Monument Yangmen

Chapter 817
"Dig a hole?"

Liu Pianjiang was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little puzzled, but he didn't ask.

Instead, he followed Huo Hongye's suggestion and started to make the old soldiers dig holes.

According to Huo Hongye's instructions, the veterans started digging holes in the fortress.

The old soldiers are used to digging trenches, so the pits dug in the fortress are also similar to trenches.

On the walls on both sides of the trench, cave dwellings that could accommodate one person were dug out one after another.

The pit was half dug.

The Liao army outside the city began to attack.

The trebuchets were filled with explosive canisters, and they were thrown into the fortress.

Liao's research on gunpowder is still in its infancy.

The yield is not very high either.

And it's all black powder, with limited lethality.

In order to allow black powder to achieve the greatest results on the battlefield.

Han Qiong rationed almost all the gunpowder in Liao Kingdom to Yelu Xiezhen.

Yelu Xiezhen was not polite when he took the black powder. In order to tear through the defense line of Yan Kingdom as soon as possible, he frantically asked people to throw gunpowder cans into the fortress.

Before the old soldiers had time to hide in the dug cave, the gunpowder cans fell down like hailstones one by one.

"bang bang bang~"

The sound of explosions was incessant.

The black powder itself is not very lethal, and the broken pieces of clay pots are the most deadly.

After the gunpowder cans exploded, they turned into flying fragments one after another, constantly cutting or shooting into the old soldier's body.

Huo Hongye yelled loudly on the ditch of the fortress, "Quickly snatch the cave dwelling! Hurry up and hide in it!"

The old soldiers rushed into the cave one after another.

In a blink of an eye.

The fort was empty.

The old soldiers all hid in the cave dwelling.

Those powder canisters shot into the fort were bombarding.

The tents where the old soldiers lived in the fortress were set on fire.

A building was shattered by the explosion.

A large number of gunpowder cans blew up all the buildings in the fortress, but the old soldiers hiding in the cave were unharmed.

This made the nervous veterans let out a sigh of relief.

In a blink of an eye, they looked at the trembling soldiers behind them.

The old soldiers said cheerfully: "Listen, do you think it was the firecrackers set off during the Chinese New Year?"

The soldiers hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

The old soldiers laughed loudly, "The Liao thieves are setting off cannons to help us celebrate the New Year."

A group of old soldiers said some witty words to ease the mood.

Only then did the soldiers relax.

city ​​wall.

When Liu Pianjiang flew over the gunpowder can, he ordered the old soldiers on the city wall to set up the unique triangular shield of the Yan army.

When the four triangular shields are joined together, it becomes a small conical shield formation.

Each of the shield formations, like conical nails, were firmly stuck on the top of the city.

Three or five of the veterans huddled together in the shield formation, listening to the gunpowder cans outside flying over their heads, or exploding beside them, with worried expressions on their faces.

however.

When they discovered that the black powder jars of the Liao army were not enough to break through the unique shield formation of the Yan army, they finally let go of their hanging hearts.

However, three or five of them got together and taunted the Liao people in the shield formation.

It's quite a taste of him being strong and letting him be strong, and the breeze blowing over the hills.

Seeing that the black powder of the Liao army was not enough to break through the shield formation of the Yan army, Liu Pianjiang was half relieved.

He recruited his own soldiers, set up a shield formation, and hid in it.

Only a thin slit was left to observe the movements of the Liao army.

"bang bang bang~"

The offensive of the Liao army outside the city has not stopped.

Although Yelu Xiezhen somewhat imitated the indiscriminate bombing that Yang Qi used to attack Youzhou City, he couldn't imitate Yang Qi to dig tunnels.

The Haoshuichuan Fortress was built in a valley with thick rocks on both sides.

About one foot underground, there is also a layer of rock.

Yelu Xiezhen wanted to dig a tunnel under the fortress in a ignorant manner, and it was impossible to complete it in less than ten days and half a month.

He really spent ten days and half a month in this Haoshuichuan. It is estimated that the reinforcements from the Yan army will arrive soon, and the tunnel will be dug in vain.

After more than a dozen rounds of bombing, the Yan army did not dare to show their heads.

Yelu Xiezhen immediately felt that the time was almost up.

While ordering the shooter to continue shooting, he ordered the other soldiers to carry the siege equipment and start attacking the city.

Liu Pianjiang saw that the Liao army was about to attack the city through the gap in the shield array, and immediately opened the shield array and shouted, "The Liao people are coming to attack the city, soldiers, follow me to defend against the enemy..."

"Oh!"

A gunpowder can exploded under Liu Pianjiang's feet.

The next Liu Pian pulled the soldiers around him and hid in the shield formation.

The flying pieces of pottery made a gash on Liu Pianjiang's cheek, and blood flowed out.

