Chapter 283 Breaking the city and fighting to the death
At this time, Guo Cheng heard the explosion of many grenades in the east gate of Zhejianghui, and knew that Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing and others had succeeded. Now, it was his turn to lead his army to attack Zhejianghui City head-on.
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Guo Cheng gave the order and the gunners of the ten red cannons were ready to fire.
Guo Cheng did not immediately order the artillery fire. He looked solemnly and looked at the tall tower of Zhejianghui, which was more than 500 steps away. He was not only happy that Wu Jie and others carried out the Zhao Guan family's clever plan well, but he was also very worried.
The safety of Wu Jie and other twenty-one Wu Jinshi.
He counted down in his mind, counting silently, waiting for Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing and other Wu Jinshi to throw grenades and send signals, then retreat from the east gate of Zhejiang Huidong, which would be covered by artillery fire for a while.
Wu Jie and other twenty-one Wu Jinshi inside the east gate of Zhejianghui threw a wave of grenades at the Xixia defenders at the east gate. They took advantage of the chaos when the enemy troops were killed and nearly a hundred people were injured.
, they immediately turned their horses and headed towards the spot they had set up after entering the city pretending to be Song merchants, and found an alley to escape...
At this time, Xifeng Manniu led his troops to catch up near the East City Gate. After he saw the miserable situation of the guards guarding the East City, he immediately understood that this was another bad thing caused by the small explosive iron rods thrown by the fake Song Dynasty merchants.
"Wow, wow, wow..." Xifeng Barbarian Bull, riding on a war horse, holding a scimitar, shouted angrily and cursed loudly in Dangxiang dialect:
"That Song Shang bullied people too much. All the city gates of my Zhejianghui have been closed, like iron barrels, making it difficult for you to fly!
If you have that explosive iron hammer, I want to see how many you bring?!
The time is bound to be exhausted, and when I catch you, I will surely skin you madmen alive, eat your flesh, and drink your blood!"
He had already seen that the morale of his Xixia army was low after suffering from the small iron sticks thrown by the Song Shang group. No one dared to rush to chase the twenty or so Song Shang soldiers.
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This is also a way for Xifeng Manniu, a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, to boost morale.
Sure enough, Xifeng Manniu's harsh words immediately excited the dozens of cavalrymen around him, and they shouted:
"Every city gate in Zhejianghui has been closed, like an iron barrel. You fanatics can't fly without wings!"
Dozens of Xixia soldiers shouted this. After hearing this, hundreds of other soldiers immediately imitated the shouting to boost their morale:
"Every city gate in Zhejianghui has been closed, like an iron barrel. You fanatics can't fly without wings!"
"You crazy people can't fly without your wings!"
"You crazy guys..."
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom……"
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"ah……"
Just when Xifeng Manniu was proud of the high morale of his troops, he suddenly heard several thunderbolts from the blue.
Was it thunder?
Was it an earthquake?
He looked around in horror...
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
He saw hundreds of Xixia cavalry whose morale had been high inspired by him, but now many corpses were lying on the ground...
He looked again at the east wall and city gate, which originally insisted on being broad and tall;
The city gate has been blown to pieces, and several gaps have been blasted out of the city wall...
"ah?!"
what happened?
Is it a natural disaster?!
In his more than forty years of career, Xifeng Manniu has also seen earthquakes and other natural disasters, but none of them shocked him as much as this one!
He looked intently again, and whether it was near the place where the city gate was blown to pieces, or where the city wall collapsed, or where his cavalry died tragically, there was without exception a big, hot, red iron ball...
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"Wow!" Xifeng Manniu was so shocked that he was frightened, but he was not stupid. He only took a few glances and judged that this was definitely not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster!
This man-made disaster was probably caused by the cunning and deceitful people of the Song Dynasty.
Because he has seen the damage caused by the waves of grenades thrown by the fake Song merchants to their Xixia soldiers. Now, the thing that can break the city so easily must be the stone thrown by the Song army.
There are countless powerful new killer weapons!
Yes, I didn’t know that the Xifeng Manniu was an artillery piece brought to the Song Dynasty by Zhao Guan’s family. This kind of artillery was hundreds of years ahead of the world!
Just now, Guo Cheng, the veteran general outside Zhejiang Huidong City, was counting down in his mind, expecting that after Wu Jie and other Wu Jinshi pretending to be Song Shang sent out the signal, according to the prior plan, they should be able to retreat out of Shou.
The east city gate where artillery fire hit,
Guo Cheng decisively gave the order to fire...
At this time, Xifeng Manniu inside the East City Gate saw the sudden change in the situation and realized that the group of fake Song merchants must be pretending to be spies sent by the Song army. Their purpose was to lure me to rob them with a lot of money.
In order to allow the Song army to find an excuse to tear up the credential agreement between Song and Xia for peace, and find an excuse to send troops.
Damn it!
The Song army's plan is far-reaching and grand!
In a flash of thought, Xifeng Manniu regretted not listening to his butler's advice!
At this time, he had no intention of pursuing the group of fake Song merchants who fled into the deep alleys!
Faced with this Song Army's killer weapon that could create countless natural disasters, there were two paths before him:
One is to lead the troops and flee quickly in order to survive;
The other is that we must not destroy the glory of the Xifeng family, the leader of the eight major surnames in the party, and lead the troops to defend the city!
After a flash of thought, Xifeng Manniu decisively chose the second path!
Xifeng Manniu shouted hysterically:
"Those big iron balls were just thrown by the Song Army into larger trebuchets! Don't be afraid, gentlemen!"
"When we fought against the Song Army before, we never faced the enemy's trebuchets!"
His roar did play a role in stabilizing the morale of the soldiers to a certain extent.
Most of the Xixia soldiers temporarily stayed on the spot following the general's orders.
However, among the seven to eight hundred Xixia troops, there were bound to be some who were timid and wanted to steal their lives. Dozens of them quietly turned their horses' heads.
Xifeng Barbarian Bull's eyes were as wide as copper bells. He raised his horse and swung his sword, killing two cavalrymen who turned their horses around. He then picked up his bow and arrows and shot three of his subordinate cavalrymen in the distance who wanted to escape. The whole army was one of them. Shocked, no one dared to escape anymore.
Xifeng Manniu stared with blood-red eyes and shouted:
"I am a soldier of the Xifeng clan who is a deserter and will kill my whole family! Not to mention you, if I, the commander of Zhejiang Hui, become a deserter, Emperor Li Qianshun will also kill my whole family!
Now, follow me and rush out of the smashed city gate. Use cavalry to fight against the Song Dynasty's infantry. There is still a chance of winning. Even if we die in battle, we are still the heroes of the Dangxiang tribe. Our families can also be treated well and will enjoy endless enjoyment. Go to glory!
My sons, follow me and rush out of the city to kill!"
Xifeng Manniu first used ruthless force to kill the soldiers who wanted to escape with his own hands, and then used a method of boosting morale, which really worked.
The cavalry under his command drew out their scimitars, and each one yelled, following behind the leading general Xi Feng Man Niu, and rushed out of the city...
"Kill!"
"Kill..."
Xifeng Manniu led more than 600 of his men to charge out of the city through the broken city gate. They did not see the Song army formation a hundred or two hundred steps away like they did when they fought against the Song army a few years ago.
They were a little dumbfounded for a moment.
Xifeng Manniu shouted: "Keep going forward!"
After they ran forward for more than 200 steps, they finally saw the dark soldiers of the Song Dynasty in the grass and on the roadside 200 to 300 steps ahead. They were already waiting...
They saw the muzzles of ten black cannons of unknown origin...