The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 185 The city is broken? ?

"This is."

The soldiers raised their heads in astonishment and looked at the beautiful fireworks falling in the sky.

"Ten thousand enemies! Disperse!"

The captains shouted in alarm.

"Ten thousand enemies!"

When the soldiers remembered this thing, their expressions became frightened, and they hurriedly ran away to avoid the floating flames.

But there are too many enemies, especially after the explosion, the fireflies flying in the sky will instantly burn violently on anyone who falls on them. You must know that these regular soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they are not generals, , wearing almost all cotton armor.

When cotton armor encounters flames, after a moment of silence, the places covered by cotton armor burst into flames''

The flames burned fiercely.

There were screams in front of the city. Although the captains had told them to disperse in advance, there were too many flames above.

The ten thousand people left on the city are too many enemies.

A large number of soldiers were still set alight.

The soldiers who were lucky enough not to be ignited looked at the burning fire sticks around them in shock.

I have heard about this weapon for a long time, but now that I saw it with my own eyes, it was like a hellish scene.

This burning thing seems to be the fire of karma.

Liu Zhenhua has long been accustomed to the smell of burning protein. This is a life-and-death war.

The soldiers were holding tens of thousands of enemies and looked towards the city. There was a chaos under the city. Although some soldiers were not set ablaze, they could not do much. The surroundings were too chaotic, and the burning smoke was also blocking people's sight.

It was even difficult to breathe.

Let alone siege the city.

This is the horror of ten thousand enemies.

The people in front were not burned to death, but the people behind were still rushing forward. There were so many people that the smoke seemed to dissipate, as if it had been inhaled into the lungs.

However, the ensuing tens of thousands of enemies made these people who came up follow in the footsteps of the front row.

But there is nothing they can do if they don't rise up.

If you stay where you are, you will only become a living target for the enemy and be shot dead in front of the city.

If you go forward, you will be attacked by thousands of enemies.

Not only did Chen Qiyu's main attack direction face a dilemma, but so did the other three directions, and their sacrifices were even more tragic.

After all, they had no death row prisoners, and every soldier who died was a soldier brought by the governors from various places.

The most critical thing is when their soldiers finally braved all kinds of difficulties and dangers and almost arrived in front of the city.

There were bursts of violent explosions.

Although it is not as powerful as the artillery, who can tell the difference clearly.

The sudden explosion caused soldiers to fall to the ground and howl. They had ceramic glazed iron pieces inserted into their bodies, and some had their eyes and mouths inserted.

Almost everyone became a bloody man.

The soldiers behind stopped in fear, but it was in vain.

People from behind surged up and pushed them forward, trampling some people who fell to the ground to death. Some people who stopped were pushed down and trampled to death. This is the same as those who drive slowly on the highway.

When there are many cars, it is easy to be rear-ended if you suddenly slow down and stop.

Large areas of people fell down, even stronger than Maxim looked like, but only Liu Zhenhua knew that the reason why most people died was because they were trampled to death, not by landmines.

When the situation on the front line and the battle damage were reported, Qiu Zhaolin felt a pain in his heart, and then he had the idea of ​​​​retreating. Now he had lost more than 35% of his soldiers in front of the city, and he had not even started to attack the city. , these ten thousand enemies began to come down.

It is estimated that 70% of the soldiers will be lost before climbing up the city wall, or even more. How can we fight this? Although the defenders on the Kitchen King's wall are weak, they are not without it. Climbing to the top of the city is another battle. A fierce battle.

The battle to defend the city was almost a tug-of-war, and within two hours, 40% of the soldiers had been lost.

Might as well retreat now.

"Brother Geng, the Kitchen King is now more powerful than I thought. Why don't you report it to the governor, retreat temporarily, and find another way?" The governor is in charge of the entire army, and the soldiers in each direction are from that direction. The governor commanded.

Now if he wanted to withdraw his troops, he had to ask Zeng Ruqi for his thoughts.

Geng Ruqi frowned. He clearly understood the situation on the battlefield. Governor Chen sent troops with the idea of ​​victory this time.

It was impossible to accept the suggestion of retreat.

Moreover, retreating was not feasible even if they tried to find a way. It cost them a lot to rush from outside the city to the front of the city. If they did it again, wouldn't they have to suffer such losses again.

