Chapter 288 Gluing Status

Compared to the first battalion of Shiyi who fought bravely in the face of difficulties, Tang He was like a fish in water at this time.

Tutuo adopted the strategy of concentrating all long-range weapons and breaking through the defense line of the North City in one fell swoop. Therefore, the focus of the attack was the North City, investing the most and most elite troops. The South City Gate was an army transferred from the southern provinces. Compared with the north, the attack intensity was simply incomparable.

Hui Hui cannon? No, bed crossbow? Nothing cannon is enough to imagine. Most of the southern provinces are new affiliated troops. Their combat effectiveness is not low, not very low, but very low.

The main force of the new affiliated army is the infantry, with few cavalry, and although there are many archers, for most archers, they are just able to shoot the bows and arrows. Only God knows what direction they can fly. Moreover, today the north wind is a good wind for the people in the north, and for those who attack the south gate, it is a crazy headwind.

In such weather, it would be thankful that you could shoot an arrow seventy steps away.

In each thousand-person team, there is a small team of Tartars as the military supervisor. They have undertaken the task of being the backbone. If they hadn't been shouting in the team and stabilizing the morale of the army, they would have dispersed in the first round of fire from the muskets.

Gou'er, a political official in Pingzhang, Huguang Province, wanted to make military achievements, so he organized a team three times to attack the trench positions outside the city, but he was no match for it at all. He threw many corpses and fled in a panic.

Tang and his arrogant soldiers were very satisfied. They were no longer willing to shoot the other party at a distance of 300 steps, which would only allow the other party to escape the range of the Tianque gun faster. They waited for the other party to get closer and then suddenly attacked.

The soup and today were very enjoyable.

The sun had reached the west, and it had already passed noon. At this time, the sun was hot, and the trenches had another advantage, which was that they could shade. However, the Tartars had to attack with the sun.

"General Tang, the Tartars are already afraid of being beaten, and I'm afraid they won't come up again, right?" said Tang He's subordinate, Centurion Liu Erlen.

Erling was not stupid. He was tall and big. When he fought, he couldn't get close to him. When he used the Tianque gun, he seemed to have a pair of eyes. Within three hundred steps, he hit wherever he pointed. He had a lot of results. He recently became a centurion.

"This is not certain. The Tartars are like fools, and they may not know when they will come up again." Tang He said: "Give me some energy. If the Tartars come up again later, they will have to kill a few more."

"Listen to the fierce north of the city, I don't know how the battle is going there." Tang He said. Although the battle here went smoothly, it was too unexciting. He really wanted to change with Shiyi, or send a team of thousands to support him. Anyway, leaving a thousand people here is enough to deal with the Tartars.

"It's coming up again, it's coming up again." said a soldier in charge of keeping a watch.

The soldiers who were squinting in the trench suddenly became energetic and jumped out of the trench one by one, looking at the soldiers emerging in front of them.

This time, the Tartars changed their tactics and rushed up desperately without using the crowded sea of ​​people. Instead, they came up with a small team. It seemed that there were about one hundred people. They did not line up in dense queues, but became scattered soldiers. While running, they kept changing their postures. A hundred steps behind them were the Tartars in the brigade.

These unlucky guys were sent by the superiors to die, thinking that they could escape death by jumping like this. They obviously wanted to die, but they still had to come. Could it be that these Tartars had peeked at their boss’s wife?

"Prepare for the fight." Tang He said.

"Crash, crash." Countless Tianque guns were pulling the pull rods on them, pushing the bullet and gunpowder into the musket, ready to shoot.

The other party is getting closer and closer.

Tang He never ordered the fire to open, and this little Tartar was not worth his waste of fire.

The Tartars were approaching a distance of 100 steps, but Tang He still did not let go of the fire.

Until it was close to fifty steps, Tang He still did not move.

