A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 643
Most of their group of hungry people were from Yuzhou Tongfang. After being coerced, they only rushed outside Nanzhao City once. Yes, Nanyang City is different. These days, I don't know how many lives have been filled.

It's okay to watch others attack, but finally it's my turn...

A group of people looked at each other in fear, Liu Niang tremblingly said to her husband beside her, "Brother Yuanfa... Really, do you really want to rush?"

Yang Yuanfa's left arm was already difficult to move, and he carried a waist knife in his right arm. These days, his hair has become even grayer.

He sighed and said: "Those who dare to disobey have no choice but to die. If they can conquer the city or retreat alive, they can have a big meal to eat and save money... the eldest daughter and the second daughter have not eaten for a long time I'm full."

"Nannah."

Thinking of her two daughters, who were getting thinner and thinner from hunger, Liu Niang was heartbroken.

Yang Yuanfa told his wife: "I will rush up later, and you will follow me closely. For the sake of the eldest daughter and the second daughter, you must live."

Another cannon rang, another wave of hungry people launched an offensive, the sea of ​​people could not be seen from left to right, Liu Niang followed in the team, behind her man, looking ahead, there were still many heads, some men in each team, Also carried the ladder.

In addition, there are some movable wooden bridges. I heard that they are called moat bridges, which are specially used for siege and filling. These days, although the hungry people have filled most of the moats and moats outside Nanyang City, there are still Part of it has not been added, but the trench bridge is difficult to build, and the number and frequency of dispatches are not many.

There are also chariots and pointed carts, each of which can cover dozens of people. When digging walls and filling trenches, they are not afraid of gold, wood and flint on the city. The same, these equipment are not in large numbers. In many cases, they are still used to cover elite soldiers. .

Amidst the crowd, there were also a few nest carts pushing along. The poles of the carts were higher than the city wall, and there was a watchtower on it, so you could have a look at the situation inside the city.

In addition to the hungry people in front of the vast sea of ​​people, not far away, there is also a wave of infantry, holding swords, shields, bows, arrows and firecrackers.

In this wave of offensives, some cars crashed with the army, which could hit the city gates and some damaged city walls.

As more and more craftsmen were recruited by Chuangjun, all kinds of siege equipment in the army were also perfected.

When the sea of ​​people approached the city wall for a mile, there was another cannon sound from behind, and then the thunderous war drums rang out, and the hungry people in front burst out screaming and killing. They quickened their pace and rushed forward. Cudgel, also shouting hard, rushing desperately.

The whistling sound of the artillery sounded, the roar of the guns at the top of the city, the dazzling flames burst out, and thick white smoke continued to rise into the sky.

The artillery in the Chuang army also bombarded the city. In the past when he attacked Luoyang, Li Zicheng had tasted the sweetness of the artillery and the bitterness of the Jingbian army artillery, so wherever he went, he paid great attention to collecting artillery and treated the artillery craftsmen favorably. .

Still trying to make cannons by myself, but Frangji is okay, but I want to make Hongyi cannons, but I don't have the ability.

The artillery of the Chuangjun bombarded the city wall from time to time, making a loud sound and splashing bricks and stones.

The artillery at the top of the city fought back desperately, and there were many rockets flying out of the city with green smoke.

However, the momentum was much weaker than before, presumably the city had been defending the city for many days, and the arrows stored in the city pool were almost exhausted.

With a bang, an iron ball weighing a few kilograms roared into Liu Niang's group of hungry soldiers, bursts of blood, stumps and pieces of flesh falling down, accompanied by the terrifying sound of bone fractures, three men and women, half of each The shoulders were blown away, and a woman was missing from under the thighs.

The first man was the worst, his body was cut in two, and pieces of internal organs of different colors flowed all over the ground immediately, while the blood of the two men and women gushed out like a fountain from the torn and severed wounds. On the ground, there was a heart-piercing scream.

Everyone felt their scalps go numb, and subconsciously slowed down their pace. The six sons were also pale. Some things were beautifully thought out, but it was not easy to fight a few battles and become an elite soldier. Eat two or three meals a day. .

The whistle chief in the team was holding a waist knife and a shield. The situation just now made him startled so that his Adam's apple kept rolling up and down, but he still sternly said, "Don't stop, keep going!"

He also urged the flag bearers beside him to hold up the big flag.

During the charge, Liu Niang's team was hit by another wave of rockets, and some people were shot down, and the people who carried the ladder were also changed.

Finally, with the crowd, Liu Niang and others approached the city wall not far away.