"Brother Qiu, it is absolutely not advisable to retreat," Zeng Ruqi said slowly, and he explained what he had just been thinking about, "After retreating, we will never have the chance to come back."

Qiu Zhaolin's face was very ugly. He was not stupid. He was just shocked by the huge loss. He was a little confused for a moment. Now that he thought about it carefully, the facts were indeed as what Zeng Ruqi said. If he retreated, there would be absolutely no involvement. The chance of earth rushing.

Their soldiers were paying the price in blood every time they took a step forward. The bones and blood of Paoze were stepping on them.

If they retreat, they will have to take this road again. This time they can gather 70,000 people. Next time, although this land has always been in constant war, there will not be many people in a battle of this scale. , gathering an army of the same size for the second time in a short period of time, if it had been more than two hundred years ago, it might still be possible.

But that's impossible now.

The emperor will not allow it, and the national conditions will not allow it.

"Forget it, then give the order for the soldiers to capture the city at all costs!"

Qiu Zhaolin gritted his teeth and said that there was no other way at the moment but to let the soldiers fight desperately. However, he did not know whether the army would retreat, and if so, when.

There are more good points here, but other directions are not so good.

The governors suddenly panicked when they saw that the soldiers had suffered huge losses but still failed to achieve any results.

They are not stupid either. They can tell the general loss and situation of the soldiers from the status of the front line. How long has passed and they have lost so many soldiers and horses. They must not destroy all the troops in two hours of fighting.

And looking at the current situation, it seems that the Kitchen King has not used all his cards yet. If they continue to fight and wait until the Kitchen King plays out his cards, they may not even be able to retreat.

Although this time they came here to assist the governors of the five provinces in suppressing bandits, if they failed, most of the responsibility would fall on the governors of the five provinces, but the remaining small part, coupled with the losses in this battle, was not something they could accept. Yes.

"What a good thing!"

"We just have to give it a try and see if the Governor is willing to withdraw his troops."

The governors in both directions made a decision after thinking for a while. The other governor saw Chen Qiyu's determination, so he did not make this suggestion.

After all, this suggestion may be accompanied by a charge of disrupting military morale!

Rather than bear the charge of disrupting military morale, it would be better to suffer the punishment and losses of failure.

"Report to the Governor!"

"Tell me, can we attack the city?"

Chen Qiyu looked at the two soldiers in front of him with red eyes. He looked like a red-eyed gambler after losing, and the words he asked seemed to be, 'How is it, did I win?' '

The two soldiers looked at each other. This was the first time they saw such an official.

"I am reporting to the Governor, the Governor, and I would like to ask the Governor to withdraw his troops!"

After saying that, he looked at the Governor cautiously.

He didn't know it by looking at it, but at this glance, he seemed to see a ferocious mad dog that chose people to eat. Using the word "mad dog" to describe the current Chen Qiyu couldn't be more accurate.

His body leaned forward, almost leaning on the Lingbing Tianling Cap.

Chen Qiyu's head turned stiffly, and he looked at the other soldier, "What about you, you don't know how to tell the governor this news."

His words almost popped out from between his teeth.

The soldier's heart trembled, and a trace of bitterness appeared on the corner of his mouth. This was the news he brought. With the current state of the general, he would not be killed as soon as he heard the news.

You know, their lives don't count.

The governor was likely to take out his wrath on them.

However, there was nothing they could do to perform their duties in their position. Thinking of this, the bitterness in Bing's mouth became even more bitter. He lowered his head and said slowly: "Yes."

"what."

Chen Qiyu took a deep breath, then spit it out heavily, and slowly turned around.

The two soldiers were trembling, but after a while they found that the governor had not spoken. They raised their heads curiously. The governor had his eyes closed, as if he was thinking about something.

Just as the two were watching the business, the governor suddenly opened his eyes.

"Pass this governor's order to continue attacking the city. Anyone who dares to persuade them to retreat will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army."

"Today, be sure to capture Heshui!"

Chen Qiyu's last words were very serious.

The two soldiers trembled, but felt relieved in their hearts, as long as they didn't vent their anger on them.

"Yes!"

The two people hurriedly held their hands and said.

Then he got on his horse and took the news to the governors in both directions.

