The sky in the east has turned white, and there is finally movement in the army camp. After a night's rest, Yuan's soldiers are full of energy, and many people are laughing and chatting. They are full of confidence in today's siege and have even begun to plan.
, after the city is broken, it would be more cost-effective to grab those things. Whose daughter is more beautiful?
Fang Yiren's subordinates were much stricter in guarding him, and he always felt uneasy in his heart. Especially after the morning fog dissipated, and a row of ice walls emerged from the thin cloud-like fog, Fang Yiren felt that the problem was even more difficult.
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The bandits guarding the city are very unusual. Although ordinary bandits are fierce and erratic, they are not very good at defending the city. Before sending troops, he studied the battles of Hong Jinglue and Sun Baigu when they encircled and suppressed the Qin bandits, and knew that the only time the bandits defended the city was to defend the city.
The battle of Iron Horn City in the city was very unstructured.
But the bandits in Yilingzhou City in front of us are completely different. Although about a thousand bandits fled last night, not only did they not have their morale collapse and disintegrate on their own, but they still had enough energy to build an ice wall overnight and repair it.
The gap in the city wall opened by cannon yesterday!
The wind was as cold as a knife, and Fang Yiren's hands were trembling slightly. He knew that the soldiers in Fubiao were waiting for his orders. Although he was uneasy, he waved his hand and fired a rocket at the frozen wall of Yiling City. This was an attack.
The signal for the city to begin.
Before Yuan Bing made any move, Min Yiqi gathered his men and horses. They were also startled by the ice wall that suddenly appeared in front of them. They did not attack the city immediately, but waited for Chu Fu Fubiao to blow up the city wall with cannons first.
A group of Fubiao soldiers wearing red-edged smocks were struggling to push the cannons to the front line. Due to the deep snow, many artillery pieces were stuck in the snow. Fortunately, Tan Yi led his Sichuan Guards
The soldiers helped a lot. These guardsmen were not good at fighting, so doing some hard work would not be a problem.
"Let's follow the previous correction and prepare to fire."
Although Fubiao's artillerymen learned some relatively advanced artillery skills under Fang Yiren's training, Fang Yiren was not confident about their level and decided to correct them himself.
He first ordered the artillerymen to conduct the first round of shooting and make corrections based on the impact point of the first round of bombardment, so that the hit rate of the second and third rounds of bombardment would continue to increase. This method also has some shortcomings, namely
It can only be used in siege warfare, because the enemy's coordinates will constantly change in the field, making it difficult for you to correct the accuracy bit by bit.
The soldiers lit the gunpowder, and orange-red sparks ignited the copper cannon's launching device. There were several continuous roars, orange fire flashed by, and gray-white smoke filled the position. Some of the rapidly fired artillery shells fell.
In front of the city wall, some flew over the city wall and smashed into Yiling City. But there was also a cannonball that landed right on the city wall, stirring up a cloud of gravel and ice chips.
It's just that this time the bandits in the city learned their lesson. They removed the door panels of many houses in the city and used them as armor to cover their heads and block the flying rocks.
Min Yiqi and Yin Xianmin were both riding horses, surrounded by dozens of servants. They looked at Fubiao's cannon with envious and jealous expressions. Min Yiqi cursed in a low voice: "The damn square hole is for his nephew."
Cannons are not ordinary powerful!"
Tan Yi was very happy when he saw that in the first round of shelling, one of the shells hit the city wall. He rode his horse to the front line, galloped around from left to right, observed the appearance of the defenders on the city wall, and then ran back to Fang Yiren.
Next to him, he said: "Mr. Leshan, with the help of the divine artillery, the results of the battle are gratifying! However, the thieves seem to be well prepared, and there are not many casualties."
Fang Yiren nodded. He had already discovered that the bandits guarding the city today were much more troublesome than yesterday. The defenders carefully covered their bodies with door panels and hid behind the city wall, not showing their heads at all, so that the officers and soldiers could not grasp it.
The size of the army of the rogue bandits.
"No matter what! Keep shooting according to the direction I corrected!"
The gunners did not stop. After Fang Yiren gave the order, they immediately prepared for the second round of bombardment. The defenders in the city seemed to have despaired of counterattack. They were only passively beaten and did not organize a commando to go out of the city to counterattack.
In such a stable situation, Fubiao's cannon corrected its position. After a louder roar, it finally broke through a gap in the city wall. The city wall of Yilingzhou City was originally a shoddy project. Although the defenders used ice water to attack it,
It has been strengthened to a certain extent, but it is still vulnerable to repeated bombardments from cannons.
Amidst the roar, countless pieces of soil, bricks and ice fell to the ground, and another gap was forcibly opened. There was a burst of cheers from the artillery position, but before Fang Yiren could react, he had already done so.
Yuan's soldiers were ready to raid the city and launch an attack before Fubiao could.
"This group of thieves is equipped with an army!"
After Fang Yiren cursed fiercely, he also hurriedly ordered Fu Biao's guards and Tan Yi's guards to start attacking the city.
The three teams of officers and soldiers rushed forward one after another. Yuan soldiers rushed the fastest and reached the city root in the blink of an eye. On the walls on both sides of the gap, there were still a few thieves attacking the officers and soldiers with rain of arrows and flying rocks, but today they
The level of resistance was far less intense than yesterday. It didn't take long for Yuan soldiers to completely occupy the gap in the city wall. A large number of officers and soldiers followed them and immediately poured into the city.
