Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Sporadic counterattacks quickly started from the top of the city, rolling logs and stones were thrown from time to time, arrows were faintly visible, and black dots fell into the army formation one by one.

The threat to the elite Qin army in armor is very small, but the falling rocks.

Shi Congyun saw a soldier accidentally miss keeping up with the team's anti-falling car, hit the ground all at once, his hands and feet were instantly weak, and he collapsed. The soldiers beside him hurriedly pulled him into the car, but there was no made a sound.

The roofs of those cars were made of slanted wooden boards and iron bars, and the wheels were fixed on the lower beams, like a mobile cabin, used to protect the soldiers from approaching the city gate. It was built overnight last night.

In the morning, the Shenhuo Army made a beautiful feint attack, using artillery fire and noise as a cover, feigned to attack the city, and disrupted the enemy's deployment.

Then a large amount of artillery fire was turned around and attacked the city gate. More than 40 cannons fired non-stop all morning, and finally the city gate of Taiyuan was riddled with holes and crumbling.

Only in this way can today's infantry cross the moat and start attacking the city gate.

Of course, these are not all credits to the Shenhuo Army, the biggest credit is still Xiang Gong and his forward cavalry.

By surprise, they rushed for more than [-] miles, and directly killed Taiyuan, leaving the Northern Han Dynasty too late to gather troops, and the peripheral fortifications and Yangma City were too late to build.

Especially the Yangma City, as the most important thing to defend the city, the Yangma City outside the outer city was not built, which not only weakened the defense of Taiyuan City, the enemy lost the front line of defense, lost the front support, but also made the Shenhuo Army The artillery can shoot directly at the gate of the city. If Yangma City is repaired, then such an attack will not work, so Xiang Gong and his forward cavalry have contributed a lot.

The people at the top of the city were in a hurry, throwing stones and wood down and pouring gold juice.

There was a mixture of screams and shouts of killing. The vanguard of the Qin army had already passed the moat and reached the bottom of the city. The battering ram was also pushed over. A dozen people pulled the battering ram and began to hit the door.

The city gate of Taiyuan had already been battered with holes and was extremely fragile. Although there was someone standing behind it, but they didn't hit it, and there was a crackling sound, and the thick layers of wooden boards in the middle of the door exploded, and sawdust and wooden boards were scattered all over the place. Fly.

Then, after another collision, there was a loud bang, and half of the gate fell down at once.

Arrows like locusts flew out along the gap in an instant. The Qin soldiers in front were shot into hedgehogs, and those behind immediately raised their shields to go up.The spears came out from the rear, stabbing randomly at the door opening.

Several soldiers who were shot into hedgehogs ran to the rear to draw their arrows for treatment, while those in front had already started fighting.

The two sides stabbed each other with spears in the narrow city cave, screaming again and again, blood and flesh flying everywhere, the strong smell of blood mixed with the pungent gunpowder smoke, wrapped in the hoarse shouts of killing.

At this point, there are not many reasons to say, there is only one, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!

The low and honest cave was originally designed to stop the enemy, and the rear was equipped with a knife car that blocked the door, but at this time it was impossible to push in. There were too many people in the doorway, and the melee between the two sides became fierce in an instant.

Shi Congyun watched from a distance, his nerves were tense, the siege had just begun, and Taiyuan, as an important city in the north, had a reason why Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin couldn't take it down.

Their front is the east of the city.

Today's Taiyuan City is the ancient city of Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, and its location is fundamentally different from that of later generations.

Because after the Taiyuan City in the Tang Dynasty was captured by the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi felt that the Taiyuan City was difficult to conquer and was a hidden danger of separatism, so he destroyed the Taiyuan City.

Today's Taiyuan is closer to the south, only more than 100 miles away from Fenzhou.

The Fen River separates the urban area and divides Taiyuan City into two parts. The eastern half of the urban area is in their area, while the imperial palace and government offices are located in the western half of the urban area.

In other words, after they entered the eastern half of the city, they had to cross the Fen River to reach the western city.

But the key point is that Taiyuan is very large, and there are Dongguan City, Nanguan City, and Beiguan City in the outer city. Because of the mountain in the west, there is no Xiguan City.

