Jiuxi

Chapter 302 Chapter 300 [Cracked Earth]

When Zhang Can decided to break up with the civil and military officials, the Huaizhou West Route Army outside the city also launched an offensive.

The war first broke out in the east city, and Lai'an's army, under the command of Duan Zuozhang, approached the city wall in an orderly manner.

On the previous road from Qingliu Pass to Shenze City, Lu Chen deliberately suppressed the speed of advance several times. On the one hand, he cooperated with Xiao Wangzhi to dig holes for Qingyu Zhongwang, and on the other hand, he waited for the baggage and siege equipment behind. .

The Heluo City Wall is towering, with an average height of five feet, and the highest section is nearly six feet. Without powerful enough siege equipment, the West Route Army can only look at the city and sigh in admiration, no matter how brave and skillful it is in fighting.

Of course, Lu Chen will not ignore this problem. He has almost exhausted all his cards for this battle and will definitely be fully prepared.

Duan Zuozhang did not disappoint him.

Although the leader of the Lai'an Army is not as brave as Song Shifei, he is obviously better at commanding on the battlefield, and he is very good at the cooperation between various arms and controlling the rhythm of the attack. He almost perfectly completed Lu Chen's assignment. The task given to him.

The Lai'an army's attack was very methodical. Although casualties were inevitable due to the disadvantage of the siege force, under the command of Duan Zuozhang, they continued to exert pressure on Jing's army on the city wall, and this pressure continued to accumulate.

Mou Lianghu was so experienced that he quickly confirmed that this city wall was the direction of the enemy's main attack. Then he mobilized a large number of strong archers to continuously cause damage when the Huaizhou army conquered the city wall.

At the same time, he did not forget the battle situation in other places and analyzed the situation by integrating information from the messengers who were traveling back and forth.

"The report is very detailed. There is not much pressure on the south city. General Uxon asked if he is needed to help protect the east city!"

"Tell Uxun to be careful and beware of the enemy's feint, and the feint will turn into a strong attack. If he underestimates the enemy and is careless, causing danger to the south city, I will definitely not spare him!"

"Follow the order!"

"The report is very detailed. There is no need to worry about the city defense in the north. The enemy's progress is very slow!"

"Very good, let Jia Guhun keep his eyes open and keep going."

"Follow the order!"

While commanding the Dongcheng soldiers, Moulianghu issued calm instructions to other areas.

The Huaizhou Army's offensive was overwhelming, but this time their enemy was not the fleeing Yan Army, but the well-trained and courageous Jing Army. In addition, there were towering and solid city walls and various complete defensive equipment, making it difficult to attack the city. Bigger than ever before.

Especially after Moulianghu gradually adapted to Duan Zuozhang's methods, Jingjun successfully passed the initial difficult period, and the two armies immediately fell into a fierce and anxious battle.

On the plains to the northeast outside the city, the main force of the Panlong Army was waiting in formation. Only two thousand archers were sent to assist the army in confronting the archers on the city.

General Liu Jiangdong stood on horseback, sometimes looking at Lai'an's army attacking the city wall, sometimes looking in another direction, to the north of Heluo City.

Until this moment, Liu Jiangdong still didn't know what Lu Chen could do to break through the extremely strong Heluo city defense, but he had an unbelievable expectation in his heart, as if Lu Chen could do anything and do what he said.

"General, don't worry, our army will definitely have a chance to show its strength."

The deputy general next to him seemed to notice his anxiety and came over to comfort him in a low voice.

Liu Jiangdong said slowly: "I'm not worried about this, I'm just wondering about Captain Lu's clever plan. It's really shameful to say that he was only in his early twenties and he overwhelmed all of us old guys. Song Shifei With such a violent temper, only the Grand Governor could control him in the past, but now he can be said to be obedient in front of Captain Lu."

The deputy general was on the outside, but he could see it more clearly than Liu Jiangdong. Hearing this, he pointed outside Heluo North City and said softly: "General, is Captain Lu's strategy related to that place?"

Liu Jiangdong looked at the situation, and suddenly his heart moved, and he murmured: "You are right, maybe it is really related."

In North City, the main force of Feiyun Army attacked the city wall under the command of Song Shifei.

