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Chapter 3838 Breaking into the city

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    On the Golden Light Gate, the fair-faced Dou Dewei lay on the arrow stack and looked down. The raindrops fell on his body and head, dripping down his pocket, and his face became increasingly pale.

    The original guard of Jinguangmen was Hou Mo Chenlin. After he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, Dou Dewei took over. Although the Fufeng Dou family is not well-known now and is not as prominent as when Emperor Gaozu was in power, it has a deep foundation.  , even if he is not considered to be the backbone of Guanlong, he is still in the same spirit and has entangled interests with the Guanlong clan.

    At this moment, I saw that the original military camp with tents and people shouting and neighing was already in a mess. Tens of thousands of horses and horses could not stop the two thousand armored cavalry. They were running for their lives in the vast wilderness outside the city like cattle and sheep being chased by wolves.  Two black torrents continued to attack each other, until they penetrated the Guanlong army and reached the city.

    When the two leading generals stopped at the foot of the city and looked up the city across the moat, Dou Dewei happened to look at them and felt a ferocious aura coming towards them. The two thousand cavalry behind them were even more murderous!  The injured leg that had been crushed by Fang Jun's beheaded horse began to hurt, and cold sweat trickled down his back.

    He was born into a noble family and was destined to inherit the title of Lord Shenwu and become the next generation head of the Dou family. He would be the best in the world in terms of politics, official career, and wealth, and his future would be bright.  However, ever since Wu Meiniang had her leg broken by Fang Jun when she was young, frivolous and frivolous, his life seemed to be shrouded in darkness and no light by Fang Jun's stick.

    When the armored cavalry under the city turned around and ravaged the disintegrated Guanlong army again, and quickly moved away into the distance, he breathed a sigh of relief. He wondered whether these killing gods would retreat, and then he saw what he could see in the distance.  Wherever you go, soldiers from Youtun Guards are coming from all over the mountains and valleys!

    It¡¯s over!

    The last trace of luck in Dou Dewei's psychology was shattered. Youtunwei obviously planned to take advantage of the empty troops and insufficient combat power outside Jinguang Gate to capture the city gate and then break into the city.

    As for whether the Jinguang Gate could stop the mad attack of the Youtun Guards Dou Dewei didn't even think about it. He dragged his injured leg and limped down the city wall under the guard of his own soldiers.  Although he had not personally witnessed Youtunwei's siege tactics, he had heard of them many times. Others used ladders to attack the city, but Youtunwei directly dug a hole under the city, buried gunpowder, ignited it, and blew down the tower with a bang.  The city wall was blown into a pile of rubble.

    ¡°He didn¡¯t want to stand on the city and stare at being blown up into the sky, turning into a handful of ashes. Even if he wasn¡¯t killed, he could still live after being buried in bricks and tiles?

    When the defenders on the city saw Dou Dewei coming down the city without saying a word, they all looked at each other in confusion. Could it be that the new defender wanted to command remotely from the government office under the city?

    Someone had the courage to chase two troops and asked loudly: "Where does the general want to go?"

    Dou Dewei didn't even look back: "I was injured and in terrible pain, so I took command at the government office below the city. You should think about the current crisis in Guanlong, and do your best, without fear of casualties, to block the Youtun Guards below the city!"  "

    After saying that, he led his soldiers into the duty room of the government office not far from the city. He made up his mind to stay away from the battlefield and evacuate immediately if the situation went bad.

    As for whether he, the new commander-in-chief, squats far away in the government office but does not visit the front line in person, it will lead to a situation where the generals do not know the soldiers and the soldiers do not know the generals, which will greatly reduce the command efficiency and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. He does not care at all.  of.

    "I am a first-class noble because I am delicate and rich, so I can't fight to the death on the city wall with these soldiers who are like dolphins and dogs, right?"

    ¡°Besides, there is no city in the world that Youtunwei cannot attack. I didn¡¯t abandon the city and run away immediately. It¡¯s already considered my courage to be invincible

    He is a descendant of Empress Taimu, a serious descendant, and is much more solid than the eldest Sun family. Even if the rebellion fails completely, who would dare to do anything to him?  When the crown prince ascends the throne, the status of the Dou family is still as stable as Mount Tai. Holding the title of a Shenwu Duke is empty, but it is better than losing his life now

    So he doesn¡¯t care whether the Jinguang Gate can be defended or not. Being able to hold on until the city is broken before withdrawing is already considered a commendable act of courage and courage to shoulder a heavy responsibility, right?

    "Whoever is dissatisfied will come to fight with Youtunwei. If he really can win, then of course he can say whatever he wants to me. But if he doesn't have the confidence, why should he accuse me?