Liu Pianjiang licked the blood that flowed to the corner of his mouth, and cursed angrily: "Damn Song literati, if they weren't idiots, how could this gunpowder fall into the hands of the Liao people?
In the future, I will kill this kind of people when I meet them. "

The personal guards stood in front of General Liu Pian and asked anxiously, "The Liao army has already reached the city, what should we do now?"

Liu Pianjiang stared and roared: "What else can we do? The Liao army clearly wants to use gunpowder to suppress us, and then buy opportunities for their attacking soldiers and horses. As long as the gunpowder cans outside the city keep shooting, we will have nothing to do." Ways to come up.

Only when the Liao army fell to the city, the soldiers fought hand to hand. "

Hand in hand.

For them, a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, they are at a disadvantage.

Under the cover of gunpowder cans, the Liao army rushed to the city quickly.

Yelu Xiezhen immediately ordered the shooter to stop the projection.

When the Liao army drove the ladder and boarded the city, when the car boarded the city.

Liu Pianjiang lifted the triangular shield, held a horizontal knife in one hand, and roared loudly, "Old brothers, kill them sons of bitches!"

The shield formations dispersed under Liu Pianjiang's roar.

Each of the old soldiers held Zhentianlei in their hands, rang the pull ring, and threw it with all their strength.

"Son of a son of a bitch! Enough of bombing me, now it's time for me to bomb you."

Shocking thunders were thrown down the city wall one after another.

The Liao army swarming under the city wall was immediately thrown off their feet by the bombing.

There is not much gunpowder left in Haoshuichuan Fortress.

But they are all the latest granular gunpowder, and their lethality is far from comparable to that of the gunpowder tanks of the Liao army.

Zhentianlei exploded below the city.

The Liao army fell like cutting wheat.

The tremendous power of the Thunderbolt caused the walls of the fortress to shake.

Liu Pianjiang shouted to the old soldiers with a dark face: "Everyone, take the thunder in your hand to the distance, don't throw it along the city wall. Turning around, the Liao bandits didn't break through the city wall, so let you blow them up first. "

The old soldiers smiled awkwardly, and immediately followed Liu Pianjiang's order.

With Zhentianlei in hand, combined with rolling logs, stones, bows and crossbows, the Liao army under the city threw away their helmets and armor.

"Hey hey... the Liao thief of Gou Ri, let you see what grandpa is capable of."

As a bed crossbowman, Lao Ge's ability is very strong, almost pointing at that shot.

There were dozens of Liao army generals who died in his hands.

It's just that this old guy is a bit old and unscrupulous. Every time he shoots an enemy, he always greets them in three ways.

As a result, his superiors couldn't help him to ask for credit.

It is impossible to write a sentence in the request for meritorious service, the sixth squad of the Shesheng Battalion of the Fuxing Army Zhengge Erdan shot and killed dozens of generals and schools of the Liao Army, and all of them scored balls?

I'm afraid that everyone who knows about this will laugh Ge Erdan's Shangguan to death.

The battalion of the Shesheng camp reprimanded Ge Erdan many times, but this guy did not change his mind.

So I never got promoted.

In the end, he was blinded in one eye and was discharged from the army.

Now on the battlefield, the one-eyed man has improved his shooting skills again. God took away one eye from him, but endowed him with even stronger shooting skills.

"Little guy, have you seen that Liao army with a jeweled sword on his waist? At least he is a fifth-rank official. Do you believe that I can hit his balls with an arrow?"

The two soldiers who helped Ge Erdan load the crossbow gun shook their heads.

Although they are new to the army, as people from Zhongyizhuang, they have dealt with various ordnance since they were young, and they know the lethality of bed crossbows.

In the absence of technological positioning, any weapon with high lethality is not so accurate.

As the strongest type of crossbow, the bed crossbow naturally has poor aim.

Often pointing at the head, it ends up shooting in the chest, or flying over the head of the targeted enemy and shooting to the next person.

"You two brats, you have underestimated my ability. Hehehe... Look..."

Ge Erdan was driving a bed crossbow, staring at the general of the Liao army outside the city with one gloomy eye.

three breaths.

A gleam flashed in Ge Erdan's eyes, and he pulled the trigger of the bed crossbow.

"Whoosh~"

The crossbow spear as thick as the baby's arm shot out.

In a flash, it appeared under General Liao's crotch.

General Liao felt a cold in his crotch.

When he was able to react and feel, the testicles were gone.

The crossbow gun was inserted into the ground, and the tail of the gun vibrated frequently due to the huge force, and it slapped General Liao's crotch continuously.

"Ow~"

General Liao screamed and fell to the ground with a plop.

Not only was the thing shattered, it was also smashed into a pulp by the vibration of the gun tail.

The two soldiers stared wide-eyed, watching this scene in disbelief.

Ge Erdan smiled stinky and said: "See? This is my skill. Later, if you entertain me with good food and wine, I will pass on this unique skill to you."

Made a wisecrack.

Seeing that the two soldiers were still dumbfounded.

Ge Erdan coughed softly, and shouted: "Don't be dazed, install a crossbow gun..."

