Chapter 170 Offense and Defense (9)
As soon as the collapsed Green Camp moved, the Han army of the Inlaid Blue Banner and the Han army of the Zhenghuang Banner also moved. The 700 soldiers of the Pingnan King, who were the main force in the siege, were all wearing double armor. Unlike the other Han army of the Inlaid Blue Banner, the weapons of these soldiers were not muskets, but were all big swords. They followed behind the Green Camp and did not rush forward like a green camp, but dozens of people formed more than ten teams in a team, maintaining corresponding distances in front and back, and moving forward at a speed that was neither fast nor slow. Such a queue was naturally because of the fact that there were artillery in the city.
Behind him, the rumbling drums sounded, and hundreds of cavalry of the Han army inlaid with blue flags lined up. The cavalry first stood with a pennant flag, looking very imposing. The other Qing troops who had not attacked the city were also ordered by the officers to gather forward, and together with the civilians who were recruited, cheered and shouted for the siege team. The momentum was so scary that it instantly spread into the city, which only scared the people of Xinhui and made the old women and children in the Taiping Army battalion feel panic.
The camp behind them naturally attracted great morale to the soldiers who were sieging the city. They swept away the depressedness caused by the previous failure to siege, and rushed down the city with red eyes like evil wolf. The temptation of breaking the city without sealing the sword. The temptation of breaking the city deeply pressed their fear of death, which made the beast that had never left in their hearts float again.
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On the top of the city, as soon as the Qing army retreated, Zhou Shixiang ordered the officers to organize people to carry the dead Taiping Army bodies and wounded soldiers down the city.
Most of the casualties in the city were caused by the archers of the Green Camp. About 100 soldiers were shot by the Qing army's arrows, but not many of them were really fatal, mostly some flesh and non-fatal injuries. If you take some medicine, you can cure them and you will not lose your disability and become a useless person.
Half of the bodies carried were killed when the Green Camp attacked the upper city. They were all directly chopped by swords, some died on the spot, and some died due to excessive blood loss. In this era, wounds caused by cold weapons were difficult to treat, and even difficult to suture the wounds. Therefore, those who were slandered and not dead could only leave their fate after being carried down. Although Zhou Shixiang tried his best to improve the medical system in the military and even formulated some medical methods for later generations, due to the serious lack of medicinal materials and the "military doctor" doctor who could meet his mind, his methods for later generations could only express their feelings. Those who were slightly injured could not die, and those who were seriously injured could not save them. The only effect was to restore the minor injuries faster and prevent some infectious diseases.
The corpse that was lifted down dripping blood along the city bricks, dyeing the corridor all the way. In a few places, the ground was covered with pools of blood because there were too many dead people. As a result, people slipped and fell down. Many young and strong men were busy replenishing the equipment to guard the city.
Compared with the Qing army corpses everywhere under the city, the Taiping Army suffered much less casualties, and the casualties exchange rate between the enemy and us was estimated to be 7 to 1 or even more. This also includes the young and strong casualties recruited. There are more than a dozen unlucky Han flag prisoners. Therefore, it can be said that the Taiping Army had just won a battle and obtained a great victory that had not been seen since its establishment at a very small price!
Since ancient times, if the city was not surrounded by death, or the siege's troops had reached several times the level of the city's defense, the party with the most casualties would definitely be the siege, especially the party that lacked siege equipment.
When Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, and Feng Houdun guarded Jiangyin City, he insisted on the defenders composed entirely of Jiangyin people for 81 days and resisted tens of thousands of Qing troops. Among them, Boluo and Nikan, who were later promoted to Prince, Kong Youde. A small Jiangyin city can cost the Qing army a huge price, so how can Xinhui City not do it!
What's more, last year, Xinhui City just experienced a fierce war that was no less than the defense of Jiangyin. Thousands of Qing troops repelled tens of thousands of troops from Li Dingguo with the Xinhui. Today, the Taiping Army cannot copy another miracle!
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The blood on the ground and the call of the wounded made the young and strong Xinhui who had been in contact with the war for the first time. Fan Si was one of them. He was really lucky. When the Qing army attacked the city, several arrows fell behind him, and an arrow almost hit him in the face. If a Taiping army beside him had not pulled him, Fan Si would have seen the King of Hell.
Humans are very strange animals. When the Qing army did not attack the city, Fan Si was so scared that his legs were cramped. When the real attack came up, he gritted his teeth and held it down. When the Qing army retreated, he cheered like his companions, but after the cheering, he looked at the corpses that were constantly lifting down, but he became frightened again, as if the wounds of the red meat on the corpse were chopped on him, making him numb and uncomfortable. He squatted there and wanted to vomit but couldn't come out, and wanted to stand up but couldn't stand up.
Finally, all the bodies and wounded in the city were carried down. Fan Si reacted from extreme fear and physical and mental numbness, and then became surprised again. He saw the Qing army rushed up in a dark and yelling to the sky above and below the city. He thought that the Taiping Army must have suffered a lot of casualties, but he did not expect that after a battle, there seemed to be not many bodies carried down. This really surprised him. He looked at the Taiping Army, whom he called "bandits" two days ago, and even more respect for the Taiping Army was even more serious.
There are many people who have the same thoughts as Fan Si, especially those captives from the Green Camp and Han Military Banner. These people unknowingly adjusted their mentality and did not have as strong and strange thoughts as before.
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Although he saw Shang Kexi's Pingnan King Zhenfan Banner erected in the Qing army camp, neither Zhou Shixiang, his subordinates, nor Song Xianggong, they thought that the Qing army would continue to attack the city. At least it was impossible to attack the city again today, because their morale had become dissipated with the failure of the siege. At this moment, as long as they were not stupid, no general would be so stupid that they could drive their moraleless subordinates again.
After the bodies and wounded were carried down, the young and strong men moved the equipment under the city to the city one after another. The Taiping Army in the city also made up for some gaps under the command of the officers. Everything was in an orderly manner. Although the people in the city were busy, no one was nervous or afraid. They all thought that the Qing army would not attack the city again today, so they were in a rare mood. The Taiping Army, who had been beating and scolding the young and strong men and prisoners, had a good temper now. It was rare that no one waved or drew his sword to threaten the people to be honest. For a moment, the atmosphere on the city wall was very good. After all, they won the battle and killed so many Qing soldiers.
Chapter completed!