Chapter 213 Battle in the Central Plains, a gamble that will overwhelm the country

Author: Mrmumumuah

Chapter 213 Battle in the Central Plains, a gamble that will overwhelm the country

The Taiping Army's offensive was indeed quite successful.

A large number of cannon fodder from the outer camps were constantly attacking the city wall. Judging from the dense gunfire on the city wall, the Ming army's firepower density was getting lower and lower.

Under the city wall, the musketeers of the Taiping Army rushed to a place only thirty steps away from the city wall. They fired continuously at the top of the city wall with their muskets. They used dense rain of bullets to suppress the musketeers of the Ming Army on the city wall, and covered the outer camp to climb the city wall.

of cannon fodder.

In this era.

Fighting has become a mathematical problem.

In theory, victory can be achieved as long as the density of firepower and troops exceeds that of the opponent.

As far as the current battlefield situation is concerned, the Ming army with city walls can obviously concentrate more powerful firepower with a small number of troops, and the defenders' firepower is quite strong.

With the help of his own soldiers, the fierce man Nie arrived at a place only more than a hundred steps away from the city wall. He leaned on a parapet and stared at the crackling battlements with bricks flying everywhere.

At this moment.

The ground shook suddenly, and a city gate was suddenly blasted open!

This was an explosion carried out with the cooperation of the people inside Kaifeng City.

With this trick.

Every time the Taiping Army attacked a fortified city, they were always successful!

This is the first time that this trick has been used against the Ming army.

"The city gate is broken!"

The fierce man Nie took a deep breath, pulled out his sword and waved it: "Musketeers! Charge! Charge into the city gate!"

As long as you rush into the city, you will win!

Under the leadership of this fierce man of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The morale of the Taiping Army was extremely high.

soon.

One by one, the old soldiers of the government armed with flintlock muskets jumped out of the trenches, holding muskets and covering their heads, and rushed into the blasted tunnel.

Soon the first group of musketeers rushed in, and a dense volley of guns rang out.

Then came the second and third batches, a continuous stream of Taiping soldiers rushed in, and dense volleys of guns continued to sound.

"He actually rushed in?!"

Yao Zhifu, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't imagine what his eyes were seeing.

It took three days to capture Kaifeng City/

This is incredible.

How come the 10,000 Ming army is so invincible?

Wang Sanhuai and Nie Sijou beside him laughed.

Wang Sanhuai laughed and said: "King Wu, it seems that there is no falsehood. How can there be falsehoods when the city gates are open?"

Really speaking.

Then I saw that the general's flag of the fierce man Nie had been erected on the tower of the north gate of Kaifeng City.

It seems that they have occupied the north gate tower!

"The city gate is captured! The city gate is opened!!"

"Win! Win!"

"The world belongs to heaven!"

The fierce man Nie was extremely excited.

All the elites were thrown into it at once, and it was bound to preserve the victory and control the city wall of the north gate.

And Yao Zhifu in the rear did not hesitate.

This is indeed the best opportunity!

"Kill the thieves of the Ming Dynasty and divide the fields. Long live the Kingdom of Heaven!"

Yao Zhifu drew his sword and shouted.

Then Wang Sanhuai and Luo Siju commanded more than 30,000 of the most elite Laoyingfu soldiers.

He rushed towards the city wall.

The city gate has been opened.

At this time, you must invest your elite troops to completely consolidate the results and repel the enemy's counterattack with a thunderous blow!

This way.

Even if Kaifeng City is completely captured!

Yao Zhifu's heart was burning.

By capturing Kaifeng, the supply problem that troubled the Taiping Army will be solved in an instant. The army can move south to fight in Lianghuai and Jiangbei.

The population density in these places is much denser than that in the Central Plains!

Wealth is also more dense.

Open it.

All alive!

The Taiping Army has been fighting all the way and has always dared to make a desperate move at critical moments!

Now Yao Zhifu also decisively issued the order for the entire army to rush into the city. Even he himself rushed to the city gate with his personal guards!

"Junmen, the old camp of the Taiping Army has entered the city from the north gate!"

Inside Kaifeng City.

Luo Dingshan, who was responsible for commanding the Kaifeng city defense operations and was leading the army alone for the first time, smiled when he heard this.

"Okay! It's not bad if you can trap tens of thousands of people from their old camp here! Gather your troops immediately, close the door and beat the dogs!"

Opening the door to lure the enemy was a strategy devised after seizing the Taiping's domestic conspiracies.

It's not too complicated. Just open the city gate, wait for the opponent to put in the elite soldiers, and then use the siege fortifications that have been laid out in the city to trap the opponent.

The Taiping Army never expected that the Ming Army would be so cunning.

They had previously attacked Hanzhong, Xi'an, and Luoyang. After the city gates were opened, the Qing army's green battalion or the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers who guarded the city raised their hands and surrendered. There was no talk of using the city to deceive people.

So this one was a big trap for King Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

He only discovered it after he followed the old camp soldiers into the city from the north gate and rushed along a wide street.

This is not a sunny avenue at all.

Ahead is a dead end blocked by a sandbag wall!

The wide road was crowded with Taiping Army generals who were heading excitedly towards Kaifeng City to plunder the city.

It was like a rushing river suddenly lapping against the dam.

Suddenly it was crowded.

At this moment.

Explosives have been laid long ago

There was a loud explosion.

The artillery that fired at Zhu Yuan had already been prepared, and it immediately poured out firepower into this small area.

Guangping Prefecture, Handan City.

After sending Yao Zhifu south, the Taiping Heavenly King Liu Zhixie moved his Chinese military tent to Handan, breaking away from contact with Fukang'an and Zhao Si.

However, before King Liu Tian was even warmed up in Handan, news came from the south that shocked everyone in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The army of King Wu Yao Zhifu, who went south to attack Kaifeng and tried to mobilize Emperor Zhu's army, failed to break through Kaifeng City.

Instead, they were defeated at the gates of Kaifeng City. The tens of thousands of soldiers from the old battalion were bombarded by the Ming army's artillery. Nearly 20,000 of them were killed, and more than 10,000 were captured. The remaining few thousand fled in embarrassment with King Wu Yao Zhifu.

In addition, Nie Jie, the Marquis of Zhijiang, and Sanhuai, the Marquis of Dazhou, were both lost in Kaifeng.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the outer camp dispersed.

The inner camp and the old camp only managed to escape with less than 20,000 soldiers. They escaped across Chenqiao and fled all the way north to Tangyin County in Weihui Prefecture.

After King Wu settled his defeated troops, he traveled through the starry night and arrived at Handan. At this time, he knelt down outside the Chinese army's tent to plead guilty.
To be continued...