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Chapter 117 Half Day City
Tabai was lying on the top of the city. He was going crazy.

I thought that although this battle to defend Hangzhou would be difficult, I still had [-] troops, so it was not completely hopeless.

But he didn't expect that after several rounds of shelling by the thieves, the city's head had already suffered heavy losses, and not a single fort was left.

They are all red cannons, why are the red cannons of the Ming thieves so powerful?
Could it be that what that idiot Huang Sheng said was true, that the Ming thief really knew the magic?
The Ming thief had witchcraft. Huang Sheng was afraid of being held accountable when he escaped, so he told everything at once.

Then, as expected, Tu Yi put him under house arrest on the grounds that he was confusing the public with rumors and disturbing the morale of the army. The two hundred cavalry he brought back were also forcibly collected by Tu Yi in the name of imperial edict.

Fortunately, Huang Sheng was the admiral of Zhejiang. No matter how much Tu Yi took advantage of the situation, he had no right to kill first and report later. Otherwise, it would not be surprising to kill Huang Sheng on the spot.

The Ming army's artillery fire stopped after a few rounds.

dang dang...

There were several crisp sounds of metal hitting stone. It was the heavy iron hook of the cloud car hanging on the battlement. The tip of the iron hook was even embedded in the hard blue brick.

Tabai realized that the Ming thieves were about to attack the city, and he quickly shouted and ordered: "Quick, archers, shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows! Don't let the Ming thieves climb up."

Amidst Tabai's roar, the Battle of Hangzhou finally officially started.

The Eight Banners archers were the first to react and quickly stood up to bend their bows and set arrows.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"

A round of arrows rained down, and several red scarf thieves screamed and fell from the cloud cart.

But the other Ming thieves climbing below seemed as if they had not seen them before. Instead, they rushed forward and climbed up to the top of the city faster.

With these Eight Banners archers taking the lead, the remaining Fubiao Qing soldiers also came to their senses. The Fubiao archers stood up, bent their bows, nocked arrows, and shot down the city.

The [-]-strong army is attacking a city gate. At this moment, the city wall is already overcrowded. There is almost no need to deliberately aim. As long as you use all your strength to shoot down, you will definitely be able to take away a thief.

Not only the archers of the Qing army were constantly firing arrows, but the remaining brave men and young men also lifted up the rolling stones and threw them down when they saw the right opportunity.

Almost every blow could kill or injure several red-turbaned thieves, and the remaining gold juice and feces were splashed indiscriminately.

"what!"

"It's so hot!"

"don't want……"

The unlucky red scarf Ming soldiers kept screaming and letting go, and then fell off the cloud carriage several meters high, but they fell down with their knives still biting behind them (don’t ask how the people in front of them shouted out, you Biting a knife after being burned by [-]-degree shit?) The climbing red scarf Ming army became even more fierce and fearless of death.

Although the Qing army at the head of Hangzhou City was well prepared and resisted vigorously.

Only half a quarter of an hour later, there was still a section of the city that had been bombarded so hard by the Ming army's artillery. Even the rest of the defenders on this section of the city were affected and died. As a result, both the defenders and the city defenders were in trouble. All supplies have been reduced sharply, and it is impossible to effectively kill the red scarf Ming army climbing on the cloud car.

So, the first red scarf Ming army climbed onto the city wall. Although this guy was a surrendered soldier, he was still one of the best among the surrendered soldiers. These guys at the top of the city were just rotten fish and shrimps, but they had only been recruited for a few days. , young and strong people who may not even be able to remember orders.

Oh, there is also a Fubiao Qingbing who is responsible for commanding.

Fu Biao was worthy of being Fu Biao, at least his reaction speed was quite fast. When he saw a thief coming to the city, he slashed at him with the knife in his hand almost in the next second.

when~
The two swords collided, and the Ming army who climbed the city almost lost their footing and cursed angrily: "Nang Xipi, are you here to sneak attack on us?"

"Kill the thief!" The Fubiao Qing soldier didn't say much. He kicked the red-turbaned thief in front of him to the ground with just one kick, and then chopped it off with his sword again.In the flash of lightning, the imaginary scene of the bandit being hacked to death did not happen. Instead, a waist knife was stabbed into Fu Biao's chest from the front.

"Pfft!"

"Cough...cough..."

Fu Biao coughed uncontrollably, spitting out a mouthful of blood with every cough. The knife in his hand had already lost its strength and fell to the ground.

On the ground, the red-turbaned Ming army who had been kicked over earlier stood up immediately and killed the dying Fubiao Qing soldier on the spot with a sharp knife.

The only Fubiao Qing soldier in this city was dead, and the rest of the Qingzhuangyong camp immediately dropped their things and turned around to run away.

"Brother, thank you very much."

At this time, the red-turbaned Ming army who was the first to ascend the city turned around and pulled up the brother Paoze behind him who had only one leg straddling the battlements.

"Oh, Mr. Pao Ze, why are you so polite..."

The two of them didn't say a word when they saw many Fubiao Qing soldiers running towards them with knives in hand.

"Hey, someone is going to die again so soon? Brother Xiang, do you still remember what Emperor Ming said?"

"Of course, remember, kill one to be promoted to a regular soldier, kill two to be granted land, kill three..."

The two of them licked their dry lips in unison, and then faced him with their knives raised.

To be honest, it took two people to cooperate before just killing a Fubiao Qing soldier, and one of them was a sneak attack. This time, there were more than one or two who rushed over.

But it's not bad. In fact, as long as they can delay for a little time, more Ming troops will board the city.

The situation at the top of Hangzhou City, which was barely maintained at first, began to deteriorate rapidly as the first Red Turban Ming Army entered the city.

Although the combat effectiveness of these red scarf Ming troops was still slightly inferior to that of the real elite Fubiao, under the constant flow of troops, the city walls everywhere soon became unable to hold on.

The Ming troops with red scarves kept climbing up the city to join the battlefield. Fu Biao and the Eight Banners Qing troops, who were placed by Ta Bai at various points on the city wall to supervise the defenses, were outnumbered and separated. They could only fight with the Ming troops who climbed the city.

As for the brave young men, except for a small number who were taken to participate in hand-to-hand combat, the rest all ran away when they could.

After all, these people have not even experienced serious command training, so how can they be expected to have combat effectiveness?

Tabai, the general of Hangzhou, seemed to have carried his sword at this moment, and personally led his own troops to continuously travel to support various city battle zones.

Fortunately, the two armies at the head of the city were now engaged in hand-to-hand combat. No matter how powerful the Ming army's artillery was, they could only suspend firing in order to prevent accidental damage.

However, the artillery camp ceased fire, but the Ming troops under the city did not stop. Tens of thousands of new Ming troops continued to advance, also forcing the [-] red scarf Ming troops in the front row to speed up the attack on the city.

The hand-to-hand fighting at the top of the city was still going on, and even though Tabai was exhausted, he was still gradually losing his strength.

At this time, Ta Bai's intestines were about to turn green. If he had known this, he should have arranged for the ambush to be placed outside the city. In this way, maybe... it could not be done. If he really wanted to separate the ambush outside the city, let alone whether it would be possible. Yes, whenever he brought it up, not to mention the governor Tu, he would have to wonder if he had surrendered to the enemy.

What are these thieves doing?
Not only did they blockade the ten gates of Hangzhou, but they did not even do any basic military siege, but launched a forceful attack with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Are you really planning to destroy the city in one day, no, half a day?
　Finally got rid of that woman, haha!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)