The soldiers calmed their breathing. They didn't know why the commander refused to let the fire open. The Tartars would be about to fall into a state of hand-to-hand combat when they came up. That would be bad. However, even within twenty steps, they would be sure to fire several shots in a row.

Suddenly, the Tartars exerted their strength, howled, and ran towards them. While running, they threw the javelin in their hands out.

"Shoot!" Tang He gave the order.

I thought there was something new to the Tartars, but that was the case. A small group of soldiers came up with a javelin, and chose to keep changing steps, trying to avoid shooting. And that javelin, if you throw the javelin, you still want to fight with the Tianque gun with a waist knife?

"Bang, bang bang," Suddenly, the sound of the Tianque gun kept coming, and with the sound, Tartars kept falling down.

Most of the javelins were thrown outside the trenches, and only a few shots were entered, and no casualties were found. The trenches were a very good bunker.

As the Tartars in front began to throw the javelin, the soldiers behind also began to rush forward, and they began to jump constantly, no longer forming a square formation for normal charges.

It seems that the Tartars have also learned to be smart and know that the shooting effect of the Tianque gun will be weakened in this way. Alas, the devil is one foot taller and the devil is one foot taller!

Tang He finally ordered: "Scattered fireworks, shoot!"

I kept it in my arms for a whole morning and had been using the Tianque gun to solve the enemy, which gave the other party an illusion that I thought there was only the Tianque gun here, and there were no scattered fireworks, but I was just hiding it all the time. These Tartars just gave their soldiers a chance to practice shooting mobile targets.

The Tartars move too fast, which affects the shooting effect, so it is time to scatter the fireworks.

"Boom, boom!" The scattered fireworks finally let out their own roar.

Jump, run back and forth, Tang He looked at the Tartars in front of him, muttering in his heart, no matter how much you jump, you will be beaten into meat paste when you encounter a rain of bullets falling from the sky.

Finally, the Tartars attacked again and were defeated, leaving thousands of corpses in front of the position.

There were thirty, Liu Erleng muttered in his heart that until now, he had eliminated thirty Tartars.

Compared to the real Gou'er, Tai Buhua is very experienced.

Tuotuo has made it clear that the current task is to attack feintly, attract the attention of the defenders, and not allow them to divide their troops to help the north. If possible, it will be changed to the main attack. However, you have neither the return gun nor the rocket nest, and you just fill in the sea of ​​people. How many people will have to die to kill to kill?

Besides, Taibuhua led the troops transferred from various Khanate countries. If this group of troops suffered too much loss, he would not be able to explain to Tutuo Taishi.

The borrowed army will have to be paid back after borrowing it. If there are too many casualties, the aftermath alone will be a large sum of money. The court's finances continue to deteriorate, and there will be a deficit every year. Where can I fill this hole?

Tai Buhua was very dissatisfied with the idea of ​​Tuotuo's army. Tai Shi was so happy to be accustomed to the merits. When he met a disobedient traitor, he wanted to personally fight and eliminate the other party. He had to gather a lot of tens of thousands of troops at once. What's the use of more troops? Do you dare to use such an army?

Tai Buhua ordered his troops to attack the east gate, but they accepted it. They walked slowly to a distance of 300 steps, and were killed by a musket, but they refused to move forward again. They did not have the courage they had when they first set out. Why were they so brave when they were domineering in the capital?

No matter how Taibuhua threatened and tempted him, the leaders of the various Khanate countries always shied away for various reasons, and fell into silence on the long front east of Gaoyou Mansion.

Lu Zhen was very puzzled. He looked at the other party's army from afar. The other party didn't seem to be here to fight, but it was like a traveler. If you want to fight, come up. If you don't fight, you can retreat. Don't waste me here. Lu Zhenkong has all his strength, but has nowhere to use it.

Does the other party want to trap the defenders? But Gaoyou Lake to the west is the back garden of your home, so you don’t have to worry about food issues at all. It’s really interesting!

