Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 331

Looking out from the narrow embrasure, we can only see a mass of human heads, and most of them stretched their necks to look towards Nanshan City not far away.The bunker was built very low, firstly to keep it concealed, and secondly not to block the shooting range of the main artillery position on the top of the city.Xi Jun, who was crowded in the trench, hardly noticed the bunker at the bottom of the trench, and there was even a Hao bridge directly on the top of the bunker.

Looking down from the top of Nanshan City, some Xi soldiers have just climbed up the high side of the trench and are stretching their bodies, and some turn their heads to pull their comrades who are climbing up.The order to fire has been transmitted through the microphone placed in the tunnel. Tong Yunjie's palms were sweaty and he glanced to the side. Zhao Xingde frowned tightly, as if he was doing something that he didn't like very much but had to do. matter.The question just now popped up in Tong Yunjie's mind, "How long will it take to kill 2000 people?" Then he couldn't help but estimate the number of enemy troops ahead, the current firepower density, and how long it would take to kill them all.This is an exchange of cold bullets and flesh and blood.

"Damn it." Tong Yunjie felt as if he was not fighting a war, but making a deal with a monster, and his brows frowned involuntarily, trying to get this unpleasant feeling out of his mind.

At this time, accompanied by many "fire!" sounds, the gunners on each emplacement lit the matches almost simultaneously. At this distance, most of the reloads were shotgun shells, and only the emplacements along the direction of the trench in the bunker were loaded. A five-pound solid iron bullet.The joint training efforts in advance were not in vain, the main artillery on the top of the city and the artillery in the bunker roared almost simultaneously.Gunfire roared everywhere, gunpowder smoke rose, and the entire Nanshan Mountain seemed to tremble.

Guo Baoyi had long felt that the defenders were unusually quiet just now.In an instant, the sound of cannons was loud and deafening.He hurriedly raised the binoculars to his eyes, and there was still a sea of ​​Xi Jun in front of the formation.Yelu Yanshan's face darkened, and he asked: "What's going on?" The generals below hesitated, and no one could answer. "Trash!" Yelu Yanshan couldn't help cursing, "Order Xiao Zhong, don't be afraid of the enemy's artillery fire, quickly conquer the earth city in front of you, and clear the way for the army."

The messenger rushed out on horseback, and Yelu Yanshan raised the binoculars again, and looked towards Nanshan City. However, with the firing of various artillery positions, within a range of more than a hundred steps around Nanshan City, a dense layer of The gunpowder smoke, and soon, the cavalry who sent the order were also caught in the gunpowder smoke, and the telescope couldn't see clearly what happened, only the sound of yelling and screaming amidst the roar of the guns.

The advancing Xi army was suddenly attacked by artillery. As the captain of Xi army, Xiao Zhong hadn't passed the trench yet, but it was indeed within the firing range of the main artillery at the top of the city.A shotgun missed him and hit his guard, spattering blood and brains all over him. "Lord Xiao, we are in an ambush!" "Let's retreat one after another!" Xiao Zhong was still in shock, and was about to order his troops to withdraw, but he received a military order from Yelu Yanshan, asking him to continue attacking Nanshan City.Dozens of drums lined up in the Chinese army's large formation also sounded hastily. Xiao Zhong had no choice but to wipe his bloody face, drew out his scimitar, and shouted: "It's just a cannon, keep charging, who cares?" Back off, I'll kill him with one blow!" After speaking, he took his soldiers and continued to advance towards the mountain, but before he had moved forward a few steps, he encountered a large group of defeated soldiers who retreated from the front.

At the bottom of the wide trench on the outermost layer of Nanshan City, the artillerymen loaded and fired at almost the fastest speed. The trench was already crowded with Xi troops, accompanied by loud roars again and again. The solid iron bullet flew through the trench like a mad horse, passing through countless flesh and blood along the way, until the last trace of inertial momentum was exhausted, or it burrowed heavily into the ground.At this time, the trench was full of stumped limbs and broken arms, and the soldiers of Xi Army were bleeding blood under their feet, accidentally stepping on corpses and internal organs. They regarded this place as a hell-like existence.Except for those soldiers who were lying on the ground to avoid the shells, refused to move, and were even frightened, the rest of the Xi army were desperately crawling towards the edge of the trench, trying to leave this hell of evil spirits.

The bunker was already shrouded in heavy gunpowder smoke, and the sudden firing stunned the Xi army. Until now, the Liao army, which suffered heavy casualties, has not been organized, and even most people have not discovered where the shells were fired from. of.In the narrow space of the bunker, all the gunners of the Han army were sweating profusely, but excited as if they were cramping. The gunner kept urging: "Quick, quick!" After firing shells one after another, someone murmured nervously: "This is enough, enough!"

Although there is a special air outlet, there is still a choking smell in the bunker. Almost everyone is coughing hoarsely. Every time after coughing, someone is urging loudly: "Pack the 'medicine' bag!" "Cannonball!" "Cannonball?" "Hurry up, Cannonball!" "Fire!" "Fire!". "Wan Sheng!" Killing without hesitation.

