Ji Gang, Geng Wei and others stood at the front of the team wearing armor, swords hanging on their waists, and long bows and arrow pots behind their backs.
Xue Lu didn't wear armor. Even though Yuan Yue had said it several times, he didn't plan to wear it. What he was going to fight now was a siege battle, which required agility and speed. Wearing dozens of kilograms of armor would definitely slow down his speed. .
Yuan Yue held a telescope and stared at Polei Pass in the distance, and said seriously: "Po Lei Pass is not too high or dangerous. It is just an outpost of Annan with more than a thousand troops. Our real opponent is at Ailiuguan. , Therefore, we must capture Po Lei Pass in the shortest possible time, go straight for fifteen miles, and attack Ailiu Pass!"
Xue Lu asked for an order: "Give me a thousand people, and I will be able to open the barrier gate!"
Yuan Yue smiled and said to Xue Lu: "Okay, let's do it."
Xue Lu laughed loudly and immediately mobilized a thousand people to rush to Polei Pass.
The guard general of Po Lei Pass heard the movement and hurriedly sounded the gong to warn. A large number of sergeants boarded the pass, holding either strong bows or fire blunderbuss, aiming at the attacking Ming army.
Xue Lu rushed to the front, followed by Ji Gang, Geng Wei and others. Everyone was holding a thick and strange shield. The outside of the shield was iron sheet, and inside was cowhide transported from the north. Under the cowhide was a layer of Refers to thick hardwood, and underneath the hardwood is iron.
This kind of shield is an "invention" created by Yuan Yue, Xue Lu, Ji Gang and others. It is called "push shield". Although it is simple in workmanship, it is extremely practical. It is specially designed for the Annan army equipped with fire blunderbuss. of.
When Xue Lu led his men a hundred steps closer to the city pass, the Annan army at Polei Pass began to launch an attack. Fire blunderbuss and arrow rain began to cover them.
The power of the push shield begins to show. This kind of shield area is large enough. You can squat down to protect the front. If you hold it on your head, it is enough to protect two people. If you form a dense push shield formation, no matter how many arrows or fire blunderbusses are blocked on the slope, , it is impossible to break through the defense of the push shield.
When Xue Lu and others approached the city gate fifty steps, the people at the city gate panicked. Before they could prepare big stones and wood, the Ming army's arrow rain arrived. There were screams, and some sergeants fell directly from the city gate. .
After two rounds of arrow rain, the entire Po Lei Pass seemed to have become a hedgehog. Because the height of the city gate was only more than ten feet, there was no need for any ladders at all. The iron grabs and hooks around the waist were thrown up to the city gate.
Just as Sergeant Annan was about to cut it off, he heard a banging sound below the city. Fifty people from the Shenji Battalion were responsible for sniping and killing anyone who showed up. Because the fire cannons at this time used shotguns, in order to ensure that their own people were not accidentally injured, the fire cannons of the Shenji Camp were very close to the city gate. When their own people boarded the city, the fire cannons were useless.
Their role is just to buy time, so that the other party does not dare to take the lead, and does not affect the climb to the city.
Xue Lu was worthy of being the top martial artist. With a sword in his mouth, he went up to the city gate. Before Sergeant Annan came to kill him, he shouted: "Xue Lu is here in the Ming Dynasty. Who dares to fight with me!"
The thunderous sound is terrifying.
When the Annan defenders saw more and more Ming troops coming to kill them, and the city gate had been lost, they immediately made what seemed to be the right choice:
Abandon the pass!
At this time, the opponent still has more than 800 people, who can definitely fight with the Ming army. Unfortunately, they have lost the courage to fight. Xue Lu was a little dissatisfied, and Ji Gang was also dissatisfied. He didn't even kill a few people with his own hands, and he ran away?
When Yuan Yue saw that Polei Pass had been lowered, he ordered Huang Gui to notify Zhang Fu, and then personally led the troops through Polei Pass, rearranged the troops, and issued an order for the entire army to march urgently.
