Daming kill

Chapter 291 Surprise
In the early morning, Zhang Rujing woke up from his sleep.

Uneasy looking at the sleeping woman beside him, he tiptoed up, walked to the window and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he suddenly felt a pair of hands hugging him from behind.

Turning around, it was his wife, Mrs. Liu.

"You shouldn't have gotten up. I'm just used to getting up early and can't fall asleep. It's still early, so go back and get some sleep!" Zhang Rujing said softly.

But Mrs. Liu ignored him and hugged him even tighter.

Zhang Rujing sighed in his heart, he knew he couldn't coax his wife.

Zhang Rujing didn't have a concubine, and Liu Shi was his only wife, so she knew him too well.And I also blamed myself for not being able to notice my wife getting up just now.

"Are you leaving after breakfast?" Liu asked suddenly after hugging her tightly for a while.

"No, later! It may be noon or evening. There are still some things that need to be dealt with. I also need to see the envoy who came to pass the decree. I will do some work again, so that my father cannot be misunderstood."

"Hmm." Mrs. Liu seemed a little happy, and her tightly clasped hands loosened a lot.

Seeing this, Zhang Rujing smiled wryly, turned around and hugged his wife and said, "I'll accompany you to lie down for a while longer!"

But on the bed, holding his wife in his arms, Zhang Rujing couldn't calm down at all for some reason, he always felt a strong uneasiness.

but why?
His adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong made him anxious, but they were thousands of miles away after all, no matter how bad it was, it would be a matter of the future.

Is that Tongluoxia?

But the news he received last night was that the Ming army in Fuzhou was fine.Fuzhou is more than 100 miles away from Tongluo Gorge, and it is impossible for the army to fly over in one night.

Even if there was an accident, the defense line on the Tongluo Gorge was built by him himself. It was very strong and could not be breached in a short time.

In other words, no matter what changes, he has enough time to deal with them.

So why?

Maybe it was really the foster father Zhang Xianzhong?But this also made Zhang Rujing even more anxious.

By this time, the sky had begun to light up.

At this time, on an outlying fortress built on the precipitous terrain on Tieshanping, a mountain range on the north bank of Tongluoxia, a sleepy-eyed soldier of the Great Western Army was watching in disbelief as the muddy mountain road not far away gradually The figures of the Ming army appeared one by one.

Although the light was not enough, but it rained last night, the air was exceptionally bright, and he was sure that he could see it right.

In particular, many of the Ming soldiers wore iron armor, which was not only more conspicuous in the morning light, but also the parts of those iron armor became more and more clearly identifiable in the passionate collision.

Rubbing his eyes, the Great Western Army soldier who had poked his head out finally determined that this was completely different from the single or entire team of Ming Army sentries he often saw on weekdays, and he had to call the police immediately.

But just as he was about to scream, a sharp arrow suddenly pierced through his chin with a clear bowstring sound, shattering his entire mouth, and then obliquely inserted into his cerebellum.

In an instant, the blood rushed out along the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and seven orifices of the Daxi Army soldier, and the person began to convulse immediately, and then completely lost control.

The soldier of the Great West Army wanted to scream, but he couldn't make a sound. His mouth had been pinned by a sharp arrow, and he could only make some whining noises that were almost inaudible to others.

But fortunately, he has already heard someone from his surrounding partners shouting.

But when he fell down from the fortress, he suddenly discovered that some mud monkeys covered in weeds and branches had gathered at the bottom of the fortress.

Some of these mud monkeys are holding crossbows, while others are preparing to climb.

Perhaps it was adrenaline that slowed down the passage of time a lot. This Atlantis soldier, whose brain was not damaged, not only observed many details, but also realized that he was shot by these mud monkeys.

He even had time to sigh to himself, no wonder he heard the sound of bowstrings!
But just thinking of this, he seemed to hear a muffled sound, and then his world entered darkness.

And then, there is no more...

At this time, the whistle sounded in the fortress.