What they are attacking now is Nanguan City. After breaking through Nanguan City, the rear will be the Kaiyuan Gate, and then the Kaiyuan Gate will be opened to reach the real inner city.

The battle won't be over overnight. Fortunately, the Yangma City on the outskirts has not been built, otherwise it will be more troublesome.

The shouts of killing in the distance became louder and louder, and people were constantly being carried and sent to the rear. The soldiers of the Qin army shouted that they grew stronger and braver, and soon someone rushed across the moat to report to him excitedly.

"Officials, the brothers have already entered Nanguan City!"

"Okay! For the two battalions that entered the city first, each battalion will record their merits once!" Shi Congyun said happily, and then continued: "The gate of the city has been passed, immediately increase the number of troops, and occupy the southern gate!"

Soon, more Qin soldiers began to pour into the pass city, and he saw from a distance that the Northern Han soldiers at the top of the city began to retreat in panic.

He wanted to escape back to the inner city from the upper level, but soon some soldiers of the Qin army rushed to the top of the city, chased and chopped down several people one after another, and planted the flag on the top of the city.

The flag of the Qin army was flying at the head of Guancheng in the south.

Soon, the wounded and corpses inside were transported out, and the reinforcements from outside kept coming in. The pass city was narrow and could not accommodate too many people.

Shi Congyun didn't go to join in the fun, he just got on his horse and walked forward for a while, guarded by more than [-] personal soldiers. When he was approaching the moat, he stopped and waited quietly.

It is very important for a leader to understand what he should do and what he should not do. If he meddles in everything and micromanages everything, what will his subordinates do?On the contrary, it will make the people under him at a loss and don't know what to do, thus disrupting the order.

Shi Congyun has always done this very well, not because he is lazy, nor because he is afraid of death, but because he is simply wise and powerful.

After a while, under the protection of soldiers, a team of five Shenhuo craftsmen were escorted into the city to see the opening of the far gate inside.

After a long time, several craftsmen were escorted out again, and this time Li Chuyun also accompanied them. A group of people hurriedly found Luanzhen and crossed the moat, and came to report to him: "The officials, the craftsmen of the Shenhuo Army have seen it, and opened the far door. It can be opened with a cannon!"

Li Chuyun said very excitedly.

Shi Congyun nodded. This is not surprising. In this era, the city gates did not have special fire extinguishers. Most of them were made of multi-layered hardwood boards. Instead, the focus was on the latches.

Because the main method of breaking the door in this era is to smash the door, not by hammering the city gate, but by breaking the door bolt, or cutting off the door bolt.

The artillery broke through the city gate in a completely different way, directly blasting the city gate to pieces at high speed.

"The place in Guancheng is small, is it dangerous to use artillery?" Shi Congyun asked.

Li Chuyun couldn't agree to this sentence. He is not a professional. The craftsmen at the back stepped forward and said, "It's really dangerous to go back to the official's house. The city cave that opens the far gate is not much bigger than the outside, but let the soldiers go to the ant. Attached to the siege."

Shi Congyun nodded: "Make the lead wire longer, it's okay if the cannon is destroyed, and nothing will happen to people." He added in his heart, there are few good craftsmen, but there are more cannons.

Several craftsmen were very grateful, and they all said: "Thank you for your concern, we broke open the door at one o'clock today!"

Shi Congyun nodded: "Then I am waiting for your good news, come and give them wine."

The accompanying soldiers at the rear were stunned for a moment, because the officials had never brought alcohol with them on the battlefield, and some people were still excited, and even handed over the wine bag they carried with them.

The wine pouch is made of cowhide, and it can be used to hold wine, but it will inevitably lose its position after a long time, and it is not comparable to a wine jar.

After Shi Congyun took it, he said, "My concerns are all in the wine."

Several people took it carefully, took a sip carefully, and then handed back the wine bag with both hands, as if it was a fine wine, and then their spirits were high, and they bid farewell to him to find a way to break the city.

Shi Congyun looked at their firm backs and nodded with satisfaction. He found that he was getting better at... taking advantage of people.

.......

Soon, a heavy cannon was pushed by horse-drawn people and sent to Guancheng, and ten guns were pulled in back and forth.

The continuous shooting in the morning, although the water was used to cool down the temperature, still damaged six cannons, and one was directly blown in two, and injured people. When the Shenhuo Army reported it, he felt distressed for a long time.

