The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1459 Fighting

So speaking, if other villages on this island came to attack here, it might take a lot of effort, but now it is Datang's navy troops that are approaching the city, led by Xuan Shijing.

The Navy of the Tang Dynasty has enough food and supplies, and their weapons and equipment are much stronger than these mountain villagers. Even if the opponent has an advantage in terrain, as long as the Tang army wants to fight, as long as Xuan Shijing wants to fight, there is no place where they can't fight. down.

Gunpowder is used to explode the gunpowder that cannot be shot down. Gunpowder is used as a military product. It is not produced in large quantities and is only used to press the bottom of the box. It is not used in wars. Could it be used to set off firecrackers?
Such a house, if two barrels of gunpowder are thrown in, no matter how hard the city wall is, it can be blown out.

Can a man be stronger than a city wall?

After waiting outside for about a quarter of an hour, the deputy commander in front came to Xuan Shijing's side, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, it's been a quarter of an hour, and there is still no movement on the top of the city, should we remind them?"

"Leave it to you, you decide." Xuan Shijing said to the deputy commander: "Let me also see your skills."

"Yes!" Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, the deputy commander's heart surged with enthusiasm.

Since the father-in-law said so, what does it mean?It shows that the father-in-law values ​​himself very much, and he wants to promote himself, and he must seize this opportunity to perform well.

"Shields are in front and archers are behind, line up in front!" the deputy commander shouted loudly.

Soon, the shieldman was in front, setting up a shield, and the archer was behind the shieldman, bending his bow and nodding his arrows, and pulling the full string.

This place is not far from the city wall, and with the arm strength of the archers of the Tang Navy, it is still within the range of the range. Just wait for the deputy commander to order, and then all arrows will be fired.

Seeing this posture, Er Shun quickly stopped it.

"Wait a minute, general, if you have something to say, please speak up. Da Zhuang has already gone to invite the elders, please wait a little longer." Da Shun begged standing beside the deputy commander with his hands tied.

"The general gave him time, but the people inside seem to be very slack." The deputy commander said: "It's late at night, and the soldiers are impatient, and they don't have the time to write ink with them, or it's okay if you don't do it. Here you go Last chance, go forward and shout, if no one comes out to answer within five breaths, then wash your neck and get the knife."

After finishing speaking, the people around the deputy commander pushed Er Shun out.

"Brother on the top of the wall, where is Da Zhuang? Why haven't you come back yet!" Er Shun stood at the bottom of the wall and shouted towards the top: "Time is running out. If Da Zhuang and the elder don't come out, they will be killed! If we really fight, we can't take it." to cheap!"

"Brother Ershun, Brother Da Zhuang hasn't heard anything yet, so I'll go and urge them right away."

"Hurry up!" Er Shun shouted from below.

The people on the top of the wall had already seen the situation below, and they didn't dare to delay any longer. They ran down the wall and ran towards the place where the elders in the city lived.

After a while, there was still no movement.

The deputy commander waved his hand: "Fire the arrow!"

After receiving the order, the archers in front loosened their bowstrings, and the rain of arrows headed towards the top of the city.

"Hurry up and hide!" A shout came from the top of the city wall, and the people guarding the city wall hurriedly found a place to hide, and some people went down the city wall to deliver letters, calling more soldiers to the city wall, preparing to fight back.

"Light it up." The deputy commander ordered.

Soon the arrows of the archers were wrapped with cotton cloth and poured with grease, and a round of rockets was shot into the stockade by the soldiers of the navy.

Although the city walls of this house are made of huge stones, most of the houses are bamboo and wooden buildings, and the roofs are mostly straw. When the flaming arrows fell on the roof, they burned instantly.

The flames flashed in the stockade, and soon, the shouts spread out of the stockade and fell into the ears of the army outside. At this time, there were more people on the city wall, and they began to bend their bows and nock arrows to compete with the naval forces below. The soldiers shoot at each other.

The archers quickly hid behind the shields. The shieldmen crossed each other. One row stood on the ground, and the other raised the shields high, preventing the arrows shot down from the city wall.

The fire in the village continued to spread. At this time, the people in the village were already sound asleep, but they were disturbed by the sounds from outside. The flames outside were so bright that no one could sleep well. Go out and have a look at the village There is a fire in the house, quickly collect water to put out the fire and save people.

The elders in the village were startled by the voice outside, and looked at Da Zhuang.

"What's going on here?" asked the elder.

"Elder, it must have been done by those people outside. The reason for letting you out just now is because they want to see you and have a good talk with you. Now, they probably have no patience to wait any longer," Da Zhuang said.

When Da Zhuang came over, the elder had already fallen asleep, and felt very uncomfortable when he was disturbed, so he deliberately dragged on not to go out, trying to let the people outside hang out.

How did he know that the [-] naval officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were hanging out outside were the only ones in his village. Could the team led by Xuan Shijing be enough for him to hang out?
"How many of them are there?" The elder became serious now, looking at Da Zhuang and asked.

"It's too dark to see clearly, but there are dense crowds outside the city, all of them are people." Da Zhuang said: "Er Shun and the others failed. Among the six hundred young men, except for the few who were arrested, none of them came back alive. It can be seen that there are many opponents."

"Have you found out where you came from?"

Da Zhuang shook his head: "Elder, now we don't know anything except that they are from the Central Plains, Elder, you should go up to the city wall to have a look, otherwise our village will really be ruined if we continue to fight like this. "

"It's too dangerous on the city wall now, isn't there already a fight?" The elder said, "And it's useless to go up now, Da Zhuang, hurry up and gather the people in the village, go up the city wall, and guard our village well." ah."

"Elder, you!" Da Zhuang saw that the elder was unwilling to come out to meet those people outside, and in a hurry, he pulled the elder to go out, and if he delayed for a moment, it would be life-threatening.

"Report~~~" There was a loud shout from outside, and immediately after, the messenger on the city wall arrived in the hall.

"Elder, Brother Big Zhuang, those people outside have started to attack our stockade. They shot arrows into our stockade. Brothers on the city wall have already been killed or injured, and the houses near the city wall are already on fire. Now the stockade It's a mess."

"What about their people? Have we fought back against them?" the elder asked.

"Our archers on the city wall counterattacked, but they had shields in their hands, so they all blocked them. The casualties of the other party are not clear yet."

"What about the number of people on the other side?" the elder asked.

(End of this chapter)