Horse on the World

Chapter 996 Advance, Dingzhou Army (3)

The Dingzhou army did not use their most powerful cannons, but they threw hundreds of trebuchets at a time on the front several miles away from the south gate. breakthrough.Under the overwhelming attack from long-range attacks, the Fengli Division and the Stormy Bear Battalion spread out tens of thousands of people, launching a storm-like attack.

Recruits like Tao Xing were used as cannon fodder and placed on the front line. The only thing they could do with almost no combat experience was to face the wolf-like opponent with the sword and spear in their hands, and then poured out their hatred. Down.Few encountered any major difficulties, the first wave of attack led by Li Shengzhi crushed the first line of defense formed by these new recruits, and the soldiers stepped across the trenches like a tide, stepping on the enemy's corpses.

Standing in front of them are several bastions.The dense hundred-shot crossbow, the powerful eight-ox crossbow, the scorpion cannon and other weapons came out of the bastion like locusts, and the soldiers rushing to the front were swept to the ground like they were cutting wheat, and those behind immediately raised their heavy shields , or find a nearby cover location, the trench dug by the opponent has become their best cover at this moment.

Looking up at the bastion about ten meters high in front of him, Li Shengzhi shouted in a deep voice, "Fire!"

Hundreds of soldiers rushed over from behind, each holding two ceramic bottles in their hands. "Go!" a captain shouted, raising his arms.

The first batch of dozens of soldiers jumped out of the bunker like civet cats, running a zigzag route all the way, avoiding the shooting on the city, and quickly approached the first bastion.

100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters, 40 meters, No. 1 soldier straightened up suddenly, shouted, and threw the porcelain bottle in his hand to the opposite bastion wall with all his strength. Almost at the same time, Several feathered arrows came through the air and penetrated his body. He shook twice, watching the two porcelain vases that were tied together swirl and hit the wall of the bastion heavily. With a loud noise, the porcelain bottle shattered violently, and the fire oil inside dripped down the wall.

Satisfied, he turned his body halfway, facing the direction of his own army, and fell heavily to the ground.

As the first bottle of fire oil shattered on the wall of the bastion, countless porcelain bottles pierced the sky and fell on the wall and ground of the bastion, and some even fell into the alleyway.An extremely strong smell spread over the bastion.

And the first batch of soldiers who threw heavy fire oil were almost all buried in the dense arrow rain of the opponent.

"Be careful! It's poisonous!" The bad smell spread in the bastion. The Luoyang soldiers, who had never seen fierce kerosene before, all changed their expressions in shock when they smelled the bad and pungent smell. Amid the exclamation of the officer, They all covered their mouths and noses violently.

But they immediately understood what these things were.

A group of Dingzhou soldiers rushed out from the bunker. They carried first-grade bows, and the arrows on the string were rockets.

Amidst the continuous sound of the collapse, rockets shot out one after another. In this round of mutual shooting with the bastion, only a very small number of the Dingzhou soldiers who rushed out and shot the rockets retreated back alive. But the rockets they fired landed on the bastion.

Then, the soldiers on the bastion saw a bang, and a burst of flames sprang up on the bastion, and the liquid that had just been thrown up burned violently.

A Luoyang soldier was unlucky just now. A porcelain bottle hit his armor. Although it didn't cause too much damage, it filled his whole body with this liquid. At this time, the fire burst into flames. , a little spark splashed up and landed on him.Normally, this spark would not be enough to cause any harm to the human body, but now, as the spark fell, with a bang, he turned into a human-shaped torch, screaming and chaotically on the bastion Fleeing, wherever they went, the soldiers ran away in horror.

I don't know who brought a pot of water and splashed it on the man. I thought that the fire would go out with the sound of the water, but what made everyone terrified was that when the pot of water was poured on, the flames ignited instead. What's more, the torch screamed and rampaged on the fort, and finally stepped on the air and fell from the fort more than ten meters away. Although there was no more sound, the fire was still burning, a burst of flesh The smell of coke made everyone change their colors.

This burst of fire disrupted the defense on the fort, and the Dingzhou soldiers under the fort rushed up, raising their arms, and one after another porcelain bottles flew up the bastion. In a short while, the bastion was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

"Retreat into the alleyway of the Tibetan soldiers, retreat into the fort!" the officer roared, and rushed into the alleyway first.

"Kill!" Li Shengzhi roared and rushed out of the bunker.

The Dingzhou soldiers were very familiar with the construction of the bastion. They carried bags of sand and laid them in the direction of the roadway, opening a passage in the raging fire.

"Turtle sons want to be mice, burn them to death!" Li Shengzhi was sweating profusely from the fire. He didn't want to spend a lot of time and the lives of soldiers attacking these lanes, and the lanes inside the bastion were scattered all over the place. , interlinked, extremely difficult to attack, his method is very simple.

"Throw heavy oil and burn!"

