Xie Baichuan was getting old after all. After standing at the head of Yanmenguan City for three full days, he felt that his body was about to fall apart. Even so, the old general still stood there, standing in the most eye-catching place. The tall man behind him
After being baptized by the flames of war, Zuo had already lost its original color. There was even an arrow stuck in it, and Xie Baichuan refused to let anyone take it off.
All the soldiers were very tired. For three consecutive days, the coalition forces continued to attack like crazy. They no longer cared about life and death, nor did they worry about losses. They kept rushing out of the formation, roaring, and the shouters rushed towards Yanmen Pass. Like the tide.
, if one wave fails, another wave will come again, endlessly. And Yanmen Pass is the sea wall. No matter how turbulent the waves are, they will be blocked in front of him, and those waves will be shattered to pieces.
Taking advantage of the break in the battle, the Chinese officer quickly handed the kettle and a large bowl of braised pork rice to Xie Baichuan: "General, would you like to eat something? It will take a while for the savages to come up."
"Have all the soldiers eaten?"
"According to the general's instructions, the soldiers ate in three waves, and they have all eaten."
Xie Baichuan nodded and then started to eat. The old man had seen the most brutal wars and the most ferocious enemies, but the old man had never felt that his mission was so important. Although he had been stationed in Daijun for thirty years, he had never faced the Huns.
There were many bloody battles, but unfortunately more brothers fell on the battlefield than the Huns. Only this time did the old man see the majesty and heritage of the Han Dynasty.
While eating, he asked: "Are the supplies sufficient?"
The lieutenant general nodded: "There is still half of it. Shopkeeper Meng will personally take people back to purchase and issue a military order. Within one month, he will definitely send another 10,000 stones of food, arrows, armor, etc."
Xie Baichuan buried his head in eating again: "Not to mention, these merchants in this battle have made me look at them differently. As long as we Han people are united as one, we are not afraid of any enemy! Tell the merchants who are still in the city that after this battle, I will personally report to your majesty on their behalf.
Please give me credit."
The lieutenant general laughed: "Why don't you make them happy to death!"
Xie Baichuan wiped his beard and took a deep breath: "This is what they deserve."
Even a little time could not increase their strength, but the coalition forces rushed forward again. King Xianbei and King Fuyu stood beside King Wuhuan on the left and right. Behind each of them was a huge military formation. Only King Wuhuan was behind them.
The military formation continued to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just three days, less than one-third of the originally huge Wuhuan people were left, tightly sandwiched between Xianbei and Fuyu.
"It seems that the Han people are in trouble! Five thousand people can reach the city in one battle at noon. If we send another ten thousand people in the afternoon, we will definitely be able to reach the top of the city!" King Fuyu was proud and turned to look at King Xianbei: "King Wuhuan has already arrived.
After sending troops to attack for three days, it’s time to take a rest. Shouldn’t the king’s troops go to fight in the afternoon? After waiting for these few days, the boys have already lost their patience, hahaha…”
King Wuhuan rolled his eyes and said nothing. King Xianbei chuckled: "Fuyu's army is not large, and I, Xianbei, cannot take advantage of a few of them. We won Yanmen in vain. I think we, Xianbei, should go first. If it doesn't work, we can invite Fuyu."
How about the king lending a helping hand?"
"No, no, no, it's us who come! There are many mountain people among us Fuyu people, who can climb mountains and cities as easily as walking on flat ground. It's just right for us, so it's us who come!"
"No, no, no, our Xianbei cavalry is the most brave in the world, and we are also warriors even when we dismount. Let's go explore the way for King Fuyu first."
"Let's go first!"
"Let's go first!"
The King of Goguryeo, who was watching coldly from the side, raised his lips and said, "Then let's go together, and whoever gets to Yanmen first will get it. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
Two troops of 10,000 people, half Fuyu and half Xianbei, rushed towards Yanmen Pass shouting and howling from two angles. The first to speak was naturally the artillery. Xie Zichang waved the sword in his hand and kept urging the brothers in the artillery battalion to fire one after another.
The shells were loaded into the barrel and fired into the coalition formation. The sound of the artillery was rumbling, but it was much sparser than at the beginning. During the three-day long battle, no matter how good the barrel was, it was tortured by the back and forth heating and cooling.
They were very serious. Yesterday, they exploded three of them in one go. Xie Zichang was so angry that he flew into a rage.
The artillery was followed by a rain of arrows. Standing on a high city wall and firing bows and arrows downwards naturally had a great advantage over the coalition's upward attack. However, the numerical disadvantage could not be completely reversed. In the end, the coalition paid a heavy price.
Arriving at the city wall smoothly. The fierce battle started at this moment. Adequate preparations ensure that Yanmen Pass can persist until now. There are war preparation materials everywhere on the entire pass wall, such as rolling logs, thunder stones, gold juice, and kerosene, and soldiers.
As long as we pick it up and throw it down with our eyes closed, we will get a good harvest, because there are too many people down there.
