Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 537 The Battle of Beikou ([-])

The pungent smell made his nose sour, and the ringing in his ears never stopped. He was used to the sound of the artillery on the top of the mountain.

The sound of shouting and killing was still there, and a dozen soldiers were carefully pushing the catapult truck to the foot of the slope.

In fact, if they pushed over, they would soon be defeated by the Qin army. The Qin army's artillery was farther, more accurate, and more terrifying than the catapult, but it could always share some pressure for the soldiers at the front.

A large number of soldiers in front were rushing up the hillside, and there were people all over the hills and plains. The four fortresses of the Qin Army in front and behind were constantly firing, and people kept falling down on the slope, screaming again and again.

From time to time, there were injuries sent down the slope. Many of them were missing limbs, bleeding profusely, and screaming again and again.

Handerang watched the battle on the slope nervously. The one at the front was almost approaching the corner of the Qin army, and there were corpses and wreckage everywhere along the way. However, after a while, some people couldn't hold on and started running back.

Han Derang was furious, seeing that he was about to reach the top of the slope, wouldn't it be a failure to retreat at this time.

But just as he was about to fight to stop it immediately, the shells whizzed past suddenly, and the catapult beside him, more than ten steps away, exploded at once, and the wood chips flew everywhere, hurting many people. Blood, shouted in panic and couldn't see anything, and the soldiers who were closer to the catapult had lost their heads and fell limply to the side.

The surroundings were in chaos, and Han Derang was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. He even rode his horse back, feeling chills on his back, and chills all over his body. If he had just stood a few steps over, he might have disappeared.

He didn't dare to stop until he was two miles away from the Qin Army's fortress. When he turned his head, all the soldiers in front had been defeated. Just tore a gap in the crowd and brought down a large number of people.

It was very tragic on the slope, Han Derang was horrified to see it, and they almost rushed to the corner, just a little bit.
Soon, the captain who led the first wave of attack came to plead guilty to him, "We suffered heavy casualties, almost all the people in front were wiped out, and many arrows were shot at the top of the city, and many Qin soldiers should have been shot to death. "

Han Derang nodded, because he himself retreated, so he couldn't blame his subordinates. There was a commotion from the east. He looked over and saw that the attack on the west side of the river was also repulsed by the Qin army, full of soldiers were heading towards Podi fled, and the attack over there was organized by Yelu Xiezhen, and it seemed that there was no result.

They thought for a while, "You take people down and resettle the wounded."

Then he turned around and ordered: "Let the next team go."

This is the reason why the siege teams take turns to fight. Even if this team is demoralized and mentally broken, the other teams that have been resting behind will not know it, and they can immediately devote themselves to the battle.

Soon, the second team that was resting in the rear was transferred up, and he summoned several captains to come over and explain: "The front team has rushed to the city, and their archery has caused a lot of casualties to the Qin army. You must fight hard to kill the enemy." , don’t let them down, and don’t let Your Majesty’s expectations live up to you.”

The few people were full of confidence, and they all promised that they would go to the city wall.

Soon, the second round of siege began, this time with more troops, and after a large number of soldiers prepared, they began to advance from the foot of the mountain.

But this time, everyone didn't expect that not long after the army went uphill, suddenly the shells roared, and the Qin army's shells hit the team flag for a moment, knocking down more than ten people in an instant, and the flag was also knocked down, and it was in chaos immediately stand up.

After that, several shots were fired into the crowd. Dozens of people were killed and a lot of people were injured before reaching Banpo. The team was in chaos and soon broke up and fled.

Han Derang was furious. He wanted to find a few people to kill to frighten the army, but there were too many escaped people, and he didn't know who to kill. Then he wanted to kill the leading captain, Zhengfa, but soon someone from the front came to complain to him. The Qin army killed the leading captain with the first shot, and almost cut him in two. That's why the soldiers were terrified, had no fighting spirit, and were defeated at the slightest setback.

Han Derang was so angry that he didn't know where to vent his anger. He couldn't speak for a while, so he could only let them take the wounded to rest and bury the captain.

By this time, it was afternoon, and a hundred days were going west. They paid five or six hundred casualties, but they still didn't hit the Qin army's city.

At this time, the prime minister stationed at Beikou also sent someone to inquire about the situation of the battle. Han Derang didn't know how to answer, so he could only say to the envoy, "Please report to the prime minister. There were many casualties, and we will continue to attack tomorrow until we win."

After listening to the envoy, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, so he went back to report, and Hande made himself feel a little guilty.

Next, he organized another attack, this time with a smaller number of people, only about 100 or [-] people. However, learning from the previous lessons, they no longer dared to arrange densely, but tried to form as loosely as possible, and immediately released arrows after approaching.

However, they were soon repelled, and the sky dimmed. After dark, the fortress of the Qin army was brightly lit, and they also knew to give up the attack temporarily.

In the evening, Han Derang went to visit the wounded in person, only to discover a horrible thing. After a day of fighting, more than 300 people were killed in battle, but the number of injured was far more than that killed in battle. More than 900 people were injured, and the camp for the wounded was almost overcrowded. Yes, and most of them are seriously injured!

Most of those who survived were severely injured with missing arms and legs, especially the number of broken legs. Not to mention the tragic injuries, they must have completely lost their combat effectiveness.
Many people cried and described to him the horror of the situation. Those invisible and terrifying shells flew close to the ground, and bounced up after hitting the ground. If they were not careful, they could break the legs of a bunch of people. They were so cruel that they were terrified. .

Han Derang felt blocked and could only comfort these disabled young people
After coming out, he looked at the brightly lit Qin Army Fortress on the mountain, and he felt very heavy in his heart, knowing that the battle was not over yet.

He suddenly had a sense of guilt, feeling that he was driving these soldiers to die, but he had to do it. The situation in the north was tense, the Qin army was attacking the city in the south, and the country was at stake. More people will suffer from Qin Jun's poisonous hands, he can only convince himself that.

Afterwards, Yelu Xiezhen from the west also rode over to communicate with him about the situation.

What surprised him was that the battle in the west was even more tragic. After a day of fighting, more than [-] people were killed or injured!

The fortress of the Qin Army still hadn't been captured, and Han Derang was also shocked. Then Yelu Xiezhen gritted his teeth and told him that he had been fooled by the Qin Army. I think so.

So staring at the Qin army's artillery rushing to the corner abruptly, it was expected that there was a deep ditch in the other corner, but what happened next took them by surprise. Those strange fortresses of the Qin army were specially built , their cannons can easily hit any corner from the top of the city, and there is no way to avoid it.
Han Derang was dumbfounded after hearing this, and also frightened for a while, but fortunately, they haven't hit the corner yet.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw the powerlessness and fear in each other's eyes. No wonder the Qin army's fortresses were strangely shaped and puzzling. They turned out to have their own way. Yelu Xiezhen gritted his teeth and said, "Qin army is too powerful and cunning. "

No matter what the two generals in front thought, the envoys from Beikou Yelusha had already arrived at the front line early the next morning, urging them to continue to attack the city, take down the fort as soon as possible, and open up the passage.

So on the new day, Han Derang also became ruthless, bit the bullet and continued to organize people to attack the Qin army's fortress.

(End of this chapter)