Chapter 935 Skylight Roaring Dark Fire Crossflow (Part 2)
As the morning dawned, the wind blew through the mountains in the southwest, and there were still flames burning above the gate of Jiange.
The wooden tower had been burned to a charred black color in the previous fire, and the beams, columns, and tiles were peeling off in the licks of the flames. Although the open fire had gradually become smaller, the scorching black smoke was still lingering and rising.
, the morning wind brought smoke and completely engulfed the southern half of Guancheng, but in the female wall to the north, the heat wave was relatively small, and soldiers from both sides were fighting back and forth in this narrow passage that was not spacious.
After the soldiers from both sides came into close contact, the long-range assistance temporarily lost its effect. The Jurchens formed a shield formation and sprinted forward. Fire mines were lit from behind and thrown out. The Chinese army also threw grenades.
The explosion exploded at the top of the city. People were looking for shelter in the scorching air. The air waves came in and made terrible blisters on people's faces. Some soldiers of the Chinese Army took the opportunity to move forward, towards the back of the city tower.
A grenade was thrown on the stairs. The air wave from the previous explosion shook the tower that had become dry and decayed in the flames. A pillar collapsed, burying the soldiers in charcoal, wood and stone, and large exploding sparks rose into the sky.
"Follow me--"
The sound of the charge was swirling loudly in the morning wind. Under the ashes-covered hillside, soldiers of the Chinese Army were still pouring toward the scorching Guancheng.
The Guancheng surrounded by flames is intimidating, but it does not take long to truly break through it. The Chinese soldiers who boarded the Guan Tower were unable to retreat, and rushed forward with grenades against the flames and black smoke.
The rear of the gate building was not completely affected by the fire. Although it was easier for the Jurchens' new troops to come up, the damage suffered by the grenade explosion was greater. After several repeated confrontations, the Chinese army moved inwards on the gate building.
Grenades were thrown in the small square, and the Jurchens retreated into the distance and retaliated with arrows.
The small square behind Guancheng is not big, and further back there is a winding mountain road. After a period of fighting, the Jurchens slowly retreated, and the Chinese army surged up. Mao Yishan led the first company and rushed to the top of the city.
Breaking into the small square in Guancheng, as hundreds of people climbed to the top of the city, some soldiers went down to the rear, and then the real counterattack came.
Dozens of cannons located in the mountains behind sounded almost simultaneously, and the flying shells and explosions enveloped the Guancheng and the square here. At this time, the flames spread at the top of the city, and the city gate had already been blocked with a large number of stones on the inside.
Zuoguan City was like a huge fence. Although a dozen iron cannons could not cover the entire area, under the bombardment of this heavy firepower, a dozen Chinese soldiers died in the artillery fire on the spot.
Ba Lisu even prepared two small trebuchets in the mountain road behind, and threw wooden barrels filled with explosives at the still burning Guanlou, causing a new round of violent explosions.
The mountain wind blew over, and Mao Yishan climbed up from the ground, his ears buzzing. He picked up the rolling soldiers beside him and began to walk toward the rear, shouting: "Save people! Find cover--"
There was no bunker in the small square, but there was still a blind spot for artillery fire after all. I helped my companions and ran to the blind spot under the city. The second round of shelling had already sounded ahead, and the smell of smoke and gunpowder was everywhere. Someone came to ask.
Should we retreat to Guancheng behind? Mao Yishan shook his head: "Save people! Prepare grenades! Watch out for arrows!"
There were no more than a dozen Chinese soldiers who retreated to the bottom of the city wall in a cloud of smoke and dust. A few injured ones were still struggling and rolling on the ground in front of them, but it was beyond imagination. As Mao Yishan's words fell, the sky in front of them
In the middle, there was a rain of arrows.
A group of warriors raised their shields, and then there was a loud clanking sound, and the Jurchens rushed over from the smoke-filled front.
"Grenade—get ready to charge—"
Amidst Mao Yishan's roar, several grenades were thrown at the rushing Jin soldiers. In the military formation on the opposite side, there were also ignited fire mines thrown at them. They were thrown towards the blind corner of the city wall, but
Mao Yishan had already taken the lead and rushed forward.
