Chapter 31 The World Is Not Peaceful, and the War Is Endless (10)
When the "Heavenly Punishment" destroyed the Khitan army formation, Li Chuan followed closely and cut down the stubble of the Khitan soldiers like wheat harvest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are big forts in the military forts, which can accommodate more than 100 people, almost no different from small fortresses, these big forts are in the small fort group, radiating from all directions and sitting on one side like a general, which is the Dinghai Shenshen needle of the regional military fort group.
For Lu Longjun, the Great Fortress was a difficult problem to solve.
In front of a large army fort, more than a dozen corpses had been dropped, and even several of the trapped soldiers had been damaged, but Lu Longjun couldn't even touch the wall of the military fort, and after this difficult bone was reported to Meng Songbai, he immediately rushed over.
"Not only the fortress in front of you, but also the big fortresses in several other directions have not been taken, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties." When Meng Songbai was thinking hard about countermeasures against the military fort, the vanguard of the Lu Long Army also rushed over.
"Not to mention that unlike the civil structure of the small forts, the main body of these large forts is made of earth and stone, and the walls are compacted, almost comparable to ordinary city walls, even if the trappers are close to the walls, it is difficult to blow them up with a small amount of explosives. In addition, there are more than 100 Khitan soldiers hidden in such a big fort, as long as these big forts are not taken down, once the Khitan barbarians start to counterattack, these big forts will echo with them, forming a central flowering trend, which is a big trouble. Meng Songbai had a calm face, "If you can't take these big forts, you can capture all the small forts, and you can't say that you have conquered the military forts." ”
The commander of the vanguard was secretly anxious, he glanced down the hillside, and said eagerly to Meng Songbai: "The big array has moved, more soldiers are about to attack, before the main force is set up on the hillside, these fortresses must be taken, otherwise we will make a big mistake!" Commander Meng, is there a good plan? ”
Meng Songbai muttered: "If you want to get close to the fortress, you need to suppress the strong bow and crossbow in the fort window first, General Zhang, where is the bamboo crossbow?" ”
"Most of them are cooperating with the soldiers in front of them to open up the situation, and if Commander Meng wants to make it, he can be transferred over immediately! However, if you want to break through the fortress with a bamboo pole and crossbow, I am afraid that the effect will be limited, and it will take a lot of time! Zhang Du commanded.
The bamboo pole crossbow is a sharp weapon for attacking the city and pulling out the village, and the lethality of the small fort of the civil structure is very great, but the effect of using it in the big fort will be greatly reduced, not that it is useless, and the bamboo pole crossbow is also the main force at ordinary times, but for the time being, the use of the bamboo pole crossbow to break the fortress can not keep up with the vanguard of the explosives as a weapon to open the way, and the rhythm of the offensive military fort group.
"They are not expected to destroy the fortress. Select capable soldiers, increase the accuracy of the bamboo pole crossbow, tie the explosion to the crossbow arrow, shoot it into the window, and you can suppress the barbarian thief without showing his head! Meng Songbai's eyes were clear, "As long as the barbarians can't show their heads, the soldiers can get close to the fort, General Zhang, concentrate the hay and wet firewood, be fast!" ”
Hearing that Meng Songbai wanted to use hay and wet firewood, Commander Zhang Du quickly understood Meng Songbai's plan, the other party was going to smoke the Khitan army in the fort, he couldn't help but light up his eyes, "Commander Meng, please wait, this will be arranged!" ”
The reason why the general is a general who sits on one side is naturally rare, and for the military fort group outside Yikun Prefecture, the same is true for the big fort, there are not many of them. While Meng Songbai racked his brains to deal with these big forts, the attack of the vanguard of the Lu Long Army did not slow down, and they pushed the battle line up the hillside step by step like a rapidly spreading tide.
Everywhere on the hillside, the blasting of the small and medium-sized military forts, against the Khitan army that came down to meet the battle, the Lulong vanguard army relied on the explosives in the hands of the trappers to give it a devastating blow, almost invincible, and the advance was very fast. Corresponding to this, more and more explosives were being quickly sent to the front line to ensure that the trappers had enough explosives to use.
Similarly, the reason why the trappers are traps will not be small casualties, but fortunately, Meng Songbai is familiar with this way, and the use of 500 traps is also in batches, which ensures that the trappers will not be powerless. In addition, after the casualties of the trapped soldiers, the vanguard soldiers of the Lu Long Army were also familiar with explosives because they had heard and witnessed them in the war, so they could supplement the trapped soldiers as a vital force.
And the Lu Long soldiers who kept crossing the sheep wall and killing the hillside at the bottom of the hill continued to inject fresh blood into the Lu Long vanguard to ensure that the fierce offensive of the vanguard was not discounted. The soldiers on the battlefield are like a stream of water, and there is always a steady stream of new forces to replenish them in the future, either to fill the gaps in the front line, or to replace the heavy tasks of the front.
It didn't take long for Meng Songbai's bamboo poles, crossbows, and hay and wet firewood to be delivered to him. At this time, the small fortress around the big fortress was basically destroyed, and the remaining big fortress became an isolated island, Meng Songbai was able to arrange bamboo poles and crossbows around the fortress, and after everything was ready, the offensive against the "general" kicked off.
At this time, in the big fort, a Khitan commander is paying close attention to the movements of the Lu Long army outside the fort, he can see the fall of the forts clearly, the big fort is now in an isolated island situation He also knows it, but he is not afraid of it, as a thousand commanders in the big army, sitting on one side in the big fort, commanding thousands of Khitan soldiers around, naturally not incompetent and cowardly, although the big fort has fallen into the situation of enemies on all sides, he has no panic on his face.
