"Prepare for war..."
After recovering, Li Cunxian wanted to hiss and shout left and right, but because of the smell of dirt in his mouth full of sand and dust, he only had time to spit out two words and temporarily lost his voice. And most of the people close to him didn't know where to go, only dozens of gray-faced soldiers surrounded him.
However, he was unable to make a sound, but he did not hesitate to drew out his sword, and rushed towards the city wall with a low slope that was poured out by the collapsed debris and mud. ；
I saw that he hadn't rushed up and climbed a few steps, his legs and feet were already trapped in the soft sand, and he had to grab traces in vain and slipped down; the next moment, he was supported by the soldiers following him. , Set foot on the slope again.
However, among the defenders rushing on both sides of the gap in the city head, loud screams and uproars were once again fiercely sounded, and there were trajectories passing by with banging shelling, and the city was shot down, splashed and broken arms. In; there were many things like black dots, and suddenly dropped to Li Cunxian's side in the whistling sound.
"Be careful of the lord..."
Li Cunxian, who was still a little confused, also threw his head on the slope under the fierce exclamation from the left and right and the forceful pulling. And watched a few soldiers stand by his side, and amidst the loud dust and screams, they rolled to the ground.
And amidst the fierce explosion sound near to the left, Li Cunxian, who was also shocked by the air wave that was also leaked by his face, raised his head again, only to see that the only remaining soldiers had also become seventy-eight. Fell, and fell to the ground one after another to fade out a large amount of blood, struggling to never get up again.
In the next moment, Li Cunxian, who was still buzzing in his ears, seemed to hear some kind of sharp and tuned whistle; The blue-gray figure with the top helmet and dagger.
Li Cunxian just wanted to fumble for his fallen sword, and then he was trampled by the enemy army on the top of the slope like a torrent, trampled back and forth. I don’t know how many feet he stepped on, and he spurted blood in his mouth and fainted completely. Passed away.
When Li Sizhao (Han Jintong), who was waiting in armour in the nearby Simon Moon City, got the news, he pretended to be calm and laughed while he was shocked and shocked:
"It came just right. A heavy fence was set up in the city. It is time to teach the bandit army to teach my Hedong children how to fight every step of the way..."
However, the following battles were time and time again beyond the expectations of most people; because most of the layout of the defenders in the city were carried out around the six gates of east, west, south, and north; and the western wall that was breached was adjacent to each other. Fenshui has only one long and narrow one, but the defensive force invested is the least.
The result was that the Taiping army, who quickly poured into the city from the gap, defeated the defenders who came from all directions for reinforcement with knives, spears, firecrackers, and grenadiers in the relatively narrow street fighting under the wall; The lack of defense on the side and rear smashed the already-arranged defense line inside the west gate.
When Li Sizhao (Han Jintong) took the lead in the heavy armor of the right and left Ya Neidu, went to meet and used the city-head strong bow and crossbow with the big-name spear, and successfully blocked it inside the Ximen Moon City; and he was waiting for a fierce battle. Push it back.
The next moment there were two loud noises in succession, and near the gates of the North City and the East City, two gaps of varying sizes once again collapsed. And along the natural gentle slope that collapsed, more sergeants of Taiping swarmed in;
This time it was obvious that it was the defender who lost sight of the other, and could no longer maintain the basic order and morale. In the uproar of shaking and chaos, they began to scramble to escape the city wall and the preset line of defense inside.
Although, later, there was Yuhou Li Cunzhi, the capital of the Houya who rushed out of the inner city, and led a well-equipped fresh force to support; but after hacking and killing hundreds of deserters, it is still difficult to restore the east of the city. The trend of decadence.
On the contrary, under the bombardment of the Taiping Arms firearms, the rout soldiers who flee to the city square kept retreating like a tide; then they were hit near the general flag by a randomly fired cannon that stretched across the city wall and jumped on the street. After smashing a few people, the flagpole was broken.
As a result, losing the reserve team and the new force with the banner as the guide and the backbone, it was difficult for a time to be the army's panic depression and engulf Li Cunzhi himself, so he did not hesitate to turn around and retreat to the inner city to continue "holding."
