Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Boom boom boom..." The sound of artillery outside Jinyang city was loud every day. Guo Shao coughed from time to time, and the choking smell of gunpowder floated in the wind, almost permeating every corner. The artillery array was still some distance away from where he was standing, but the sound of the artillery was always constant, and it seemed to be humming in my ears.

In such an environment, Guo Shao felt a little dizzy in his head, and his stunned thoughts were a little bit turbulent. He rubbed his temples, sat down on a rough wooden table under the open shed, and looked through the brush-painted map. Li Chuyun has now arrived near Shiling Pass in the south of Xinzhou, and Xinzhou and Xinkou Towns in the north. The land is still under the control of the North Han Army.

Zuo You walked into the straw shed, and Guo Shao said: "Once the Liao army approaches Li Chuyun's department, report it to me immediately."

Zuo You worshipped: "Comply with the edict."

As soon as the main force of the Liao army contacted Li Chuyun, Guo Shao planned to personally go north to supervise the battle. Because once the Liao army goes south, whether it can resist the enemy will be related to the consequences of the entire war, Guo Shao believes that his personal presence on the battlefield can increase morale...His prestige in the martial arts is very high; he is also the emperor, and the soldiers have made war merits before the emperor. It's not the same, they will think that the emperor is paying attention to his performance.

Ten days later, the memorial to the north reported that the Liao army had passed the Yanmen Pass and arrived in the Daizhou area. The east facing Gong also reported that the Youzhou Liao Army approached Niangziguan.

But at this time, Jinyang Nancheng's preparations for the siege were also a bit eye-catching.

Guo Shao personally led the horse team to watch within two hundred paces of the city wall, admonishing him from left and right, but he ignored it, still riding the horse slowly. This distance seems to be dangerous, but in fact, the bow is definitely out of reach. The only danger is the catapult in the city and the remaining ballistas on the city wall; but the catapults and sporadic ballistas want to accurately hit the active target. Sex is too small.

The surrounding soldiers looked up to the sky nervously, for fear that a stone would fly in.

He saw with his own eyes that the top of the rampart seemed to be less than half a person high from the city wall. The female wall of that section of the city wall had been completely destroyed by a large number of shelling. Sergeant Zhou didn't need a ladder to attack from there, he could climb up with bare hands or a simple ladder.

A general reminded: "A tunnel has been dug through, and gunpowder has been buried! The tunnel of the Northern Han Army should not have been discovered yet."

Guo Shao nodded, and immediately turned his horse's head and ran back.

He went straight back to the Chinese army, and the civil servants and ministers followed up, and there was a lot of discussion in the Chinese army's big account. Guo Shao took a ruler and repeatedly measured a relatively detailed map. After a while, he said, "I think..."

Everyone quickly stopped talking and turned around.

Guo Shaodao: "Youzhou Army has limited strength, Niangziguan still has Xianggong Department, the threat to Jinyang is not enough for the time being; the main thing is the Liao Army entering Daizhou in the north."

Wang Pu immediately nodded in agreement.

Guo Shao glanced at him, and continued: "I want to stay and see what is going on in the assault on Jinyang... Immediately send a message to Li Chuyun, and as soon as the Liao army passes Xinkou, he will immediately report it!"

Wang Pu said: "The minister will ask someone to issue a military order later."

Guo Shao looked up outside the tent, his voice lowered, as if cautiously: "It's only this morning, and we will launch an offensive today, so as not to delay, so that the North Han Army will be more prepared..."

Everyone nodded and said yes.

Guo Shao added: "The attack on the gap in the city and the gap in the fortress were carried out at the same time..." He recalled left and right, "How about using the explosion of the tunnel gunpowder pit as a signal? Buried gunpowder may not be able to collapse the city wall, but it can definitely explode. The momentum will not be too small."

Wang Pu said: "The defenders in Jinyang City should be prepared. The gap is too small. This kind of siege is best to use elites. The right side of the Tiger Army has more horse-riding infantry, which can be the forward."

Guo Shao agreed.

The generals put forward various tactics one after another, Guo Shao continued to measure the map with a ruler, and did not speak for a long time.

He repeatedly weighed the inferences, stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and seemed a little hesitant at this time. However, when he really made a decision, he summoned the Huben Army, the Jiannan Army, and the commanders of the artillery formation to deploy specific strategies; at this time, he did not see the slightest hesitation, and the various arrangements were very skillful.

Not long after, the sound of cannons continued to sound, roaring. But on the ground of the Zhou army camp, drums and trumpets continued to flow, flags moved, and troops were deployed frequently.

In such an empty place, under the clear and white day, the large-scale deployment of soldiers and horses is clear at a glance, and I am afraid I can't hide what we are doing! The roar of the artillery continued, and no longer stopped like in the past, causing the Zhou soldiers to approach the city wall in batches; the sky over the siege was filled with smoke, even the wind could not blow away.

Guo Shao rode his horse in the wafting gun smoke silently watching the movements everywhere, slowly approaching the first fortification line of defense, the vast masses of people and horses are vast, completely different from the situation of a large group of wheelbarrows in the past; The earthwork on the upper base has been completed and the Northern Han Army can also see it.