The coalition forces are not bad either. The Fuyu people and Xianbei people have been watching for three whole days. It cannot be said that they have a way to deal with the Han people. At least they know what the advantages and disadvantages of the Han army's weapons are. With the experience gained by the Wuhuan people's lives,
, with the strength of their own recuperation, and the confidence that they can have everything by rushing into Yanmen Pass, the soldiers of the two tribes competed with each other, and their attack power was so fierce that it was scary.
After the thunder bombs exploded, there would be very large smoke. After the bursts of rumblings, people could no longer be seen clearly at Yanmen Pass, but no one in the Han army could relax because they knew that there were more people in the smoke.
The savages are constantly climbing up.
After Xie Baichuan chopped off the head that was showing the smoke with a knife, he shouted loudly: "My sons, this is the last courage of the thieves. As long as we repel them, we will win! We must not relax, we must not stop, keep fighting!"
I don’t know how many times I have said this, but the Han army once again believed in their generals and gritted their teeth and continued to fight. The civilians and merchants also picked up weapons to help the soldiers defend the city. This battle became a battle between the Han Dynasty and foreign enemies.
In the battle, it was no longer the Han army but the Han people, the entire Han people.
The smoke and explosions at Yanmen Pass never stopped. After waiting for an hour, he still didn't see his military flag planted on the top of Yanmen Pass. King Fuyu was a little anxious, and he began to regret that he and King Xianbei competed with King Xianbei to attack Yanmen Pass at noon. Although
King Wuhuan used almost all his strength to wear out the Han people for three days, but they still underestimated the Han people.
King Fuyu knew that his army was not the largest among the coalition forces, and he felt distressed at the loss of 10,000 troops. However, it was too late to say anything at this time. He only hoped that his soldiers and horses and the Xianbei people could successfully capture Yanmen Pass, so that he could defeat himself.
The loss was minimized. King Xianbei and King Fuyu had the same idea. They both felt that they had miscalculated and were helpless. They turned to look at each other unconsciously.
The King of Goguryeo was very happy. Wuhuan, the most powerful of the coalition forces, suffered the greatest losses this time. Almost all the troops brought by King Wuhuan were wiped out. This time, Fuyu and Xianbei also sent 10,000 people. As long as these people were also defeated
If the Han people were defeated, then the three thousand people he lost were nothing. This was what the King of Goguryeo wanted. If the Han people could be more ruthless and keep all the soldiers and horses of Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Xianbei here, he would be happier.
Xie Baichuan was a little anxious. In a war, it is impossible to kill only the enemy and not your own people. Three consecutive days of high-intensity fighting also caused a lot of attrition. Less than half of the original 15,000 troops were still fighting at the top of the city.
However, it is gratifying that there were not many dead, the injured were properly accommodated, and a large part of them survived.
The old general had rehearsed the most brutal scene, but when it actually arrived, he still found it a bit tricky. Seeing more and more thieves climbing up the city wall, he had no choice but to reveal his last trump card.
"Lift the serial cannon..."
Even the Han army was stunned for a moment when they heard the name of the serial gun. The power of the artillery was shocking enough. What was this serial gun? The people of the coalition were also stunned. They seemed to understand from the words of the old general.
I smelled a very, very, very ominous premonition.
"No!" Xie Zichang roared, turned around and ran down the city.
Looking at his son's resolute back, Xie Baichuan threw away his cloak and roared into the enemy's formation: "Press down, push down the thieves!"
The long bamboo tubes were completely sealed with soil on one side, and seventy or eighty of them were trapped together. The leads extending from each bamboo tube were like spider webs, and finally gathered into something as thick as an arm. Eight large-waisted round armies.
Soldiers, shouting slogans and carrying this weird-looking thing up the city wall step by step. Everyone was stunned. Is this the serial cannon that the old general mentioned?
"Get out of the way!" Xie Zichang held the torch high and shouted loudly. Before the soldiers in front could push him away completely, he lit the thick fuse.
The angles of the bamboo tubes were all adjusted, and the platform behind the female wall was also set up early. Many soldiers did not know what the platform was for before, but they finally understood it. The lead burned rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally from
Small leads branch out one by one and run towards their respective bamboo tubes.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
There was no earth shaking as imagined, nor was there any shocking sound, only puffs of fire sprayed out from the mouth of the bamboo pipes, one after another, and seven or eighty bamboos actually sprayed out a cup of tea.
There were more than a dozen such large bamboo bundles, and they were sprayed continuously for a long time, which was so long that the coalition soldiers could not bear it.
When the last bamboo pipe sprayed out the last flame, there was a deathly silence on the battlefield. There was no crying, no wailing, no yelling, no wind. Everything seemed to have stopped, and there was only the strong smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.
People kept shrugging their noses. When Yanmen Gate was closed, it was like a layer of thick fog, covering the entire Yanmen Gate. Even if they were face to face, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.
"ah……"
A scream broke the eerie silence, followed by a miserable scream that was frightening and made those who heard it get goosebumps all over their bodies. The Han soldiers held their hands on the female wall and looked down one by one, hoping to see something, but unfortunately the smoke
It was too thick and I couldn’t see anything. (To be continued)
