The next day, Duduo refused to give up and launched another attack on the camp outside the city, and he continued to fight from morning to night.
Unfortunately, after yesterday's battle, the tens of thousands of men and horses in the camp have adapted. In addition, they found that sandbags can very well suppress the ricochet of artillery shells. Last night, they rushed out a large number of sandbags and piled them in the camp.
Therefore, after a day's attack and defense, it was gratifying that the 30,000 troops did not get any advantage, but suffered a lot of casualties.
In this situation, it was obvious that Shang Kexi's small number of troops could no longer take down the main camp, and the purpose of the test had been achieved. However, instead of retreating, Duduo yawned and wanted to go to the sky.
He actually retreated to the outside of the North City, ordered people to fill in the moat, and built siege equipment. He also gathered the red cannons and fired at a section of the city wall.
This scene made Zhu Cixiang so angry that his eyebrows stood up.
It was even more irritating to him than that day when Xun Gui lost the battle and 20,000 people died.
The opponent couldn't even defeat the main camp, but they still wanted to attack the city and directly attacked the inner city. This was clearly disgusting.
I'm afraid even Duduo himself wouldn't believe that he could actually break in with just a few troops.
Don't tell me, Duduo really didn't think he was bluffing, but thought he had a good chance of giving it a try.
In Duduo's view, the 70,000 to 80,000 troops outside the city must be the most elite troops of the Ming army in the capital.
Otherwise, they would never be placed outside the city, nor would they take the initiative to go out to camp and fight in the field.
If even the most elite troops are so vulnerable, how bad must the city's defenders be?
Therefore, in Duduo's view, as long as he sends some Eight Banners warriors to climb up to the top of the city and kill them, no matter how many Ming troops there are in the city, they will all end up fleeing.
How could he be willing to accept this opportunity to achieve unparalleled achievements if he didn't give it a try?
As for sending warriors to attack the main camp, it is not economical at all. If we want to attack, we must attack the capital.
According to normal thinking, Dodo's inference is indeed reasonable.
However, Zhu Cixi didn't trust those nobles and Tang Tong's men at all, so he left them all outside the city to prevent them from rebelling and causing trouble.
If Duduo knew the truth, he would probably vomit blood.
Buduoduo prepared for ten days, filled in the moat to two miles wide, built more than a dozen siege ladders and thousands of wooden ladders, and then prepared to attack the city.
Clearly ready for a big fight.
Dorgon even sent people several times to ask him to retreat, but he found reasons to delay.
Seeing that Duduo was so rampant outside the capital, Lady Hong prepared to send troops to teach Duduo several times, but was stopped by Zhu Cihong.
At this time, Zhu Cihong also calmed down and his anger subsided. If Duduo wanted to attack, he let him do it.
Anyway, the attacker will always suffer many times more casualties than the defender, so he welcomes anyone who comes to attack the city!
Duduo saw that fifty red-coated cannons had been bombarding the city for ten days. In addition to destroying the city tower beyond recognition and only breaking some bricks on the city wall, Duduo completely gave up and stopped doing that useless work.
After giving the order, Shang Kexi led an army of 20,000 people pushing cloud ladders and carrying wooden ladders, and began to attack the city.
At most, only 5,000 Banners and Mongolian Tatars were sent to participate in the battle, of which 3,000 Mongolian Tatars and 5,000 musketry soldiers were behind to shoot and cover.
The elite troops of the two thousand and eight banners were prepared in a tight formation, hoping to wait for the rolling wood and thunder stones on the city to be used up before attacking in one go.
Boom, boom, boom.
"The Tatars have begun to attack the city, everyone, stand up!"
"Gentlemen, please stop lying on the ground and get up quickly. If you don't get up, you will have to engage in military law."
On the top of the city, with the shouts one after another, the civil servants and the supervisors of the Imperial College stood up tremblingly.
Looking at the slowly advancing army outside the city, many people's legs weakened and they fell to the ground again. Some even had water stains flowing out from under their buttocks.
Yes, those responsible for defending this section of the city wall were nearly two thousand civil servants, large and small, and Imperial College students, including senior officials such as the first minister, second minister, and second minister.
