Chapter 262 Night Battle

The crescent moon finally fell, and it was dark in the night, and a pair of eyes were shining.

After two hours of rushing, I finally came to the outside of Gaoyou Mansion. At night, Gaoyou City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. It was very quiet everywhere. Only frogs in the fields kept screaming, and there was a quiet scene.

The horses' hoofs have been wrapped in cloth. When they walk up, there is no sound. Only the horse's mouth chews gently and gasps.

"Lord Youcheng, in front of you is Gaoyou Mansion." A forward soldier quietly reported.

Yu Que looked at the head of the city. Only the top of the tower was full of candlelight, and he sporadically saw that there seemed to be some sentries standing guard.

"Has Lord Dashi arrived yet?" Yu Que asked.

"Lord Dashi has arrived in the north of Gaoyou Mansion. After the adult's side attacks the head of the city and attracts the attention of the defenders, he will attack from the north." The detective has come back from the north.

Yu Que nodded. This time, the cooperation of the troops on both sides was very tacit. He changed the attack plan halfway this time and sent people to quickly give new instructions to Dazhi. Fortunately, or more unlucky, because of the collapse of the navy, Dazhi was lagging behind the journey. Originally, it was to let Dazhi be harmonious first. You have completed the plan to encircle the Gaoyou Mansion. In that case, you will lose your surname suddenly. This time, the two sides will attack together, and you must take down the Gaoyou Mansion!

Due to the rapid march, the news that the baldness had been defeated has not yet spread. Yu Que is a little optimistic. If the strange soldiers work tonight, they will take down the Gaoyou Mansion. It is said that they will march eastward and take advantage of the residual power of the soldiers to take all the lost land. The key assault, full blooming, attacking Gaoyou first, and then destroying the others, is Yu Que's strategy.

"Order, the first 10,000 team in front of you to prepare for the siege." Yu Que said, "The four 10,000 teams behind are scattered to both sides, ready to provide bow and arrow cover. Be careful not to make a sound."

The 10,000-person team at the front has begun to get off. Similarly, Yu Que's troops are all cavalry. If they want to attack the city, only the infantry can complete it. The horse can't go up the city wall, and they can't climb up with their bare hands. Therefore, when Yu Que came out this time, he had already carried the siege equipment in advance: a simple ladder.

Among all the siege equipment, the ladder is the simplest, and there are also two kinds of ladders: one is relatively short, which can be built on the moat, and the other is relatively long, which can be built on the wall of the other party. Two kinds of ladders can be used together. First, put down the short ladder, cross the moat, and then build a long ladder to pedal up the city. The head.

The ladder is still in the rear bridron. It is estimated that it will arrive in half an hour. At that time, it happened to be ugly. It should be the most ripe time for the soldiers to sleep in the city. It is likely that they have pedaled to the head of the city. The soldiers guarding the city have not found it yet. In that case, they can pay the least the least price. Take down the high post office.

Yu Que didn't know that there were the same eyes on the high wall, looking at them.

"Brother, will they really come?" Shi Wenbing asked quietly.

"I hope they don't come." Zhang Yang said. I really can't bear to use those fireworks. During the day, if they attack, they will give full play to the advantages of firearms equipped by their army. On this night, even if they use fireworks, the effect is still not good.

In order to prevent the attack of the tar's bow and arrow, Zhang Yang also ordered to put the door panel and other things on the wall. At that time, in case of a leaking the net of the tar's bow and arrow shooting, it can be covered, but this may be very small.

Zhang Yang focused on the two city walls in the north and south, each with two thousand-person teams. It is expected that the Tatars on the north and south sides will choose to attack at the same time, while in the east, there is only one thousand-person team and a thousand-person team, as a reserve team, ready to help where they are needed at any time.