After hearing Chen Qiyu's order, the two of them sighed immediately.

"Just do your best and obey fate!"

What can they say? The governor has already spoken to this point. At the moment, all they can do is pray that the Kitchen God's ten thousand enemies will not be too many, so that they can have a chance to climb to the top of the city.

"put!"

The frontal battlefield has the largest number of people and the most anxious situation.

The opponent's archers, thanks to the desperate protection of the front row infantry, had already rushed to a suitable shooting range.

Although Liu Zhenhua immediately had their crossbowmen, muskets, and even Maxim machine guns pointed at these archers, some arrows still flew up.

Wounded soldiers began to appear on the top of the city. Fortunately, there were not many arrows shot up, and most of them were bows and arrows flying from a long distance, so they were not very powerful.

"Bring the injured soldier down for treatment."

This kind of superficial bow and arrow injury can still be treated based on the medical level at this time, and Liu Zhenhua doesn't even need to exchange some rejuvenation pills from the mall.

"No! Stove King, it's just a minor injury. We can still fight!"

"Yes, Kitchen King, we can fight again!"

Surprisingly, these people were unwilling to withdraw.

"Kitchen King, please let me stay."

"Yeah, just look at this little injury!"

As he said that, the man who was hit by the arrow patted his chest. Although he grinned in pain from the arrow wound, he still straightened his back.

Good guy, this is a rare battle, a war involving more than 60,000 people and 70,000 people. How much military merit is this? Their chance to leap over the Dragon Gate is right in front of them.

I don’t know when the next battle like this will happen.

Liu Zhenhua frowned, "Your courage is commendable, but the injury is not a trivial matter. Go down and get treatment. If there is no serious problem, if there is a hidden disease on the city wall, it will ruin your future promotion path."

"You and other soldiers will have to fight in the north and south in the future. There will be many such battles."

Liu Zhenhua's words echoed in the ears of the wounded soldiers.

There was a thoughtful expression on their faces. It was indeed true. If they left hidden wounds, wouldn't it mean that their future path would be cut off?

There is an idiom that goes like this, "fishing from the marsh", and right now, their behavior seems to be fishing from the marsh.

"Go down."

Liu Zhenhua said.

"Yes, Kitchen King!"

All the wounded soldiers responded.

As time went by, the battle became more and more intense, and the ten thousand enemies were finally exhausted.

The other party also dropped a large number of corpses under the city.

On Liu Zhenhua's side, the musket was okay, but the Maxim machine gun had overheated, and its accuracy and range had dropped significantly.

However, it can still be used.

The opponent had already set up a ladder on the top of the city, and the siege engines also arrived in front of the city and began to ram towards the city. The buildings of Heshui were not strong to begin with, but after being hit by this huge siege hammer, it only took two blows. , the city gate already showed signs of being opened.

If the city gate is opened, no matter how well the city is defended, defeat is almost certain, and soldiers from the other side will pour into the city in a steady stream.

One point is broken, and all is broken!

The situation was excellent, and the morale of the soldiers in front of the city was greatly boosted.

Finally, they finally saw the dawn of victory.

Such exciting news naturally reached Chen Qiyu's ears quickly.

His tense body finally relaxed, and he was finally about to win. As long as the city gate was opened, all the sacrifices would be worth it.

The remaining soldiers will soon pour into the city, Kitchen King's advantage will be gone, and the entire Heshui general will be captured.

Even the Kitchen King.

He had already set up an ambush in the east of the city and was ready to defeat the Kitchen King.

Just to prevent the Kitchen King from escaping from his hands.

If he could capture the Kitchen King, even if all 70,000 people died, Chen Qiyu would still have made a huge contribution to the Ming Dynasty.

The situation on the front is excellent, but on the side, the battle is over and the outcome has been decided.

After suffering more than 60% casualties, the soldiers finally couldn't hold on any longer.

The sudden explosion was so demoralizing that at least five hundred people were trampled to death.

The remaining soldiers lost half of their fighting spirit after seeing it, and the hell-like scene caused by thousands of enemies behind them completely wiped out their remaining general momentum.

A moment after the troops were defeated in three directions, the city gate of Heshui County was finally broken under the attack of the siege engines!

(End of this chapter)