The defenders in the north city were even more unbearable, because their guard general, Kuang Bajun, led by Li Jinzhong, who happened to patrol near the shattered city wall and was hit by the rising rocks. The blood flowed like a note on the spot and died.
Therefore, the remaining survivors will belong to the group of dragons without a leader and have their own way; some led troops to jump into the gap to intercept, some ran down the tower and quickly retreated to the inside fortifications; but more defenders ran away without restraint.
Therefore, the Taiping Army engineers who rushed into the north gate building to work easily blasted open the gate that was nailed to death from the inside, and pierced the inner moon city (Small Urn City) with little hindrance, and broke into the gap. The comrades in the city flanked the consortium in the inner line of defense. . . . .
Under the shining of the sun, the Taiping Army crashed into the city with fireworks, and finally there was a new movement on the horizon of the mountains in the distance. It was the Yindiguan in the mountains of the north. The late Li Siyuan led foreign aid.
Between chasing and exploring each other with the Taiping Army's rangers, they tried every means to dodge and deal with them to release all kinds of false news; they thought that the main cavalry was hidden; now they finally waited for the most suitable fighter in their minds. .
As the saying goes, tens of thousands of defenders in Linfen are used as chess pieces and decoys. When the thieves are about to break the city and go all out, they suddenly rushed in to hit more than half of them. After taking the sides, they could not look at each other. Fang is the biggest chance to win.
Therefore, I saw countless people and horses trotting across the mountains and plains, and the smoke that they exhaled for a while was even above their heads, condensing into a dense cloud of low pressure, even the screaming mountain breeze over the wilderness could not blow away. ; And as the sun shines on the armor, many shining spots appear.
Looking at several fireworks of different colors on the low hills and mountains in the distance; the deputy general Meng Kai who is responsible for the army in the north of the city and bears the brunt of the attack, is also worthy of being a long time ago in adversity and wind. The veteran of the war, he was surprised but not unexpectedly categorically shouted:
"At four points in the north, a large group of enemy horses rushed in, with a scale of more than 10,000..."
"All the lively mouths that can move will follow me on the wall to respond to the enemy. There will be death without retreat, starting from me..."
"The Raiders went out to check the edge, re-arranged the artillery regiment, and tried to buy time;"
"Bunkers lean against the fence and are ready to go, the white soldiers enter the trench with a license, and the grenadier arrays the second line. The civilians pile up the inner walls and obstacles, and assist the pawns to transport equipment, ready to respond to the impact..."
As for the Taiping Army, the biggest test and challenge after the northward invasion of Hedong was also triggered at this moment.
—I am the dividing line —
In the city of Chang'an, a wave of internal purge is still in progress. With the constant involvement of all kinds of people and problems, those eyeliners and spies from various forces (mainly in the Kanto region) have also been swept out like a fish.
The reason is also very simple. After the reciprocating seesaw of the official army and the rebel army in the two wars within the pass, there were few spies and eyeliners that could survive the tragic attack and massacre, as well as the subsequent famines and disasters. Can continue to play a role.
As a result, those who have been cleared out now are almost always re-sent in various identities after the Taiping Army entered Chang'an, or they were mixed in with the immigrants to fill up their households. Therefore, they could not escape Taiping anyway. Military household registration and management system.
Therefore, once this system is launched regardless of cost, those who usually behave suspiciously or who are suspected of having strangers in their homes are easily put on the table.
Although there are many false alarms and false confessions that lead to a false alarm, or some people are overly nervous and gossiping under the circumstances, suspecting ghosts, or even pure complaints and false accusations; but more often they can still be used to startling the snake. All kinds of big and small fish and shrimps are fried from under the water.
Therefore, Zhou Huai'an once again got the review list in his hand, not only did not decrease, on the contrary, it became thicker and thicker. At the same time, he walked down from a carriage and his slender figure was also carried into the depths of Xingqing Palace by a carriage. (End of this chapter)