489 Shou Wu clan, the master of the Broken Sword

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"Kill!"

On the Wushi Mountain, the shouting of killing shook the sky.

On the second day after Song Xiance surrounded Qi Wei, Song Xiance was impatient to attack the White Dragon Army on the Wushi Mountain.

Song Xiance can also be regarded as Li Zicheng's subordinate, a very capable general, and this siege of Qi Wei was carried out by him, which is already very good.

At this time, on the one hand, Song Xiance was eager to eliminate Qi Wei's troops as soon as possible, and then he could no longer worry about the threat of the White Dragon Army from Ruzhou City in the south.

Because, Song Xiance believed that the nearly 10,000 White Dragon soldiers trapped by him on the Wushi Mountain in front of him were definitely the main elite under Qi Wei.

As long as this elite is eaten, it will be difficult for Ruzhou City to protect itself, and it is impossible to have the ability to go north to hinder Li Zicheng from attacking Kaifeng.

As for Liu Tichun's escape and return to report, the 2,000 cavalry who escaped could not be a big deal, and they didn't need to be ignored at all.

At this time, Song Xiance didn't know the news that Li Zixiao had come to the battlefield in person, and he didn't know that Li Zixiao had personally brought reinforcements.

, Song Xiance decided that as long as they destroyed Qi Wei's subordinates who were surrounded by him at this time, they would be able to sit back and relax.

Next, he can continue to lead his troops eastward, go to the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, join Li Zicheng's main army, attack the rich land of Kaifeng Mansion, and even conquer Kaifeng.

On the other hand, Song Xiance also learned from the local population that there is a mountain stream on the Wushi Mountain, which is the birthplace of raw water, which means that Qi Wei will not be short of water on the mountain.

In the short term, it is estimated that Qi Wei's men and horses will not lack food, so there will be no need for siege.

Song Xiance didn't want to besiege Qi Wei here for a month or two, and even if he eliminated Qi Wei at that time, he would miss Li Zicheng's upcoming big operation in Kaifeng Mansion.

It was based on this thought that as soon as the next day dawned, Qi Wei ordered to mobilize thousands of men and horses to attack Wushi Mountain from three sides.

Boom Boom!

There was a loud bang, it was the roar of artillery, but this time it was not the artillery of the White Dragon Army that fired the artillery, but the artillery under Song Xiance.

After Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, he also got a lot of artillery, and at this time Song Xiance had more than 30 artillery pieces in his hands.

Of course, the artillery in Song Xiance's hands was all old-fashioned rags, and the good artillery was taken away by Li Zicheng and attacked the Tiger Prison.

However, these old and dilapidated artillery pieces are barely usable, and they are just used to bombard the White Dragon soldiers on the Wushi Mountain at this time.

"Hide, everyone!"

After hearing the sound of the cannon, Qi Wei hid in a tunnel halfway up the mountain and shouted loudly to all the soldiers next to him, finding a place to squat down to avoid the iron bullets that were about to fall.

Bang bang bang!

One by one, solid iron bullets weighing several catties fell from the sky like this, smashed down fiercely, and smashed down to the position where the White Dragon Army of Wushi Mountain was located.

It's just that Qi Wei has already ordered people to be busy for half a day and a night, and built a lot of fortifications on the halfway of the mountain and on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the fortifications built by the White Dragon Army mainly included digging tunnels and setting traps, which sounded like the same old fashion, but it made the White Dragon Army play a new idea.

Among them, the digging of the tunnel, of course, was for the musketeers.

All they need to do is hold their guns, hide half of their bodies in the tunnel, expose their spears and upper bodies, and then quickly aim and shoot at the intruders who rush up.

I have never seen this kind of combat before, but if you let future generations come to see it, they will definitely exclaim, isn't this the prototype of positional defense in the era of hot weapon warfare in later generations!

Fortunately, Qi Wei still had a lot of men and horses in his hands, more than 8,000 people, and after one night, he built a relatively simple fortification on the Wushi Mountain.

In the outermost part, when they just rushed to the foot of the mountain, there would be a chariot formation built by Qi Wei, and the thieves who rushed up from the bottom of the mountain had to think about crossing this chariot formation before they could continue to rush up the mountain.

If the thieves want to attack from the back and cross this simple car formation, the speed of the charge will inevitably be greatly slowed down, and the distance of this car formation is within the maximum range of the White Dragon Army's artillery.

"Five hundred and seventy meters away, fire!"

