Chapter 58 Li Dingguo's career as a thief
Chapter 58 Li Dingguo's career
Li Dingguo almost used up the fourteen siege tactics of Lin, hook, rush, ladder, ***, protruding, hollow, moth, chasing, trench, trench, trench, gunpowder, Li Dingguo almost used up.
The tall Xiangyang City is still in the hands of the Ming army.
The blood dyed the moat red. It was not long before it was taken away by the river. As long as the siege stopped, the river would return to clear again.
Li Dingguo looked at Xiangyang City, which was full of corpses, and bit the steamed bun in his hand. He said to deputy general Zhang Guofeng: "The city is about to break down. After dinner, we will continue to attack! Try to take down the city before dark!"
Zhang Guofeng, covered with blood on his armor, said: "When I attacked just now, I felt that the government army would be almost unable to withstand it. If the damn Prince Xiang had not personally stepped onto the city wall, I would have been able to enter the city just now.
After the city is broken, you must peel and cramp this King Xiang to make it happen.”
Li Dingguo looked up at the flag of King Xiang who was waving in the wind at the top of Xiangyang City, then looked at the soldiers lying beside him and gasping, and whispered: "Give up the north gate, we will concentrate on attacking the south gate and the east gate."
"It's already this time, don't you?"
"In another four hours, the king's central army will arrive at the city of Xiangyang. If we have not taken down Xiangyang City by that time, the consequences will be bad."
"King Xiang will take people to escape."
"There are a thousand cavalry ten miles away, and they cannot escape."
"General, Xiangyang City is right next to the Han River. King Xiang may not be able to take the land route. I think they may take the water route at 80% and we don't have a ship."
"As I said, I will do it. This time I will come to the city, Guofeng, raise my battle flag. This time, we will never die if we don't break through the city!"
"General, let's use our headquarters this time. I'm worried that something will happen if Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu's subordinates are used."
Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "Guofeng, you have misunderstood. If I rely on my subordinates to take Xiangyang, those people will go crazy. Now, their subordinates are charging into battle, and after Xiangyang falls, they will definitely have their achievements.
This will calm their anger."
After Li Dingguo finished speaking, a personal soldier stepped forward to tie up his armor for him, picked up a long sword, held a round shield and shouted the commander. The soldiers who were originally tilted stood up one after another. Seeing that Li Dingguo was walking in the front, some people who wanted to curse closed their mouths and looked at the tall Xiangyang City and were worried. I wonder if they would still have life to attack the city this time.
Seeing that the huge Li flag had already been raised, Li Dingguo turned around and looked at the group of soldiers following him and said, "This time, I have entered. The money and food inside are for you to enjoy. If you can't get in, just die under the city."
Archer, archer, grandpa is about to rush!"
As soon as Li Dingguo finished speaking, the group of archers in front of the left immediately released the bowstrings, and dense feather arrows flew to the top of the city. At the same time, shields had already been raised at the top of the city. Officers such as the hundreds of officials and small flags also ordered the soldiers to prepare to roll wood, stones and lime and gold juice.
Li Dingguo walked flexibly in the military formation. Although there were always sporadic feather arrows shooting down on his head, sometimes he could hear the sound of muskets firing, but there was no arrow or a lead bullet to him.
Compared with the vast and inconspicuous moat, the walls of Xiangyang City are not natural barriers!
Li Dingguo concluded that the officers and soldiers of Xiangyang did not dare to go out of the city to fight, so he used the baffle made of countless giant trees to push the front line to the edge of the moat.
These days, the artillery cannons in Xiangyang City have been consumed by him. The floating bridge that had been built with great losses before was still stable. Although part of it was burned out by the fierce turbulence of the official army, as long as the wooden board is re-layed, you can reach the city wall!
The moat had been covered with wooden boards, and the turmeric oil was poured down from the top of the city for fear of death, and the extinguished flames started to burn again.
Li Dingguo rushed across the moat in three or two steps, held the round shield high, and squatted down. A fierce soldier stepped on his round shield and jumped on the tilted city wall, climbing up slowly like a gecko.
