In fact, Sun Kewang was not incapable of fighting, but he did not want to cause too much damage to himself in order to rush to the aid of Hequ. Sun Kewang thought this way, and Zhang Xianzhong thought the same way, but this made Zhang Da very angry.
Looking at the military report sent by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Dashu's face jumped wildly. This Zhang Xianzhong really knows how to deal with things. He has an army of 40,000, but allows less than 4,000 officers and soldiers to block the way north. What a fool?
Zhang Damou really wanted to give an order and force Zhang Xianzhong to attack the Shenmu and help Zhang Cunmeng deal with the officers and soldiers. But today is different from the past. As his strength grows step by step, Zhang Xianzhong is also a little disobedient. In desperation, Zhang Damou can only continue
He sent someone to Qingyang Mansion, and it took two days to go back and forth from Yan'an Mansion to Qingyang Mansion. Wang Ziyong was also very dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong's perfunctory behavior, but he also understood what Zhang Xianzhong was feeling.
idea.
Previously, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Fugu and confronted the champion and the Zhenxi Guards. During the difficult time, Zhang Cunmeng did not help. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong had sent people to Qingyang Prefecture to ask for help, but considering the importance of Yan'an Prefecture and Hetao, he did not give an order.
Send troops to support. Now, Zhang Xianzhong expressed his dissatisfaction in this way. Soon, Wang himself wrote a letter and had it sent to Mizhi.
In the letter, Wang Ziyong expressed a lot of sincerity and also promised some benefits. After getting the letter, Zhang Xianzhong laughed bitterly after reading it. Some things have limits, and now Wang Ziyong's kind words are tantamount to a disguised admission.
Previous mistakes. If he doesn't give Wang Zijian face anymore, then Zhang Xianzhong's life in the rebel army will not be easy.
On April 16, Zhang Xianzhong, with Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang as generals, divided 20,000 troops and rushed north to aid Hetao. This time Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang took it seriously and did not mean to be perfunctory. Orger harassed them but did not get any benefits.
, could only temporarily retreat in the direction of Yansui. Only one day later, Sun Kewang's leading troops marched straight in and approached Yinzhou Pass.
Yinzhou Pass is not as good as Shenmu and Hequ, but at this time, Yinzhou Pass has become a crucial place. Once Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu break through Yinzhou Pass, they can threaten Shenmu from behind, and then Xuanfu and Datongfu soldiers
It will be difficult for the horse to go further and threaten Hequ City. Therefore, no matter what, the peasant army cannot be allowed to capture Yinzhou Pass. And this time, the person guarding Yinzhou Pass is not Liu Guoneng or Zhou Dingshan, but has just joined the Xuanfu
Geng Zhongming of the sequence. Geng Zhongming knew that this was an important test. As long as he defended Yinzhou Pass, the future would be full of infinite possibilities.
Sun Kewang roared loudly and rushed out first. Immediately behind him, there was another team of a thousand people divided into more than a dozen long dragons carrying ladders and rushing towards the city wall east of Yinzhou Pass. Sun Kewang personally led the troops to attack the city, which boosted the morale of the soldiers. In addition, Sun Kewang
His bravery actually allowed him to attack the city.
The east city wall was under huge pressure, so the defender quickly asked his soldiers to go to the south city. At this time, Geng Zhongming was looking at Sun Kewang's army in the south. Hearing that the east city wall was in danger, he raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of coldness in his expression.
, "Order Chen Yaofeng to get out of the city and set fire oil for me to burn."
Geng Zhongming was really ruthless. He set fire to the east city wall. When the fire broke out, the peasant army did not dare to go to the top of the city, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to stand on the city wall to guard it. Moreover, Yinzhou Pass was no more important than other cities, and there were many wooden walls on the inside.
Structure and fire together, it is very likely that the entire eastern city wall will be burned to an extremely fragile state. In fact, Geng Zhongming had already thought of this trick when he came to Yinzhou Pass. Anyway, Tie Mo's order to him was not to defend Yinzhou Pass.
, but to hold back the peasant army.
The city walls around Yinzhou Pass are low and not thick. It is sheer wishful thinking to rely on the city wall to hold back the 20,000 peasant army. Defending the city is only a means. If it cannot be defended, just destroy the city wall and let the peasant army enter the city.
Geng Zhongming now regards Yinzhou Pass as a piece of fat and throws this piece of fat to the peasant army. Even if the peasant army knows that there is danger, they will not retreat easily.
After a cup of tea, Sun Kewang fought bravely and carved out an open space on the east wall of the city. The peasant army continued to pour in. Before long, more than a thousand soldiers filled the entire city.
What puzzled Sun Kewang was that the officers and soldiers retreated from both sides like a tide. In fact, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were not too great, but why must they retreat? Repeated fighting at the top of the city, isn't it necessary to defend the city? He was wondering,
Smelling a strong strange smell, which was the smell of kerosene, Sun Kewang's eyes were splitting with anger, and when he wanted to retreat, there was a whistling sound above his head, and a banging sound hit the top of the city, and the earthen jars instantly shattered.