With the order of Liu Cannon, half of the artillery battalion brought by Qi Wei, with more than forty artillery pieces, including several twenty-four-pound howitzers, let out an angry roar.

More than forty explosive bombs were fired, arcing through mid-air, falling near the car formation, and then causing a large explosion.

"Ahhh

In the next second, a terrible scream rang out.

This batch of explosive bombs that landed on the ground, lead bullets, iron pieces, etc., which shot out in all directions, hit many thieves, and not many thieves were killed on the spot.

But more than that, it was the intruders who were injured by the iron pieces, and they covered their wounds one by one, rolling on the ground, wailing and screaming.

This directly seriously affected the morale of the other thieves around them, and at this time, they could only rush forward frantically amid the shouts of the leaders around them.

Only by rushing to the front of the White Dragon Army as soon as possible can they be protected from the White Dragon Army's artillery fire, and the White Dragon Army's artillery reloading time is the little time left for them.

Thundered!

On the mountain, the artillery of the White Dragon Army opened fire frantically, and they fired the most terrifying explosive bombs against the infantry.

In this case, Qi Wei no longer prayed for killing many thieves, as long as he could injure the thieves so that they could not participate in the next battle.

When the thieves rushed halfway up the mountain, they were faced with the fire of the White Dragon Musketeers.

These thieves were obviously prepared, and they all prepared a lot of thick wooden shields wrapped in iron sheets, held high in front, and then the thieves hid behind the big shields and rushed forward.

Bang bang bang!

The musketeers of the White Dragon Army were really condescending and launched their fire, and the three-stage blows ensured the continuous firepower, and the charging thieves continued to fall.

The White Dragon Musketeers, though they also began to be attacked by clusters of thieves' arrows.

However, because they were hiding half of their bodies in the tunnel, the killing effect of bows and arrows on them was greatly reduced.

Even, many of the large wooden shields with iron sheets designed by the thieves this time were heavier, but they could really block the lead bullets fired by the flintlock pistol.

At least, in three or four hundred paces, the flintlock pistol could not penetrate the large bags of iron and wooden shields with the penetrating power of lead bullets.

It's a pity that these thieves can guard the front, but they miss the bottom.

Qi Wei sent out a team of men, each with two iron-shelled mines, rushed to the front of the team of thieves and threw them hard.

"Ahh It's the thunder of the official army, everyone run! ”

The white dragon soldiers who rushed out at the moment immediately frightened many veteran thieves after throwing out iron-shelled mines at the charging group of thieves.

There was a veteran thief who recognized this kind of iron-clad mine, knew that it was about to explode, and then shouted loudly in a trembling voice.

The first thing the thief veteran did immediately after shouting this was to lie on the ground, so as to avoid the damage of the explosive bomb to the greatest extent.

It's a pity that these thieves are really veterans like this, there are not many of them, most of them are new recruits, at least they have never fought with the White Dragon Army, let alone seen the iron shell mines thrown by the White Dragon Army.

Thundered!

When they rolled down the hillside to the feet of the thieves who charged halfway up the mountain, they exploded one by one, and then there were scenes of terrible scenes.

After Qi Wei climbed the Wushi Mountain, he carefully inspected the topography of the entire Wushi Mountain, and quickly selected several places suitable for defensive operations.

Relying on the topography of the Wushi Mountain, using the terrain such as hillsides, trenches, stone walls, and mountain streams, Qi Wei very skillfully constructed a defensive line.

As long as Qi Wei holds these key positions to the death, very important and does not allow the thieves to attack him, it will not be easy for Song Xiance to eliminate Qi Wei.

"Musket battalion, ready to shoot. First row, put! ”

As soon as the thieves rushed forward, they immediately began to face the fire of the White Dragon Musketeers.

At this time, in the face of lead bullets with a sharp increase in penetrating ability, the large shields held by the thieves were completely useless.

Even after a few more rounds, those large wooden shields would directly crack, and even the thieves hiding behind the shields were all killed.

"Hey, damn it, back down again."

Under the mountain, seeing that the attack could not be carried out, the soldiers who retreated in a hurry were also annoyed.

"Ordered someone to seize and cut down some trees to forge a new wooden shield, and then, attack from three sides, without giving Qi Wei any respite.

There are so many people in his hands, and if he can't stand the consumption, the consumption will consume him! Song Xiance finally gritted his teeth and said.

The attack battle on this side of the Wushi Mountain officially began.

At this time, after burning Dagu Pass, Li Zixiao had already taken his six thousand White Dragon soldiers and soldiers all the way north along the official road and went straight to Yanshi.