Before that, the scouts had already moved forward, climbing mountains and ridges, carefully staring at the cliffs on both sides of the road with telescopes, and making sure there was no ambush, they would report at intervals.
After all, the mountain road is narrow, and it would be tragic if someone threw a stone on the mountain.
Fortunately, the mountains along the way were undulating and not suitable for ambushing the army. Yuan Yue led more than 10,000 people to arrive outside Ailiuguan.
The person guarding Ailiu Pass is Hu Jiyao's confidant general Li Weidu, who can be said to be a member of Hu Jiyao's clan. This man is loyal and brave, and was entrusted by Hu Jiyao with the important task of guarding Ailiu Pass and protecting Annan's first territory. A line of defense and the gateway to the north!
Yuan Yue and others know very well that Polei Pass is just a piece of cake, the real challenge and test is here!
Li Weidu saw the Ming army coming, but he didn't panic. He stood on the city wall and looked at the Ming army leisurely. Ailiu Pass was high, and there were pits below. Once a person fell into it, he would fall into it. Will be stabbed to death by bamboo.
It is not that easy to capture Ailiuguan, not to mention that he still has 20,000 troops in his hands.
According to Li Weidu's opinion, the Ming Dynasty came all the way and had just conquered the Po Lei Pass. They chased and killed hundreds of remaining soldiers and ran for more than ten miles. No matter what, they had to take a breath or sleep before fighting again tomorrow. , but who knew that the Ming army would not send troops according to the routine.
Just as Li Weidu was knocking on the city wall bricks and preparing to watch the show, he saw a small number of Ming troops running over, two hundred steps away from the city, holding big black pipes in their hands, and then placed those black things on the ground. , seems to be still supporting and gesticulating something.
"General, do you need to fire the divine machine cannon?"
Lieutenant General Ruan Liang asked Li Weidu.
Li Weidu shook his head, pointed to the distance and said: "The number of sergeants they came to the front is only about a hundred. Isn't it a waste to fire the divine machine cannon now? Use it when their army comes up, killing dozens at a time." Aren’t people better?”
Ruan Liang nodded repeatedly.
Li Weidu squinted his eyes and looked at the Ming army further away. They seemed to be waiting for something.
What can we wait for?
Wait a minute, Ailiu Pass is also Ailiu Pass. If you want to come up, you must fight over it, but the road is blocked!
"Well, what are they doing?"
Li Weidu felt a little uneasy and stared at two hundred steps away. They seemed to be lighting a fire. Why were they lighting the fire at the black stick?
Boom boom boom!
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was put into war for the first time, with one hundred Tiger Crouching Cannons at a time.
Yuan Yue knew that the pass was difficult to attack. Although it could be conquered by hard attack, the losses would be considerable. For this reason, he simply asked Zhang Fu for a hundred tiger squatting cannons. Yuan Yue had tested this thing and it worked well. Used a lot.
The range of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is not very far, usually only two or three hundred steps, but it is very powerful. In addition, the Crouching Tiger Cannon uses gunpowder shells instead of solid bullets. Although its power is not as powerful as the new divine machine cannon. So brave, but not to be underestimated.
Li Weidu looked at the iron lumps flying up into the sky and flying down. He suddenly panicked and shouted in horror: "No, hide quickly, hide!"
That's too late!
Without even thinking about it, Li Wei directly pulled Ruan Liang over. After a loud noise, Li Wei saw the tower fly away. Countless broken pieces of wood rose into the air, and the remaining parts exuded a burning aura. , there was a pungent smell of gunpowder around him, and Ruan Liang, who was standing in front of him, could no longer stand and fell to the ground.
The armor on his chest was torn open, and a piece of iron was inserted into his heart.
"What kind of weapon is this?"
Li Wei couldn't believe that there were such lethal weapons in this world, and the soldiers around him were dying and being injured. Li Weidu looked to the side helplessly. A sergeant was blown up from the city wall and fell to the bottom of the city. A sergeant's arm was torn open and his whole body was screaming and rolling.
The originally peaceful Ailiuguan has now become a hell on earth!
