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Under the city of Didao, the enemy was like a dark cloud, rapidly pressing towards the city wall, and waves of shouting were like waves crashing on the shore, rushing towards them. When the Qin army on the top of the city saw the situation, they immediately felt that it was different. This time, the enemy's nearly 20,000 troops were probably all dispatched.
On the turret of the city wall, the two cannons of the Qin army also began to roar, and the gushing flames brought out a sky full of bullets and sprayed out of the city.
The Mongols who were rushing forward were shouting endlessly like thunder. Those in the front were holding shields and carrying ladders, stepping on the blood-stains on the ground and rushing forward with billowing yellow dust. Wherever the enemies were swept by the barrage of bullets from the artillery on the city wall, they fell down in large numbers. Their heads blown up by the marbles, their broken limbs, and the bursts of blood formed a thrilling picture.
At this moment, the sound of the horn outside the city changed, and the enemies stopped charging like a tide. Dozens of crossbows fired again, throwing fire caltrops onto the city.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The huge sound of explosions once again enveloped the top of the city wall. The parapet was blown down, the battlements were blown away, and the flying bricks and shrapnel were enough to knock the iron shields in the hands of the Qin army away. Some of them were actually hit so hard that blood spurted out like rain, and fell to the ground below the city along with the shields.
There were flames everywhere in the city, and the continuous explosions made the tops of the city walls tremble constantly, making it almost impossible to stand steadily.
Wu Changting wiped the blood from his forehead and shouted amid the rumbling explosion: "General! General! Why don't we evacuate the city first..."
"No! The enemy hasn't retreated yet, we can't retreat! Everyone lie down under the arrow raft and protect your upper body with your shields, protect them quickly!"
Wu Qingfeng roared like thunder, his voice torn apart by the rumbling sound of the explosion and almost incoherent.
Fortunately, after experiencing long and bitter battles, the Qin soldiers had already learned how to protect themselves.
After a round of enemy fire caltrop bombardment, the enemy swarmed in again. The countless footsteps merged into a sound that made people feel stuffy in their hearts, as if the earth was about to be trampled apart.
Outside the city, horns wailed, flags were raised in the wild, and the sound echoed in the river. The rolling yellow dust followed the enemy's footsteps and covered the sky, spreading all the way to the top of the city, and even eclipsed the sunlight in the sky.
Suddenly, in front of the enemy's large formation, nearly a hundred cavalrymen came galloping along the wall. Their iron hooves struck the ground like thunder. The galloping war horses lowered their heads and their hooves flew.
The enemies on horseback had fluttering braids and ferocious faces. They took bombs from the saddle, lit them and threw them onto the top of the city walls while running wildly. In an instant, explosions could be heard everywhere on the city walls, wherever the enemy cavalry passed.
Song Baitao, the deputy general of the Qin army, was nearly killed by the explosion. He was knocked down by the shock wave. With his ears buzzing, he climbed up again and shouted wildly, "Blow them to death! Use the thunder bomb, blow them to pieces!"
In fact, he didn't need to shout. The Qin army on the top of the city had also lit the thunder bombs and threw them down in strings, but the enemy ran away in groups of three or five at intervals. After the thunder bombs were thrown, the enemy cavalry often ran past before they exploded.
Both sides used thunder bombs to bomb each other. Wu Qingfeng saw that his bombing effect was not as good as the enemy under the city, and he couldn't help but get angry: "Bring the thunder bombs! Bring them!"
Wu Changting quickly handed over the three thunder bombs he had. Wu Qingfeng swung his knife and chopped off the fuses of the three thunder bombs, almost cutting them off.
"General! Danger!"
Seeing Wu Qingfeng picking up the shortened thunder bomb and lighting it, Wu Changting couldn't help but shout. Wu Qingfeng acted as if he didn't hear him, lit the fuse and immediately threw it at the heads of the enemy cavalry running towards the city.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The thunder bomb exploded above the enemy's head before it even hit the ground. For a moment, the war horses neighed and the people howled. Five or six war horses were all knocked to the ground. The huge inertia of the galloping caused the fallen horses to roll nearly ten feet away. The enemies on the horses were either blown to pieces or had their limbs broken. The white bones protruded from their clothes, which was a shocking sight.
When other soldiers saw the effect, they followed suit and blew the enemy cavalry running wildly along the city wall into a horrible state. Pieces of flesh flew in the rain of blood, and some even had their arms blown off onto the top of the city wall.
The enemy's army was rushing in like a tide. The Qin army had few thunder bombs left, and they could only use arrows, rocks and logs to smash the city.
Countless enemies, like waves of floods, flooded the city. Ladders were placed on the city walls, and the fierce enemies immediately climbed the city walls.
At the foot of the city, a large group of troops used thunder bombs and bows and arrows to suppress the Qin army on the city walls. Clouds of arrows covered the city walls like dark clouds, and thunder bombs were thrown onto the city walls and exploded violently.
