Chapter 663 The city wall is destroyed, the last level!
Yang Ding refused to believe anything he said, but the following report forced him to believe it.
Behind the sentry, a soldier covered in blood, whose facial features could barely be seen clearly, rushed up to the tower. When he got closer, Yang Ding discovered that this was actually Dou Ying, the leader of the team he had personally sent to the city to attack!
"Dou Ying, what's wrong with you?"
Not only was Dou Ying's face covered in blood, his armor was even broken into several pieces, with blood dripping everywhere.
Seeing his appearance, you don't need to think too much to know what kind of fierce battle he went through under the city.
"Report to the general, a corner of the east city gate was blown open by the Jin army!"
"The whole corner has collapsed, something big happened!"
Although Dou Ying escaped by chance, he did not bring good news to Yang Ding, but made Yang Ding even more angry.
"impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Take me down and have a look!"
Yang Ding fell into madness and quickly followed Dou Ying and others down the tower to check. He even forgot to send extra manpower to guard against the Jin army's attack.
Chaos!
Total chaos!
A thunderbolt appeared in the sky in Nanyang City. Not only the ordinary people in Nanyang City, but also the Qin army stationed here were stunned by this battle.
They had never seen such a battle before. The moment the gunpowder packets exploded into pieces, the Qin soldiers were simply out of their minds.
The brave ones knew how to retreat bit by bit with their weapons in hand, but those soldiers who followed Dou Ying and fled back did not have such courage.
Some of them were defeated soldiers who once ran wild with Yang Bi under Xinye City. They had experienced several blows from firearms and were on the verge of collapse.
Now I heard this thunderous series of loud noises again. The city wall, which was originally as solid as a rock, and no one could touch it, was a solid wall of blue bricks. A big hole was opened just like this, and right in front of the Qin soldiers
In front of you.
Such a magical event happened like this.
Those Qin soldiers who were close to the city wall and could see clearly went crazy immediately. Seeing the figures of the Jin army appearing in the holes in the broken wall of the collapsed city wall, they did not dare to attack head-on. Instead, they turned around and headed all the way.
Run to the city.
Even if they abandoned their helmets and armor, it was no longer possible to describe their miserable state. They simply fled back to the city, rolling and crawling.
"Brothers, go home quickly and lock the doors and windows!"
"Don't let the Qin soldiers enter!" Several strong men jumped down from the earth wall and shouted loudly.
Yang Ding has not had time to pay attention to the status of ordinary people in Nanyang City for a long time. Of course, he also knows that the city is now in chaos. Those people who have been ready to take action for a long time, if they are given a gun now, they can immediately fight back.
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However, even if the city is in chaos, Yang Ding can't spare the time to manage it. His top priority now is to protect Nanyang City, not to worry about what the villagers who can't take a step out of Nanyang City are doing.
Seeing the Qin soldiers fleeing back to the city, the villagers immediately returned home in high spirits. The rich and the poor, at this critical moment, actually reached an astonishing unity.
Close the door and lock it!
No Qin soldiers can even get in!
If the Han people don't welcome them, they will just stand on the street and wait to die!
If these fleeing soldiers really couldn't find a building to hide in, they would really have no choice but to stand on the street and wait to die.
There is nothing false in what the villagers say.
To understand this, we have to start with the concept of city building in ancient times.
No matter how large and populous an ancient city was, its structure was still relatively simple and could not be compared with modern metropolises made of reinforced concrete.
So in a city built with such a civil structure, the focus of defense, in addition to city gates and walls, cannot be relaxed in the streets.
There are also some means of strengthening defense. In addition to watchtowers for warning, there are also various reinforced earth slopes, hard buildings, and soft buildings, which can achieve the purpose of continuing the battle.
Some cities are close to famous mountains and rivers. When planning the city, these mountains and rivers will naturally be regarded as the focus of defense.
Occupy favorable positions on mountain peaks and along water bodies, set up forts and sentries, and have an unobstructed view of the threats below.
In addition to these methods, there is also a conventional city-building concept, which is: doors cannot face each other, and roads cannot connect.
The reason why the doors are not facing each other is that if you enter the Wengcheng gate, you can't easily step into the formal city gate.
And what if the roads are not connected?
