Under the rule of Yangzhou Prefecture, the four square gates under Xixiang City have been chased by the Taiping Army from the territory of Jinzhou, and they have been blocked by fortifications and defense lines.
"This is the newly issued gun? It's really a good thing..."
Zhang Dong, the brigade commander who was patrolling the sentry in the camp, was very interested in playing with a gray-black cast iron three-eyed gun, and he gently rubbed the sharp cone with his fingers.
"There is no need for strenuous winding and shooting. With just such a beating, lead and iron pellets are exploded. I have the ability to break stone and pierce wood. As long as I get close, I will be beaten even if I wear a nail. The blood hole in the eye did not escape. Not to mention that you can call and dodge like an arrow, so it is unstoppable..."
He saw with his own eyes how unbearable the Golden State rebels, who had a numerical advantage, were in front of these firearms; as soon as a round of radiation began, he screamed, "The thieves have a demon method" and "The wind eats monsters." "People" "Invisible swords are hurting people" and so on.
"This thing can't be used by anyone who can use it. It requires repeated practice and skill, otherwise the steps will be wrong and it will kill you. Don't say it, the thing will cause the burning potion stone to burst and ruthlessly, and it will easily hurt yourself. People... Moreover, the means of receiving the enemy in more than ten steps is nowhere near as good as a crossbow..."
But it was Li Liuqi, the fire-throwing brigade who knew him well, shaking his head.
"This statement is not correct. This thing is much lighter and easier than a crossbow; as long as someone continues to fill it, it will be sent faster than a crossbow. It can kill both long-range shots and close combat. It can be hammered and beaten. There is a sharp cone to pierce the armor; why is it not easy to use; with the appropriate brand above, it will not be too much even if you encounter a crossbow team..."
However, Zhang Dong said with undiminished interest.
"As long as you let the line-ups attack with the familiar array, suddenly disrupt the nearby enemy formation and then rush in, it will naturally open up the situation. When dealing with the mountain barbarians in the south in the early years, if these good things were available, I was afraid it would I know how much things can be saved, and how many errands have been lost..."
"Okay, okay, don't let your eyes grow. This time, four regiments, more than a thousand guns and spare parts, were allocated from the top; all of them have serial numbers; I will give you one or two to enjoy and play. You only need to report for self-defense afterwards, but if you want more guns, you have to submit a petition."
Li Liuqi asked helplessly.
"Then you can lend me a team of gunslingers for a few days; naturally, it won't be a dangerous place to send, just let me understand and be familiar with it in advance, this is a good way to coordinate guns. "
Zhang Dong continued without giving up.
"You have a good plan, but what do you think of a lieutenant soldier..."
Li Liuqi couldn't help but laugh, he paused and said.
"However, if you have this mindset, then stay here; what if I let my subordinate brothers and your ministry temporarily unite to perform a battle."
At this time, there was another rapid drum horn and shout from the guard tower in the distance:
"It's the city that has begun to break through... It came just right... The children are dressed up, and they all follow me to kill the enemy..."
Zhang Dong's expression changed involuntarily, and he shouted at the subordinates near Zuo.
In fact, the backbone of the rebels who fled from the defeat in Golden State, as well as the remnants of those big family names, are all gathered in this small, middle and lower state city with a population of only three to four thousand.
Therefore, if Yangzhou was taken, it would also mean that most of the apparent and potential resistance forces in the Shannan Dongdao had lost the mainstay and the thrust of the monkey's urgency, and stopped.
However, as a lightly armed pursuit unit over the mountains and valleys, although they besieged the enemy, they also faced the problem of inadequate attack force and insufficient follow-up preparation; they also had a potential threat from the enemy's backup from the west.
But since these trapped remnants are willing to take the initiative to break out, it will naturally be able to kill more, and it will be easier in the future. Therefore, after only half an hour, Zhang Dong, who was covered in blood-stained iron scale armor, was already holding a knife and a spear, and he was chasing after the enemy who failed to break through.
Just between the alternate hand ups and downs, and thrusts with spears, a series of six or seven enemy soldiers who were desperately parrying or unable to escape were put down one after another on the path of his pursuit; Amidst the crying and pleading, he suddenly found that he had rushed to the gate of the city along the way.
The remaining ruined enemies are also jammed here, in front of the huge nailed iron city gates that are struggling to close, trampling, pushing and clinging to each other, trying to squeeze themselves in; many pulling and pushing arms in the gaps of the city gates , As infiltrating like dense roots.
They were so eager to get in and pushed to get in, and they basically turned a deaf ear to or ignored the Taiping sergeant who were chasing them; at this moment, Zhang Dong, who faced such a crowd, even cut down several backs. His own enemy soldiers have not been able to advance much either.
Instead, I could only look at the cracks that became narrower and narrower in the cry of the collapsed soldiers outside the door. The few soldiers who gathered around him holding a row of knives also showed a somewhat helpless and unwilling expression.