There was also a wounded soldier of the Huaxia Army on the battlefield who stood up staggeringly. Jin Bing's spear penetrated his body. Mao Yishan rushed past the soldier who had not fallen down, shouted and bumped into Jin Bing who was also hit.
In the formation where the grenade exploded, the rest of the Chinese soldiers had already rushed forward and fought with the Jin people in skirmish mode.
The front is blocked by artillery fire, and the rear has to withstand the bombardment of fire and thunder. The only way out is to choose to fight with me and you among you. Those who can follow Mao Yishan in the early attack are veterans.
Most people can see this situation clearly, use grenades to blow up the opponent into skirmishers, charge, and once they rush into the opponent's formation, they will form a formation of three or two, often forming a two-on-one advantage on the local battlefield. Women
Real-life individual combat is extremely fierce, but during the six months of the Southwest Campaign, no matter how elite the team was, they often suffered losses in the melee with the Chinese army.
Mao Yishan chopped down two golden soldiers in the fight. Several people fell down in his field of vision, and the smell of blood spread. On the city wall behind, several Chinese soldiers who had broken through had come down, fired with crossbows and joined the battle.
, several tall and well-armored soldiers rushed over from the Jurchen side - they also did not dare to invest too many soldiers at once, for fear that too many people would die in the explosion of grenades.
Immediately, another gunpowder barrel was thrown over Guancheng, and the billowing smoke roared in all directions. The rockets fired from the other side also crossed over Guancheng, flew into the opposite mountain wall, and exploded.
Thick smoke is coming.
Dijiang's launch has been adjusted several times, but due to the inability to accurately measure the distance and the fierce mountain wind, the rockets at such a long distance are basically unable to threaten the Jin soldiers' positions in the mountains here.
After shooting a few times, I had no choice but to give up.
The two sides continued to fight in this environment of billowing smoke and flying arrows. I don't know how long they fought. The Jin soldiers showed a tendency to retreat. Mao Yishan shouted: "Help the wounded!" After a while, artillery shells were fired again.
Come.
Everyone retreated to the blind spot of the city wall that could not be reached by artillery shells. Before the wounded could move to the city wall, the Jurchens launched a second round of attack and killed them again...
Round after round of hedging and fighting, the golden soldiers rushed over and were killed one after another. The battle in the small square lasted for more than half an hour, and both sides paid a price of more than 200 people.
The flames gradually died down, and the Chinese army finally stabilized its position in the small square in a pool of blood.
Corpses piled up like mountains.
In this small open space that was not spacious, the two sides fought with more than 200 lives each using fuel tactics. It was an extremely brutal battle. Even Xiaocanghe in those days rarely reached such intensity.
Fighting. Mao Yishan's position was shaky several times. A large number of wounded were withdrawn in the first round and later died in the second round of fighting. However, until the end, the Jurchens could not really gain the upper hand.
This was what happened in the first hour after the Jianmenguan attack started. The Chinese army was pinned down in front of the small square under the city wall, and neither side made an inch of progress. The Chinese army had a resolute fighting spirit and never showed weakness when it pulled away.
.When we arrived, corpses piled up in the small area, and everything became extremely tragic.
Mao Yishan fell in a pool of blood during the fight. A company commander asked the soldiers to carry him up the city wall and across the gates to the rear. The soldiers shouted at the medical team: "Save my captain."
Perhaps it was because he did not receive much preferential treatment on the battlefield as the leader of the regiment, and more soldiers had died on the battlefield because they could not be sent back in time.
The flames on the Guanlou gradually subsided, and as the passage was gradually opened, the Chinese army began to try to break through to the front. However, on the mountain road behind, they used artillery arrays to defend the narrow mountain road impregnably.
On the afternoon of the same day, with the cooperation of several rockets, the Chinese army pulled out more than a dozen iron cannons in the rear and tried to attack on the mountain road.
What awaits them is also a desperate resistance...
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When every country or nation encounters crisis, outstanding figures will always appear and carry out rounds of reforms or resistance in their own way.
