The wars in recent years have basically been fought between the Liangzhou Army and the Shu Army.
Even the Bingzhou cavalry and the Youzhou cavalry were dispatched much less frequently.
At this moment, Li Chengqian's order had just been issued, and the entire Liangzhou Army began to operate like a huge war machine.
The soldiers of the 1,500 artillery battalion, plus 1,500 crossbowmen, took the lead in following Han Qilue to lay out the battle formation and march out of the camp towards Mianzhou City.
Three thousand light-armored swordsmen and shieldmen followed closely behind, following Han Qilue out of the camp.
Back and forth, six thousand people and horses drove toward Mianzhou City in a mighty manner.
In Mianzhou City, there are currently more than 10,000 defenders.
However, among the more than 10,000 people, 3,000 were new soldiers, and the rest were the old, weak, sick and disabled with low combat effectiveness.
As mentioned before, the Shu army claims to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but in fact only 80,000 can fight.
And this is why Li Chengqian dared to lead a Liangzhou army deep into Shu.
You don’t have any soldiers, so why should I be afraid of you?
At this moment, these people were filled with fear when facing the mighty Liangzhou Army.
Even the city guard general Xiao Jiucheng was extremely flustered.
He really didn't have the confidence to defend Mianzhou, but he didn't dare to surrender or retreat without authorization.
After all, his relatives and family members are all in Yizhou City.
If he takes people away or loses Mianzhou City, then none of his relatives, young and old, will survive.
Therefore, when facing the menacing Liangzhou Army, this guy also burst out with fierce energy.
He shouted directly at the soldiers beside him: "Under our feet is the land of Shu, and it is the territory of our Shu people."
"Now, these Liangzhou dogs want to drive us out of our hometown."
"So, we must not take a step back."
"Even if the city is destroyed and people are killed, we have to let the Liangzhou dogs see how powerful our Shu people are."
"Brothers, we will fight them today!"
His words indeed had a lot of effects.
Many soldiers followed him and raised their arms and shouted: "Kill the Liangzhou dogs! Kill the Liangzhou dogs!"
The loud shouting could be clearly heard by the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army below.
When hearing these words, the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army, instead of being angry, all laughed.
Liangzhou dog? Want to kill Liangzhou dogs?
Do you have that ability?
Han Qilue also laughed.
He looked back at the soldiers behind him and said, "Can you hear what these people shouted?"
"They said we are dogs and they want to kill us."
"What do you think we should do?"
"Should we treat them to cannon hammers?"
After saying this, Han Qilue didn't wait for the soldiers to reply, and said directly: "Aim at the city wall and fire hard. If the city wall cannot be blown down today within half an hour, I will kill you." Hang it naked on the wall of Mianzhou City, and let the sergeants and soldiers look at it like monkeys!"
After hearing this, how could these soldiers dare to hesitate?
Moreover, how could they hesitate?
This sound of being scolded by the Liangzhou dog is very satisfying, right?
Damn it, you really have never been beaten by people from Liangzhou.
These artillerymen were all holding their breath and ignited the gunpowder lines on the muzzles at the same time.
In an instant, a loud rumbling sound exploded in the Liangzhou Army's formation.
Then, just watch the cannonballs flying towards Mianzhou City like raindrops.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Three rounds of artillery shells fell together, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose up from the wall of Mianzhou City.
As I said before, in the age of firearms, city defense was equivalent to useless, or even worse than useless.
After all, under the cover of artillery fire, only by dispersing can the number of casualties be minimized.
But city defense is about bringing people together.
In this way, under the fire, how can the eggs be completed?
Even if Xiao Jiucheng reacted very quickly and allowed a group of people to get off the city wall first, many soldiers would die tragically under the gunfire.
This round of shells really woke up many people.
What they faced was the most elite Liangzhou Army of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Liangzhou was poor, the Liangzhou Army was the richest army in the Tang Dynasty because of Li Chengqian.
Their armor is all custom-made, their weapons are individually designed, and their cannonballs are unlimited.
It can be said that Datang's ordnance battalion will make as many shells for them as they want.
After all, the person in charge of the Ordnance Camp of the Tang Dynasty was someone promoted by Li Chengqian, and the Ordnance Camp was just like the backyard of Li Chengqian's own home.
How could he mistreat the Liangzhou Army who had been following him in bloody battles?
When attacking the city, Li Chengqian never skimped on anything.
Naturally, he would not let his soldiers fight with their lives just to save artillery shells.
He has only one tactic.
Shoot out as many shells as you can, no need to save.
Even if all the shells are used up, someone will soon send them to them.
Under such a premise, for a while the city wall of Mianzhou City felt as if it had been hit by a general iron rain.
The city fortifications were destroyed almost instantly, even the gate tower was blown down, and there were gaps in the city wall in several places.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Jiucheng also panicked.
At the moment, he could only order the civilian men to carry out repairs and offensive operations under the enemy's artillery fire.
After all, the Liangzhou Army is more famous for their close combat than their firearms.
If the Liangzhou Army were to attack, they would really have no power to fight back.
However, those civilian husbands are also human beings, and they can also be afraid.
How dare they go up in the face of enemy fire?
There was no way, Xiao Jiucheng was also driven into panic, and he immediately drew his saber and hacked to death and injured three or four people.
He yelled: "If you don't obey orders, this is what will happen!"
When I heard this, I looked at him looking like he wanted to eat people.
How dare those civilians hesitate?
They could only rush up to the city wall with wood and stones on their backs, and carry out emergency repairs under the gunfire of the Liangzhou Army.
But what's the use?
When Li Chengqian was stationed in Runzhou City, the rebels only managed to get out a mere thirty artillery pieces, and they destroyed Runzhou City with holes.
And now, Li Chengqian has more than thirty artillery pieces?
I'm afraid even three hundred doors can't stop it.
All that could be seen was that on the Liangzhou Army's artillery position, a series of dark muzzles were continuously spraying out deadly fire snakes.
Under the bombardment of artillery fire one after another, the city defense of Mianzhou City could no longer withstand it.
A huge crack was blown out of the west wall, and the crack got bigger and bigger, and finally collapsed.
Seeing this scene, Han Qilue did not hesitate.
He immediately ordered the artillery to stop firing, and then went into battle himself with a knife and said: "Brothers, our opportunity to make a meritorious service has come."
"Whoever follows me to Mianzhou City first will be rewarded heavily!"
After saying this, he didn't care what other people's reactions were, and he took the lead in rushing towards the damaged city wall with his sword.
And the 1,500 crossbowmen who had been ready for a long time also hurriedly followed.
As they walked, these crossbowmen fired arrows into the city.
At this time, there is no need to aim at all. All they need to do is use their own arrows to suppress the opponent's.
Only in this way can we buy them the most time...
