Chapter 2162 The critical moment of the Guizi scroll is just right

   Zhao Qianshan and Wang Wenyan led the army as soon as they arrived in Changle Town, when they encountered a small group of rebels, they quickly dealt with a rebellious army of less than two hundred people, and the army took a break.

  At this time, I heard a thunderous explosion from the northeast.

   "What's that sound?" Zhao Qianshan was taken aback, got on his horse again, and looked to the northeast. The sky was blue and white clouds. It couldn't be thunder, and the direction of the sound was from Siyan City.

  Wang Wenyan nodded gloomyly.

He is more sure than Zhao Qianshan. He has been to the military workshop countless times, especially after the Gyeonggi Military Industrial Complex took over the Zunhua Iron Works and the gunpowder workshop of the Ministry of War. He has also been there several times and has personally seen gunpowder. Explosion situation.

Feng Ziying attached great importance to the improvement of gunpowder formula, and specifically asked the gunpowder workshop to trial-produce granule gunpowder from powdered gunpowder by adding flour and rice soup, and it has achieved success. The effect of the newly produced granular gunpowder has also been greatly improved, but it has not yet spread to various places, and it is even more impossible for the guards in Shanshan.

  But he could hear the explosion of gunpowder.

"This is the sound of gunpowder explosion. Could it be that the stored gunpowder accidentally exploded?" Wang Wenyan then shook his head again: "It doesn't seem like it. The continuous explosion sound is more like a deliberate arrangement. Could it be that the guard of Yancheng The army is using gunpowder explosions to stop the enemy?"

"Regardless of this, we must rush to Siyan City as soon as possible. Once the rebel army gets the salt and silver from Siyan City, their morale will definitely increase. Our number of troops is still far behind that of the rebel army. We may not be able to fight in the field. How much advantage does it have?" Zhao Qianshan was still very objective, "It would be best if they are attacking the city, and we can catch them by surprise."

  Wang Wenyan's guess is not right but not far.

At this time, it was the time when Man Gui made a desperate move and kept igniting double-powder barrels and throwing them off the city wall to detonate. Large bombs, but the explosive power of this black powder is indeed limited. Although more than a dozen "large bombs" were thrown, most of them exploded, but to be honest, the lethality is very limited.

  However, although the lethality is limited, the sudden explosion and the already splashed iron nails and iron **** still caused confusion to the too dense chaotic army, and played a very good effect on blocking the enemy.

   Continuous explosions blew up the west city wall into a mess.

In fact, the power of this kind of black gunpowder is limited, but the lethality caused by the spattering of iron nails and iron **** still caused considerable confusion in the rebellious army, which had limited fighting will. For a while, I didn't know what happened. He even thought that the officers and soldiers had invited Heavenly Thunder to help them out, and their morale immediately collapsed. They turned around and fled, which directly brought down the entire offensive.

It can be said that a "powder barrel bomb" at a very small cost completely resolved the wave of offensives that had finally been launched. Even the two hundred cavalry took the opportunity to launch a surprise charge on the periphery but achieved good results. It was easy to disperse more than a thousand rebel reserve troops, without even paying many casualties.

  Looking down at the city with a knife in his hand, even though he boasted of being extremely energetic, Man Gui couldn't take it anymore, and the continuous fierce battle made him a little exhausted.

  Duan Xipeng on the side has not experienced such a fierce battle for a long time, and it would take the battle with the Tumots on the Datong side wall ten years ago to be comparable.

   It’s not that the combat effectiveness of these rebellious troops is so strong, but the huge advantage in the number of rebellious troops is enough to offset everything.

  The continuous rolling attack, especially in the end, the rebel army also used the supervising team to force the soldiers to charge, which was not the case before.

  This also shows the attitude of the high-level rebel army, that is, they want to take down Siyan City, otherwise they will never withdraw their troops.

  Man Gui had no choice but to use the gunpowder barrel bomb, which was indeed a miraculous effect, but everyone knew that it was just a one-shot deal.

   Not to mention that there are only a few gunpowder barrel bombs left, even if there are enough, it is difficult to achieve such an effect.

Although the situation of the rebel army retreating was very embarrassing, both Man Gui and Duan Xipeng could see that the loss of the rebel army was actually not that big. The charge of more than 4,000 people actually left only a thousand corpses and wounded soldiers , did not hurt the vitality, and it can be seen from the opponent's back-end camp that the opponent still has enough spare energy to invest, so can we survive tomorrow?

"Old Duan, today I reckon that the rebellious army might not be able to muster the courage to fight again. Maybe there will be harassment at night, but it's not a big problem, but tomorrow, hehe, I guess the leader of the rebellious army should also realize that the more protracted Their losses will only increase if they continue, and I'm afraid they will have to fight to the death tomorrow."

