11. Qiu Niang Rocket Slip
At the fourth day of the day, Ma Dingde, who had completely agreed on conditions with the infiltrated waves, climbed the head of Liuqiang Town, raised a torch, lit three piles of reeds, hung a frog flag, and the flames of the beacon tower rushed up, illuminating the still dark night sky.
Soon, at the gate of Liuqiang Town and various Xifan Fortresses, there were loud shouts of killing in the camps. The commander of the Gongcheng City Defense Lun Dongchai bravely rode his horse and led five thousand elite soldiers to flock out and fight against the east wall of Zhucheng.
At the same time, nearly 10,000 Western foreign soldiers from Sai Kung and Lacheng also came out in the middle of the river, crossing the river, and attacking the western walls of Zhucheng.
In the city, Ma Dingde pretended to wave his sword and directed his subordinates to pull the rope behind the wall, allowing the seven-pin cannons and five-pin cannons to shoot dense stones at the Dingwu military camp outside the city to show the effect of "restraint".
At this moment, in Zhucheng, the Tang soldiers and the Eastern Barbarians were already ready to fight and waited for the Western Fan to fall into the trap:
Xu Ji, Piao Bang and Zhu were each commanding the Eastern Barbarians at that time, and they lined up with spears in the center of Zhucheng;
Cai Fengyuan led the two battalions of chariot gunmen and arranged behind the bamboo fence on the western wall;
Guo Zaizhen led a battalion of chariot gunmen and lined up behind the bamboo fence in the east wall.
"According to the magical instrument song, fire the gun!" Guo Zaizhen, who was slightly tilted his neck, looked at the bamboo grille, and the infantry and cavalry of Lundongchai who rushed towards the hillside of Liuqiang Town, shook his flag and ordered loudly.
Nearly 800 Dingwu military chariots and gunmen were stationed in three stages. The first stage was used to lift the gun and the divine thunder rocket. These two types of firearms weighed about three pounds and were lightweight in their hands. They already had simple ignition devices, namely the iron cover on the fire door, tied with the lit fuse twist, which can be moisture-proof and can be pulled and fired. The middle stage was using a Trojan horse to tamp the medicine room, and the latter was checking the gunpowder and twisting, and cleaning the front bore with a mane stick.
"Bang bang bang", a volley of thunder shot, and balls of blue smoke shot out from the gap in the bamboo grille, and then flew and gathered together.
Then Zhongfan stepped forward and shot another volley.
Later, the guns and rockets illuminated the night sky before dawn, pouring out like burning bees, stinging wildly through the armor and flesh and blood of the Western cavalry. Many heroic cavalrymen who attacked bravely, rolled around, died in the womb, and the formation of the charge was completely disrupted. Most of the war horses were frightened by the gunpowder weapons that were shot out one after another. However, they were selected after strict training and selection. Under the command of their master, they could kill their lives in the face of the rain of arrows, so they did not run around, and those who fell fell forever, but those who did not fall were still rushing forward!
As for the bamboo grille behind the east side, the two battalions of chariots and gunmen commanded by Cai Fengyuan were more powerful than Guo Zaizhen's troops. The flames and fire snakes flew across the black water of Sai Kung Chuan, illuminating it, and illuminating the miserable scene of the Western Fan cavalry drinking and falling into the water.
Within a hundred steps, after the Zhucheng defense fence, the Tang soldiers pushed out wheelbarrows filled with large rockets and stood behind the earthen walls between the defense fences, which was conducive to the shooting world of "crow flying cannons".
There are eight chutes on each top and bottom, and there are also blades, swords, and spears on the rocket.
Although Gao Yue named this weapon "Crow Flying Fire****" from his official position, he was a well-known name, but ordinary soldiers privately called it "Qiu Niang".
In Bai Letian's "Pipa Xing", there was a sentence that "I taught you good talent and dressed up after the song, and I was always envied by Qiu Niang". It can be seen that Qiu Niang was a synonym for beautiful women in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also a collection of love among the Tang soldiers. Therefore, the fiery and passionate launch scene of "crow flying cannons" can easily be called "Qiu Niang". Since a battalion wrote this name on the cannon cart with a brush, the entire Dingwu Army camp quickly spread, and the convention was established.
"Qiu Niang" sounded sharply, and among the clusters of flying fireworks, countless swords and guns tied to rockets were shot out with the strong wind, directly causing the Western Fan cavalry to be penetrated at the same time, killing countless people. Some of the rockets rushed into the subsequent Western Fan infantry spear formation, and were also flying flesh and blood.
Within thirty steps, the Eastern Barbarians began to throw "Sky-Shocking Thunder". This object had an iron shell outside, containing divine thunder medicine, tiger medicine (poison), iron slag, and arsenic. After igniting the twist, it was thrown out like a stone. The flames exploded and the poisonous gas surged. Then the Eastern Barbarians held large uncut bamboo and sharp spears, pressed against the barrier, stretched the spear blade out of the gap, and stabbed the Western French soldiers who were swam across the moat and rushed up.
Zhucheng quickly turned into a killing field. The Western Fan infantry and cavalry attacked from both directions were violently blocked by Tang army's hand-held guns, rockets and thunder. These firearms covered almost all distances. In combination with the barriers and spears, the British soldiers were killed and injured.
The unlucky Lun Dongchai was struck by a Qiuniang rocket. His armor was broken and burned all over his body. Several followers in tiger and leopard skins dragged him back to death, leaving only half of his life. The formation of the Hangong Ban army, which had lost its commander, was in chaos and retreated to the camps in Liuqiang Town.
The foreign troops charged in Saigon River, Saigon and Lacheng were also severely damaged, hundreds of people died and fell into the water. Sita Yang Zhu was defeated and retreated to the high platform on the other side in a panic.
At this time, Ma Dingde was waiting for an opportunity to send a "death hero" to open the north gate of Liuqiang Town, shouting loudly, and suddenly heading to the camp of the Dingwu Army.
As a result, the commander of the Xingyuan Metropolitan Government Gao Gu personally led the generals and soldiers of five battalions to fight. The Ma Dingde's suicide immediately turned around and ran to the city - Gao Gu kept chasing him. When he reached the north gate, Ma Dingde raised the white flag at the top of the city and shouted, "Today, my entire clan will surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and those who follow me will not die!"
So the first five battalions of the Dingwu Army rushed in and attacked the city of Liuqiang Town. Ma Dingde and all the tribesmen opened the city gates and surrendered to the front of the Tang army's horses.
The other battalions of the Dingwu Army launched attacks in turn, attacking Xifan camps, fortresses, Ma Dingde, and Langxi, each riding horses as the vanguards of the Tang soldiers. Every time they shouted that Xifan was defeated, the first surrender would not die.
The Xifan army and horses in the entire Liuqiang Town were in chaos. Some abandoned their armor and surrendered, some set fire to the camp and fled, and some trampled themselves in the melee. On the mountain roads leading to Taideng City in the south of the town, there were corpses of the British soldiers and horses. Among them, the defense envoy of the Nangong City Lun Dongchai escaped for two miles, but the trauma worsened. After dismounting, he drew his sword under a pine tree and committed suicide. His head was cut off by soldiers of the second team of the Fifth Battalion, the second general of the Dingwu Army, and began to offer victory and seek merit in the direction of Wangxing City.
In the evening, Liuqiang Town, also known as the watchtower of Baosai City, was hung with a black and white Pixiu battle flag. When Sita Yang Zhu tribe on the banks of Saigong River saw it, they were all scared and desperate.
After Gao Yue and Wei Gao received the good news, they rushed to Liuqiang Town immediately.
Chapter completed!