Chapter 811: The messy battlefield
On the third day, the Japanese army launched an attack on Shijianbao again. The Japanese army's tactic was to rush towards the city wall with a large group of people in a sparse formation! There was no heavy armory, no catapult cars, ladders, rushing cars, etc.... It seemed that they could not use it at this time, because they didn't even touch the city wall after rushing for two days.
There were endless noises of shouting and killing outside. From time to time, the roar of cannons came from Yu Liang's head, and the soil was shaken and "rustling" down from his head!
In this cave of Tibetan soldiers, which was like a cave, the sound of gongs and cannons was dull and deafening, and it was very uncomfortable to stay here. However, it was fine with Yu Liang's side, which was blowing the northwest wind from the sea, and the air-ventilated smoke in the cave dissipated very quickly; the brothers in the east were probably even more uncomfortable. Although there were holes leading to the outer wall everywhere in the cave, smoke inevitably accumulated inside it when there was no wind.
The Zangbing Cave is a hole dug along a thick solid wall, supported by thick wooden beams, and the inside is connected; there are many passages leading to the exterior wall, and the nun wall marbles at the exterior wall, which only allows three people to stand and launch. One hole is shaped like a trumpet. A wooden beam above the opening is built with something like a house eaves, covered with felt and mud.
Yu Liang was responsible for guarding five holes: the entire "corner wall" and a hole in the arc-shaped city wall on the front. A team of thirty people were divided into two rounds of fire (insufficient troops). The firearms were fired at a slow speed, but fortunately, it was not only the defenders who were firing on one side, but the defenders on the other side of the Six-Chain wall were also shooting at the slant, forming cross fire.
Today, the Japanese army's attack became even more crazy, and they had just repelled a surging charge. Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, Yu Liang heard the shouts outside.
"Onboard!Onboard..." Yu Liang heard the sound and bowed to see through the trunk. He suddenly felt his scalp numb. Outside the floating smoke of gunpowder, a large number of infantry and cavalry rushed up. His mother, this scene was too absurd! If it weren't for the many such scenes in three days, Yu Liang had the illusion that he was about to be finished when he saw so many people coming up!
"Prepare!" he shouted, and then blew the whistle hanging on his chest and his mouth.
Soon, the sound of gongs on the wall above the head sounded loudly. "Bang bang bang..." The entire fire of the hidden soldiers' cave on the wall suddenly opened fire.
The moment the fire was opened, the entrance of the cave was filled with white smoke and nothing could be seen. After a while, the wind blew, he could see many Japanese outside struggling and screaming on the ground, and some people were digging into the ditch with shovels.
There were crackling sounds of gunfires coming from the wall to the west. Many Japanese soldiers next to the ditch fell down. One of them fell into the ditch with a shovel. No one saved him. The people behind him took the shovel and dug soil on the heads of the wounded soldiers who were still struggling in the mud!
Fifty or sixty steps away, the cavalry riding horses pulled their bows and shot arrows. "Swoosh..." Several arrows flew in from the entrance of the cave, and the Japanese cavalry shot very accurately!
"Ding!" Zhang Dalang, who was busy loading, paused in his hand, was stunned for a moment, reached out to touch his helmet, and he immediately scolded, "Fuck! Fortunately, I wore an iron hat!"
After several volleys, the enemy soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were defeated again. Yu Liang had never seen such a scene before, and the bodies behind the ditch had already accumulated!
At this moment, footsteps came from the passage behind, and a military general who was not aware of shouted: "Where is General Yu Shi?"
Yu Liang responded: "I'm here!"
The general bent over and came in from the passage, clasped his fists and said, "I, Naidong Island, commanded the tenth general of the second team of the third capital, Li Youde, and was ordered by the military command of the military office to reinforce the tenth generals of Yu. These five holes are still led by the tenth generals of Yu."
Yu Liang was a little puzzled and first put his fists back.
After seeing the ceremony, Li Youde glanced outside from the chassis and said, "The other direction is feint attack. Only the enemy soldiers on your side are very fierce. Commander Zhang then drew troops to reinforce."
Yu Liang suddenly said, "So that's it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another "onboard" shout outside! Yu Liang said: "This is the first time I have seen such a war... Everyone is ready!"
Zhao Youde also quickly called his people to be stationed in the nearby five caves, and the troops in this area increased to 60.
"Boom boom boom boom..." The sound of cannons made the wall tremble. Zhao Youde looked up and then said, "What General Yu Shi said is very true. If our Xu army wants to fight like this, the general will be chopped off by the head! It is no different from dying."
The outer ditch has been basically filled and can pass by people. Many Japanese infantry and cavalry have crossed through the mud, nearly thirty or forty steps... and then continue to fill the ditch and shoot arrows.