A completely different situation appeared on the battlefield. In the north, under the personal command of the Taishi Tutuo, various armies fought bravely, and various weapons emerged one after another. They had never suffered any losses. The rebel army, which had always won the few, was suppressed and beaten.

To the south, Tang He's second battalion showed its power and killed the Tartars.

On the east side, it was even more magical. The army of more than 100,000 was silent, but refused to attack, as if both sides were good brothers.

Since Zhang Yang got on the top of the city, he has been watching the development of the war situation and commanding the battle steadily.

At this time, the battle had fallen into a glued state.

On the long-range weapon, the Tartars' Hui Cannon still refused to get too close. It stopped again until six hundred steps. In this way, the scattered fireworks on the top of the city were still unreachable. Using the God of War cannon was useless. Moreover, the Tartars had discovered the weakness of the God of War cannon: although it could be smashed directly to pieces, it would not have much impact if it was far away.

Therefore, when the Tartars approached again and relocated their positions, they deliberately widened the distance between the revving cannons, which made it even more troublesome to aim at the God of War Cannon.

The God of War Cannon was originally prepared for water warfare and fought on the water surface. This solid shell has considerable power. As long as it hits, it can knock out the opponent's ships with one shot, completely lose its combat power, or even sink.

But now when used, it obviously does not exert its due power.

Although both sides were fighting, Zhang Yang silently felt a sense of mutual appreciation for the Grand Tutuo.

Although the Grand Tutuo was his mortal enemy, this person deserved to be a dazzling star in this era. When fighting, he adapts to changes and is good at using his own advantages to offset the opponent's advantages.

Although it is an enemy, this kind of enemy deserves its respect. However, respect is respectful, Zhang Yang will not show mercy to the other party. What he has to do now is to do his best to defeat him.

Since I was born Yu, He Shengliang, since I was born again for Zhang Shicheng, no one can get a chance with me, even you, the Grand Master, can't do it!

The Tartars' crossbow position was also moving forward, preparing to launch powerful giant arrow shafts. Moreover, with the experience of the last time, Zhang Yang knew that the Tartars did not carry a cloud ladder when they attacked the city. Their purpose must be to use the crossbow to insert countless arrow shafts on the city walls to use them as cloud ladders. Such ladders will not be overthrown by their own side. There is no good way to deal with them except for weapons such as hot oil.

However, we have to wait until the Tartars can get close to the city wall. Now, the Tartars' infantry is still tossing on the first trench three hundred steps away.

Although the trenches outside have been lost, the trenches are of no use to the Tartars, because the Tartars do not have a suitable ranged weapon, and shooting upwards from the trenches is not as convenient as on the ground.

But from the top of the city, you can use the Tianque gun to attack the Tartars in the trenches.

Many Tartars wisely chose to lie to the bottom of the trench, so they entered the dead corner of Tianque gun shooting on the top of the city and could not be shot.

Although it cannot be hit by the Tianque gun, it does not mean that Zhang Yang has no choice. The scattered fireworks have begun to shoot at the Tartars in the trenches. Every time they go down, the bullet rainfall falling into the trenches will take away a large number of Tartars' lives.

But the Tartars were still persisting tenaciously, and the troops behind were still moving forward continuously. They were not afraid of death, and were as tough as single-cell paramecium.

Although the two sides were glued together, Zhang Yang did not worry much. As long as Bian Yuanheng's fleet arrived and the artillery fire on the boat was fired together, the Tartars who rushed up would be wiped out.

However, in order to hide, Bian Yuanheng's naval army was in the center of Gaoyou Lake. Although the steam engine was already very powerful, it would take half an hour to drive here.

"Woo, woo!" Suddenly, a familiar whistle sounded from the west.

The navy finally arrived!

Although Bian Yuanheng's ships were preheating, there was a process from preheating the boiler to full power operation. After receiving Zhang Yang's order, Bian Yuanheng immediately ordered to move forward at full speed. The sailors began to stuff coal into the boiler. Even so, half an hour had passed when enough pressure was added.

