Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 585 Battle Wuchang, regroup
Hearing the call, Liu Chengyin chopped He Wenrui off his horse with a knife, trying to stop it, but there was no time.

When the city heard that Wang Xianggong had sent 20 horses to help, he was a little dazed, but then cheers filled the sky and the earth.

All the officers naturally knew that these were He Wenrui's inspiring words. Wang Yan entered Sichuan and could not get out within a few months.

More than [-] Ming troops wanted to go out of Sichuan, but there were not so many big ships. Even if Wang Yan went out of Sichuan by boat, it would be futile if he couldn't bring out the soldiers and horses.

The main generals all understood this, but the soldiers on the city didn't know it. Shocking cheers erupted from the city, one after another, sweeping away.

Hearing the shout, Liu Chengyin turned around in horror, and at this moment, Chen Youlong loosened the bowstring, and the arrow chased the moon like a shooting star. Before he could dodge, he hit the door in front of him with a shriek. He screamed and fell off his horse.

Chen Youlong knew that He Wenrui was out of the city to ask for help. When he appeared at the bottom of the city, Chen Youlong felt a chill in his heart, fearing that he would say something that would be unfavorable to the defenders, he immediately bent his bow and wanted to shoot, but He Tengjiao stopped him.

When he heard He Wenrui's roar, the arrow immediately turned to point at Liu Chengyin, but he was a step too slow, and Liu Chengyin slashed He Wenrui to death.

His arrow was a signal, when all the soldiers at the top of the city saw He Wenrui being killed, they felt resentful, arrows rained down like rain, and all the Qing soldiers under the city were shot to death in a panic.

Several Qing soldiers hurriedly picked up Liu Chengyin, who was bleeding all over his face, and put them on the horses, and fled to the main formation after beating the horses.

In the formation of the Qing army, Duoduo, who saw this scene, looked extremely cold, and he was playing it right now.

This was originally an excellent opportunity, but after He Wenrui's actions, the people in Wuchang were inspired instead.

This southern barbarian is also very cunning. If he agreed immediately, he might still have some doubts, but he hesitated and procrastinated, and he didn't make up his mind until this morning.

This made Duoduo think that he is the kind of literati who wants to set up an archway even after being a bitch, but whoever thinks he is a ruthless character who is determined to be an enemy of the Qing Dynasty.

"My lord, what should we do now? To fight or not to fight!" Li Ben, the general of the Green Battalion at the side, looked deeply at the cheering defenders at the top of the city, with a look of uneasiness on his face.

All the Qing generals also read He Tengjiao's letter to Du Yinxi, thinking that since the commander of the Ming army had lost confidence, then if they let He Wenrui roar in the city, the morale in the city would definitely fall to the bottom, and they would be able to do so today. Like the wind and clouds, he rushed into the city.

But who would have thought that Young Master He didn't play cards according to the routine, and acted out such a play with his life, leaving the Qing soldiers under the city in a dilemma.

Duoduo listened to the general's questioning, his body radiated hostility, he himself was careless, no one could blame others, but at this time, it was hard to get off the tiger, and today the army set up a formation but did not attack, then his morale should be vented.

"Attack!" Duoduo suddenly waved his hand without any hesitation.

After hearing this, all the Qing generals immediately called a thousand sons and went to their own battles.

The battle drums and horns of the Qing army were sounded, tens of thousands of horses, divided into four or five echelons, pressed towards the city.

"Boom~" There was a cannon sound, and the iron bullets hit the top of the city, breaking down the walls, and the gates and buildings behind the officers were falling with rubble.

"Master, hurry down to the city, it's too dangerous here." Wang Yuncheng said hastily, holding up a shield to protect He Tengjiao.

At this time, He Tengjiao was a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, seeing the death of his eldest son with his own eyes, and the grief in his heart could not be understood by outsiders. He originally wanted to use the excuse of asking for help to send He Wenrui out of Wuchang, but he did not expect to harm He Wenrui instead. .

