldiers guarding the city exclaimed and quickly lay down. It's under the city dish.

The two directions in the southeast of Yongning County seemed to be boiling, and even the ground seemed to tremble in the sound of the gunfire. A team of Xingtian soldiers had already been waiting for the soldiers to set out. After six rounds of fire in a row by the artillery, because the gun barrel began to overheat and stopped firing, they fired one after another. With a roar, Luo Li and Li Shuanzhu commanded the generals under their respective command. They rushed up to the two southeast gates with the long ladders built by the engineering battalion overnight like a tide.

Although Xing Tianjun's artillery was very lively, Xiao Tianjian did not bring the artillery battalion because he went south lightly, and considering that their initial goal of going south was in the mountains of West Henan, although the six-pound cannon was sharp, it was relatively bulky, so he only brought the three-pound gun of the direct artillery of the two or three battalions. Accompanying the expedition, and the three-pound cannon, a light cannon, is best used for field warfare on weekdays. For tough battles, the power seems to be very limited. The shells often break a few bricks on the strong wall. It is difficult to cause structural damage to the wall. Even on the iron gate, it is just Only one dent can be made, and it is basically impossible to destroy the gate.

Therefore, this fire is more like a deterrent to the defenders. It's just to strengthen the courage of the Xingtian army. The real problem is to rely on the two battalions' marches to solve the problem.

Originally, the engineering battalion should have played a good role in dealing with such a strong city. It is best to drill the gopher beam and dig a tunnel to blow up the city wall. However, Xiao Tianjian did not have much time in this battle, so as to take Yongning County in the shortest time, so he finally took a strong attack.

A team of infantry carried the newly built long ladder on their shoulders and rushed to the city wall quickly. A team of firemen carried birds, followed them, lined up horizontally, and also pressed towards the gate.

Looking at the subordinates of the Xingtian Army swarming like ants in the city, and the scarlet battle flags of the Xing Tianjun flying in the team, Wu Dalie couldn't help sweating nervously. He had only heard a few things about the Xing Tianjun before, and knew that the government in Shanxi had done a few things about the Xing Tianjun. In the end, they all returned. Even at the beginning of this year, the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi joined forces and finally ended in failure. The famous Shanxi general Hu Dawei was almost killed on the spot.

In the past two years, Xing Tianjun can be said to be famous in Shanxi, but what he can't figure is that Xing Tianjun stayed well in Shanxi and lived a good life. How could he suddenly enter Henan when he had a good life? And he chose Yongning County, under his jurisdiction, as the target of their first battle. Seeing the well-equipped and morale Xing Tianjun rushing towards the city wall, Wu Dalie's heart was almost hanging to his throat.

Originally, as a civil official, he could completely sit in the county government to command in a city defense battle like this, but considering that the morale of the defenders was not high, if his parents and officials of a county did not dare to go to the battlefield in person, he could not fight this battle, so Wu Dalie gritted his teeth and kissed. He wore an iron armor and a black gauze hat on his head. He also climbed to the south gate of the city with a green sword, and ran back and forth on the wall to cheer for the defenders.

"The soldiers listened. This time, the king of Wan'an took out a bounty. As long as he killed a thief army, he would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and it was cashed on the spot! It's all cheer up! Remember that your relatives are also in the city, and you can't let these thieves enter the city in any case! Even for the lives of your own people, you can't be soft! Give it to me and beat them down! Let them know that our Yongning County can't fight if they want to! Kill it!"

Although Wu Dalie is a literati, he is still a little bloody. He shouted at the officers, soldiers and villagers who guarded the city on the wall and commanded them to prepare for the battle.

Archers and firearms leaned over the mouth of the stack and looked nervously down the city. Seeing that the thieves outside the city were getting closer and closer, they didn't know who couldn't stand it. They lit the firearm in their hands. They only heard a bang, which made the defenders in the city shout strangely one after another. While embolstering themselves, they put their hands one after another. The crossbows and fires in the middle hit the outside of the city.

