Chapter 130: Breaking the City
Gao Huaiyuan just sent Li Ruohu to the east city wall to transfer troops, and he had already come back at this time, and told Gao Huaiyuan that the battle situation in the east of the city was also very tragic, and the Daye Township barracks suffered great losses.
After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he became a little worried, if the east of the city was not beaten fiercely, with Zhou Hao's temperament, he would not have said such a thing, it seems that he must have fought very hard.
And there was also news from the west side of the city, saying that they had withstood the attack of the Jin soldiers outside the city, and the terrain where they were not easy to unfold, and the Jin soldiers could not get the cover of heavy throwing vehicles, and the attack was difficult.
Seeing that the golden soldiers under the city were still gathering the whole team, Gao Huaiyuan temporarily handed over this place to a subordinate to take over his command, and followed Li Ruohu along the city wall towards the east of the city.
There are ruins and broken walls everywhere along the way, the golden soldiers and stones have caused considerable losses to the city wall, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties due to repeated fierce battles, and some of the corpses of the Song army have not had time to rush down the city wall for placement, and some of the battlements are still lying on the corpses of the killed Jin soldiers, and even the bodies of some soldiers who died in the battle of the two armies still maintain the posture of dying and are entangled with each other, which shows how fierce the battle has become.
After the Jin soldiers retreated, most of the archers of the defenders were not interested in shooting at the archers of the Jin soldiers outside the city, they were tired enough, they sat under the female wall on the spot and gasped, using big shields and wooden standing cards and cloth curtains and other things to block the arrows shot by the Jin soldiers, enjoying this rare moment of calm, and then whether they could survive today, few people guessed, looking at the endless killing of those Jin soldiers outside the city, some people even tended to despair.
Gao Huaiyuan walked all the way, constantly greeting those soldiers of the Song army, cheering them up, and constantly ordering the wounded and killed soldiers to be carried down the city, cleaning up the wreckage of the abandoned cars destroyed by the Jin army at the head of the city, and preparing for another battle.
When he came to the east city wall, Dong Qiang was covered in blood and greeted him with a left arm, and when he saw Gao Huaiyuan, he bowed down and said, "The little one is the county lieutenant!" ”
"How's it hurting? Is there a big deal? As soon as Gao Huaiyuan saw Dong Qiang injured, he immediately asked.
"It doesn't matter, I was bitten by the golden dog's arrow, it's not a big deal, I can continue to fight!" Dong Qiang patted his injured left arm and replied affirmatively.
This Dong Qiang is really a man, since he followed Gao Huaiyuan, his performance is quite good, the first few days he went out of the city for Gao Huaiyuan to sneak attack the Jin army, and he fought quite beautifully, and won the respect of Gao Huaiyuan and Jiang Fang, Jiang Fang rewarded him with a hundred times on the spot, these days, he has cooperated with Zhou Hao to make repeated exploits in the east of the city, and killed a lot of Jin soldiers, and now Gao Huaiyuan has treated him as his own person, and he cares about him very much.
"If you really can't do it, don't hold on, just go down and take a break, what's the situation here? What about Zhou Hao? Gao Huaiyuan didn't see Zhou Hao, so he asked Dong Qiang.
"Thank you for your concern, the little ones are fine! Zhou Hao was also injured, but the injury was not serious, he went down to the city to urge the arrows at this time, and he came up immediately, and the adults waited for a while! Dong Qiang replied immediately.
As he spoke, Zhou Hao walked up from under the city, and as soon as he saw Gao Huaiyuan coming here, he immediately came over to say hello.
"I heard you're hurt? How's it going? As soon as Gao Huaiyuan saw Zhou Hao, he immediately asked.
"It's okay, little injury! Big brother don't worry, I can hold on! However, the casualties of our township soldiers in Daye are not small, and the Jin soldiers' offensive just now is too fierce, and the little brother really can't spare manpower to support you! Please forgive your sins! Zhou Hao patted the iron armor on his chest and said nonchalantly, he was embarrassed that he couldn't support Gao Huaiyuan.
"How many casualties have our brothers in Daye? And what about the brothers in Crouching Tiger? Gao Huaiyuan asked worriedly.