Fang Yiren was very surprised when he saw this. In his opinion, the performance of the defenders today was obviously more organized than yesterday, but why were there no troops organized to block the gap?
He felt that the situation was a bit strange, and wanted the Fubiao guards to stop and wait for news of the Yuan soldiers. But as Min Yiqi rode on a war horse, shouting "The city is full of traitors, they can wash the city and kill and loot at will" while galloping on.
Entering the city, all the officers and soldiers lost control. Fang Yiren tried to stop Fu Biao, but his efforts were in vain.
The women and wealth in the city aroused the animalistic desires of all the officers and soldiers. Whether it was Yuan soldiers, Sichuan Guard soldiers, or Fu Biao, everyone rushed into the city through the gap in the city wall like crazy.
Fang Yiren heard the loud killing sounds in the city, which were also mixed with the cries of some civilians. He felt an inexplicable fear in his heart and quickly reined in the horse's head, but Tan Yi beside him followed Yuan without stopping.
The soldiers galloped into the city.
"General Tan! Wait!"
Tan Yi didn't hear Fang Yiren's shouts. He was completely immersed in the joy of killing and looting after breaking the city, and he didn't realize any danger.
The bandits did not send troops to block the gap in the city wall at all. He followed Yuan Bing and broke into the city easily. On the ground inside the city wall, there were grain and baggage discarded by the bandits everywhere. Bag after bag of grain was randomly discarded on the ground, and there were
Many gold, silver, jewelry and copper coins were scattered on the ground.
"The rogues are finished."
Tan Yi shouted loudly. It seemed that the bandits had completely collapsed. They even discarded these valuable materials on the ground. The army had a great victory! Not only was it a great victory, but there were so many gold and silver jewels in the city that everyone could find them.
Got rich.
"Hey, brothers, follow me. We don't want to rob things from Yuan Bing. Let's go to the government warehouse to rob money!" Tan Yi's troops were originally stationed in the Nanjinkou area. Compared with Yuan Bing and Fu Biao, he knew the barbarians better.
Where is the wealth in Lingzhou City hidden?
He thought that the guardsmen would definitely not be able to capture Yuan's soldiers, but Min Yiqi and the others did not know that there was a large amount of property stored in the government warehouse. Tan Yi wanted to strike first and strike first. Whoever wants to occupy the government warehouse can make the biggest fortune. Yuan
Bing bumpkins know nothing.
"Let's go!"
The four hundred guardsmen were all jumping for joy. Everyone felt that the rogue bandits could not hold the city wall. It was obvious that the whole army had collapsed, and they had no worries at all. Many of them even threw their weapons on the ground to free themselves.
hands to grab property.
They followed Tan Yi and rushed directly to the Yamen. After going around several bends and passing two intersections, they finally saw a corner of the Yamen in the city.
A guard soldier raised his head, he was a little confused, why is there a ditch in front of the Yamen? There are many wooden stakes and wooden sticks in front of the ditch, and behind the ditch is an earth wall made of ice water?
"What the hell is this?"
The guard soldier frowned. Before he could figure out why the government office in Yilingzhou City was so uniquely arranged, he was shot through the neck by a gun shot from behind the earthen wall.
Tan Yi was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand what the appearance in front of him meant at the first time. Instead, he was stunned on his horse, staring at the earthen wall with a puzzled look on his face.
But then a large number of thieves appeared on the earthen wall, and the violent rain of arrows quickly covered the guard soldiers who were caught off guard. Tan Yi screamed and fell off his horse. An arrow was shot in his right thigh, violently
The pain made him scream and turn around to run away.
The bandits hiding behind the earthen wall immediately threw a large number of bricks and stones. They also used the gunpowder accumulated in the government warehouse to make a homemade enemy of ten thousand people, which caused great damage to the officers and soldiers.
In addition to the guards under Tan Yi, Yin Xianmin also quickly realized that the government warehouse was where the most wealth was. He also hurriedly led hundreds of people to the direction of the government office, hoping to get a piece of the pie, but ended up following Tan Yi.
, hit the inner trench dug by the rogue bandits.
The inner trench was composed of wooden piles, wooden sticks, trenches, and earth walls. The situation was complicated and the officers and soldiers could not rush through it for a while. Before entering the trench, they were wantonly killed by the soldiers behind the earth wall.
Only then did Yin Xianmin realize that the situation was not good. He wanted to withdraw the Yuan soldiers and join Min Yiqi before breaking through the inner trench. But at this time, many places in the city suddenly caught fire, and the bandits piled up dry firewood and firewood in many places.
They used cotton wool and robbed a lot of sesame oil from the temple. After the Yuan soldiers dispersed and looted, they suddenly lit a fire, causing a huge fire.
One after another, the fire dragons completely separated the Yuan soldiers who were scattered throughout the city for looting. Min Yiqi and Yin Xianmin were all caught in a chaotic situation where they could not find other officers and generals. They could not find soldiers, and soldiers could not be found.
The general and many others rushed to the inner trench like headless flies in the chaos and were massacred by the rogue bandits.
Fang Yiren was the last one to enter the city. He was riding on a horse, looking at the fire in the city with smoke everywhere and the officers and soldiers running in all directions. Only then did he understand that the bandits were asking you to enter the urn.
He almost fainted and fell off his horse, shouting in pain: "It's over, it's over, it's all over!"