The Ming and Yuan soldiers were retreating, and Dakui stood majestically between the two armies holding a cannon.
"Retreat, retreat, the artillery is about to start!" Shouts erupted from the Yuan soldiers. Unfortunately, there were too many people on the city. They were crowded together in a mess, but there was no way they could retreat back to the city immediately.
"Light the fire." Dakui gave the order, and the captain behind him hurriedly squeezed in front of Dakui and lit the fuse of the cannon with the torch in his hand.
The Yuan soldiers were stunned. The soldiers in the front row threw away their weapons and turned around, squeezing for their lives. They just wanted to squeeze through the crowd quickly and escape. No idea, the more impatient they were, the harder they could squeeze. Due to the overcrowding, many Yuan soldiers were unsteady on their feet.
Some fell down the city, and some fell to the ground and could not get up again. Before Dakui could fire his cannon, the Yuan soldiers were already trampling on each other and causing numerous casualties.
"Boom". With a loud noise, Dakui held the cannon and flew backwards. The Ming army soldiers behind him were knocked over. Then there was an explosion in his ears, and a miserable howl came from the crowd of Yuan soldiers. Looking around
Looking at the dead bodies all over the ground amid the smoke, it's hard to describe how miserable they were.
After this artillery fire, more than a hundred Yuan soldiers were sent directly to see the King of Hell. As the saying goes: Kill you while you are sick. After the Yuan soldiers just fired the artillery fire, more than a hundred people were killed and injured in an instant. How can they still have fighting spirit?
Crying, he turned around and retreated sharply. Dakui threw the cannon, stood firm and shouted: "Kill." The Ming army soldiers beside him shouted in unison, roaring and rushing towards the crowded Yuan soldiers.
The two sides were too close. The Ming army rushed forward quickly, but the Yuan soldiers retreated very slowly. After all, the land on the city was narrow, and soon the two sides were in close combat again. The difference was that this time the battle was a one-sided massacre.
Da Kui grabbed two Ming soldiers and shouted loudly: "You two follow me."
"Obey the general's order." The two soldiers bowed in unison to accept the order.
Dakui hurriedly said to the captain who was following him: "Quickly reload, the three of you just reload for me, quick, quick, quick!"
The school captain took the order and turned around with two soldiers. The gunpowder and cannonballs were placed on the foundations of the city wall. They were going back to carry ammunition. Da Kui stood aside and watched the Ming soldiers rushing past.
, but I was extremely anxious. At this moment, the Ming army on the city was less than three thousand, and most of them were still outside the city. Once the Yuan soldiers sent troops from the other three gates, the consequences of attacking the Ming army would be disastrous. The top priority is to capture the east gate of Lanzhou as soon as possible, and
Send troops to open the city gate and let the large number of people enter the city.
Dakui stood at the top of the city and saw a group of people running up the long street in the city. It was roughly estimated that there were more than 10,000 people. Reinforcements from Yuan soldiers had arrived, and it seemed that a bloody battle was inevitable.
"Are you ready?" Dakui turned around and asked.
"General, the loading is complete." The captain responded loudly. Now there were shouts of killing everywhere. He didn't speak loudly for fear that Dakui wouldn't hear it. In fact, no matter how loud it was, Dakui couldn't hear it. Both ears were blocked. What?
Can you hear that? But Da Kui saw the fuse installed on the cannon at a glance. He bent down and picked up the cannon again. Fortunately, it was mounted on the city wall. The black muzzle was facing the long street. As long as Yuan soldiers and reinforcements approached, Da Kui would
Don't hesitate to take a shot.
Just as Dakui was getting ready to attack, dozens of people rushed behind him. But it was Yang Xiaohu who arrived with gunners. At this moment, the Ming army was still climbing the city, and the Ming army on the city could not attack the city for a while, so the city
If the door cannot be opened, the Ming army can only climb up along the city wall.
"Father, the gunner is here." Yang Xiaohu ran behind Dakui and shouted loudly.
