I want to be emperor

Chapter 211
Although Tang Hui struggled, seeing the infantry of the thieves getting closer and closer, he finally ordered troops to go to the top of the city, but this time only some artillerymen with light artillery and musketeers and archers were sent.

As for the heavy armored elites who were specially used for close combat, they didn't go up any more.

Tang Hui couldn't just sit back and watch the bandit army rush all the way to the bottom of the city wall and climb the top of the city without any loss, isn't it...

But the result is not too good...

After the light gunners of the Ming army waited for the soldiers to go up to the top of the city in fear, the first thing they saw was the dead and wounded who were almost lying on the top of the city...

Then he began to load the ammunition nervously, preparing to shell the bandit infantry who were about to enter the range.

However, as soon as those damn thieves saw the soldiers of the Ming army going up to the top of the city again, the infantry stopped again, and then the artillery of the thieves opened fire again...

This time there was no need for orders from Tang Hui or other generals. As soon as the cannons of the bandit army opened fire, hundreds of Ming army long-range soldiers who had just entered the top of the city rushed down the city wall almost instantly...

It's just that the speed of escape was not as fast as the flying speed of the shells. As the shells hit intensively, dozens of people fell into a pool of blood immediately.

After a while, the bandit protection army repeated the same trick and let the infantry continue to advance, but this time, regardless of what Tang Hui and other generals of the defending army thought, the ordinary soldiers would not go to the top of the wall no matter what. ...

The bandit security army made it clear that they wanted to lure them to the top of the city, and then use artillery to kill them. No matter how stupid or brave they are, they can't continue to go to the top of the city so stupidly.

Do you have to go?
The hundreds of dead and wounded lying on the top of the city is a precedent!
In fact, most of the dead and injured were not dead. Many were injured by shrapnel.

The Ming army didn't even dare to send people up to gather the wounded on a large scale. Only sporadic people went up to pull some injured officers and leaders or knew better people back for treatment.

After the Ming army put on a posture that they would not go to the top of the wall no matter what, Luo Zhixue immediately said to Zhang Malin beside him: "The artillery unit is ready to cover the infantry!"

Then he said to Xu Zhixian: "Order the First Infantry Brigade and the Fifth Garrison Brigade to attack!"

The Ming army defending the city had been beaten so badly by their own artillery fire that they didn't even dare to go up to the top of the city. Now is the time for the infantry to launch a general attack.

After receiving the order, Dong Mingjie, the fifth garrison brigade in front, immediately ordered the army to start pressing up.

His fifth garrison brigade, together with the first infantry brigade next door, will attack the northern section of the city wall at the same time, with the north gate as the dividing point. The first infantry brigade is responsible for the left side, and the fifth garrison The brigade is responsible for the right side.

However, the main direction of attack will undoubtedly be the left side of the northern city wall where the [-]st Infantry Brigade is located.

This point is not only known inside the Baoxiang Army, in fact, as long as the generals of the Ming Army on the opposite side are not blind, they can basically see it.

The section of the city wall where the Rural Protection Army repeatedly bombarded was the left side of the north city wall.

The [-]st Infantry Brigade, which is responsible for attacking in this direction, also has more heavy armored infantry.

However, the task of the fifth garrison brigade was not light. They had to launch an attack on the city wall on the right to contain more Ming troops and create favorable opportunities for the first infantry brigade to attack.

When the fifth garrison brigade rushed forward, Li Chengyong of the first infantry brigade also ordered the troops to move forward.

"Light gunners and musketeers step forward to suppress the firepower of the enemy's city, and the assault battalion is the main attack, try to rush up directly!"

Assault battalion, this is not the regular formation of the Rural Protection Army, but for this Zhongxiang attack, Luo Zhixue specially mobilized heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, heavy armored spearmen, and strong musketeers from various departments of the First Division A force dedicated to siege operations was formed, with a total of more than 500 people.

These people, even musketeers, temporarily wore full-body cloth face armor for added protection.

And those heavy armored sword and shield players are even stronger, wearing double armor directly!

Under the cover of friendly troops, they began to head towards the city wall.

The distance ranged from 200 meters to 100 meters, and they were still advancing. Some auxiliary troops who were not wearing heavy armor but carrying ladders started to trot, trying to rush to the city wall in advance to set up ladders, so that those The heavy armored soldiers climbed the top of the city as soon as they arrived under the city wall.

At this time, the generals of the Ming army on the top of the city also realized that this time the bandit army was playing for real, and it was no longer the same as the previous few times, when they only approached thirty or forty feet before retreating. ,
Tang Hui shouted: "The bandit army is coming up, hurry up, all the heavy armors are on the top of the wall to prepare for battle!"

"Fire all the cannons, and the archers, why don't you shoot the arrows?"

Not only Tang Hui was shouting, but other Ming army generals who understood the situation on the battlefield were also shouting.

However, most of the ordinary soldiers were reluctant, let alone ran to the top of the city in a hurry!
Many soldiers thought it was another conspiracy by the bandits.

As soon as they get to the top of the city, the bandit army will definitely fire, and they will die by then.

So you still have to be steady, slow down, don't rush too far forward, just walk up slowly at the back, and after the people who went up first are bombarded, the people behind them will be able to go down again logically The walls are hidden.

