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After the city was broken, Yiling Prefecture was filled with the sounds of running footsteps of rebel soldiers. The beacon fires on several city walls had not yet been extinguished. In a few government offices, there were still some officials and militiamen fighting stubbornly, and there was the sound of swords clashing.
It announced a brutal fight.
The sudden sound of artillery outside the city attracted all Li Laiheng's attention. The Yuan soldiers mentioned by Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pizhu shocked the little tiger even more. He knew what it meant. The rebel army had just conquered Yiling Prefecture.
The city, before its foothold was stable, unexpectedly bumped into the arrival of Yuan soldiers. What an unlucky timing!
Reality further taught Li Laiheng what it means to "predict victory before predicting defeat". A general must anticipate the worst and most unlucky situations. And he must use this situation as the premise and basis to formulate a comprehensive plan. Only in this way can he
Avoid relying on luck.
"Damn it! Where is the chief whistler!"
Li Laiheng roared angrily, cut open the fence and barricade blocking the road with a knife, and searched everywhere for traces of Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen. At this moment, two more cannon shots were heard outside the city. Unlike the first one, which only thundered but did not rain, this time
The sound of the two cannon shots that arrived later caused a thunderous commotion on the city wall.
The strong shock caused the city wall to tremble, and the houses in the city swayed faintly. Li Laiheng saw several soldiers near the city wall being injured by falling gravel, and he was worried.
Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pizhu both covered their heads with cards to avoid being hit by gravel. When Zhang Pizhu saw Li Laiheng still standing unmoved in the open air, he hurried to Li Laiheng's side and used his own
His hand and body covered the front of Li Laiheng to prevent him from being injured by flying rocks caused by the shelling.
"Guard team, are you okay?" Hao Yaoqi was so bold that he broke out in a cold sweat. Li Laiheng couldn't see behind him, but Hao Yaoqi could just see a piece of gravel as big as a fist coming from the guard team.
Passing by each other almost led to tragedy.
Li Laiheng shook his head and ordered: "Wave the flag, you go help Uncle Qing and guard the city. Pi Ru comes with me, we quickly go to find Uncle Jiexuan and Hua Guansuo."
In addition to the members of the Little Tiger Team, Bai Wang's team was also under the city wall. He agreed with Li Laiheng's arrangement and volunteered: "Laiheng, go find the chief sentry. Leave this side of the city wall to me and wave the flag!"
"Okay." Li Laiheng made a fist and ran towards the center of the city with Zhang Pili and several other guards from the Little Tiger Squadron. Bai Wang and Hao Yaoqi led their troops to the city, and Uncle Qing was also inspecting the city wall. They had what they had on hand.
The military strength is very limited compared to the Yuan soldiers, and although the city defense of Yilingzhou City has not been greatly damaged, considering that the Yuan soldiers seem to have many artillery, the defense is still very difficult.
Li Laiheng led Zhang Pizhu and his party on the crossroads in the city. The military discipline of the Guan camp was pretty good among the rebels, but it was far inferior to that of the Shangluo camp after the army was reorganized. There are still many
The soldiers from Guanying were killing and looting in the city. Many houses were set on fire. The situation in the city was chaotic. Many rogues also took advantage of the situation to commit crimes under the banner of the rebels.
When Li Laiheng saw Zhang Pizhu and several guards trying to stop the chaotic situation in the city, he said coldly: "Don't worry about it for now. The overall situation is important. Where is the chief sentry?"
Zhang Pizhen looked a little nervous when he heard Li Laiheng's question. He was a little overwhelmed and replied: "Yes, it should be in the Yamen!"
Li Laiheng frowned and was about to run to the direction of the Yamen when he saw a group of soldiers wearing hard-wearing armor rushing toward them from the direction they were heading.
"Chief Inspector! Wang Zhangpan!"
After Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen broke through the Yamen, they originally wanted to locate the headquarters of the rebel army headquarters in the Yamen lobby. Unfortunately, Yuan soldiers attacked the city, and there was a lot of cannon fire. Both of them were ruthless characters who had been fighting for a long time. When they heard the sound
Knowing that the situation was not good, he immediately led his troops to separately control several city gates and rely on the fortifications of Yilingzhou City to resist.
When Liu Zongmin saw Li Laiheng, he didn't say much and immediately ordered him to return to the Little Tigers to control his troops and deploy counterattacks, "Little Tigers! Go back and control the troops! How many enemies are coming to attack the city?"
Although the wind and snow have become much lighter, because the fog has not yet dissipated, no one knows the total strength of the Yuan soldiers attacking the city. Wang Guangen is the most worried. He feels that the battle to Yiling has been constantly experiencing twists and turns, and the losses have long exceeded his own.
As expected, it may be time to find an opportunity to escape. Guanying’s capital cannot be lost here for Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai!
boom
There were several consecutive cannon shots. Although the hit rate of the Yuan soldiers' artillery was not high, they fired multiple rounds. This time, another shell hit the city head, causing great damage. Liu Zongmin looked in the direction of the city head, furious, his beard almost swollen.
Standing upright, it is as horrifying as a furious lion.
"The wall is breached!"