General Yu Wenmo climbed up the inner edge of the ditch with an iron knife in his mouth, screaming in his heart that he was lucky, and suddenly there was a warning sign in his heart, his movements only slowed down a bit, and he felt several gusts of wind flying by, and Xi Jun beside him screamed He fell to the ground with a sound.It was a shotgun, Xiao Mo secretly called it a fluke, just lying on the ground, looking left and right, the artillery positions of the Han army were set up very tricky, taking advantage of the slope of the Nanshan slope downwards, the artillery above fired Shotguns flew across almost parallel to the ground.Many tribesmen who had just climbed out of the trench after all the hard work were hit by the shotgun.Yu Wenmo lay on the ground and observed for a while, then found that he could avoid most of the shelling by taking advantage of the interval between shells firing and rushing up, then lying down again.Yu Wenmo looked at Xi Jun, who kept falling and fleeing, and shouted: "Get down, get down!" But no one paid attention to him, Yu Wenmo finally wavered, and he looked forward unwillingly. With one glance, he stepped back with the iron knife in his mouth.

Just after jumping off the ditch, Yu Wenmo felt his feet were soft and almost slipped. It turned out that a layer of blood had accumulated in the ditch, and even the shallow soil was loosened. Yu Wenmo felt chilled and fell down immediately. On the ground, I climbed to the opposite side of the ditch little by little, just as a general was waving a scimitar to intercept the rout, Yu Wenmo raised his head slightly and shouted loudly: "I am Yu Wenmo, quickly take me to see Xiao Du Supervisor!"

Xiao Zhong was urging his subordinates to continue attacking Nanshan, when he saw Yu Wenmo whose face was covered in blood, he couldn't help being surprised.Yu Wenmo is also a famous brave general, he did not expect him to retreat in such a embarrassing defeat.Before asking the reason, Yu Wenmo said: "My lord, you can't fight so hard!" He pointed to the north and south sides of the ditch, and said loudly: "The two bunkers of the Han army are under heavy artillery fire. If we don't attack first Come down, no matter how many people you send, you will die!"

The Yuwen family used to be the leader of the Xi clan.Yuwen Mosu is said to be both civil and military, and he is quite famous among the younger generation of Xi people.Therefore, even though many generals of the Xi clan who were defeated before said that they could not advance unless they took down the Han army’s dark fortress, Xiao Zhong thought they were delaying and evading, but when Yu Wenmo said so, Xiao Zhong nodded and ordered For the time being, order all the ministries to pack up their soldiers and horses, but they must not flee backwards.

The Xi troops of all ministries retreated one after another, and the artillery of the Han army stopped firing. The smoke gradually dissipated, and the battlefield revealed a ferocious appearance.There was hardly any time for a few sticks of incense. The corpses of Xi Jun were everywhere near the ditch outside Nanshan City. Discarded weapons and flags could be seen everywhere, as well as chariots, ladders and catapults were also abandoned on the ground.Looking from the top down, the trenches are full of corpses, and the battlefield is full of enemies waiting to be killed. The main loss of the Han army is because the artillery crew forgot to cool down in a hurry, causing a cannon to die. The explosion killed and wounded several gunners on the spot.

Zhao Xingde explained the arrangement of each artillery position and the key to launching the artillery many times, but when the generals really witnessed this scene with their own eyes, they still took a deep breath.The casualty ratio between the enemy and the enemy was too disparate. From the general to the soldiers, many people were as if in a dream, and they were all dumbfounded.Victory came too easily, but it was hard to accept.

"How is it possible, how is it possible?" Tong Yunjie murmured: "They have so many people, so many people, and they are defeated like this. Is this the punishment of God?" He is one of the few people who understand the power best, however, he also looks unbelievable.

"This is not the scourge of heaven, but the way of heaven," Zhao Xingde said in a low voice, "The way of the way is very way. This is the way of inhumanity in heaven and earth, and treats everything as a dog." There was a strange silence in the fort, and suddenly, there was a person Asked thoughtfully: "Is there no distinction between good and evil in the way of heaven?"

"Water flows downhill, and the four seasons are cold and hot. Can there be good and evil? Dao, it does not exist for Yao, and it does not perish for Jie. Those who follow it prosper, and those who go against it perish. The Dao is natural, and there is no distinction between good and evil. "Zhao Xingde said slowly, "Good and evil, benevolence and morality are all just people's hearts." He narrowed his eyes slightly, and he found that in order to avoid the damage of artillery fire from the side as much as possible, Xi Jun was lining up in the direction of the bunker in the distance. It became a dense column, ready to attack again. In the last attack, the enemy left countless corpses in the trenches and in front of the battery. It needs to be covered, and the attacker can even use Paze's body as a cover.

"Notify the forts and bunkers in front, replace the artillery with solid ammunition, and double the 'medicine' pack." Zhao Xingde murmured, "Send someone to call and notify the generals of the Liao Army." He paused, listening to the orderer He agreed in a loud voice, and just now he read word by word, "Soldiers are murderous weapons. The two armies are at war. It is a last resort. The dead are innocent. They should not be injured by violent corpses. Within half an hour, we can tolerate him." Send 500 people over to collect the corpse."