Of course, it may be that the rare resistance caused by the silence of thousands of horses showed such special weight.
The war horses galloped through, crossed the ridges and long roads, and passed the camp lined with flags. When the scouts passed the news of the fierce battle at Jianmen Pass to Wanyan Zonghan, this veteran Jurchen general who was not overly moved even if his own son died.
, two lines of tears could not help but flow from his eyes.
Generals die in hundreds of battles, and the casualties of any general on the battlefield are inevitable. The loss of a general, even if it is his own son, is just a matter of luck, but the generals in the army are one after another.
Defeat and death on the battlefield represent that a country's national destiny has reached its most urgent and critical moment.
Thinking back to the time when A Gu attacked 3,000 people in the uprising, who among these 3,000 people can be considered special? Thousands of people died one after another in each battle, but the Jurchens were so high-spirited that no one's death had any real impact.
Overall situation. Lou Shi was later called the Jurchen God of War, but at that time, he was not necessarily better at fighting than anyone else. He just survived the decades of war. When Lou Shi fell in the northwest,
Later, they were hooked up with Ci Bu Shi, which made Jin Guo feel even more sad. On the one hand, it showed how precious they were, but on the other hand, it just showed that the others couldn't compare to them.
Seeing this battle in the Southwest, from Wulili to Shiyema, to Yuyu, and Dalai, every loss is heartbreaking. Compared with thirty years ago when I followed the Aguda uprising, such emotions
It won't happen. It's normal for anyone to die. If one general dies, another one can take his place. But in front of us, each of them has no one to replace him.
In the Battle of Tanzhou, Yin Shuke was defeated. He was originally one of the handsome men who could suppress the situation after he and Gu Shen left. He never expected that due to the drag of a playboy like Wanyan Qingjue, he would be defeated before the death of the Han general.
On the strategy. After the silver skills were broken, the power of his clan could still rest on the shoulders of Ba Lisu - the soldiers of these two brothers, one was fierce and majestic, the other was stable and soft. The status of each of them,
Originally, he was higher than Zhe Lili, Yu Yu, Dalai and others - but as the news of the battle at Jianmen Pass came, Zong Han knew in his heart that he would never be able to come back.
However, it is impossible to imagine.
Even though from a rational analysis, the troops of the Southwest Black Flag were already stretched thin, but just from the meeting in front of the Shiling Formation, Zong Han knew in his heart that the danger of the sword pavilion could not stop the inner demon who wanted to come out from behind.
will.
——If there were not more than 20,000 people from Qin Shaoqian outside the mountains in the southwest, maybe the other side would try to be safe and wait until Dai Jin left before calmly regaining Jianmen Pass. But just because there are 20,000 people blocking the road,
This dark dragon in the southwest will definitely break through that barrier at all costs. Although it may suffer some backlash in the future, the Sword Gate Pass cannot stop the will of the inner demon, nor can it stop the attack of the new type of firearm.
If those who were arranged at Jianmen Pass were not generals like Ba Lisu, the rest would have collapsed and fallen faster. After the two Chinese armies joined together, the return journey of my own army would only be
It becomes more difficult.
Thinking back on the decades-long journey in which these generals gathered and gradually fell, Zong Han sighed, put on his helmet, and walked out of the tent. The army had been mobilized and assembled.
Before Jianmen Pass was broken through, all elite forces were gathered to conduct a decisive battle to encircle and kill the so-called Chinese Seventh Army headed by Qin Shaoqian.
This is the only explanation he can make for Balisu's sacrifice.
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When the sky gets dark, people will light fires. Sometimes, on the desolate land, people can only light themselves up to wait for dawn.
The Jurchens have just experienced this kind of feeling, but everyone in the Wu Dynasty has been sinking in it for more than ten years. If the consciousness of Zong Han, Xi Yin, Ba Lisu and others can still show the breath of reason and consciousness,
What burned on Dai Mengwei's body by the Hanshui River was more like a torch with madness and distortion.
To the north, in Yunzhong Mansion, the weather was gloomy. Shi Liai stood on the city wall, and his firelight was also supporting the darkness that enveloped Yunzhong Mansion.