When Li Laiheng heard Hao Yaoqi's iconic loud voice coming from the direction of the city, he almost felt his limbs getting cold. Damn it, what kind of bullshit project is the city wall of this city? Is it made of paper? There are actually two
Three cannons were fired.
The city of Yiling Prefecture is located in a remote area. Not only the city defenses have been in disrepair for a long time, but due to the lack of management, residents often privately transport the earth and stones from the city walls and use them elsewhere. However, due to the heavy snow cover, the dilapidation of the city walls cannot be seen on the surface.
When Queluo came, Li Laiheng held a waist knife in his hand and was so angry that he was shaking all over. The defense of the city that he had conquered with so much effort was so bad. Wasn't he trapped in a trap?
Liu Zongmin took out his sword from its sheath. Regardless of the wounds caused when he robbed the city gate, he held the knife in one hand and ordered with the other: "Laiheng, you go and organize the soldiers to dismantle the wood of the houses and use the wood and rolling stones to defend the city...Brother Shouyu,
Our ten years of friendship and the command of the entire defense in the city are all entrusted to you!"
"I'll plug the gap!"
Wang Guangen was in awe. Hua Guansuo had always given priority to preserving his own strength. But when he saw Liu Zongmin risking his life and death and taking on the most difficult task, he couldn't help but admire him.
He intervened and replied: "Don't worry, big brother, nothing will happen to Zhoucheng."
Li Laiheng was anxious. At almost the same time that Liu Zongmin led his soldiers to the gap in the city wall, he also led his men to demolish the houses in the city. Because time was urgent, he personally went to demolish the houses to get wood, and at the same time asked Zhang Pizhu to gather and disperse the houses in the city.
The other soldiers passed on the order: at critical moments, battlefield discipline must be implemented, and no matter whose house it is, it must be demolished.
In addition, Li Laiheng also opened all the public and private treasuries in the city and placed all valuables such as gold, silver, pearls, and shells at the gate of the government office. Ordinary people in the city could take one tael of silver if they could dismantle a piece of wood, and if they could transport a piece of wood,
If you go to the city, you can also get one tael of silver. Considering that the rebels have just broken through the city, it is unlikely that the common people will go to the city to help defend it, so Li Laiheng did not order the common people to help throw wood.
The situation may not be as bad as you think...
Liu Zongmin's heroic act of personally leading troops to block the gap worked wonders. Relying on the cover of wind, snow and fog, Yuan soldiers tried to attack the city from the gap in the city wall, but were repelled by Liu Zongmin after a fierce fight. He himself
Although three or four more wounds were added, and even the swords were opened in many places, the losses to the personal troops were not great. This offensive of the Yuan soldiers seemed to be just a tentative attack, with insufficient stamina, and was quickly repulsed
.
After all, Wang Guangen in the city was also an old leader of the rebel army who had dominated the world for many years since the early years of Chongzhen. He had extremely rich war experience, and his organizational skills were better than Bai Wang's. He quickly arranged the rotational defense of several city walls.
The large amount of wood that Li Laiheng dismantled and transported also played a big role in helping the defenders repel the first wave of Yuan soldiers' offensive. Moreover, the common people who helped dismantle and transport the wood also played a big role after taking away the silver reward given by Li Laiheng.
No more chaos. In a sense, Li Laiheng's method of recruiting civilians and distributing money to transport wood successfully controlled the possibility of internal and external attacks by the people in the city and Yuan's soldiers.
But before Li Laiheng had finished taking a breath, he heard the increasingly familiar sound of artillery shelling again. This time, the Yuan soldiers seemed to have concentrated all the firepower of the shelling on the gap in the city wall, trying to expand the results of the battle.
Amidst the continuous rumblings, several more artillery shells hit the city wall, splashing up a large amount of gravel. These flying stones of various sizes caused huge damage to the rebels who gathered densely at the gaps in the city wall. The soldiers who were close to the city wall were thrown into the air.
The moment he was hit by the gravel, his body was torn into pieces by these fist-sized stones.
Originally, soldiers who broke into the camp rarely wore iron helmets. Except for some knife players who could block the gravel with their cards, others basically had no effective means of protection. Li Laiheng saw many soldiers whose heads were directly hit by gravel.
Broken to pieces, red blood and white brains burst out at the same time. Many people's faces were scratched by smaller stones, some people's eyeballs were smashed by flying stones, and some people had large wounds on their faces.
"Damn it, does Yuan Bing's cannon have eyes?"
Liu Zongmin and Wang Guangen were both very surprised by the hit rate of Yuan Bing's artillery. It is not that they have not seen the power of firearms. In fact, when conditions permit, people who break into the camp also attach great importance to firearms and those who know how to use firearms are not only
When breaking into a camp, like Cao's camp, there are military regulations that stipulate that the gunners and gunners must not be killed after they are captured.
But! The hit rate of the Yuan Bing cannon is a bit bizarre!
According to the usual experience of the rebel army, if one out of ten cannons fired by the officers and soldiers can hit the target, that is a sign of great success. In most cases, the cannons of the officers and soldiers are just trying to get lucky and shooting randomly.
But this time, the Yuan soldiers' artillery fire was like having eyes. It was able to hit the gap in the city wall twice in a row, causing such tragic damage to the rebels who were densely blocking the gap.