"God machine cannon, fire gunner!"
After a brief period of numbness and fear, Li Weidu immediately thought of counterattack.
A sergeant climbed behind the divine machine cannon and lit the fuse. Before the fuse burned to the end, a gunpowder bomb fell down and exploded beside the divine machine cannon. It blew the divine machine cannon aside and a dull sound came out. A burst of black smoke came out of the divine machine cannon, and the barrel was exploded.
This is an accidental explosion...
The sergeant just now was sent to the Palace of Hell by the blowback from the divine machine cannon.
The fire cannons here began to fight back. The fire cannons here were obviously more advanced than the fire cannons of the Polei Pass defenders. Unfortunately, Annan's fire cannons still did not have granular gunpowder. Although the range was considerable, the lethality was insufficient. In the protection of the push shield, Next, the Tiger Crouching Cannon completed its third round of firing, and then the sergeant retreated with the hot Tiger Crouching Cannon...
"kill!"
Yuan Yue issued a military order.
The Crouching Tiger Cannon may be able to kill a large number of enemies and give them a fatal blow, but fundamentally speaking, it cannot break through the city gate. If you want to capture the city gate, you must climb the city and fight.
Li Weidu saw the Ming army coming like a tide, and quickly called for the sergeants to fight back. However, the originally dense sergeants on the city wall had become extremely sparse at this time, and the defense line was completely torn down. The sergeants in the city were also beaten into the city. The gunpowder bombs caused heavy damage, and they were panicked. For a while, they couldn't get up to the city wall at all.
It’s over!
Li Weidu looked in pain and looked at the strange shields held by the Ming army. The shields were connected to form a huge shield, which directly covered the pits and ditches that the Annan army had worked so hard to set up.
Not only that, the Ming sergeant actually carried a strange piece of wood on his back, and placed it under the city gate. The wood clicked, and then "grew taller", and ladders appeared under the city gate.
"What exactly is going on?"
Li Wei couldn't believe it.
The Ming army is not as vulnerable as Hu Jisao said, and it does not seem to have no fighting power. They have extremely powerful firearms and siege weapons. These people are tigers and beasts!
"kill!"
Li Weidu led the remaining defenders and wanted to push down the Ming army's city ladder from the crenel, but it had just emerged, and there were either arrows or fire blunderbuss underneath. By the time these stopped, everyone had already climbed halfway up.
"Die!"
Li Weidu lifted up a large piece of wood and threw it down. The rolling wood hit the Ming army and the Ming army fell down. Fortunately, the pit and ditch were covered, otherwise they would have been penetrated by the bamboo.
Even so, many people fell from a height and broke their necks, fell to the back of their heads, and were hit by wood or rocks to death.
Xue Lu watched the sergeant rush several times but failed to go up. He immediately pulled one of them off and climbed up the ladder. As soon as he reached the crenel, he saw a man stabbing him with a spear. Sergeant Annan was taken to the crenel. Xue Lu took the long knife from his mouth and slashed it down, causing the head to roll down.
After climbing up the city wall, Xue Lu looked intently and saw Ji Gang standing not far away. Hehehe looked at Xue Lu: "I was the first one to climb the city!"
Xue Lu spit, and immediately swung his sword to kill the remaining enemy troops.
Geng Wei, Lin Zhaoxue and others also took the lead and attacked the city gate!
Li Wei almost wanted to cry. Ailiuguan, which was originally said to be able to resist the Ming army for three years, was attacked in less than an hour!
"Surrender or die?"
Xue Lu and others besieged Liweidu, and soldiers continued to climb the city wall to consolidate their positions.
Li Weidu looked at the mighty Ming army, looked back at the soldiers in the city who had abandoned their armor, and his heart completely died.
"I surrender."
Li Wei all knelt down.
Yuan Yue looked at the open city gate of Ailiuguan, his eyes full of confidence, and said to Pan Cheng and Huang Gui on the side: "Look, this is the power of firearms. In the future, firearms will dominate the world! In front of it, No fortified city will help!"
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