"Ordinary townspeople have already suffered more than half of the casualties at this time, and the brothers in Crouching Tiger Village have also died ten and injured more than a dozen, which is basically more than half! Fortunately, we have a good armor equipped this time, otherwise, we would have died if we didn't get it right now! There are also people who have been replenished in the past few days, and the casualties are also very heavy, if the Jin soldiers attack like they did just now before dark, it is estimated that my side may not be able to bear it! If not, use the reserves! Zhou Hao was also worried about the next battle situation, and also put forward the idea of using reserves, which seemed to be really a little unbearable.
"Wait, I always feel that Fusan Anzhen is not so easy to deal with, he, a famous general of the Jin country, should not only have this ability, until the end, we still don't easily use the reserves, that is our last strength! You people work harder! Survive today, and I'll pour you wine to celebrate when I go back! Gao Huaiyuan looked at the Jin army outside the city and said to Zhou Hao.
"Alas! That's right, I'm listening to you! It would be nice if you could give me all the manpower at this time! Forget it, I'll go and let the brothers hold on a little longer! Zhou Hao shook his head a little, sighed, and turned around to make arrangements.
At this time, the golden soldiers outside the city began to move again, the horns and war drums sounded again, and the reorganized queue began to move slowly again, as if another siege operation was about to begin.
"I'm going back to the north gate, and I'll leave it to you here!" Gao Huaiyuan saw that Jin Bing was moving again, so he didn't dare to delay in the east of the city any longer, and said to Zhou Hao, Dong Qiang, and Zhou Yi and others who had just come over.
"Big brother, you should also be careful, there are no eyes for knives and guns, I know that you are capable, but you can't be killed! We can't do without you! ”
"Huh! I'm a Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten! Can't die! Hehe! Gao Huaiyuan made a joke, and then turned his head to leave.
Other people don't know what he means by Xiaoqiang, they are all scratching their heads like the second monk of Zhang, and their hearts are probably what kind of fairy Xiaoqiang is, otherwise why can't he die?
Just when Gao Huaiyuan turned around to go back to the north gate, suddenly the ground shook violently, everyone was almost shocked to the ground, shook to stabilize the figure, a loud bang came immediately, and then look at the city wall in the north direction of the city, there was a section of earth and stone flying wildly, collapsed suddenly, and lifted up the sky full of dust and black smoke, almost the entire north wall was enveloped, and the flying gravel and clods were mixed with many people's stumps and broken arms, and the mess rose to the sky.
Everyone's ears were buzzing with this loud noise, and they felt a little dizzy, Gao Huaiyuan just froze for a moment, and immediately patted his head and shouted, "I'm really a pig!" I didn't think of the poisonous trick of servant San'anzhen! They used gunpowder! Fast! Gather the rest of the men who can fight, go down with me, and plug the gap! ”
At this time, Zhou Hao and the others also understood, and scolded the Jin army in their hearts for being cunning, and actually used this kind of thing to attack the city, which was a big trouble, so they shouted loudly, gathered the soldiers who still had the strength to fight in the east of the city, and copied the guy and Gao Huaiyuan to go down to the city to block the mouth.
Gao Huaiyuan didn't wait for Zhou Hao and others to follow, so he jumped down the city wall first, he was really a little scared, this time the Jin army took out this means to attack the city, it can be said that it has done its best, after the collapse of the city wall in the north of the city, a large number of Jin soldiers will definitely swarm in with it, is Huangzhou City really not guaranteed?
He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and rushed to the city in stride, and the people in the city were also stunned by this roar, and looked at the city wall in the north of the city collapsing for a while, and many people were choked and coughed in the smoke.
"What about the Chinese army? Plug the gap with me, this battle is related to the lives of the whole city of Huangzhou, all the sons and daughters come with me! When Gao Huaiyuan rushed into the city in three steps and two steps, the last five hundred elite soldiers who remained in the city also began to understand at this time, and ran towards the north of the city under the leadership of a well-armored Song general.
This group of Chinese army reserves for a day, staring at the robes on the city walls and the Jin army fighting, but did not get orders to support the battle of the cities, they are the most elite soldiers and horses in the city, but they have no chance to participate in the battle, they are all Song people, they are not necessarily cowards, watching the brothers being carried off the city wall, they are also full of righteous indignation, and they have repeatedly asked their leaders to fight, to go to the city to help.