The three trenches outside Shijian Fort are all within the range of fire. The purpose is to block the enemy's rush and within the firepower coverage!
Four wheels fired alternately, and the firearms fired more quickly. There were two "corner walls" on this side, and a curved wall on the front line was endless. The crackling sound almost stopped, covering the enemy soldiers within thirty or forty steps on three sides.
The noisy screams seemed to be right under the nose. The closer the Japanese army approached the fortress, the narrower the front line, and the crowd became very dense. Every round of gunfire, a large number of people fell to the ground. They were like crazy, and they still rushed towards the second ditch desperately.
At this moment, suddenly, "Boom boom boom..." Several cannons sounded, and the terrifying black ball flew down from the corner walls at a negative elevation angle, bouncing in the crowd. Suddenly, a group of people seemed to explode with boiling water, screaming everywhere, war horses roared everywhere, and many people were squeezed into the ditch.
The Japanese army finally retreated, and the one who came back turned around and ran away.
After the tide of people left, the smoke of gunpowder gradually became thinner, and the castle was terrible, with corpses everywhere, and some people cried and struggled in pools of blood, and the flags and weapons were thrown into a mess.
The soldiers of Xu Jun in the hole in the wall looked at each other and could no longer speak. But no one would be lenient... If so many people rushed to the wall, everyone would have to die! No matter how hard they could fight in close combat, they would not be able to beat many people.
The battlefield stopped for a long time, and the Japanese army finally stopped attacking. The arrow tower in the distance was faintly looking at the camp in the distance, and Xu army was completely unwilling to leave the fortress for half a step... There were only a few hundred people in total, and they went out to find death. The two sides had been stalemate on the battlefield for a long time.
It took a long time since the Japanese army was moved, so everyone sat down on the spot. The soldiers took off the cowhide water bags from their belts and drank water silently one by one.
Yu Liang said: "I don't know what the people of Dongdao will do next."
Li Youdedao: "It's not that easy to conquer this fortress anyway."
Someone next to him hummed, "I've been killing enough money these days, and at least thousands of people have died in the enemy soldiers."
Li Youde said seriously: "It is unreasonable that the Japanese killed the Zhang family and besieged our imperial guards brothers on the sea. Now they are here to die! If they don't give them some colors, they think they are even more awesome than the Liao army."
Yu Liang didn't answer the conversation, and sat on the edge of the earthen wall, letting out a long sigh, his ears buzzing, and his mind was in a daze. I never thought that I would become like this...
At this moment, I suddenly heard the voice: "Commander Zhang." "Meet Commander Zhang..."
Yu Liang and others quickly stood up and saw Zhang Jiankui, a bearded man, come in with his back. Everyone held their fists and saluted.
Zhang Jiankui said directly: "Brothers who serve the country will have great rewards! I will promise you that as long as you go back alive, you will have all the mansions, good fields, and beautiful concubines!"
Everyone became a lot of energy after hearing this, especially Yu Liang's subordinates, but not as wealthy as the imperial guards, but this time all the troops who formed the command of Dongdao, the imperial guards and the guards also had the same military achievements, so they could not be rewarded differently!
Zhang Jiankui emphasized again: "East Island commands more than 500 people, but Emperor Daxu personally mobilized them. Don't worry, as long as we maintain the face of the official family and Daxu's reputation, this reward will be different from the past."
A civil servant next to him echoed: "Brothers, just look at the equipment of Shijian Castle, more than 500 people equipped with more than 40 bronze cannons, and the materials from various warehouses were transported from thousands of miles away to fill them. You can see that this place is highly valued by the imperial court."
The two of them sang together. The soldiers and soldiers were excited regardless of their fatigue. Except for Yu Liang's wealthy family, all the soldiers were almost all from poor backgrounds. Changing their destiny was definitely a chance for several generations to have!
Zhang Jiankui's eyes swept across the faces of the soldiers one by one, and he was very satisfied and said, "Defend the Shijian Fort to the death, the reinforcements of the Jiaolong Army will arrive soon!"
Yu Liang deserved to read more poems and books. Everyone dared not say anything in front of the commander, but he seized the opportunity at the right time and said generously: "I will and my subordinates and brothers swear to live and die together in Shijianbao!"
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Jiankui reached out and slapped Yu Liang on the shoulder, then left the hole in the wall.
There was no war in the morning. Everyone took out the wheat cakes from the grain bags in the cave, ate lunch with cold boiled water, and then kept until You hour in the afternoon.
There was a sound of drums at the hour of You, and the other ten generals came to the wall hole very on time. Yu Liang prepared the flag, rectified the soldiers, handed over defense with the generals who came, and then led everyone out of the cave.
Chapter completed!