Chapter 941: The Battle of Luoyang (Part II)
Hearing that the other party didn't want any of the property in the city, Li Zicheng was relieved, and his face softened a little.
"Since this Luoyang city is strong and strong, then the siege will start tomorrow."
On the second day, with a few cannon shots, the invasion army began a full-scale siege, and a tidal wave of people poured towards the city walls.
Due to the large number of displaced people, there was no distinction between feints and frontal attacks, and the forces were evenly distributed in four directions, and whichever one was taken counted, and for a time the four city gates were tightened at the same time, and the battle entered a white-hot battle from the beginning.
In addition to the mountain artillery provided by the Qiong navy, there were also Hongyi cannons captured from the hands of officers and soldiers, all of which were put on the front line, regardless of whether they were aimed or not, and bombarded the city wall indiscriminately.
"Boom, boom, boom", large and small shells rained down on the city, and the defenders were so suppressed that they couldn't raise their heads at all, and all of them hid under the battlements. I only heard cannonballs smashing on the battlements and city walls, the muffled sound of "crackling" was endless, and rubble was splashed everywhere, even with the cover of the city wall, there were still people who were hit and injured by the rubble.
Liu Heizi stood in the position of the Chinese army to observe the battle, saw the effect of the shelling, and quietly shook his head. Although these cannons are quite lively, they are useless, and the real threat to the defenders of the city wall is very small, and they cannot effectively kill and injure the defenders.
After several rounds of chaotic shelling, the invading soldiers also rushed to the vicinity of the city walls, and threw the sacks of earth they were carrying into the moat, filling in the roads that could be passed in an instant. Soldiers armed with steel swords and spears shouted and crossed the moat along the road, and in the middle of the crowd inevitably someone fell into the water and could not get up for a long time.
Without the threat of artillery fire, the defenders at the head of the wall showed their heads, and the archers of the officers and soldiers drew their bows and fired arrows at the flow of people below the city. Dense arrows fell into the crowd, and people who stepped on sacks to cross the river had nowhere to dodge, and they fell into the water one after another, and the sound of "plopping and plopping" rang out non-stop.
Although they suffered a head-on attack, the number of displaced people was too large, and more people rushed forward one after another, and the archers of the old battalion also appeared under the wall and began to shoot at the head of the city, the killing effect was average, but it succeeded in making the defenders' arrow rain thin out a lot.
Ladders were erected up the city wall, and the ant-like flow of people climbed up the ladders, bows and arrows stopped shooting, and the battle entered hand-to-hand combat mode.
The people shouted and lifted the bluestone and threw it down, hundreds of pounds of bluestone rolled down the ladder, accompanied by screams, the soldiers who besieged the city crackled and fell down like fruit falling from the tree, the ladder could not bear the weight of the bluestone and collapsed, and fell to the ground with a bang, and together with the stone, the person who fell to the ground was crushed into pulp.
The primitive means of defending the city were effective, and the ladders were smashed one by one, faster than they were erected, and the offensive was quickly contained.
Li Zicheng, who was watching the battle in the rear, was unmoved, as if he had died as an insignificant ant, and he was not distressed at all, and continued to give orders: "Go on, whoever can be the first to climb the city, reward a hundred taels of silver, and transfer to the old camp." ”
When you enter the old camp, you can eat and drink spicy food, and the distribution of the spoils of war also occupies an absolute advantage, which is very different from the treatment of the cannon fodder troops. Such favorable conditions made the soldiers rush forward like chicken blood, and no matter how heavy the casualties were, the offensive was always continuous.
The ladder was pushed down, smashed, and smashed, and smashed...... So repeatedly, the corpses under the city wall have been piled up into a hill, and the bluestone at the head of the wall is getting less and less.
Seeing that the bluestones falling from the city were gradually thinning, the besieging side slowly gained a certain upper hand, but the sun also went down, the sky gradually darkened, and no one could climb the city.
Li Zicheng looked at the sky, estimating that it would be dark in less than half an hour, and if there was not enough lighting at that time, the siege troops would be in a mess, and he was very unwilling to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Hearing the signal to collect the troops, the siege troops were relieved, and the tide retreated, although life was as cheap as a dog in the troubled times, but no one wanted to die under the city wall in such a daze, and they could live one more day.
The defenders were even more like they had laid down their burdens, and they were so tired that they sat on the ground one by one. Their numbers were far less than their opponents, and if they hadn't occupied the advantage of city defense, coupled with the well-prepared defense equipment, and the cooperation of the officials and the people, they would have been attacked by the intrusive army long ago. If the sun goes down half an hour later, and the bluestone at the head of the wall is exhausted, it is difficult to say the result.
Wang Shaoyu, the general soldier in charge of commanding the defense of Anximen in the north, did not dare to relax, and ordered loudly: "Don't slack off, everyone, the Liukou will attack the city again at any time." There is no more bluestone on the wall, so hurry up and demolish some houses nearby, and move up the stones, bricks, and wood to prepare for their next attack! ”
The officers and soldiers and the people were full of complaints, but they did not dare to disobey the order, so they could only drag their tired bodies down the wall to demolish the houses and carry stones and bricks.
Break into the big tent of the army in the army.
"Didn't you say that the defenders of the city had no intention of fighting? But look at them very stubbornly, all of them seem to have killed him, and when they start a fight, they don't want to die! Li Zicheng complained in a deep voice.
Liu Heizi was very calm: "King Chuang is angry." It's not that our people's information is inaccurate, after all, there are their families in the city, and it is inevitable that these officers and soldiers and Minyong will have a certain will to resist. After all, today is only the first day, and as long as the momentum continues today, I believe it will not be long before the defenders will collapse. ”
Liu Zongmin glared at him and asked, "What about the cannon you said, if you don't come now, when will you wait?" If you have to fill it with your life, and take the city, and your cannons will come, what use will it be? ”
"General Liu, please rest assured, I have received the news that the artillery has been transported to the area of Guide Mansion, and it will arrive in Luoyang the day after tomorrow at the latest."
Liu Zongmin scolded and wanted to draw a knife, "Thief, your mother, I always said that it was almost there, but I coaxed you to suffer heavy casualties and injuries under Luoyang City, and your vitality was greatly damaged, do you want to borrow a knife to kill people and kill two birds with one stone?" ”
Li Zicheng stopped Liu Zongmin from drawing his knife and glared at Liu Heizi: "I will believe you again, if it is a pastime, let Zong Min chop you with a knife!" ”
The atmosphere in the big tent was tense, and in the wilderness dozens of miles away, a team marched under the moonlight with torches, and the target was in the direction of Luoyang.
The firelight illuminated the face of the leader, who was none other than Zuo Wuwei, the commander of the artillery battalion of the 1st Regiment. He rode on a Mongolian horse, looked at the night sky in the west, and said with great ambition: "When you arrive in Luoyang, let the Liukou and the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains see the power of our Qiong navy's siege artillery!" ”
Thailand's most breasted female anchor's new passionate love video is exposed, and the male protagonist is so hungry and thirsty!! Please pay attention to the WeChat public account to watch online: meinvxuan1 (long press for three seconds to copy)!!