At this time, Li Zicheng was leading his main forces to storm the Tiger Pass, and the 50,000 troops of Song Xiance who were left behind had already evacuated all the Yanshi in order to encircle and suppress Qi Wei.

At this time, the area around Yanshi and Luoyang, although it looks like Li Zicheng's territory, there are thousands of thieves and defenders in Yanshi City.

But these are basically just decorations, and they don't have much deterrent effect.

After a day's march, in the evening, Li Zixiao used the cover of night, and then looked for a suitable place to cross the river overnight, and then successfully crossed Luoshui.

When the sun rises the next day, the robber defenders in Yanshi City will be shocked to find that a team flying the banner of the Ming army has appeared outside the city.

Although this team, whether it is from the lineup or the armor, it seems that it is not the same as the previous Ming army.

But they still hang the banner of the Ming army, which means that most of them are people from the imperial court, how can this not make those Tartar nobles in Yanshi City worry for a while.

"Quartz, inform the artillery battalion and let them get ready to storm Yanshi City." Li Zixiao said in a cold voice with indifferent eyes. 、

Boom!

Li Zixiao also led half of the artillery battalion of the White Dragon Army, as for the way of storming this city, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army had already been trained by them many times.

Now, it's finally time for them to use it.

The White Dragon Army stormed the city, relying on the main force, still the infantry army, artillery, musketeers or cavalry, no matter how majestic it was, but in the siege battle, it could still only be the foil of the infantry army.

Because only those infantry troops who charge into battle, really kill the enemy's city walls, enter the city, and occupy the whole city, they can be regarded as the real protagonists.

The White Dragon Army attacked the city, and the tactics were actually very simple, and it was impossible to use artillery fire to suppress and suppress muskets to cover the charge of the infantry army.

When the defenders of the city wall, which they suppressed with artillery and muskets, did not dare to show their heads, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army could carry the ladder and climb up.

Or, in battle, they use artillery to collapse the enemy's walls, which is more convenient.

At that time, the White Dragon Army will directly follow the gap exposed by the collapsed city wall and kill it.

In Yanshi City, there were originally more than 2,300 thieves and guards, but under the attack of Li Zixiao and his people, it took less than two hours for the White Dragon Army to enter the city.

After the destruction of Yanshi City, Li Zixiao ordered his soldiers not to harass the people in Yanshi City, and immediately looked for Li Zicheng's granary stored in Yanshi, preparing to burn Li Zicheng's granary.

Groups of white dragon soldiers are moving in the Yanshi City, some are escorting prisoners, some are maintaining law and order, and some are searching for granaries.

After Li Zixiao led people to lay down the Yanshi, they were busy from noon to afternoon, and finally found four granaries set up by Li Zicheng in the city.

You must know that whether it is still attacking at Tiger Prison Pass at this time, the main army of thieves led by Li Zicheng.

Or, at this time, Song Xiance, who besieged Qi Wei in Wushi Mountain and controlled 50,000 thieves, all needed granaries came from Yanshi City.

Although, Li Zicheng had already transported a batch of grain from Yanshi some time ago to Gongxian County, which had just been beaten in the east, and stored it there.

After all, Gong County is closer to the Tiger Prison Pass, and it is easier to replenish.

But it's just that the amount of grain transported to Gongxian County is not very large, and most of Li Zicheng's grain is still from the reserve Yanshi, just for his next eastward battle.

At that time, Li Zicheng never imagined that Li Zixiao would dare to go deep alone, and directly led people to kill under Yanshi City, and burned all the granaries in Yanshi City and Li Zicheng.

Just when Li Zixiao was in Yanshi City in the morning and burned all the grain and grass in the city in the afternoon, in the evening, Li Zixiao took more than 6,000 White Dragon Army again, and left Yanshi City under the cover of night.

He believed that soon, it wouldn't be long before what he did would reach the ears of Li Zicheng and Song Xiance.

Li Zixiao really wanted to see how wonderful the expressions of these two people would be after hearing the news, and it was estimated that Li Zicheng would be angry and scolded his mother again.

Dagu Pass was burned and Yanshi City was breached, and these two major news did not reach Song Xiance's ears until the third day, which immediately made Song Xiance's face change greatly.

At the same time, the news also reached Li Zicheng's side at a slightly slower speed, directly causing Li Zicheng to vomit blood.

"My grain, my grain!" Li Zicheng wailed.

(End of chapter)