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Volume 1 Yuzhou Snow Chapter 843 A complete defeat

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    When the attack started on the river, the two imperial armies at the north gate and west gate rushed towards the north and west walls without even having time to rest.  £¤f The newly built fort on the top of the city came into play. Shells were blasted into the dense and disorderly crowd of the imperial army. Each shell caused huge casualties; unfortunately, this could not stop the officers and soldiers from charging in droves.  , because the number of forts was too small, these Folan cannons were dismantled from some warships, and they only had a few days to build the forts. The four walls in the southeast, northwest, and south were in order to prevent warships on the river from rushing in.  As the focus, there are only six primary and secondary cannons, and only three or two of them have been built on the other three sides.  Although such artillery fire is fierce, it cannot form a large-scale bombing, and it cannot play a decisive role.  The imperial army quickly attacked the city wall. The rebels at the top of the city shot arrows and threw stones and wood. On the contrary, these caused great casualties to the imperial army. Ma Ming, who attacked the west gate, suffered a great loss.  ; Because they were advancing lightly, his more than 20,000 troops did not even have a ladder to attack the city. The focus of their attack at this moment was the city gate.  More than 50 people carrying a simple crash cart with a dozen felled trees tied together were slamming into the city gate, while the remaining soldiers and horses used more than 30 improvised ladders to climb up the city wall.  , knowing that it was impossible to break through the west gate, but Ma Ming did this to maintain pressure on the west gate so that the rebels could not mobilize troops to reinforce the north wall. Xu Tai's army at the north wall had everything.  Xu Tai not only had siege ladders and siege vehicles, but when he divided his troops that day, he also ordered more than a dozen cannons and two rocket launchers. When the soldiers stormed the city wall, Xu Tai ordered all the artillery pieces to be used.  They gathered together and pointed at the north city gate and ordered loudly: "Blast me at the city gate. Let's see if his gate is stronger or my artillery fire is more powerful." After a fierce bombardment, no matter how thick the city gate was, it could not withstand this.  The intensive fixed-point bombardment of artillery fire caused half of the city gate and tower to collapse. However, Xu Tai was surprised to find that they still could not enter the city because even if the gate was smashed, the entire gate hole under the tower was actually filled with people.  Sandbags and stones were the last resort to defend the city: to seal the city gate, which was actually part of the thickest and strongest city wall.  Xu Tai cursed loudly. Since this move was useless, it was impossible to bombard the city wall. The city wall several feet wide could not be blasted by artillery. Now he could only use stupid methods to climb to the top of the wall, and these artillery seemed to  It's of no use.  So Xu Tai got worried and ordered all the artillery to raise their muzzles and fire into the city. Xu Tai could not control the life and death of the people in the city. He just wanted to use this method to disrupt the order in the city and let the rebels in the city rush out.  Facing the threat from the sky, we cannot continuously transport materials to the city wall and organize manpower reinforcements.  This move seemed a bit ridiculous, but it did panic the people in the city and the rebel soldiers.  A rocket launcher fires dozens of shells. When it hits the city, it will immediately blast an area dozens of steps around into scorched earth. Although the cannon is slightly inferior, it fires east and west with a sharp whistling sound.  It is everywhere like a ghost seeking life. No one knows whether an iron lump will fall next to him at the next moment, and then explode with a bang, driving all the iron balls, iron pieces, and caltrops inside into his fragile body.  Go inside.  The people below the city who were forced to transport supplies huddled on the ground and refused to move. No matter how much the rebel soldiers beat and scolded them, they refused to get up. One of the rebel generals was furious and wanted to chop someone with a knife. Just now  Straightening up, a cannonball exploded not far away. The rebel general froze and yelled.  Everyone looked at him in horror, and it turned out that there were several small bloody holes in his back, which were punched in by steel pillars exploded by artillery shells.  As a result, even the rebel soldiers who were supervising the transportation of supplies were frightened.  The stones and wood on the top of the north city were quickly used up, but could not be replenished. The nearly 10,000 rebel soldiers guarding the city wall suddenly found that they could only watch the officers and soldiers climb up the city wall.  If you attack them with swords and guns within a reasonable distance, you will never be able to stop them from climbing to the top of the city.  After a brief stalemate, officers and soldiers appeared on the north wall, one or two, one in two places. When more than a dozen places were broken through, it was like a blowout, and the officers and soldiers who had been suppressed for nearly half an hour rushed up one after another.  At the top of the city.  After paying the price of nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses, Xu Tai used brute force to break through the northern city wall.   The battle on the river quickly evolved into a pursuit battle. The total number of warships was superior, and the number of firearms on both sides was disproportionate. Mao Shiba's command made up for many shortcomings of the officers and soldiers in the water battle. The most important thing was  The disparity in morale between the two sides made the battle one-sided.  The artillery battle between the two sides from medium and long distances quickly evolved into close-range bow and arrow shooting and hand-to-hand combat. This was the strength of the troops led by Song Nan.  