The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 687
Hundreds of field artillery, long-heavy artillery, and heavy artillery fired in turn. Amid the overwhelming, deafening, and soul-stirring sound of artillery fire, hundreds of shells roared across the sky, and then smashed heavily inside and outside Jianmen Pass.

Originally thought that the officers and soldiers were playing tricks this time, the guards at Jianmen Gate did not take any precautions at all. Facing the sudden rain of shells, the guards were instantly stunned.

These cannons have different ranges and different shooting angles, so some shells landed on the wall of the pass, while others landed inside the pass.

Many of the defenders in the pass had just woken up at this time, and many of them still looked sleepy, holding their rice bowls and preparing to eat, and then they heard the whistling sound, and each of them raised their heads and watched the shells falling from the sky and falling on them. front, and then explode.

As soon as the wall was closed, limbs flew horizontally, blood splashed everywhere, and he fell into a sea of ​​flames.

Since the establishment of the Great Western Army, it has never experienced such fierce artillery fire.Most of their battles were sneak attacks, or relying on the power of the crowd to win, basically they didn't fight any decent tough battles.

If all the defenders in Guanzhong were Zhang Xianzhong's direct descendants, the situation might be better.However, these newly recruited defenders are barely able to cope with the general routine task of defending the city, but they cannot bear the siege artillery fire of this intensity.

Therefore, before the first round of artillery fire was over, many people in the defenders were frightened and began to flee.

The general guarding the south gate of Jianmen Gate is Zhang Xianzhong's direct descendant, so naturally the soldiers are not allowed to flee.

After he led his soldiers to kill dozens of defenders who were about to flee, they still failed to stop the trend of fleeing, but aroused the anger of the soldiers.

These garrison soldiers, who usually looked lazy and would only set up a dragon gate array, broke out with blood, carrying knives in groups and fighting with Zhang Xianzhong's direct descendants.

The southern city of Jianmen soon fell into a chaotic fight. Hundreds of direct line soldiers soon fell into a fierce battle and were completely drowned in the end.

When the Jianmen guard arrived with a large group of troops, the south gate had already been opened, and countless soldiers were fleeing in a rush towards Guangning City.

After the Jianmen guard cut down a dozen fleeing soldiers, he also realized that the situation was over, stomped his feet, sighed, and fled with his own soldiers.

After the first round of shelling was over, after a long time there was no movement on the wall, Di Qing ordered the infantry to attack the city.

Dozens of ladders climbed to the top of the city, and after groups of soldiers quickly climbed up to the top of the city, they were surprised to find that there was not a living person on the top of the city except blood and corpses all over the ground.

Looking inside the pass, the closed door is also empty, and the backs of some soldiers running away can be seen vaguely.

When the news was reported to Di Qing, Di Qing was stunned for a moment, secretly thinking that the defenders fled much faster than he thought, and they didn't even survive a round of shelling.

The city gate was opened, and the army quickly entered the pass.On the one hand, Di Qing ordered the search and suppression of the remaining defenders in the pass, and on the other hand, he sent a team of elite troops to chase down the deserters.

The reason why he didn't order the artillery to attack the city at the beginning was that he was worried that the defenders would flee when the cannon fired.Once they escape to Guangning City or Bazhong, the defenders of these cities will be strengthened.

That's why he sent elite troops to sneak through the path and block the deserters behind.

When the time comes, one front and one back, the deserters will have nowhere to go.

The 3000-member National Defense Forces elite troops who were in charge of sneaking past the trail to block the road, experienced untold hardships, were cautious, overcame thorns and thorns, and finally reached the end of the trail after losing hundreds of soldiers.

They had just come out of the trail and found the canyon that the guide had mentioned. Before they had time to set up their positions, they saw a large number of deserters running towards them.

In a hurry, the major general and division commander who led the team didn't care much, and ordered the troops to look for bunkers on the spot, and those who didn't have bunkers formed a defensive formation.

Riflemen are in front, grenadiers are behind, muskets are used in the distance, and grenades are used in the near.

As soon as the formation was formed, the vanguard of the deserters had already rushed forward.

These deserters were frightened by the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers just now, and they managed to escape, but suddenly they saw the officers and soldiers blocking the road in front of them again.

However, after a short period of stagnation, these deserters realized that there were not many officers and soldiers blocking the way ahead, and there were tens of thousands of troops on their side, so they could just rush over.

Thinking about it this way, the deserters mustered up their courage and rushed towards the officers and soldiers, shouting and waving knives and guns.

Although this section of the road is not too narrow and dangerous, it is not too spacious either.Moreover, it is in a canyon with towering cliffs on both sides. If you want to go there, you can only break through the interception of the officers and soldiers.

The major general and division commander who led the team looked calmly at the deserters rushing over. He saw luck and panic in the eyes of those deserters. He held up the command knife in his hand, and when the forward of the deserters rushed to a distance of about 200 meters, he slammed down the command knife Chop, shouted: "Fire!"

The muskets in the hands of the rifleman fired, and hot bullets gushed out, forming a dense rain of bullets and shooting at the deserters.

The deserters who rushed to the front fell down in a big way in an instant, but this still couldn't stop the deserters from rushing through the interception and escaping from the sky. They continued to rush over with shouts.

The riflemen kept firing, and the deserters kept falling down. A large number of corpses were quickly thrown up on the road, and then they were quickly submerged by the footsteps of the latecomers.

When the deserters rushed to a hundred paces, the riflemen finally began to shoot freely.Because the deserters are too dense and there are too many people, any shot can hit the target.

When the deserters rushed to about fifty paces, the grenadiers who had been waiting in full force finally showed their power.

Hundreds of smoking grenades sizzled and flipped in the air and fell into the dense crowd of deserters. When they were worn, there were bursts of bloody wind, broken arms and stumps flew around, and the dense queue appeared instantly. Lots of blank space.

The courage of the deserters finally fell to the bottom under the terrifying and huge lethality of the grenades. Many people uttered a cry and turned around and ran back.

The deserters organized and charged several times afterwards, but each time they were beaten to pieces, leaving some corpses and then retreated to the original place.

However, during these few times, the deserters also discovered a rule, as long as they did not exceed the line of [-] paces, the officers and soldiers would not attack them.

This discovery made the deserters breathe a sigh of relief, and many people began to sit down and rest.

But at this time, there was a commotion behind the deserters, and the officers and soldiers caught up from behind again.

(End of this chapter)