nanming man

Chapter 846
In offense and defense, the larger the city, the more difficult it is to defend. The smaller the city, the more troops and resources it has, the easier it is to defend.

Gao Yihuan looked at the palace wall and saw that it was full of white-armored soldiers, and some old and weak women and children were helping to carry the weapons, so he knew that the city was well-prepared, and Azig, the grandson of the turtle, was about to resist.

"How many people are there in the city?" Gao Yihuan asked, turning his head.

Huang Bingzhong first turned his head and asked the general behind him a few words, and then replied: "Your Majesty, the soldiers cleaned up the corpses in the city. After counting, it was found that at least three thousand bannermen retreated into the Jin Palace."

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, "So, counting the dependents, there are nearly ten thousand people in the whole city."

Although this scale is not as large as the full city of Nanjing, and the city walls are not as strong as the Nanjing Imperial City, it is Azig and thousands of white flags that are trapped in the city.

These people are the ancestors of the Eight Banners, and they are much more powerful than the descendants who will be useless hundreds of years later.

This time the city is full of Eight Banners, and traitors are unlikely to appear. If they attack forcefully, the losses will inevitably be huge.

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, and said with some anger in his heart: "Azig's disgraceful face shows that he wants to die, and he also wants to drag my big Wei generals on his back."

Gao Yihuan saw through Azige's thoughts, and the siege of the city followed Azige's will, and it was impossible not to attack. It is impossible to let Taiyuan City still have a full city.

This feeling made Gao Yihuan very uncomfortable. He entered Taiyuan, but he failed to conquer Azig.

At this time, Azig on the city scanned the outside of the city with a binoculars, and Gao Yihuan was locked on the circular field of vision. He sneered on his face, suddenly waved his hand, turned his head and shouted, "Push the cannon over!"

The general next to him saw him and said doubtfully, "My lord, the distance is too far, I can't reach it!"

"Push if you want!" Azig put down the binoculars, roared at the general, saw that the general was frightened and hurriedly saluted to do it, and then picked up the binoculars again to watch.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was continuing to observe, and the camera moved to the opposite side, and saw a white armored general at the top of the city. He was about to watch carefully, when suddenly there was a gunshot at the front of the city, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose. Gao Yihuan saw a shell in his binoculars From small to large, it shot towards him rapidly.

The horse neighed, and Gao Yihuan was so shocked that the telescope fell to the ground, and he almost fell off the horse. The shells hit the roof next to the street, splashing countless tiles and dust.

Gao Yihuan steadied his horse, his face flushed instantly, because the shell landed far away from his position, and his movements were too exaggerated.

Gao Yihuan saw the cannonball through the binoculars and thought that the cannonball was coming towards him, so he reacted a little violently.

At this time, he saw the eyes of the generals around him, as if they were looking at a mental patient, staring at him with puzzled faces, Gao Yihuan couldn't hold back his face anymore.

The air was quiet for a moment, it was so embarrassing, Gao Yihuan didn't wait for the general to ask what was going on, he was so frightened, and suddenly he pulled the rein from embarrassment and became angry, and shouted angrily: "Go, go back to the Yamen!"

Seeing the scene just now, Azige, the head of the city, couldn't help covering his stomach and laughing, extremely rampant.

He has already reported that he must die, and it is impossible for Gao Yihuan to conquer him.

"My lord, why bother to provoke Gao Yihuan, he will immediately attack the city, and we may not be able to last long." Luo Keduo smiled wryly.

Azige sneered, "This king wants Gao Manzi to attack, and let his corpse pile up like a mountain!"

Throughout the afternoon, the soldiers of the Wei army stationed in the streets outside the city, sealed off the passages in and out of the city, and then brought mortars into the city and shot them into the city, but did not attack.

At night, the Wei army began to demolish the houses near the city, and used the square walls on the side of the street to build a long wall, completely besieging the city.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Wei army placed Azig behind the city wall to throw shocking thunder, and the trebuchets used by the Wei army to bombard the city were moved to the vicinity of the city and modified, replacing the leather pockets with iron pots to launch fireballs .

On the fourth watch, Gao Yihuan, who was wearing armor, came to the trebuchet position. The soldiers of the Wei army were busy putting balls of kerosene and fireballs woven into balls next to the trebuchet.

"My lord, everything is ready." Zhao Daxian reported with cupped fists.

Gao Yihuan looked at the brightly lit city in the distance, with resentment in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Then let's start! This king wants to make Azig's life worse than death!"

"Promise!" Zhao Daxian accepted the order with cupped fists, then turned his head and ordered, "Get ready to launch and burn the turtles in the city to death!"

All over the city, white armored soldiers patrolled back and forth with torches, and the defense was very tight.

Suddenly, amidst the creaking sound outside the city, nearly a hundred fireballs rose up.The soldiers of the Wei army pulled the ropes and manipulated the trebuchet. Seeing that the throwing rod rose, they threw the burning fireballs away one by one.

The bannermen at the top of the city saw nearly a hundred fireballs rising from the sky, falling into the city like bolides, and their faces were filled with panic.

The burning fireball, like a shower of meteors, hit the roof of the palace, like sparks splashing, instantly igniting the wooden building.

After the fireball, nearly a hundred trebuchets creaked, and an altar of kerosene was thrown into the city without money. The jar was broken, and the kerosene splashed everywhere. fire.

Under the slamming of kerosene and rolling fireballs, the wooden buildings all over the city were almost instantly engulfed by the fire.

The unprepared bannermen and their family members in the city rushed out of the room in horror, and ran to the city to hide, but more people were ignited by the fire, screaming miserably, and the burning men running around turned the whole city into a scene of chaos. Purgatory.

In the burning building, there are inhuman screams everywhere. The figures engulfed by the fire are running like headless flies in the raging fire. The air is filled with a disgusting smell of meat and scorching. .

Azig ran out of the palace in a panic, and took shelter on the city wall for a while, only to see people on fire everywhere, and many soldiers covered in fire ran out of the burning palace, and fell to the ground within a few steps.

The Manchus who fled to the top of the city saw their relatives burned to death, sat on the top of the wall and slapped their legs and cried, making Azig's eyes turn red instantly, "Gao Yihuan, you barbarian, you must die!"

At this time, Luo Keduo ran over, scrambling and panicking: "My lord, something is wrong, the grain depot was burned."

The whole city is not big, and trebuchets launch fireballs and cupping cans from all sides, with almost no dead ends.

"What?" Azig turned pale with shock, with a trace of fear in his eyes, and sternly ordered, "Hurry up and put out the fire."

In the distance, Gao Yihuan watched the burning palace city with a sneer on his face. Azig wanted to pull the soldiers of the Wei army to back him up, but the lonely king made you unable to kill a single soldier of the Wei army.

"Azige, only the whole city will die, and there will be no casualties of the Wei army!" Gao Yihuan watched the fire reflecting the red sky, listened to the wailing and screams from the city, and ordered in a cold voice: "Send the order of the lonely army, blockade Miyagi, don't let anyone out, you'll starve them to death."

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