Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 453 Lushun Attack and Defense 1
Yang Menglong is a person who cares about face. He failed to pretend and felt very humiliated, so naturally he must find a way to earn face back.So, he gave an order, and six hundred hoplites untied their burdens, took out their iron armor and put them on quickly. Soon, a group of moving humanoid tanks appeared in front of the Lushun defenders... I saw these guys wearing steel helmets and face masks. Wearing a ferocious iron mask, only two eye sockets are exposed, and the shoulders, chest, arms, legs... are all covered tightly with large ridged steel plates. The breastplate is simply a whole ridged steel plate. Hydraulic stamping machine tools are becoming more and more mature and can process larger components. The original breastplate made of six steel plates has been eliminated.These hoplites are covered from head to toe under thick steel plates, and every step they take will make a terrifying clanging sound, coupled with the heavy and sharp giant axes in their hands, it really makes people shudder. It is estimated that the Houjin cavalry would rather attack the formation of [-] Ming troops than touch the phalanx of [-] heavy infantry!The Lushun defenders were dumbfounded, and many generals stared straight at the humanoid tanks passing by them, sticking out their tongues: "My dear, how much is such a pair of armor worth?" !?"

In their eyes, these hoplites are not an army, but a mobile vault...

The arrival of [-] hoplites caused a commotion in Lushun. After witnessing the heroic appearance of these black iron towers, the soldiers' morale was boosted and they became energetic.Li Yan is proficient in the art of war, and he couldn't be more sensitive to the morale of the army. Looking at the relieved Lushun defenders, he smiled and said to the red lady: "It seems that it is right for you to bring six hundred heavy infantry. This effect can only be achieved by installing infantry, and it is difficult to raise the morale of the army if it is replaced by [-] cavalry or [-] pikemen."

The red lady said: "Isn't it? Looking at these big men in armor, my scalp is numb!"

Li Yan said leisurely: "The arrival of six hundred heavy infantry will greatly boost the morale of the defenders. What will happen if all six thousand Denglai new troops arrive?"

The red lady was a little worried, and poked him: "You...you don't really want to work for that brat and become an official for the court, do you?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "Let's talk after this battle." At this time, Li Yan really hadn't made up his mind to give Yang Menglong his life. The rainwater has soaked it, and it is collapsing. Who will help it?

After entering Lushun, everyone discovered that this port city is actually very dilapidated. In such a large city, many houses are empty and not very popular. Many houses have collapsed, and the rubble has not been cleared. There are bunches of weeds growing on it.It was once captured by Hou Jin, and Dongjiang Town finally took it back after repeated battles. After that, the two sides launched an extremely fierce offensive and defensive battle in Lushun. Lushun changed hands repeatedly, and the tragic war had already destroyed the city It was devastated.There are quite a few civilians living on the streets in the city, but it doesn't look crowded. On the contrary, it is still empty. The current population of the city is only a little more than [-]% of the population it can accommodate, and it doesn't seem to be very popular.Those refugees dragged their families and lived in the ruins. They were covered in mud and dirty. They looked terrified and numb. They looked at the soldiers passing by with indifferent and empty eyes. All the soldiers trembled.They have endured too much suffering, and the war took away everything from them, leaving only empty shells.Yang Menglong saw a sallow and emaciated child squatting on the side of the street clutching his stomach, panting in pain, walked over with a frown, and asked, "What's wrong?"

The child raised his head with difficulty, and stared at him blankly. There was no flesh on that immature face, it was almost a thin skin wrapped around a skeleton, his lips moved, dying: "Hungry... …Hungry……"

Yang Menglong stared at Li Weiluan: "What's going on?"

Li Weiluan said: "Food is limited in the city, so we can only ensure that they eat one meal a day. He probably couldn't grab others, so he was so hungry."

Yang Menglong asked: "Why don't you distribute more food?"

Li Weiluan smiled wryly: "Where is there any extra food? No matter how you save, you can only eat for more than ten days!"

Yang Menglong said: "I said yes! The Denglai fleet will set sail soon. There are thousands of grains on board, which is enough for you to eat. Now, go get some food for these refugees!"

Li Weiluan said in a deep voice: "General, you must not! The sea is high and the waves are unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that the fleet will arrive on time. You must make perfect preparations! In case the grain transport fleet fails to arrive and the food is exhausted, There is no way to fight this battle!"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "If everyone is dead, what's the point of fighting this battle!?" He took out a black biscuit from the dry food bag and stuffed it into the child's hand, saying: "Take some!" Just eat with boiling water... the taste is not very good, but it can support the stomach, and this one is enough for half a day." After thinking about it, he simply stuffed the whole bag of dry food to the child, "Take it all, and eat with your family ……everything will get better!"

The child's sluggish eyes recovered a little, and he said blankly: "There is no family anymore, they are all dead..."

Yang Menglong sighed sadly, feeling a sense of powerlessness in his heart.He could give the kid a few biscuits to keep him alive, but he couldn't bring the kid's family back to life, put the broken families back together.He patted the child on the shoulder hard, and said, "Live, work hard, and you will get better." After speaking, he stood up, turned around and left.