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    Naturally, the Youtun Guards didn't know that they were killing tens of thousands of Guanlong troops outside the city, leaving mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.  The two groups fought so hard that even the general avoided fighting, waiting to escape at any time.

    Wang Fangyi led his armored cavalry and chased Hou Mo and Chen Lin's troops eastward step by step to avoid being killed by him with his carbine and destroying the progress of the siege. Gao Kan stood up on his horse and commanded the infantry who arrived later to begin the siege.

    The crew responsible for building the pontoon bridgeHundreds of people from the camp swarmed forward. Everyone was carrying a wooden plank. When they came to the moat, they jumped down without hesitation. Then they carried the wooden planks and floated on the water. They used nails and screws to fix the wooden planks.  After connecting them, several pontoon bridges were quickly built on the moat. The soldiers behind carried ladders and quickly crossed the moat from the pontoon bridges and came under the city wall. They erected the ladders against the rain of arrows and stones on the city.

    As soon as the ladder was set up, the soldier behind him held the horizontal knife in his mouth, jumped onto the ladder with a strong body, and climbed up quickly.

    At the same time, musketeers and crossbowmen arrived at the city. Amidst the rumbling drums, rows of muskets and arrows fired at the top of the city to suppress the defenders with firepower.

    The siege soldiers climbed up the ladders, with arrows and arrows rolling down their heads like rain. Soldiers kept screaming and falling halfway up, while the soldiers behind them continued to climb without saying a word.

    The defenders revealed their bodies from the arrow stacks, and swung their swords to chop down the Youtun guardsmen who had climbed to the height of the arrow stacks. At the same time, lead bullets and arrows fired from below the city hit their bodies one after another. They screamed miserably or fell to the bottom of the city.  Or they were killed or injured on the spot. The violent firepower suppressed the defenders on the city and did not dare to show their faces.

    A general is a warrior with courage. A general who is brave enough to defeat the three armies can often maximize the combat effectiveness of his troops. If he can take the lead, he will be united and his morale will be high. This is how many battles in which the weak defeat the strong and the outnumbered are defeated are won.  The ultimate victory.

    On the contrary, if the general is timid and afraid of fighting, who can expect his soldiers to be brave and not afraid of death?

    Youtunwei not only wanted to capture the Jinguang Gate, but also wanted to do it as quickly as possible, so there was no temptation. As soon as they came up, they went all out to launch a fierce attack, which made the defenders on the city confused and fearful.

    "Where is General Dou?"

    "Sit and take command in the duty room under the city"

    "It's useless to sit here! He's just afraid of death!"

    "His leg was damaged by Fang Er back then. How can he not be afraid of Fang Er's army now?"

    "Mom! He got scared and ran to check the room. When the opportunity came, he ran away. We were so scared that we still had to stay here?"

    There were complaints on the top of the city. As the suppressive firepower of the Youtun Guards became more and more fierce, more and more soldiers attacked the city. This resentment gradually turned into a fear of war. The original fear was magnified countless times, and morale became stronger.  It's getting sluggish.

    Dou Dewei stood in the duty room and paced back and forth. From time to time he opened the door and looked at the tower not far away. He muttered: "Something is wrong. Where is the gunpowder? Why not lay gunpowder to blow down the city wall and then swarm in? Instead of  A hard attack regardless of casualties?"

    Since the advent of gunpowder, it has been used on the battlefield by Youtunwei in various incredible ways, especially its unparalleled power in siege warfare, which has caused the political hall to discuss the matter more than once with all states and counties in the world.  Is it necessary to continue to spend huge sums of money on reinforcements and repairs of the city?  Because even the strongest city cannot withstand gunpowder bombardment. As long as the amount of gunpowder is increased infinitely, even a rock can be blown to pieces, and the defensive function of the city wall is almost completely ineffective

    Dou Dewei slapped his thigh fiercely and said excitedly: "Mother! The foundry bureau was destroyed, and the gunpowder production workshop in Youtunwei was razed to the ground. No matter how much gunpowder was stored in the army, it would be impossible to conquer both Hexi and the Western Regions.  , how much is left? This is because the gunpowder has been used up!"

    If there is no big killer weapon like gunpowder, the Golden Light Sect may not be able to defend it!

    Even if we can't hold it, as long as we delay the time, Yanshoufang will definitely mobilize heavy troops. We just need to densely line up the city with soldiers. With the high walls of the city, we should be able to stop the Youtun Guards, right?

    In order to be sure, Dou Dewei waited for a while. When the sound of fighting on the top of the city became more intense, he knew that his guess was correct.

    Immediately, his back straightened and he felt confident again, feeling that he could do it again!

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