Dakui was focused on the street and didn't hear anything. Fortunately, Yang Xiaohu was smart enough and looked around. He saw a city defense cannon every ten steps or so on the city. According to his adoptive father's wishes, it was natural that he should be there.
The Tao returned the favor. At that moment, Yang Xiaohu hurriedly ordered the gunners to deploy the cannons, and the cannons were aimed at the streets in the city.
The Yuan soldiers came to reinforce Li Siqi's cavalry battalion, which had about 13,000 troops. The leader was a Semu man named Haer Tai. From a distance, Haer Tai saw that the Yuan soldiers on the east gate wall were retreating.
When I came down, I couldn't help but feel furious.
"Speed up the march, and you will be rewarded for defeating the Ming army." Haer Tai shouted loudly, and then he galloped straight to the east city gate with a whip and a sword in his hand. The soldiers and horses behind him followed closely, and the flags were fluttering and the armor was clanging.
The sky is filled with dust.
In the city of Lanzhou, Li Siqi has a villa with indescribable luxury. Li Siqi can be said to be an old fox turned into a spirit. Even after the east gate of the city was lost, he was still leisurely and happy. The school captain reported the incident.
His head was so anxious that he was sweating. Li Siqi, dressed in fine clothes, leaned in the arms of his beautiful concubine, singing a ditty while drinking wine, looking like a libertine.
Li Siqi was not in a hurry. Although the city gate was lost, he still had a backup plan. He sent Haertai to lead 13,000 troops to seize the east city gate. As long as he grabbed the city gate, he would guard the city defense ladder and control the city gate.
Even if the Ming army on the city wants to fight, what can they do? Even if the city is crowded, they can only stand 5,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, the city defense ladder is narrow, and these 5,000 Ming army cannot be killed en masse.
For this battle, Hartai's 13,000 troops are enough.
This strategy is not yet clever. Li Siqi has ordered his three generals, each leading an army of 15,000 men, to attack the Ming army outside the east gate from the west gate, south gate, and north gate. At this moment, the people outside the city
The Ming army was leaderless, and Li Siqi could already imagine the Ming army's defeat.
"Hehehehe, Lieutenant Hu, please retreat. I know the situation of the battle very well, you don't need to worry." Li Siqi said, reaching out and pinching the beautiful concubine Bai Shengsheng's thigh, which immediately caused the beauty to scream.
Captain Hu is Li Siqi's personal military captain. Secondly, he is highly skilled in martial arts, and more importantly, he is loyal to Li Siqi. Li Siqi really has a lot of confidence in Captain Hu, otherwise he would not be responsible for guarding him.
It won't fall on him either.
"Fire!" Da Kui roared angrily, and the Ming military captain behind him held a torch and lit the fuse of the cannon on Da Kui's shoulder. At this moment, Da Kui was carrying the bottom end of the cannon, with the front on the city wall, and the muzzle of the cannon pointed directly at the street below the city. On the street
Hartay's team was neighing with joy and came over with great momentum.
Looking from afar, the entire long street was several miles away and was actually crowded with reinforcements from the Yuan Dynasty. Dakui's cannon passed by Haertai, who was galloping on horseback, and then there was a loud bang. The cannonballs
There was a sudden explosion in the crowd of Yuan soldiers under the city, and a burst of blood and flesh flew out of the Yuan soldiers below the city. The crowd that was originally dark and dense was blasted out into an open space by this cannon.
Dakui fired a cannon, then turned around and shouted: "Give me a blast!" As soon as he finished speaking, the fuses of more than ten artillery pieces placed on the left and right sides were lit at the same time, and then "boom, boom, boom, boom..." in succession.
The sound of cannons exploded on the top of the city, and the city below instantly turned into a sea of flames. Broken limbs could be seen flying everywhere.
All the Ming troops on the Dakuiming city wall were divided into three groups. Two groups of two thousand men each were on the left and right sides of the city wall to block the Yuan soldiers attacking from the north and south walls. The rest collected artillery and set them up on the city head. They only needed two sticks of incense.
