"Mr. Factory, I've stewed a big pot of mutton soup. Sir, would you like some?" As soon as Cai Maode left the city, Fang San walked to Chang Yu from the tower behind and asked in a low voice.
Chang Yu hummed and immediately invited everyone to drink soup.
The cold wind had been blowing for more than an hour, and everyone was already suffering from hunger and cold. It was just that their attention was focused on the bandit army before, so they suddenly felt hungry when they mentioned it.
The people at the top of the city were eating deliciously, and the soldiers below the city were also taking turns eating. In fact, Chang Yu had ordered a fire to be made to make food as early as when he discovered that the rebels had left the camp.
It's not Chang Yu's style to let soldiers go to the battlefield hungry. Even if they die in battle, they should be left to die with hunger!
After a bowl of mutton soup, the whole body feels warm and the coldness goes away.
Just when the thief took action, Chang Yu stretched out.
Boom! There was a faint loud noise in the distance. Chang Yu and others were startled and hurried out of the tower. Seeing that the rebel camp on the opposite side was motionless, they looked around and heard killing cries coming from the east and west.
"The east and west gates are taking action!" Zhou Yuji looked at the flag bearers on the east and west gates and said calmly.
"How can the main force of thieves be so calm?" Niu Yong frowned.
"He's still waiting!"
Chang Yu's eyes were cold as he looked at the main camp of the bandit army in the south of the city. Li Zicheng actually started playing psychological warfare with him!
He attacks from the side with two wings, but the main force remains motionless. This will inevitably distract the officers and soldiers on the two wings, but they cannot leave or dare to leave! Because you don't know when his main force will take action.
In the end, you couldn't help but want him to take action quickly, but he just refused to take action, leaving you worrying about gains and losses, thinking about left and right and not caring about the current situation.
"I have the patience to play with you." Chang Yu sneered and waved. Behind him, Fang San held up his mountain armor and helped him put it on.
In the blink of an eye, a carefree young eunuch turned into a majestic killer with murderous aura all over his body!
Unlike Zhou Yuji and others who always looked around casually, focusing on the battle situation on both wings, Chang Yu kept his eyes fixed on the present, and he didn't care about the battle situation on both wings at all.
This depends on him understanding that it is just a distraction plan by Li Zicheng, and there are many officers and soldiers at the east and west gates, and there are moat barriers. It is not easy for the rebel army to cross the river with only a few people!
Time passed by slowly, and a cup of tea seemed like a century had passed in the minds of Zhou Yuji and others. They didn’t understand that Li Zicheng could be so calm, and they also admired Chang Yu’s endurance. He just stood there holding on to the wall, staring blankly.
Squinting motionless.
Boom, boom, boom, several loud noises, the rebel army moved in formation, and the sound of killing was loud!
After taking action, Chang Yu swayed and shouted: "Get ready for war!"
The main force of the rebel army finally launched an attack. Thousands of cannon fodder, driven by the rebel army, swarmed towards the moat, a mass of darkness, like locusts.
By the moat, He Chengxin held the long knife in his hand tightly and took a long breath. Seeing the cannon fodder getting closer and closer, his breathing became faster and faster.
Finally, when the cannon fodder was about ten meters away from the moat, they almost said together with Chang Yu on the city: "Fire the arrow!"
Thousands of arrows fired together, covering the sky like dark clouds. The red sun was eclipsed by it. It was shocking. Even Chang Yu on the city couldn't help but take a breath. The special effects blockbusters seen in later generations were incomparable.
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The officers and soldiers fired arrows to kill the cannon fodder rushing towards the moat, and the rebel archers who followed the cannon fodder immediately fired back, setting up their bows and shooting at the officers and soldiers defending on the other side...
To advance is to die, and to retreat is also to die. These cannon fodders finally chose to move forward, and rushed towards the moat with grief on their faces. Some of them held farm tools in their hands and smashed the sharp wood on the ice, and some broke it with their bare hands or with their hands.
He kicked to destroy the sharp wood in an attempt to open a passage.
The firepower of the officers and soldiers was mainly concentrated on the cannon fodder, while the targets of the rebels in the rear were the officers and soldiers. After a few exchanges of fire, the officers and soldiers' positions became somewhat chaotic.
"Trebuchet" Chang Yu shouted loudly, and the flag bearer beside him immediately signaled, and He Chengxin at the bottom of the city immediately gave the order.
More than fifty ripraps lined up outside the south gate were immediately activated. Stones as big as washbasins crossed the moat, crossed the cannon fodder and smashed into the rebel camp, causing an immediate commotion.
However, facing the overwhelming thief army, this attack range is far from enough.
"artillery!"