And these more than a hundred steps, the corpses are layered on top of each other, in different postures, there are dark red bloodstains all over the place, and there are all kinds of dropped weapons, flags, damaged equipment, etc. Looking at the city wall in front, there are many ladders that have spread to both sides. From the beginning, below the city, there is a flow of people like ants.

And outside a section of the city wall on the right, an iron-clad crash car, covered by wooden boards, was being pushed by dense people, and it was slamming into the city wall with an astonishing momentum.

Liu Niang was overjoyed, looking at it like this, they can attack the city today.

At this moment, I saw some Ming soldiers in cotton armor appearing on the front of the city, at the crenel, each holding a bird gun.

Liu Niang saw puffs of white smoke filling the city, and then heard the continuous explosion of bird guns, and then puffs of blood mist erupted from many people in the front, back, left, and right crowds.

"what!"

Not far from Uncle Qian, a bloody arrow shot out from his abdomen. He clutched his stomach, rolled on the ground and struggled, screaming desperately. His intestines had been smashed by lead bullets. This kind of pain is really indescribable, he yelled in an inhuman voice.

"Uncle Qian."

Liu Niang and the others yelled.

There was another explosion at the top of the city, and the flames that spewed out seemed to be connected together, and more people were shot and fell down.

Liu Niang heard many people screaming: "Yan Wang, it's Yama..."

In the Chuang army, it has already been spread that Nanyang city is as fierce as a tiger. In the army, there are a batch of bird guns obtained from the East Road of Xuanfu Town. They are very sharp, wearing heavy armor, and can penetrate a hundred steps. There is no possibility of survival, and the army is very afraid, so it is called the King of Hades.

Fortunately, after many days of fighting, those bird guns and sub-medicines were almost used up, and the Ming army at the head of the city only used them at critical times.

Nearly a hundred steps away from the city wall, those bird guns are so fierce, which proves that those Ming soldiers used Hades guns.

"dash forward!"

Although Mr. Xiao was frightened, he still urged his team.

"what."

There were screams ahead.

But it was a ladder, which was overturned by the defenders of the city with a ram. Everyone on the ladder fell half to death.

There was also a thick wooden racket, covered with spikes and iron nails, which fell from the top of the city and knocked down everyone on a ladder from head to toe. There were blood holes on the bodies of these people, as if After being stabbed countless times by spears, it was obvious that he would not survive.

The culprit was a mace, and after the filming, there was a creaking sound, and the mace was taken back by the rope winch in the city with flesh and blood on it.

A large copper cabinet protruded from the top of the city, with several copper pipes on it, aiming at the bottom of the city wall. The iron-clad crash car covered with wooden boards and leather was slamming into the city wall.

I only heard the chirping sound, and a few copper pipes spewed out a chilling fire. Under the flames, the crashed car, and soon the whole car caught fire. A dozen or so ran out from under and near the car, howling Yes, Pyro Man on fire.

"Lean over there."

Chief whistle commanded his team, and the men carrying the ladder pointed to a section of the city wall ahead and shouted.

Not far from the city wall, only a dozen steps away.

But at this moment, in this section of the city wall, the sound of machine strings sounded on the city, and then dense stones were thrown from the top of the city. When the ring stone fell, many people were smashed to pieces and vomited blood in pain.

What's more frightening is that some of these rocks are even round and can roll and jump. Seeing a big, round rock, it seems that it is about to fall on the head of her and her husband. For a moment, Liu Niang was scared out of her wits.

There was a loud bang, and the round rock passed by a step away from her left, followed by a piercing howl. Liu Niang saw that the simple and honest Uncle Wen had a pair of legs that were already at the same level as his thighs. Qi Qi rolled off.

"Keep going!"

Chief whistle shouted angrily.

Uncle Wen rolled on the ground in pain, his mother-in-law, howling, picked up his waist knife, and continued to move forward under the persecution of the whistle.

It was about to approach the city wall, "Grey bottle, be careful" someone shouted loudly.

Immediately, everyone, nervous, covered their heads and faces with their clothes, broke into the army and attacked many cities, the equipment and weapons used to defend the city, a lot of common sense, even the hungry soldiers, already knew it, and the commander in the army would mention it later.

Bottles and jars like raindrops were thrown from the top of the city. After the fall, the lime powder inside diffused, but Liu Niang and the others covered their heads and faces to avoid the most important damage from the first wave. However, even after opening their eyes, , there is white mist everywhere, gray, and it still makes people cough continuously, and feel that their eyes are a little hard to open.

"Boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise, many people screamed, and someone exclaimed: "Yan Wanglei, it's Yan Wanglei!"