About half an hour later, the city of Nanguan began to remember the huge cannon body, and the artillery bombardment of the city gate began.

Shi Congyun just listened outside the city and didn't go in.

The frequency of firing this time is much slower. Entering the Guancheng is not like going outside, the cannons cannot be moved, and the danger of firing at close range is greatly increased, which also affects the speed.

Shi Congyun heard that every time it took a long time to fire a shot.

This kind of efficiency is really urgent. Unlike the outermost layer, when more than 60 cannons fired in turn, the sound of the cannons never stopped.

He didn't even know how long he was going to fight this time.

Until the sky gradually darkened, the sound of cannons did not stop, and the far door was still not broken.

In the middle of the journey, Dangjin couldn't bear his temper, so he asked for someone else's horse. He led people from Taiyuan to break off, and launched a strong attack on the city wall near the Fen River, bypassing Kaiyuanmen.

Shi Congyun thought about it for a while and refused, not to mention the casualties, if he couldn't fight, it would damage morale instead, all he needed was time.

After the army entered Nanguan City, the enemy troops on the inner city began to be difficult to stop, because the head of Nanguan City had been occupied by the Zhou army, and the defenders above were still condescending, but they no longer had the absolute advantage over the corner of the city like the outer city , You can also use rolling wood and rocks.

In the confrontation and shooting between the two sides, the inner city defenders of the Northern Han army became more and more difficult to support, and the artisans and soldiers who broke the city below were safe.

That night, the gunfire still didn't stop, and I wanted to shoot again after a while.

During this period, two cannons were damaged. The iron hoop of one cannon body collapsed and one soldier was injured, and cracks began to appear in the copper-clad bottom of the other cannon.

The professional craftsmen of the Shenhuo Army quickly discovered the problem, and then pulled two new ones in to replace them.

In this way, the Guancheng in the south of the night still kept the sound of artillery, and the lights were brightly lit day and night.

Shi Congyun slept for two hours in the middle of the night, half dreaming and half awake, and was awakened by the sound of cannons when it was still daylight. Then he took a cloak to keep out the cold and got up to inspect the situation.

He was not brave enough to enter the Guancheng to see the situation, because the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty could still attack condescendingly on the walls of the inner city. If the emperor was accidentally assassinated, it would be the biggest joke in the world. His Shi Congyun I The famous names are all gone.

So he just watched from outside the moat and let the people inside report to him.

Even so, I heard that the Son of Heaven went to the front line to inspect the battle situation before dawn, and the morale of the soldiers who fought all night was still high, and they sang military songs loudly. Singing, followed by singing more and more, more and more widely, the sound shook the sky, drowning out the sound of the rumbling cannons, frightening the enemy troops at the top of the city, and panicking the people behind the gate.

Accompanied by more and more passionate, more and more loud and clear, connecting into a vast ocean of sound.

The soldiers from all directions sang loudly in unison, and the military song of Qin resounded all over the place. For a while, Shi Congyun didn't expect this.

It seems to have passed through thousands of years and returned to the pitiful battlefield... The morning wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the morning light on the horizon tears the darkness and slowly spreads into the distance.

Accompanied by the louder and louder military songs, Guanzhong suddenly heard a flood of cheers.

"I'm afraid the door is broken!" Dang Jin, who accompanied him, said excitedly.

As soon as the voice fell, the military song in the distance turned into a thunderous killing sound, and the army behind cheered tacitly, rushing in like a tide...

The shouting in front and the military song in the back swayed all the way to the north, with momentum like a rainbow.

Shi Congyun couldn't help but also sang a few words: "Take the twelve prefectures of Shanxi first, and other elements will attack the Yatou. Looking back, Qin Sai is as low as a horse, and gradually sees that the Yellow River flows straight north....

The power of the sky crosses the Yellow River, and thousands of barbarians sing Han songs.Mo Kan Hengshan reversed the water and went from Jiaoxi to be Enbo. "

"Okay! The official sings well!" Dang Jin said loudly.

Shi Congyun laughed out loud. With his level, he could only say such compliments.

"Learn more for those who read in the future, and say a few words at critical times, don't just say yes."

Dang Jin scratched his head, "Officials, send me to fight."

