Chapter 871: Breaking through Liaoyang, reinforcements arrive
The commander of the Tang army artillery team who was commanding the artillery fire, held up the red flag in his hand high again.
"preparation!"
"put!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
...
The heavy artillery roared, the remaining flames flew, and thick smoke filled the sky. After another round of heavy dragon gun bombardment, the sound of huge iron bombs hitting and the sound of the city wall collapsed, like the roar of the god of death, and it rang out in a row.
In the entire southern city wall, large pieces of gravel splashed, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, like torn cloth, like a torn cloth, scattered to all directions.
Only a few rumbling sounds made the earth tremble. The entire southern city wall was in a more broken shape. The bricks on the exterior wall were peeling off, and the bluestones on the inner lined inside were also cracked. Among the thick and deep cracks that were spread like performance art, the yellow rammed earth in the middle fell out in large pieces, dyeing the outer city wall into a piece of sandy yellow.
"Continue attacking, don't stop until the city wall is knocked down!"
"Get orders!"
Soon, seven rounds were released, and the Liaoyang city wall was bombarded very broken. From a distance, it looked like a candle in the wind, leaving only a breath of rest. However, although the city wall was so damaged, it still stood firm.
The solidity of the Liaoyang city wall made Monk An secretly praise him.
This is a city that has been carefully constructed since the early Qing Dynasty. It is really not easy to quickly take it down.
Now, if you want to capture this more sturdy Liaoyang City, you should have to hit the one-time limit of the dragon striking cannon, and you may have a chance of success.
Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered,
After the order from Monk An was issued, the Tang army fired successively, and after 7 rounds of volleys, they continued to fire for another 5 rounds, and finally reached the limit of one shooting of the dragon slash, 12 times.
The four walls of the entire Liaoyang City are getting worse and worse, with a hideous appearance, and can be seen everywhere where the corners and corners are broken, but they still barely support them and do not collapse.
At this time, the dragon striking cannons in the Tang army formation were full of red and bright red. The barrels of each dragon striking cannon were bright and had a strange beauty. When the gunners wiped with a wet cloth, a large cloud of water mist mixed with the choking smell of gunpowder, they sizzled up and sobbed into the air, causing the gunners to cough repeatedly.
The head coach, Monk An, saw that the artillery of the Yifang finally hit the edge of the explosion after these 12 rounds, and couldn't help but sigh again.
What a pity!
I thought that I could completely collapse the Liaoyang city wall within the limit, but I didn't expect that the limit of artillery shooting has reached the limit, and the Liaoyang city wall can survive and is quite strong, which is beyond my expectations.
So, what should I do next?
According to previous tests, it will take about five or six hours to restore the use of the dragon's cannon on such hot days, which means that it may not be used until late at night.
In this case, it is impossible to use cannon night attack in this era, that is, today's siege operation has come to an end and it is impossible to continue to attack.
Of course, the commander of the Tang army, Monk An, had another choice, that is, to force his troops to attack the city, fight against the enemy in the city for the city wall, and fight to the death.
But Monk An didn't want to do this.
As a general, kindness does not control the army. He has to pay when he should pay, and he does not hesitate when he should sacrifice. Of course, such a choice will only be born when there is really no way out.
The next day, the second siege battle officially began.
At this time, the walls of Liaoyang City had just been repaired, and the earth and stone wall built inside had roughly completed an external outline, which looked like a defensive look.
Only the head commander of the Tang army, Monk An, knew that the enemy's temporary reinforcement of the inner and outer walls were actually just good things. Under the bombardment of his next heavy artillery, its true effect will be revealed immediately.
Unlike yesterday's siege, Monk An gathered all 360 heavy dragon guns to the right side of the south side of Liaoyang today, in order to concentrate firepower to break through one place to launch a key attack.
Monk An ordered sternly: "All artillery should be careful, start volley bombardment immediately, and you must completely defeat the southern city wall!"
"Get orders!"
The commander of the Tang army artillery team who was commanding the artillery fire, held up the red flag in his hand high again.
"preparation!"
"put!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
...
The heavy artillery roared, the remaining flames flew, and thick smoke filled the sky. After another round of heavy dragon gun bombardment, the sound of huge iron bombs hitting and the sound of the city wall collapsed, like the roar of the god of death, and it rang out in a row.
In the entire southern city wall, large pieces of gravel splashed, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, like torn cloth, like a torn cloth, scattered to all directions.
Only a few rumbling sounds made the earth tremble. The entire southern city wall was in a more broken shape. The bricks on the exterior wall were peeling off large pieces, and the bluestones on the inner ancestral lined inside were also cracked. A series of thick and deep cracks that were spread everywhere like performance art were even more unscrupulously on the wall. The temporary repair of bricks and stones and wood was even more splashed everywhere. After a day and night of intense repair, the original shape was revealed at this moment.