But their leading generals shook their heads and refused to allow it, because this morning, Gao Huaiyuan had given him a special order, no matter what happened, as long as they did not get his permission, they were not allowed to move, and only at the last moment, when they saw the city broken or the golden soldiers entered the city, they could fight!
So anxious that these soldiers remembered to be blistering, watching others fight to the death with Jin Bing, but sitting on the ground to rest, it really made them want to go crazy!
Seeing that the time had reached the afternoon, many of them even thought that they might not have the opportunity to participate in the war today, sighing and complaining that Gao Huaiyuan was unfair to them, but at this time, their buttocks were shocked on the ground, and then looked at the north of the city, and the stones flew sideways, the smoke was filled, and a section of the city wall fell.
This time they no longer waited for Gao Huaiyuan's order, and the head of the leader, named Zhang Gongming, drew out his waist knife, turned over and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's time for us to go into battle, Huangzhou City is in danger, and we are not a bad seed, follow this official to block the Jin soldiers back, as long as we hold on until the reinforcements arrive, even if we die, we are worthy of our conscience!" Kill! ”
The five hundred Song soldiers raised their arms and shouted to kill, and then pushed up the Saimen knife cart and other things that had been prepared long ago, picked up bows, crossbows, knives, guns, shields and other weapons, and rushed towards the place of the accident like a torrent.
As soon as he rushed to a place not far from the north gate, he bumped into Gao Huaiyuan, who was rushing wildly, and under the guidance of Gao Huaiyuan, he rushed towards the gap in the city wall.
At this time, the Jin soldiers outside the city saw that the city wall had been blown down by them, so they immediately rushed towards Huangzhou City with a scream as if they had taken an aphrodisiac.
These Jin soldiers have been depressed for almost a day today, the small Huangzhou City, they used such a large force, they actually fought for so long, not to mention the heavy losses, they did not conquer any city wall at all, this is undoubtedly an insult to them, at this time they saw that the city wall of Huangzhou City has been blown up, so they all came to the momentum, rushed to kill this gap.
The Song army at the head of the city was suddenly hit by such a blow, many Song army generals and strong men were shocked to the ground on the spot, and at that section of the collapsed city wall, many people were blown up on the spot, or simply bleeded by the loud noise and shock wave, and their liver and gallbladder were broken and fell to death under the city wall.
Even the people who were monitoring in the city were also affected, and many people were killed on the spot, if Gao Huaiyuan hadn't gone to the east of the city to inspect just now, he might have been killed on the spot at this time.
When Gao Huaiyuan led the troops to the gap, the Jin soldiers had already begun to pour into the gap, Gao Huaiyuan immediately ordered the Song army to block several nearby street entrances into the city with various vehicles, in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from expanding rapidly after entering the city, and urgently ordered the archers to immediately release arrows to intercept the Jin soldiers from attacking the gap.
Immediately, those archers immediately began to open their bows and release arrows, and hundreds of arrows flew towards the gap, and the first batch of golden soldiers who rushed into the gap were excited, and the joy of killing people was full of sword light, and they were immediately shot over, so that their offensive was immediately stopped.
"Archers, don't stop, keep firing arrows! Grab the heights and don't hide behind! The spearmen stepped forward, using the Saimen knife cart as a cover, and did not allow the golden soldiers to approach.
Ruohu immediately went to find Master Jiang and asked him to organize people to carry sandbags, soil and stones and other things, prepare to plug the gap, and go to the city to make the defenders of the city concentrate on the gap, no matter whether they use stones or wood, I will smash into the gap with all my might, and the smashed gold soldiers will not be able to enter!
The rest of the axemen with shields and follow me! Plug the golden soldiers back! Gao Huaiyuan drew his waist knife, gave orders loudly, and then took the lead again, jumped out from between the two Saimen knife carts, and swung his knife to the gap, at this time, he must seal the gap, if he ordered a large number of Jin soldiers to attack the city, they would be blocked with their strength.
Li Ruohu wanted to stop Gao Huaiyuan, but he was a little slower, Gao Huaiyuan had already rushed out, and the other Song soldiers were also inspired by Gao Huaiyuan, and they also roared one after another, raised the shield knife and axe in their hands, and followed closely to kill the array, and killed towards the gap.
Li Ruohu was so anxious that he had to stomp his feet, then turned around and flew away, and went down to convey his order according to Gao Huaiyuan's instructions.