Although Jiang Bin couldn't even swim, his fighting on the ship was just as fierce as on land. More than a dozen of his ships were betrayed when he got close.The army concentrated artillery fire and sank two ships, and the rest rushed into the enemy warship camp.  Jiang Bin's battles on the ship had a simple routine. When approaching each warship, Jiang Bin took the lead and jumped across the water between the two ships. He was the first to disrupt the formation of the rebel soldiers holding crossbows on the opponent's deck.  Subsequent men jumped on board one after another until every rebel on the ship was slaughtered.  Jiang Bin also paid the price for this. Hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured. He was hit by a crossbow arrow on each shoulder. He didn't bother to pull it out. It was like he had two flags on each side of his shoulders, looking majestic.  Murderous.  It was his fearless and fearless charging tactics on land that turned several rebel warships into deserted ghost ships, because all the rebels on board were killed by him and his men.  Wang Yong and Li Daniu's method of warfare is another way. Hundreds of Jin Yiwei guards and fire gun battalion cavalry who follow Wang Yong and Li Daniu are separated in two warships. Their battle does not rely on hand-to-hand combat. After entering the shooting range of the fire gun,  When they were inside, the guards on both ships opened fire at the same time, instantly cutting off the rebels on the other side's deck like leeks, and then lay down on the deck and began to change ammunition.  Then he stood up and fired at another command.  Although it was not as fierce as Jiang Bin's fighting method, it saved lives as much as possible.  Jiang Bin and Wang Yong were like two stirring sticks, making the rebel warships miserable. Because of this, Mao Shiba's warships in front were able to quickly approach the opponent's formation. The rebels were defeated at the first touch, and soon became  It became a chase on the river. Soon after the North City Gate was breached, more than twenty rebel navy ships were sunk, seven or eight became ghost ships, and the remaining dozens were no longer interested in fighting and raised the white flag.  They surrendered one after another.  Song Nan ordered all the ships to turn their bows and aim at the South City Gate, aiming all the black gunfire at them.  Upstairs in the south city, Zhu Chenhao was still beating the drum vigorously to cheer up the soldiers on the river, but his drumming became weaker and weaker, and finally he had no intention of beating the drum at all.  "It's over, it's all over." Zhu Chenhao sighed with a trembling voice.  "Your Majesty, we still have city walls and forts, they can't attack." Liu Yangzheng encouraged Zhu Chenhao with a white face.  "Report! Beicheng has been destroyed!" A soldier rushed forward to report.  "Huh?" Everyone took a breath of cold air.  Liu Yangzheng shouted loudly: "Wang Lun, quickly bring people to reinforce, take back Beicheng, take back Beicheng." Wang Lun licked his lips and said: "Where did the soldiers and horses come from? There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on the river. All the soldiers and horses in Beicheng are gone.  It seems that Wanduo is gone. There are more than 10,000 in the west and more than 10,000 here. We only have a few people in total. Where can we get the troops to rescue them? "Liu Yangzheng shouted: "You are the Minister of the Ministry of War. No matter what, you must do it.  Once the troops and horses are brought out, what's the use of the other walls?" Wang Lun sighed: "Liu Yangzheng, do you think it's still useful?" Liu Yangzheng glared: "Why is it useless?" "Wang Lun?  He looked at Zhu Chenhao, who was standing blankly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and failed to help you complete your great cause. What happened today is irreparable. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. I will take one step first and be a king and minister in the underworld."  Zhu Chenhao was silent and didn't express anything. Wang Lun sighed in a low voice, stepped on the battlement, jumped off the city wall, and fell onto the gravel on the riverside below the city with a clatter, and fell into a puddle of mud.  Liu Yang's face was ashen, and he cursed repeatedly: "This coward actually abandoned the emperor at the critical moment. Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Don't worry, I will personally lead people to retake Beicheng." Zhu Chenhao whispered: "Old Madam and  Where is the coffin of my beloved concubine parked? "Liu Yangzheng stammered: "It is parked in Huiming Temple in the city. Your Majesty, what are you" Zhu Chenhao walked away, one foot deep and one foot shallow.  He murmured: "IIwant to go see them. I feel sorry for them. I have to go." Liu Yangzheng originally wanted to go with him, but he changed his mind and ordered his personal guards to follow Zhu Chenhao to protect him.  , jumped up to the top of a fort and said loudly: "Brothers, don't be afraid, nothing will happen. The walls of Anqing Mansion are strong, and we still have forts for defense. The soldiers and horses from the East City have already gone to reinforce the North City. It will be easy to repel their attack.  We just need to hold on to Nancheng, don't be afraid of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, they are all paper tigers" "Ho ho ho." A strange whistle sounded from the river, and the heat wave carried by the shells in the air hit people's ears and eyes.  The rebel soldiers subconsciously shrank their heads to avoid it.  After the smoke and dust passed, someone was horrified to find that Liu Yangzheng, who was standing on the fort, had disappeared, and was replaced by a flower of flesh and blood that instantly exploded in mid-air.  A large pile of heads, arms, legs, minced meat, and intestines fell down like rain from the sky, landing all over the city several feet away.  Historical records: Zhu Chenhao¡¯s rebel strategist Liu Yang was firing a stray bullet at the top of Anqing City for Mrs. Song.In the middle, there are no bones left.
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