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Volume 1: Bandit¡¯s Career Chapter 233: Offensive and Defensive Battle (5)

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    There is no doubt that attacking Pingdu City will require heavy casualties. Kong Youde certainly knew this, but he was determined to avenge his shame, and his rebel generals could not go against it.  "Start attacking the city!" Kong Youde looked in the direction of Pingdu City and loudly ordered the officers around him.  In the blink of an eye, the military drums in the rebel camp made a muffled "dong-dong-dong" sound.  The five thousand infantry in the rebel array, led by Mao Chenglu, began to move forward.  Three thousand civilians were forced to push the temporarily modified shield cart, and headed straight for the Chengenmen moat two miles away. Five thousand rebel infantry followed closely behind, followed by sword and shield soldiers, long spear soldiers, and spear soldiers.  Soldiers, cannon soldiers, archers, and the last part of the infantry carried siege ladders in their hands.  Standing at the top of the city and looking out, I saw a siege army of eight thousand men and horses spread all over the outside of Cheng'en Gate of Pingdu City, densely packed all over the mountains and plains.  Kong Youde¡¯s fifty Western cannons were all dispatched. At this moment, the rebel artillerymen controlled the cannons and slowly approached the Chengen Gate.  The five thousand rebel cavalry, led by Cao Shaozhong, were divided into left and right wings, alert to the sudden attack of the defenders in the city.  Kong Youde only had 7,000 infantry and more than 100 chariots left by his side, and he seemed to be preparing to attack at the right time.  Feng Jian still stood on the city gate tower and used his binoculars to check the movements of the rebels. He watched the densely packed shield chariots and the rebel infantry following behind them attack, like a swarm of locusts passing through. He knew where Kong Youde's heart was.  Kong Youde almost made a desperate move to save the shame in Yixue's heart.  Most of the rebels like Kong Youde came from Dongjiang. The soldiers regarded fighting on the battlefield as a common occurrence. Feng Jian knew better that Zhenshan Camp would receive a real baptism of blood and fire at the head of Chengenmen today.  Defeat the rebel attack.  For the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp, a strong belief in victory will be established.  Facing the rebels again, this psychological advantage will affect the duel between the two sides.  The soldiers of Zhenshan Camp will establish a strong psychological mentality, so this duel is a real test for Zhenshan Camp.  In a hidden position at the top of the Chengen Gate city, the eight Western-style cannons took off their gun jackets early. The Western-style cannons originally placed at the South Gate were placed on the North Gate city wall overnight.  Sirao led his Western artillerymen, holding a gun ruler and measuring scope, constantly revising the calibration, waiting for the order to fire the artillery.  The protruding enemy platforms on both sides of the city gate tower hide the cannon soldiers of the Zhenshan Camp. On one side of the enemy platform are the sword and shield soldiers and spear soldiers. At this moment, they are nervously watching the rebels attacking intensively under the city. Not far behind them  All kinds of city defense materials are neatly stacked everywhere.  Look carefully at every soldier guarding the inside of the city wall.  There is a package slung on the outside of the armor, but I don't know what is contained in it?  The soldiers guarding the city all looked cautious, so there must be something dangerous about guarding the city.  The thousand mobile soldiers led by Fan Li were divided into two parts, of which five hundred soldiers continued to hide in the dark, ready to support wherever danger occurred.  The other part, led by Fan Li, is hidden in the Wengcheng of Chengenmen. These five hundred mobile troops carry two squatting tiger cannons. Once the rebels break through the Wengcheng gate, the Wengcheng defenders will cooperate with the bird cannon soldiers on both sides of the enemy towers.  Cross-attack the rebels who rushed into the urn city, truly creating a situation of catching turtles in the urn.  The urn of Pingdu City is square in shape.  Built on the outside of the city gate and connected to the city wall on both sides, the Wengcheng gate and the city gate are not in a straight line. This also prevents the siege army from directly hitting the city gate with siege equipment.  There is no sheep and horse wall built outside Pingdu City.  Therefore, in theory, as long as the rebels fill up the moat, they can directly carry out sabotage attacks on the Wengcheng gate, as long as the Wengcheng is destroyed.  