Horse on the World

Chapter 945
With a bandage on Zu Yan's head, he sat sluggishly in the last fortress. Compared with the hardships and dangers of going up the mountain, the top of the mountain seemed much flatter. Out of 3000 people, including 20 of the [-] artillerymen, they finally reached the top of the mountain. The casualty rate of more than [-]:[-] was also the most tragic battle of the Dingzhou Army over the years.

From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, every step on the steps is extremely slippery, not because of the rain, not because of the mud, but because the steps are full of blood, layer by layer, converging into streams, dripping Tap tap flow down.

The heavy casualties made Zheng Zhiqiang's eyes red, and it also made all the marines red eyes. Along the way, there was not a single wounded enemy left in the conquered fortresses. No matter whether the opponent surrendered or not, they were all killed with one knife.

Zu Yan watched numbly as the Dingzhou soldiers moved their powerful cannons to the top of the mountain step by step. On the steep mountain road, the opponent's cannons were useless, but on the top of the mountain, he could no longer Given the geographical advantage, when the opponent's cannons start to roar, when is the time when Qingtan Fortress is completely lost.
He no longer has the strength to organize people to fight back. At this time, the soldiers around him no longer have an officer above the school lieutenant. These officers have all died in the battles these days. He was killed in the gunpowder crossbow arrow fired by the eight-ox crossbow.Almost none of the hundreds of soldiers in the main village was intact. At this moment, looking at Zu Yan, his eyes were full of despair.

Dingzhou soldiers slaughtered all the wounded soldiers and opponents who gave up resistance along the way, so that they also had no intention of surrendering. They sat quietly in the fortress, waiting for the last moment to come.

The fall of Qingtan will inevitably lead to the failure of the entire Bazhou theater. Once the Dingzhou soldiers control Laihe, Qiu Zhi's persistence in Bazhou will become useless. Abandoning Bozhou and retreating to Pingzhou and Suzhou, Qiu Zhi had almost no other choice, Zu Yan thought.
I hope that when the news of the fall of Qingtan reaches Bozhou, General Qiu will immediately break his arms and lead his army to retreat to preserve his strength in order to counterattack.Zu Yan thought painfully that he had failed the old general's trust after all, but he had indeed tried his best.
This is beyond the reach of human beings.
"General Zheng, tell them to surrender!" The artillery captain who made great contributions in this battle held a torch, looked at the remaining enemy troops on the top of the fortress, and turned to Zheng Zhiqiang. During the water battle, he sank the enemy ship After that, as long as conditions permit, the sailors still try their best to rescue the enemy who fell into the water.
Zheng Zhiqiang squinted his eyes, turned his head and pointed at the stone steps leading down the mountain, "Did you see, the blood of more than 3000 brothers is still flowing, even if they are willing to surrender, I will not give them a chance, blood debts. Fire the cannons. "
The artillery captain hesitated for a while, Zheng Zhiqiang snatched the torch from his hand, put it under the fuse, and lit the fuse.

Seeing Zheng Zhiqiang firing the cannon with his own hands, the gunners of the other two Shenwei cannons did not hesitate any longer and simultaneously lit the fuses of the cannons.

There were three deafening bangs, and white smoke engulfed a large area of ​​land.
Holding the flag in his hands, Zu Yan stood on the top of the fortress, smiling, looking at the black dots that quickly moved from far to near.

A loud bang exploded in the fortress, and after the cannon rang, Zu Yan disappeared without a trace, only the flag that was blown into several sections slowly fell from the top of the fortress.

Green Beach Fortress fell.

In Qinzhou, Qu Yongjie watched groups of soldiers finally attack the city, and quickly gained a foothold, expanding the results of the battle. Seeing that the Luoyang army began to occupy the city wall section by section, a smile finally appeared on his face, and he felt a long sigh of relief. In one breath, "Qinzhou City, finally won."

"Qinzhou has been captured!" Luoyang soldiers cheered loudly.The follow-up troops flocked to Qinzhou City like a tide.

Guan Xinglong retreated to the inner city and glanced back at the city wall behind him, where more and more Luoyang soldiers appeared in his vision.
"Light it up!" he ordered coldly.
The streets surrounding the inner city had long been filled with all kinds of inflammable materials. As countless torches were thrown at the streets, with a bang, the flames ignited into the sky.

"Let's go!" Guan Xinglong strode towards the inner city with a thick backed knife. Behind him, the last group of soldiers who had withdrawn from the outer city retreated into the inner city with their backs or supporting the wounded. Amid the sound, the jack gate in the inner city slowly lowered.
"We are here to wait for victory or meet death!" The blazing fire reflected Guan Xinglong's face, "This is our last position."
"Dingzhou Army, ten thousand victories!" The Dingzhou Army with less than 5000 wounded soldiers roared in unison.

The raging fire prevented the Luoyang soldiers from continuing to advance. They had to stop. Before the fire was extinguished, they could not attack the last enemy army in the inner city. A considerable part of them scattered into the vast residential areas, and started street fighting with Luoyang soldiers.
The seemingly empty streets and alleys are full of murderous intentions. From time to time, a sharp arrow will be shot from the roofs or windows on both sides, which makes the fire fighting work of the Luoyang soldiers even slower.

