Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 595 Attacking the Yellow River Defense Line
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that I would catch these two big fish today."

After Zhang Taichu finished speaking, Song Hu smiled and looked at the two kneeling on the ground.

"These two people were wasted with me, so I'd better send them to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible!" Song Hu said in a low voice, and then looked at the thousand households in the big tent, "After tomorrow morning, you take 1000 people, send these two people to me personally to the commander-in-chief!"

Qianhu cupped his hands at Song Hu, "Follow your lord's order!"

"Okay, now take the two of them down, so that they can be imprisoned without any mistakes!" Song Hu pointed at Li Tianhe and Zhang Taichu.

"Obey!" Qianhu replied loudly, and then escorted Li Tianhe and Zhang Taichu out.

At dawn the next day, Qianhu escorted Li Tianhe and Zhang Taichu towards the place where Zhao Wen was.

……

"Bang bang bang!"

Several cannon shots suddenly came from a distance, and Sun Chuanting stood on the city wall at the rear of the Yellow River defense line, looking in the direction of the cannon sounds with horror on his face. "Where did the cannon sound come from? Could it be that Zhao Wen launched an attack?"

At this time, Sun Chuanting hadn't set off yet. Originally, he planned to set off to the forefront of the Yellow River defense line in a few days.

"My lord, I heard the sound of the cannon coming from the north. I heard this sound in the defense of Taiyuan Mansion before. This must be the Zhao thief attacking the Yellow River defense line!" Wu Zhen stood beside Sun Chuanting with a serious face. behind.

Sun Chuanting's face changed drastically, "How could Bandit Zhao be so fast? Is there any news about the troops in the rear today?"

Sun Chuanting hurriedly forced himself to calm down. He looked at the north, and the context of the matter gradually became clear.

"The army that appeared before must be the vanguard cavalry of Zhao thief, and Zhao thief led a large group of troops in the rear. What is Zhao thief trying to do? What is his purpose? Why did he make such an arrangement?" Sun Chuanting really couldn't understand why Zhao Wen made such an arrangement.

"Return to your lord, no. In the afternoon before yesterday, I have sent out the soldiers to inform the rear according to your lord's order. It has been raining for the past few days, so the speed will inevitably slow down." Wu Zhen replied.

When Sun Chuanting heard this, his face was full of worry. "If the soldiers and horses in the rear meet the soldiers and horses that appeared before, I'm afraid something big will happen!"

"At this time, Zhao Wen must have launched an attack, but why is there no news from the front?" Sun Chuanting frowned and looked at the north. Although he tried his best to calm down his mood, the worry on his face still could not be calmed down.

In fact, it wasn't that the soldiers in front didn't want to send people to notify Sun Chuanting. On the contrary, they sent people to pass the message before Zhao Wen started to form troops to attack the city.

However, as soon as the people who sent the letter left the city, they were killed by Zhao Wensa's Yebushou.

Almost none of the messengers made it out alive.

Zhao Wen stood five miles in front of the military fort where Sun Hai was. He was on a small hill, holding up his binoculars and looking ahead quietly.

Two miles in front of Zhao Wen is Zhao Wen's artillery position.

Four 152mm cannon howitzers and seven or eight mortars are placed on the artillery positions.As for the 107 rockets, Zhao Wen did not use them.

For Zhao Wen, the military fort in front of him was much larger than ordinary houses. Under the artillery that has surpassed this era for hundreds of years, there is no essential difference between a house and a military fort.Therefore, Zhao Wen did not need to deploy a large number of artillery.

"Bang bang bang!"

The cannons on the artillery position let out several roars, and the high-explosive bombs used for the siege flew out of the cannon bores spinning, heading towards the military fort where Sun Hai was.

Sun Hai was lying on the city wall, looking out of the city dully.

"My lord, it's dangerous here, hurry down the city wall!" One of Sun Hai's personal guards stood behind Sun Hai's identity and shouted at Sun Hai at the top of his voice.

In the shelling just now, dozens of soldiers were killed on the spot.

Still ignoring Sun Hai's words, the shells landed on the city wall.

"What kind of weapon is this? Is this the strength of Zhao thief? Why is there such a weapon in this world? Is this a thunder from the sky? Why? Why are there people like Zhao thief? Why is this?"

Sun Hai stared blankly at the scene on the city wall, as if possessed by a demon, muttering non-stop.

"Oh!"

A shell exploded on the city wall, and the flames from the explosion enveloped the soldiers around the explosion.

They were killed before they could even utter a scream.

The explosion blasted a hole in the city wall under the feet of these soldiers, and the bricks on the surface of the city wall were blown apart and flew towards the surroundings.

There were screams, explosions, and the whistling of shell fragments everywhere on the city walls.

Gunpowder smoke and flames shrouded the city walls, black smoke billowed and flames splashed everywhere.

The defense equipment set up on the top of the city was blown up and flew around in the explosion, and some wooden structures were burning violently under high temperature.

"Ah, this is a monster, a monster!" A soldier looked at the miserable appearance on the city wall, threw down the weapon in his hand like crazy, and ran around on the city wall.

