Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Chapter 105

"How is the situation in the city?"

Ten miles outside the city, Ming Tan put his hand on the brow bone, tugged at the reins, and glanced at the scout who came back to report, "Is there any change?"

"Princess Qi, the guards have gathered at the top of the city, with bows and arrows ready, and are waiting in full force." The scout respectfully said, "There is no disturbance in the city, but I heard the neighing of horses occasionally, presumably the cavalry has been arranged."

"Hmm." Ming Tan touched his chin, raised his brows, and turned to look at Lin Shurong beside him, "What do you think, Qingqing?"

"Since everything is as expected, Your Highness can just follow the plan." Lin Shurong smiled gently and said slowly.

"...Hey, isn't this the first time leading an army, you're unfamiliar." Ming Tan laughed, waved the scouts down, and turned his head to look at the neatly lined up frontier army behind him, full of admiration.

It is worthy of being an elite soldier under General Huada who is famous for his bravery.

A few days ago, in order to avoid Minghui's eyeliner, under Lin Shurong's suggestion, they split up into multiple groups, each pretending to be a caravan or a dartman, and then pretending to be goods such as gun carts and wood, and went around a lot I just arrived in Beijing after a long journey.

Thanks to Mingtan's previous measures to liberalize commerce, it has now expanded to most of Tiancheng. All states have relatively loose inspections of merchants. As long as the goods are confirmed to be non-dangerous, they can be released-the appearance of hitting wood is normal, but As for the cannon carriage and the aerial ladder, they only needed to remove some parts, and no one could recognize their real purpose, and they didn’t encounter any difficult problems along the way.

Therefore, the only thing that needs to be considered at present is the physical exertion of the soldiers.

After several days of marching, the teams successfully converged outside the city of Louzhou, not far from Linjing.Ming Tan was still worried that they would feel tired, and when he was about to order a rest, he was dissuaded by Nie Sheng, the most powerful general under Hua Qin, and told her to march without worry.

"The situation in the middle of the capital cannot be delayed. The teams have already rested on the way. At this time, the energy is good. The princess can just keep going!"

Nie Sheng's proud words were still in his ears, and Ming Tan tightened his grip on the reins, his eyes swept over every resolute and energetic face behind him, and he couldn't stop admiring in his heart.

Although they have gone through several days of high-intensity marching, not only did they not feel tired, but the formation after the rendezvous was not chaotic at all. How can people not praise General Hua for his well-trained troops?

No wonder Nie Sheng is so proud.

"——Since the enemy has already arranged crossbowmen for the city tower, there is no need to advance for the time being. Go ahead and get on the artillery cart first."

Ming Tan looked at the looming figure on the tower in front of him, narrowed his eyes and smiled, stretched out his hand, and raised his voice to order: "Every artillery commander obeys orders! Prepare to attack!"

"Commander Lu! They're on the cannon carriage!"

On the top of the city, a soldier put down the binoculars in his hand, hurriedly turned to Lu Xun, who was still arranging crossbowmen, and reported to him loudly in a hurried tone.

"Cannon carriage?" Lu Xun was startled, and scolded the Second Highness's negligence in his heart, how could he allow them to transport the cannon carriage from Qugongguan all the way, and gritted his teeth angrily, "Why panic? Cannon carriage Don’t you still need to assemble it? Send someone to shoot the rocket with the bed crossbow immediately, and burn it for me!”

"No! Commander!" Hearing this order, the general next to the bed crossbow immediately shook his head in fear and fear, "The distance is not enough, shooting rockets now is a waste of effort, and they can't touch their artillery carts at all!"

"what?!"

Lu Xun's eyes widened, he snatched the binoculars from the soldiers, and looked out of the city. He saw many people beside the three gun carriages busy assembling parts and loading stone bullets, but where they stopped But it happened to be a hundred steps away, not within the range of the crossbow at all.

But again, this distance is also very embarrassing, just can't let the stone bullet hit the city gate or the city wall...

"Hmph, it's okay, all the crossbowmen are ready!" Lu Xun sneered and waved his hands, "When the enemy has finished loading the artillery carts, they will march forward, and then they will immediately release arrows to kill them all. Do not stay!"

"Yes!"

The command of the commander, all the crossbowmen on the top of the city naturally obeyed, all bows and arrows, aiming straight at the farthest point that the arrow tip can reach; and beside the large bed crossbow, there are soldiers who have already prepared torches , just wait for a while to ignite the cloth on the arrow, and burn the cannon carriage into a pile of charred wood!

However, unexpectedly, when they held their breath and waited quietly for the enemy to continue to advance, they suddenly heard a whistling sound from below the city——

The cannon was actually launched on the spot!

"Not good! Run away!"