"Listen to me, Hugh is panicked, although the Tang army has surrounded us, but the fort wall is thick and the eaves are high, it is impossible for the Tang army to attack it!" The commander of the thousand men inspected the defense of the major windows and loudly boosted morale.
"There are more than 200 elites in the fort, all of whom are brave warriors of my Great Khitan, and if the Tang army wants to capture our fort, it will take ten days and a half months to say the least, and thousands of corpses will be left behind. And before that, the marshal will definitely launch a counteroffensive of the army in the city, and at that time, you and I will cooperate with the marshal's actions, and it will be easy to defeat the Tang army! Warriors, at this time, women, slaves, cattle and sheep are all yours, as long as you have the courage to take them! ”
Qianfu shouted and asked, "Tell me, do you have the courage to take it?!" ”
"Yes!" The Khitan sergeants responded loudly.
The commander bowed his head happily, and the Khitan soldiers got the confidence to win the battle from him, and he also got a signal from the feedback of the soldiers that this battle could be done, so that the generals and soldiers had the spirit of hard work.
At this moment, Lu Longjun's bamboo pole crossbow launched an attack on the big fort.
The commander glanced out, and then said disdainfully: "The bamboo pole crossbow can also be called a sharp weapon, it is difficult for ordinary forts to resist, but it is to be used against my strong fortress, hum, foolish dreams......"
Before he finished his "dream" word, the bamboo pole crossbow swept in from the window, and the commander stood by the window, reflexively shrunk his body, like a very big king shrunk his head, he suddenly felt very embarrassed, in order to hide his gaffe, he stalked his neck and mocked: "It's quite accurate, but it's a pity that it's useless!" ”
He said that it was useless, because although the bamboo pole crossbow flew in through the window, but because the Khitan soldiers had been prepared, no one was shot, and the bamboo pole crossbow fell to the floor and inserted into the wooden floor.
"Commander, look...... The crossbow bolt was a little strange, and it came with a package, as if something was burning......" A sharp-eyed Khitan sergeant immediately cried out.
"Panic what!" The commander scolded him dissatisfiedly, and before he finished speaking, he couldn't help frowning, because he smelled an indescribable smell, very peculiar, with a bit of scorched meaning, but it was definitely not only scorched, but also a little scorched.
"What is this?" The commander asked himself in his heart.
Several Khitan sergeants were also aware of the abnormality, and they were stepping forward to check, and before the commander gave any order, suddenly, the sky and the earth changed color!
Suddenly there was a bright spot in front of me, so bright that it was so bright that it was indescribable, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes!
It's like the sun is setting in front of you!
At the same time, a never-before-heard thunder exploded in the ears, like thunder falling in front of the feet, if it were not so, the sound would not have hurt the eardrums so much, people could not bear it!
The huge and irresistible waves shot out in a circle, and several Khitan soldiers who went to check the crossbow arrows bore the brunt, and their bodies were instantly submerged in the dazzling white light, and they could no longer be seen!
The smell of blood mixed with the smell of gunpowder stimulated the senses as the waves dispersed, and everyone was lifted apart by the waves, either falling backwards or being swept against the wall.
The pig-killing howl sounded, and the staggering Khitan soldiers were dizzy, confused in front of them, confused, unstable, with splitting headaches, and bleeding from seven holes!
Shocking blood flowed from the mouth and nose of the commander, and he leaned against the wall, enduring the great discomfort of his body, and looked at everything in front of him in confusion, completely unaware of what was happening.
What's going on?
Could it be that the gods have sent punishment?
Before they could react, the second bamboo crossbow that shot into the window exploded again in front of them!
At this time, on the fortress wall behind him and at the foot of the fortress wall, a series of explosions sounded, like a god roaring, and the entire fortress began to shake.
Outside the fortress, the vanguard of the Lu Long Army commanded the horizontal sword with a single move, "Up, up, up!" ”
Under the cover of bamboo poles and crossbows, groups of soldiers with large shields, braving the rain of arrows and scattered stones, quickly rushed to the front of the fortress, and the large shields they raised were connected one after another, forming a barrier, and under the barrier, the trappers placed explosives in front of the fortress gate.
"Retreat, retreat!" After lighting the explosives, the trapper kept waving his hand and retreating.
With a bang, smoke and dust billowed from the fortress gate, and the gatehouse had been broken.
"Second team, keep up, hurry!" Zhang Du's commander kept giving orders, and the Lu Long soldiers who were carrying hay and wet firewood in their arms had already piled up things at the door, and occasionally there were Khitan soldiers who wanted to rush out to stop Lu Long's soldiers from piling up firewood and grass after the door was broken, but they were either shot by Lu Long's crossbows, or hacked to death by the knives and axes outside the door.
The soldiers of Lu Long quickly piled up firewood and grass, and ignited it, and the smoke and dust were small at first, and then became thick from time to time, and then the billowing smoke continued to pour into the fortress under the control of the soldiers! 、
I don't know how long it took, black smoke began to seep out of the window of the fortress, and it is conceivable that the fortress must have been completely swallowed by black smoke at this time, and the people born in it must be worse than dead.
Soon, the reaction of the Khitan sergeant confirmed this speculation, and there were constantly groups of barbarian thieves, coughing violently, rushing out of the door, in a vain attempt to kill outside the fortress, and at this time, there were already Lu Long soldiers waiting outside the door, ready to attack the crossbow waiting for them.
The Khitan sergeant only showed his body, and before he could rush out, he was shot head-on into a hedgehog by a dense array of arrows!