He Tengjiao has three sons and one daughter. He Wenrui and He Zhizhi are older. He Tengjiao also has a concubine with two sons named Changsheng and Desheng. This family business.

He Wenrui is the successor trained by He Tengjiao. As long as there is this eldest son, after his death, the Liping He family can thrive for at least 30 to [-] years. Pain is the ruin of his more than ten years of hard work.

Now he is remorseful, sad, and even more angry, his eyes are blurred with tears, and his hands are flushed against the wall. The soldiers went to pull him, but He Tengjiao threw it away, and said angrily: "Ben Du, today Don’t go anywhere, just stand on the top of this city.”

All the generals were stunned after hearing this roar, but You Youlun who was at the side suddenly drew his sword in his hand and shouted sharply: "The mentor will not retreat, the students should stand by the mentor's side and avenge Xianqing."

He was wearing a civil official's robe, but there was a sword hanging on his waist, and he would be furious when the wind blew, and he rushed to He Tengjiao's side in a few steps.

When the generals came to their senses, Chen Youlong roared angrily, and ran towards the low wall guarded by him with his saber in hand.

As in the usual attack, the Qing army fired first to embolden the infantry, and also took advantage of the Qing army's artillery to suppress the firepower of the city.

Thousands of Qing soldiers acted as the vanguard to attack the city, followed by square formations one by one, but the focus of the attack has not changed for thousands of years, and it is still the gap several feet wide.

Li Ben led [-] elite soldiers, wearing double armor in hot weather, as the first wave, concentrated on the gap, and the [-] green battalions were like fish shoveling upstream, with guns like forests and knives like snow, and the soldiers huddled into the gap. Fleeing, shouting and killing sounded loudly.

At both ends of the gap, on the uncollapsed city wall, hundreds of archers from the Ming army fired arrows into the gap, and the arrows intertwined.

On the city wall, on the surface of a horse that had been half blown away, the soldiers of the Ming army straightened up, carrying buckets and swarms, and more than 30 rockets rushed towards the enemy at high speed.

In the face of dense Qing soldiers, this kind of scurrying, without accurate weapons, is very sharp, and even running blindly can shoot a lot of people to death.

After several people shot one barrel, they changed another barrel, but before they could ignite the fire, the Qing army threw a cannonball and smashed the firepower point.

At this time, the archers of the Qing army in the two phalanxes rushed to the bottom of the city. They lined up nine rows, stood at both ends of the gap, bent their bows and threw towards the top of the city. The arrows fell on the top of the city like locusts. , The archers of the Ming army who suppressed the Qing soldiers entering the city were suddenly shot by arrows and couldn't look up.

After many days of siege battles, the Ming army got acquainted with the Qing army's routines. The city was suppressed, and the Ming army also had a way. Several Ming soldiers braved the rain of arrows and carried a few wooden boxes to the wall.

The soldiers pried open the wooden box, and the inside was full of thunder. They leaned against the wall without showing their heads, and threw it into the gap when they lit the fire. Amid the sound of explosions, the Qing soldiers were blown away.

Knowing that there were reinforcements, the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was high, and their movements were faster than usual, while the Qing army was still fearless of death.

Li Ben passed through the gap, but in front of the low wall were three deep moats, each two feet wide and one foot deep, which made it more difficult for the Qing army to attack. However, the Qing soldiers had long been familiar with the Ming army's defensive methods. The bridge troops immediately took the long bridge.

In addition to trenches, the Ming army had other methods, such as spreading barbed caltrops all over the ground. This caused the Qing soldiers to suffer a lot. board.

After besieging the city for nearly a month, both sides have used all available means and are familiar with each other's routines. Now the fight is all about willpower, let's see who is less afraid of death.

Amidst the overwhelming shouts of killing, the Qing army rushed towards the low wall like a tide, and Chen Youlong immediately shouted, "Bird gun, let go!"

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