After thinking for a while, An Miaoyi made a difficult decision.
"Transfer Ding Meng and the man named Li Ye to the Coordination Office. Let the Coordination Office resolve this matter... ····》
Qiqige was shocked when she heard this. Although she felt that she could not persuade Ye Mingsheng to stop, she should respond appropriately to the threat from the Luo'an court. After all, the fate of the An family was in his hands. Up.
Now if the matter is handed over to the Coordination Office, wouldn't it be more irritating to the Luo'an court?
What if the Luoan court becomes angry and kills the entire An family?
Thinking of this, Qiqige couldn't help but admonish:
"Madam, should you think about it again, maybe there is a better solution!"
An Miaoyi shook her head and said with a bitter smile:
"Do as I say and leave the matter to the Coordination Office!"
"I am the mistress of Fengwu Army. On such political issues, I must stand firmly on the side of Fengwu Army and Mr. Xiang. I cannot waver in this matter at all!"
[In view of the general environment,
"Besides, the Coordination Office has many options. I believe they will have a better solution to this matter!"
Hearing what An Miaoyi said, Qiqige also nodded and said:
"Madam, I understand! I'll do it right away without further ado!"
After saying that, Qiqige left. After she left, An Miaoyi was silent for a while, and then came to the window and looked in the direction of Luo An.
Although the matter was done resolutely, An Miaoyi was still very entangled and worried. After all, those were her relatives!
But there is no way. At such a critical node, she must make the right choice. Now her only hope is to believe that the Coordination Office will handle the matter properly and ensure the safety of everyone in the An family... ····························
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May 9th, Weiguan
More than 100,000 soldiers from both sides gathered inside and outside the city. Five days ago, the Fengwu Army finally ended its rest and completed its preliminary assembly outside Weiguan City.
The Second Division of Fengwu Army. A total of 75,000 troops of the 9th Division, 10th Division, and 4th Division arrived outside Weiguan City, which means that today the Fengwu Army will officially sound the clarion call to attack Weiguan!
As usual, before the official attack, the Fengwu Army began a round of fierce bombardment. Different from the previous bombardment intended to harass, this time the Fengwu Army's bombardment involved hundreds of heavy artillery, and all used Specially made solid bullets for siege!
Following Yuan Song's order, hundreds of heavy artillery were fired one after another. The cannonballs, which were as heavy as a thousand cannons, hit the Weiguan city wall with the roar of the wind.
Wherever these cannonballs hit, the city bricks shattered and the earthen walls trembled, giving the Imperial Guards guarding the city wall a terrifying feeling of the earth falling apart. In addition, a considerable number of the cannonballs crossed the city wall and hit the Imperial Guards guarding behind the city wall. On the soldiers.
Because they use solid bullets specially used to attack cities, they are definitely not as effective as fragmentation bombs in terms of killing. However, this kind of solid bullet weighing several dozen kilograms will hit a person with the gravity of its falling, and will kill a living person. The appearance of a person's smashed brains bursting out and turning into a puddle of flesh was extremely terrifying, causing great psychological harm to the Forbidden Soldiers... ···········
After a stick of incense, the Weiguan city wall that had survived the first round of bombardment was like a hell on earth. The painful wailing of soldiers with broken limbs and arms was everywhere.
Seeing the expressionless Ma Chongyang, the soldiers at the back immediately carried away the wounded, and the soldiers at the back filled in. As a veteran who has been in the military for half his life, Ma Chongyang is used to this in his life.
In this kind of scene, these will not cause any psychological fluctuations in him!
Although the Luo'an court is doing its best to supply all the needs of Weiguan, the last fortress, because the power of the court has been unprecedentedly weak, even if the court tries its best, logistical support is still very difficult, and it can only guarantee that food will not be Something went wrong.
In terms of medicines, although Wei Guan had some reserves, the quantity of the reserves was not too large, so Ma Chongyang had to announce that medicines would not be given to the seriously wounded, but only to the lightly wounded who were capable of fighting.
Therefore, unless God is willing to take care of the Forbidden Army soldiers who just lost their hands and feet under the shelling of the Fengwu Army, they will most likely end up spending the last part of their lives in painful torture.