.......

When the sun was rising in the east and the wind was rising, he listened quietly, and heard the military song of the Qin army sung into the city amidst the sound of the wind and the singing of birds...

The loud voice passed through the high inner city of Taiyuan, Guancheng, and reached the sky.

It's just that he didn't see the fierce fighting in the city, he didn't see the battles in the streets, all the dead people, and the blood shed was out of his eyes... because he was the emperor.

So in his heart, Shi Congyun still kept some kindness, and kept reminding himself to remember the tragedy and sacrifice behind the victory, and don't forget the price paid for it, the soldiers paid blood and sweat.

Soon after, the morning light broke through the mist, and the rising sun spread the glory of dawn to the earth...

When all the shadows of the mountains and city walls were reluctantly dispelled by the rising sun, a fast horse cast a long shadow in the morning sun, rushed out of Guancheng, crossed the moat, and shook the dew on the roadside, all the way He rushed in front of him, exhaled white gas from his mouth, rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "Officials, you got in, brothers got in!"

Fighting day and night, finally broke in!

Chapter 340, Northern Han Dynasty Subjugation

At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the Fenshui River is full of brilliance, the riverside is brightly lit, and the fire is flowing in the water. The Fenshui River in Taiyuan City is like a sparkling river of blood.

Blood was indeed flowing in the river, all hidden under the firelight, and there were often half-dew floating corpses floating by, heaving and falling in the gentle waves.

On both sides of the river, baffles and stone barriers have been set up, with three or five steps and one post, scattered figures everywhere, and arrows flying across the river from time to time...

Yang Jiye wore dark armor and held a spear in his hand, leading a team to patrol the Fen River.

Not far away, a two-story private house caught fire accidentally, and the flames were flickering. Fortunately, the fire was not big, and the back eaves were burned, and there were bricks and stones underneath, and rescue was still possible.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Qin Army were going back and forth to fetch water to put out the fire. The owner of the house, six of them, shivered by the side, unable to say anything, with both panic and panic on their faces.

It's no wonder that the family was too frightened to move. Even Yang Jiye himself found it incredible that Qin Jun actually helped the people put out the fire.

In the past, it would have been a great act of kindness for these soldiers not to kill people, let alone not to rob or rape or plunder, but now after the Qin army entered the city, they did not commit any crimes against the people in the city, and even helped them put out the fire. mind.

Yang Jiye was extremely shocked, and in the light of the fire, they saw officials from the state of Qin shuttling through the city, counting the population and household registration everywhere under the protection of a few soldiers.

The officials and soldiers of the Qin army looked very skilled. Obviously, it was not the first time they had done such a thing, and the common people cooperated cautiously in fear.

After walking for a while, I came to a broken bridge. The bridge was still on fire. The bridge was burned by the enemy troops on the other side when the city was broken, and there was still a smell of fish oil around it.

After stopping, Yang Jiye could vaguely see figures on the opposite bank dozens of steps away. Compared with the hustle and bustle here, the other side was much quieter, and the figures could only be seen vaguely, except for the torches fixed on the wall by the river, It's hard to see anything anymore, because the Qin army on the other side set up many bed crossbows by the river, laying down many heavy crossbows and strong bows, all facing the opposite bank.

And a large amount of their equipment and materials were discarded in the east city during the defeat, and they had no ability to fight against the Qin army across the river.

Or to put it bluntly, I never thought that Dongcheng would fall so soon.

Yang Jiye was originally a general of the Northern Han Dynasty. He had experienced the planning of Taiyuan's city defense. Their best idea was to occupy the enemy outside the city and use the moat, Yangma City, and Nanguan City to resist the enemy.

If we take another step back, we will block the enemy in the east of the city, and the last line of defense is Fenshui.

Therefore, most of the equipment and military supplies in Taiyuan were hoarded in the east of the city to support the battles in Yangma City and Nanguan City outside.

It's just that the Qin army fought too fast later, and didn't expect the Nanguan City and Dongcheng City to fall so quickly, so that it was too late to take care of them, and a large amount of supplies were discarded there.

The other bank is silent in fear, and the panic can be felt even across the river.

Looking at the flames at the bridge, he couldn't help but said, "It's like a dream, a strong city like Taiyuan only lasted for two days..."