"oh oh……"

The two soldiers reacted, and quickly loaded the crossbow on the bed crossbow, and then watched Ge Erdan continue to show off his might.

Similar things happened in other places on the city wall.

The old soldiers have inherited the tradition of the revival army. They have the idea of ​​bringing the new with the old, so they decided to take advantage of this war to pass on their unique skills to the younger soldiers.

all in all.

The old soldiers showed great power, and with the help of Zhentianlei and various sharp weapons, they successfully resisted the first attack of the Liao army.

Repelled the first attack of the Liao army.

The veterans heaved a sigh of relief, slumped on the city wall, and let the newly recruited apprentices beat their backs and shoulders for them.

The Liao army was defeated.

Dejectedly, he returned to the camp.

After eating a simple meal.

Yelu Xiezhen ordered them to attack Haoshuichuan Fortress again.

Under the command of Liu Pianjiang again, the old soldiers rose up to resist.

The fighting continued from morning until evening.

When the Liao army rushed over for the tenth time.

Liu Pianjiang shouted loudly: "Brothers, quickly defend the enemy with thunder."

"General!"

The soldier's face was ugly and he let out a low cry beside Liu Pianjiang.

Liu Pianjiang frowned, and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

The soldier said in a low voice in embarrassment: "Zhen Tianlei has run out..."

When Liu Pianjiang heard the words, his heart sank.

Without Zhen Tianlei's big killer, the next battle would be difficult.

However, the bad news that the soldiers brought him was far more than that.

The soldiers lowered their heads and continued: "There are not many arrows left...the stones on the top of the city are almost gone..."

When Liu Pianjiang heard these two pieces of news, his heart sank again and again.

half an hour.

Liu Pianjiang gritted his teeth and said: "Let all the brothers in the fortress go up to the city wall. Without armaments, we can only fight recklessly. We must never let the Liao army step into my country of Yan."

Liu Pianjiang's order did not last long.

Huo Hongye, Wang Xing, and the rest of the old soldiers climbed to the top of the city together.

The dark Liao army came again.

Liu Pianjiang drew out the horizontal knife at his waist, and shouted with a stern expression, "Brothers, kill the enemy!"

"Shhhh~"

A handle of the horizontal knife was drawn out.

The handicapped old soldiers looked at the Liao army rushing from the city with a determined face.

The Liao army was not intimidated by the aura of the old soldiers who regarded death as home. On the contrary, after they approached the fortress wall cautiously, they found that the Yan army on the top of the city did not greet them with thunder.

Immediately, they were overjoyed.

"They don't have any gunpowder, so hurry up and kill them. The general has an order that the first to climb to the top of the city will be rewarded with [-] cows."

The Liao army, who had been suppressed by the thunder for a long time, could finally let go of their hands and feet and fight hard.

They rushed to the top of the city like a tide.

One by one, they went forward one after another, almost defying death.

Holding the horizontal knife in one arm, Liu Pianjiang shouted loudly, "Kill!"

The old soldiers rushed towards the Liao army climbing up the city with their knives in hand.

"Pfft!"

The spear fell down one by one.

One by one, the Liao soldiers were stabbed across the eye, and their bodies fell off the ladder.

The Liao army behind him continued to climb to the top of the city without any fear.

The one-legged old pawn continued to stab with a spear.

The Liao army with sharp eyesight and quick hands grabbed the spear in the old pawn's hand, dragged it, and the old pawn fell off the top of the wall.

Then he was instantly dismembered by the Liao army under the city.

One attack and one defense.

The two sides fought in the most primitive and brutal way.

The corpse fell like a dumpling.

In a blink of an eye, a floor was laid under the walls of the fortress.

"Pfft~"

The one-armed old pawn was cut off by the other arm of the Liao army who climbed up to the top of the wall. The old pawn stared wide-eyed and was stunned for a long time.

He didn't scream, but smiled in a low voice.

"The last person who cut off my arm, I killed three of their brothers. This time you chopped off one of my arms. I want you to deserve your life. This is not a loss."

After laughing.

The old pawn rushed forward and let the Liao army's scimitar stab into his chest.

He opened his mouth and bit Liao Jun's ear.

With a leap, he dragged the Liao army down the city wall.

The three-foot-high city wall fell down and turned into a corpse in an instant.

The other old pawns beside the old pawn had a gloomy look in their eyes, but they didn't say anything.

Still struggling to kill the enemy.

It's just that the determination in their eyes is more firm.

All old soldiers who are unable to kill the enemy will drag a Liao army to die together.

however.

Even the old soldiers are so brave and fearless.

The fierce Liao army still relied on their young and strong bodies to kill the top of the city.

"I was the first to ascend the city, and the [-] cows are mine!"

"kill!"

The Liao army boarded the top of the city.

It means that the only line of defense of the fortress has been torn open.

More Liao troops followed the gap and climbed up.

The battle escalated again.

The fighting became more brutal.

(End of this chapter)