Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 199 Breaking the city, victory?

Aerial ladders were set up on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Master climbed up one after another.

Behind them, the sound of the war drums changed. The drums became heavier and louder, and the intervals became longer and longer. Under the urging of the drums and the war team, the siege truck finally arrived under the city wall.

This is a large weapon with a height of two feet. It is made of wood. The overall structure is like a pointed wooden house. It is extremely strong. It has six wheels underneath and is covered with cowhide. It relies on the speed and kinetic energy of the battering ram to break through the city. gate or destroy the wall.

"Get out of the way, let me come." Huang Da shouted and came behind the siege vehicle.

"Huang Qushuai, I'm here to help you." Song Niu also rushed over.

The two people worked together to grab the battering ram and move it backwards. The middle was suspended by an iron chain, and the two ends were made of logs wrapped in iron sheets. They began to gather momentum backwards.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, hitting the gate of Chuima City so hard that one of the tree-root bolts behind the gate broke.

The dozens of Yuzhou soldiers who were standing in the cave behind felt a huge force being passed on them.

The city gate remained motionless.

"Come again." Huang Da shouted loudly.

At the same time, Liang Song learned that the city gate had been hit, and immediately ordered the kerosene to be poured down.

The civilians carried barrels of kerosene to the top of the city, and following Liang Song's order, they dumped them towards the siege vehicles below the city.

When the Japanese army discovered it, the top of the siege vehicle was already covered in kerosene. As a torch was thrown down, a fire burst into flames.

Huang Da's soldiers quickly took the iron bars from the siege truck, dug the soil on the spot, poured water into the soil, and then poured mud up to put out the fire.

Although the siege vehicles had been poured with mud in advance to prevent fire attacks, if the fire was too strong, the siege tower would still be burned down.

More and more Tianshi soldiers climbed onto the city wall, and the number of Yuzhou troops on the city wall decreased little by little.

But Liang Song was not worried at all, waving the flag in his hand, and following the order from the soldiers, a centurion led a complete team of centurions onto the city wall.

There is not enough space on the city wall, so wood, rolling stones, gold juice, etc. must be piled up.

In order not to appear crowded, Liang Song divided into teams of a hundred people and advanced one by one.

"To die."

Shi Meng was guarding the gate, holding two pumpkin copper hammers, and smashed them on a bandit soldier who was rushing towards the city.

"Clang clang."

The broadsword fell to the ground, and that day the division army spurted out a mouthful of blood and flew backwards. After falling to the ground and letting out a shrill scream, he closed his eyes.

"Wan Sheng."

The surrounding Yuzhou soldiers were also inspired by Shi Meng's bravery.

A hard fight began.

After all, the Tianshi Army was still inferior to the regular army. As the proportion of casualties continued to increase, the soldiers who attacked the city no longer dared to climb the ladder and wanted to retreat, but were hacked to death by the supervising team.

However, more and more Tianshi soldiers were scared away, and even the supervising team could no longer stand it.

The Tianshi Army began a large-scale rout.

On the oar upstairs, Lu Yonggang frowned when he saw this scene, picked up a black flag from the side and waved it.

On Chen Mo's side, Sun Meng saw the waving flag and said quickly: "County magistrate, it's our turn."

Chen Mo had already seen a large-scale retreat ahead, nodded, and then waved his hand.

Sun Meng waved the command flag in his hand, and the brave guards moved in unison, with neat steps and a sound when they landed, which made the surrounding troops look at him sideways. Even Lu Yonggang looked over.

The brave guards stepped forward a hundred steps, then all squatted down, took out their long bows, divine arm crossbows, and crossbows, and aimed at the defeated troops retreating towards the central army.

After entering the shooting range, Chen Mo shouted in a deep voice: "Let go."

"Let go." Sun Meng followed.

Han Wu below also shouted.

In the brave guard, Su Wu heard the order and shouted: "Let go!"

"shhhhhh"

Countless arrows were fired.

The divine arm crossbow knocked the defeated soldiers in the front row to the ground, and the feather arrows shot into the ground one step ahead of the defeated soldiers, which mainly acted as a shock.

At the same time, the Chinese army shouted: "You can't retreat, go back!"

"You can't retreat, go back!"

"You can't retreat, go back!"

The defeated soldiers looked at the crossbows in the hands of the brave guards, which had reached a group of fallen comrades in front of them. They swallowed and could only turn around and go back.

"dong dong dong"

The dull drum sounds sounded again one after another, and Lu Yonggang beat the drum himself.

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

There was a shout from the middle of the Tianshi Army.

On the top of the city, Liang Song's face became serious when he saw this scene, knowing that the rebel army was going to take human lives.

The Tianshi Army began to climb the ladder on a large scale again.

The numbers of the two armies began to decrease. Among them, the Tianshi Army's reduction was five times that of the Yuzhou Army.

“Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang bang”

The battering ram hit the city gate very rhythmically, and the latch behind the city gate had been completely broken.

But if you just want to break through the city gate, then you are thinking too much.

