serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 6 The Battle of Ningyuan 3
Ningyuan City was fighting fiercely, the hook ladder was overturned, and the rolling boulders smashed the Zhou army who was attacking the city to pieces. A large number of soldiers rolled down the ladder, screaming endlessly, and the Zhou army under the city also arrived like a rain of arrows , Tartars continued to fall to the ground with arrows, and the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides entered a fierce state.

Looking down from the city wall, the siege Zhou army was densely packed and black. Above and below the city, gunpowder smoke filled the air and arrows flew. With every sound of the cannon, the blasted earth, rocks and broken limbs and arms flew into the air, creating a mess everywhere.

With a loud "boom", a solid iron ball hit the crack of the city wall hard, creating a big gap in the broken city wall, and the bricks and stones flew, and the surrounding green battalion soldiers rolled to the ground with their heads and faces covered, screaming and screaming. Shouting, a few more shells slammed in, the smoke cleared, and the area was already covered with wounded and dead bodies.

The artillery of the Zhou army on the earth mountain was very accurate. Under the fierce bombardment of the artillery fire, the gap became wider and wider. Under the command of the Tartar officers, the green battalion soldiers had to carry the earth bags forward under the artillery fire. Rush, trying to plug the gap.

General Zhou Jun on the high platform laughed again. With such a big gap, the city wall of Ningyuan would collapse soon, and immediately shouted: "Blow up these two Tartars!"

Li Chengyang was also very satisfied. Through clairvoyance, many soldiers had climbed to less than one step away from the city wall. As long as they could reach the city wall, a large number of soldiers below could continue to climb the city wall.

"Look, wolf smoke, three wolf smoke!" Someone shouted.

Three beacons shot straight into the sky. This was a warning of a large group of enemy troops coming, and there were no less than [-]. The reinforcements from the Tartars exceeded everyone's expectations.

All the generals were also startled, and they all looked at Li Chengyang, the commander in chief.

Cao Yi became anxious: "Commander, let's send someone to support Jia Hu!"

All the generals nodded solemnly.

Li Chengyang raised his hand: "No need."

Cao Yi was startled: "Marshal—"

Li Chengyang: "It's too late. Although the first mountain is not high, it is very dangerous. The Tartar reinforcements can send up to 5000 people. As long as he guards the location, he should be able to last until tomorrow."

Having said this, he turned to the generals and said, "I pass on the order of the general, and those who climb to the top of the city will be promoted to three ranks and will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver."

"promise."

The orderly went down.

"dong dong dong"

Zhou Jun's camp resounded with the sound of thundering drums, and more Zhou Jun rushed towards the city wall.

Cao Yi turned his gaze to Shoushan, full of worries in his heart, can Jia Hu stop the Tartar reinforcements?
It's noon.

Accompanied by a thunderous sound of horseshoes, the dust raised by the horseshoes rolled up several miles of yellow dragons in the mountain road, rolling loudly, with an astonishing momentum!
These cavalrymen are all wearing Zhenglan cotton armor, with scimitars on their waists, bows and arrows on their backs, and various long and short weapons hanging on their horses. These cavalrymen are Zhenglan Banner armored soldiers stationed in Guangning. There is arrogance on the face.

"stop!"

With the sound of shouting, the cavalry reined in one after another, and the cavalry stopped one after another.

The guard of Jinzhou led a group of rout soldiers to stop in the middle of the mountain road.

The Zhenglan Banner cavalry stepped aside one after another, making way for Yong Qi on horseback.

The guard of Jinzhou, blood-faced, knelt down in the mountain road. A cold light flashed in Yongqi's eyes, and then he reined his horse and galloped to the front of the collapsed Jinzhou Jiabing team. His two cold eyes slowly fell on the crowd. Swept across the face.

All the defeated soldiers were a little timid and lowered their heads.

Walking in front of the guard of Jinzhou, Yongqi reined in the reins: "I have a military order, telling you to be careful of ambushes, why don't you listen?"

Guard of Jinzhou: "This slave is guilty of death, please lower your responsibility, young master."

Yong Qi snorted, and the guard of Jinzhou turned pale.

The general of Guangning persuaded: "Young master, the Zhou army is guarding the geographical advantage, and there are thunderstorms. They must be eliminated, otherwise we will not be able to pass through the mountain road. The slave thinks that there are only 3000 of them at most, and the number of thunderstorms is also limited. Then we will take advantage of the large number of people, press the army up, and wipe out the Zhou army on the mountain in one fell swoop."

The guard of Jinzhou raised his head, "I am willing to lead the army to destroy the Zhou army on the mountain!"

This time, Yong Qi accepted his suggestion, "Okay! You lead five thousand Jinzhou Green Battalion soldiers to attack Shoushan immediately."

"Yes."

The guard of Jinzhou stood up abruptly, shouted: "Kill!" and charged straight away, waving his waist knife.

"kill!"

Teams of Jinzhou Green Battalion soldiers shouted in unison and rolled away behind the officer.

On the mountainside, the soldiers of the Zhou army were taking the time to rest. They sat around the fire and ate dry food. After eating a bowl of steaming broth, they immediately warmed up and lifted their spirits. Many people While resting, talking and laughing.

Jia Hu silently looked at Ningyuan City in the distance. At this moment, a soldier pointed at the foot of the mountain and shouted excitedly: "The tartars are coming!"

"Fire arrows!"

Yang Dayong jumped up and shouted: "Quickly release the arrow!"

Jia Hu took out an arrow, drew the bow gradually, and aimed at the armored Tartar soldiers rushing forward, the string was loosened, and the powerful arrow shot out, one of the armored Tartar soldiers was shot through the head by an arrow. Roll down the mountain with a cry.

