The Age of Lords Reborn

Chapter 488 Raiding Pyongyang (for Subscription)

war!
The harsh weather has brought the war back to the most primitive cold weapon fighting.

Mo Xiaobai did not arrange for his troops to attack Pyongyang's four-sided fortified city, but placed all the heavy troops outside the ordinary and seven-star gates on the west side.

The huge Pyongyang, except that the back is close to Mudanfeng, has double doors on each of the other three sides.

The distance between the two gates on the west side is no less than a hundred feet. Although it is not comparable to the large cities built by various Chinese dynasties since ancient times, it is already a huge building in the small territory of North Korea.

From the west side alone, four or five thousand soldiers and horses are required to launch a full-scale attack.

"Yuanrong ballista, release!"

Similar to the past, although Mo Xiaobai sits in the central army, he does not intervene in the front line command, and Li Ji still gives orders.

Holding a deterrent weapon in his hand, of course Li Ji pushed up twenty Yuanrong crossbow carts first.

During the heavy snowfall, the Yuanrong crossbow chariots were lined up in a character formation, and following Li Ji's order, sharp arrows rushed into the air one by one.

The sound of piercing the air covered up the howling wind and snow in an instant, and in less than half a second, several Japanese soldiers and a general standing at the top of the city were nailed to the wall.

The tip of the arrow sank an inch deep into the stone wall, and the Japanese soldier who was hit by the arrow didn't realize that his chest had been pierced by the iron arrow as thick as a fist until his back hit the wall.

"What is this? The power is so terrifying?"

President Xiaoxi was at the top of the city at the moment, but he was not standing so far in front, so he didn't become the target of Yuan Rongnu.

But he stood at the back, almost witnessing this scene with his own eyes.

It's just a blink of an eye, and there is still a distance of at least half a mile, not to mention that it is snowing today.

What kind of sharp weapon did the Ming army use to achieve this step?
Although it is not as powerful as heavy artillery, its lethality is not far behind.Even the attack distance is farther than guns, and it is not affected by the cold winter climate.

President Xiaoxi's heart trembled, he didn't dare to go forward easily now.In case of going forward and being targeted by that sharp arrow, there is no time to hide.

President Xiaoxi already had fear in his heart, and Tie Suiya and the others were also dumbfounded.

Crossbow, they know it.

But what kind of crossbow can be so strong?
Before they could think too much, the second round of shooting followed.

The Yuan Rong Nu resounded in the world of Chinese weaponry with the reputation of "Zhuge Liannu". Once it starts to attack, it is definitely not finished with one shot.

shoot!
shoot!
shoot!
Although it is impossible for the Yuanrong crossbow to shoot and kill Japanese soldiers in a large area, since the Japanese soldiers no longer dare to easily stand within the target range of the Yuanrong crossbow, it can be seen that the first step of deterrence has been achieved.

After the deterrence, it was natural that the heavy infantry came forward with the combined ladder vehicle.

The siege battle begins here!

Compared with the ladder, the combined ladder vehicle is no longer a simple long ladder weapon, but a large siege machine with a wide chassis and a height of two feet.

Even though Mo Xiaobai spent more than two months preparing in Zhenjiang Fort, he couldn't make a few.

Counting the two in stock at Zhenjiang Fort, there are only 8 in total.

However, although there are only 8 ladder vehicles, each of them can allow 6 to 8 soldiers to run side by side, and its effect is far better than that of a hundred ordinary ladders.

The heavy halberds are in the front, and the provincial infantry are in the back. The generals of the Mengke Alliance and the generals of the provinces are mixed, and every 500 soldiers are dispatched, followed by a general.

Li Guang and Xue Wanche were at the forefront.

Behind many pawns, there is a well-equipped Dameng Town Qingqi.What they have to do is very simple, that is, to use their horses and bows to provide long-range fire cover for the siege infantry.

"shoot!"

The cavalry galloped, and the leading general Jin Qiang let out a low growl, and thousands of sharp arrows flew up to the top of the wall with a 'shua' sound.

The Japanese of this era, because they advocated the iron cannon offensive, many ancient warfare methods and arms have been abolished, such as archers and shield hands are almost zero.

Without shield protection, they could only hide with their backs against the city wall, but not many of them could find a suitable cover in the first place, and more Japanese soldiers just retreated a few steps in a panic, still within the shooting range of bows and arrows.

"Whoosh whoosh"

The fighting method of Qingqi cavalry and archery has long been inherited in China. Thousands of flying arrows fell on the wall, and nearly [-]% of the arrows hit the Japanese soldiers. The originally crowded city immediately vacated an area.

Facing Huaxia Qingqi's prestige, President Xiaoxi's expression became even more ugly.

The Japanese were short of horses. Among the 10,000+ expeditionary forces, only the cavalry battalion of the Second Army was the only truly organized cavalry, and the number of cavalry was only [-].

As for his first army, there were many iron cannons, but no cavalry.Not to mention cavalry, there are not even many horses.

However, for Governor Xiaoxi, the bad things are far from over. Taking advantage of this gap, Daming's ladder car has been pushed against the city wall, and the heavy armored soldiers rushed to the forefront in three or two steps with heavy halberds in their hands, and they were about to jump into the city. head off.

In the snowstorm season, although Mo Xiaobai couldn't use the tiger squatting cannon and the Franco cannon, the Japanese also couldn't take out their iron cannons and muskets.

With no muskets to stop the enemy, the Japanese soldiers struggled to lift the rolling stone, only to find that after the Ming soldiers stepped on the highest point of the ladder car, it was a bit higher than the stone wall in front of them.

Can't hit it!
At this moment, they can only throw stones down, and if they roll down and hit a soldier on the ground, they will earn one.As for those who boarded the ladder car, they had no choice but to wait for the heavy halberd to jump off by themselves.

However, before the Heavy Halberdier jumped down, Li Guang and Xue Wanche had already landed on the top of the city first, brandishing their sabers in their hands, and none of the dozen or so people in front of them could survive three or five breaths.

When the two strong generals of Damengzhen stood firm at the top of the city, the first team of heavy halberds also jumped down smoothly, and the three of them formed an formation and swung their knives.

"According to this style of play, we can win Ximen today?" Huimengke and the others were watching the battle from behind, the fat man's eyes flickered and he clicked his tongue.

Heavy armor coupled with various siege methods is a nightmare for light infantry defending the city.Thinking back to the First World War in the Western Regions, if the Guishuang army was equipped with several such ladder vehicles, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It won't go so well."

A ray of morning light was staring at the top of the city, and said in a low voice: "Although the current situation is dominant, it is the joint reaction of the Japanese soldiers after repeated setbacks. Now both sides are fighting at the top of the city, and some deterrent weapons can no longer be used. At that time, the top of the city was densely packed with soldiers, and it would be very difficult to gain a firm foothold."

"Yeah, the situation is not very optimistic."

Mo Xiaobai nodded slightly, but changed his voice in the next second: "But the Japanese want to fight me with crowd tactics, so he picked the wrong target."

"Huh?" A ray of morning light turned her head when she heard the words.

"Do you know what I have the most?"

Mo Xiaobai grinned, and said with a bit of pride: "My generals in Dameng Town can be said to be the best in the world. If you count them, there are nearly ten of them. And at this moment, Daming has no shortage of elite soldiers."

"The reason why I chose to attack the city during the blizzard is that the elite soldiers and generals in front of me are my reliance. They are much better than the Japanese."

(End of this chapter)