Bian Yuanheng immediately asked all the ships to head to the north of Gaoyou Mansion immediately, and used half of Shicheng to finally arrive at the battlefield.

From a distance, I saw that the war in the north of Gaoyou Mansion had been glued into a state of glue. The trenches on the periphery had been abandoned. All the defenders were shooting violently at the top of the city at the Tartars under the city. The Tartars were advancing fearlessly in the dense rain of bullets.

Behind the Tartars, countless castle carts were constantly shooting artillery shells at the city wall. The shells were not ordinary stone bullets, but smoke-filled fireballs. Although most of them did not hit, many of them had already reached the city wall. The smoke was rolling on the city wall, part of which was the gunpowder smoke when the Tianque gun was fired, and part of them was the smoke burning from this kind of fireball.

Seeing such a scene, Bian Yuanheng knew that the battle had entered the most intense moment. He was glad that he finally arrived at the battlefield and did not delay the situation.

Since you are here, then just fight!

"Woo, woo!" Bian Yuanheng's flagship sounded two whistles, and with the sound of the whistle, the navy officially participated in the battle.

There were several war god cannons on each ship. They naturally aimed at the most threatening Hui artillery position, while the rest of the scattered fireworks aimed at the Tartars that were charging.

In addition to these, there are countless Tianque guns that are already aiming at the opponent. As the distance between the ships gets closer, they finally enter the range of the Tianque gun.

The addition of this vital force immediately sets a balanced battle situation that is still under the glue.

Hundreds of war god cannons were roaring, pouring shells into the Huihui cannon position. Anyway, after the war, those iron lumps can be dug out again. Bian Yuanheng didn't feel sorry for it at all. This was not like a water battle. During a water battle, the shells that fell to the bottom of the water would go but not return. Now they are fired on the ground, so there is no need to worry about this problem.

Now, the Tartars' Hui Hui artillery positions could no longer support them. As the shells continued to come, although most of the shells still fell, the increase in the number of shells finally increased the number of shells on the Hui Hui artillery. In a short while, more than a dozen Hui Hui artillery were smashed into pieces.

Tuotuo felt very distressed. Each of these Huihui cannons was a treasure. He could have tried his best to open the battle situation and let the soldiers approach the city. As long as they fired stone bullets and opened the city wall, Gaoyou Mansion would conquer them in one go. Even if the Huihui cannons were destroyed by the opponent at that time, as long as the city wall was opened, the Huihui cannon would play the greatest role and should not suffer greater losses at this time.

Although he had already arranged cavalry on the flanks and warned as soon as possible when a navy approached, it was not enough to have a warning. The cavalry's bows and arrows could not destroy the opponent at all, and even if it was to launch rockets, it would not work.

The cavalry troops that suddenly appeared had completely hurt his Huihui cannon.

It can be guessed that if the Huihui cannon position is destroyed, the next target will definitely be the crossbow position. In that case, all the capital you have to attack the city will be spent, so why should you fight with others?

"Master Tai Shi, the other party's artillery is too fierce. Should we remove the Huihui cannon first?" Senator Gong Boqi said.

"No, now you withdraw the Huihui cannon, and today's attack will be declared a failure. We have suffered 20,000 or 30,000 casualties. We can't just retreat."

"Then, let's watch our Huihui cannon position be destroyed by the other party like this?" Gong Boqi said.

When I got sore in my heart, I still returned to peace immediately. A calm mind is the quality that the general must possess.

Now, the biggest threat is the navy that suddenly enters the battlefield. Now, the other party's navy is unmatched and there is no corresponding navy to compete with. Today is an opportunity. Since the other party's navy is here, I might as well destroy them here and I will no longer have to worry about it in the future.

In addition to being used to siege cities, Hui Hui cannons can also be used to attack ships!

"Order, turn the Huihuan position and shoot the opponent's ship!" Tuotuo said quietly.
Chapter completed!