Chapter 50 The North City is destroyed
"Xia Yunyi, I will leave this place to you. I will lead my army to support the North City!"
After Zhu Changqing said that, he turned around and had two thousand direct guards under him, all of whom were new forces.
"I have cleared the Tartars and rushed to support them!" Xia Yunyi was also very anxious. At this time, Fang Guoan led the Ming army to block the Tartars back into the alley, and these Tartars were still fighting desperately.
North City.
Several gaps were made by cannons on the top of the city, and the Qing army was constantly rushing to the top of the city from these openings, and the defenders on the city were divided into several sections by the Qing army.
Yang Tinglin's troops were guarding Zhang Guowei at the city tower, with Tartars on both ends and attacking the city tower desperately.
Under the city, Duoduo heard that the city was broken, and he was immediately overjoyed and hurried to the formation to check.
"My Eight Banners athletes are really brave. Tell them that before dawn, those who captured the Daming Superintendent will be promoted to three levels in a row and will be rewarded with 10,000 gold!"
Duoduo was in a good mood and directly offered a reward to Zhu Changqing.
"Sister obeys the order, let's go and pass the message!" A Duoduo's personal guard Bayala jumped out of the horse and passed the message under the city.
Soon, the Qing army, who had been exhausted from the night battle, suddenly became motivated and constantly squeezed the Ming army on the city wall.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Dabiao hurried to the city tower and found Zhang Guowei and Yang Tinglin.
"Making the platform, the city is no longer guarded. It is better to retreat into the city and fight the Tartars in the streets!" Zhang Dabiao suggested.
Now the Ming army is divided, and each unit fights on its own, the Qing army is constantly artillery, and the Ming army is passive everywhere.
Rather than doing this, it is better to fight with the Tartars.
Zhang Guowei pondered when he heard this. He was a little hesitant. The risk of giving up the city wall was too great.
"Making the platform, we can give up the North City Wall, leave one to block the North City, fight with the Tatars, concentrate the remaining troops on the east and west city walls, and attack the North City from both ends." Yang Tinglin suggested.
At this time, there were still 10,000 Sun Jiaji's troops in the south city of Dongcheng. Although Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's troops were attacking, it was obviously just a feint attack, with heavy thunder and little rain.
Therefore, Sun Jiaji's troops can also mobilize some to counterattack.
The situation was urgent and hesitated. Zhang Guowei made a quick decision and divided Yang Tinglin's troops into two thousand and handed over to the general Zhang Dabiao, who ordered him to be responsible for blocking the Tatars' downtown.
Since the city gate had already sealed all the door holes and was very thick, the Qing army could not recover for a while, so the Qing army at the top of the city could only go down from the corridor or down from the city.
Zhang Dabiao's troops just need to block it on the city.
Yang Tinglin led the remaining 3,000 people to the west wall and began to counterattack the Qing army at the north city head.
At the same time, Sun Jiaji, who was guarding the southern city wall, transferred a unit of 3,000 people from the east to push the Qing army.
Fang Yuanke, who was commanding the fierce battle of the remaining troops on the city, was gradually losing his support and retreating.
"General! The governor has an order, go down to the city to fight in the streets!" A personal soldier from Zhang Guowei came to pass the order.
Fang Yuanke was shocked and shouted angrily: "How can you abandon the city easily?!"
But seeing the personal soldier holding the governor's order arrow in his hand, he had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat to the entrance of the city tower.
At this time, the Fangying soldiers who were originally stationed in the North City had basically been injured and killed. The corpses on the walls were like fallen leaves, laying a thick layer.
Fang Yuanke was very sad and angry, and only regretted that he was weak and could not support himself. If there were 30,000 more soldiers, he would dare to hold his head and promise that the Qing army would not be able to break through the city.
But now, the city has been broken, how long can Hangzhou City last?
After most of the Ming army withdrew from the city wall, the Qing army strangled the remnants of the surrounded Ming army, and then wanted to go down to pursue it. But as soon as they got off the city, they were attacked by a rain of arrows. The lead of the muskets and the leads of the muskets woven into a large net, which held them in their arms and put them down to the ground one by one.
The Qing army Jialazhangjing, who was ordered to pursue, was surprised to see that the Ming army did not retreat and even organized defense.
In the past, the Ming army was undefeated, and once they were defeated, they were defeated thousands of miles away. It was amazing today.
Soon, the battle situation spread to Duodou's tent.
"This Lu King really wants to live and die with Hangzhou. I think it's just a word." Duoduo smiled at the generals in the tent. Since he led his army to the south, there have been few cities in Nanjing and Yangzhou that can block the Eight Banners. This mere city of Hangzhou is quite interesting.
