Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 908
The huge cannon rock rolled and hit the site of a goose cart, smashing a big hole in the goose cart, and several people inside were killed immediately. The huge rock smashed the internal structure of the goose cart, and the goose cart stopped suddenly. The roof of the car swung violently a few times, and the soldiers inside leaned forward in shock, exclaiming again and again.

"Get down, the car is broken!"

The soldier pushing the cart below shouted, and the soldiers in the cart ran down in a hurry.

Gunballs, cannonballs, and artillery stones formed a dense net, and the bandit soldiers who were charging forward were constantly beaten and flew out.

There is no moat in Annanwei, only moats, and the bandits spread moat bridges, and the soldiers galloped past.

"Up" the bandit soldiers rushed down the city under the rain of bullets, and the climbing ladder leaned against the city wall. Pull it down, and the iron hook will hook the top of the city, making it impossible for the defenders to push it down.

As soon as the climbing ladder was fixed, bandit soldiers, like a colony of ants, quickly climbed up. As soon as a bandit soldier exposed half of his body, he was about to rush to the top of the city.

Goose carts, nest carts, ladders, and all kinds of equipment arrived at the bottom of the city one after another. On the walls of Annanwei, thieves and soldiers were all over the city like ants. Uninterrupted shooting and killing bandits climbing the city.

The thieves who came swarmed fell down one after another like a stick hitting a jujube tree.

There were many rebel soldiers, and rebel soldiers gradually appeared on the city, and the battle began to become fierce. The Ming army consisted of thousands of households, and one leader of the rebel army was knocked down in one fell swoop. A siege tower had been built on the city wall, and the rebel troops continued to ascend the city. , while his own soldiers were only focused on fighting, he shouted anxiously: "Siege tower! Siege tower!"

After yelling, he rushed out a few steps, stabbed a bandit soldier who had just jumped onto the city wall to death, pushed the body down the city, then picked up a fire pot, and smashed it out. The surrounding soldiers followed suit and threw the oil pot It hit the siege tower, the crock was broken, and kerosene immediately flowed all over the ground.

The bandit soldiers who climbed to the top of the tower immediately changed their expressions when they saw this scene. A rotating torch drew an arc and got closer and closer in their eyes. The soldiers retreated in panic, but they The retreat was blocked by the soldiers in the tower.

With a sound of "boom", the raging fire suddenly rose, and the soldiers on the tower were immediately engulfed in flames. The soldiers on fire were burning and fell down the tower screaming, while the soldiers below rushed out of the tower.

Chen Youlong on the city closely watched the battle situation. If there was a loophole in the defense, or the loss was too great, the elite armored soldiers behind him would immediately replenish it.

At this time, the fighting on the city wall was fierce, and the shouts of the soldiers of the two armies shook the four directions. In the distance, Sun Ke could see the soldiers falling into the city continuously, with his heart like iron, he squinted his eyes and scanned everywhere.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, and the western army once occupied a large section of the city wall, but was driven off the city wall under the desperate fighting of the Ming army. The fighting was extremely fierce.

In the cruel siege battle, countless soldiers died every moment. As the Ming army held on, the bandit army gradually weakened after nearly two hours of fighting.

A burst of "dang dang dang" sounded, and the bandit soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties finally retreated like an ebb tide.

The defenders on the city, seeing the bandits attacking frantically, dragged their weapons and flags, dropped their equipment and left the city wall, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them immediately sat down on the ground from exhaustion.

The thieves retreated, but the Ming army on the city did not rest. The soldiers walked around the city, picked up weapons, and cleaned up the dead bodies.

Holding his saber, Chen Youlong led a group of armored soldiers across the city. The wounded soldiers next to him wailed endlessly. Several armored soldiers hurried forward, knelt down to check their injuries, and then called for a stretcher to carry the wounded soldiers aside.

"How's the situation?" Chen Youlong held his saber, looked at the situation in the city, and asked as he walked.

"There is no statistics yet, but it is estimated that there are at least a thousand casualties." Wang Ding hurriedly replied following behind.

Thousands of casualties a day, this number made Chen Youlong frown, if this continues, An Nanwei will not be able to last for many days.

"So many?" Chen Youlong pondered for a while, then let out a heavy breath, "Whoever can be rescued, must be rescued."

"I know that I have recruited all the doctors in the city. These casualties were mainly caused by artillery stones. If there is no countermeasure, I am afraid it will still be difficult to defend tomorrow." Wang Ding's face was still a little worried, full of worry, "Supervisor Town, apart from the casualties, the key point is that the city walls were severely damaged, if the bandits continue to attack like this, the casualties will probably be even greater tomorrow."

After hearing this, Chen Youlong couldn't help but stop, and turned around, "Then let someone repair it overnight, as much as can be completed, and then send someone to Guiyang, and bring a few red cannons over as soon as possible."

The Hongyi cannons in Guiyang were lost on the road when Wang Yan came to aid Sichuan three years ago, because the roads were difficult and it was really difficult to transport them.

This year, the expensive road repairs arrived in Guiyang, and these cannons that were left halfway were only transported to Guiyang one by one.

"The humble staff understands, and will order the subordinates to do it as soon as possible."

Wang Ding nodded, and that's all he can do now, but he guesses that the cannons won't have much effect since they arrived. There are only a few of them in total, and they can't suppress the hundreds of artillery vehicles of the bandit army, and the red cannons are not suitable for defending at all. city.

"More than 3000 people from Sun Kewang fled to Yunnan. No one in the government and the public paid attention to it, and they didn't pay enough attention. But who would have thought that Sun Kewang has become a major threat to the court in the southwest." Chen Youlong sighed.

After he finished speaking, he continued to move forward. Seeing this, Wang Ding and the others hurriedly followed, "Yes, in just two years, the West Thieves have grown rapidly, which is really unpredictable."

"The characteristics of the bandits are like this. The court defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong several times back then, but the two thieves were able to pull tens of thousands of horses immediately after a period of dormancy. It is reasonable for Sun Kewang to have the strength he has now."

& amp; quot; Duzhen, should Guiyang send some troops over? & amp; quot;
"Although Sun Kewang poses a great threat to the Southwest, he is weaker than Hauge. The most important thing for the Southwest right now is to block Hauge in Chongqing. If Hauge hits Chongqing in one go, maybe the Jin Army can go one step further. , rushing directly to Guizhou, then the southwest will really be corrupted." Chen Youlong was silent for a moment, "So we in Guizhou must send troops to support Sichuan, and the main force must be transferred to Chongqing to support, but you don't have to worry too much, even though we were transferred 2 Thousands of people, no town army came to support, but Governor He has recruited chieftains to rush over."

Chen Youlong was talking, when a member of Qianhu hurriedly ran up the city wall from a distance and reported to him: "Duzhen, Sichuan sent people over."

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