At this time, the soldiers of the Fengwu Army also carried ladders, rams, battering rams and other siege equipment. Under the cover of the second wave of bombardment by the Fengwu Army, they launched a charge towards Weiguan... ·····················
Looking at these charging Fengwu Army soldiers, Ma Chongyang felt hot inside. During this time in Weiguan, he was bombed by Fengwu Army artillery every day. Sometimes at night, he dreamed about bombing Fengwu Army, but he suffered from The various conditions are not as good as those of the Fengwu Army, so they can only endure and remain silent.
And now that the Fengwu Army finally launched a charge, he could finally blow the cannonball on the Fengwu Army's head!
Seeing this, Ma Chongyang also immediately arranged for his men to move out the Zhengdong Cannon. Because of the lack of production capacity, the Zhengdong Cannon can be said to be very valuable in the Forbidden Army.
Therefore, in order to protect the Zhengdong Cannon from being blown up by the Fengwu Army's artillery shells, Ma Chongyang ordered the Zhengdong Cannon to be removed from the Weiguan emplacement and placed in the rear.
When the Fengwu Army charged, they took it out to blast the Fengwu Army. Fortunately, the Zhengdong Cannon was not heavy, generally only weighing more than a thousand kilograms. It could still be lifted by a few soldiers!
After struggling for a while, the more than twenty Zhengdong cannons were finally carried to the gun emplacement by the Forbidden Army soldiers. The gunners also began to control the artillery to fire at the charging Fengwu army.
Every time the Zhengdong cannon fired, several or even a dozen people in the Fengwu Army's charging team fell. With a series of long-range weapons such as firearms and crossbows, the charging Fengwu Army also suffered a lot of casualties, but None of this could stop the soldiers of the Fengwu Army from charging.
They chanted slogans of loyalty to the commander, used firearms to fight back at the enemy troops on the city wall, and continued to approach Weiguan with difficulty... ············
At this time, Yuan Song, who was standing on the central watchtower of the Fengwu Army, also noticed the situation on the Weiguan wall. He immediately ordered his men:
"Let the gunner adjust his shooting at Zhu Yuan and knock out as many Zhengdong cannons on the enemy's city wall as possible!"
"yes!"
As Yuan Song issued the order, the gunners of the Fengwu Army also began to look for their prey, and soon the red cannons of the Fengwu Army roared again.
Soon the first Zhengdong cannon was destroyed by the Fengwu Army artillery. At this time, after paying hundreds of casualties, the Fengwu Army soldiers also came to the Weiguan city wall and began to use ladders to climb the city wall and use attacking The city hammer struck the city gate.
The Forbidden Army also used rolling stones, wood, and even Jintang to fight back. At the same time, several Zhengdong cannons were destroyed by Fengwu army artillery.
Seeing the precious Zhengdong cannons being blown up three times in a row, Ma Chongyang immediately twisted his eyebrows into the Chinese character "Sichuan" and asked Cao Hui, the general in charge of the artillery next to him:
"Can our army's Zhengdong artillery hit the Fengwu army's artillery?"
Facing Ma Chongyang's inquiry, Cao Hui couldn't help but look troubled and said:
"I'm telling you, Lord Governor, the Fengwu Army's artillery position is about three miles away from us. Theoretically, our Zhengdong artillery can hit it!"
"However, the accuracy of our army's artillery is not as good as that of the Fengwu Army's artillery, and the gunners lack experience, so the error may be a bit large... "
Listening to his subordinate's explanation, Ma Chongyang's expression undoubtedly turned uglier, but he was not happy.
say something.
After all, first of all, the deficiencies in artillery performance are inherent and cannot be changed by manpower. Secondly, a good gunner is fed with artillery shells one by one, and because of insufficient production capacity and supply, they dare not let the gunners train with live ammunition, so Naturally inexperienced.
In fact, as the coach Ma Chongyang, he himself also knew that their Zhengdong artillery was not as good as the Fengwu Army's artillery in terms of range accuracy, and their gunners were not as experienced as the Fengwu Army's gunners.
But Ma Chongyang still didn't expect this situation. He really didn't expect that the gap between the two sides was so big!
