After Chen Zhengshi withdrew his soldiers, there were not many soldiers left on the city tower. Xi Changzhen led a few soldiers to stay at the risk and continued to observe the situation outside the city. He wanted to know what was going on outside the city as soon as possible, so There has been no retreat.
Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to get telescopes and observe the situation on the tower.
Through the telescope, one could clearly see the decrease in the number of soldiers on the city tower, especially looking at the dilapidated Zhennanguan Pass. Li Zhen became increasingly excited. He put down the telescope, turned around and faced the soldiers who were firing, and said loudly: " Brothers, the building on the city tower has collapsed. You are all good. Work harder and knock down the city wall. Let's rush over."
Li Zhen's words of encouragement made the soldiers who fired the cannon excited.
What an honor it is to be praised by Mr. Li.
The soldier responsible for ordering the firing ordered everyone to stop temporarily, called the gunners who fired the gun together to discuss, and determined the location of the next bombing.
Eighteen cannons, hitting a place with firepower.
"boom."
The first cannonball flew out and landed in the upper left corner of the level gate.
"Boom, boom,,."
Immediately afterwards, artillery shells roared out one after another, bombing at the same position at almost regular intervals. Each artillery shell flew out, causing rocks to fly everywhere, making Zhennanguan's position very fast. A huge crater was blown out.
Ordinary bombs fell on the city wall, causing gravel to fly and having little impact.
However, the power of the continuous bombings is no longer as simple as one plus one.
Xi Changzhen felt the most obvious about all this.
He hid on the city tower and clearly felt the tremor caused by the explosion of the shells. He even felt the trembling of Zhennan Pass. This level standing on the ground looked so terrible under the fierce bombardment. Fragile, as if a woman had taken off the clothes that covered her body, naked and naked in front of pairs of eyes.
"Bang, bang,."
Large pieces of gravel splashed, making a series of noises. Xi Changzhen was also affected. His body and face were hit continuously, leaving bruises and bruises all caused by the splashing gravel.
"Sir, the tower is shaking so hard that I can't stand it anymore," a soldier said next to Xi Changzhen.
Xi Changzhen said: "You go down first, I'll watch."
In a word, the soldier who had just spoken stopped talking. As the army commander, Xi Changzhen still stayed on the tower, so what reason did they have to leave? The soldiers who followed Xi Changzhen continued to stay, but what was waiting was violent shaking.
"Crash."
In the upper left corner of the tower, the piled stones began to collapse.
"boom,."
The big stone fell to the ground, making a deafening sound. In the blink of an eye, most of the upper left corner of the city gate collapsed, causing the entire Zhennan Pass level to be affected and no longer complete. Seeing this, Li Zhen suddenly The underground commanded: "Charge and capture Zhennanguan Pass."
When Zhou Xiuying heard this, she rushed out with an astonishing speed.
The female soldiers under her command also rushed out.
Upon seeing this, Li Zhen ordered the soldiers who were firing to adjust their positions to avoid accidentally injuring his own people.
When Xi Changzhen saw the soldiers under Li Zhen's command launching an attack, he shouted: "Let's go, we retreat immediately. Huh, Li Zhen thought that he defeated us after breaking through Zhennan Pass. That's a wishful thinking." After a pause, he looked up. Looking in the direction of Jinji Mountain, he cursed loudly: "You son of a bitch, a bunch of trash. I asked them to fire, but they still haven't fired a single shot."
Cursing in his mouth, he led the soldiers down the tower.
"boom,."
On the Jinji Mountain behind Zhennanguan, the sound of cannons was heard.
Xi Changzhen stopped immediately, looked up, and saw a blurry shadow crossing the sky. This time, a smile appeared on his face, and he said loudly: "If I don't scold these bastards, you won't fire. If If I had known earlier, I would have launched artillery bombings." Xi Changzhen's behavior was very different from usual. He spoke very roughly and carelessly now, and he did not look as majestic as he usually does when he is the commander-in-chief of Zhennan Pass.
However, the more rude he became, the less nervous the soldiers around him became. As soon as the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Xi Changzhen loudly say: "No, I have to go and see if Li Zhen was bombed."
As he spoke, he turned around and ran back.
When the soldiers following Xi Changzhen saw this, they all wanted to cry but had no choice but to run back.
"Be careful, there are cannonballs."
Smith was the first to spot the flying shells and yelled.
Li Zhen heard it but didn't move at all.
A cannonball flew over and landed at least two hundred meters away from Li Zhen. Such poor accuracy made Li Zhen shake his head for a while. Then, several more cannonballs flew over, but they all missed their positions. Not to mention Li Zhen, even Li Zhen's soldiers were only killed by a few dozen.
Such a result made Xi Changzhen, who took the risk and ran back, shake his head and sigh. He shook his head repeatedly and said loudly: "It's rubbish. It's all rubbish. If it were me, I would have sent Li Zhen to the west with one shot. It's a pity that so many rounds were wasted." Cannonballs, these are all the cannonballs I bought with my hard work and saved up money. If I lose, it will be a big loss."
"Withdraw, stop watching."
Xi Changzhen retreated decisively and quickly got off the tower.
Li Zhen ordered the army to charge, and he followed leisurely. Zhou Xiuying led the soldiers at the front. When they were less than fifteen meters away from Zhennanguan, there was a sound coming from the mountains on both sides of Zhennanguan. After hearing the intensive gunfire, Zhou Xiuying had long known that there were soldiers ambushed on the mountain, so she accelerated her steps and rushed to the bottom of the tower in a flash.
Immediately, she climbed quickly and rushed up the collapsed tower in a short time. The female soldiers of the fifth regiment were also extremely brave and rushed up the tower quickly.
Li Zhen saw enemy soldiers on both sides of the hillside, ordered the soldiers to get a sniper rifle, took aim and pulled the trigger.
"boom."
There was a gunshot and a bullet flew out.
Li Zhen didn't even check whether he hit the enemy, so he aimed at the next person and continued shooting.
After Li Zhen took action, the surrounding soldiers who protected Li Zhen also aimed their guns at the soldiers whose heads popped up on the mountain. Gunshots were heard, and the soldiers hiding on the hillside were killed one after another. They were all frightened. In addition, Xi Changzhen led As the soldiers retreated, they did not dare to stay any longer, so they retreated. Without the threat on the mountain, the army accelerated its advance.
When Li Zhen climbed to the gate tower of Zhennanguan, Zhou Xiuying and his soldiers had already exchanged fire with Xi Changzhen's soldiers.
Although Xi Changzhen retreated, there were still soldiers on the hillsides on both sides of the pass, and there were defenses piled up on the official road inside the pass. Xi Changzhen organized his soldiers to resist. In addition, Xi Changzhen also prepared Defensive tools such as horses were used to prevent Li Zhen's soldiers from charging.
Without Zhennanguan as a defense, Xi Changzhen did not give up.
The two sides exchanged fire, and the female soldiers under Zhou Xiuying's command were beaten back after several consecutive charges.
Zhou Xiuying was so angry that her teeth itched and she was extremely angry.
Last time, she took the initiative to volunteer and led the soldiers to capture Zhennanguan, but was rejected. This time, she led the soldiers to charge. Although she captured Zhennanguan, she was blocked by Xi Changzhen. This made Zhou Xiuying Very depressed, Zhou Xiuying was unwilling to fail and organized two consecutive attacks, but they failed without exception and had to retreat.
Li Zhen walked to Zhou Xiuying and said with a smile: "Xiuying, your method is wrong, I will do it."
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