He hoped that he could find a safe place. However, the perimeter of the military fort was limited, and it was not far from the artillery positions. The entire military fort was within the bombing range of the artillery. How could there be a safe place?
The shells seemed to have eyes, chasing and bombing the soldier.

He hadn't run far when a shell fell at his feet.

He didn't even utter a scream before being enveloped by the explosion.

Explosions rang non-stop on the city wall, and each explosion could blow up a large number of city wall bricks, and each explosion could take away the lives of some soldiers defending the city.

Sun Hai's ears were full of buzzing when he was shocked by the explosion, and he couldn't hear the voice of the guard behind him at all.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the guards behind him hurriedly dragged him, regardless of whether Sun Hai agreed or not, they dragged Sun Hai down the city.

When Sun Hai came to his senses, the personal guards had already pulled him away for a distance of more than ten steps.

At this moment, a high-explosive shell fired from a 152mm cannon howitzer landed on the spot where Sun Hai was standing just now.

"Oh!"

There was an explosion, flames splashed, and fragments and broken brick fragments flew around like a torrential rain.

"Puff puff!"

Fragments and brick fragments got into the bodies of the guards behind Sun Hai, tearing the organs and tissues in their bodies.

Under the heavy bleeding, the guard's eyes gradually blurred, and finally his eyes went black, and he fell to the ground.

Sun Hai was not seriously injured because of the bodyguards blocking him.

The sound of explosions resounded continuously on the city wall, and the defenders on the top of the city were crying for their father and mother after being bombed under this level of attack.

If you are lucky, you can still save your life, but if you are unlucky, you will be directly blown to the ground.

The defenders on the top of the city didn't last long before they began to collapse.

They threw away the weapons in their hands, and fled to the city in a hurry.

The stairs connecting the ground and the city wall were crowded with fleeing soldiers. Some soldiers jumped directly from the city wall when they saw this scene.

The military fort where Sun Hai was located was in no way comparable to the walls of these cities in Taiyuan Mansion. Under the artillery bombardment, within half an hour, the walls were bombed beyond recognition.

The walls are full of cracks and openings, like gaps in dry land.

In the sound of explosions, the city wall was blown down.

Huge smoke and dust appeared above the city wall. Although it had been raining for the past few days, the rammed earth under the bricks covering the city wall was dry.

Under the bombardment of the shells, the rammed earth was blown up and flew around.

The moment the city wall collapsed, the surviving soldiers in the city hurried to escape behind the city wall.

Zhao Wen held up the binoculars and looked at the scene in front of him, "Send the artillery in front to stop firing!"

Li Xiaosan hurriedly conveyed Zhao Wen's order to the surrounding messengers.

The messenger ran towards the artillery position with Zhao Wen's order.

A moment later, the artillery stopped.

When the smoke cleared away, Zhao Wen finally saw the appearance of the military fort clearly.

I saw that the city wall that was bombarded by the artillery had completely collapsed, and the bodies of the guarding soldiers could still be seen vaguely in the collapsed ruins.

"My lord, shall the infantry charge next?" Li Xiaosan looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "No, there is no need to let the infantry charge at this time!

According to the map drawn by the previous spies, the military fort in front of him is the military fort at the forefront of the Yellow River defense line.

Behind this military fort, and on both sides of the back, there are seven or eight similar military forts.

Our top priority now is to destroy the military forts behind this military fort.For those soldiers in the military fort, there is no need to send troops to hunt them down.

At this time, they are already frightened, there is no need to get entangled. "

"Give me an order to let the fifth, seventh, No.13... Qianhu from the Qianhu Office come to see me!" Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaosan.

Li Xiaosan clasped his fists and rode his horse to the rear.

After a while, seven or eight thousand households stood respectfully in front of Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at the thousands of households in front of him, and said, "There are seven or eight military forts on both sides behind this military fort, and I order you to take your troops to attack these military forts.

The roads are muddy these days, and the 152mm cannon howitzer and 107 rocket launcher are not easy to transport, so I will equip you with a 120mm mortar. "

The 152mm cannon howitzer and 107 rocket launcher are relatively heavy, and it is not convenient to transport, let alone now that it has been raining?
Because Zhao Wen has a warehouse, he can take out these artillery when he gets to the place.

However, it is impossible for Zhao Wen to follow these people, so he can only equip them with some conveniently transportable 120mm mortars.

Although the caliber of the 120mm mortar is not as large as that of the 152mm cannon howitzer, its power is undeniable.

"The end will be ordered!"

"The end will be ordered!"

These thousands of households bowed their hands at Zhao Wengong, and the sound was like a bell.

……

A few quarters of an hour later, these thousands of households set off towards the predetermined location with their soldiers and horses and the 120mm mortars assigned to them by Zhao Wen.

Before setting off, Zhao Wen equipped each of them with a map.

After these people left, Zhao Wen stepped on his horse and looked at Li Xiaosan, "Send the order and start marching!"

Li Xiaosan cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and passed on Zhao Wen's order.

Because the road was muddy, Zhao Wen put all the artillery on the artillery position back in the warehouse before departure.

In this way, the speed of the artillerymen is much faster.

Not long after, Zhao Wen came to the military fort where Sun Hai was.

At this time, all the defenders in the military fort had run away.

(End of this chapter)