Although the task Lu Chen gave him was a feint attack, it was not for him to live up to the story. Otherwise, the defenders on the city wall would not have any pressure at all, and it would only have the opposite effect.

Even if it is a feint, it will inevitably lead to blood.

But generally speaking, the pressure faced by Beicheng Jingjun is definitely not as great as that of his Dongcheng colleagues.

But the Jing army on the city didn't know that although their enemy's flag was that of the Huaizhou Feiyun Army, there were actually three thousand Rui Shi battalion infantry led by Colonel Bao An.

This infantry did not attack the city head like the Feiyun Army. They took advantage of the complex terrain outside the city to quickly approach the city wall near the northeast corner, and many of them cooperated with each other to lift logs that were half a man high.

On the outer position, Lu Chen looked at the city wall calmly. Ran Xuanzhi stood beside him and said with emotion: "Actually, on the way here, I have been curious about whether my uncle's method is effective."

Lu Chen asked with interest: "Why does Brother Ran have such an idea?"

Ran Xuanzhi looked around and saw that Lu Chen's soldiers were all around him, so he said with confidence: "After the battle in the mountains, I followed my uncle's instructions to find skilled craftsmen to try to improve the gunpowder you used in the canyon. After their hard work, Through hard work, we have indeed made some progress, and today's gunpowder is more powerful. If there is another canyon battle, the fire thunder made from the new gunpowder will definitely kill countless Jingchao armored infantry."

Lu Chen heard the implication of his words and said calmly: "Brother Ran just thinks that this kind of gunpowder cannot be used to blow up city walls?"

Ran Xuanzhi said sheepishly: "I don't doubt my uncle, I just think it may not be powerful enough."

"It's not possible, but it's definitely not enough."

Lu Chen responded calmly.

His improved black powder was not yellow explosive after all. Even if the latter wanted to directly blow down the Heluo city wall, it would definitely require a staggering amount.

Hearing Lu Chen's answer, Ran Xuanzhi couldn't help but was slightly startled, and then said honestly: "At that time, I was thinking that maybe so much gunpowder should be effective, and then I had another question. Could it be that the defenders of Jing Dynasty would look on stupidly? Shall we dig a hole under the city to put medicine?"

Lu Chen stared at the city wall in the distance and sighed softly: "It's no wonder that Brother Ran has such doubts. I was also worried at first. Until one day I suddenly remembered that Heluo City has a history of more than a thousand years. It is not a bare city. .”

Ran Xuanzhi followed his gaze and looked over, nodded and said, "Only when I see the situation here with my own eyes will I know that my uncle has thought very carefully."

The two men could only see half of the Heluo City Wall from the middle upwards, while the lower parts were blocked by the continuous buildings.

Heluo City had a population of more than two million at its peak, and the area within the city walls simply could not accommodate that many people.

As time went by, residents' residences continued to spread outside the city, forming various types of gathering areas. Even some sections of the moat had to be abandoned and filled. Throughout the ages, this problem has occurred in the core cities of all dynasties.

Even though Heluo City experienced a catastrophe fifteen years ago, the extremely crowded situation in the inner city still cannot be eliminated. In recent years, large residential areas have appeared outside the city, especially outside the North City.

These disorganized buildings became the best cover for the attackers.

Jing Jun on the top of the city looked down and could only see densely packed houses. It was difficult to see clearly the specific movements of the Huaizhou Army.

But they were not too worried, because the sight near the city gate was wide, and in other areas the Huaizhou Army had to climb the city wall to pose a threat.

In a certain area near the northeast corner, the Ruishi Battalion relied on the cover of private houses to quickly approach the city wall. Then some people moved forward in a feint attack posture, while the other people protected the dozens of Seven Star Gang men with mysterious origins in the middle of the team.

"Brothers from Ruishi Battalion, follow us and dig together!"

A man greeted them loudly, and they quickly selected a suitable location. Under the guidance and guidance of these men, the soldiers of the Rui Shi camp dug straight holes in the soft soil.

After reaching a certain depth, they switched to horizontal excavation and dug toward the foundation under the city wall, using logs they brought for support along the way.

When they reached the bottom of the city wall, everyone began to expand the excavation area, still using logs to support the tunnel.

