Chapter eight hundred and fiftieth chapters changing generals
Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at the scene on the city wall, but did not order the army to attack the city for the time being.
The generals who were standing around and waiting eagerly looked at each other, wondering what was going on. They had agreed to attack the city with all their strength? Why did the commander delay in giving the order?
Involuntarily, the generals followed Liu Mingzhi's gaze and raised their telescopes to look at the city wall.
Seeing the forbidden troops gathered together on the city wall, looking slightly disorganized and unprepared to face the enemy, the faces of many generals also became strange, and they understood why the commander was acting like this.
After many days of feint attacks, coupled with the formal tentative siege in the first two days, the surviving soldiers and horses on the city wall have become elite soldiers.
Since they are elite soldiers, how can they behave in such a manner that they are inferior to new recruits when facing a powerful enemy?
Could it be a scam?
The telescopes in the hands of many generals kept inspecting every suspicious position on the city wall. However, after searching for a long time, they still found nothing wrong.
The generals, full of doubts, had no choice but to put down their telescopes and look at Mr. Liu who was standing on the observation deck.
Now we can only wait for the commander-in-chief to decide!
Liu Mingzhi slowly put down the telescope in his hand, nodded with a frown and thought for a long time.
His subordinates suddenly raised the heavy flag in their hands.
"Beat the drum to send the message, the whole army attacks the city!"
The messengers standing under the observation tower immediately shouted in unison.
"The commander-in-chief has an order, beat the drums to send a message, and the entire army attacks the city!"
"The commander-in-chief has an order, beat the drums to send a message, and the entire army attacks the city!"
The rapid rumbling of war drums sounded, and then the sound of charging horns conveyed the order to the soldiers of the three armies to attack the city with all their strength.
The infantry arrayed on the spot immediately took action.
The sword-and-shield soldiers tapped their shields with the backs of their swords, taking three steps and shouting to boost their morale. The archers followed closely, taking out the rain of arrows and placing them on the bow strings, ready to shoot at any time the imperial guards on the city wall.
The crossbowmen and slingers followed behind, looking for positions to attack the soldiers and horses on the city wall.
The cavalry on both sides also held iron bows and charged with arrows tied with thunderbolts, ready to cover the infantry brothers' siege at any time.
Just before the new army soldiers approached the city wall in an offensive and defensive formation, Nangong Ye quietly reached the top of the city wall in a hanging basket.
Encouraged by his own understanding of reason and emotion, the morale of the soldiers finally changed. Even though there was no fierce battle, they began to attack Chu Jing and seal the defense line built by the soldiers and horses under Buer's command.
In the northwest battlefield, which had been peaceful for several days, casualties gradually increased again.
In the complicated eyes of Chu Jing, Feng Buer and others, the soldiers of the Six Guards' forward troops shouted that this move was only to fulfill the responsibility of a soldier to protect his family and country.
Under the command of Lieutenant General Guo Yu, a cavalry charge and killing battle, although not as fierce as the previous days, was once again staged in the wilderness of the northwest. Although the battle was smaller than the previous days, the casualties were still not optimistic.
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"What are you doing together? Why don't you just disperse on the city wall to avoid the enemy's artillery fire? Why don't you get together and wait to die?"
Where are your generals? How did they give you the orders?"
As soon as Nangong Ye climbed onto the city wall, and the feeling of relief that inspired his soldiers to fight again had not dissipated, he was severely stimulated by the scene of the forbidden troops on the city wall.
The enemy has already launched an attack on the city, but they still don't know how to huddle behind the battlements to avoid cannonballs and arrows. At this time, they are still gathering together to discuss something, and everyone is risking their lives?
Nangong Ye's scolding voice, which contained inner strength, attracted the attention of the imperial guards on the city wall. Seeing Nangong Ye walking hurriedly on the city wall, they reacted and hurriedly shrank towards the battlements.
Nangong Ye slapped a few older Forbidden Army veterans: "Go and see if the other three city walls are the same as the north city wall. If so, let them shrink to the battlements immediately to avoid artillery bombardment and enemy arrows.
rain."