In the south, there will be contact with the army of Youcheng in the province, which will be a tough battle. Zhang Yang will personally lead the guards. To the north, Shi Nai'an will be guarded by people, and to the east, he will be guarded by Shi Xin. As for the west, it is Gaoyou Lake, which is patrolled by Bian Yuanheng's naval forces. When necessary, Bian Yuanheng's naval forces can also go ashore as a strong reinforcement.

The moon has already gone down, and the city is dark. Even the people with the best eyesight can't see a hundred steps away. Zhang Yang only left a few people with good eyesight to monitor, and the rest hid in the wall, giving the enemy the illusion that he was defenseless.

Some of the soldiers had snored. Zhang Yang did not hesitate to go over, covered his mouth and gave him a kick.

"You should be energetic. When you sleep at this time, do you want to die?" Zhang Yang said in a low voice.

Suddenly, the soldier in charge of the lookout whispered, "Brother, there is a movement."

Zhang Yang quietly poked out his head and saw several figures faintly in the dark open space. They quietly stepped forward, carrying short cloud ladders in their hands.

How can such a small ladder be built on the head of the city? Zhang Yang was puzzled.

The soldiers became nervous.

"Pay attention to discipline, no order, no shooting." Zhang Yang said in a low voice.

With those figures, many more shadows came out of the darkness. At the front, they were gradually approaching the moat. They quietly erected the short ladder and turned it over, just on the moat.

Under the wall here, it is not close to the moat, but there is still a few feet of open space. This ladder can be built on both sides.

Only then did Zhang Yang understand that the tars were also very smart. He came up with such an idea to cross the moat and walk steadily from the ladder.

In this way, compared with ordinary war, it saves a lot of effort to fill the moat. However, the shortcomings are still obvious. Once the ladder is broken, the soldiers who have crossed the moat will have no way out.

In a blink of an eye, dozens of ladders have been set up on the moat under the city wall.

Because there was no order, the soldiers did not fight back.

Zhang Yang did not give an order. He was very curious about how the Tatar wanted to set up the ladder, because it was only a few feet away from the city wall. Even after crossing the moat, the ladder could not be set up. It was nearly 90 degrees, and it was the right way to fill the moat.

Seeing that the short ladders had been set up, Yu Que was overjoyed. Next, the ladder was on the stage.

Hundreds of people slowly appeared on the stage with dozens of cloud ladders. The people in front of them carried the ladder across the moat under their feet and put the ladder on the wall. The people behind slowly pushed the ladder forward, and the ladder rose along the wall. They were very skilled, but the ladder under their feet was a little soft, so they had to pay attention at all times.

A soldier stepped on the air and fell into the moat. He did not make a sound, did not flutter, did not make a sound, and was submerged in the moat.

Yu Que pinched a sweat. Fortunately, the bold soldier was not exposed. Although the sentry above the city wall had fallen asleep, the sound woke the other party up, and everything was over.

Zhang Yang silently paid a salute to the soldier. At the same time, he also felt that the battle would be very fierce, because the courage of this soldier proved that the army in the province was still very effective.

Everything is going on quietly, as if there is a silent movie.

The ladder is almost reaching the top of the city wall, and the lower half is still on the ladder of the moat. At this time, a miraculous scene appeared: the soldiers took out the rope and tied the ladder legs to the ladder below. In this way, although the ladder hung on the moat, it was also very stable.

Shit, do you think you are all acrobatics? Zhang Yang really wanted to bring up the tars below and ask them if they had trained in a place called Wu Qiao.

Everything is ready, and Zhang Yang is ready to start.

Yu Que saw that the ladder for the siege had been set up, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted. This battle will be very easy.

The soldiers who attacked the city have begun to move to the head of the city. At the front is the knife hand, climbing the ladder. The machete is more convenient to carry than a spear.

Then there are the spearmen. They have left the bows and arrows next to the horses to cover them. The other four cavalry are also responsible for the task. The cavalry are also slowly moving to the head of the city, ready to enter the range of the bow and arrow. When they climb up to the head of the city, they will release the arrow rain to cover their own siege.