"Hmph, I know that the enemy soldiers' repairs are just his mother's silver-like wax gun tip, which is not useful. I will continue to attack me, don't stop, and I must knock down the city wall!" Seeing that the Liaoyang city wall was seriously damaged, Monk An looked happy and immediately ordered urgently.
"Get orders!"
Finally, after another six rounds of volleys, the city wall on the right side of the south of Liaoyang City completely collapsed in a deafening rumbling sound. The dust splashed all over the sky, dyeing the sky yellow. The originally towering and tidy city wall became a dilapidated and scattered small mound.
"Very good! Keep fighting, and then use the temporary earthen wall they built inside to smash him!" Monk An encouraged loudly.
"Get orders!"
The following bombardment made Monk An appear that the temporary inner wall that the enemy's painstakingly built was more fragile than he thought.
Just after the four-wheeled volley, this temporary brick and wooden wall that forced the people to recruit the people and demolished the people's houses completely collapsed in a huge rumbling sound, and it was almost impossible to maintain the shape of the wall.
At this time, Jirgalang, who was still guarding the important roads of the streets in the city with his army, saw that the two walls that had been busy for three hours collapsed so quickly. His annoyance and panic were simply unspeakable.
He raised his head and looked at the clouds hanging in the sky, his mood as if this gray morning, and he was in a low and confused manner.
The city wall has been broken, and I can really defend this Liaoyang City by leading the defenders in the city?
The commander of the Tang army, Monk An, has begun to issue orders to invade the city.
"I passed the order of the general, and all the musketeers cooperated with the shield soldiers to form three attack formations and attacked the city directly. They ran rampantly and stood behind to cover the cover. The spearmen were at the end and entered the city directly to eliminate the enemy troops who dared to resist!"
"Get orders!"
Monk An ordered that there were more than 10,000 musketeers in the Tang army formation in the south. Everyone was holding the black and shiny Lumi guns loaded with Minni bullets in their hands, lined up in three rows and three sections of attacks. Following the more than 3,000 shield soldiers in front, they walked towards the city in amid the neat drum beats.
The Tang army formation fully utilized the width of the city wall to ensure that it could attack the defenders in the city without blind spots.
Behind the Musketeer, there were rampant sentrymen like mecha monsters following closely. They were divided into two parts, separated on both sides, and firmly protected the two wings.
In the end, a large number of spearmen followed closely, preparing to rush forward and fight against the Qing army after the Lumi gun soldiers retreated.
During this period, Jiergalang, who had retreated from the city, led the Qing army and young men in the city to urgently build defense fortifications at the entrances of various streets and alleys, and prepared for street fighting with the Tang army in the city.
When he saw the Tang army's shield soldiers and musket soldiers in the distance, he stepped forward in unison, commanding the Qing army to set up defenses at various street intersections and personally led the formation in Jiergalang, and he felt as if he was dead.
As the Tang army formation got closer and closer, Jiergalang's heart beat like a drum when he saw the black Sulumi gun rushing towards the right diameter of the rod.
what to do?
Just shrank like this, waiting for them to attack?
Just when he was at a loss, a dense sound suddenly came from the west of Liaoyang City. When he heard it roughly, it seemed like a muffled thunder rolling across the sky.
Jirhalang turned his head back in shock, but heard the soldiers stationed in the west, and a surprise shout came: "Prince Zheng, a large number of reinforcements are coming to the west, and our Liaoyang City is saved!"
Hearing the shouting here, Jirgalang couldn't believe his ears.
He quickly left his post and rushed to the city wall in front of the West. Sure enough, in the west, a large number of reinforcements really rolled in. It seemed as if there was a black line, which began to be very thin and light, and gradually became thicker and thicker. In the end, the black line was like magic, changing into countless soldiers and flags, with swords and guns dazzling, war horses neighing, howling and shouting, rushing towards his own direction.
In the rolling heat wave, these rushing troops took distorted and weird shapes, looking very unreal, as if they were dreamy.
Jirgalang raised the Qianli Mile Mile and observed carefully, and a surprise smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Because, he saw clearly that the reinforcements coming were actually the soldiers of the Duoduo army. Unexpectedly, they withdrew from Jinzhou and did not return to Shengjing, but came straight to support Liaoyang. This time, the strength of Liaoyang's defenders was greatly enhanced.
Jiergalang suddenly became excited as if he was injected with chicken blood. He shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order! Reinforcements have arrived, and our army should cooperate with them inside and outside to defeat the Tang army that was siegeing the city in one fell swoop!"
"Yeah!"
Chapter completed!