Then Chengenmen would be directly exposed to the rebels.  Seeing that the rebels were heading towards Wengcheng to drive away Minzhuang, it was obvious that the siege strategy formulated by Kong Youde was a two-pronged attack.  Attack the city wall and attack the city gate simultaneously.  On the top of the city, Zhao Shougang looked at the shield cart being driven by the rebels.  The speed of the cart is gradually increasing, and it is gradually only two miles away from the city gate.  The rebel Western artillery slowly stopped. The artilleryman took out the wooden wedges and long iron nails he carried to fix the Western artillery. He also piled bags of earth and rocks in front of the artillery as a barrier to prevent the artillery and the artillery crew from being attacked by the opponent.  .  In this position, the six-pound solid iron bullet fired by the Western cannon is enough to pose a threat to the defenders on the city wall. The Western cannon itself is protected by an earth and stone wall, so it is not easily vulnerable to the opponent's artillery counterattack.  Zhao Shougang turned to look at Feng Jian on the tower, and saw that he was holding a telescope to carefully observe the movements of the rebels on the opposite side, looking completely letting go.  Zhao Shougang no longer hesitated and loudly shouted to the guards on the side: "Send the order, the Western cannon is fired!" Just a moment later, the eight Western cannons at the top of Chengenmen City let out a deafening roar, six pounds of solid iron?Howling and flying towards the rebels who were accelerating towards the city gate.  Silao and other Western gunners precisely controlled the angles. Solid iron bullets roared in the rebel ranks. Each shield vehicle was smashed into pieces. The iron bullet penetrated Minzhuang's body behind the shield vehicle.  The power remained undiminished, and it continued to wreak havoc among the dense ranks of rebels with a streak of blood.  After a round of shelling, the rebels filled up the moat and Minzhuang suffered nearly a hundred casualties. Miserable howls filled the queue. Dozens of shield vehicles were turned into fragments. There was a commotion among Minzhuang who was moving forward.  After a round of artillery fire at the top of the city, some rebel officers holding down the formation shouted to the Minzhuang in front: "Speed ??up the attack speed, get closer to the moat, the artillery fire at the top of the city will be just a decoration, rush!" Facing the bright swords and guns of the rebels, the Minzhuang people,  He could only push the shield car forward in panic again. Under the huge pressure of fear, the speed of pushing the shield car was obviously accelerated, and the rebel infantry following behind was forced to open a gap.  "Boom, boom, boom" Under the command of Silao, the Western artillery at the city head spewed out bursts of gunpowder smoke, and the shells once again showed off their power among the rebels.  Scattered on the ground were not only the parts of the shield car, but also the broken limbs and broken arms of the human body. The front row of the rebels seemed to have been swept through by a meat grinder. The severed human bodies fell to the ground in all directions, with blood flowing gurglingly. It seemed like  The doomsday-like situation finally caused the people to have a psychological breakdown.  Minzhuang, who was within the shelling range, threw down his shield vehicle and fled in all directions. A small group of people began to flee, which immediately affected the surrounding Minzhuang.  Yesterday's scene of Minzhuang's collapse reappeared again.  But today, all Minzhuang who turned around and fled were faced with ruthless killings by the rebel infantry behind them.  It would be easy for five thousand rebel soldiers to deal with these unarmed civilians.  Minzhuang, who ran out of the shield car array, was quickly hacked to death by the rebel soldiers who followed him. The brutality of the rebel soldiers seemed to exceed the artillery fire at the top of the city.  Minzhuang, who had just been rioting, was crying and was forced to push the shield cart towards the moat again.  At this time, the rebels' fifty Western artillery pieces had been deployed and prepared for their own defense. They began to fire solid iron bullets at the top of Pingdu City to suppress the firing of the artillery at the top of the city and cover the advance of the shield vehicles.  "Boom, boom, boom!" Most of the iron bullets hit the city wall. The violent impact made the people standing on the wall feel trembling. A few iron bullets crossed the city wall, and naturally brought many blows to the soldiers of the Zhenshan Camp.  casualties.  