In the blink of an eye, everyone saw a stone bullet flying straight towards the city. They were so frightened that they threw away the crossbow in their hands.It's a pity that no matter how fast they were, they couldn't be faster than the accurate stone bullets. After only a moment, the screams of pain and screams came one after another. , can only see the blood and flesh splashed on the arrow stack under his feet.

Lu Xun was equally terrified, but before he could react, the stone bullets struck again mercilessly, smashing the crenels on the city wall with a "bang", scaring him to run to the side quickly, but Unexpectedly, I stepped on something soft, looked down, and almost fell off the tower in fright——

It was a severed arm that was bloody and bloody!

The stone bullets loaded on the cannon cart are not extraordinary objects, but round stone balls that have been specially polished and have a smooth surface.Once this kind of sphere rolls rapidly, the surface will be as sharp as a knife. Not only is it difficult to be crushed by the impact force when the city wall is smashed, but it is also easy to cut bones and arms. The stump under Lu Xun's feet is obviously its masterpiece.

This, this, how could this happen!

Lu Xun was so frightened that his scalp was numb and his heart was beating wildly: just now he looked carefully, the gun carriage was obviously still out of range, how did it hit the city wall? !

"Quick! Find a good cover and get out of the way!"

The city was in chaos, and the soldiers on the artillery carriage shouted and reported "hit". Ming Tan put down the binoculars in his hand, took a deep breath, but his expression did not relax much, on the contrary, he was a little more dignified than before. .

Lin Shurong shook the reins, rode up to her side, and looked at her worriedly, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"...The cannon car's lethality is too great," Ming Tan closed his eyes, gritted his teeth to resist the tumbling in his stomach, "Even if I use a telescope, I can still see the blood flowing from the wall."

"..."

Lin Shurong sighed, moved closer to her, leaned slightly, stretched out his hand, and gently laid it on Ming Tan's trembling shoulder.

"Wars are always like this." Lin Shurong said indifferently, "When those soldiers chose to climb the tower and pledge their allegiance to the traitor Wang Minghui, their lives were no longer innocent, and you don't need to feel guilty or regretful for their deaths or injuries."

"Well, I understand." Ming Tan let go of the rein that had been slightly imprinted by himself, tilted his head, and slowly rubbed his chin against the back of Lin Shurong's hand, "After all... if it wasn't them who died, it would be us……"

The arrows of those bows and crossbows shone with a cold light, and they were so sharp that they might be able to penetrate the armor of the soldiers without any effort.

"Fortunately, you have studied the blueprints of Bailu's improved farm tools before, and you have some knowledge of carpentry, so you can successfully modify the cannon carriage and increase the range," Ming Tan's tone at this time is not only rejoicing, but also has a deep love for Lin Shurong Attachment and gratitude, "Otherwise, this battle will start with heavy casualties, how can it be as easy as it is now?"

After drawing up the siege plan at Qugong Pass, Lin Shurong immediately began to modify the artillery carriage.It was also thanks to her eagerness to learn - coupled with the subtle jealousy of Bai Lu's embarrassment in front of Mingtan - it took a whole day to finally draw the modified blueprint and reinstall the cannon carriage. After assembling and pulling it to the open space for experimentation, it was found that the distance and height of the shooting range have been greatly increased, and the projected stone bullets have become more powerful than before.

The polished stone bullets have strong impact and lethality. They were once an effective weapon used by the Qiangmi people to attack Qugongguan many years ago.But after they were killed and retreated by Hua Qin, this method was learned by the frontier army. Unfortunately, there has been no siege battle for them to show their skills, and it has finally come in handy until now. The head was killed without leaving a piece of armor.

"The crossbowman has been dealt with, and the cannon carts are ready to fire!" Ming Tan stared straight at the city wall that had not moved for a long time, looked at the right time, and said loudly, "All armies follow the princess. Enter the city, go up Ladder!"

"Follow the princess' order!"

The cannon carts were successful in the first round, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted. The sound of the response was extremely loud, and could even cover the roar of the stone bullets hitting the city wall.

As the chief general, Ming Tan was the first to ride the horse forward. She circled the reins in her hand, and the bright red cloak flashed across the air, dazzling and dazzling like a flying cloud of fire; while Lin Shurong was the deputy general, Half a step behind, the corner of the red cloak lightly brushed over her silver-white dress, like red plums falling in snow, the two matched surprisingly well.

Tuliu Mingyao and Nie Sheng looked at each other, and silently tightened the reins at the same time, huddled together, feeling that it was a mistake to stand beside them.

In front of Princess Nine and Miss Lin, who hasn't been a pickled fish?

It's sour, vegetable and redundant.

Several stone bullets came down one after another, not to mention the heavy casualties at the top of the city, and even the bow and crossbow were smashed to pieces.