The Qin soldiers defending the city suffered heavy casualties, but they were still fighting back desperately. Rocks were thrown down, smashing the enemies below the city into meat patties, with blood and flesh splattered everywhere. Logs were thrown down one after another, and the enemies on the ladders were knocked down in groups, with an endless sound of puffs.
"Kill!" Song Baitao came back to his senses and swung the ghost-head knife in his hand, chopping off an enemy who had just shown his head, causing his head to fly into the air, blood spurting out like a fountain, "Push!"
As he roared, two Qin soldiers holding long wooden forks pushed the enemy's ladder away from the city wall, causing it to flip over. The enemies on the ladder fell down with the ladder, screaming in agony.
Wu Qingfeng shouted, "Pour!" Pots of boiling oil were poured down to the city walls, scalding the enemies below. Their skin was torn and their faces were covered with blisters. They could even grab large pieces of skin and flesh with their bare hands. It was extremely tragic.
The sky was filled with smoke, the sunlight was dim, and the waves were driven up to the sky by the shouts of killing, which frightened all the beasts and made them flee. The birds did not fly across the sky, and the trickles of blood gathered into small streams and flowed into the Tao River outside the city, dyeing the entire river red.
The ownerless war horses raised their heads and neighed in sorrow, and heaven and earth were filled with sorrow. The sound of killing was endless and never-ending.
War drums thundered, horns blew, and many enemies successfully climbed onto the top of the city walls. The two sides fought hand-to-hand, swords broke, arrows pierced bones, and sharp blades were pulled out with blood and flesh... ... ...
The bloody battle on the city wall reached a fever pitch. The outnumbered Qin army could be defeated at any time, and the people in the city were in a panic and terrified.
The prefect Sheng Huaide and the co-prefect Li Bocun acted separately. Sheng Huaide was responsible for leading people to transport arrows and stones to the top of the city and to transfer the wounded.
Li Bocun was responsible for organizing the young and strong men, encouraging them with a loud voice, and then personally took up his sword and led 3,000 young and strong men to support the city wall and join the life-and-death bloody battle... ...
Na Risong, the commander of the Mongolian army outside the city, saw that Didao City was clearly on the verge of collapse, but in the end his troops were forced to leave the city again and again, which made him furious. He beheaded the two centurions who retreated from the city without permission, and then issued a death order, letting his deputy general Suhe lead the army to attack the city personally.
Suhe means axe in Mongolian. Suhe is just like his name, a heavy and sharp axe, showing his domineering power. Na Risong hopes to use his giant axe to split Didao City in one fell swoop.
Na Risong himself was also under great pressure. Before, he had only 7,000 troops and could have used the small number of soldiers as an excuse. But now Gushri Khan had invested a huge amount of money and sent another 10,000 troops to support him, ordering him to quickly capture Lintao, Gongchang, Taozhou and other places, and clear the outskirts of Lanzhou.
If we delay in Didao for too long, not only will it be difficult to complete Gushri Khan's order, but morale will also be greatly damaged. The army will be old and tired. Once the reinforcements from the Qin Dynasty arrive, the offensive and defensive positions will be reversed.
The blaring sound of horns rang out again, and the Tao River was filled with a bloody wind and murderous aura. The Mongolian army that had just retreated came rushing in again, like the huge waves caused by a hurricane, and it seemed that they would not stop until they destroyed the city of Didao.
Looking down from the top of the city, one can see flags blocking the sun and enemies like clouds, dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
Wu Qingfeng and two or three thousand other soldiers and civilians were all covered in blood and wounds. After fighting for so long, their artillery shells, explosives, thunder bombs, and bullets were almost used up, while the enemy's attack was becoming more and more fierce.
Seeing this, Wu Qingfeng said to Tongzhi Li Bocun, "Tongzhi Li, the moment of life and death for Lintao Prefecture has come. You must return to the city immediately and organize all the able-bodied men over the age of fourteen in the city. Tell them that if the nest is destroyed, there will be no eggs. The enemy has suffered heavy losses under the city. If the city is broken, the enemy will massacre the whole city to vent their anger. Have all those who can hold weapons be ready to support wherever there is danger."
Li Bocun also knew that there was no time for hesitation, so he responded and hurried back to the city.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Lintao Prefecture is located in the border area, and the people are tough. Ordinary people usually practice martial arts, and can ride on horses, shoot bows, and kill enemies at close range. As long as they are properly organized, even ordinary militiamen can be quite combative.
But this is not a solution. When will the reinforcements arrive
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ps: Please give me some votes. Tomorrow is the winter solstice. We celebrate the winter solstice very solemnly here. Friends and relatives gather together, so we have to drink a few glasses. I guess I will be busy all day tomorrow. I will resume two updates at the latest the day after tomorrow.
.(To be continued..)
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