Below the city was a sea of people who were besieging the city and were driven from all directions. Among them were Jin people and Han slaves. This proved that the people who came to kill were not the Han people from the south. In fact, the patterns of the horse teams and camps running from a distance had already shown this.
Knowing this, it was the prairie people who were once blocked in the west who defeated Yanmen Pass in a roundabout way.
The siege of the city has lasted for several days.
In the nearby small towns and villages, the original residents were driven over one after another by these prairie people. The sea of cannon fodder surrounding the city could not invade the city, but for the Jurchens, the most injured person may be
The loss of dignity and face after experiencing this kind of thing for the first time. The noble disciples in the city kept clamoring for a fight, but Shi Liai suppressed such thoughts.
On the second day when the vanguard of the prairie people arrived at the city, Shi Liai once ordered a small number of cavalry in the city to attack to test the opponent's quality. This prairie cavalry appeared to be aggressive and reckless, and after experiencing a shootout, they retreated in panic. This is
In the first round of fighting between the two sides in the clouds, as the Jin Kingdom warriors who almost conquered the world, it was a matter of course that they were not afraid of life and death in the exchange of fire and defeated the opponent. However, Shi Liai vaguely sensed something was wrong and ordered Jin to withdraw his troops.
Only then did he realize that his own cavalry had been led far away by the opponent, intentionally or unintentionally.
That was an extremely delicate distance. This cavalry was the elite of the city defenders. They returned immediately after hearing the order. The other party did not follow and attack again, but Shi Liai could always feel that many eyes under the city were there.
Watching him quietly, waiting for an opportunity to come.
For the next two days, the old man carefully observed the movements of the cavalry at the top of the city. Only then could he vaguely realize that although this cavalry seemed wild and untamed, it actually had excellent combat qualities, which was consistent with its performance in the attack and retreat that day.
, there are subtle differences. If he had withdrawn his troops a little later, the opponent's army might have followed his own cavalry and quickly rushed towards the city gate. Not to mention whether they could take advantage of the chaos to enter the city, the team under his own hands would at least be
It's impossible to come back.
He is a man who has experienced war all his life. Even if he sees these things, he does not speak to his juniors in private. Firstly, he has great majesty and does not need to explain small things. Secondly, he maintains the rebelliousness and vigor of young people, and in many cases
time is also very necessary.
This siege lasted for several days, and battles, large and small, were taking place near Yunzhong - the Jin Kingdom's fourth southern expedition took away most of the elite troops, but it did not represent the Jin Dynasty.
The army has become so empty that it is undefended. Resident troops, security forces, and even veterans from various places can pull out a considerable number of troops at any time. Since Yanmen Pass was defeated, the grassland people's front quickly touched the Yunzhong Mansion.
, troops were dispatched one after another from various places and quickly gathered here.
On the way, they encountered rounds of arrow rain attacks. The prairie people's bows and arrows were powerful, and their equestrian skills were amazing. With the main force of the army already moving south, at least on the horse team, the Jin people could no longer compete with these grassland riders.
And these grassland people will never engage in any frontal combat with the Jin army. After encountering the infantry, they will shoot from a distance. The infantry formed a formation, and they left. Not long after, they came to harass, from day to night, and then from
They were harassed at night until dawn.
Most of the Jurchen troops who came to the rescue were stuck in the quagmire and could not reach Yunzhong City. Only two cavalry troops crossed the blockade on April 13th and 15th, and were immediately hunted by large-scale prairie cavalry in Yunzhong.
The view outside the city is far away.
When the time comes, love stands still.
On April 17, several crooked-looking trebuchets were erected in front of the position. When the opposite side was pushing towards them and preparing to throw them, the walls of Yunzhong Mansion were also prepared for counterattack. Wanyan Dezhong, who was following him,
Others persuaded Shi Liai to go down from the city wall, but Shi Liai just used crutches and moved to the nearby tower.
"I personally supervised the renovation of Yunzhong Mansion. A few stones can't break through this stupid wall. Let's see what they want to do."
The first thing to be thrown into Yunzhong City was not the stone...