Chapter 70 Train

Guan Shengyun and others were all staring at the battlefield. Gao Tengdou's facial muscles twitched unconsciously a few times, and he looked at Luo Yonghao. Seeing that the latter nodded slightly, he issued a new order to the messenger.

A long horn sounded, and the auxiliary officers commanding the attack under the city looked back at the general station. The established simple orders can be preset through whistles, bangs, golden drums, etc.; the generals can temporarily issue complex orders according to changes in battlefield conditions.

The order must be conveyed through the flag (if it is too complex to be conveyed by the flag, the soldiers must rush into the battlefield to issue the order). The bugle is a signal to notify the frontline officers to look back at the flag for the order.

First, a yellow flag was raised high on the observation deck, and a horn sounded in front of the formation, indicating that the commander's order had been received. Then, a red flag on the observation deck waved, and a moment later, another horn sounded in front of the formation...

The first to receive the order was the auxiliary team hiding behind a large shield near the city gate. Yellow belongs to earth and represents the center among the five directions. In a siege, it naturally refers to the city gate located in the center of the battlefield; while red belongs to fire, which means

It couldn't be clearer: Fire attacks the city gates!

Under the command of the officer, the auxiliary soldiers rushed out in twos and threes with shields, dragged the casualties and car wreckage to the side, and cleared a road in front of the city gate. Although everyone knew in their hearts that the millstone hanging above their heads would only

Waiting for the next crash car to come, it will fall again, disdainful of talents like myself. However, with such a fatal big guy hanging above his head, with each brick and large shield smashed down by the defenders,

There was a crashing sound, and everyone was on tenterhooks.

The deceased is dead, just drag the body away from the road, and bury it after the battle. The auxiliary soldiers squatted along the base of the wall, using large shields to cover the wounded with severed hands and feet. Their crying and howling,

And the broken bones that broke out of the body made everyone terrified. Everyone secretly prayed to the gods, Buddhas and ghosts: If you can't escape this disaster, just have a good time. This kind of bad luck must not befall you.

On the body.

There were about ten wounded people alive, two of whom died before sight.

One person had a car crash stick as thick as a cup inserted into his chest. The wooden pillar blocked the wound and blocked his blood vessels. The person was still awake, looking at the wooden pole that was as long as a foot through his chest. He was so shocked that he couldn't feel it for a moment.

He was in pain, and kept muttering: "Help me, I don't want to die." The other one was even worse, with a big hole in his stomach, and a pile of broken intestines hanging outside his body, stained with stains.

It was full of feces, blood, dirt and mucus, and was just dragged on the dirty ground. The person was sobbing softly, one arm was missing, and the intact hand was pulling in vain and feebly, trying to

The intestines are pushed back into the abdominal cavity...

A hellish scene.

Many of the auxiliary soldiers were civilians captured from Yanchang and other places. It was the first time they faced this kind of slaughterhouse of flesh and blood, and some of them started to vomit.

Snapped!

ah!

A large green brick weighing about twenty kilograms fell straight down and hit the edge of the shield. The shield holder was hunched over and retching. The shield he was holding was hit so hard that the tail of the shield jumped upwards and flipped over, knocking the guy over.

He almost did a somersault in the air, and then his right arm was torn out of its socket. He grinned and howled. The bricks and excrement on the top of the city fell one after another following the screams. There were several muffled sounds and a series of tragic sounds.

Phew, the few people who were hiding under the shield and lost their protection were all killed, and two more lives disappeared under the city.

The leader of the auxiliary soldiers of this group huddled under a large shield and stared blankly for a while. Then he looked at the wounded soldiers and then at the pale-faced subordinates around him. He gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly and rushed to the belly-breaker.

He stretched out his left hand to cover his eyes and said harshly: "Brother, please don't suffer any more. I'll send you on your way." Then, the dagger in his right hand swiped across the carotid artery... Then, he turned around and looked at the chest piercer, signaling.

The companion holding the shield beside him protected himself and moved together. With the same words, the cold light of the dagger flashed again... The soft moans that kept piercing the eardrums like needles and piercing into the heart disappeared. The auxiliary soldiers looked at each other and recognized

The helplessness of fate replaced the fear.

After the road was cleared, another crash car received the order and began to push slowly but firmly towards the city gate. The squeaking sound was particularly harsh.

Wang Jian in the city couldn't help but feel a little strange: the tragedy of the car in front was right in front of him, let alone the thieves, even among the officers and soldiers, no commander could train such a good soldier who would not care about death! Besides, with this

Waiting for good soldiers, which loser is willing to send them out to die in vain? Hum, this is the best! Wait for these thugs who dare to fight to be all killed, let’s see what you can do!

Confused by doubts, Wang Jian raised his arm, waiting for the first impact and then swung it down. The grinding stone would be lowered again, and he would continue to harvest another piece of life...

However, it seemed that after a long time, there was no impact sound.

Wang Jian quickly looked down the city and saw the backs of several guys running away from the collision of the car towards the shield walls on both sides...

There is a fraud!

As soon as this thought came to mind, several rockets flew straight towards the crash car from under the shield wall, and the latter quickly burned up.

The thieves actually wanted to attack with fire and burn down the city gate!

In ancient city sieges, seizing the city gates was always the top priority. In order to boost morale, most armies had express provisions: the first to climb the city would be the first to succeed, which is called "first to climb" in military terms.

