Chapter 327: No Way to Get In
Not to mention ten thousand kilograms, even a thousand kilograms of explosives cannot be put in.
The series of questions left Da Kui dumbfounded.
At ease, the girl's eyes immediately lit up, and she shouted in surprise that she knew, the Third Young Master was asking us to dig a tunnel. We can dig a tunnel directly under the city wall, dig a pit under the city wall that can hold 10,000 kilograms of explosives, bury the explosives and detonate them, and we will definitely be able to blow up the city wall, leaving no one alive on the city.
Liu Qiangguang used to hang out in Luoyang with his brothers and had come into contact with tomb robbers. When he heard what Da Kui said, he suddenly understood and said, "Yes, yes, yes." They should dig tunnels, dig pits, and blow up those bastards to death.
The brothers immediately became excited after listening to his story.
Cao Youwen slammed the table while holding the circled secret letter and said: That's right, Commander Zhao is reminding us to use enough explosives to blow up the city wall and rush in.
The enemies in the city must have placed water tanks on the inner wall to listen to us tunneling into the city. The Third Young Master's move told us not to take risks by entering the city, but to use explosives to blow up the wall directly, open a big door and walk in with our heads held high.
Once the solution was found, the brothers immediately became motivated.
The brothers in the craftsman camp quickly selected the location and anchor angle and took turns to dig. From time to time, people were sent to use iron horns to curse, shoot cold arrows, and fire cold cannons to attract the enemy's attention. The logistics department quietly concentrated explosives for use.
Five days later, late at night, the commander defending the city received a report: the enemy was digging a tunnel under the city, and the sound of an iron pickaxe hitting stones could be vaguely heard from the large water tank at the foot of the city.
At that time, the brothers in charge of tunnel operations in the Shenwei Army knew that they were close to the city wall and were very careful. Occasionally, they dug up stones and used hand-scraping to remove them, but the enemy soldiers who had been eavesdropping for a long time still heard it.
Commander Liu came to listen in person, but could no longer hear any sound.
Because, at this time, the tunnel operation had been completed, and the Shenwei Army was relaying the landfill explosives. There was not 10,000 kilograms of explosives, but 8,000 kilograms were gathered. This was because Lao Cao asked his brothers to collect all the explosives, including those allocated to the iron barrel cannon .
They had all thought it through. Success or failure depended on this one move. If they couldn't blow it up, they wouldn't fight. It would be useless to keep the explosives in the iron barrel cannon.
After daybreak, the Shenwei Army launched a new round of attacks, with catapults firing and hot air balloon bombing.
The commander-in-chief defending the city was used to this and he went to a shop on the edge of the city to command the battle.
The enemy's hot air balloons in the sky meant that they controlled the air. So he could no longer just go up to the top of the city wall, but had to find the right time to drive all his guards up to the top of the city wall.
During this period, he tried his best to stop the attack of the Shenwei Army. He even dug up the mass graves dug by the Mongolian Army when they massacred civilians a few years ago, found the rotten corpses and made them into bacterial bombs to launch at the Shenwei Army's positions. However, this did not scare the enemy, who still guarded outside the city like hungry wolves.
The weapons of the Shenwei Army were advanced, the cannons fired accurately and fiercely, and there were round balloons dropping thunder bombs from the sky. If it weren't for the sufficient food and grass in the city, he would have doubted whether he could hold out for a long time.
This guy was waiting when he suddenly heard a deafening noise. The city wall in front of him flew up like noodles and immediately collapsed with a loud bang.
A large number of shops and houses around collapsed, and bricks and tiles kept falling from the sky.
He touched his ears and found them wet and bleeding. He looked at his attendants and guards, and saw that they were also bleeding from their ears and noses, with hideous faces like living ghosts.
His guards shouted in horror that the city wall had collapsed, a full thirty feet of it.
This guy who followed the Mongolian army wholeheartedly and was willing to be a running dog could not hear anything.
Because their eardrums were broken, they were all shouting and dancing, but no one could hear a sound.
Outside, the charge of the Shenwei Army was already resounding through the sky, and dense crowds of Shenwei Army soldiers appeared at the blown-up city wall.
The guards picked him up and ran back desperately.
Outside the city, Cao Youwen saw the vast Luoyang City bounce up, heard the dull explosion, and then saw the huge mushroom cloud rising, and he was also extremely shocked.
While everyone was surprised, Miao Gui had already led his brothers to attack in person, and the 80,000-strong army quickly filled every corner of Luoyang City like a flood that broke through a dam.
Li Dagui led the troops and ran in the front. The guards came back with human heads hanging around their waists to report that the city commander had committed suicide because he knew his crime was grave, and the northern barbarian prince who tried to escape was killed by him.
After Cao Youwen entered Luoyang City again, he was in a good mood and shouted, "Dig through the city gate quickly so that we can ride through it."
Miao Gui said with a smile that the brothers in the craftsman camp were working continuously like digging a tunnel, but it was much easier than digging a tunnel and they could do it without any scruples.
All the generals burst into laughter.
The next day, Chengdu learned that Luoyang had been recovered. The Chengdu Weekly published the good news about the Shenwei Army's recovery of Luoyang on the entire front page. The common people ran wildly holding the newspapers that smelled of ink, shouting: Luoyang has been recovered, Xijing is back.
Luoyang, the thousand-year-old ancient city longed for by the people of the Song Dynasty, has finally returned to the embrace of the people of the Song Dynasty. The people happily bought up all the firecrackers to set off, and the streets and alleys were filled with the sound of firecrackers.