Time passed little by little, everyone was racing against time, and everyone was sweating profusely.

At the front of the Huaizhou Army's position, Ran Xuanzhi felt his heartbeat gradually accelerating, and said nervously: "I still had a doubt at that time. I didn't understand why my uncle valued those people so much, because it seems that digging a hole is not difficult."

Lu Chen laughed and said: "It seems that Brother Ran has been holding back a bit hard along the way. The answer is actually not complicated. The reason why I asked you to find so many masters of tomb robberies is because they know how to build tunnels. To put it simply, since the explosives If we can’t destroy the city wall directly, then we have to use gunpowder and tunnels to cause the ground to collapse.”

Ran Xuanzhi said sincerely: "It's not about blowing up the city wall, but blowing up the ground. I'm really amazing. How could you come up with such a method!"

Lu Chen didn't explain too much, mainly because he couldn't explain in detail.

This cave siege method was a battle example he had seen in his previous life. It was the method used by the Taiping Army to siege cities in the late Qing Dynasty.

Even the explosives of that period could not directly blow down the solid city wall, so the Taiping Army dug a large hole under the city wall consisting of tunnels and supported by wooden piles, and then blew up these supports to cause the ground to collapse due to gravity, thus causing the city wall to collapse. Effect.

At the same time, under the city wall in the northeast corner of Heluo City, several craftsmen accompanying the army began to place explosives on wooden piles everywhere, and the others exited in an orderly manner.

After about a stick of incense, Bao An personally climbed onto a roof and waved an order flag toward the rear.

Lu Chen looked at the flying flag and said solemnly: "Li Chengen."

"The general is here!"

"Line up and prepare to charge!"

"Follow the order!"

……

In Heluo Dongcheng, beads of sweat gradually appeared on Mou Lianghu's face. While he was adapting to Duan Zuozhang's commanding methods, the other party was becoming familiar with his style.

Although the Jing Army has the advantage of being in a commanding position and using various means to defend the city, the Lai'an Army, as the main elite force second only to the Zhenbei Army under the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion, has experienced countless wars in the past two years. There is no doubt that the He is an extremely difficult opponent.

As soon as Mou Lianghu issued an order, two tribesmen ran to the top of the city in great panic. When they came closer, they said breathlessly: "Da Xiangyin, there has been a change in the palace. Emperor Yan died at the hands of His Highness. Those who were loyal to him The Praetorian Guards are on a killing spree!"

This sentence almost made Moulianghu stop breathing.

His expression changed drastically, he grabbed the visitor's collar and roared angrily: "Is Your Highness in danger?"

The visitor found it difficult to breathe. Just as he was about to reply, his body suddenly swayed.

Not only him, but most of the defenders on the city wall, including Moulianghu, felt obvious shocks.

At this moment, a series of earth-shattering noises came from the north of Heluo. Mu Lianghu loosened the man's collar and looked towards the north blankly.

But seeing dust and smoke rising into the sky, they watched in disbelief. A section of the city wall collapsed in their sight, and countless Jingjun soldiers fell into the dust and smoke!

"This this……"

Rao Shimoulianghu has been on the battlefield for a long time and is well-informed. At this moment, he can't help but be shocked and speechless.

He watched helplessly as the tall and solid city wall turned into gravel. Such a terrifying sight even made him forget that Qing Yu Huaijin was in danger.

The Jing army in Beicheng was also stunned with horror on their faces, but the Huaizhou army outside the city roared with great excitement.

Bao An, the captain of Ruishi Battalion, held a machete in both hands and shouted angrily: "Brothers, follow me into the city!"

Song Shifei in the distance smiled ferociously, waved towards the fierce main force of the Feiyun Army and said: "It's our turn, we must kill them all today!"

In the outer position, Lu Chen leaned over and touched the neck of his mount, then turned to Li Chengen and said, "Drumming."

"Here!"

Li Chengen's face flushed with excitement and he held his head high.

The sound of drums is like spring thunder, sweeping across the world.

More than three thousand cavalry began to dispatch under the leadership of Lu Chen, and everyone held their weapons tightly.

A strong wind rises, and the sword points at Heluo!

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