Of course, in addition to this, there are 8,000 elite veterans to cooperate with them, under the personal command of Zhou Yuji.
However, these servants of civil servants were responsible for transporting bricks, stones, wood, dung and firewood to the city.
All civil servants put on ordinary military uniforms. If they wanted armor or helmets, they had to bring their own, so many of them asked their wives and concubines to temporarily sew iron and wood pieces on their chests and backs, and asked carpenters to make helmets. Wear it on your head.
This makes it look like a fashion show is being held at the top of the city at a glance, with more than 2,000 people dressed in various costumes.
At this moment, Wei Zaode, the second assistant, had a towel on his face to cover his mouth and nose, and was constantly adding firewood. Apparently he was lucky and was assigned to burn dung.
Ninety-nine percent of the civil servants cursed Zhu Cihong in their hearts, especially those who lit fires, carried pots and carried dung.
Boo hoo hoo…
Bang bang bang…
"ah!"
"oops…"
"Jiannu is firing muskets and arrows, be careful to avoid them!"
"Hurry, Jiannu's ladder is approaching, prepare the fire oil tank!"
"The people in charge of pole support are ready!"
The veterans were constantly observing and shouting while dodging bows, arrows and firecrackers.
The civil servants did not react in this way. After they understood what they were shouting, many of them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground wailing.
There were also debris thrown up by the fire cannons on the wall stacks, which scratched the face. The pain was so painful that it made people cry like ghosts and wolves, screaming.
These people who were attacked were immediately carried off the city walls. If their injuries were not serious, they would have to be bandaged. This made the civil servants want to die.
"The enemy is approaching, rolling wood, thunder and stones are waiting for you, and the golden juice is on standby!"
"Old man, are you stupid? Are you plugging your ears? Can't you hear me? Help me!"
"oh oh…"
An old soldier lifted up a piece of wood. When he saw the guy next to him standing there in a daze, he immediately urged him.
Zhang Jinyan, who was distracted, finally came to his senses and quickly bent down to lift the other end of the wood. The two of them worked together to lift the wood and throw it down the city.
"Mom, lift it again!"
When the old pawn saw him clapping his hands and preparing to rest, he immediately kicked him and cursed.
"You, you are brave, my soldier... Oops!"
Zhang Jinyan was so angry that he was trembling all over, but before he could finish his words, he was stabbed on the head again, and he was hit so hard that there were stars in his eyes.
"If you keep blabbering, I'll chop you into pieces. Come on, mother, you're as stupid as a pig!"
Seeing the murderous look on his face, Zhang Jinyan shivered and did not dare to say anything anymore, so he had to lift the other end of the wood again, struggling to lift it.
As soon as the two men lifted the wood, a scream came from the side. One person was hit in the face by an arrow and fell to the ground. The arrow tail was still shaking slightly.
"ah…"
Zhang Jinyan recognized this person at a glance as his subordinate, the head of the Ministry of War, and his mind collapsed immediately.
Unable to hold back the fear in his heart, Zai Zai let out a loud cry, threw down the wood in his hand, turned around and ran away.
"You bitch, anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"
"puff!"
He suddenly threw it, causing one end of the wood to hit the ground hard, shaking the hands of the old soldier on the opposite side and almost breaking his bones. He also couldn't bear it anymore, so he chased after him and chopped him to the ground with a knife.
bump!
"You...you, you actually killed the Minister of War?"
Chen Yan, the chief assistant, was holding a stone and happened to witness this scene. He was so shocked that the stone dropped to the ground. He opened his mouth wide and pointed at the old soldier and stammered.
Bang!
When the old soldier heard this, he dropped his knife to the ground with the same shock, and his face turned pale.
The above only said that a group of new soldiers would defend with them and let them lead the area. Everyone could see that these people were not simple in status. I am afraid they were either rich or noble.
But even if he was beaten to death, he would not have expected that there would be a big shot like the Minister of the Ministry of War there, and he would even carry wood with him. In the end, he would treat him as a deserter and kill him.