The familiar kerosene flowed out from it. At this time, all the peasant soldiers already knew what the officers and soldiers were going to do. They showed fear and made loud noises. Some wanted to climb down the ladder, and some wanted to rush out from both sides of the city wall to find the officers and soldiers.
Fighting, everyone was crowded together for a while, the scene was chaotic, everything happened too suddenly.
A fire broke out at the top of the city, and the wind helped the fire. The east city wall turned into a sea of fire in a blink of an eye. The soldiers wanted to rush out, but they were blocked by officers and soldiers on both sides with masonry and iron shields. When someone came closer, they were greeted with a musket.
There are several most painful deaths in the world. Being burned to death is the most brutal one. The fire oil sticks to the body. In addition, the clothes on the soldiers are mostly made of cloth. The cloth melts and sticks to the flesh, making it impossible to take it off.
, some people's heads were swollen from the burn, they had already lost consciousness, and they were struggling crazily.
Bang bang bang, a gunshot rang out, instantly nailing his chest, and a strong man fell onto the hot city wall.
"Ah...ah...save me...save me..." A young man was covered in fire, and the fire had burned him beyond recognition. At this time, no one on the city could care about anyone. He was in unbearable pain.
, climbed to the top of the city and jumped straight down. There were corpses and rolling logs under the city wall. The soldier did not fall to death, but the fire on his body ignited the rolling logs under him. He crawled hard, like a worm
, the fire got bigger and bigger, his hands were withered and blackened, he raised them and opened his mouth to say something, but no more sound came out.
The fire on the east city wall was so great that many peasant soldiers could not bear the pain and jumped off the city wall like madmen. But Yinzhouguan is a small city with no moat or water at all, and the fire will not follow the fire.
It fell to the ground and was extinguished, so many people were killed by the fall, and the rest were still lying on the ground and continued to suffer from the fire.
The world is vast and water and fire are merciless. As a general, if there is any other way, he will rarely use fire.
Suddenly a thick fire broke out on the east wall of the city. Sun Kewang was shocked. Not long after, spies came to report that more than a thousand people who were attacking the city were all trapped on the wall. Sun Kewang was furious and a little scared. What a Geng Zhongming, he set the wall on fire.
The idea can be thought of. Sun Kewang did not send reinforcements to the east wall. Who could escape from such a big fire? He pulled out his saber and looked ahead. Sun Kewang's face was gloomy and he shouted sternly, "The whole army listens to the order and attacks the city."
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The rumble of drums sounded from the south of Yinzhou Pass, and the peasant army rushed towards the southern city of Yinzhou Pass like a tide. Nearly 20,000 people charged together. The scene was magnificent and the momentum was as strong as a tiger. If you are not a very brave person, you can be scared out of your wits.
The fire on the east city wall stimulated Sun Kewang and all the peasant army soldiers. They roared like bloodthirsty beasts. The Yunfu soldiers had always despised the rogue bandits, but at this time they were also attracted by this brave momentum.
They were so shocked that many people looked at the city with dumbfounded eyes and lost their reaction.
After all, Geng Zhongming was not an ordinary person. The corners of his eyes were twitching wildly, and he thought to himself, is Sun Kewang going to launch a general attack? Maybe some people think that Sun Kewang is angry, but Geng Zhongming doesn't think so. Sun Kewang launched a general attack and was so eager to win the silver.
Zhouguan probably knew that it could not delay for too long. Once the main cavalry force on the east side of Shenmu was allowed to go around to the south and launch an attack on the rear of the peasant army, Sun Kewang would definitely be defeated and return.
In order to break through Yinzhou Pass, Sun Kewang racked his brains. In addition to ladders and ropes, he also sent people to chop down many giant trees. The giant trees were wrapped with iron sheets to prevent kerosene, and hundreds of people carried them towards the south gate of Yinzhou Pass.
With a bang, the city gate buzzed and the city wall trembled. Geng Zhongming smiled bitterly. After all, Yinzhou Pass is not as strong a city as Ansai City. According to the way the peasant army attacked, it probably won't take half an hour.
, the south city gate is about to be lost.
"Put in the rolling rocks and stones, and everyone will return to the city immediately!"
Under Geng Zhongming's order, the officers and soldiers were not sparing at all. They smashed all the rolling wood and rocks that had been prepared for several days, causing heavy casualties to the peasant army attacking the city and stalling the offensive. With the lesson of the East Wall, Sun Kewang
Liu Wenxiu and Liu Wenxiu did not let the soldiers climb up the wall directly, but ordered the soldiers to break through the city gate. Fortunately, the city gate was not very strong, and it was broken down after a while. As soon as the city gate was broken, the peasant army swarmed in.