"Prince, after a long battle, the warriors should take a break." Berenican reminded.
The Qing army had been attacking for a day and a night. Although they had taken the city, they were still at the end of their strength and were unable to fight again.
Duoduo thought for a while and shook his head, "No, send the central army to rotate and continue the attack! You must not give the enemy a chance to breathe."
"Slave obeys the order, so I will lead my troops to attack!"
Duoduo's central army was the last new force, and now it is decided to fight in Hangzhou.
Nikan understood what Dodo meant and decided to go to the battle himself.
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In the city, Zhu Changqing arrived in time with his men and horses to meet with Zhang Dabiao's troops.
"The city wall is broken?"
"Return to the regent, it's broken, and the subsequent troops of the Tartars are coming to the city."
Zhang Dabiao has already arranged troops in all streets and alleys in the North City to prepare for street fighting with the Qing army.
Iron cables were also pulled up on the Zhonghe River and Donghe River. Although the cables had been cut off at the Shuitu Gate, the Qing army recovered very quickly.
Zhu Changqing stood on Baoshan Bridge and felt extremely tired. The water surface of the East Canal was filled with light, and it was another difficult night.
"Report! The governor of the Haidang Fighting Army Lu Zhenfei led the Jinghai Navy into the city!"
Zhu Changqing suddenly turned around and saw Xia Yunyi personally rushing to report the message.
"Responsible, reinforcements have arrived!!!" Xia Yunyi rolled off the horse excitedly, quickly picked up the black hat that fell on the ground, and reported happily.
"The Jinghai Navy has just been newly built, and its combat power is unknown yet." Although Zhu Changqing was happy, he was a little worried. Lu Zhenfei's men probably all had new recruits, which would not be of much use.
"The rebel army of Qiansule's army in eastern Zhejiang has arrived. Lord Lu Zhenfei sent a navy boat to pick them up from the waterway! At this moment, he is standing by outside the Houchao Gate!" Xia Yunyi slapped his thigh and explained hurriedly.
"How many people are there?" Zhu Changqing instantly grabbed Xia Yunyi and said in surprise.
"The front army is 30,000, and they are gradually disembarking. The Jinghai Navy will continue to transfer the goods in the future!" Xia Yunyi stretched out three fingers and gestured at the numbers.
Zhu Changqing slowly let go of his hand and his face returned to calm. He didn't expect that the Jinghai Navy would come in handy so quickly. Lu Zhenfei really lived up to his responsibilities and was a capable minister.
Seeing that King Lu calmed down, Li Bao also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Xia Yunyi said carefully: "The country is supervising, I am brave. The reinforcements have just arrived and the Qing army has not yet discovered it. He can order the Qian army to attack Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's troops in Dongcheng, and then use the navy to launch artillery on the river to support the enemy."
Zhu Changqing's eyes lit up. As Xia Yunyi said, taking advantage of the Qing army's lack of defense, a surprise attack was launched. The Qing army fought for a day, and reinforcements came on a boat, and they were still strong.
In addition, the Chengdong Water Network is beneficial to the navy, and it is night again, and the Qing army is difficult to distinguish between the virtual and the real. Liu Liangzuo and Liu Ze's Qing troops were originally remnants. Such a night attack would have a great chance of winning.
"Who is the reinforcement general?" Zhu Changqing asked.
"Returning to the regent, he was the fifth brother of the leader of the rebel army, Qian Sufan. This rebel army was organized by the five brothers of Qian Sule." Xia Yunyi had seen Lu Zhenfei, so he knew the specific situation of the rebel army.
"The five brothers all join the army to serve the country... It's so magnificent!" Zhu Changqing couldn't help but sigh. It's a blessing to bring all the male members of the family into battle. Qian Sule really has the intention to die.
"Do you want to send Qian Sufan to see you?" Xia Yunyi asked.
"No need, Yi Zhong leads the way, I will go to see him in person!" Zhu Changqing smiled and said, "President Zhang, from now on, you will be a general! I will give you two thousand guards in the royal palace to you, and combine your troops with a total of five thousand troops to guard the northern city and block the Qing army's downtown!"
Zhang Dabiao was overjoyed. He actually became a general and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.
After taking Zhu Changqing away, the servants behind Zhang Dabiao brought wine.
"General, oh no, general! Congratulations to the general on his promotion!" said the servant.
Zhang Dabiao gently touched the bloody marks on his face, then took the wine bowl and drank it in one go, wiped his mouth boldly, remained silent for a moment, and ordered: "I am not good at defending, only good at attacking, pass on my orders, and the whole army follows me to attack the city!"
The Ding was stunned. Didn’t he agree on a street battle?
Chapter completed!