Chapter 1647 Under Tongguan, the first battle of artillery
For these soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, being alive is of course the best thing. Basically, no one has the consciousness to sacrifice their lives for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, especially since this battle is destined to be defeated. The defeated general is not brave enough, even if he can get away with it,
If you break out of the siege, no credit will fall on you.
Even for elite men, when their own generals are hesitant in their attitude, it is naturally difficult for them to think about death. They are also eager to live.
In these troubled times, who doesn’t want to live?
Every human life, like a piece of grass, has been beaten by countless winds and waves, and is thrown here for nothing. No one wants to think about it. Especially the tragic situation of the Xianbei cavalry has made them understand the price of continuing to fight.
What's more, Tongguan has been blocked by the enemy, and he doesn't even have a way back!
Therefore, these soldiers were quite panic-stricken at this time. They couldn't fight but couldn't fight and couldn't run away. What should they do?
Is Sima Xiaoping really reliable?
Before entering the military formation, Sima Xiaonan turned his horse's head again. He drew out his saber and stared at Xiao Shilian. The guards wanted to step forward anxiously, but Sima Xiaonan waved his hand to tell them not to follow. The guards
They didn't know what Sima Xiaonan wanted to do, and the opposing general didn't go back. If they rushed forward rashly, they might cause an overreaction from the other side, so they could only hesitate to move forward.
And Sima Xiaonan suddenly whipped his war horse, and the horse neighed, and he rushed forward: "Xiao Shilian, if this is the case, then you and I will decide the outcome, and it has nothing to do with anyone else!"
Sima Xiaonan had obviously made up his mind. He did not want his soldiers to be implicated, but he also did not want to surrender hastily.
Sima Xiaonan's sudden attack was obviously expected by Xiao Shilian.
The personal guards guarded him and raised their muskets at the same time. As long as Xiao Shilian gave an order, it was enough to beat Sima Xiaonan into a sieve directly. And if Xiao Shilian said to capture him alive, the long bayonet on the musket was not a simple matter.
Yes, if you use more to defeat less, you can always defeat Sima Xiaoli.
Perhaps because of Sima Xiaonan’s roar, or perhaps because he was also uncertain about the outcome of this battle in his heart, no one of the Northern Zhou soldiers behind him moved forward, and only a few personal guards pursued him.
Come up.
Xiao Shilian raised the whip in his hand: "Catch them alive."
"How dare you, rats!" After receiving the order, the Han army moved forward and rushed forward almost at the same time.
Hou Mi relied on his own horse and ran the fastest. The horse in his hand hit Sima Xiaonan hard. After Sima Xiaonan escaped in embarrassment, he was about to wave the knife in his hand, but found that Hou Mi's move was completely empty.
With a flick of the move, his horse's spear was stuck on the ground. He had already drawn out his horizontal sword, and easily knocked the sword from Sima Xiaonan's hand. Then the war horse turned around, relaxed its arms, and had already lifted Sima Xiaonan over.
, and threw it directly on the ground.
Just as Sima Xiaonan was about to get up, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and the bayonets of the Han army's musketeers were already pointed in front of him.
"Tie him up!" Hou Mi said coldly.
It was so scary, I almost scared me to death. Fortunately, I reacted quickly. If something happened to the general, everyone would be in trouble.
The several personal guards behind Sima Xiaonan also received similar treatment.
"General Hussar orders, surrender without killing!" Then the Han soldiers shouted in unison, and at the same time they stepped forward to shrink the encirclement. The silver swords and guns in their hands had already made the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty lose the last chance of resistance.
courage.
The sword fell to the ground, and the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty surrendered one after another.
Not long after, the rumble of cannons suddenly sounded again in the distance.
Sima Xiaonan, who had been tied up and even had his mouth gagged, suddenly realized something and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound of the cannon, with a wry smile on his face.
Obviously, the sound of artillery stopped just now, not because Tongguan had fallen, but because Xiao Shilian deliberately stopped firing artillery there, giving Sima and the Northern Zhou soldiers a way out, and Tongguan had fallen into the hands of the Han army.
the illusion.
Whether it was battle formation or scheming, I lost.
And it’s the kind of thing that you’re convinced of.
Tongguan is not so easy to win.
But now it's almost time to capture Tongguan.
A row of thirty artillery pieces continued to bombard Tongguan, and the entire Tongguan was completely shrouded in smoke and dust. The Northern Zhou Dynasty only completed the brickwork on a few city walls such as Luoyang and Yecheng, such as the walls on the Tongguan side.
They are all made of rammed earth. Faced with artillery, this kind of rammed earth city wall will obviously only be beaten into craters.
Almost all the protruding battlements on the city wall have been flattened by artillery shells, and the tall watchtowers have also been demolished to pieces, not to mention the piled earth walls under Tongguan City, which have completely collapsed long ago and even stood.
In the camp, you can see rows of corpses behind the earthen walls.
Tongguan's city defense is a typical example of improving quality through quantity. In the old impression of the Northern Zhou army, the Han army's main firearms, muskets, were not suitable for attacking fortresses, so they simply built more walls and forced the Han army through layers of defense.
You can only advance forward through melee combat.
Therefore, under Tongguan City, there are two lines of defense: a moat and an earthen wall behind the moat. Beyond the moat, there are camps everywhere. Unfortunately, these camps have now become barriers for the Han army to set up artillery.
Xu Deyan raised his hand to Xiao Shilian and invited Xiao Shilian to come in. He already knew almost everything about the battle situation on Xiao Shilian's side, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Congratulations to the general for capturing Sima alive and eliminating the difficulty."
Speaking of this, Xiao Shilian was also a little helpless. This habit of touching his nose was developed when he was following Li Xingchen. He could only sigh with emotion: "This guy really thinks he is a knight, and the head coach of the first army actually wants to fight in a duel."
Xu Deyan glanced at Xiao Shilian, forget it if others say this, you should save it. If it weren't for the fact that you know that you are in a high position now, you must not make any mistakes, let alone lose your life easily. There will be more to come.
If the war is about to begin, I'm afraid Xiao Shilian has already picked up the knife and rushed forward himself.
Although this general is far less reckless than he was back then, his character cannot be changed so easily after all.
But fortunately, under the background of Sima Xiaonan, Xiao Shilian's situation was nothing.
"Sima Daorong (Sima Xiaonan's nickname) was in Yecheng in his early years. He inherited the reputation of his father, Sima Ziru, who was the Minister of the Secretariat. He always made friends with scholars and paid homage to Guanglu Qing. He was an out-and-out civil servant. He fled to the Zhou Dynasty
Later, he was changed to a military commander," Xu Deyan said helplessly, "It can be regarded as a monk halfway, and it is reasonable to have some fantasies of a scholar wielding a sword."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly. To put it mildly, this should be called romance. To put it harshly, it means that he does not know whether to live or die.
What era are you in, and you still play one-on-one?
What's more, you don't have the courage to do it even if you don't deserve it?