Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 560 The bloody battle against the Buddha

On the wall of the pass, more and more climbing ladders were built on the wall. Three years after entering the pass, the barbaric spirit of the mountains and fields in the bones of the Qing soldiers has not been completely wiped out by the colorful world inside the pass. A Qing soldier is holding a shield , biting his saber and rushing up, while the Ming soldiers at the top of the city poured a pot of golden juice down the ladder.

The boiling poisonous juice was so powerful that there was a scream on the siege ladder. A string of Qing soldiers on the ladder were all scalded by the poisonous juice. more than.

In another place, more than a dozen soldiers on the siege ladders were almost treated in the same way. The screams of the Qing soldiers kept coming and going, and Fotu Pass became Shura's purgatory.

The huge casualties further inspired the brutality and barbarian characteristics of the Qing soldiers.

People in the Central Plains live affluent lives, have families and businesses, so naturally they don’t like wars, but these barbarians are different. In the bitter cold land, there is no next meal, and a snowstorm can kill them. Life is not guaranteed, so the desire for war is strong.

At this time, the ferocity and cruelty in the Qing soldiers were aroused, like an army of beasts with low intelligence. They had already killed red eyes, and breaking through Fotuguan had become their only belief.

Hauge, who was watching the battle in the big camp, saw this and sent 5000 Qing soldiers to participate in the siege, bringing the number of Qing soldiers to [-]. The Ming army looked down from the city, and the densely packed heads of Qing soldiers were all there. Aim, and throw an arrow down casually, and you can take away a head.

At this time, Fotuguan was like a dam, and the Qing soldiers were the flood peaks in the flood season, constantly beating the dam, trying to break the dam and get out.

Regardless of death, the Qing soldiers had exhausted all conceivable methods to kill the top of the city. On several walls, the Qing soldiers who were not afraid of death kept rushing to the top of the city, and they were repeatedly killed by the tenacious and heroic Ming soldiers. Going down, the two sides are flying with flesh and blood, fighting for life and death.

A hundred households of the Ming army were stabbed in the stomach by three spears, but with astonishing strength, he cut off the three spears with one knife, hugged a Qing general suddenly, and fell to the top of the wall together.

In less than half an hour, corpses piled up at the city gate, Oboi shouted loudly, holding a big ax in one hand and a shield in the other, stepped on the corpses and climbed up the suspension bridge, his personal guards immediately followed and also climbed up.

Arrows rained down on the top of the city, but Oboi ignored it and slashed at the iron locks pulling the suspension bridge. Flames splashed, the long chains flew away, and the moat bridge collapsed.

The moment the door was closed and he was exposed to the Qing army, Oboi was overjoyed and turned around and shouted, "Attack the battering ram!"

Nearly a hundred Qing soldiers, pushing three battle-long siege cones, slowly advanced under the protection of hundreds of shields. Seeing this, the generals of the Ming army on the city became anxious, and hurriedly called in archers to block the attack, but the arrows The arrows shot at the roof of the car and the shield, and had no effect on the behemoth-like siege cone, which was pushed forward by the Qing soldiers.

At the top of the city, a cupping pot was smashed down, and on the way of the siege cone, the gas was ablaze. Immediately, Qing soldiers took a large piece of cowhide and covered it directly on the fire. The Ming army threw a shocking thunder from the city. , killing one of the Qing soldiers, but immediately filled with Qing soldiers.

With a loud "boom", the siege hammer was pushed close to the gate by the Qing soldiers. Nearly a hundred Qing soldiers leaned back, pulled the giant tree, and then let go. Under the impact, it was only a slight tremor.

"Dutong, the door has been sealed!" A Qing general hurriedly turned around to report.

The battering ram was close to closing the door, Oboi already felt that victory was in sight, his expression changed and he became furious.

At this moment, an arrow suddenly hit him from the top of the city. The Jurchen man who grew up between the white mountains and the black waters danced with wild beasts all day long. Oboi was very vigilant, and unexpectedly dodged an arrow with his side, and the arrow stuck to his body. cheek, and shot a Qing soldier behind him.

Obai was furious, he raised his head to look at the top of the city, and saw that the general was still maintaining the posture of shooting arrows, he looked carefully and it was the guard Shizhong, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, pointed the ax at Yu Shizhong and shouted: " If you fall at this time, you can raise the flag and pay homage!"

At this point in the battle, Obai also had to admit the tenacity of the defenders. The barbarians worship the strong, and closing the defenders has already won the approval of the Manchu Batulu.

