Chapter 39 Raid

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A boulder roared into the air, fell down with the sound of wind, and hit the wall heavily. Suddenly, the bricks on the wall flew randomly. The bricks peeled off and exposed the core of the rammed wall below. People on the wall felt a heavy vibration under their feet.

The defenders exclaimed: "Go back! Their return gun began to be released! Be careful..."

Several return guns finally got close to the range where they could exert their power. There were only more than 50 steps left from the city wall. The soldiers who operated the cannon struggled to pull down the cannon arms and loaded the big stones brought with them into the pockets made of cowhide.

With the officer's order, someone knocked on the wooden wedge that controlled the gun rod, and the long gun arm was roared and raised by the heavy counterweight at the other end. After the big stone crossed a semicircle in the air, it immediately flew out.

Several artillery vehicles immediately exerted their great power, hitting large stones on the wall of Longzhou City, stirring up pieces of broken bricks and stones on the wall.

Every time the defenders on the city wall feel a vibration under their feet, they will exclaim at the same time. They look at the tall cannons outside the city in horror, afraid that when the next stone falls, it will hit their heads. Some of the arrows shot by the thieves in the city at this moment are nothing. Compared with this Flying stones, arrows are just like a joke. If you get an arrow, as long as it is not the key point, there is still a possibility of survival, but if you are hit by these big stones, then you don't have to think about anything, there is only a dead end.

Yang Yulin looked at the thieves who were crossing the trenches outside the city, and looked at the artillery cars that were being abused. He was both shocked and angry. Today, the thief army can be said to have a lot of tricks and used all kinds of tricks. Such a fierce offensive also gave him a headache.

Obviously, the enemy's firepower will be increased by more than one level today. Before they have reached the city, they have caused more than 100 casualties for the defenders. If it goes on like this, if He Renlong can't return in time, then Longzhou City is really a little dangerous.

Yang Yulin pulled out his waist knife and cut a panicked man who ran past him and wanted to escape from the city wall. He kicked his body out and fell heavily into the city.

"Do not mess up! Call me! If anyone dares to escape from the battle, he will be killed without mercy!" He stared at the panicked men around him, lost his waist knife that was still dripping blood, took a strong bow from the hands of a soldier, and shot at the city with an arrow.

The carved arrow flew out like lightning. In the distance, there was the neck of a member of the Xingtian army standing next to the cannon truck. The officer of the criminal army was stunned. I couldn't believe that he stood so far away that he was hit by an arrow. After covering his neck and staggering a few times, he fell down with his back to the sky.

Yang Yulin's contribution with one arrow suddenly aroused the cheers of many officers and soldiers around him, so the morale that had just been frustrated was immediately encouraged. In addition, although several artillery vehicles outside the city are very powerful, there are traces to follow. As long as you are careful, there are not many chances of being killed.

So the officers and soldiers and villagers who defended the city began to revitalize their morale again. They fired artillery and arrows at the city. The whole southern wall of Longzhou was suddenly wrapped in a mass of smoke.

A large number of Li Zicheng's subordinates, who were trying to break through the city, were knocked down by dense bullets in an instant. If it hadn't been for the archers and Xing Tianjun's firemen who got up in time to fight back against the city, it was estimated that in just a moment, the defenders would have completely defeated the two soldiers and horses of Gao Jie and Li Guo in the city. The side of the trench.

Xiao Tianjian couldn't help lamenting that when the war developed to this level, the siege had become an extremely dangerous thing. When the defenders always mastered the advantage of location and had the advantage of firepower, the situation would become worse.

Fortunately, this time, Xing Tianjun followed Li Zicheng to attack Longzhou, and Xing Tianjun has always been in the position of assisting the visiting army. If Xing Tianjun is the main attack this time, he can't imagine that he will lose more than half of the more than 1,000 soldiers he has worked hard to cultivate in the first battle.

It seems that the siege is still a technical job. At present, if there is no full suppression of the opponent's firepower, it is better for Xing Tianjun to do less in the future. Li Zicheng can afford to lose, but he can't afford to lose. He still needs to have a more powerful cannon. Only by completely suppressing the gunfire of the defenders can he attack the city. No Then he doesn't plan to do more in the future.