Although the Great Western Army was caught off guard, their reaction was not slow. After all, they have been on high alert under Zhang Rujing's strict orders and personal supervision.Moreover, they directly took the whistle from Li Ping's army to ensure the rapid and timely alarm.

However, when an officer of the Western Army who was wearing armor all night in the fortress reacted quickly, he only looked at the distance and instinctively picked up a torch with his stiff hands to light a door that had been adjusted in advance. When the artillery was fired, an accident happened.

He found that the gunpowder fuse of the artillery had not been installed.

The officer of the Great Western Army looked up at the sky where the clouds had not yet cleared, and cursed angrily.

He just remembered that it rained for a long time last night.

The rain not only made the large number of torches they had set up outside all useless, but also made them clear all the artillery with pre-loaded ammunition, and then did not reload in advance because they were afraid that the gunpowder would get wet.

What's worse, they didn't relight the torches outside because of laziness and laziness, which directly led to the failure to detect the approach of the Ming army in time.

However, who would have thought that these Ming soldiers who were said to have begun to leave would fight back!

And from such a distance, how did they fly over!

Just when he was distracted.

A round, smoking thing suddenly flew up from below the fortress and landed at the feet of the Atlantis Army officer.

Then there was a loud noise, and the officer of the Atlantis Army fell down directly under a thrust or fright, and then there was some pain in the calf that was not covered by armor, and there was a buzzing in his ears.

The officer of the Atlantis Army sat on the ground with a dazed head for a moment, until more explosions started to sound around him, and he thought of standing up in the choking but familiar smell of gunpowder and smoke.

But just as he was climbing up, another explosion beside him and the ding dong on the helmet that followed made him sit back in shock.

But immediately, the officer of the Atlantis Army with rich combat experience realized that he had to stand up quickly.So he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't bother to check the injury on his calf.

Fortunately, he stood up smoothly this time, and the problem with his calf seemed to be minor.

But just as he stabilized his body and used his hands to straighten the crooked helmet, a figure suddenly jumped in front of his eyes and threw him down violently.

"broken!"

The officer of the Great Western Army trembled in his heart.

Sure enough, a dagger was inserted into his neck quickly and flexibly when he fell to the ground due to the bulky armor and there was no time to respond quickly, and then quickly pulled out.

The officer of the Atlantis Army, whose neck was starting to bleed, could only twitch as he watched the mud-smelling figure climb up from his body, watched the figure rush to the next target, and watched more and more mud monkeys jump up. ...

The fort was quickly breached.

However, the outlying fortress that was breached was only one of the many outlying fortresses of the Daxi Army in the north of the main fortress on Tieshanping. Forewarning.

There is the key to the battle, and it is impossible to form the effect of a surprise attack.

But not long after, when Ma Yong, who was wearing heavy armor, was panting and led about two regiments of attacking troops to a defensive section on the north side of the vast main fortified area of ​​the Atlantis Army, he could still see the shock and panic of the enemy, especially the fortress. The number of enemies on the wall is significantly lower.

The enemy should have been caught off guard, and did not expect him to break through so quickly.

In fact, not to mention that the enemy did not expect it, even Ma Yong, the commander-in-chief of this battle, did not expect that he would go so smoothly and so quickly.

Ma Yong knew that he was very lucky, everything went smoothly, not only greatly exceeded the original expectation, but also caused the greatest surprise to the enemy.

But Ma Yong didn't seem very happy, on the contrary he was very disturbed.

Tongluo Gorge itself has a total length of 5.3 kilometers and a wall height of 513 meters. The mountain Tieshanping on the north bank is part of a super slender mountain with a length of more than 100 kilometers.

Therefore, even though the main fortified area set up by the Great Western Army on Tieshanping only occupies the mountain peaks near the river by virtue of the terrain and the undulating mountains, the area is still very large.

At the same time, this also makes the only flat north side of the main fortified area a natural place where everyone can foresee that the enemy will attack or can attack.

This is why Li Rujing set up multiple outposts in the north outside the main fort.