Yu Shizhong on the city heard this, but he bent his bow and set up an arrow, and another arrow was shot. He yelled at the city, "A certain big Han general, how can you be a barbarian dog? You don't need to say anything, just drive your troops to fight! "

Aobai didn't dodge or dodge, he took the shield to block in front of him, the arrow "dole" stuck on the shield, the wings at the end of the arrow kept shaking, obviously it was very powerful.

Yu Shizhong's words angered Oboi, he stared at Yu Shizhong with murderous intent, "After breaking through, I will kill you myself!"

What responded to him was still a swift arrow, but at this moment Oboi's personal guards had already protected him with a shield wall.

After the gate was closed, nearly a hundred Qing soldiers did not get an order, and still slammed into the gate one after another. The closed wall trembled slightly, and the city bricks and mud fell down, but the gate still had no intention of being knocked open.

"Dutong, what should we do?" A Niu Lu was sweating profusely, pointing to the closed door and asking.

At this moment, there was a crackling sound, and a big hole was knocked out of the city gate. Looking in from the hole, one could see that the inside was sealed with stones.

All the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty stopped, and the bastard hit a bird, smashed the door, and the door didn't open.

Seeing these few steps, Aobai rushed forward, looked into the cave, and found that it might be due to the urgency of time, the stones blocking the doorway were not glued with glutinous rice like building a city wall, but were only piled up with stones.

Now that the city gate was smashed and the stones inside were a little loose, Oboi immediately revealed a trace of joy, he waved his hand back, and ordered his soldiers: "Hurry up and get some medicine here."

At this time, the battle on the city was intensified. The Ming army and the Qing army fought frantically. Although the Ming army was small, it occupied a favorable location. Although the Qing army was large, the siege equipment was very simple, and the soldiers had to climb ladders to go to the city. , so he did not have an advantage in the city, but in the process of ascending the city, there were heavy casualties.

"Boom"

When the battle on the city was at its most intense, there was a sudden violent explosion at the closed gate. The entire closed wall seemed to tremble for it, and a huge puff of gunpowder smoke rose from the city gate.

Yu Shizhong's expression on the top of the wall changed, and he ordered, "You Ming, you continue to defend the city, and the others will never come."

"Father!" Yu Youming didn't have time to say more, Yu Shizhong had rushed down the closed wall with forty or fifty guards, and after closing the door, more than a dozen seriously wounded soldiers also realized the intention of the Qing soldiers, and they all gritted their teeth and picked up their bows and arrows , aiming the arrow at the door opening nervously.

Outside the closed door, Oboi rushed in without waiting for the gunpowder smoke to dissipate, waving his hands to disperse the smoke. He took a closer look and saw that the sealed doorway had been opened in half, but there was still a stone wall as high as a person and a stone wall. Break the door in front of you.

At this moment, a few sharp arrows struck from the door opening, he avoided it quickly, and immediately shouted: "Yaozi, blow it up again!"

Most of the Han Army Banners in the Eight Banners are good at gunpowder. Several Han Banner soldiers immediately went forward with packed explosives, but they were knocked down by the rain of arrows shot from inside before reaching the door opening. Seeing this, the Qing soldiers behind them immediately added , They picked up the medicine bag and stuffed it between the gaps.

There was a loud bang, and countless rubble flew out of the door opening. Many Qing soldiers before closing the door had no time to dodge. Several people were killed instantly, and several Ming soldiers on the other side were also injured.

At this moment, the gate of the city was completely opened, and before the gunpowder smoke cleared, the Qing soldiers roared like wild beasts, shouting and charging in, but before they could leave the gate, there was a rain of arrows and screams.

The Qing soldiers rushed out of the smoke screen stepping on the corpses, and saw outside the doorway, hundreds of wounded Ming soldiers with their arms hanging and bandaged, holding knives and guns, waiting in full force. Yu Shizhong raised his sword and let out a desperate cry together with hundreds of wounded soldiers , "Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

The blue veins of the Ming army shouted, and they fought desperately with the Qing soldiers at the gate. The gate was closed and broken, and Fotu Pass had fallen. They are not guarding the pass now, but coexisting with the pass, fighting to the death.

At the Qing camp, the trenches were overjoyed to see the Qing soldiers blowing up and opening the door, but at this moment, in the mountains behind Fotuguan, a low-pitched horn sounded suddenly, and the Ming army appeared all over the mountains and plains. Among them, countless banners were waving, and [-] supervisors and vanguards marched lightly and rushed to Fotu Pass at the most critical moment.

Hauge heard the sound of the horn coming from behind the pass, and he couldn't say a word. After a long while, he sighed, "Wu Sangui is finished, it's God's will, order to withdraw the troops!"

(Thanks for the prelude's monthly ticket, and thanks to the happy woodpecker for the reward)
(End of this chapter)