Chapter 1649 What kind of battle is this fighting?
"After one hour, stop the bombardment and prepare to attack." Xiao Shilian ordered decisively.
Even if we attack by force and pay a heavy price, we must capture Tongguan as soon as possible and rush into the Luoyang Plain east of Xiaoshan Mountain!
If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't even be able to drink soup, let alone meat.
Xu Deyan said in a deep voice: "The bombardment has just begun, I'm afraid Tongguan's vitality is still there."
"If it's just shelling, and the enemy doesn't come forward, we can only weaken the city fortress little by little," Xiao Shilian said directly, "Our goal is not to level Tongguan, and we don't have that much money. If we have money, we have to keep it to deal with Luoyang in the future.
city, so what we have to do is to draw the enemy out, defeat them, break their courage, and force them to retreat!"
Xu Deyan shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not that easy. Sima Xiaonan and Fei Yejinli must have received death orders to defend Tongguan. Unless we have completely rushed into the city, they will not retreat easily, and Tongguan
The city defense is tight and the city is heavily guarded. Baipao has always wanted to make a difference in the city before, but he was found out and even lost a lot of manpower for it, so he had to give up. So in fact, the details in Tongguan City are still there.
We don’t know much about the layout.”
Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Whether the Zhou people fight to the death without retreating or leave in one fight, we must win against Tongguan!"
Xu Deyan took a deep breath: "This means we will pay a heavy price."
"When the war begins, there will inevitably be a price paid in flesh and blood." Xiao Shilian's voice was a bit colder. "The entire Han Dynasty has made preparations. The enemy is not afraid of sacrifice, and we are certainly not afraid of sacrifice. From now on, every step towards the north,
This means that we will work ten times or even a hundred times more than before, because with every step to the north, the Zhou people's room for survival will be reduced, so the Zhou people will definitely try their best to stop us."
Xu Deyan's expression also became solemn.
He realized that he seemed not to be mentally prepared before.
Indeed, from the beginning of this war, it was already destined to last forever!
Any mercy or retreat will only make the enemy stronger after recovering.
"Instructions, in one hour the Huang Wan Department will be the vanguard and the main attack, followed by the Lu Qing Department, and then the Lu Guangda Department. The Tiger Wing Army must capture Tongguan within ten days, even if it is bloody.
, I don’t care!" Xiao Shilian ordered coldly and loudly.
The bloody battle for every inch of territory has begun!
The whole Tongguan was shaking. After the artillery, there were trebuchets, and after the trebuchets there were artillery.
The industrial crystallization of Han Dynasty over the past five years shines brightly at this time.
The whistling stone bullets and cannonballs had already made the Northern Zhou soldiers on the city wall dizzy, but before they could reorganize their formation, the Han army's arrows rained down again.
Fei Yejinli twice wanted to send people back to the city wall. There was no one on the city wall, which meant that they had no idea what the enemies outside the city were doing. So Fei Yejinli could only do this, but Fei Yejinli had no choice but to send people back to the city wall.
In the end, Jinli had no choice but to give up, because he found that any soldier who rushed to the top of the city would soon actually rush to the top of the city.
How many stone bullets and arrows do these southern barbarians have?
When did their production level reach such a terrible level?
He had no concept of the modern industrial system at all, and even the cost of making weapons was still limited to ordinary blacksmith workshops in the military. Of course, it was impossible to understand the fighting style of the Han army.
But soon, drums sounded outside the city, and the smoke and dust that shrouded Tongguan Pass slowly dissipated. It seemed that Fei Yejinli suddenly said, "Go to the city!"
More than a hundred Xianbei soldiers who had already been impatient have rushed to the city first. Most of them are elite soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and many of them are elites who have been carefully trained by Fei Yejinli. The reason why Fei Yejinli put them at the front is
, naturally also hope to use them to boost the already somewhat low morale in Tongguan.
Sima Xiaoping can die, but Tongguan cannot be lost!
"Come back quickly!" A general suddenly realized something.
At this time, Fei Yejinli, who was under the city, also noticed the clues.
The drums outside the city did not sound again, which showed that the enemy had no intention of attacking.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The entire Tongguan city wall was once again enveloped in flames.
Many of the previous cannonballs were solid bullets, but this time they were all bursting bullets.
Cannonballs were raging on the city wall, and the exploding shrapnel swept across the crowd. The Northern Zhou soldiers almost fell in pieces. Just now, the Northern Zhou soldiers who were fully expecting to be able to go to the city and give the enemy a severe lesson were already in majority at this time.
Their heads were missing. Flying shrapnel could cut their bodies into pieces.
"Xiao Shilian!" Fei Yejinli was heartbroken. There were many of his elites here. If he had known this, he would never have let them go to the city!
This guy Xiao Shilian is so cunning!
And the drumbeat suddenly sounded outside, just one round.
The gunfire stopped again.
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty looked at each other. This time, even the generals who led them did not dare to charge directly to the city.
The city wall, which was supposed to be the biggest barrier for the soldiers guarding the city, seemed to have become a reminder at this time. All those who were contaminated by the city wall would stay on it.
Fei Yejinli gritted his teeth, was it an attack or a test?
Is the bombardment over yet?
"You guys, go up and take a look!" The sword in his hand demarcated some people.
The soldiers who were spotted looked at each other and swallowed.
Fei Yejinli's personal guards have already drawn their swords. If these guys dare to disobey military orders, then take their heads directly!
In the end, these soldiers braved the situation and walked up the city wall step by step.
Soon they turned and shouted: "The enemy is attacking!"
"Go to the city, go to the city quickly!" Fei Yejinli's expression changed drastically. Xiao Shilian actually came up with such a trick. He thought that this cunning guy was going to lure some more Northern Zhou troops to the city and then use artillery to greet them.
Going to the city now is half a beat too late.
Sure enough, as soon as the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty boarded the city, arrows were already covering the entire city, causing the first batch of soldiers to fall to the ground in panic, and the soldiers behind also raised their shields in confusion. Fortunately, the Northern Zhou soldiers behind the city wall threw stones.
The machine fired in time, causing the enemy's dense rain of arrows to pause. However, soon the larger stone bullets thrown by the Thunderbolt Cart had already fallen into the city, and many trebuchets were directly hit by stones that were half or even larger than their own.
The bullet directly smashed into pieces.
However, the self-sacrificing counterattack of the Northern Zhou trebuchets finally gave the Northern Zhou soldiers a chance to form their formation.
The next moment, the Han army's ladder truck was already in front of us.
Fei Yejinli looked at the scene in front of him and could only smile bitterly.