Chapter 99 Resignation without reward-5
The dull "puff" sounds sounded continuously, and the gun penetrated the leather shield and shot into the flesh and blood. The sword and shield hand squeezed in the front fell down. Taking advantage of the chaotic gap between the Liao soldiers, the officer on the side of the ship shouted: "Punch the gun!" "Punch the gun!" "Punch the gun!" "Punch the gun!" The Han army in the back row rushed over with a musket gun, rushed to the front team, rushed to the side of the ship, and sharp guns stabbed everywhere, immediately killed several Liao soldiers in front. *1*1* Liao army officers were summoning people to rush up to fight again, and the musket gunmen in the back row had filled in ammunition.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" "Fire—"
The musketeers in the back row snatched forward from the gap between the confrontation. Both sides were red-eyed. Facing the black musket, the Liao soldiers still rushed towards the opposite ship side regardless of everything. The Jurchen archers stood on the boat building and bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows shot towards the Han army opposite the side of the ship like rain. The musket was blazing with blue smoke, and the musket almost hit the chest of the Liao soldiers rushing up. The Liao soldiers simply abandoned their shields, waved their scimitars with both hands, and jumped into the muskets' hands to chop them. The Han army muskets were thinly coated, and each knife brought a bloody flower.
The musket commander ignored the battle between the enemy and us, pointed at the side of the ship and shouted: "Fire!" "Fire!" The musketman on the ship lit the lead with some hesitation. At this moment, the row of guns on the side of the ship exploded like a bead-like cannon.
"Bang bang bang--"
"Bang bang--"
"Bang bang bang--"
After another round of volleys, the Liao army's offensive temporarily eased. Immediately afterwards, the musketeers with guns stabbed in the back row rushed up and drove the remaining Liao army back and forth. At this time, under the deck of the gunship, after several rounds of launches, the cabin was as hot as a steamer. The gunners ran back and forth with sweat on their faces. The enemy ship was two feet away, and the tall hull completely covered the cannon window, and the entire cabin was dim.
"Sir, what should I do?" Zhang Tang asked back.
"What should I do?" Su Jie glared at him and shouted loudly, "Put the ammunition!" He turned around and shouted again in a daze, "Put the ammunition, fire it in turn!" Su Jie had an arrow scar on the corner of his eyes, and there were traces of burning on his cheeks. He was the commander of this layer of artillery, which was highly valued by Tong Yunjie. Other artillery groups could also be rotated to the upper deck to blow the air. Su Jie usually stayed in the dark cabin, so his temper became a little gloomy and the punishment was heavy. The gunners were very awe of him. His throat immediately woke many people up.
"Put the ammunition!" "Quick!" "Quick!" "Come on the red hot bullet!"
The gunners were filled with medicine bags and shells in the cannon chamber, and they shouted trumpets to push the cannon to the front of the cannon window. Because the two ships were too close, some cannons could not fully extend the cannon window, so they only exposed the cannon mouth. "Fire!" Su Jie gritted his teeth and ordered. The sound of footsteps of "dongdong" and "dongdongdongdong" were constantly heard from the deck above his head. The sound of fighting between the two armies was clearly audible, and the gunmen even smelled a bloody smell. They lit the leads of the cannons one by one, then waited with breath, and then a moment later
"boom--"
"Boom--"
"Boom boom boom boom--"
The loud noise was deafening, and the shells shot into the enemy ship's hull without exception. The narrow gap between the two ships was filled with black smoke. The wood chips burst out from the opposite hull even splashed into the cannon window. The hulls of the two ships shaking violently, and the gunners under the deck coughed loudly in the smoke. The cannons that were close at hand suddenly pushed the two warships that were originally leaning together to both sides, and the iron hooks on the boat boards were also pulled and bent. On the board, the Liao army on the side of the ship fell into the river like dumplings. After this volley, the gunners on the deck took advantage of the two ships to set aside again and fired another round of shotgun. At a very close distance, the shotguns washed the opposite deck like a storm.
"Good fight!" Zhao Xingde turned to look at the Phoenix Mountain Fort and ordered, "Let the fort be on the ammunition and wait for my order to fire!"
The flag was fired on the west city wall. Liu Zhijian, who was commanding the fort, immediately ordered the gunner to take down the branches covering the cannon position. The cannon shone with copper in the sun, pointing directly to the river west of Hanyang. This fort was originally designed by Zhao Xingde to jointly control the river surface with Ezhou, and has been empty since its construction. Zhao Xingde also sent tooth soldiers to isolate the area in the name of the central army of the Xingying capital. He often supervised the battle on various city walls. Just the day before yesterday, the Baoyi Arcade Battalion entered Hanyang City at night and arranged forty four-inch heavy artillery on the mountaintop fortress. After the artillery battalion arranged the cannons, the cannons were still covered with curtains and branches, and this place became the artillery battalion base.