Jia Hu stood behind the low wall, and each arrow was like an arrow. Every time an arrow was shot, a Tartar armored soldier fell to the ground screaming. The bloody offensive and defensive battle officially began. For the climbing Tartars, corpses were piled up at the foot of the mountain. Hundreds of Green Battalion soldiers were shot to death at the foot of the mountain, but there were too many people. In the time it took to burn an incense stick, some Tartar armored soldiers stepped on the corpses of the Green Battalion soldiers and climbed to the bottom of the mountain. Less than twenty steps away from the mountainside, they were determined to take the first mountain.

Jia Hu waved his hand, "Do it!"

More than 300 Zhou soldiers pushed huge stones forward and pushed them down from the mountain path left behind. The huge stones roared down from the mountainside, rolled in the crowd of Tartars, and smashed the Tartar soldiers. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and large pieces rolled down the cliff, and screams were heard endlessly.

In a short while, the green battalion soldiers were killed and wounded, and blood flowed like rivers.But the guard of Jinzhou couldn't care less, he shouted hysterically: "Come on! Go up to me! Those who retreat will kill the clan!"

After beheading several retreating green battalion soldiers, the army continued to climb up the mountain. The huge boulders of the Zhou army rolled down from the mountainside again, and the Man Qing soldiers were smashed down and rushed up again. , a large number of green battalion soldiers died wailing, but more green battalion soldiers rushed up again, and soon, Zhou Jun's stones were smashed.

The green battalion soldiers all over the mountains began to attack frantically. Under the threat of the Tartar soldiers, they rushed up the mountain regardless of life and death.

"Throw a shocking thunder!"

Following the officer's order, a group of soldiers threw out the ignited thunderbolts and threw them at the densely packed green battalion soldiers. These black balls rolled down into the crowd, and there was a loud bang. The explosion caused the blood and flesh of the green battalion soldiers to fly, and the screams and wailing resounded over the mountain.

"Sky Thunder, it's Sky Thunder."

Every loud noise caused a rain of blood in the crowd, and the loud noises one after another caused huge losses to the green battalion soldiers. Coupled with the wailing and screaming of the wounded soldiers, their morale was seriously hit. They scrambled to escape, and the officers roared: "Don't retreat, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"

The dead bodies at the foot of the mountain piled up quickly, and blood flowed into the river. When the heads of more than 100 green battalion soldiers were chopped off, the Tazi officers finally stabilized the army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this moment, the attack drum sounded suddenly in the mountain road.

The Jinzhou guard's face changed suddenly, and he knew that he had to rush up no matter what. He ordered in a hoarse voice: "Whoever rushes up the mountainside first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, an official seal and a collar, and the whole family will raise the flag! Kill a soldier of the Zhou army!" , a reward of 30 taels of silver, and those who kill officers will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver or even ten thousand taels of silver!"

"kill!"

Under the heavy reward, the green battalion soldiers cheered loudly, and the order of the Jinzhou guard stimulated everyone, including the ordinary armored soldiers. At this moment, the first mountain in front of them was no longer a giant beast that swallowed human life, but a series of golden mountains. Silver Mountain is waiting for everyone to go and plunder it.

All the Manchu and Qing soldiers who participated in the attack were flushed with excitement, their eyes widened, and they waved their big knives.

Through clairvoyance, the guard of Guangning saw the situation on the mountainside and saw that the Jinzhou Green Battalion had been severely damaged by the thunderstorm, so he hurriedly said to Yongqi: "Young master, let's increase troops, and take this opportunity to annihilate the Zhou army on the mountain. "

Yong Qi shook her head: "No need, we've wasted too much time here."

The Guangning guard hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the Jinzhou Green Battalion soldiers?"

Yongqi: "When we cross the mountain road, I will send someone to notify them to evacuate."

The guard of Guangning breathed a sigh of relief: "What if Zhou Jun throws thunder at us from the mountainside?"

Yongqi: "I calculated it. In the past two hours, they threw more than 100 thunderbolts, which is almost the same."

The guard of Guangning is still worried: "Then, if they recklessly send the remaining Zhentianlei to the mountain."

Yongqi's face darkened: "War is a risk, you can't be timid or hesitant, the more you are afraid, the more you will fail." Then, she got on her horse and shouted: "You lead ten thousand Guangning armored soldiers as the vanguard, The army moves out immediately!"

The guard of Guangning responded loudly: "Yes!" He got on his horse and waved his hand, "Attack!"

The horn sounded, and more than ten thousand Guangning Tartar soldiers rushed out with a roar that shook the sky.

At this time, Jia Hu was using gunpowder to blow up the mountain to remove rocks. After half a day of fierce fighting, they had no more Thunderbolts in their hands, and the arrows could not completely suppress the Qing soldiers. Exploding the mountain to remove rocks was the best way.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the mountain road, waking Jia Hu from his contemplation. He raised his clairvoyance, and when the main force of the Tartars arrived, he immediately shouted: "Light the fuze!"

More than a dozen rockets were shot towards the cliff, the rocket ignited the fuze, and puffs of black smoke rose. At this time, the Tartar cavalry was approaching, one hundred paces, eighty paces, fifty paces and twenty paces, with a "boom" , The earth-shattering explosion almost knocked down the first mountain, and the stone cliff was also blown down immediately. There was a loud crash, and then thousands of stones smashed into the mountain road.

The stones that fell from the sky blocked the mountain road in an instant, and countless Tartar cavalry were buried below. The shrill screams and dying wailing resounded throughout the mountain road.

(End of this chapter)