Suddenly, "Tong, Tong, Tong." With a few loud noises, a few white lights suddenly shot into the sky on the head of the city, and then a few beautiful "white flowers" bloomed in the sky, illuminating the whole position.

All the offensive troops were stunned at this moment.

Night attack is to ask for a sudden surname. Now, what's the point of attack if it is discovered by others? All the people have retreated in their hearts.

"Strong attack, strong attack on the head of the city!" Yu Que shouted loudly in the back.

The whole team began to attack again.

Yu Que knows that although it has been found that the other party is already on guard, the night can still greatly reduce the range of the other party's fire, and pull the other party down on the same starting line as himself, so that it is possible to attack Gaoyou. Otherwise, in the daytime, it can only be after paying a huge price. Close to the city wall.

Now, it is close to the city wall, and the first troops can even run to the moat and prepare to climb the ladder.

"Up, up, up, rush up, kill them all!" Yu Que's voice echoed all over the ground.

Suddenly, all the soldiers began to shout angrily. Their morale was encouraged and they rushed over desperately.

Looking for death! Zhang Yang said lightly, "Shoot!"

The first one to fire was nearly 2,000 shots. One volley overturned a large area of the tars that rushed over.

"Boom, boom." The scattering cannons also began to shoot. They aimed at the tar cavalry.

There are more than 100 cannons arranged at the head of the city. The cannon is Zhang Yang's secret weapon. This time, it was finally taken out. The troops who attacked the city were shrouded in bullets.

The cavalry were charging forward. They were close to the range of the bow and arrow. At this time, the fireworks above them had been extinguished. They were overjoyed. Although the other party had this kind of lighting method, after all, it could not be maintained for a long time. After dark, it could not pose a great threat to themselves.

Suddenly, they felt a strange sound in their ears, roaring like raindrops, as if they were not.

A soldier suddenly raised his head, because of the light just now, his eyes were not used to such darkness for the time being, and he saw bright spots falling from the sky one by one.

"Ah!" In the crowd of the cavalry, there was a miserable voice. They lined up in a dense formation and wanted to attack the head of the city with the densest arrow rain to cover the team's charge. Unexpectedly, they were treated preferentially by scattered fireworks.

The marbles fell into the cavalry like rain, and wherever they went, there were already corpses everywhere.

In the dark, many cavalry did not know what had happened to their companions. They still persisted and shot the arrows.

Another fireworks exploded in the sky. This time, they saw it clearly.

Many people have become, not even corpses, but only parts of corpses. All parts of corpses are scattered everywhere. What happened in the dark just now?

The fireworks darkened again, and the cavalry had a sense of fear. They longed for light and didn't want to be swallowed up by some monsters in the dark like this.

They opened the bow again.

"Ding, Dang" Many bows and arrows flew from the head of the city, hitting the door panel above their heads, and some of them flew in through the cracks of the door panel and injured some people. However, no one cared about dressing the wound. As long as they could still shoot, they were pulling the trigger. Just now, with the light, the distribution of the crowd was clearly seen. The crowd is so dense that there is no need to aim too much at all. You only need to know the range, you can shoot, and you can definitely knock down the other party.

In addition to the firemen, the gunners are also constantly firing. However, the shooting of the scattered cannon is a little more troublesome than that of Tianque. Because it is a preload, the firing bag and the projectile have to be stuffed in from the front end of the muzzle, and then ignite the lead.

However, the power of the cannon is much more powerful than that of the sky. As long as it is fired once, a large number of enemies will be down.

"Throw a spearman, throw a grenade!" Zhang Yang said.

Now, at the top of the city, the only idle one is the spearman. Since he is idle, Zhang Yang has already prepared a grenade for the spearman. What they need to do now is to open the back cover of the grenade, light the lead, and throw it out.

With the cover of the rain of arrows, soldiers have begun to climb the ladder. Yu Que looked anxiously at the wall in front of him. Even if one soldier went up, it was a victory, proving that his tactic was a method against the other party's firearms.