  After several life-and-death battles, Man Gui's impression of Duan Xipeng became better and better, and the two of them talked more casually.

"Almost, no matter how stupid people are, they should understand that this kind of firewood tactics can't take us down, and it will cost more. It's better to put all your eggs in one basket. In fact, they came here today with this idea, but they didn't expect it. Our attack, coupled with the raid of the cavalry, destroyed their support team, and they will return with hatred. If they are willing to double their investment tomorrow, we will hardly be spared."

  Duan Xipeng pondered and said: "If there are no other unexpected factors, we may need to consider how to retreat."

"Retreat?!" Shock and frustration appeared on Man Gui's face, "In this situation, how do we retreat? What we can think of, the rebel army can also think of, and once we withdraw from Siyan City, we will fall into the rebellion army Now Anyi and Xiaxian are probably in the hands of the rebel army. At least they have already controlled these areas and the countryside. We can't escape their pursuit. At that time, we will only die without a place to die , there is no possibility of escaping.”

Duan Xipeng was also a little bit bitter, of course he understood this truth, but now is not the time for him to think about the fate of other people, but the issue of sending out the concubines of the three governors in the city safely, of course hundreds of thousands of people cannot escape , but a few people disguised themselves as men, and then pretended to be a rebel army and yelled to attack the city together, so that they could escape while the city was broken, which might not be impossible.

It’s just that he can’t explain this topic like Man Gui. He is Feng Ziying’s personal soldier, and it’s his duty to **** his concubine’s room. , Even if you die in battle, this is a duty that cannot be flinched.

Seeing that Duan Xipeng was silent, Man Gui could probably guess Duan Xipeng's concerns, but considering that more than a hundred people on the other side also sacrificed their lives to help him defend the city, there were also twenty or thirty casualties in this battle, so he also It's really not good to put higher demands on Duan Xipeng.

Sighing, Man Gui waved his hands a little lonely: "Old Duan, I know your difficulties, but the governor's concubine's room is more important than Siyan City? Apart from our more than 2,000 people, there are several others here. Ten thousand taels of salt and silver and thousands of shi of salt, this is not counting how many armors and weapons we will leave to these rebels if we are defeated and killed or captured, and hundreds of shi of grain. These rebels got these materials I'm afraid that Pingyang Mansion is really going to be taken by them in one fell swoop, and Zezhou and Lu'an Mansions as well as Huaiqing and Weihui Mansions will not have a good ending."

Duan Xipeng sighed for a while before slowly shaking his head: "Old man, what you said is correct, I understand, but I am not in the army, nor in the government, I am just a soldier of the governor, and my duty is to **** Good family members of the Governor, this time I came to Siyan City originally not to help you defend the city, but to use Siyan City as a shelter, but I didn't expect the rebellion army to be so powerful that they couldn't get away. If you can rely on me If I can defend this city of Yansi, and the governor and his family can be safe, of course I don't hesitate, even death is worth it, but the current situation is obviously not optimistic, and I have to think more about it..."

Seeing Duan Xipeng's attitude, Man Gui couldn't push him any further. After all, what he said was true. If he could hold on, he would certainly spare no effort. However, judging from the current situation, it was difficult to do so. No wonder he wanted to It's time to find a way out.

The two were relatively speechless, but they heard a rush of footsteps coming from one end of the city wall, and a soldier with a flushed face and bright eyes rushed in front of the two of them, his nostrils seemed to be a little bit bigger because of excitement: "My lord, my lord, the bandit army is in chaos, it's completely messed up, go to the top of the city and have a look, the bandit army is in chaos! Really, the bandit army is in chaos..."

  Stuttering, he could only say "the bandit army is in chaos", Man Gui and Duan Xipeng were also puzzled and confused, but Duan Xipeng reacted faster: "But their cavalry rushed into the formation and disrupted the bandit army's formation?"

"No, no, my lord, just go and see. The bandit army is in chaos, running around aimlessly. It seems that the entire rear line has collapsed. How can our two hundred cavalry have such abilities?! "

Although the personal soldiers couldn't explain clearly, they also knew that two or three hundred cavalry could not shake the ten thousand or twenty thousand enemy army. Even the most powerful Xuanfu cavalry or Datong iron cavalry could not do it. .

  Duan Xipeng jumped up, and Man Gui followed closely. The two of them ran to the crenel of the city wall in three steps and two steps.

I saw that the entire enemy rear formation was in chaos, and an army was deeply embedded like chopping waves, blooming in the center, completely smashing the enemy's rear formation that was still relatively complete. The trend of collapse is still expanding rapidly.

  (end of this chapter)