In the fierce tiger army, there is a group of Jingbian army with tens of thousands of enemies. After improving the formula of gunpowder, these ten thousand enemies are smaller and more powerful.

"careful!"

Liuniang was panicking, when Yang Yuan let out a loud roar and knocked Liuniang away, then Liuniang saw in horror that a black thing exploded beside the man, and many pieces of iron and rocks flew inside.

Not only Yang Yuanfa's body, but also his head, face, throat, etc. were shot with several blood holes. He rolled on the ground and looked at Liu Niang as hard as he could. He seemed to say the word "囡囡" before his body twitched for a while. , no longer move.

Liu Niang cried out, "Master."

Some fire pots were thrown from the top of the city, and some firewood was lit and thrown from the top of the city. They seemed to be wrapped in nitrous kerosene, and were used to burn the intruders and ladders below the city. The flames were burned alive like that.

Neighbors in the neighborhood died one by one in front of him, all his courage disappeared, he screamed, turned around and was about to run, and his mother-in-law followed behind him.

But seeing the flash of the knife, the head of the six terrified left his body, but it was the head whistle of the team who chopped off his head with a knife.

Then he turned around with his saber, and slashed at the stunned six-son-in-law again. She screamed and begged desperately for mercy, but Boss Xiao ignored her and slashed her to death.

Joy filled his heart. In the past, he was just an ordinary grassroots citizen in Luoyang City. Now, many lives are in his hands.

Holding the bloody waist knife, he shouted sharply: "The one who returns will die!"

Liu Niang burst into tears, picked up the waist knife from her husband, and rushed forward. Everything in front of her was hell.

The ladder finally got close to the city wall. The hungry soldiers of our team, some men, under the force of the chief sentry, tremblingly climbed up the ladder with their waists, knives and sticks, one by one, scurrying together.

Suddenly, a man at the top smelled an indescribable stench in his nose. He looked in horror and saw a bucket of boiling excrement pouring down his head and face.

"what!"

Everyone on the ladder was drenched in golden juice one by one. The boiling dung juice made their flesh creak and their bones melted. up and down.

The whistle chief, who was watching by the ladder, was caught off guard, and was also doused by the boiling dung juice, jumping and howling hoarsely, and then, everyone on the ladder fell down one by one, hitting him, obviously dying .

"Is this thief dead? Well done!"

Liu Niang stared blankly, and then saw many stones thrown down from the top of the wall, some of them fell on her body.

Liu Niang spat out blood, lying on the ground bloody and bloody, and when she was about to die, there was only one thought in her mind: "Brother Yuan Fa and I are both dead, what about the eldest daughter and the second daughter?"

The defenders of Nanyang were tenacious, and this wave of hungry people's offensive failed. The sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops came from behind, as if being amnesty, the hungry people who attacked the city rushed to retreat, and countless pairs of big feet stepped on the corpses of Liuniang, Yang Yuanfa and others. ...

However, it was still a temporary retreat. Soon after the sound of the cannon, another wave of hungry soldiers launched an offensive.

……

Two days later, outside Nanyang City, at the foot of the city wall with a mountain of corpses, dense ladders were set up, and soldiers and soldiers climbed up to the top of the city continuously, and the city was broken.

Now that the city was broken, fierce as a tiger still wielding short knives, there were fewer and fewer people around him. In the end, even Ma Zhi of the Chinese army was killed. There were only a few personal guards around him. He also got the news that Liu Guangzuo, the deputy commander in chief who was guarding the city, Also died.

Constantly, some Chuang generals shouted to him to surrender, sighing fiercely like a tiger: "I have been loyal all my life, and my son and nephew died in battle. How can I surrender to a thief and damage my reputation?"

"The city was broken and the country was martyred. Today, let this general die here!"

He fought and left, and in the end, there was only one person left, with many scars on his body. He came to the Tang Palace, and saw that after the city was broken, Tang Wang and others were afraid that they would die, but there was nothing he could do.

He tidied up his armor, looked north and knelt down, bowed for a few times, he raised his head, tears poured out from his tiger eyes: "Your Majesty, my minister, thank you."

Dense intruders surrounded him, with the sound of piercing wind, javelins being thrown, and the dull sound of being pierced.

Ferocious as a tiger snorted a few times, his body swayed, and finally he stood still. He watched the blood on his body splash down drop by drop, and his strength continued to disappear from his body. He felt so tired. Yes, he had fought for a lifetime, and he should rest .

He tried his best to face the north, slowly closed his eyes, and just like that, he died standing up.

(End of this chapter)