The last one, and the most awesome one, is to log in first. The so-called "first to the top" does not mean that you are the first to climb to the top of the city, because the first person to climb to the top of the city will definitely not survive. That is not a narrow escape, but a tenth death...
Since you are dead, you still get nothing but a relatively generous pension at most.
The condition for being the first to climb is that you are the first to climb to the top of the city without dying, and you must also fight tooth and nail to build a small position on the top of the city so that your comrades behind you can have a space to climb the city. , and finally won, so you can be considered the first to get there!
From then on, you became famous...
Of course, this also depends on the size of the city and the number of defenders. If you capture only a small county town with empty defenses, low walls, weak defenders, and no strategic importance, then the achievement of getting there first will be It’s not that big. At most, you can be promoted to the third level and be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver...
But if you climb to a city like Wolong Pass first, your contribution will be huge. Duan Fengnian may even directly make it a marquis!
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, let alone a soldier...
Do you know Zhang Juzheng, a famous minister during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty?
His ancestor, Zhang Guanbao, was once just a soldier under Zhu Yuanzhang. Because of his "first ascend", he was directly granted the title of Thousand Households. It was regarded as a smooth career and a rapid rise. From then on, the Zhang family became the Jingzhou clan.
Back then, Lin Yue led his troops to attack Shunfeng City. He was the first to rush to Shunfeng City and kill a dozen Ross soldiers. He was the first to reach the city. Later, he was directly promoted based on his merits. He became the battalion leader, and the battalion he led was called the "Xian Deng Camp" and was the elite among the elite under Lin Yue's command.
Therefore, few soldiers who go into battle and charge are afraid of death, because they almost have the intention of death before the battle, and on the battlefield, especially when charging, there is no time to be afraid of death. Maybe you will die before you are afraid of others. Already...
Since death is inevitable, it is natural to risk one's life. What if one succeeds in getting there first? Therefore, all the Langya soldiers who rushed to the top of the city were like crazy. Some of them were stabbed into bloody sieves with multiple bullets, but they still fought bravely and fought to the death.
"Xiao Chen, if you're not recovering from your injuries back there, why did you come up here?" Li Qiu saw Xiao Chen trotting up without even wearing any armor, and quickly ordered someone to bring him a pair of armor for him to put on.
"Slightly injured, you can't leave the line of fire! The prince and the generals have come to the front line in person. Zhisheng is also here. Can I stay behind?" Xiao Chen asked while putting on his armor, "How is the situation? I came up just now I also saw many injured brothers being carried down."
"The situation is not good." Zhang Heng said in a deep voice, "Duan Fengnian personally supervised the battle, and the opponent's morale was high. In addition, the armored siege vehicle is really powerful. We are discussing how to destroy it, as well as the dozens of catapults. The casualties caused were also great, and the city walls were damaged in many places.”
"Well, in a short while, hundreds of brothers have died under my command. Damn, Duan Fengnian is quite skillful in using the catapult. Those chariot soldiers are also really powerful, and their shooting is really accurate. I just went out for a walk. Son, I almost got hit, what the hell!" Lin Feixiong frowned, eyes widened, looking at the hillside not far away, wishing he could fly over and level the mountain!
"The armored siege vehicle has an iron sheet on the outside, but isn't it also a wooden frame on the inside? Or can they push it? Just burn it with fire." Xiao Chen said.
"I tried it just now, but it didn't work. The outside of the car is covered with iron sheets, so it can't be lit. There's snow underneath, and even a thrown fire bottle can't burn it. There are too many people down there, and even throwing firewood won't work. If I use ash wood to light it, I'm afraid it will burn our city wall to a crisp because we are too close." Zhang Heng said.
"Well, I see that the hillside is only more than 200 steps away. Muskets can't hit it, artillery can't hit it, so can't a strong bow also hit it?" Xiao Chen asked.
"The long bow can barely shoot, and it is the last of the light crossbows. Besides, the wind is too strong, the arrows are fluttering when they are shot, and there is no accuracy at all." Lin Feixiong said.
"You can't believe I can't cure him!" Xiao Chen called a messenger, "Go and find the general of the artillery unit behind me!"
"The artillery is useless." Zhang Heng said, "No matter how accurate the artillery brothers of the Yanyun Army are, they don't dare to shoot here. As for the small slope, it is at an inverted angle and has no impact point."
"You don't dare to hit when you're far away, but you don't dare to hit when you're close? If you can't hit from behind, can't you hit from the front?" Xiao Chen said, "I have a plan, but I don't know if it will work. I'll ask the artillery later. ."
Zhang Heng and others looked at each other, not knowing what the commander's plan was.
After a while, several artillery officers rushed up, led by a young battalion leader. When he saw Xiao Chen, he didn't call him commander, but called him sir. Needless to say, he was a graduate of Yanyun University Hall Military Academy.
"Sir, the artillery battalion commander Zhang Mingyuan is here to listen to the order!" He first gave a military salute to the prince and several generals, and then looked at Xiao Chen and waited for his instructions.
"Mingyuan, aren't you from the navy?" Xiao Chen recognized him, "Why did you end up working under Lin Yue?"
"Sir, it was General Lin Yue who transferred his subordinates here." Zhang Mingyuan did not directly say that he was deceived into coming here. He said that he was asked to come over to exchange combat experience and study sea and land coordination, but he directly detained him. .
The navy was very angry about this, calling Lin Yue a robber and his boy a traitor. The explanation was useless, which made him very embarrassed.
But in the navy, he was just a company leader. When he came under Lin Yue, he was directly promoted to the battalion leader. He relied on him very much and treated him very well, so he was too embarrassed to go back.
"Lin Yue is poaching everywhere, and now people are angry with him, but he won't dig indiscriminately, and those who can be chosen by him must be elites!" Xiao Chen said, "Mingyuan, look at the catapult behind that hillside. Can you think of a way to bombard the position?"
"After firing for several rounds, we couldn't hit. The ballistic trajectory was blocked and they all jumped to the mountain. If we can move the cannon to the top of the mountain, we can hit it." Zhang Ming pointed to a hill several miles away.
"What the hell are you talking about!" Xiao Chen said angrily.
"My subordinate means that we can consider establishing an artillery position on that hilltop. The hilltop is very steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as a thousand people occupy the top of the hill, it will be difficult for the Langya Army to attack it with thousands of troops. In addition, With the artillery support under his command, there will be no problem in holding on." Zhang Mingyuan originally had this idea.
"As long as a strong position is set up there, it can directly threaten Duan Fengnian's camp, and it can also echo the city from a distance, forming a two-sided attack on the enemy's attacking troops. In this way, we can take the initiative. Of course, the premise is We must be able to defend it, we must have a large amount of material reserves, and we must transport artillery..."