"Got the order!"
Under Nangong Ye's order, more than 10,000 imperial troops on the city wall immediately prepared according to the way they defended the city in the previous days.
After all the soldiers and horses had hidden their figures, Nangong Ye looked at the empty city wall corridor in astonishment.
Where are the generals? Where are the generals of the various camps who command the soldiers?
"Where is your general? Why is no one on the wall?"
"Reporting to the Lord, the brothers were discussing this matter just now. When they heard the sound of war drums outside the city, the brothers all climbed up the city wall in an orderly manner to prepare for defense.
But our general has not arrived yet, and the brothers are all talking about what happened."
Nangong Ye looked back and forth for a week, then raised his head and glanced at the empty city tower: "Didn't any of the generals, battalion generals, deputy generals, thousand-man generals, and lieutenant generals board the city?"
"It should be...probably not. We didn't see any generals from any battalion on the north wall. It's unclear what happened to the other three walls."
"Where are Marquis Jingyuan, Marquis Guan Ning and the other four veterans?"
"I didn't see it either!"
"Commander!"
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"Ride your horse immediately to the palace. Please ask your Majesty and the Ministry of War to have the generals from the court rush to the city wall. It is urgent and there will be no delay."
"I've been given the order, I'm humble enough to report..."
"I've seen Mr. Yong'an. Aren't you at the Liuwei camp in the west of the city? Why are you on the city wall too?"
"Marquis Jingyuan, Uncle Songqing, Uncle Dingwei... why are you here?"
"About a quarter of an hour after the war drums were ringing outside the city, His Majesty suddenly received a message. After his face changed drastically, he immediately asked us old guys to climb up the city wall to take over from Guan Ning and wait for them to command the troops and horses to stop the enemy."
"Yes, we don't know what happened until now. Changing generals before the battle is a taboo for military strategists. His Majesty gave the order suddenly, and we don't understand what happened!"
"Mr. Yong'an, you are also on the city wall. Please tell me what happened so that we can know how to deal with it!"
"I can't figure out what's going on. I sneaked up on the city wall a quarter of an hour ago in the gap where the enemy troops gathered. As soon as I came up..."
"Report, the enemy siege infantry has approached the artillery range!"
"Command the gunners to look for good opportunities and be ready to fire at any time!"
"Got the order!"
While Jiang Lei was observing the progress of his brothers, he also looked at the situation of the forbidden troops on the city wall.
When he saw the torches burning on the city wall through the lens tube, Jiang Lei frowned and quickly put down the telescope in his hand.
"Three rounds and three rapid fires to suppress the artillery fire on the city wall with all our strength."
The sound of the fuse burning immediately sounded.
After separating the remaining three city walls, the first 100 cannons out of the total 150 in Jiang Lei's hands roared in the blink of an eye, and the cannonballs blasted towards the city walls with blazing fire.
In the blink of an eye, the artillery on the battlements immediately fired, some of them heading towards Jiang Lei's artillery position, and some towards the phalanx of the siege infantry.
Suddenly, the capital that had been quiet all night began to billow with smoke again, and the sound of explosions echoed continuously inside and outside the capital.
"Sun Heng!"
"The end is here!"
"You cooperate with Yu Bo and attack the artillery on the city wall with all your strength to bombard my infantry brothers. Even if the artillery is disabled, the mission must be completed."
"Got the order!"
Jiang Lei looked at the backs of the two lieutenants scattering away with their command flags, and then removed the command flags from his waist and waved behind him.
"Bring up my ten infantry artillery pieces! Place them thirty paces behind the second row of artillery pieces."
"Got the order!"
Dozens of gunners trotted towards the back of the position. A moment later, ten infantry cannons mounted on wheels were pulled over by ropes by the gunners!
"General, the cannon is here!"
"Send orders to Yu Bo and Sun Heng to fully assist the infantry in breaking the city."
"Got the order!"
Jiang Lei glanced at the city wall, turned around and ran towards the ten infantry cannons.
"Put it out in a semicircle and aim at the city gate."