The opponent's artillery shells were raging at the top of the city, but the soldiers defending the city could not escape.  Life or death depends on each person's own luck.  Feng Jian watched helplessly as the life that had just been alive turned into a cold corpse in the blink of an eye. He sighed silently: Life and death on the battlefield are commonplace. Learning to protect yourself and working hard to survive on the battlefield is the ultimate winner.  After a round of artillery fire from the rebels, the hidden Western artillerymen quickly measured and calibrated the firing angle of the artillery, and the iron bullets once again showed their power in the rebel array.  The most casualties in this round of shelling were the rebel soldiers. Due to a delay, the rebel shield truck was less than one mile away from the moat, and the Western artillery was fired at a different angle.  Lack of ability to hit close range targets.  Most of Minzhuang, who was driving the shield car, felt that there were no longer any comrades around him who were covered in blood and flesh. Looking back, they found that the shells fired by the opponent fell far into the array of rebel soldiers. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡¯???????????????? Some people, seeing the artillery shells bringing up bursts of flesh and blood to wreak havoc upon the rebel array, felt secretly relieved.  I wish I could fire more artillery shells from the top of the city and kill all these stupid rebels. At the same time, I am glad that I have passed through that death blockade.  The moat is right in front of you.  More than a thousand shield vehicles are enough to fill the moat. How the rebels following behind attack the city has nothing to do with them.  Some quick-thinking Minzhuang secretly guessed.  How did they know that people like themselves could no longer control their own destiny after filling up the moat.  They will be forced to attack the city wall to disperse the opponent's defense power.  On the top of the city, Zhao Shougang ordered Sirao to aim the Western artillery at the rebel Western artillery team two miles away, and use the skilled shooting skills of Western craftsmen to compete with the rebels.  At the same time, the cannon soldiers on the enemy platforms on both sides of the city gate were ordered to be ready for firing. The sword, shield, and spear soldiers prepared the gunpowder packets in the packages. At the critical moment, they lit the fuses and threw them towards the rebel offensive array.  This kind of gunpowder bag is the one made by Feng Jian last time in Dengzhou Shuicheng. The gunpowder bag in the hands of soldiers now has less gunpowder content. After igniting the fuse, it is easy to throw it far away, and the relative explosion power will also be reduced.  This is equivalent to a simple grenade. If it suddenly explodes among the rebels, it will definitely cause a huge shock to the rebel soldiers.  Seeing that the rebel shield car array was nearly a hundred steps away from the city, Zhao Shougang waved his hand and said: "The cannon soldiers shoot!" The flag bearer beside him immediately waved the flag and issued an order to the enemy's cannon soldiers.  In an instant, there was a roar of "boom, boom" from bird cannons on the enemy platforms on both sides.Standing up, the rebel gunners and archers behind the shield vehicle began to fight back.  At this time, the city was once again hit by rebel artillery shells. However, the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion who were targeting the rebels on the enemy platform ignored them. The city was filled with smoke and bullets were flying in random directions. There were casualties on both sides of the battle.  Generally speaking, the casualties of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion at the top of the city were relatively light. They hid behind the enemy tower walls and fired cannons at the rebels from a high position. This gave them a natural advantage, while the rebels could only hide behind the shield vehicles and shoot at the top of the city.  The blunderbuss fired and fired the bow and arrow, resulting in greater casualties.  But the moat was right in front of us, so the people still pushed the shield cart forward, and finally reached the moat.  The moat of Pingdu City is eight feet wide and eight feet deep.  Before the Jiaolai River was dredged, the moat was in a waterless state, and because it had not been excavated and maintained for a long time, the river was filled with silt and debris.  After the opening of the Jiaolai River, Chen Suowen accepted Feng Jian's suggestion to re-excavate and maintain the moat, and filled the entire moat with water from the Jiaolai River. You can reach the Jiaolai River directly from the moat by boat.  !  !  (To be continued)
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