After all the boiling water in more than twenty large pots was poured out, at least half of the Qing soldiers on the ladder were poured down and fell down. Along with some Qing soldiers under the city, they were also drenched a lot, and every one of them was wet.
They were burned until their skin was torn apart, and many people had blood blisters on their bodies. Especially those Qing soldiers who had climbed the highest and were soaked the most. At this time, they fell to the ground beside the city wall and rolled and struggled, letting out bursts of heartbreaking sounds.
The pitiful screams of cracked lungs. Some people kept banging their heads against the city wall, hoping to end the pain with death. The image was really too horrible to look at.
This boiling water attack almost completely incapacitated the 200 Qing soldiers, most of whom were armored soldiers. Immediately after, the stones, bricks, and rough wood on the city wall were all thrown down, and they were smashed again.
The army screamed in agony, and many people were beaten with bloody heads and broken bones. They also knocked down many Qing soldiers on the ladders. The first round of the Qing army's attack was also immediately defeated by Mu.
The Ling army was defeated.
But in the Qing army formation in the distance, horns were blown one after another, urging the Qing army not to stop and continue the attack. And at this time, the second batch of reinforcements to attack the city also rushed to the city in order to join the first batch.
The Qing army attacking the city launched another attack on the city.
However, at this time, the boiling water on Jinan City had also been poured out, and the pike soldiers once again guarded the battlements to prepare for the new battle. The soldiers who were responsible for boiling water quickly set up the iron pot again, lit the firewood, and started again.
Start boiling water. Every soldier in the department performs his duties and works step by step. Everything goes in an orderly manner.
The Qing army once again climbed up the city wall, and the stones, bricks, and rough wood of the Muling army were thrown down from the city wall like raindrops, hitting the Qing soldiers. When the Qing army approached the battlements, the long gunmen
He used long spears to stab the Qing soldiers indiscriminately, blocking the Qing soldiers from climbing up the city wall. Although the musketeers in the back row could not hit the Qing soldiers who were climbing the city due to the angle, they continued to shoot at the city walls and hit the city walls.
The Qing Army archers and Qing soldiers waiting to attack the city. Only the artillery temporarily stopped firing.
Although the soldiers guarding the city were resisting the Qing soldiers' attack on the city, they were constantly attacked by the Qing's archers below the city and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. However, they still defended the battlements without fear and fought tenaciously with the Qing.
The Qing army was fighting, but the Qing army was like falling leaves in autumn, falling from the ladder and the top of the city. And as soon as the water in the iron pot boiled, it immediately poured down the city. This
The power of this move is indeed quite powerful, and it can burn a large number of Qing troops every time.
Although many Qing soldiers learned the lesson and immediately raised their shields to cover their heads and bodies as soon as they saw boiling water poured over the city, the shields could never protect their entire bodies, and water was pervasive, so they still remained
It can burn many soldiers. Although the soldiers who were scalded by boiling water will not die, they basically lose the ability to continue fighting.
At the same time, many recruits continued to carry large baskets of stones and bricks to the top of the city to supply to the soldiers defending the city. At the same time, they also carried the dead and injured soldiers to the city for treatment by military doctors. The battle was also very fierce.
Soon we entered into a fierce atmosphere.
Although they encountered stubborn resistance from the Muling Army, the Qing Army's military discipline was extremely strict at this time, and no one dared to take a step back. At the same time, the fierce battle also aroused the ferocity of the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers, so they fought desperately to
The city head launched a fierce attack, and under their leadership, the Mongolian and Han armies had to mobilize all their energy, and with rare fighting will, they cooperated with the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers to attack the city head.
The archers of the Qing army who were covering the city no longer hid behind the shield carts. They all stood up one by one, braved the musket fire on the city top, and kept firing arrows at the city top. Even some people were shot by muskets.
He was beaten to death, but the others remained unwavering and continued to fire arrows at the top of the city.
At this time, under the city wall, Yi Jing began to pile up corpses again. Some of them were Mu Ling soldiers who fell outside the city after being killed in battle. The blood spattered on the city wall, flowed to the ground, and began to gradually spread.
Already.
The siege battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the Qing army's losses exceeded a thousand people, but still no one could step on the city wall. Although Abatai and Turg were watching the battle from a distance, they could still feel the presence of the enemy on the battlefield.
A fierce and cruel atmosphere.
Moreover, wounded soldiers who had been withdrawn from the battlefield kept passing by in front of them. They suffered from falls, gunshot wounds, and burns. They were lying on a single shelf and kept screaming. The wounded soldiers
A considerable number of them are soldiers of the Eight Banners, and given the medical level of the Qing army, most of them may not be cured. These people are veterans with more than ten years of combat experience. They did not expect that they would fall into trouble this time.
Falling in front of Jinan City, Abatai couldn't help but feel heartache in his heart.
However, the strength of the resistance of the Muling Army was also within Abatai's expectations. After all, this army was able to defend Muling Pass twice. If it had not been so few times, I am afraid that he would not have spent so much effort. Moreover,
The war has reached this stage, and the Qing army cannot retreat and can only hold on.