At least Mayon, who is wearing armor, can only attack in this direction if he doesn't want to be exhausted on the way to climb the mountain or sigh for joy, and at least one of the outer outpost fortresses must be passed through, and then he has to unplug it.

Although Ma Yong's surprise attack achieved excellent results, it actually did not substantially help the next real difficulties, especially Li Rujing, who was sitting in the middle of the enemy army on the opposite side, which caused Li Ping a headache.

At this time, Ma Yong was not used to calling Li Rujing Zhang Rujing, and he didn't know that Li Rujing had gone to Chongqing City.

And not only did he not know that Li Rujing was not in the fortress, but the Great Western Army in the fortress also didn't know except for a very small number of people.

But even though it was a headache, Ma Yong had to bite the bullet.

Just pick the hardest bone, and win the battle, this is the decision made by Li Ping.

"Attack now!"

Ma Yong gave the order without hesitation.

He knows that there is no hesitation, and he dare not wait any longer. He must take advantage of the enemy's surprise as much as possible.

As the bugles sounded, the heavily armored troops mainly composed of the four regiments wearing multiple layers of armor and holding thick shields took the lead and began to advance panting, followed by some troops of the second regiment and a secret formation. New unit - Engineer Battalion.

As for the group that was exhausted from the overnight march, it was used as a reserve team.

And Ma Yong's lack of hesitation has indeed received good rewards, and only a few of the enemy's numerous cannons have been fired.

The artillery of the Great Western Army basically came from the original Ming army on Tongluo Gorge. Not only did the quality vary, but most of the gunners were from the Ming army, and the training was extremely insufficient.

Coupled with the additional workload caused by the gunner and the gunpowder stored in the dry area not being in place in time and the dampness of the artillery barrel after the rain, it is really not surprising that it cannot be fired in a timely or effective manner.

This is also an important reason why Ma never let the troops who had marched in the mud for a long time rest and rushed to organize an attack.

Of course, there was also an enemy artillery that was loaded with solid bullets and hit the attacking troops accurately, causing several screams.

But that's all, the troops led by Ma Yong himself at the forefront continued to advance firmly and without hesitation.

Soon, the bows and crossbows of the Great Western Army also began to fire, and this time they were finally a little denser.

But the effect is even worse.

Arrows are basically powerless against multiple layers of armor and large shields.

What really caused the attacking troops a big problem was the traps everywhere, and a whole squad fell through and got killed or wounded by the pickets inside.

But the trap is also just a nuisance.

The rain last night revealed many of the traps, and even more so, it caused great disturbance to the advance of the attacking troops.

Ma Yong is really lucky enough.

But that's what war is.Strategies are important, as are ingenuity, but luck can sometimes be more important.

After paying a completely acceptable or even far lower than expected casualties, the attacking force quickly crossed over with the help of a large group of engineers carrying long planks and other tools quickly erected. There are two trenches, yes, two trenches.

Then finally arrived at a section of the fortress wall that was only about two people high.

For this moment, many people have secretly trained and prepared for a long time.

Of course, now is also the time to test them the most.

In fact, except for the outpost fortress, the protective walls of the main stronghold of the Western Army on Tieshanping are not high. After all, this is not a permanent city.And Ma Yong chose the shortest section.

Even the plug wall of this specification was formed after Li Rujing took over the original Ming army barracks to strengthen and heighten it.Of course, he also dug another trench and set countless traps to make it difficult to approach.

The plug wall is not high, but the Great Western Army on it is not vegetarian.

There is no shortage of rolling logs, stones, lime, kerosene, bird guns, fire guns, crossbows, artillery, etc., which are the nightmare of attackers.And up to now, the support forces of the Great Western Army have gradually been in place.

Although the Great Western Army was caught off guard, their training and combat readiness capabilities were still maintained.

The real fierce battle is coming!
Mi Cang, who was standing behind his feet and stretching his neck and staring at the front, couldn't help shrinking his neck at this moment. He was too aware of the brutality of the siege!

Yonekura's heart was full of worries.

(End of this chapter)