"Boom, boom..." The cannon roared for a tea time. The Ming army seemed to have no money and rained down expensive artillery shells on the Xiangyang city wall. Xiangyang has a moat and a suspension bridge, and the city gate is also hidden deep in the city gate hole.
, it is difficult to be directly attacked by the Hongyi cannon. Even though the Ming army's artillery rained down, and the Xiangyang city wall was constantly shaken by the smashing, the city gate was still as stable as a mountain. The Ming army did not expect to collapse the city wall or rely solely on the Hongyi cannon.
Blasting down the city gates and firing artillery were just to suppress the defenders at the top of the city and lower the morale of the Tatars.
At the top of the city, Vice General Hu stared at the movements of the Ming army below the city with a solemn expression. He did not make many adjustments to Ma Zhenjin's defense deployment. Although Ma Zhenjin was arrogant, he still had some skills, and the city defense deployment was also very different.
Poor. He issued various orders in rapid succession to appease the soldiers, suppress the chaos, adjust the focus of defense according to the movements of the Ming army, and wait for the Ming army to fill the river. When the Ming army filled the river, it was the time when the Hongyi artillery ceased fire, which was what he expected.
When the counterattack begins.
Outside the city, Wang Qilong looked at the Qing army that still maintained basic order after the death of its general, and asked strangely: "The Tatars are not in chaos, and there are still guards in the city?"
Li Laiheng smiled lightly and said: "Didn't a guard unit come to Wuchang? It was probably the general of that unit who took over the city defense."
Wang Qilong frowned: "This is not easy to fight. If we attack the city forcefully, many people will die."
Li Laiheng shook his head: "There is no way to fight without death. Without going through bloody storms, we can't lead a strong army." Seeing Wang Qilong, he still couldn't bear it. He smiled and said: "Our army's equipment and armor are all better than those of the Tatars. This is the most important thing."
A good whetstone, I think your Chengdu army has everything, but it lacks the ferocity of fighting to the death. In a moment, Uncle Hao's soldiers will fill the river, and your Chengdu army will be used as a sharp knife to climb the city."
Wang Qilong nodded. He recognized Li Laiheng's philosophy. Fighting is about cultivating the poison. If you can survive to the end, you will naturally become an elite soldier. It is better to fight in blood for a day on the battlefield than to fight for a year on the training ground. He understands this truth. He understands
I resigned and went to select warriors for the city.
Hao Yaoqi did not refuse the task of filling the river. He originally thought that he only needed to clear the grass valley near Xunyang, and the troops he brought were mainly auxiliary troops. He did not have the ability to be strong and strong, so he asked them to fill the river.
It was just right. The sound of artillery stopped, and the Qing army was refreshed. Finally, they no longer had to lie down and be bombed. No one could bear the feeling of being beaten without being able to fight back. Vice General Hu gave an order, ordering the archers to prepare for the attack.
The Ming army filling up the river faced a head-on attack. Hao's soldiers carried soil and rocks packed in cloth bags, followed the fire rifle soldiers of the first division, and rushed towards the moat in a chaotic manner. Many of these soldiers were Hao Waoqi's camp.
I was used to being bullied, and obeying orders had become an instinct ingrained in my bones. I didn't think about the dangers of filling the river at all.
Fortunately, Wang Qilong had anticipated this and arranged for the firecrackers to provide cover. Eighty steps away, the firecrackers stopped in formation and fired a volley at the top of the city. At the same time, Hao's junior officers followed the order.
The general yelled: "Brothers, come on, throw three bags into the river, and add meat in the evening. Throw five bags, and get a jug of wine. Throw ten, and be promoted to a soldier, and get military pay every month. If you want to eat well,
Drink well, then run as fast as you can..."
How could Haobu's auxiliary soldiers, who usually couldn't eat a bite of meat for months, withstand such temptation? Looking at the Tatars at the top of the city who were beaten with fire cannons so that they didn't dare to show their heads. Thinking about it, the danger should not be great, so they didn't say anything.
