mtl008 Chapter 398: Be well when you come
Chapter 398: Be well when you come
At the east gate, Yu Wenhua commanded the siege, but in fact, his move was just to delay the Yan army here.
The two sides continued to fire at each other, and Yu Wenhua's side had very few artillery shells left, which was not enough to support the siege.
But he still made a posture of attacking with all his strength, just to ensure that the military strength here would not be reduced at all.
Tuoba Qie, who was sent out to bypass the north gate, had been killed in battle, but Yuwen Hua had not yet learned of this news, so the vanguard general Jin Kailai had been pretending to attack with all his strength.
When Zhu Yongzhen led his troops to the scene, the war was in full swing.
He learned from Ma Biao that only the East Gate and the North Gate were under attack, so he did not hesitate and immediately sent Lin Wenshou and Wan Jun's two teams to detour to the East Gate.
Yu Wenhua was sitting in the camp at this time, leisurely enjoying fine wine and lamb chops.
"Great, great leader, there is a team coming from our west and approaching us quickly."
The people who came seemed quite flustered, and Yu Wenhua estimated that there were a large number of them.
He wiped his mouth casually with his hand, took another sip of his drink, and asked, "How many people are here?"
"According to the Wuli scouts' report, there are more than 20,000 people."
Yu Wenhua smacked his lips and said nonchalantly, "I still have over 60,000 men here, and they only have 20,000. How dare you launch a surprise attack?"
After saying this, he stood up and shouted, "Notify the cavalry in the rear camp to send out 20,000 troops and prepare to meet the enemy."
Upon hearing this, the messenger cavalryman at the door respectfully raised his fist above his head, turned around and hurried away.
Lin Wenshou's team was in the front. He was riding on a horse, high above, and could see from afar billowing clouds of dust in front of him, as if cavalry were galloping towards them.
He quickly raised his telescope and saw tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushing towards him. His heart tightened and he shouted loudly: "There are cavalry ahead, form up and prepare to shoot."
After receiving the order, the shield soldiers quickly moved forward and the artillerymen also put down the gun barrels on their shoulders.
The soldier in charge of the base plate dropped it without hesitation, and the gun barrel was instantly raised into position. The soldier carrying the bracket quickly propped the bracket forward.
The buckle firmly fixes the barrel and accurately aligns the lifting slot with the position ready for shooting.
The soldier carrying the shells at the back took them out skillfully and quickly installed the primers.
"Three hundred steps ahead, no need to hang up charges, prepare to fire three salvos."
The artillery commander stared at the front and shouted loudly.
The artillery prepared extremely quickly, and someone came forward to assist and quickly installed the primer on the shells.
The riflemen knelt and stood in an orderly manner, holding their weapons and aiming at the front with full concentration, ready to shoot as soon as the enemy approached.
When the army behind learned that the enemy was attacking, they immediately sent infantry to quickly circle to both sides.
The Xianbei war horses galloped like thunder, getting closer and closer.
The artillery gave the order to fire and shells were fired one after another.
With loud bangs and explosions, the Xianbei cavalry were blown to pieces, and those who survived were killed by precise rifles.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen will not stop easily because of the explosion in front of them.
This is also the conclusion the Xianbei came to after a year of research on mortars. After all, it takes a certain amount of time to fire a shell, ignite it, and then fire it again.
But they never expected that Dingzhou's mortars did not need to be ignited at all.
As long as the cavalry continued to charge, the mortars would continue to fire.
The Xianbei cavalry behind could not bear the violent explosion in front and tried to take a detour.
At this time, Wan Jun's troops arrived in time, and without caring about any tactical essentials, they raised their guns and started shooting at the enemy crazily.
After all, the firing rate is fast, the number of people is large, the density of bullets is extremely high, and the hit rate is relatively high.
It was a detour, but they were still ruthlessly annihilated.
Under such brutal crushing firepower, no one can truly be fearless of life and death.
In this way, the Xianbei cavalry left behind more than 10,000 corpses and fled in a panic.
"General Wan, this is the first time a new weapon has been used in combat. The power of this gun is truly incredible."
Lin Wenshou ran to Wan Jun happily and said, his face full of excitement and excitement.
"Yes, the enemy retreated before some of us had even fired a full magazine of bullets."
Wan Jun was also very excited. This was the first time in his life that he had experienced such a rich style of play.
"I think your mission to hand in the bullet casings is going to be a failure. I saw your men running forward while fighting. How are we going to collect these bullet casings?"
Lin Wenshou had a smile on his face, but he was deliberately teasing Wan Jun.
"There's nothing I can do. I can only slowly search for it. The military said that this type of shell should be at least 80% complete. That shouldn't be a problem."
"Haha, if you don't have enough shells, we'll give you some when the time comes. Remember to buy me a drink."
Looking at Lin Wenshou's arrogant look, Wan Jun waved his hands helplessly and said, "Isn't it just drinking? No problem, I'll drink you to death."
Seeing Wan Jun being defeated, Lin Wenshou laughed even more happily.
The team had little time to clean up the battlefield, leaving only a small number of people to do the cleanup.
The large army continued to advance, and when they met Yu Wenhua, Yu Wenhua was organizing his men and preparing for a counterattack.
Lin Wenshou and Wan Jun didn't care about all that and just led their men to rush forward regardless of everything.
With the support of powerful guns, Yu Wenhua soon realized that this force was difficult to contend with.
"Retreat!" Helplessly, he could only choose a tactical retreat.
Jin Kailai, who was attacking the city, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned around and was horrified. Oh my god! Yu Wenhua had actually withdrawn with his men.
There was no other way, he could only order his men to turn the guns around and fire towards the Dingzhou army.
However, the distance is too far, and it can only serve as a deterrent, but has no practical effect.
The artillery of the Dingzhou Army also arrived at the position in time and quickly set up the mortar just out of the enemy's range.
"One thousand steps ahead, attach two charges, aim at your respective targets and fire!"
The enemy's targets were relatively scattered, so the artillery commander could only give such orders. The rest depended on the soldiers' own performance.
When the shells landed on Jin Kailai's position, they instantly fell into despair.
On one side, there was artillery bombardment from the Dingzhou army, and on the other side, there were cannons on the city wall also attacking them.
Seeing several artillery positions being blown away, Jin Kailai felt as if he was caught in a sandwich. In desperation, he could only shout to his men, "Run!"
The defeat was so severe that these people didn't even have time to collect their artillery shells. They fled in panic towards a deserted place with their artillery.
Lin Wenshou and Wan Jun ordered the infantry to pursue the enemy for seven or eight miles, and only retreated after annihilating some of the enemy.
As dusk fell, fierce fighting was still going on in some areas of Yanzhou City.
Zhu Yongzhen led his troops into the city and carried out a clearing operation street by street until Lin Wenshou and Wan Jun's troops also entered the city, which completely stabilized the situation in the entire Yancheng.
At this time, in a civilian street, Murong Mang and his remaining soldiers were hiding in the courtyard, feeling uneasy and preparing to find a way to leave the city after dark.
Duan Rui was with him.
"Where are Gongshu Hehe and the others? Where is Yu Wenhua's team?"
Murong Mang suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Duan Rui in a low voice.
"The soldiers outside the city didn't continue to enter. After I led my men in, Gongshu Hehe attacked towards the south gate. I don't know where they are now."
"Damn it, everything was fine when I came here, but now I can't go back..."
After hearing Duan Rui's words, Murong Mang said weakly and dejectedly, his eyes full of despair and helplessness.