The common people were talking and drinking with their friends, and every household was celebrating. The taverns were full of heroic men who were loudly urging people to drink and have fun.
At the Chengdu government office, Lord Ding was in high spirits. He announced that the government office would be closed for half a day . At noon, he set up a banquet in the government office to cheer and drink. He praised Zhao Yulin's underground warfare and blew up the 30-zhang wall of Luoyang. Our new Song men lined up and ran into the city. This was the beginning of our counterattack against the northern barbarians. We won the first victory, which was great.
Zhao Yulin smiled and joined the others in toasting the old man, thinking that this was just too much boasting. We are at war, how can it be so easy?
When I got home, more detailed military reports came in. The Shenwei Army had completely controlled the area around Luoyang, but a serious problem had arisen.
When defending, the enemy dug out rotten corpses and used them as human bombs to attack the Shenwei Army. How could the brothers on the battlefield wear masks and gloves at all times? Now there are a lot of cases of diarrhea in the team, and I'm afraid there is a plague.
Lao Cao is worried about the spread of the plague and is taking emergency measures to control it.
Zhao Yulin fell silent after reading the letter.
A few years ago, the Mongolian army used plague in that area to attack the combat effectiveness of the Song army. This was the resurgence of the malaria virus that had been around for several years.
We conquered Luoyang but now we have the plague. We must win this new defense battle.
He ordered a message to be sent to Luoyang: strictly enforce the epidemic prevention rules, and quarantine the entrances and exits. He also ordered the Logistics Department to immediately organize medical officers, medicinal materials, and alcohol to be rushed to Luoyang.
The next morning, Ding Gong sent someone to invite him to tea. After reading the detailed military report from Luoyang, the old man said worriedly that it was easy to take back the city, but difficult to govern. The people in the city need food, clothes, and medical care. What to do?
He said: Luoyang may seem a bit chaotic, but it is actually very easy to deal with.
First, the enemy did little damage to Luoyang, because the Shenwei Army used tunnel operations and used tens of thousands of pounds of explosives to set off a terrible firecracker. The mushroom cloud rising from the sky became a monster they had never heard of, and they were all shocked. They did not have time to destroy important materials and military facilities such as warehouses and government offices.
Therefore, the Luoyang occupied by the Shenwei Army was relatively intact. First of all, there was enough food, so there was no need to worry about starving. Secondly, the defense facilities were complete and just in time for use.
Second, when the Mongolian princes were here, they plundered the people and lost the people 's hearts. We went in, the Shenwei Army is made up of the people, we took out the food in the warehouse and distributed it to the poor people, and we will definitely be supported by the people.
In this way, if we impose martial law, strictly enforce the new law, and adhere to epidemic prevention rules, we will surely be able to eliminate this epidemic.
He said that the Ministry of War had already coordinated logistics, organized medical officers and medicinal materials, and sent alcohol to Luoyang, and he believed that the soldiers at the front could handle it.
Mr. Ding nodded, and instructed Mr. Li and Zhao Feiyan to have the "Chengdu Weekly" of Caotang Academy expose the despicable trick of the northern barbarians using rotten corpses to poison people, and called on all the great doctors in the world to go to Luoyang to treat diseases and save lives.
Suzhou, after Hubili dispatched the army to retreat and defend, he arrived at Suzhou City. When he learned that Luoyang had fallen, he was shocked.
In his impression, Luoyang's walls were tall, wide and solid, with sufficient weapons and food, and the defenders were recognized as strong supporters of the expansion. He could not imagine that Luoyang was lost in half a month, and 50,000 soldiers were captured.
Hubili immediately adjusted the deployment, strengthening Shouchun's defense while preparing to retreat just in case.
However, this guy also had good news in his hand, that is, King Lu listened to him and mobilized 30,000 troops to raid the border defenses. After breaking through three cities along the Grand Canal, they pointed their swords at Huai'an. They succeeded everywhere and actually surrounded Huai'an.
Hubili felt that the Prince of Lu had achieved his goal of restraining Meng Gong and had even made some small gains, so he sent the news of the fall of Luoyang to the Prince of Lu, urging him to stop and quit while he was ahead.
In Hefei, Luzhou, Meng Gong received the news that the Shenwei Army had recaptured Luoyang. He was overjoyed and said to Yu Jie that the Shenwei Army's military strength was obviously stronger than both of theirs, and they had actually recaptured two large cities in succession.
You know, back then he and Tacaer's Mongolian army fought hard to capture Caizhou City, but it cost a lot of time and the lives of young men.
Today's Shenwei Army can attack wherever it is pointed, and is invincible in every battle.
They were lamenting that the Shenwei Army had recaptured Luoyang and were happy that the frontal pressure on Luzhou had been lifted and that Shouchun would be recaptured soon. At this time, the commander guarding the eastern front received a message: Shandong King Lu's 100,000 troops marched south and Huai'an was lost.
Yu Jie was suddenly dumbfounded.
Meng Gong was also shocked when he saw the military report. The defense that was breached by Hubili here had not been repaired yet, and another group of northern barbarians came over there.
Yu Jie immediately mobilized his troops to go back to Huai'an for support. Meng Gong was worried that Hu Bili was up to something and that the move in Luzhou was just a feint. Was the real main force of the Mongolian army in Huai'an?
He decisively divided the catapults that Zhao Yulin gave him into thirty pieces and asked Yu Jie to take them away.
Yu Jie thanked him gratefully and immediately led his troops back to the eastern front to provide support.