The Yuzhou army has already lowered the Xuanmen Gate, followed by the Thousand Jin Gate, and dozens of Yuzhou soldiers are supporting it. It is not that simple to break through the city gate and enter the city. The siege lasted from morning to noon, and the gurgling blood flowed on the ground and formed blood pits, which gradually solidified, turned purple, and turned black.

Drums were beating loudly on the city wall, and the Yuzhou army on top stepped forward shouting their might.

The Tianshi army began to flee again.

"put."

On the oar of the Chinese military building, Lu Yonggang waved his hand, and the catapults that had been loaded with stone bullets were immediately thrown out, killing the soldiers of both sides without distinction.

The Yuzhou army did not hide in advance and suffered a large number of casualties.

"The thieves are crazy, and their people are also on the city wall." Qin Lang pulled a soldier and protected him. The next second, a hole was made where the soldier was standing.

"Sir, the bandit army has attacked again, and it's another army."

"My lord, I'm sorry. A gap opened in the west, and a large number of thieves climbed up via ladders."

"Oops, the Xuanmen was broken."

One after another military information reached Liang Song's ears through the messengers.

"Sir, I'm going to keep an eye on the city gate." Shi Meng volunteered.

Liang Song nodded, looking at the bandits coming in a steady stream not far away, his face became solemn.

On the side of the Tianshi Army, Li Gan led [-] Chinese troops and rushed up to help. The former soldiers who fled saw the people rushing to help. No matter they were frightened or something, they turned around and went back to attack.

With the addition of [-] troops, the Tianshi Army gained the upper hand for the first time.

And Lu Yonggang had already put on a posture of vowing to capture Chuima City and began to form the fourth wave of offensive troops.

At this time, he still had more than [-] troops on hand.

Lu Yougang sent a messenger to tell Chen Mo that he would temporarily lend [-] men and horses to him. If Li Gan didn't attack with [-] men, it would be his turn to attack.

Chen Mo could only accept the order.

He was actually a little impressed.

Lu Yougang's method of gradually attacking the city is indeed suitable for the Tianshi Army.

It can be seen that no matter which stage the Tianshi Army has a large-scale retreat, it can be stopped at any time, and then the troops of the next stage can be sent to top it, so that morale can always be maintained.

The fighting continued until Shenshi.

Seeing that there was no sign of a breakthrough in Chuima City, Lu Yonggang's heart was in his throat.

As the commander-in-chief, he was undoubtedly under great pressure, and his palms were all sweaty.

But he knew that in the current situation, he could only advance, not retreat.

Once they retreat, such heavy casualties will cause the morale of the entire army to plummet, and they will no longer have the will to fight.

Just when he raised the black flag in his hand, he was about to wave it down for Chen Mo to lead the team.

"The city is broken."

"The city gate is broken."

A wave of cheers came from the direction of Falling Horse City.

After several hours of collision between Huang Da and Song Niu, all their innate spiritual energy was exhausted, and they could only rely on their own strength to continue holding the battering ram. If they were tired, they would change to the soldiers below to take over, and then replenish their physical strength. Replace it.

Hard work pays off.

The city gate and the thousand-pound gate behind it were knocked open.

Soldiers poured in like a tide.

Of course, the Tianshi Army's casualties were also extremely tragic. After three consecutive waves of attacks, they were on the verge of collapse and mutiny.

The corpses under the city had piled up like a hill, and the moat was stained red with blood.

When Lu Yonggang saw the city gate breached, he finally let go with his heart in his throat. His back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Lu Yonggang pulled out the sword on his waist and laughed loudly: "Believers of the Tianshi Sect, the city gate has been breached, victory is in front of you, glory, wealth, beauty and wine are in the city.

Army attack. "

"Black Cavalry, follow me and charge!"

Under the oars, Lu Yougang's confidant, who was also the commander of the few [-] cavalrymen in the Tianshi Army, raised his spear, pointed at the sky, clamped his legs, and led the [-] cavalrymen from the rear army. He galloped out, took the lead, and headed towards the Falling Horse City.

"General Chen, the city is broken." A black-faced man said to Chen Mo excitedly.

This man was a general among the five thousand men that Lu Yonggang transferred to Chen Mo. He was also Lu Yonggang's subordinate general, named Zhao Ye. The actual control of these five thousand men was actually in his hands.

After the war, Zhao Ye was going to take these five thousand troops back.

Of course, for now, these five thousand troops, together with Zhao Ye, have to obey their orders.

"Go." Looking at the excitement on Zhao Ye's face and the eagerness of the soldiers behind him, it was obvious that he couldn't help but want to enter the city and plunder.

"Brothers, charge." Zhao Ye waved his hand and rushed in with five thousand troops.

Chen Mo led the three guards and went in together with Lu Yonggang and the rear army.

In the city, fierce hand-to-hand street fighting has begun.

The Yuzhou army covered the people while fighting and retreating.

"Let the people go first and attract them here." Liang Song said.

"No." Shi Meng and Qin Lang responded warmly.

Then Shi Meng led his army into the thieves who were pouring into the city and said, "Thieves, your grandfather is here. If you want to take your grandfather's head, just come over."

After that, he swung the two hammers and smashed them to death. Everyone who was hit vomited blood and fell to the ground.

"Hahaha." Shi Meng laughed three times.

(End of this chapter)