Chapter 1781 I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry
The Northern Zhou army, pressed by musketeers and crossbowmen, could not raise their heads at all. Almost every battlement could be seen with bullet holes as dense as honeycombs. It is conceivable that if a person stuck his head out from between the battlements, he would be beaten.
What does it look like?
With a large number of ladder trucks and ladders, the Han army continued to pour onto the city. The Northern Zhou army also gave up using wood, rolling stones and other things to block the Han army from the battlements, and instead waited for the Han army to board the city before using their numbers.
Advantages push through.
No matter how strong your ladder is and how many muskets you have, you can only get on one person at a time!
However, the Han army soon learned to be smart. When the soldiers climbing the ladder approached the city, they lit the thunderbolt and threw it directly onto the city wall.
Zhentian Lei was not installed on a large scale by the Han army because the gunpowder filled in it was not of high purity. After all, we could not expect the black powder to be very powerful. In addition, the cost was not very cheap. It was all iron.
Damn it, the raw materials consumed by two or three Zhentian Lei together are comparable to cannonballs, and the shock power that cannonballs can exert cannot be achieved by Zhentian Lei, unless several Zhentian Lei can be used together at once.
Throw it out.
Moreover, large-scale army operations now rely heavily on close combat. Under such circumstances, who can guarantee that those who are thrown out by Zhentian Lei will not blow up one of their own people?
However, Zhentianlei still deployed a small number of Han Imperial Guards, and now the siege came in handy. Smoking black lumps were thrown onto the city one by one, and the Northern Zhou soldiers on the city wall were quickly blown out.
Psychological shadow, I retreated anxiously, and even had to retreat to the female wall at the back. In fact, it was because of the spaciousness of the Luoyang city wall. I am here, no matter how hard you shake this black lump, you still can't blow me up.
At the same time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's crossbowmen have also gathered in large numbers. Anyway, you and the crossbowmen and musketeers below the city have no way to compete, so why not come together to defend the city. You can always shoot arrows directly at the enemies on the city wall.
It should be possible.
Therefore, many Han soldiers were hit by arrows and fell down just as they jumped onto the city wall.
Only where the ladder truck was located, the Han army could rely on their musketeers to suppress the city from a high position. However, there were still only a few ladder trucks, and the number of soldiers that could be transported up to the city at one time was not enough to directly change the comparison between ourselves and the enemy on the city.
Despite the changes, the Northern Zhou army could still push back the Han army with its numerical advantage.
Even a bed crossbow on the enemy platform on the west side that should have been dismantled into parts was temporarily repaired by the Zhou people at this time. A fire arrow rushed out and forcibly ignited a ladder truck. The blazing ladder truck and
The Han soldiers scrambling for their lives immediately drew cheers from the troops in the city. It was obvious that they had realized through this success that the enemy was not so powerful that it was completely invincible.
Soon Yuchi Jiong seized this opportunity, went into battle personally, and led his personal guards to forcefully push back the hundreds of Han troops who had already entered the city.
Because the ladder truck is still fireproof, after the ladder truck burned for a while, only billowing black smoke was left. But even so, Lu Shixiong's face still looked a little ugly.
The Imperial Guards and the Yingyang Army will attack the southern city wall. Of course, the entire army will not attack at once. Together with the gunners deployed by the Navy, it is impossible for nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses to move away. Now the main attack force is the Forbidden City.
Chun Yucen of the Guards, Lu Zhiwu of the Yingyang Army, and Lu Zicai and Lu Shixiong each led a group of troops to guard Li Xingchen, and they obeyed His Majesty's orders at any time. They were regarded as the left and right wings of the Han army.
The imperial guard's ladder truck was burned, which directly boosted the morale of the Northern Zhou army. Of course, Lu Shixiong was a little embarrassed.
What did this boy Chunyu do? It's so embarrassing.
Lu Zicai next to him breathed a sigh of relief.
Luoyang City is just an isolated city in the heavy siege of the Han army. It is not wrong to say that it is a meal for the Han army, so this is actually the Imperial Guard and the Yingyang Army proving themselves to Your Majesty. The Imperial Guard made a mistake.
Lu Zicai, who was originally under great pressure, naturally felt a little more relaxed.
With this counterattack by the Northern Zhou army, basically all the soldiers and horses of the Han army on the city retreated, while the archers and crossbowmen retreated into formation again, and the ladder chariots and ram chariots also retreated slightly.
Next came the Han army's bombardment, trebuchets and artillery, which would give the Northern Zhou army crowded on the city wall a hard greeting.
Of course, the Northern Zhou army was not stupid. The flags on the city walls were also changing, and the sound of gold ringing was "bang bang bang", and the Northern Zhou army was also retreating.
Once the shelling starts, this city wall is no place for people to stay.
"Your Majesty, the general is willing to lead the imperial guards to continue the attack." Lu Shixiong said anxiously.
Li Xingchen glanced at him and said calmly: "Let the troops rest for a while. Let Chunyu Cen go up next time. You can do it again."
After a pause, Li Xingchen raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "This city of Luoyang is the hardest bone to crack. I am not in a hurry. I will kill them first."
Lu Shixiong could only respond helplessly, but he still weighed his feet and looked north, wishing he could rush to the city with a knife now.
And Li Xingchen sighed in his heart, Lu Shixiong was still a little too rough, but he was still young and inexperienced, which was normal. As long as this murderous aura was still there, polishing it would be a sharp edge.
This shelling was obviously just an artillery suppression by Li Xingchen when he found that the Northern Zhou army was too powerful. He just wanted to tell the Northern Zhou army on the top of the city through a short and fierce bombardment that although you temporarily suppressed the Han army, it was only
Just relying on the numerical advantage on the city wall, the initiative on the battlefield was always in the hands of the big man.
After killing the Zhou people with vigor, they will definitely attack more fiercely, so the Han army only retreated slightly, and did not even retreat across the moat. As long as they can ensure that their own artillery will not hurt their own people, it will be inevitable after the bombardment.
A more violent attack.
If the siege troops are changed at this time, even if the equipment is not moved, and the huge crowd retreats, and another batch of crowded troops come up, I don’t know how much time will be wasted. Not to mention the Han soldiers on the front line now.
But they were all holding their breath, waiting for the bombardment to come and rush to avenge Paoze who had just died in the battle. How could he be willing to get out of the line of fire?
Li Xingchen was not in a hurry. Although he was determined to win Luoyang City, he also knew that this guy would not be able to be eaten in one bite. If Luoyang City could be easily won in the first round of the attack, it would not be standing in the Central Plains to witness how much
The imperial capital has gone through great changes for generations.
Li Xingchen was very satisfied that the Han army could achieve this in the first round of attacking.
Cai Rong walked over quickly and handed Li Xinchen the rough casualty report for the first round of siege. Li Xinchen glanced at it, nodded slightly, and issued the order for the second round of attack.
Step by step, I want to see you, Yuchi Jiong, so what's stopping me!