The two red cannons under the city opened fire immediately, and the shells flew over the moat and fell into the bandit camp, exploding and killing numerous people!
This thing is still very powerful! Chang Yu punched the battlement hard.
Taiyuan City originally had six cannons, but later four were transferred from Ningwu and Yanmen in the rear, a total of ten cannons. At this time, there were eight cannons on the top of the city and two below the city. This red cannon can be said to be the top heavy weapon of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
, the range can reach up to five kilometers, and of course it is also surprisingly heavy, often weighing more than two tons.
The use of trebuchets and artillery really stopped the rebel army's offensive, but the cannon fodder's footsteps remained the same.
However, the defense line set up by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on the other side could not allow them to cross the river easily. Moreover, due to terrain problems, both the cannon fodder and the rebel troops in the rear faced a great danger.
That’s because the crowd is too concentrated!
This is also due to the trench formation. Chang Yu used tens of thousands of refugees to dig several vertical and horizontal trenches day and night. They were more than ten miles long from east to west. Although they lost their effectiveness under the strong attack of the rebels, they only faced the southern part of the country.
This part of the door!
The hole torn open by the bandits was only about fifty meters wide, which meant that the trenches on both sides of the hole were still as usual.
But the bandit army launched an attack, and the cannon fodder archers swarmed forward, often tens of thousands of people. The width of more than fifty meters was far from enough, and the crowds were crowded. They could only reach the moat through this opening before they could spread out over a wide area.
attack.
This opening was the channel for the rebels to lead to the moat, but at this time it also became their seven inches. The artillery and trebuchets of the officers and soldiers aimed at this opening and bombarded it, causing large-scale casualties every time.
Seeing that the thieves were thwarted, Chang Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter, which made people's hair stand on end.
The thief fought back!
Chang Yu's expression changed before he could stop laughing!
I have everything you have! Seeing the officers and soldiers using artillery and trebuchets, the intruders also ordered the use of large-scale murderers!
It was also a trebuchet, but to Chang Yu's surprise, Li Zicheng did not order to bombard the ice, but the officers and soldiers camp on the other side!
Compound style of attack! Li Zicheng didn't want to break through the ice to cross the river, which would be more difficult for him, so he sent the cannon fodder to cross the river, and the archers and trebuchets behind him attacked the officers and soldiers' positions on the other side from a distance.
He didn't care about the life and death of the cannon fodder, but the officers and soldiers were struggling. On the one hand, they had to deal with the charging cannon fodder in front of them, and on the other hand, they had to deal with the rebel arrows and trebuchets behind the cannon fodder.
The cannon fodder could open a passage if they relaxed a little, but with all their attention on the cannon fodder, the trebuchets and artillery alone could not suppress the charge of the rebels behind the cannon fodder.
At this time, most of the cannon fodder and bandit troops had passed through the more than 50-meter-wide passage and reached the moat, then began to spread out, gradually increasing the attack surface, and the situation was precarious!
It was estimated that it would take half an hour at the fastest, but now he couldn't get a cup of tea. Seeing that some of the cannon fodder had already crossed the river halfway, it could be faster than expected, and Chang Yu became anxious.
There are nearly a hundred trebuchets on the city wall, but the longest range of the trebuchets is only more than 300 meters, but the moat is three miles away from the city wall, completely out of range, so they cannot be used to suppress the enemy.
"Bring me a bowl of water." Chang Yu suddenly felt that his throat was about to smoke, and waved his hand. Fang San hurriedly ran into the tower and brought him a pot of herbal tea.
After drinking it all, Chang Yu looked around and looked at the east and west flag bearers. Knowing that the two wings could still hold it, he focused on the present moment.
There was a dense rain of arrows under the city, the sound of cannons and killing cries were deafening, and the enemy and we fired at each other from a distance. Although it was not as brutal as the close-quarters combat, it was still shocking!
Seeing that more and more rebels passed through the opening and reached the moat, and the attack surface became wider and wider, and at one time they all reached the Xiaonanmen gate in the east, Zhou Yuji and others had solemn expressions on their faces, pacing back and forth, and it was obvious that they were extremely anxious in their hearts.
"Break the ice!" Chang Yu suddenly shouted, Zhou Yuji and others were startled!
The thief army has not been defeated, I am! Chang Yu ordered the trebuchets under the city to start hitting the ice!
"This way, we can always take a breather!" Zhou Yuji breathed a sigh of relief.
If you use a compound attack, I can do it! Chang Yu sneered and used the sharp iceberg to stop the horse for a while. When you are halfway across the river, he will directly break the ice, making you waste your efforts and you will have to spend a lot of effort to cross the river later!
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