Fierce oil porcelain bombs were thrown into the alleyway one after another, and as a rocket flew in, the alleyway burst into flames.With the flow of fierce fire oil, the fire swept the entire alleyway immediately. There were endless screams inside, and people on fire rushed out one by one. Solved the pain for these people.

Bastions were conquered one by one, and the Dingzhou soldiers moved forward quickly. They attacked for most of the day. By evening, the Fengli Division and the Stormy Bear Battalion had advanced about five miles. The defense line has already been opened a big gap.

The blazing torches illuminated the entire battlefield. After nightfall, the Dingzhou soldiers finally stopped the stormy attack during the day, but stopped and began to stabilize their defenses. The dead bodies of the enemy soldiers in the trenches were piled up and burned away , while the soldiers who died in battle were dragged to the rear, and after their names were recorded, they were also cremated and their ashes were collected in wooden boxes. military.

In September, the weather was hot. If the corpses of the war dead were not disposed of as soon as possible, they would rot overnight. The Dingzhou Army didn't want the plague to spread on the battlefield. Retired, but was forced to retreat by plague and disease.Even so, the Dingzhou army still dare not be careless. A large number of doctors accompanying the army are still boiling the potion to prevent and control the plague overnight. There is also a lot of blood and some broken limbs, which cannot be collected cleanly.

Luoyang, the former enemy command post, Xiang Ping, Zhan Degong, Guo Fengxian and others were silent. During the day, the Dingzhou soldiers only defended the defensive area of ​​Zhan Degong, but everyone witnessed the battle process with their own eyes. Although the Luoyang guards Among them, recruits accounted for the majority, but there were fortresses and defense lines to rely on, and the gap between the two sides had been narrowed a lot, but under the opponent's devastating offensive, the Luoyang army was almost unable to resist. After a while, the line of defense was torn open.

"The elite soldiers in Dingzhou are really not something we can resist!" Zhan Degong lowered his head and said in a low voice.This discouraging remark did not draw Xiang Ping's reprimand, because he also felt the same way, "General Zhan, it's good to talk about this in the room. When we get out of this room, we still try to muster the courage of the soldiers."

Zhan Degong nodded blankly.

"Old Zhan, why don't you ask Lord Hou to send you a part of the reserve team! It seems that your direction is the main direction of the opponent's attack," Guo Fengxian said.

Zhan Degong shook his head, "No need, let's save these reserves until the most needed time, after all, the outer defense lines are all weaker soldiers, under the attack of the elite Dingzhou soldiers, the complete defeat is also expected The most elite soldiers can only be used during siege operations. Lao Guo, you have to be careful on your side. Although the Dingzhou soldiers have targeted my attack, but judging from their banners, only Fengli Division and Baoyu He has not seen the two divisions of Xiongying, Hailing Camp, Tianlei Camp, Ruijian Camp, etc., which he is the most advanced in. We must guard against his sudden attacks. When all the attention is on me, I will give you a slap in the face .”

Guo Fengxian nodded, "Don't worry, I was prepared."

"General Zhan, the enemy is attacking fiercely during the day. At night, do you want to send your troops to sneak attack? If the opponent is careless, it is not impossible for us to regain the positions we lost during the day? Even if we can't regain all the positions, we can regain some of them! During the day Losing the position too quickly is a blow to morale, and His Majesty is also very unhappy! They are all shouting to go to the battle to supervise the battle in person!"

Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degong looked at each other, "Master Hou, I'm afraid that if the opponent is on guard, it will be difficult for us to succeed, and we will lose our manpower instead?"

"How do you know if you don't try? The Dingzhou soldiers won easily during the day, so ignorance is also the meaning of the question. They are afraid that we still have the desire to fight back. If the enemy doesn't think of it, isn't it our opportunity?"

Zhan De just bowed his head and thought for a moment, "Okay, then, under the order of Lord Hou, I will send a force to fight back!"

Guo Fengxian still wanted to say something, but seeing Xiang Ping happily discussing with Zhan Degang how to attack, and where to start, he couldn't help but shut his mouth again.

At the fourth watch, a team of more than [-] people was divided into three parts from the forward position outside the south gate. The flags and drums died down, and they marched forward on the battlefield fiercely. There was only a middle area of ​​about a thousand meters between the two sides. , It only takes a cup of tea, and the attacking troops can touch the enemy's door.

Xiang Ping, Zhan Degong, Guo Fengxian and others stood on the tower, watching the battlefield nervously. In fact, they couldn't see anything from their position.

With the passage of time, a smile finally appeared on Xiang Ping's face. From the start to now, the front has not been exposed. This attack seems to be successful.

As soon as this idea came out of my mind, I heard a roar like a tsunami erupting in the distance. The opponent's position, which was just a little bit of fire just now, was brightly lit in the blink of an eye. In the fire, rows of soldiers appeared Behind them, the heavy weapons brought up by the Dingzhou Army overnight showed their ferocious faces.

Guo Fengxian sighed, flicked his sleeves, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)