He lowered his head and ran wildly. The dark crowd rushed to the moat like a rolling tide, throwing the cloth bags in their hands into the water like raindrops. The Qing troops in the city were not idle either. Under the pressure of Vice General Hu, they forcibly leaned out and headed towards
The crowd threw rain of arrows. From time to time in the crowd, auxiliary soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows, holding on to the trembling arrow tails and screaming repeatedly. The auxiliary soldiers around them did not stop. The fifty steps near the moat was the Shura Field. Who could
I know when the Lord of Hell will come to my door.
There was an auxiliary soldier who was running fast. After throwing the cloth bag, he rushed back to the formation. Before he could catch his breath, the soldier handed him another cloth bag and a wooden stick with a mark on it. "Well done, brother, take two more."
A stick of wood, let’s eat meat together tonight!” the soldier encouraged loudly.
The auxiliary soldier who took the wooden stick grinned. When had he been treated so kindly by the soldiers? At that moment, he felt full of strength, turned around and ran away again. Situations like this were repeated outside the city. The auxiliary soldiers
Like a precision-operated chain, running back and forth, the moat on one side of the city gate is being filled in bit by bit, visible to the naked eye.
"This..." Wang Qilong was speechless. These auxiliary soldiers were not afraid of death at all. They did not dodge the rain of arrows from the Tatars, as if they could not see them. "It's cruel, but also very magnificent!" He hesitated.
It took me a moment to say the word.
"We can't do it." Next to him, the leader of the first regiment said sadly.
"That's why Duke Lin Guo looks down on us." Wang Qilong shook his head and said, "His Highness treats us so favorably, not just to let us die at will. But we cannot feel at ease and dare not die just because His Highness is kind."
"The whole army listens to the order. As soon as the moat is leveled, attack the city immediately. Today, break Xiangyang!" Wang Qilong shouted the order. He couldn't count on all the hooks in the city. He had guns and cannons in his hands, and thousands of elite soldiers and generals. Why couldn't he defeat them?
Xiangyang?
"I have the order!" A regimental commander bowed to receive the order and shouted: "Fight to the death today, Xiangyang will be defeated!"
At the top of the city, Vice General Hu gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "These ants are not afraid of death at all? How many of them have been killed, and they still dare to rush forward?" Under his strict order, the Qing army fired with fire blunderbuss.
Many auxiliary soldiers were killed and wounded. However, these auxiliary soldiers seemed to be possessed and ignored the death of their companions. They just charged, filled the river, and repeated this action. I thought that the moat could block the Ming army for at least some time.
, is about to be filled in, and the moat cannot stop the Ming army's auxiliary troops. Can the Xiangyang city wall stop the Ming army's soldiers?
He looked at the first division that had assembled and was waiting to attack the city, and wondered: "This flag, king, first division? Which Ming army is this? Why have I never heard of it?"
On the side, the magistrate of Xiangyang shook his head: "I have never heard of it. It seems that he is not a subordinate of Li Thief and Hao Thief."
Vice General Hu said bitterly: "Li thieves and Hao thieves don't have Hongyi cannons, and the governor never thought that Xunyang would encounter Ming thieves with red Yi cannons. Damn it, these thieves came out of nowhere,
Why did I meet you!"
Outside the city, cheers suddenly sounded, and the auxiliary soldiers retreated like a tide. The section of moat beside the city gate had been filled in. Wang Qilong was greatly refreshed, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Attack, climb the city! Fight to the death, bloody battle! The oath of Xiangyang will not be broken."
not return!"
The First Division shouted in unison, and their morale was high. Along the way, stimulated by the envious and contemptuous attitudes of the three walls, the men of the First Division had long held their breath to prove that they were not soaking in a honey pot.
The young master's army, they are a strong army that can kill generals, capture flags, and attack cities and strongholds!
The soldiers of the first and second battalions passed over the fire gun soldiers of the third battalion and rolled forward with the ladders, not walking fast, but with an indomitable momentum. The fire gun soldiers cheered loudly, and at the same time continued to bombard the Qing troops at the top of the city, covering the city.