What we are talking about is the roads in the city. Ancient cities were generally built according to the principles in "Zhou Rites". Even with some self-innovation, the general direction will not change.
Originally, the emphasis on ancient city roads was that the roads were straight and extended in a format. When you look down from the city, it is best to see the neatly divided frames of the city.
However, it is precisely because the roads are straight that it also brings some difficulties to the defense of the city. When the enemy forces rush into the city, they can easily go directly from the north gate to the south gate and sweep across the whole city.
It was also difficult for the soldiers in the city to organize an effective defense, and they almost had no choice but to wait and be captured.
In order to prevent such a situation and allow the soldiers in the city to continue to resist, or even turn against the wind and drive the invaders out of the city, the smart ancestors came up with this method.
They staggered every straight road so that you could not go directly from one road to that road, especially the road near the city gate, which was even more impossible to connect from north to south and east to west.
Relying on this design, it is possible to delay the city's capture, allowing soldiers to organize street fighting and continue to fight.
The topic returns to Nanyang City. Once the people in the city are unwilling to protect the Qin soldiers, and once the Jin army enters the city, it will not be easy for the Qin soldiers to escape if they are faced with roads that are not connected to each other.
They might be killed and captured by the Jin army soon.
However, aren't the people who have closed their doors afraid of the Qin soldiers?
Everyone knows that the Qin soldiers are cruel and kill without batting an eye. Those ancient doors are all made of civil structures. They are armed with sharp weapons and are extremely powerful. It is too easy for the Qin soldiers to break in.
Once they find out that the people in the city dare to disobey them, with their cruel personalities, they will definitely go on a killing spree!
However, as time passed bit by bit, the imagined crisis did not happen!
Could it be that this wave of people in Nanyang City are particularly lucky?
Are you blessed by God?
Of course it’s impossible!
They were able to escape by chance, and now they are staying safely in their homes to watch the excitement. This is all because Qin Bing was too frightened and had no intention to care about them.
Even the violence and tyranny they had always been good at were forgotten. The Qin soldiers who fled all the way from the city gate could no longer tell their direction. They did not dare to stop, let alone make a sound, for fear of being alarmed.
The monster outside the city gate.
monster!
This time, no one will doubt the authenticity of Yang Bi's words. The Jin army really has monsters in their hands!
They are driving monsters to attack Nanyang City!
It is a pity that General Yang, who was the first to stand up and tell the truth, has died tragically at the gate of Nanyang City. If his brother could have believed him earlier, maybe today's Di Qin army would not have suffered this disaster!
How can human power compete with demonic power?
Wouldn’t it be nice to surrender early?
If the impact of the pistol on the Qin soldiers was to make it difficult for the soldiers to charge and greatly reduce their combat effectiveness, then the gunpowder packs were the thing that made the Qin soldiers frightened!
Their minds were completely disturbed, and they even forgot about the Jin soldiers who died tragically under Nanyang City. The swollen corpses floating in the ditch were obviously killed by their own hands.
Obviously the Jin army also suffered great losses, but the Qin soldiers completely forgot about this reality.
In front of them, there is only one goal left, and that is to run!
Keep running, as long as they can still run, they can survive!
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"Something big happened!"
"The wall collapsed!"
"Zhiyuan, Jinu, come quickly, let's rush in!"
When Mr. Huan was away, Liu Chun naturally took over his duties and became the most optimistic and cheerful general on the Nanyang battlefield.
Putting the pistol on his waist, he picked up the steel knife and actually ran to the front.
This old man is too bold!
How can he take on such an important task as attacking a city?
Wang Mi couldn't care about anything else and rushed forward to cooperate with Liu Chun. However, Liu Yu did not follow Lao Liu's command and ran in the opposite direction.
Gather your troops and fight to the death!
Yes!
Now it's time to decide the winner, and all heads must be collected!
Although it is obvious that the Jin army is at a numerical disadvantage and cannot be compared with the Qin army, Liu Yu's principle has always been to do something he knows cannot be done.
There is never a war that is guaranteed to win. As long as you are a soldier, as long as you stand on the battlefield, your life is in your own hands.
He would rather die standing than live on his knees. Guided by this belief, Liu Yu began to raise soldiers and horses.
"Come on, brothers, rush to the city!" After much hesitation, Wang Mi still shouted these words.