How big will be the reward for "first to get there"? Although the standards of different dynasties and ministries vary, they are generally higher than those for beheading generals and capturing flags in field battles. They may even be used to jump from cannon fodder to a stand-alone leader because of their extraordinary bravery.

General! For example, Zhou Bo, a famous general in the early Han Dynasty, was named "Zhongjuan" when he participated in the war, which was the cleaner responsible for sweeping. During the battle against Xiayi, "Bo was the first to ascend the city" and was named "Five Doctors" by Liu Bang on the spot.

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Therefore, faced with this opportunity that could change their destiny in one fell swoop, the soldiers attacking the city were willing to risk their lives.

However, whether through towers or ladders, the soldiers who narrowly escaped death and climbed onto the city wall knew that soon a large number of enemy troops would swarm from both sides! If they wanted to survive and receive the reward, they and their companions must fight down the city along the horse path as soon as possible.

Go, kill the city gatekeepers, open the city gate - the large troops file in! Then you will be safe: sit comfortably against the door hole, and wait for the glory and wealth that will fall from the sky after the war!

The city gate is almost the only channel that can realize the rapid delivery of large forces.

Another method is to remove bricks from the wall.

If the city wall is not too high and the defensive force near the city gate tower is too strong (the garrison's personal troops often gather here), the horse path leading to the city gate cannot be broken through for a while, and the soldiers who climb the city will be near the breakthrough.

Form a defensive formation and protect the auxiliary soldiers wielding sledgehammers and iron drills as they smash the wall stacks - after the wall bricks peel off to reveal the rammed earth wall, it is easy to dismantle it. Finally, create a ramp gap in the city wall, and the large army can still force it.

Passed. Compared with fighting all the way to the city to open the door, this method is easier, but of course, the efficiency is much lower.

What's more interesting is that Li Zicheng's first victory in the siege was not awarded to the first person to climb the city, but to the first person to demolish the bricks of the city. Li Chuang was a large-scale mobile operation without a base. He demolished wherever he went. The troops were in chaos.

In an era when the population was declining, a large gap in the wall often couldn't be repaired in a year or a half. Next time, it would be much easier to attack! Every time they visited a city, Li Chuang and Zhang Xianzhong would force the people to tear down the city wall before leaving.

Yes, this is the only way for them to travel back and forth to Huguang, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places as if they were in an uninhabited land.

Most of the generals such as Guan Shengyun were from the frontier army, and their style of play was naturally to seize the gate. Therefore, although the appearance was similar, Gao Tengdou arranged several destruction plans for the city gate - this crash car looked different from the front and above despite its appearance.

The big battering ram is just a display, with only the front exposed, and the body is filled with flammable materials: this is a "train"!

The millstone is powerless against this kind of "train": when it is hit, hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of flammable materials are splashed and scattered. The fire will intensify in an instant, and the rope will burn out. When the burn is almost done, you only need to drag the millstone aside.

, another train can still come over and continue burning...

Wang Jian carefully looked at the other crashed cars waiting nearby, trying to determine from the details which of the other cars was a train. However, it was really difficult to tell from this angle. It was not possible to ignite it with a rocket: it was at a depressed angle.

The reason is that feather arrows can only reach the top protected by wet mud. Unless they are shot parallel from below, it will be in vain.

Bed crossbow definitely works!

However, look at the several towers that are watching eagerly close at hand. Although the oil tanks thrown by the defenders ignited small flames in several places, it was just the grease burning outside the protective layer of wet mud. After a while, it would

Extinguished - Wang Jian knew that these giant beasts were waiting for an opportunity. As long as the bed crossbow was launched, the few that were not caught in the fire would rush up. Before the winch could be wound up again, the baffle directly in front of them would fall down.

, each giant beast will suddenly spit out dozens of elite armored soldiers from its mouth, shouting and jumping to the top of the city...

I still need to keep the bed crossbow to maintain deterrence, but I should think of other ways to deal with the immediate priority.

Shaanzhou Prefecture is an important place for military strategists, and the city gate is the core of all city offensive and defensive battles. Therefore, fire attacks against wooden city gates have already been planned.

Seven Star Pond.

The pool directly above the top of the city gate is a reservoir. There are several holes in the bottom, which are blocked by wooden plugs. If the wooden plugs are removed, the water will gush down!

boom!

As the water poured down, the fire suddenly surged!

Wang Jian, who had just put his head out to check, did not expect a sudden burst of flames. He closed his eyes subconsciously, pushed the wall with both hands and jumped back, falling heavily on his back to the ground. Although he was observing from the side, Wang Jian still

I felt that half of my face was burning. When I reached out and touched it, my beard was burnt a lot.

There is a record in "Wu Jing Zong Yao": "The train has two wheels, with a furnace in the car, a wok (pronounced 'or', a large pot) on top, filled with oil, and a blazing charcoal fire.

Meaning) Order it to boil, but still order four areas of firewood to be pushed to the bottom of the city gate, and set on fire. The enemy will pour water to fertilize it, and the oil will get the water, and the flames will become higher, and the building can be burned (pronounced 'fan', meaning burnt).

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Of course Gao Tengdou, who is illiterate, has never read "The Military Classics".

but……
Chapter completed!