Go in.
Geng Zhongming also wanted to set fire to the south city wall. Unfortunately, Sun Kewang and others were not fools and did not give him the opportunity to copy the fire attack on the south city wall. When the south gate was breached, the situation on the east wall was extremely tragic.
Sun Kewang's hair was burned a little, his eyebrows and face were dark, he held a long knife tightly in his hand, and scanned the entire city with his tiger eyes.
The fire had been extinguished, and corpses were lying all over the city. There was a pungent burning smell in his nose. After a long time, Sun Kewang shed two lines of tears in his eyes. He had lost and won in battles in his life, but he had never been like this before.
It was so tragic that the corpses of the brothers turned out to be like this. The six-foot-tall man turned into a emaciated mass, and many of them had been burned and melted together, making it impossible to recognize their appearance.
"Ah...ah..."
Sun Kewang looked up to the sky and roared, so that he could vent the pain in his heart. Looking at the retreating officers and soldiers, Sun Kewang smiled coldly.
"Court Eagle Dog, your grandpa is here, who dares to fight..." Although Sun Kewang was burned so hard that he couldn't see his face and acted like a beggar, his eyes were wide open and bright.
The setting sun dyed half of the sky red, just like Yinzhou Pass at this time. The army broke through Yinzhou Pass, but the price paid was too high.
Loyal bones are buried everywhere in Qingshan, but who knows how many graves are empty, without even a name. The spring breeze blows through this inconspicuous northwest town, and a sound keeps ringing, like a ghostly soul song, extremely desolate.
.......
Hequ City, during the fierce battle at Yinzhou Pass, this city on the Hetao Plain was also filled with smoke. Since the day before yesterday, the officers and soldiers began to attack Hequ, but the way the officers and soldiers attacked the city was a bit strange.
From the very beginning, the officers and soldiers used infantry to block the route and shelled Hequ. There were rumbling sounds of artillery, and the shells that had never been seen before exploded on the city head. The ground could be felt shaking for dozens of feet. The city walls of Hequ and the silver
Like Zhouguan, it is not strong. Many places are made of adobe bricks. After several rounds, cracks appeared in many places and clods of earth fell down.
Zhang Cunmeng has been fighting for so many years, and this is the first time he encountered this situation. He continued to bombard according to the situation, and the officers and soldiers rushed to kill him twice. It is estimated that Hequ City collapsed. The new artillery of the officers and soldiers was too powerful, and he worked hard to build it.
The city defense is like a piece of tofu dregs.
boom.....
There was another cannon blast, and it exploded not far away. Although it was a little far away, the county government office where I was located was still shaken to the point that the roof fell to the ground.
The officers and soldiers must be crazy. There are still people in the city, but they don't care and launch a bombardment. Didn't Zhang Cunmeng never think of sending troops out of the city to destroy the opponent's artillery? But what he could think of, the officers and soldiers wouldn't think of?
What he was facing was the Living King of Hell, Tie Mo. This guy was as cunning as a fox and as smart as a ghost. He might have set up an ambush waiting for him to send troops to take the bait. After hesitating, Zhang Cunmeng really didn't dare to send troops out of the city, thinking to himself
, wait for the opponent to attack the city, and everything will be fine.
But what makes Zhang Cunmeng angry is that the opponent keeps bombarding them with artillery, and the infantry outside the city shows no sign of attacking the city. Damn, is there no money for artillery?
Zhang Cunmeng is really frustrated. He has a large number of soldiers and horses, but he is trapped in Hequ City and is passively bombed. Now that most of the brothers on the city have withdrawn, the casualties are no longer as serious as before, but they have been passively beaten.
, morale was almost destroyed.
The half-flowered horse Renkai touched his gray cheek, exhaled, and said mournfully: "Brother Zhang, this can't go on like this, we have to think of a way..."
Zhang Cunmeng clenched the knife, looked at the sky with a ferocious expression, and sighed: "Brother Ma, do you think we have any other good ideas? The officers and soldiers only used artillery bombardment, but did not send troops to attack the city. Exit the city? Do you think the living King of Hell will give us anything?
Destroy the opportunity of artillery? If those people don't attack the city, why are they waiting outside for food, just waiting for us to come to our door?"
"What...what should I do?" Ma Renkai looked gloomy and full of worry. After the continuous bombardment, some brothers could no longer bear it. Within half a day, several people were frightened and went crazy.
"I can only endure it. I don't believe it. How can the officers and soldiers keep firing? The shells will always run out..."
The desperate bombardment lasted until the evening. At this time, the 30,000 peasant troops in Hequ City were buzzing with the news of being bombed. They wished that a broken brick would fall from the roof, and they would reflexively hide under the walls.
As the sun set, the peasant army actually looked forward to the officers and soldiers coming to attack the city. At least, they would not have to be bombarded.