At the moment when Liu Chun summoned him, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. What could he do if he rushed into the city?
There are ten thousand Qin soldiers in the city, and the total strength of the Jin army can no longer even reach five thousand. If you rush into the city with these soldiers, you will probably fall into a sudden charge and the whole army will die.
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But, does it make sense not to rush?
There may still be a way to survive the charge. If we give up the attack at this moment, the Jin army will immediately show its decline given the current state.
As soon as the situation breaks out, Qin Bing, who was still a little frightened just now, will immediately become brave and quickly transform into a killing machine!
When the time comes, the fearful and evasive Jin army, including him, Wang Mi, will all be doomed!
Rush in!
Beat him once!
With this mentality, Wang Mi led Liu Chun and the others and rushed into Nanyang City in a few leaps!
...a hard building!
"I go!"
"What's going on?"
"Why is it so dark?"
"Where are we rushing to?"
In one fell swoop, they came in, but fell into another black hole completely.
The sight in front of me was simply shocking.
"Zhiyuan, we have broken into a hard building, we must be careful when dealing with it!"
Faced with the unexpected situation, Liu Yu remained very calm. As he spoke, the steel knife started to strike.
No matter where he is, just kill him!
In front of them, there were over a hundred Qin soldiers scattered everywhere!
And the place they were in was actually not inside Nanyang City, but in a hard building of an annex specially designed to enhance the city's defense capabilities!
"Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, you are really good at picking places." General Liu Chun stepped forward, but he was not so easy to talk to.
"My luck is a bit bad." Although Old Liu Tou had a bad attitude, he was still doing well.
This matter really can only be blamed on him, and the blame cannot be placed on anyone else.
From the placement of the gunpowder bag to the ignition, Wang Mi took care of everything by himself, and no one else could get involved.
Now we have not been able to successfully break through the city wall, but have instead entered another small fortress. For such a good thing, we can only lament that it is all a matter of life!
The so-called hard building is a small building attached to the inside of the city wall. Its shape is roughly similar to a modern square bungalow.
It is an ordinary flat-roofed building with no luxurious decoration, neither double eaves nor spire.
Its existence is only to strengthen the security of the city. All buildings must be practical and not exaggerated.
Such hard buildings are not evenly distributed in the city. Generally speaking, the officers and soldiers guarding the city will often patrol the buildings in the city to look for weak and easily attacked places.
Once something is discovered, it will be reinforced. Hard buildings are such reinforced buildings. There are often defenders in the hard buildings. Although the number is not large, it is enough to make up for the shortcomings of the city's defense and buy time for the soldiers in the city to strengthen their defense.
In this way, Wang Mi's mistake seems understandable.
Although their current position is close to the city wall, they can never see the situation inside Nanyang City. And for him, the place where the gunpowder package is placed must be a relatively weak part of the city wall.
As a result, there will be such a paradoxical scene. Wherever he chooses, there is a place where the city has strengthened its defense.
In some places, earth slopes for climbing the city were placed, and in other places, hard buildings were built. On this point, Wang Mi and the guard Yang Ding were in perfect agreement.
The gunpowder packets exploded one after another, and some did not explode at all. When the smoke cleared, Wang Mi discovered that only this dark hole had achieved a breakthrough. A hole was opened in the city wall, and the earth wall also collapsed a lot.
Naturally, he rushed forward without saying a word. Who would have thought that this was just escaping from the tiger's mouth to the wolf's den, completely changing the soup without changing the medicine.
Although the earthen wall collapsed, strictly speaking, the main structure of the city wall on the east side of Nanyang City did not suffer much damage.
One side of the hard building is exposed. The hard building is also a building with walls on three sides. It breaks through the connection between the hard building and the formal city wall. This is just the beginning.
Wang Mi and the others did not check for a moment and got into the hard building. The situation became even more unfavorable for them.
Originally, there was only one wall standing in front of them, but now, three walls appeared out of thin air.
The purpose of the hard building is simple, it is just a temporary barracks, and the space is not large, which seriously affects the soldiers' movement and various movements.
Fortunately, there is good news here. Due to lack of preparation, the Qin soldiers in the hard building were only about forty or fifty people.
Once they break through the door behind them, Nanyang City will really be revealed in front of everyone's eyes.