Outside the west wall, the Liao army flat-bottomed ship carried artillery ashore, and then added wheels to the side of the ship, which became a cannon cart. People pushed the horse and pulled the cannon into the cannon position. The Liao army's artillery was scattered. After narrowing the target, it was difficult for the Song army artillery to be accurately shot on the front of the city, and the Liao army artillery fired just toward the direction of Hanyang City. Although the Liao army's artillery was not accurate, occasionally hitting the city head, the earth and rocks flew. Under the city wall, the shaved army pushed the siege vehicles, the giant shield chariots, the Xi army and the Khitan army were behind. Some were holding shields and scimitars to prepare to climb the city, while others were
Then he bent his bow and arrow to shoot towards the head of the city. The old city of Hanyang was destroyed by floods, leaving only a piece of ruins. The current city wall was built in a hurry. In order to save time and effort, the east faced the land, which was the main attack direction of the enemy. The city wall on the east was two or five feet high and the west faced the river. It is expected that the navy would work together to defend the city, and the city wall on the west was only ten or five feet high. The Liao army could shoot arrows directly from the city below the city, and the defenders had to hold shields when walking. Zhao Xingde personally sat in the west wall, and there were still deserters. Several bloody heads were hung in front of the west city tower.
Ouyang Shan ran over, and he looked anxious and whispered to Zhao Xingde: "Master, if we don't let the mountain fire, we are afraid we can't hold on!"
In planning the Hanyang City to turn against Ezhou, Ouyang Shan and others made great contributions. In order to quickly control the troops, Zhao Xingde suggested that Ezhou also repay his favors. In the end, Ouyang Shan, Wu Jian and Zhang Zhun all pretended to be the commander of the commander and each controlled the five battalions of musketeers. Originally, the generals of the southeast camp were detained by Cao Di in the central army. After more than ten days of grace and power, Jiangbei commanded and controlled these intermediate officers, but they did not dare to refuse to obey Ouyang Shan and his military orders. There was a large number of heavy artillery arrangements on the mountain fort, and only a few generals such as Ouyang Shan knew about it.
"Wait a little longer!" Zhao Xingde whispered in a low face, "When the Liao bandits retreat, catch him off guard."
"But," Ouyang Shan looked at the river and held back without saying a word. The Liao army brigade's warships had completely sailed across the rivers of Ezhou and Hanyang, and they all took the waterways on the Hanyang side. With the fierce attack of the Liao army navy, the Song army navy seemed to be defending. The black smoke fired by the iron barrel cannons and the water mist stirred up by the artillery shells became thicker and thicker on the river. Ouyang Shan was not familiar with water wars, but just looking at the situation, his own navy seemed to be at a disadvantage.
"The navy is going to lose, lose--"
"Brother Song, Hanyang is surrounded, we are all done."
Song Ang's eyes showed a hint of hatred, and spat in the direction of the city tower, saying hatefully: "The person named Zhao was promoted and made money, but I let me be with him." Although he was left opposite the river, Song Ang had already hidden the ship, and as long as no one looked at him, he could cross the river. Who knew that Hanyang City's Musketball Camp suddenly launched an attack and welcomed Zhao Xingde from Jiangdong. What is even more incredible is that Zhao Xingde, who was originally a garrison of Ezhou, was actually appointed as a subordinate of the southeast camp. Song Ang and dozens of his clans were forced to stay in Jiangbei. Seeing that the Liao army's offensive became more and more fierce, they felt secretly timid in their hearts, but they were afraid of Zhao Xingde's military law. Looking at the several heads, they were all good heads who usually ate wine and played money in the camp. Commanding, Song Ang was really hated and afraid.
"He***," Song Ang's subordinate Li Yu whispered, "Mr. Liu is here, and he must have tried his best to protect us. How can we fight against the Liao soldiers like this fool?" Yang Gun, another head of the capital, also sighed: "In just over ten days, there are more brothers who died under the sword arrows of the Liao soldiers in Hanyang City than in the previous few months." Several officers were scolding and gasping, wiping the blood on the sword. When defending the city just now, the Liao soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and after a long battle, they drove them down.
"I'm afraid of my life. Stop it!" Song Ang said in a low voice, "Let the person surnamed Zhao be proud for two days first. Let's pass this level first. The brothers in our Southeast camp will never always follow the person surnamed Zhao to suffer." "What?" Li Yu's eyes heated up, "Brother Song has a way?" "Shut up!" Song Ang looked around and looked at the city of Ezhou opposite the river, and lowered his voice, "Cao—" Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the river and said in a lost voice, "God blessed, Liao soldiers are defeated!"
The sound of killings on the city walls shook the sky, covering up the whispers of these people.
At this time, the river was still in chaos, but some warships in front of the Liao army began to turn back and even squeezed with the warships behind. After chasing them all the way, the Liao army lost many warships and falcon boats. When they were head-on, the iron barrel gun ships of the Han army and the Song army exerted the power of the iron barrel guns in a row on the river to the greatest extent. With heavy losses, the Liao army's naval vanguard finally couldn't bear it.
"The king's advice is still not allowed to retreat!" The deputy general shouted in great grief and anger, "If you continue to fight, you will die!"
Yilapua's face was dark and hesitated for a moment and said, "Report with a banner. Let the king let the warships behind him fight with the Song army." He shook his head, regardless of whether Wanyan Zongbing accepted it, and whispered: "Everyone is going to die," Yilapua raised his head and shouted, "Let's retreat first!"
The deputy general hurriedly passed the general order, and the sailors rushed to raise sails and row the oars. While reporting the flag, they called on both sides to protect the ships to retreat. This was the third ship that Yilapua had boarded. The first two ships were sunk by the artillery fire of the Song army. The Liao generals who were commanding the troops in front ordered the warships to retreat. However, there were thousands of warships in the Liao army, almost covering the entire river. When the warships advanced and retreated, it was not as easy as the infantry and cavalry on the shore. Some ships were backwards, some were forwards, some turned sideways, and some did not avoid them, and they were in chaos on the river.
Chapter completed!