Watching the enemy army holding high the "Tian Cheng" banner, led by the nine princesses, all the way to the city, Lu Xun felt his eyes were tearing apart, and his fingertips trembled due to deep hatred and fear. He turned his head and shouted at the city. Roared: "Reinforcement! Reinforcement!"

With such a straight up and down distance, even the bows and crossbows are still useless. We can only use boiling water to prevent them from crossing the wall!

The artillery carts in the distance may have run out of ammunition, and they couldn't wait for the next shot for a long time. The soldiers who had witnessed the tragedy finally dared to come up to reinforce them. Commander Lu was jumping up and down with blood on his face, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, "What are you doing here? Hurry up! Hurry up! They've already set up the ladder!"

The soldiers hurriedly lined up behind the remaining crenels, with boiling water at their feet, but they didn't dare to pour it down lightly for a long time—after all, resources were limited, and the enemy army was still building a ladder at the moment, so it was not allowed to waste it What should I do?

However, just waiting like this, they waited for the fire bombs flying straight towards them.

"No, there are still enemy attacks!"

The fire bomb is to wrap the original stone bomb with straw and sackcloth, and then ignite it to burn. Although it is not like before, if you don't pay attention, you will be cut off your arm, but for the city now full of wooden crossbow wreckage, It is also a fatal blow.

"The ballista is on fire! Put out the fire!"

The flames shot up into the sky, and the Tiancheng army who were still building ladders underneath, which was some distance away from the base of the city wall, was unscathed. On the contrary, the boiling water prepared on the top of the city suddenly had other uses.

The black smoke from watering and extinguishing the fire billowed up, and Ming Hui watched helplessly from the bottom of the city, his face turning blue with anger.There is also a wound on his forehead, which was smashed by the falling stones from the top of the city before, and blood is oozing out, making his expression even more ferocious, and his usual gentle and elegant mask is completely shattered.

"Lu Xun is such a waste!" He cursed angrily, completely losing his manners, "I didn't know what I was doing before, and I refused to shoot arrows for so long... Now it's fine! Once the fire is gone, he still What kind of arrow are you shooting? Go fart!"

Another general next to him just came down from the tower to report the news, his face was ashamed and his face was ashamed, but he still had to ask for instructions tremblingly: "The enemy army is already outside the city gate and preparing to cross the wall, please give your order to attack the enemy, Your Highness..."

Ming Hui gritted his teeth, "Do they have other weapons?"

"In addition to the infantry holding shields and guns, it is the ladder; the artillery carts are still in that position, and their people are all under the city, so they definitely dare not shoot the artillery lightly!"

"it is good!"

Minghui turned his head and looked at the cavalrymen on horses who were waiting in formation beside him. He raised his hands and shouted: "Soldiers! The enemy army is already outside the city. This king ordered you to rush out immediately and surround and kill them. Don't let them break into the city!"

"Yes!"

The cavalry who had received the order got ready one after another, grabbed the reins tightly, and were full of pride and ambition. Just as they were about to charge forward, they all suddenly heard three sharp and piercing whistles not far away.

"Woo-oo-oo-oo-!"

"...?"

All the soldiers looked at each other, unable to understand what the signal was, and turned their heads to look at King Qian; but seeing that the latter was also full of doubts, apparently even more bewildered than they were, they immediately thought to themselves Not a good sound.

"Be careful! There is a scam—"

Before the final sound of the word "cheat" hits the ground, the horse under their crotch neighed, as if it had been stimulated by something, raised its front hooves high, and jumped repeatedly violently, desperately trying to give the person on its back to the ground. Throw it to the ground!

For a while, there was chaos in the arena.Because of the formation, the horses kicking or raising will disturb the horses in front of and behind them, which will cause the opponents to become more manic and repeat the vicious circle. After being stepped on a few times, they screamed a few times on the spot, and died at the hooves of these animals that were originally under their control.

Minghui rode his favorite horse brought out from the Royal Horse Garden, and he was hardly affected—and he only needed to take a closer look, and he could find that those crazy horses were all out of initiative to attack him. Surrender to Taipusi Horse Factory!

Now, how could Minghui not react: he was being bullied again!

"Xu Liangzhen! You are so courageous!"

Ming Hui's eyes were about to burst, and he wished he could dismantle that Xu Xieling from Taipusi Machang immediately.But the whistles not far away were still ringing one after another, and the horses became even more crazy. It seemed that not only the top of the city, but even the inside of the city had become a mess. How could there be any order?

At the same time, in a corner that no one noticed, there were many inconspicuous little soldiers with plaster on their faces. Taking advantage of the chaos, they slowly approached the city gate, opened the hinges, Pull back hard!

There was a loud "creaking" sound, and the city gate that had been motionless before was suddenly opened, and a ray of light penetrated, and it was continuously expanding to both sides——

The capital is about to be captured.