Now Ma Chongyang has to face a dilemma. The first choice is to continue to use the Zhengdong Cannon to resist the Fengwu Army. However, although this can kill the Fengwu Army attacking the city, the Zhengdong Cannon will also be attacked by Fengwu. The concentrated fire of military artillery will cause heavy artillery losses!
The second option is to temporarily withdraw the Zhengdong Artillery. Although this will bear more pressure from the Fengwu Army, it will retain some strength to defend the city in the future.
Faced with these two dilemmas, Ma Chongyang could be said to be very torn in his heart. Now he finally waited until the Fengwu Army soldiers attacked the city. He could use artillery to blow up the Fengwu Army to vent his anger, but this has just begun. Should he withdraw the artillery? ··························
Ma Chongyang felt very aggrieved when he thought of this, but his reason told him that today was the first day of the Fengwu Army's official attack on the city. If all the artillery was fired on the first day, then what would happen next? It is very difficult to stick to it for a long time!
Just when Ma Chongyang was constantly struggling between impulse and reason, another Zhengdong cannon was on the gun emplacement and was hit by the Fengwu Army's artillery and exploded into pieces. Seeing such a scene, Ma Chongyang sighed helplessly. He ordered Cao Hui beside him: "Leave three Zhengdong cannons and withdraw the remaining cannons!"
"yes!"
After receiving Ma Chongyang's order, Cao Hui also acted quickly. As for the Forbidden Army soldiers who were defending the city, they did not understand why Ma Chongyang would give such an order. When the Fengwu Army attacked the city, it was not their duty to do everything possible. Do you want to repel the Fengwu army with all your strength?
Why should these Zhengdong cannons be withdrawn? With these Zhengdong cannons, they can save many lives!
Ma Chongyang saw the incomprehension of his subordinates, but he was also very helpless in his heart.
If the imperial court could provide them with sufficient supplies and provide him with ten Zhengdong cannons every month, he would not do this even if it was seven. He would definitely fight against the Fengwu Army and never give up. However, the imperial court only supplies him with ten cannons every month. Being able to supply three Zhengdong cannons is already the maximum production capacity...
So now that they are all used up, how will we defend the city next?
No matter how big your butt is, how big your pants are, and if your family is not rich, you have to break a cannon into two!
After fighting for more than two hours, the Fengwu Army ended the offensive and retreated. Each side sent some unarmed soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Looking at the Fengwu Army slowly retreating, Ma Chongyang wiped the sweat from his face, but there was no joy in his heart.
Today was only the first time that the Fengwu Army attacked the city and resisted so hard. This also made Ma Chongyang have a question in his mind. If the war continues, can he really hold Wei Pass for the imperial court?
If Ma Chongyang's answer to this question was very positive before today, then after today Ma Chongyang's confidence has been shaken a lot.
The only thing Ma Chongyang was lucky about now was that Shangguan Chief Gong had scraped together 50,000 taels of silver for him a few days ago. If it were the 50,000 taels of silver he had to exchange for a few thousand taels.
But now that he knew the stakes were high, he didn't dare to be greedy for even one tael of silver, so he gave it all to the soldiers below. Although these 50,000 taels of silver could not completely solve the problem of the army's pay, rewards and pensions, it somewhat alleviated it. The dissatisfaction of the soldiers······························
Otherwise, if the offensive is so fierce now and the soldiers below are still full of dissatisfaction and other negative emotions, things will be even more troublesome.
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Because he is also an old man in his sixties. When the Fengwu Army attacked the city just now, Ma Chongyang had been commanding the battle here. Now that the Fengwu Army has stopped attacking the city, Ma Chongyang also felt very tired, so he asked the Deputy Governor Tang Peng cleaned up the mess while he went back to rest.
An hour later, Tang Peng, who had finished cleaning up the mess, returned to his tent. He was silent for a long time and then found a letter from the book.
This letter was written to him by Murong Lun. It contained a lot of things, but in the final analysis Murong Lun mainly asked Tang Peng whether Wei Pass could be defended.
Because I don’t know what impact my answer will have on Murong Lun and even the life and death of the entire Luo’an court... ····
So when faced with Murong Lun's inquiry, Tang Peng thought about it for almost a month, but he still didn't know how to answer Murong Lun!