So Abatai ordered to dispatch another five thousand soldiers to join the siege team. Because now it seems that if you want to capture Jinan, it may not take a while, and the armored soldiers who participated in the battle in the early stage
Yi Jing has reached 1,000 men, so this time, all Han and Mongolian troops are dispatched. Let them gradually consume the strength and energy of the defenders, and then when the time is right, launch a full-force attack on Jinan City.
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Although the people who joined this time did not have all the armored soldiers of the Eight Banners, they did add fresh troops after all. The offensive that had been gradually weakening suddenly became fierce. And after a period of offensive, the Qing army also learned
They became smarter, because the Mu Ling Army's boiling water could only be dumped in certain places, so the Qing army also began to deliberately avoid these places, making the Muling Army's boiling water attack gradually lose its effect. The Qing army also took the opportunity to
Other parts of the city wall concentrated their forces and stormed the top of the city. This also suddenly increased the defensive pressure on the Muling Army.
Because although the Qing army mainly attacked the west gate, the Muling army could not ignore the other three gates. They had to send a certain amount of troops to defend each gate. In addition, they had to set aside necessary reserve troops. Therefore, the soldiers defending the west gate at this time
There are only nearly 4,000 people, and except for the musketeers, there are actually only more than 1,000 veterans with combat experience. The rest are all recruits recruited in Jinan Prefecture.
Although these recruits only received more than ten days of training, they all had a deep hatred for the Qing soldiers. Therefore, they had a strong fighting spirit and fought tenaciously without risking their lives. However, this was ultimately due to lack of combat experience and very sparse combat skills.
, it was better at the beginning, but once the Qing army strengthened its attack power, it seemed a little weak. Once the Qing soldiers climbed to a position close to the battlements, the two sides started fighting across the city wall, although the Qing soldiers had many restrictions.
, such as they can only fight with one hand and cannot move on wooden ladders. However, it is difficult for recruits to defeat Qing soldiers by their own abilities. Some recruits are not even the opponents of Qing soldiers, but are defeated by Qing soldiers.
Many were killed and injured, and we had to wait for the veterans to come over to support us before we could reverse the situation.
Although veterans only have four or five months more military experience than recruits, Bi Jing has received rigorous training and has experienced several battles. Especially as a spearman, although he only practiced one stabbing move, But he has also practiced extremely skillfully, so when a spear is thrust out, it will either stab the throat, the heart, or the left and right shoulders, and it will definitely hit the body. No matter how high the Qing soldiers' combat skills are, they will not be able to withstand the power of this stab.
And at this time, the spearmen who occupied the high platform and fired at the city stopped shooting at the city walls. Instead, they paid close attention to the offensive and defensive battles on the city wall. Once someone climbed onto the battlements, they would shoot without hesitation. Because the distance was too large. The Qing soldiers who were about to enter the city wall only heard a gunshot and felt like they were hit hard. Many soldiers were even shot by muskets. It was hit with such force that it flew out of the battlements, and then fell to the ground.
But despite this, after all, the defenders were still mostly new soldiers, and Jinan City's defense line still seemed precarious. On several occasions, the defense line was almost broken by the Qing army.
Sun Heding, Sun Hedou, Shen Yang, Liu Zhiyong, Zhao Congfu and others who were watching the battle on the tower with Shang Yi were also frightened. They were not timid people, but they had never seen such a fierce battle, so Everyone felt their hearts beating faster and their lips were dry. Zhou Wei's face turned pale. He didn't dare to look anymore, but he forced himself to continue looking. Only Shang Yi remained calm and paid close attention to the entire city defense. battle line, and constantly issued instructions to adjust the defense of the city.
At this time, Sun Hedou said to Shang Yi: "President Shang Qian, the Tatar attack has become more and more fierce. Should we add more people to defend the city?"
Shang Yi shook his head and said: "It's not yet time yet, we can still resist, let's wait until the Tatars send troops again!"
As they were talking, two battlements on the city wall were breached by Qing soldiers.
It turned out that the Qing soldiers put five ladders together, which could be used to attack two adjacent battlements. They arranged five Qing soldiers in a row and attacked the top of the city together. They quickly climbed to the vicinity of the battlements and two Qing soldiers joined them. The soldiers attacked a crenellation, and a Qing soldier in the middle supported them. A battle started with the guards across the city wall. However, it was just a few new soldiers guarding the two crenellations. Although they tried their best, they were helpless. Their skills were inferior to those of others, so they could not resist the Qing soldiers. However, the two Qing soldiers covered each other and soon attacked the battlements of the city.
At this time, the two musketeers hurriedly fired, but at this moment, the two flintlock rifles misfired at the same time. Just like that, the musketeer jumped down from the stack. He fell on the city wall. This was a white-armored soldier. As soon as he stood firm, he immediately slashed with his sword, regardless of the soldiers of the Muling Army around him. He killed four or five Shile of the Muling Army in a row, but he also He was hit by more than ten bullets. Although he was wearing triple armor, four or five bullets penetrated the armor. He finally screamed and fell to the ground. He became the first Qing soldier to die on the wall of Jinan city in this battle.