The comrades advanced. The soldiers were heavily armored and ignored the sparse rain of arrows. They crossed the moat in a daze and put up ladders on top of the city. The Qing soldiers no longer shot arrows. These Ming soldiers would
He was wrapped like an iron knot, and the bow and arrow could not do much damage. Vice General Hu hurriedly ordered, and the Qing army dropped the rolling stones, hitting them so hard that the soldiers of the first division could not even lift their heads. If they were not careful, several soldiers screamed.
He rolled down the ladder and fell to pieces.
Wang Qilong looked sideways and couldn't bear to look any further. Next to him, Li Laiheng didn't know when he had arrived, and he chuckled: "Can't you stand it?"
"No." Wang Qilong shook his head, "They are all soldiers brought out by me, so they feel a little uncomfortable."
"As the same saying goes, kindness does not control soldiers." Li Laiheng comforted, "I was adopted by Chuangying since I was a child. I have seen many scenes in troubled times where human life is as cheap as a piece of grass. The Ming army killed us, the Tatars killed us, and we
You can only flee, you can only resist. Escape will kill people, resisting will also kill people. If you die too much and see too much, you will get used to it. At least now, it is not us who are hiding and shivering behind the city, but the Tatars. Afraid of death,
You will only die faster and more miserably!"
"You will eventually understand." Wang Qilong forced a smile.
At the top of the city, fierce fighting continued. The Ming army set up more and more ladders, and the Qing army had to reduce its strength accordingly. Xiangyang was not the first-line city in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there were not many troops stationed in Suli, let alone a strong one.
Army. The Ming army shouted for a fierce battle and approached the city head inch by inch. Slowly, one, two, and more soldiers of the First Division climbed onto the city wall, began to expand their positions, and received more comrades to board the city.
"The Tatars are no match for our army. We overestimated them before the war." Li Laiheng said with a smile, "We can break the city today."
"The losses are not light." Wang Qilong said solemnly, "There are over a hundred casualties."
"The elite are the ones who survive." Li Laiheng said lightly. Wang Qilong was good at everything, but he was too soft-hearted. He planned to suggest to Zhu Cixuan that Wang Qilong should be a training officer in the future. Going into battle was not suitable for him.
"Go and ask my sons to go to the city to help in the battle." Seeing that the Xiangyang defenders were being beaten back by the Ming army, Vice General Hu couldn't sit still. Xiangyang has been in peace for too long, and all the soldiers have been crippled. Even if the Ming army is strong,
, it’s not like they can charge up to the top of the city with just one charge. Two or three Ming troops can defeat the seven or eight defenders who are running away with their heads in their arms.
Not long after, his subordinates ran back angrily and complained: "General, the officials sent by King Pingxi did not allow our army to leave, saying that our army was to protect their convoy, and the defense of the city was Xiangyang's business.
I also need you to get down to the city as soon as possible and protect them from leaving through the east gate, so as not to be eaten up by the thieves."
Vice General Hu was so angry that one Buddha was born, two Buddhas ascended to heaven, my own soldiers, and my orders were ineffective? After thinking about it, I couldn’t afford to offend King Pingxi’s people, but the city still had to be defended, and I had taken over it.
City defense, if you want to leave now, it's too late.
Having no other choice, he turned his head and said to the trembling Xiangyang magistrate beside him: "Master Magistrate, for the current plan, we can only mobilize the young men in the city to defend the city. As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Please open the treasury.
, promised a reward for killing a thief and receiving ten taels of silver. Only in this way can Xiangyang have a chance of survival."
The prefect didn't say much. He had the responsibility of guarding the land. He was the one who was most worried about the fall of Xiangyang. If the city was lost, he would be dead even if he ran away. Without saying a word, he turned around and left.
"Do you still want to be alone at this juncture? Go and say it's my order to seal all the city gates to prevent thieves in the city from taking the opportunity to cause trouble." Vice General Hu gritted his teeth and snorted coldly. He doesn't want to help, right? He wants to run away, right?
?Okay, I will just block the city gate so that no one can leave. This chapter has been completed!