As the deputy battalion commander of the third battalion, Zhao Er donkey was sent by Li Shuanzhu to personally supervise the battle. Looking at a piece of smoke rising in the city, he sneered. Their front team was still nearly a hundred steps away from the city wall, and the officers and soldiers fired arrows. Except for a very few strong crossbows posed a certain threat to his subordinates. Outside, the rest of the bullets basically landed on the open space.

At such a long distance, not to mention bows and arrows and ordinary three-eyed guns, even the tiger squatting cannons can't pose any threat to the people in the city, which fully explains the weakness of the defenders. If this kind of thing happens in the Xing Tianjun, it is estimated that the officer leading the team can be directly sucked to the end and go down as a soldier. !

"Speed up! The fire is coming to cover the attack!" Zhao Er's donkey was wearing a set of iron armor and a layer of cotton armor inside, which looked majestic. He held a single knife and rushed to the center of the team. He kept waving the single knife in his hand and gave the order harshly.

A team of soldiers carrying a long ladder shouted loudly. Under the leadership of the captain, they strode towards the city wall. No one looked up at what would fall above their heads. In this case, they only remembered one thing, that is, to rush forward, never turn back or retreat, as for whether they will die. They don't care about them. The officers often say that they deserve to die. As long as they are a soldier in the Xingtian Army, they can't be afraid of death. Anyway, whether they are injured or dead on the battlefield, they will eventually be properly settled. If they are injured, someone will be treated. If they are disabled, they can be the chief after the injury. Even if they die, their general will take care of their families and will not let them suffer, so this life will be sold to their general.

As it gets closer and closer to the city wall, the bullets shot down on the city are becoming more and more dense. From time to time, there will be a knife player carrying a long ladder or a long gunman snorting and suddenly falling to the ground, but at this time, no one cares about these fallen brothers, as for injuries. The rescue team behind is responsible for transporting them down, and there will be no situation where these people will be abandoned. The rest of the soldiers still carry the long ladder and continue to rush towards the city wall with bullets and arrows.

Seeing that there were already casualties in the army, Zhao Er donkey shouted, "Fire soldiers line up! Press the defenders on the wall for me! Cover the charge of the brothers!"

At this time, there was a company of firemen led by their company commanders, following the stormtroopers to about 50 steps close to the city wall. With the order of Zhao Erlu, the firemen of this company stopped.

"The gun under the shoulder! Aim... let it go!" An officer with a single knife pointed the tip of the knife to the wall in front of the queue. The bullets being shot at him in the city kept falling beside him and under his feet, and shouted loudly at the firemen behind him.

These more than 200 firemen faithfully followed his command and completed the action. Several firemen were unlucky. Before they could aim and fire, their bodies were hit by bullets. They suddenly threw their guns and fell into the queue and howled in pain, but the rest of them were not moved at all. He continued to raise his gun and aim. After the officer's order was shouted, he pulled down the dragon head of the fire rope together.

Only a dense burst of beans like a shower sounded under the city, and more than 200 projectiles hit the wall.

The officers and soldiers in the city were also forced out of their blood by Wu Dalie at this time. He thought that he, a well-known county lord, was in battle, and they were at least martial artists. How could they not even be as good as civil servants? Seeing that a large number of Xingtian troops were leaning against the foot of the city wall, these soldiers and generals also shot arrows at the foot of the city in a crazy way, trying to stop the thief army from leaning against the foot of the city.

But at this time, the group of thieves under the city suddenly opened fire with birds, and a dense bullet was splashed on the wall like splashing water.

More than 20 officers and soldiers were leaning at the mouth of the stack to shoot arrows or shooting arrows at the city. Suddenly, a cloud of blood fog rose on their bodies. Almost all of them were shot in the chest and abdomen or in the head. Someone was knocked over on the spot and fell on the wall. The blood from the terrible wound was splashed all over the ground, and Several officers and soldiers fell down the city wall on the spot. After hearing a few ploping sound of the body landing, there was no sound again.

Such birds shot in unison, and immediately pressed the defenders on the wall under the city stack in panic. Several timid officers and soldiers looked at the fallen robes around them, and even peed their trousers on the spot. They held their heads hysterically and screamed.