Time, under such bombardment, it must be difficult for the Yuan soldiers to last long.
Within a moment, the second round of cannons went off again. Although there were only a dozen or so cannons, fortunately, they only had to fire at the crowd, and there was no need to even take aim.
The Yuan soldiers under the city cried for their fathers and mothers and ran away with their heads in their arms. Countless Yuan soldiers died from being trampled on each other and under artillery fire.
Hartai ran into the city gate with the artillery fire behind him. When he looked back, he was dumbfounded. The dead and wounded Yuan soldiers on the street were pressing their elbows one after another, and the corpses were spread out on the street. Countless wounded soldiers were rolling on the ground and wailing.
, the remaining soldiers had already hid in the houses on both sides of the street.
Under this round of artillery bombardment, Hartai's men suffered at least two thousand casualties, and they were all elite cavalry. Fortunately, the infantry were still far away, and when they saw the tragic situation under the artillery fire ahead, they stopped moving forward.
Dakui seized this opportunity and immediately found his own iron spear and jumped onto the city wall.
"Brothers, follow me to the bottom of the city and open the city gate! Come on!" Dakui shouted loudly and ran quickly on the city wall. When he was about to reach the city defense ladder, his body did not stop. He actually jumped up and pounced.
He headed towards the city defense ladder. At this moment, the city defense ladder was crowded with two warring parties. Da Kui shook his iron spear with his bare hands and stabbed three Yuan soldiers. When he stood firm on the city defense ladder, none of the Yuan soldiers around him disappeared.
As the Yuan soldiers continued to retreat, Dakui led hundreds of Ming soldiers to rush towards the city gate.
As soon as they arrived at the city gate, a war horse came towards him. The general immediately rushed towards Dakui with a sword in his hand and killed him.
"Come on!" Haertai rode his horse and raised his sword straight towards Dakui. He reached in front of him and struck Dakui on the head with a "Strength Split Huashan" move. Dakui was charging forward, but when he saw the knife coming, he didn't even dodge it.
He raised his spear and stabbed Hartai in the chest.
'Poof', the two sides' desperate blows were both effective. Dakui stabbed Haertai through the chest with one shot, and Haertai's sword also hit Dakui's shoulder. But unfortunately,
There is a shoulder pad on Dakui's shoulders, and in addition to the battle robe, there is also a piece of silkworm armor for body protection.
To say that Hartai's sword skills are extremely powerful, this sword actually cut off Dakui's shoulder guard.
Dakui succeeded with a shot, and then with a sharp shout, he picked up Haertai's body and threw it off his horse. The Ming army soldiers around him saw that their general was so brave, and their morale was greatly boosted.
"Charge!" Dakui took the lead and charged towards the city gate again.
Dozens of scattered Yuan soldiers saw Da Kui leading the Ming army and fled. When Da Kui reached the city gate and directed his soldiers to open the city gate, the Yuan soldiers who were still watching in the distance saw
There were only a few hundred people around Da Kui, and he was not only thinking of picking up the bargains. One of the generals took the lead and shouted: "There are not many of them, charge!"
With this shout, the 10,000-yuan soldiers who were originally standing far away in the long street did not know where to stay. After the general shouted, they suddenly woke up. Following the general, they came to kill Dakui and others at the city gate.
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When these ten thousand people once again occupied the long street, the artillery on the city had been loaded and waiting for a long time. By the time the ten thousand yuan soldiers rushed to the city gate, Yang Xiaohu had already led more than ten artillery pieces and lit the fuses. When the cannons fired,
, ten thousand yuan soldiers just entered the range of the artillery.
'Boom, boom, boom, boom...' Under the barrage of cannons, there was another sea of thunderbolts and fire. Thousands of soldiers who rushed at the front were instantly submerged in the sea of fire. Once the smoke cleared, corpses were everywhere on the long street. The street was originally
The toilet was already covered with a layer of corpses, and now another layer of corpses was added.