Guo Shao judged that this siege would not be able to make a sudden attack like Shouzhou, and it would not be easy to directly break through; but at least such a siege could cause real threat and pressure to the North Han defenders.

He turned his eyes slightly, and saw Wang Puzheng looking into the distance attentively. Wang Pu's face was not very mobile, but very serious. Guo Shao thinks that Wang Pu has the same judgment as himself... After all, in an important town like Jinyang, there is the North Han army's elite main defense, and it is difficult to attack by force for less than half a month.

In the first line of defense in the distance, the Fourth Army of the Huben Army's right arm was lined up, all soldiers on horseback.

A group of men and horses facing Leishan opened the gate of the defense line, and they rode out in rows slowly. The flags embroidered with tigers in front were waving in the wind in the smoke. It was the banner of the most elite tiger army of the Zhou army. There were a team of more than 20 people in a horizontal row, a total of more than 20 rows. After all of them were dispatched, no follow-up people followed. There were about 500 people and a commander, forming a horse-riding phalanx.

Not long after, the same phalanx came out on the two wings on the rear side, and the three-stranded centaur finished shape, advancing against the phalanx of Leishan.

The sound of the artillery was still loud, and rows of white smoke rose from the Zhou army camp in the rear. The wall on the opposite side had long been riddled with holes and a mess, stone bullets kept falling under the wall, and earth and rocks were flying in the distance.

The first commander of the Fourth Army on the right side in the front center gradually approached the city wall, and rocks fell from time to time. It was the catapult deployed by the North Han Army behind the city wall to attack; there was an observation post on the city wall to watch Zhou Jun. In the distance, some people kept watching, and some yelled in the sound of cannons.

At this time, the first command gradually accelerated, and the horses jogged forward, and the originally neat horse team began to curve.

There was also a row of jagged flags right in front of them. It was the fifty-step mark made by Zhou Jun before, and it had not been completely destroyed. At this moment, the sobbing and strong trumpets from the rear camp rang in unison, and a cyan flag kept shaking.

The sound of the cannon stopped immediately! The sound of horseshoes roared suddenly...It was not just that there was horseshoes, but when the louder cannon stopped, the movement of horseshoes was immediately highlighted!

"The riders gradually accelerated, and the central department and the left and right wings commanded straight forward.

Horseshoes are like thunder, with levels of distance and near; the three commanders in the front are charging, and the tidal squadrons in the rear fortifications also spread out from the line of defense.

At this moment, suddenly the ground shuddered violently! As if there was a sudden earthquake, everyone saw a flash like lightning in the far east, a large cloud of thick smoke and dust burst up, and they immediately heard a "boom" blast that shook the mountain! Everyone's expressions have changed, but it is not the first time that a large number of soldiers in the Hu Ben Army have seen such an explosion.

The three commanders of the Fourth Army rushed towards the city wall frantically, and soon covered the remnant flag marked by fifty steps in the galloping horse team. The opposite wall is getting closer!

"Fight for the Emperor of the Great Zhou!" The man in the front drew his sword and shouted. The army suddenly shouted loudly.

The forward rushed across the filled moat and rushed to the bottom of the **** of the earthy mountain. The army immediately turned over and dismounted, and the person in front carried a shield and climbed up the slope!

The one who rushed to the front was a heavy armored head. He crawled desperately, his mind was blank. None of the generals of the Tiger Cardiac Army are not experienced in battles, but in such a scene, he rushes to the forefront, he knows that he will definitely die! Dutou was really scared, even if he went to battle more than once; but he couldn’t stop, and he had to run as fast as he could, so that he could set an example for the soldiers behind and hurry up...He must take up this responsibility. Stopping will drag down the entire command, and the post-war military law will certainly not spare him!

Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Huben Army are veterans on the battlefield. Otherwise, in this kind of situation, before seeing the enemy, they must be so scared that they can't hold their weapons.

"Ah!" All his heads roared loudly, not only roaring, but also full of fear, "Kill!"

He has climbed up the **** ~www.readwn.com~ There is a small flat dirt road at the top of Leishan...In order to prevent the North Han army from using unbroken 100-jin stone bullets as a rolling stone counterattack. They all ran for a few steps, and saw some Northern Han soldiers who were still on the wall during the shelling approaching the wall in a mess, some with long spears and some with bows and arrows pulling the strings. At this time, he has passed the most fearful early stage, and his rich battlefield experience has calmed him a lot... Either you die or I die, only fight!

"Fall arrows!" They all shouted, lifting the sword and shield.

"Swish..." The crossbowmen behind them released their arrows, and the wall suddenly screamed, and there were also those who were injured by the bow and crossbow, but the most was the "ding and ding" metal crash.

Du Tou held the shield with both hands tightly, pressing the first one on the edge of the city wall, kicking his left foot on the ground, his body slammed up, and his right foot lifted and stepped on the city wall. "Hey!" There was a pain in his forehead, and the violent metal crashing and shaking made him feel like the sky was spinning. A North Han sergeant had already rushed to the front, waving a knife and greeted Dutou's head. His eyes were blurred, but he did not faint. He subconsciously slammed his body forward, and immediately hit one person, and both of them fell to the ground.

The generals of the Zhou army in the back screamed and climbed up toward the wall.

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