A cloud ladder was just on the top of the city. Before the official army at the top of the city pushed the ladder down, Li Dingguo rushed up the ladder, used his hands and feet to climb up quickly. Half of the climb, the ladder was finally pushed off the city wall by the official army push. Li Dingguo jumped and lay on the city wall, climbing upwards with his feet on the brick gap less than half an inch by the brick gap in the city wall. (Don't ask why there are brick gaps, ask if he climbed by the Nanhu Hotel in April this year. Although I fell down, I don't think Li Dingguo wouldn't fall down).
The round shield was stuck in the gap, and a stone the size of a human head fell down. The round shield in Li Dingguo's hand creaked, and the stone bounced on the round shield and fell down. Seeing the head of a fool who looked up at the city, Li Dingguo had a long knife in his mouth and clenched the brick gap with one hand and climbed up two feet.
The savage was about to climb to the dove when he was sent up by him, but was poured on the pot of boiling golden juice all over his head and face. He screamed in his mouth, but his hands were tightly grasping the cracks of the bricks. Even if the hot golden juice flowed into his mouth, he still refused to let go.
Li Dingguo moved three feet to the left like a gecko, putting one hand at the foot of the savage. The savage, who had been burned and crazy, took advantage of the force again and grabbed the savage with one hand.
Four fingers fell from Li Dingguo's eyes, and the brave man above his head finally had no place to leverage his strength. After being pierced by a spear, he grabbed the spear with one hand and fell from the city.
Li Dingguo did not continue to climb upwards. The round shield was above his head. Zhang Guofeng drove the archers across the moat. At this time, Li Dingguo needed more force to support.
Countless fireballs were thrown to the top of the city by small catapults. Smoke spread everywhere on the city, and the shouts of the officials and soldiers became even more rapid. Li Dingguo had already heard the meaning of despair from the shouts of these officials and soldiers.
He shouted: "King Xiang ran away and captured King Xiang alive!"
At first, he was alone shouting, and then the soldiers lying on the ladder, on the city wall, and standing under the city wall shouted together.
Seeing that two teams had climbed up to the top of the city and shouted, "The city is broken!" Li Dingguo then grabbed a ladder that was not overthrown by the government army and rushed to the top of the city in three or two steps.
When he climbed to the city, the alive army could no longer be seen on the city 15 feet wide. They were quickly descending the city wall along the veranda of the city wall and running towards the New North Gate.
Li Dingguo did not go down the city wall, and walked north along the city wall. At this time, the city wall was full of rebels, and everyone had a look of ecstasy on their faces.
The fire on the top of the city is still burning, and the fireballs that have been thrown up will not be extinguished without burning.
Fortunately, the houses were still some distance away from the city wall and the fireballs were not affected. However, as the rebels entered the city, many parts of the city began to smoke.
When Li Dingguo walked to the New North Gate, the city gate here was opened. Except for some injured officers and soldiers who were climbing outside the city with difficulty, they could no longer see a resister.
Li Dingguo got off the city wall and saw a wounded soldier climbing onto a donkey in vain. However, he was shot in the waist and could not climb onto the donkey's back. Seeing Li Dingguo coming with a knife, he knelt down and shouted, "Grandpa, please spare my life."
Li Dingguo sniffed, raised his hand to grab the wounded soldier's belt, lifted him up on the donkey's back, slapped the donkey's butt and said, "Whether you can live depends on your luck!"
The donkey ran away quickly. Li Dingguo found a tattered chair and sat on it as he watched the wounded soldiers crawl out of the city gate one by one.
The stone road seemed to be washed away by blood, attracting countless flies to fall on the road.
When the personal soldiers arrived, Li Dingguo had already sat here for a cup of tea. The wounded soldiers who could climb out of the city gate had already climbed out, and the wounded soldiers who could not climb out accepted their fate.
Seeing that these wounded soldiers who could not crawl away were killed by their personal soldiers, Li Dingguo did not stop them.
When you go to the battlefield, living is luck, and dying is leeing!
Instead of chasing the wounded soldiers who fled out of the city, the personal soldiers closed the New North Gate and waited for Li Dingguo to order.
"Go, go and make money if you should get rich, go and do whatever you should do. I'll sit here for a while."
Li Dingguo took out an exquisite silver wine pot from his arms, took a sip of the wine, and continued to sit on the broken chair. At this moment, he had no sense of glory of winning the city, but he just felt bored!
Chapter completed!