Gao Huaiyuan was like a tiger out of the gate, leading nearly 200 Song army soldiers to rush into the gap of the collapsed city wall by stepping on the rubble and rubble all over the ground, and hit the Jin soldiers who had rushed into the gap head-on, and fought with the Jin soldiers in the gap.
Susan Anzhen looked at the gap in Huangzhou City from afar, and was a little relieved and a little regretful: "Didn't you prepare two gunpowder explosion points?" Why did only one explosion? ”
An adjutant general replied cautiously: "Marshal Qiyu, there were originally two places, but the medicine in one of them was just crushed by the stone thrown by the Song army, and someone was supposed to be sent to light it, but the pointed wooden donkey was also smashed by the Song army, blocking the entrance of the hole, so that our army's people could no longer ignite the medicine twist!" So only one blew up! Please forgive me! ”
Fusan Anzhen waved his hand and said, "It's considered that God will take care of Song Jun!" But this one place is enough, presumably the Song army should not have the strength to block our army's assault after a day! Send the order to go down, speed up the entry into the city, and clear the Song army in Huangzhou City as soon as possible, I want to enter the city to see what kind of sacredness is here, which can block our attack! ”
So the Jin soldiers, under his orders, swarmed to the gap in the north of the city.
In their eyes, Huangzhou City is already in their pockets, and even the city walls have collapsed, can the Song army inside still be able to stop them?
It's a pity that none of them thought that when the battle came to this point, there was still a Song army reserve in the city that was not used, so the idea of underestimating the enemy immediately spread among the Jin army, and they held their shields and rushed into the gap with a strange scream.
Didn't make them happy for too long, after entering the city, the Jin soldiers were blocked in the gap by a team of Song troops, a Song army general, like a mad tiger, first killed into their crowd, a long knife back and forth in their crowd, almost no one could stop his move, the Jin soldiers fell under his blade like a mustard, and the Song soldiers who followed this Song general were also like stimulants, swords and axes were raised, and they killed a golden soldier with flesh and blood.
Gao Huaiyuan's actions greatly hindered the Jin soldiers' entry into the city, a large number of Jin soldiers were blocked in the gap, the Jin soldiers in front could not stop their fierce killing, and they could not move forward an inch, but the Jin soldiers behind were desperately advancing towards the city, and the result was not the original assault battle, and was stubbornly resisted at the gap, which became a chaos, the Jin soldiers inside were killed and wanted to withdraw, and the Jin soldiers outside wanted to rush in, but only the mess was blocked at the gap, people pushed people, people squeezed people, and squeezed into a ball.
In this case, the golden general named Aru did not expect it, he watched his generals rush in, but then he saw that his generals were crowded into the gap and like stacks of arhats, accumulating more and more, and finally even he could not enter the city, so he was squeezed into the crowd outside the city, and even the command became a problem.
In the melee, in addition to releasing arrows to the city, the archers of the Jin soldiers were not at all busy to help the Jin soldiers who attacked the gap, but the Song army archers who blocked the Jin soldiers in the city, through the broken walls and wooden ladders and other objects, quickly climbed up to the height, condescendingly began to go crazy to the Jin soldiers who were crowded into a ball at the gap, the Jin soldiers were squeezed together, watching the Song army release arrows at them, but they didn't even have the ability to raise their hands to block, just watching the arrows nailed to them one by one, the death was wronged!
At this time, Gao Huaiyuan killed, blocked the attack of the first wave of golden soldiers, eased the situation a little, and immediately transferred the spearmen up, the spears were like a forest, and every time they took a step, they roared, and the pikemen stabbed the spears in their hands at the same time, so a row of golden soldiers was stabbed into a transparent hole and fell down.
Then the Song soldiers shouted again, took a step forward again, stabbed the spear in their hands again, and then withdrew their hands and pulled out the guns, so another row of Jin soldiers immediately fell to the ground, and the Jin soldiers were dizzy, they watched the Song army adopt this simple and simple attack method, but there was no power to fight back, just like mowing the grass layer by layer was cut to the ground, and they lacked cooperation, there were not many pikemen, and soon the attack was contained in the gap.
The Song army has never been so cool, they are in the camp step by step, closely cooperating with each other, and forcing the Jin soldiers step by step to make them pay huge casualties, blocking the gap but unable to enter the city for half a step, and being killed and bleeding.