Suddenly, Zhang Dong's heart moved, and suddenly he found something from his back, but it was only taken as a sample by him, and it came down. There was only a small cantaloupe bomb; there was also a short rope tied to it to be thrown away. head.
He immediately pulled off the protective cover and used the fuse, while his eyes were swift and his hands were swiftly caught between the curls of green smoke, he threw it out at the crack of the door not far away; however, to some disappointment, he drew an arc over the broken soldiers The explosive bombs above our heads finally missed a line and hit the side of the door that was slowly closing;
Di Yao rebounded again and fell to the head of a broken soldier who was half-length squeezed in. He suddenly screamed and rolled his eyes white and let go, and he was pulled and pushed out from the crack in the door. Then this explosive bomb disappeared into the crowd with a fleeting light smoke.
"Do you have any more in your hands..."
Zhang Dong couldn't help but shouted eagerly to the left and right.
Then someone hurriedly tried to collect and collect two pieces from their bodies, but they were made into oval bottle-shaped kerosene bombs. He took a deep breath and squeezed a piece in his hand to make another shot. Suddenly, he saw a loud bang from the door.
Along with this dull body, there was a whistling roar, which was a large wave of air and smoke that burst out from the crack of the door, as well as rotten flesh and blood stumps. It also knocked down the defeated soldiers who were pushing and squeezing the stalemate outside the door.
The gate that was closing also stopped at this moment. Upon seeing this, Zhang Dong couldn't help but exclaimed:
"This is a godsend opportunity, all go with me..."
"Kill the enemy to save the world and recreate peace..."
In the sudden burst of shouts, they scrambled to step on the collapsed soldiers who had fallen to the ground at random, and then cut down the collapsed soldiers who had been so deaf and oozing from their facial features that were shocked by the nearby. Knocked open, and under the lead of Zhang Dong, he broke into the crack of the door that was only a foot and a half wide.
Immediately, Zhang Dong found in the dark and smoky corridor behind the door that the defenders who stood against the city gate had disappeared, leaving only the corpses that had been blown up under his feet, as well as large swaths of blood and blood splashing on the two walls. Debris
While stepping on the soft ground soaked in blood and breathing the pungent, bloody and smoky air, Zhang Dong tried to resist the dizziness and top-heavy discomfort, and then summoned his courage to dash forward.
And the heavy door panel behind him was opened again, and the brighter light was gradually thrown in. Then, in the smoke that gradually became thinner, Zhang Dong once again ran into the oncoming human body; he involuntarily swung his knife and stabbed and slashed it.
And it seems that because of his five senses being shocked and deaf in the relatively airtight tunnel, these enemy soldiers who got in the way can't even cause him much hindrance, and he has been cut down and dispersed by him.
In this passage where people don't know the distance or how long it has passed, when Zhang Dong saw the shining sky a few minutes away again, he actually stopped in a daze. Then I saw a pile of bricks and ash pots at the gate of the inner city close at hand.
Although they coughed and coughed again, and the heads and faces were covered with a layer of gray, it also allowed him and the whole group to escape the danger of the city head; it is obvious that the defenders on the city head finally reacted. , And began to try to stop them these chaotic entrants.
In the midst of the soot, there was even more cold light approaching; indistinctly, it was a guard holding a crossbow. Zhang Dong also took the kerosene bomb he was holding against the walls to ignite the fire and threw it out, and suddenly it deflated and burned into one piece in the defenders who had not had time to shoot.
Suddenly, he also summoned his energy to rush forward and ran into these crossbowmen who had gathered in a hurry. Behind him, some familiar crackling sounds began to overwhelm the noise and roar of shooting arrows and throwing rocks on the head of the city. Obviously, the grenadier from the rear team followed.
—I am the dividing line —
In the aftermath of the Great Sanguan Pass under the heavy snow, a sudden change in a small area was also taking place in Guancheng and Junzhai.
Just between the spilled and overturned tables and the full of wine and vegetables; the first general of the Zhongwu Army, Lu Yanhong, the third general Zhang Zao, and the seventh general Li Jian, stood together and stared at him. I thought that the fifth will be Wang Jian, the sixth will be Han Jian, and the other five will be.
And behind each of them were groups of soldiers nervously pressing the swords, confronting the soldiers and rebels in the middle, and the smoke that each hurriedly exhaled in the cold weather, and even the long-term entanglement between the pillars of the floor, was difficult to disperse.
"Duke Yang and I are deeply gracious, why should we leave secretly..."
The first to describe the heroic and somewhat thin will be Lu Yanhong, bitterly.
"Now Xiao Yang (Fuguang) can't afford to be seriously ill, and Da Yang's envoy Feng Xiang is outside, and the army is full of six gods and no masters, and it is getting more and more inadequate; really don't blame me waiting for another way out..."
With a capable and sophisticated appearance, Wang Jian, who looked quite good at the city mansion, spoke in a low voice without hurries. (End of this chapter)