Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 559

The soldiers of the Ming army on the wall all took food and started to eat, but not long after, the alarm bells on the top of the city rang together, and the voice was extremely sharp and piercing, 'Dang!when!when! 'It's heart-wrenching.

All the soldiers immediately put down their food and rushed to the top of the city. Except for the seriously wounded soldiers, the ordinary lightly wounded soldiers also bandaged their wounds and went into battle again.

In the past, the 5000 Ming army could be divided into two squads to defend the city in turn, but now there are only 3000 soldiers left, and there are hundreds of seriously injured soldiers. You have to cheer up, draw your bow and set your arrows, and prepare for another bloody battle.

"My sons and daughters, cheer up this general and defend the pass city. This battle will definitely be recorded in the annals of history and will be a great contribution to Fuchuan. In this battle, if you die in battle, your military card can enter the Martyr's Shrine and be honored by all generations. For enshrining, the family members are supported by the five loyal soldiers. You will have no worries before and after, and today I will fight endlessly with the Qing dog with this general!"

Yu Shizhong walked across the city wall holding his saber, his hoarse voice boosting morale, and the soldiers of the Ming army were also gathering quickly.

He looked at the Qing army assembled below the city. There were at least 1 people in formation. Could it be that the Qing army wanted to change their previous siege strategy and launch a simultaneous attack on both sides of the wall?

In the past, the Qing soldiers were urging them to surrender and storming one side. If they press up together this time, the pressure on the city will be greater. At this time, he can only hope that the Qing army's equipment will be greatly depleted during the bloody battle of more than ten days, and it will be impossible to deal with it. Guancheng has formed a powerful threat.

There is a word called backfire, and there is a phenomenon called the least expected thing will happen.The equipment of the Qing army did suffer heavy losses, but it was not difficult at all to build some siege ladders for the mangosteens and big trees all over the mountains and plains in Bashu.

The artillery under the city first began to shell the Guan wall, and then Chen Bangfu and Ma Jixiang's two cannon fodders, one on the left and one on the right, each led more than 2000 people, as the first wave of attacking teams came to Guancheng.

This time, Oboi obviously wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army had a large number of troops defending the city. First, he let the surrendered soldiers consume the Ming army, exhausting the Ming army, and then let the elite Qing soldiers step forward to fight, so the mobilization was launched at dawn. attack.

Nearly [-] surrendered soldiers, carrying simple siege ladders, under the cover of artillery fire, holding shields, braved the dense arrow rain, and pushed forward.

Some time ago, these surrendered soldiers were from the Ming army, and after surrendering, they were reduced to cannon fodder. Although they turned against each other and fought against their motherland, they inevitably would not do their best and would not disregard their own lives.

The ladders were set up on the city, and the soldiers climbed timidly. The rolling stones and trees fell down, and the Ming soldiers on the horses shot and killed them with arrows. After fighting for a while, the soldiers retreated like the tide like in the past. .

If Guancheng is easy to attack, they will naturally go all out to take the city down, but they have been fighting for more than ten days, and the Ming army on the city is obviously not a soft persimmon. Don't work hard.

These days, they have been like this, fighting decently for a while, and then retreating.They surrendered in order to survive. Being cannon fodder was forced to help them. If they were not cannon fodder, they would still rush to death unless they had brain problems.

The soldiers retreated like yesterday, but today it was Oboi who supervised the battle in person, with a wave of his hand, the archers of the Qing soldiers directly shot a wave of arrows, killing all the soldiers who retreated first, Seeing this, Jiang Bing had to stop, with hesitation and fear on his face.

Seeing this, Chen Bangfu looked at the head of the city and the cold arrows of the Qing army in front of the formation, and quickly ordered: "Brothers, if you retreat, you will die. If you follow this general to capture the city, you still have a chance."

The retreating soldiers had to turn around unwillingly and continue to rush towards the top of the city.

"A bunch of useless things!" Obai snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, more than 3000 Qing army swords and shields were lined up in nine rows, driving the surrendering troops to the city gate.

Relying on these soldiers, it was obviously impossible to break through the pass, Oboi waved again, behind him more than 2000 bows and arrows also lined up in three rows, stepped forward, this is his real main force to attack the city pass.

There were no heavy artillery or trebuchets at the top of the city, and only bows and arrows and blunderbusses could threaten the advance of the Qing soldiers. When the Qing soldiers entered within a hundred steps of the closed wall, the archers and blunderbussmen on the top of the city fired at once, and a thousand arrows rained down. , countless lead bullets, and the iron sand shot by the Franc machine roared and shot at the Qing army. The Qing army erected their shields on the ground, forming countless shield walls. Arrows crackled and shot on the shield walls, sending out a series of 'Dole!Dole!Dole! ' sound, most of which were nailed to the shield.

The casualties of the Qing army were small, and the surrendered soldiers in front were shot to death. After a wave of arrows rained on the city, the Qing army archers behind the sword and shield hand began to counterattack. The round, sharp arrows pointed obliquely at the sky, and the dense arrows like locusts shot at the top of the city, overwhelming the soldiers of the Ming army on the top of the city.

The Ming army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. As a battle-hardened elite, it was natural that they could not shoot at the Qing soldiers at this time. When the arrow rain hit, the Ming army hid behind the wall, squatted on the ground and threw arrows down the city. , Shoot the Qing army blindly, or aim and shoot from the shooting hole, which greatly reduces the casualties of the Ming army.

But in this way, the Ming army's suppression of the city became much weaker, and the Qing army's swords and shields under the city took advantage of this time to kill towards the city like a tide.

Oboi chose a good time, the sun was just out and the temperature had not risen, so the Qing soldiers would not break out in sweat before fighting.

At this time, the Qing army's siege ladder was once again on the city wall. Most of the Ming army archers at the top of the city stopped shooting arrows, and took up long spears and rolling stones to fight back.

There are barbs on the siege ladder. After hanging on the city wall, the soldiers cannot overthrow it, but they can be dealt with by rolling stones and wood.

The biggest threat to the Qing soldiers was the archers and gunners on horseback. When the Qing soldiers climbed up with their shields, their backs were completely exposed. These archers on the protruding parts of the city wall could be shot directly. A large number of Qing soldiers It was an arrow in the back and fell off the ladder.

The Ming army on the horse's face would carry out buckets of bees from time to time, and countless rockets shot out, shooting at the dense crowd below the city, immediately causing heavy casualties to the Qing soldiers.

Sometimes, the Ming army would drop a thunderbolt from the horse's face to crowded places, making it impossible for the Qing soldiers to defend against it.

The Ming army occupied the advantage of defending the city, but the Qing soldiers were numerous after all. As more and more Qing soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city, they put ladders vertically on the city wall.

Suddenly sections of rolling logs fell from the top of the city, arrows were like dense rain, and trees were like hail. Qing soldiers were hit by the rolling logs, their bones were broken, their tendons were broken, they wailed, and they kept falling from the climbing ladder.

The archers of the Qing army under the city were divided into three rows, and they took turns to hang and shoot at the head of the city.

The Qing army swarmed forward, and five thousand elite Qing soldiers and all the surrendered soldiers were thrown into the battlefield. At this time, the number of Qing soldiers reached 1, which was about five times that of the Ming army. Based on this idea, the soldiers of the Ming army fought desperately with the Qing army under a disparity in proportion.

(Thanks to Wantu, yeyeye, Stressed Strawberry, Walking in the Night Water, Xiao Xiaoan’s monthly pass, thanks to Yuedong Woxin, Avalon Xinlu for the reward, and thanks to fwx88 for the [-] book coins. Breaking my promise today, Make it up tomorrow.)
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