The child stood up unsteadily, and asked with difficulty: "My lord, will the imperial court send troops to rescue us?"

Yang Meng didn't even turn his head back, and said, "Of course! Otherwise, why would I come here?"

Before the words fell, there was a thunderous cannon sound outside the city, and then, the ground shook.A shot put flew over the city wall, fell into the city seemingly lightly, and hit a house. The skylight of that house opened with a bang, and half of the wall collapsed.The refugees screamed in terror, but Li Weiluan remained calm and said, "Jiannu is attacking the city."

Yang Menglong cursed: "Can't you let people stop for a minute!" Hei Feng jumped on his horse and galloped towards the direction of the sound of the cannon. Zaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao hurriedly followed, leaving six hundred heavy soldiers behind. The mounted infantry were there at a loss.These hoplites are certainly elite, but the problem is that both Qi Hu and Wu Sheng are still organizing new troops to board the ship in Denglai, transporting supplies, and they are extremely busy. Now that Yang Menglong is gone, they have no one to command them!Li Yan couldn't laugh or cry, and said to Xu Meng: "You stay here, I'll go and have a look!" He and the red lady galloped one after the other, and disappeared into the street in a blink of an eye.

It would be easy if someone gave an order, and the group of hoplites put away their giant axes and stayed where they were. Some even distributed dry food to the refugees, which relieved the tension of the refugees.The refugees were frightened by these vicious guys at first, but then they found out that these big guys are actually easy to talk, so they mustered up the courage to take the dry food from them, gobbled the food and water, and learned that many of these big guys were actually After being born in Liaodong Han, the two sides quickly became one.Now there are very few Han people left in Liaodong. Everyone has experienced such suffering, and their feelings are naturally very deep.

Yang Menglong led several subordinates to gallop all the way, rampaging... probably because of his arrogance, he was frightened by his arrogance, and the Ming army didn't react until he reached the city wall. Several soldiers blocked the way with their spears, shouting: "Stop! Who!?"

Yang Menglong held up Shangfang's sword high: "Heluo New Army and Denglai New Army, the commander-in-chief of the two towns, Yang Menglong!"

The soldiers immediately turned their anger into a smile: "So it's the champion." They put away their spears and moved out of the way, almost saying please.

Yang Menglong was a little puzzled: "Champion Hou? Are you talking about me? When did I become so famous?" Shaking his head, he jumped off his horse and quickly climbed up the city wall.The soldiers shouted nervously: "Champion Hou, be careful, the Jiannu artillery fire is fierce!"

———Obviously, although Yang Menglong has not been conferred the title of Marquis, the name of "Champion Marquis" has spread all over the world, and is known and recognized by more and more people.Defeating the main force inlaid with red flags head-on, leading cavalry to step through two white flags, spearing Huang Taiji's horses, and blitzing Jiaodong to pacify Denglai... These series of brilliant achievements have made him a star. There was a dazzling ray of light in the sky. Those who knew his record believed that he deserved the title of "Champion Hou". No one could deny this.

After climbing up the city wall, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, who were avoiding the artillery fire in a panic, were stunned for a moment when they saw Yang Menglong and others striding over, and then cheered.In the past six months, they have often dealt with the Denglai new army, and they are very familiar with the armor styles and weapon shapes of the Denglai new army. They are very excited to see the new Denglai army coming.Yang Menglong didn't have time to enjoy being regarded as a star. For him, the great the fame, the great responsibility came, which was not something to be happy about.He ignored the whistling shells, and went down with his hands on the arrow stack. He saw three or four hundred meters below the city, and the army of the Houjin Army was lined up majestically, with flags like forests and spears as dense as reeds. Farther away, tents were connected One piece, covered the earth like a dark cloud, the horns were battling, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Just the sound made Lushun City tremble.Dozens of cannons were lined up, and the artillery position was flashed with flames. Shot balls of different sizes smashed towards the city wall with devastating kinetic energy. The city wall vibrated violently under the indiscriminate bombardment. Scraps flew around like shrapnel, as if it might collapse at any time.An arrow butt was hit and immediately shattered. The Dongjiang Town soldiers hiding behind screamed, and a large amount of blood spattered. It was unknown whether it was torn apart by shells or hit by broken bricks. Extremely bloody.

Yang Menglong took a deep breath of the choking gunpowder smoke, the blood in his body began to boil, and the wildness revived in his body.Hou Jin's movements were really not slow. When he was busy dispatching troops, he swept all the fortresses outside Lushun with such force. I am afraid that Jinzhou would have been lost long ago. When he arrived in Lushun, Hou Jin's army would also Arriving at Lushun, not a second was wasted.He vaguely recognized the post-gold flags, the inlaid red flag, the true blue flag, the inlaid blue flag, and the inlaid white flag, heh heh, old friends are here, not bad!You were the home team in the last battle of Dalinghe, which made us suffer. Now that I am at home, I wonder if you will have such good luck?
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