"Boom, boom, boom." Countless grenades fell from the sky not far away, just beside the soldiers under the city who were ready to attack the city.

The explosion of the distance, the fierce air waves, even the soldiers at the head of the city feel it, and the tars below are even more suffering. The people around the explosion will basically have no complete bodies.

Moreover, the explosions are continuing. Zhang Yang has prepared at least two boxes of grenades for each spearman. The only thing they need to do is to pull them away, ignite and throw them out. Their firepower is even more fierce than scattered cannons.

With the explosion, many ladders were blown up, and the soldiers above screamed and fell from the ladder.

The battle has entered a white-hot stage.

A tartar suddenly jumped on the head of the city. He picked up the machete on his mouth and rushed to the nearest fireman.

A few spears stabbed him and pierced him.

"Quick, put the fireworks again to see if there is a ladder of the tartar." Zhang Yang said.

In the darkness, there was smoke from Tianque. I didn't see it just now, but there was a ladder coming up, which almost made the tars succeed.

The sky brightened again, and there were still three or four ladders, which were full of people like sugar-coated haws.

"Looking for death, spearman, hurry up and give it to you." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, big brother." The spearman rushed there quickly, first with a grenade, and then with a spear to drive the tars down.

Up to now, Zhang Yang feels a little ashamed of this battle. He was already ready and was fully capable of stopping all the tarts from the moat. However, because of the night, he didn't find all the ladders of the tars, and he almost suffered a loss.

Because of the perspective, the tars in the sky are very sharp, and it is a little difficult to solve the problem under the city wall. Although the grenade is easy to use, it can only blow up those close to the moat. When the grenade falls into the water, it becomes a dud. Although many ladders have been solved by explosion, there are still leaking fish.

Solve the current one first, and then take into account the latter.

"Crush, continue to rush." Like crazy, Yu Que ordered the soldiers to charge to the head of the city.

"Your Excellency, we suffered heavy casualties. The attacking 10,000-person team has suffered more than half of the casualties. It's better to truce. Let's attack again tomorrow."

"No, keep rushing, even if you rush to the last person, you have to give it to me." Yu Que insisted.

The siege is a test of will. I just saw that someone had climbed to the top of the city. Yu Que believed that as long as he exerted enough pressure, the city wall could definitely be broken. He couldn't hold on any longer, and the other party was not easy.

Crears, in the blink of an eye, the only remaining ladders disappeared in the firelight at the head of the city. Yu Que looked at the edge of the city wall. The corpses were full of corpses, and they were all his bravest subordinates.

If there is no ladder, there is no way to attack the city. Yu Que looked at the head of the city unwillingly. I don't know how the attack in the north is going.

"Your Excellency, General Dashi said that the team suffered heavy casualties and asked to be withdrawn." A messenger hurried over.

Looking at the city again, Yu Que finally said the word withdrawal.

Without waiting for Yu Que to say, many soldiers had been evacuated. Anyway, the night was dark, and no one noticed it when he slipped down.

"Dry, this is simply death!" The soldier who escaped from death whispered that many people around him had stayed here forever. This battle was more than the number of people who died in Chuzhou in half a year.

"Your Excellency, the tars have returned. Shall we chase them?" Shi Wenbing asked.

"No, it's dark. Be careful." Zhang Yang said, "We aim to destroy the living power of the tars, scattering fireworks, improve the range, and send the tars."

The tars come quickly and retreat faster. Only the scattered fireworks can catch up with the tars until they are sent out of range.

"Inshouting the wounded, leaving five centurion guards, and the rest, go back to the camp to rest." Zhang Yang said.

In this battle, I also had dozens of casualties, all caused by the bows and arrows of the tars. It is conceivable that if the bows and arrows of the tars were closer, their casualties would multiply.

"Guard, patrol the city wall with me and go to the north." Zhang Yang said.

When there was a war just now, the North Gate was also very lively. I don't know how it was going there. Now it seems that it has calmed down.

(to be continued)