After the city received the order, the trebuchets were immediately replaced by boulders and began to bombard the river. Soon the ice on the river began to break open in a large area. Those refugees who had escaped the random arrows lost their luck and fell into the glacier one after another, and began to panic and shout for help. However, at this time, both the enemy and ourselves are struggling to survive on the edge of a knife. It is difficult to save your own life. Who will save you...
However, as the number of rebels increased, the attack line became longer and longer, and the defense of the officers and soldiers was somewhat overwhelmed. After all, some cannon fodder took advantage of the situation and tore several passages on the ice. The rebels behind them followed the passages and directly crossed to the other side. The attack became a close-quarters fight.
But how could the officers and soldiers allow the rebels to continuously transport troops along those passages as they wished, and directly use trebuchets to smash through the ice and cut off the passages. .
Pity the bandits who had just set foot on the other side. Since they had no backup, they fell into isolation and were quickly beaten and chopped into pieces.
The bombardment of boulders and too many people gathering on the river made the ice unbearable and began to collapse on a large scale. In the blink of an eye, the ice was gone, and a glacier of waves separated us again.
There were countless casualties, and only a brief kiss was exchanged. This made the intruder angry and angry, but he would never give up!
There was not even a moment of pause, and the attack continued. The bandits rushed towards the moat desperately. Under the cover of the archers and trebuchets at the rear, they jumped into the glacier and forcibly crossed the river.
I saw these thieves jumping into the glacier and swimming towards the other side as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Some jumped onto the broken ice, and some hugged the giant trees...
Even... some rowing boats!
It seems that the intruders have been well prepared in the past few days. When he saw the rebels behind him rushing to the river with dozens of boats, to be honest, Chang Yu was a little confused!
"You see, the intruders are so determined to break the city this time. It's a fight to the death!" Chang Yu snorted coldly.
Zhou Yuji and others beside him were shocked.
Boom boom boom...the sound of artillery suddenly shook loudly.
Chang Yu's eyes narrowed. The rebels also used artillery, but the target was at the defenders beside the moat, not at the top of the city. The range should be out of range at this time, otherwise they would have fired directly at the city tower.
Damn it, think of my artillery as a vegetarian!
The rebels used artillery to bombard the other side, trying to suppress the officers and soldiers and cover the rebels' crossing of the river.
Naturally, Chang Yu couldn't do what he wanted and immediately ordered the city's cannon to fire!
The trebuchet's range was insufficient, but the artillery could reach as far as ten miles. At this time, the rebel camp on the other side of the moat was only five miles away from the city, and it was within full shooting range.
The eight cannons on the city roared, and the rebel camp outside the moat immediately turned into hell!
"Can you blow up the rebel artillery?" Chang Yu felt angry in his heart when he saw that the officers and soldiers' positions were also smashed to pieces by the rebel artillery.
"Sir, the range is out of range!" Cannon Fodder shouted loudly.
"How cunning!" Chang Yu cursed bitterly.
It had been almost half an hour since the rebel army launched an attack from both wings, and finally a breakthrough was opened. News came from Zhenwu Gate in Xicheng that a small group of rebel troops had crossed the river and were engaging the officers and soldiers in close combat.
Unexpectedly, but within reason, a trench outside the West City could only be used as a show. The rebels naturally placed some cannon fodder there, but the officers and soldiers had no heavy weapons to suppress the formation at Zhenwu Gate.
After all, the south gate is the main attack point of the thieves, and Chang Yu has mobilized all heavy weapons here.
Zhenwumen was guarded by Zhu Kongxun, a subordinate of Zhou Yuji, with more than 10,000 troops, which was equivalent to the bandit army.
If the bandit bureau crosses the river with a small group of people, they should not be able to take advantage of it, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
After Chang Yu thought about it quickly, he turned his attention to the south gate city again, but suddenly found that the situation here was no longer optimistic.
Many groups of thieves have landed!
After all, it was just a moat that was more than ten meters wide. After all, there were archers, trebuchets, and artillery from the rebel army behind it.
Just imagine, when our army crossed the Yangtze River, how many artillery and machine guns were deployed by the opponent on the bank of the Yangtze River, and they still rushed over under the suppression of such modern weapons.
But now they were faced with only bows, arrows, trebuchets, and artillery that could only be fired once every half a day, but tens of thousands of bandits still rushed over.
In the blink of an eye, as more and more thieves landed, the moat fell into a close-quarters fight!
Sure enough, it only lasted half an hour! Chang Yu smiled bitterly and immediately ordered the trebuchets and artillery under the city to withdraw into the city!
"Cut down the drawbridge!"
Seeing more and more bandits landing, the entire river was full of bandits crossing the river, and the fighting on the bank had also entered a fever pitch. Chang Yu handed over the command to Zhou Yuji, and then hurried down to the city: "Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong, Tie Zhu, get out of the city!"
The three hundred elite Jinwu Guards and the Gongzi Camp had already gathered at the city gate and were waiting. After seeing Chang Yu coming to the city, they immediately obeyed the order and left the city.
The crane collapsed suddenly and crashed into the water, hitting many rebels crossing the river. At this time, Chang Yu had already led his men to take the lead and swung his sword to kill them.