Although the garrison's artillery is still very fierce, after all, with the cover of a large number of shields, a considerable number of Li Zicheng's troops can safely reach the side of the trench, and Li Zicheng also sent a lot of archers to hide behind the shield car and shoot arrows at the city, and Li Zicheng's archers can be called in his army. The elites are all good at archery. With only a short standard, they can be very accurate. On the contrary, they have also killed and injured many defenders on the wall. In addition, Xing Tianjun's firearms also rely on the cover of the shield car, constantly hiding behind the shield car and shooting at the head of the city, which also suppressed the defenders's fierce artillery to a certain extent. Fire, at every moment up and down the city wall, both sides pay the price of their lives. In this way, the two sides attacked each other in the trench and the wall. Some of Li Zicheng's subordinates took the opportunity to work. After several shocks and dozens of lives, Gao Jie and Li Guo finally opened up the trenches in front of them. Several passages were paved, and hundreds of soldiers immediately raised wooden shields and rattan cards and swarmed across the trenches with long ladders and scattered at the foot of the city wall.

When Li Zicheng saw that Gao Jie and Li Guo had broken through the trench, he was suddenly overjoyed and waved his hand and shouted, "See Xiu, it's time to send someone up to help Li Guo and Gao Jie!"

Tian Jianxiu also put on iron and cotton armor at this time. He immediately answered and waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, it's time for us to go!" After pouring it in, the good wine and meat tube will be full!"

Looking at Tian Jianxiu's behavior, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be a little stunned, because in his impression, Tian Jianxiu is a quite elegant person and will not be so rude at all. Today, it seems that this kind of elegance is also time-by-timely. When he really wants to fight, Tian Jianxiu will show such a heroic style, so A secret expression of admiration.

With Tian Jianxiu's shout, Li Zicheng rushed out nearly 500 soldiers again in the array. These 500 people were obviously different from the 2,000 people sent in front of them. Most of the 500 soldiers were armored men, and each of them were strong, with a tough look. At a glance, you can know that these 500 people are veteran soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time. It can be seen that Li Zicheng really made a lot of money this time, and even took out the combat power at the bottom of the box.

As soon as the five hundred soldiers came out, they shouted in unison: "Kill! Pour it in and eat his mother and drink his mother!" After shouting, a group of people followed Tian Jianxiu and rushed to the city of Longzhou together.

Xiao Tianjian felt that this was a little familiar. He just shouted 'The king is coming and doesn't accept food', but when he thought about it, he laughed a little dumbly. Li Zicheng is not the king now, and it seems that he hasn't completely understood why he rebelled. How can he shout this now? What a slogan!

"These 500 people are tough men under the command of the stupid brother! These brothers are all people who have experienced a lot of battles, and they are not afraid of death. Many of them are brothers who followed the fool very early. Today, it depends on whether they can take down this Longzhou city!" Li Zicheng pointed the 500 elite soldiers who rushed out with a horse whip and said proudly to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian looked at these more than 500 elite soldiers like wolves and tigers, and couldn't help nodding and saying yes, knowing that these 500 people should have a good performance.

Sure enough, Tian Jianxiu led the more than 500 elites to make an appearance. The morale of Li Zicheng's subordinates in front of him was greatly boosted. The soldiers who were still hiding behind the shield car did not dare to show up. As soon as they saw the 500 people rush up, they all picked up the guys, rushed across the trenches, raised the long ladder, and headed for the wall. The face rushed up.

At this time, a rumbling sound of horses' hoofs suddenly came from the direction of the west gate. A subordinate of Li Zicheng rushed to the direction of the Chinese army. He jumped off the horse and shouted to Li Zicheng with a panicked look: "Breaking general! The city suddenly killed 200 officers from the west gate, scattered our people, and were running towards this side!"

After Li Zicheng heard this, his face changed, and even Xiao Tianjian's heart suddenly **. Now they have all devoted their main energy to the attack on the south gate of Longzhou City. Originally, they thought that according to this situation, the pressure of the defenders in the city would be very great. I guess they should not be able to draw people at this time. Come to attack, and most of the elites around Li Zicheng have been sent out. Once the cavalry of this officer army is killed, the siege will be over. If not, it is likely to cause greater chaos. Maybe these 200 cavalry can kill them. In that case, they I'm afraid the two armies will lose a lot!

The situation on Xing Tianjun's side is not much better, because he has to support Li Zicheng. Most of the soldiers and recruits in his army are sent to fight, either cover the artillery team, or be responsible for operating those artillery vehicles. The gunners and archers are even more pouring out, leaving less than 400 soldiers who have not yet fought. These 400 people go to fight. The 200 cavalry of officers and soldiers, without the support of bows and arrows and muskets, could not eat this group of officers' cavalry at all with their long guns and knife cards. They could only use the dozens of cavalry of Shi Ran's scouts. Therefore, when he heard that the army had sent a cavalry to attack, he immediately became nervous.