There are quite a few ordinary soldiers who think this way, which caused them to be slow when they went up to the city to deploy their defenses. At this time, the soldiers of the [-]st Infantry Brigade and the assault battalion had already launched the final charge. .

bad thing...

The thief army is really going to charge up!

Many soldiers of the Ming army who had just arrived at the top of the city saw the densely packed bandit soldiers under the city wall, and only then realized that the adults above had not lied to themselves, that the bandit army was really going to attack the city.

Under the command of middle and low-level officers, many soldiers of the Ming army began to hastily load light cannons, or shoot with bird guns, and shoot with bows and arrows.

But they are too late!

The light gunners and musketeers of the Township Protection Army have already fired ahead of time and began to provide medium and short-range fire support for the siege troops.

A large number of shrapnel and bullets fell on the city wall, stirring up a little bit of dust, and also killing and injuring a large number of soldiers of the Ming army who were exposed.

And under the city wall, the soldiers of the assault battalion had already crossed the moat, and the soldiers carrying the ladder at the front had already erected the ladder.

Although there were soldiers of the Ming army on the top of the city trying to push away the ladder with long poles, there were still people who threw stones down and used bows and arrows to shoot arrows and other means to carry out defensive operations.

But it still couldn't stop the guards from leaning the ladders one after another against the battlements. When the ladders leaned against the battlements, the iron hooks on the top directly hooked the battlements, no matter how much the Ming defenders pushed them, they couldn't push them away.

Immediately, someone hurriedly hacked the iron hook with a knife, but it was of no avail.

Leaning out and looking under the city wall, I saw a few bandit soldiers climbing up the ladder.

The bandit soldier in the lead looked extremely strong, with an iron helmet on his head and a full set of heavy armor on his body. The bandit soldier held on to the long ladder with one hand to climb, and supported a small round shield with one hand on top of his head with the other hand. , directly biting the back of the steel knife in his mouth.

A soldier of the Ming army threw down a stone, but the bandit army's heavy armored soldier was extremely powerful, and the small shield on his head was not straight, but inclined. Although the stone hit the round shield, but It just slid to the side.

That gray thief warrior is still climbing up!
When this heavy-armored thief with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other appeared behind the city, the Ming soldiers in front of him panicked.

A soldier of the Ming army tried to stab directly with a spear, but he missed the stab, and the spear was swung away by the opponent with a knife. Immediately afterwards, the bandit soldier strode forward and smashed the armor of the company with a knife. None of the Ming soldiers were hacked to death.

After the Ming army soldier who dared to resist at the first moment was hacked to death, the surrounding Ming army soldiers did not dare to continue to move forward for a while, but kept retreating...

The strong swordsman with the heavy armor and shield didn't stop. After scanning the eyes under the helmet, he directly slashed towards the side with the huge shield. He swung away the long spear of the Ming army with the shield again. Spear, once again a knife in the past and the result of a Ming army incident.

At this time, a soldier of the Ming army from the side looked over with a long knife, and successfully slashed the shoulder of the thieves.

However, there was a reaction force from the iron knife in his hand, which almost broke his knife. If you look closely, you can only see a small gap in the armor of the guard's shoulder.

At this time, the security guards didn't even turn around to look, and directly swung the long knife that had just killed a Ming army soldier back, and disemboweled the Ming army swordman on the spot!
When he wanted to go forward and kill again, he saw that several other Ming soldiers had already turned around and ran away in a hurry.

At this time, several armored soldiers of the bandit army came up to the top of the city behind them, and soon, there were four or five heavy armored soldiers of the bandit army in this small area.

Looking around, there were also soldiers from other assault battalions nearby who opened the gap, and dozens of heavy armored soldiers from the Assault Battalion of the Protection Bandit Army rushed up in a short time.

And more soldiers are still climbing to the top of the city.

As more and more armored soldiers of the thieves rushed to the top of the city, the Ming army on the top of the city did not dare to continue to go forward after the first instinctive resistance and a large number of casualties. Even many Ming soldiers turned around and fled on the spot.

However, the collapse and escape of these ordinary Ming troops did not mean that the Ming army was completely defeated.

In fact, some soldiers of the Ming army under the leadership of the generals tried to resist or even counterattack.

Especially the elite heavy armored infantry that Tang Hui placed high hopes on, although after several twists and turns, there were only about 200 left.

But these 200 people are indeed an elite force composed of the generals' personal soldiers and servants. When other soldiers of the Ming army did not dare to step forward to make up for it, they rushed forward and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the thieves had just entered the city. When the foothold is unstable, the soldiers of the bandit protection army are directly driven to the top of the city.

At this moment, the gap between the heavy-armored elite infantry and ordinary guard soldiers is vividly reflected.

Among the thousands of Ming troops present, some fled, some hid, and some even pretended to be dead and surrendered.

But the only one who dared to launch a large-scale counterattack was the elite Ming army.

Ever since, they were bombarded by the elite musketeers in the assault battalion at close range...

This temporarily organized assault battalion not only has traditional melee arms such as sword and shield soldiers and spearmen, but also musketeers!

Moreover, these musketeers belonged to the first musket post of the [-]st Infantry Battalion under the [-]st Infantry Regiment.

In the rural protection army, the musket whistle with the oldest qualifications, the longest training time, and the most combat experience!

(End of this chapter)