Chapter 70 White Horse Mountain City Blocking Battle
Cloud ladders and hook ladders were put up on the city wall. Under the continued suppression and cover of the archers, Jianlu waved their weapons and began to climb the city to attack.
The wooden cannons did not need to be loaded and were thrown directly as rolling logs; smoke-emitting mines were also smashed from the city, as well as large and small stones.
Landmines do not yet have time-delay fuses, and firecrackers are used to control the time. The short ones are only one or two seconds, and the long ones are only five or six seconds.
Boom! As soon as a landmine landed on the top of the city, it exploded in the air, shooting out dazzling fire and shooting out death fragments.
Several Jianlu who were on the ladder were overturned and fell several meters high, making them unable to get up for a while.
Some landmines fell on the ground and exploded with a loud bang, black smoke rising, and debris flying everywhere, knocking down Jianlu and injuring him.
"Boom!" There was a sudden explosion underneath the city wall, and a seemingly repaired area suddenly burst from the inside. The rubble was shot out in all directions by the explosion of internal mines, like being shot from the barrel of a cannon.
Immediately afterwards, the same scene appeared on each city wall, some at the bottom and some in the middle. The city wall seemed to come alive, with gravel shooting out from the broken body, severely hitting those who dared to offend it.
enemy.
This was Guo Dajing's suggestion again, to lay mines on the broken city wall, fill it with gravel, and let the defenders in the city control it.
Like directional mines and artillery pieces, hundreds of rubbles dealt a heavy blow to the siege builders.
Under the city and on the ladders, countless captives were injured and killed by gravel. They fell off the ladders and screamed and wailed even above the constant explosions.
The Jianlu who climbed up the city were besieged and killed by the defenders. There were far more defenders in the city than they saw. The Dongjiang Army was lying in wait with guns and knives in hand for a long time.
Under the city, corpses and wounded people were lying scattered everywhere. The rolling logs and stones on the city were still being smashed down crazily, and some pine trees were even ignited by pouring oil on them. With a flash of fire, they knocked over the prisoners and led to the ladders.
"Ming Jin!" Nima Chan gave the order with difficulty and angrily.
Shuo Tuo had not sent the order for a long time, so he could only shoulder this responsibility. There were too many surprises in the defense of Baima Mountain City, and he could no longer bear the casualties.
Jianlu retreated in embarrassment, leaving many corpses behind. However, the defenders of Baima Mountain City had no intention of leaving the city to harvest heads, but quickly made preparations to retreat.
The sunset on the horizon has already set halfway, and night is about to fall. It is unlikely that Jianlu will attack at night, and the defenders have no intention of continuing to hold on.
After Guo Dajing infiltrated the Barber, his team returned the same way. When they passed Baima Mountain City, they informed Cui Xiaoyi and Li Weiluan of the matter.
Cui and Li immediately discussed and changed the battle plan. From taking turns to defend the city and trying to hold on for a longer period of time, they changed to giving the attackers a fierce blow with all their strength and retreating to Longgu Mountain City.
Because after the Jianlu siege was frustrated, they would probably send the barbers forward. If even the civilians, servants and coolies had to go forward to fight, wouldn't it mean that Guo Dajing was also put in danger and could easily be accidentally injured?
Moreover, Liu Qishi and others brought back Guo Dajing's method of contacting each other, so there may be opportunities for internal and external cooperation under Longgushan City.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Jianlu's attack on Baima Mountain City suffered a disastrous defeat. The defenders not only had the Dongjiang Army to assist in defense, but also used almost all defensive weapons without reservation.
After this fierce battle, the Korean volunteers and the Dongjiang Army also suffered certain casualties.
The main reason is that Jianlu's archers are very powerful. They can shoot with a walking bow up to a hundred paces, even farther than a musket.
The defenders lacked longer-range weapons, and the weakness of the wooden cannon was also obvious. It was difficult to reach far and near, and the killing distance of thirty steps was still too short.
Although the defenders also prepared a lot of wooden shields and even made some wooden platoons, it would be difficult to avoid increasing casualties if the battle continued for a long time.
Stopping as soon as possible, killing and wounding five to six hundred captives, it was already a pretty good result. At least, the enemies who attacked Longgu Mountain City had already lost a lot of strength.
Cui Xiaoyi led the volunteers and wounded back to Longgu Mountain City, while Li Weiluan led his troops to hide in the mountains and forests, followed Jianlu, and responded to Longgu Mountain City outside.
According to the grain and grass carried by Jianlu, they could only last less than ten days, or even shorter. In addition to the grain and grass escorted by Li Weiluan's troops, the Dongjiang reinforcements would arrive later.
In other words, if nothing goes wrong, there is a chance to gather and annihilate the Jianqi under the Longgu Mountain City. Alternatively, they can attack Longchuan where there are not many troops left, so that the Jianqi have no basis.
As night fell, Baima Mountain City fell into silence after the fierce battle. Only a few pine trees were burning at the top of the city, giving off a dim light.
Jianlu retreated down the mountain and set up camp at the foot of the mountain. It seemed that he was no longer in the mood to continue the attack.
Guo Dajing and other barbers got busy, chopping wood, fetching water, and lighting fires for cooking.
During the daytime battle, Guo Dajing did not move too far forward. He was also afraid of being used as cannon fodder and sent to the city. Such casualties would be unjust.
Now, he had the opportunity to harm Jianlu. For example, he added some poisonous rat poison to the water he brought, but he held back and did not covet the small profits in front of him.
Poisoning a dozen or dozens of Jianlu to death was not worth the loss for Guo Dajing, who had very ambitious plans. If Jianlu could not pursue the case, Guo Dajing would have no choice but to run away first, which might also involve An Zonglu and others.
Guo Dajing did not pay attention to the grain and grass supplies carried by the Jianlu. His first goal was Shuo Tuo, and it would be even more flattering if he could bring disaster to all the Jianlu.
A real person, who works hard and still has a job in his eyes, does not need to yell or give orders. Even Jianlu, who supervises the coolies who shave their heads, has softened his attitude towards Guo Dajing a lot.
Going left and right, delivering firewood and water, Guo Dajing became familiar with the guards in front of Jianlu Camp.
It's good. Helping others is the basis of happiness! Guo Dajing secretly remembered the layout of the camp in his heart, especially the big tent, how many people were guarding, where they were, the patrol time of the patrol team in the camp, etc.
Hard work pays off. Guo Dajing was not preparing for this attack. There will be similar actions in the future. These are all laying the foundation and accumulating experience.
He has learned a lot of Korean. From the time he came into contact with the Korean volunteers, Guo Dajing studied hard and asked for advice humbly. With Liu Qishi's influence, his Manchu language progressed even faster.
After going in and out of the Jianlu camp several times, Guo Dajing felt that he had almost found a loophole or flaw in it.
I don’t know whether it’s because they underestimated the enemy or because they trusted the guards. The security inside the Jianlu camp was relatively lax, and it was of the type of being strict on the outside and loose on the inside.
If you disguise yourself as a Jianlu and operate in the camp, you should be somewhat confident.
Guo Dajing still did not act rashly. Now is not the time to reach the foot of Longgu Mountain City and give Jianlu a fatal blow.