Across the blazing fire, Qu Yongjie could not help being moved when he heard the shouts of mountains and tsunami coming from the inner city, "The Dingzhou Army is indeed the number one army in the world. Guan Xinglong deserves to be praised by Li Qing. The worst battle I've ever fought."

After breaking through the outer city of Qinzhou, Luoyang soldiers suffered more than 38 casualties, of which more than [-] died, and as many as [-] died in the battle above the rank of general.
On October [-]th, the fire in Qinzhou City was extinguished, and what Qu Yongwei saw was an inner city about a kilometer in length and width, with flags waving, dense defenders, and eight-ox crossbows shining with cold light, which made Qu Yongjie He took a deep breath. He thought that after the outer city was captured, the battle would be relaxed. With the superiority of Luoyang soldiers, the inner city would be captured easily. But now it seems that there will be a tough battle.
"Drag in all the trebuchets outside the city, bring in all the eight-ox crossbows, siege vehicles, Mengchong vehicles, all come in." Qu Yongjie ordered loudly.

"One day, you have one day to take down the inner city."
On the city wall, Guan Xinglong looked at the tin boxes brought up by the Overwatch Council's special agents. These were a batch of throwing bombs that the Overwatch Council mobilized urgently before the war. Even when the outer city was about to be destroyed, Guan Xinglong was not willing to use it. , This is his last weapon.
Handing the Thick Back Saber to the soldiers beside him, Guan Xinglong strode up, Teqin opened the box, Guan Xinglong took out a dark round object from it, with a long tail dragging behind the oval iron bullet.

"General, ignite this fuse and throw it, it will explode, and the iron sheet outside and the iron nails wrapped in the gunpowder will cause great damage to the opponent." Secret Service introduced.

Guan Xinglong nodded, "I've given all these things to you, let's give Qu Yongjie a surprise, unfortunately there are not many, otherwise Qu Yongjie won't be able to break through my outer city just relying on him."
"Don't worry, General!"
"General Guan, the other side is about to attack the city." Wang Peng ran over in a big stride, and before he could finish his sentence, the sound of war drums outside the city rang loudly, and in the sky, black stone bullets rushed towards the sky and covered the ground.

"Protect the general!" Several personal soldiers rushed forward, holding large shields, and protected Guan Xinglong tightly.

A large area of ​​residential buildings was cleared to allow Luoyang soldiers to have enough room to maneuver and deploy troops. The inner city of Qinzhou now stands alone among the ruins.
Stone bombs were flying in the sky, and Luoyang soldiers on the ground were pushing Mengchong chariots, siege chariots, and ladders swarming upwards. It turned out that the inner city was attacked from all sides at the same time. Qu Yongjie was sure that his opponent had nowhere to escape. , Combat capability has also dropped to the limit of a brutal style of play.
The ladder climbed up the city wall, and the siege vehicle slammed into it heavily. The whole city wall trembled. The tall siege vehicles slowly approached. Each siege vehicle was loaded with dozens of soldiers. With crossbows and bows and arrows, suppress and shoot at the city.
Guan Xinglong leaned against the city wall tightly, looked through the battlements, and looked at the enemy army densely packed like locusts, "More, more, denser, denser!" After a while, the power of the projectile will be greater.

"Get ready!" he shouted, and picked up a grenade with his own hands.
"Throw!" He roared, and ignited the fuse of the bomb on the torch beside him, and threw it down.

There were no catapults in the city to fight back, and the eight-ox crossbows were sparse, which created an illusion for the Luoyang soldiers. The opponent's long-range weapons were few, or even none at all. In such a high-intensity war of attrition, it should be almost exhausted.

More than 100 grenades were dropped from the city.

Guan Xinglong didn't have much experience, so he threw it a little earlier, but the bomb still didn't explode when it hit the ground.
The special agents of the Overwatch Council had a lot of experience. After igniting the fuse, they held it for a few minutes before throwing it down. Basically, the bombs they threw exploded a few feet above the enemy.

Amidst the loud noise, thick smoke, chirping iron nails, and iron pieces flying across the city, the dense crowd under the city suddenly felt like they were in Shura Hell. , A large number of Luoyang soldiers screamed and fell down, rolling all over the ground, and a large blank space immediately appeared at the foot of the inner city that was filled with space.

Dozens of siege vehicles were blown down. With the bang, the soldiers on the siege vehicles screamed and fell into the air. The Dingzhou soldiers who had been leaning on the city wall in silence shouted and stood up from the city at the same time. , the Yipin bow fired continuously, knocking down the standing enemy troops one by one.

The soldiers in Luoyang were stupefied for a moment. Some soldiers screamed wildly and ran all over the ground. Some stood there blankly, looking up at the sky.
This is the first time projectiles have been used on a large scale on the battlefield.

The loud noise stunned Qu Yongjie who was watching the battle on horseback. The horse was frightened and jumped wildly, knocking the unsuspecting Qu Yongjie off his horse. The frightened war horse spread its four hooves, and ran away in an instant.
(End of this chapter)