Chang Yu led nearly a thousand cavalry to the bank of the moat and slashed with his sword. He was wearing heavy armor and had superior force. He was also a cavalryman. The thieves who had just come ashore were no match for them. They were chopped down like melons!
They fought back and forth along the moat. No one could stop them wherever they went, and their momentum was unparalleled. Niu Yong and other generals on the city watched and praised repeatedly: "The factory man is braver than the three armies!"
Even Zhou Yuji nodded slightly: "To be honest, I was not as good as him back then!"
As the saying goes, anything beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Chang Yu led his men into the bandit army. Wherever they went, the bandit army was unstoppable, which naturally attracted the attention of the other side.
As a result, artillery and trebuchets came to greet him!
"Sir, it's dangerous, stay back!" Seeing that they were too close to the moat and rocks were falling from the air, Tie Zhu and others advised them one after another.
However, Chang Yu was already red-blooded at this time. Seeing the bandits landing one after another, he took care of others and chopped with a knife. At the same time, he shouted angrily: "Others are not afraid, but you are even more afraid!"
No, the factory owner was too close to the river and was being targeted by the thieves. When Zhou Yuji found out about it, he immediately asked the artillery to point the muzzle at the thieves' trebuchet...
There is always a price to pay for being willful, and even Chang Yu is not immune to this.
He was so popular and his men were so powerful. Even though there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers fighting with the thieves on the banks of the moat, his troops were extremely eye-catching and eventually became the key target of the thieves.
Several huge rocks were smashed into the camp one after another, causing casualties to both Jinwu Guard and Gongziying. Chang Yu was angry and angry. Looking at the trebuchets on the other side, he felt angry and waved his knife: "Thieves, I swear to kill you all." .
"Sir, be careful." At this moment, a guard next to him jumped up and knocked Chang Yu off his horse. Then he screamed and a huge boulder hit the guard, who lay on the ground together with Chang Yu's horse and howled.
The rest of the people were shocked and dismounted one after another to save Chang Yu.
Chang Yu rolled over on the ground, looked back at the guard, hurriedly ran over and hugged him: "Brother, hold on!"
"Mr. Factory, I, I can't survive. It's worth it to have you call me brother before I die!" After saying that, he closed his eyes and passed away!
"Brother!" Chang Yu hugged the eunuch tightly, his eyes widened angrily, and veins popped out on his hands: "If I don't avenge this, I swear I won't be a human being."
After saying that, he got on his horse, but with the simple knife handed over by Tu Yuan, he struck towards the river again: "Those thieves of grass and mud horses..."
Chang Yu is crazy, and so are his subordinates!
Zhou Yuji, who had been paying attention to Chang Yu in the city, also got red-eyed and kept shouting: "Kill, kill, kill me hard!"
"General" at this moment, a messenger hurriedly came to report: "Most of the Ximen bandit army has crossed the river..."
Having arrived so quickly, Zhou Yuji calmed down for a moment and glanced at the city with heavy breaths.
Li Zicheng finally achieved results using the human sea tactic. Nearly 100,000 troops attacked the South Gate. At this time, it was estimated that nearly half a man had crossed the river, and the officers and soldiers were fighting.
Although the officers and soldiers had the advantage at this time, their strength was inferior to that of the bandit army. You must know that Taiyuan's total military strength was only eighty or ninety thousand, excluding the east and west cities, thirty thousand were removed, and more than a thousand were left on guard at the north gate. There are still thousands of conventional mobile troops left, and the city is fully equipped with 50,000 troops.
If we wait for all the rebels to cross the river, they will not be able to hold on for long.
Since it was a foregone conclusion that the rebel army would cross the river, there was no need to engage in a fierce battle with him to waste his troops. Zhou Yuji immediately paid the money and retreated his troops according to the previous plan!
Chang Yu, who was furious, had to call his subordinates several times before he realized that he was withdrawing his troops. Although he was unwilling to do so, he had to order the retreat.
Until he got to the city, the murderous intent in his eyes was still overwhelming, making people dare not look at him.
After a fierce battle, countless corpses were left in the river beside the moat. All the officers and soldiers had retreated into the city, while the rebels were resting by the river. Most of them were soaked to the skin. In such a cold weather, if they didn't light a fire to dry out quickly, they would soon Will become the Iceman.
And even though they crossed the river, they didn't dare to take a step forward. After all, the officers and soldiers had closed the city gate and were condescending, and their siege equipment was still on the other side of the river. Now if they approached the city wall to look for trouble, they would only be beaten!
The officers and soldiers who retreated into the city immediately began to rest and recuperate. Those who were seriously injured were sent directly to the military camp. Those who were slightly injured could not leave the firing line and went straight to their posts in the city.
The rebels below the city were not idle either. While responding to the rebels crossing the river, they began to repair the suspension bridge, otherwise the siege equipment would not be able to pass through.
However, once a huge thing like a suspension bridge is cut off, repairing it can't be done in a short time.
As soon as possible, we will attack tomorrow morning!
Chang Yu knew that it was cold at this time, and the river would freeze overnight, but it would turn into Yangguan Avenue. The rebels could come and go freely, and general luggage could also be brought over the ice, except for the artillery weighing several tons. .
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