Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 665 Breaking the city is imminent
Generally speaking, the cold weather had a greater impact on the rebels attacking the city, but it was not without benefits. That is, the moat of Linyi City had already been covered with a thick layer of ice, and the rebel soldiers could rush directly to the city.

Speaking of siege warfare, it shouldn't be so easy for the enemy to approach the city wall. The moat in the north is not as wide as in the south, but there are many defensive methods, such as digging deep trenches and building sheep and horse walls, but Yi Yonggui was driven back all the way. Time to prepare.

The city was flat, and the rebels braved the artillery and rushed to the bottom of the city under the rain of arrows. More than a dozen people erected a siege ladder, and the barbs on the ladder were hung on the city wall. Stepping up the ladder, a rolling log fell down from the city, and immediately knocked him down again.

On another section of the city wall, just as the rebels erected a ladder, an enemy of ten thousand people fell from the top of the city. There was a loud bang, and even the people carrying the ladder were blown up in an instant. He fell to the ground, dead beyond death.

But just after the explosion, the rebels behind erected the ladder again.

A few soldiers who were better equipped with talisman stickers on their bodies shouted, "Bai Lian cleans the flames, the saint descends, and restores the Mingzong. Divine power protects the body, making it invulnerable." Immediately after speaking, they were not afraid of death, and ran up the ladder .

There are more than 30 mud legs, no training, no rules in fighting, all relying on the sea of ​​​​people, and after all, the mud legs are not as brave and powerful as the green battalion soldiers, so the backbone of the White Lotus Sect played an important role .

As soon as these people shouted their slogans, they drank a bowl of talisman water, and immediately ran towards the city like chicken blood, but they were quickly stabbed down by the Qing soldiers on the city with long spears.

When the mud legs saw it, they inevitably had some thoughts in their hearts, the elder brother's miraculous skills are world-class, it's not working!The intestines have all been cut out, what about the invulnerability that was promised?

Regarding this, the leader of the White Lotus Sect naturally has a saying, those who died were all dishonest, it was not because I was incapable of mana, look, didn't someone rush up?As long as you are sincere, you can get the blessing of the gods.

The city wall is more than ten miles long, and more than 30 people are besieged on all sides. Can no one rush to the city?

The mudlegs saw that there was indeed a senior brother with a talisman on the wall who killed him on the wall, but they really believed it. They immediately raised their heads to kill a bowl of muddy talisman water, and drank a bowl of warm water in the cold weather. As soon as his body warmed up, he thought that he was really under the care of Maitreya Buddha, and immediately shouted ants to attach to the city.

On the top of the wall, Yi Yonggui was sweating profusely. Xie Qian was the old master who beat him to death with random punches. He was a Green Battalion soldier adapted from the Shun Army. He was an old bandit. This new stream of thieves has no temper.

This thief with spiritual support cannot be taken lightly.

The rebel army did not have artillery, but the poor people had strong hands-on ability. They couldn't make artillery, but it was no problem to build some artillery vehicles. This is the heritage of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

At this time, a commander of the cannon carriage made a few gestures and swung it down suddenly. Several cannon carriages fired together, and several boulders soared into the air and hit the tower. The wall was smashed to pieces, and a line of blood was driven out at the top of the city.

The power of the artillery stone is not much less than that of the artillery. Qing soldiers died when they touched it, and they died when they touched it. There were deformed corpses smashed all over the ground.

The gates and buildings of the city were smashed and the bricks and tiles fell off. Seeing that the bed was about to be laid, Yi Yonggui was furious, "What are you doing, artillery? Let me destroy the group of artillery."

"Let go!" The general of the Qing soldiers waved his hand suddenly, but just as he finished speaking, he was shot over by a stream of arrows.

The sound of "booming" artillery has not stopped. In fact, the artillery of the Qing army has long been confronted with the artillery group, but after all, Linyi City was not prepared in advance. It is rare, spread out evenly, and not used intensively, so it is naturally impossible to solve the artillery group for a while.

At this time, an iron bullet smashed through the wooden board erected by the rebel army and smashed a cannon carriage behind.The towering cannon carriage creaked a few times, then crashed down, and the rebels who were pulling the ropes below dispersed immediately.

The battle above and below the city gradually entered a fierce stage. Arrows were like rain. The rebels had few bows and arrows and could not suppress the top of the city. Many rebel archers hid directly behind the wooden boards and shot back the arrows shot down from the city.

A large number of rebels have already boarded the city, but mud legs are always mud legs. Although they were encouraged by their senior brothers, their ambition to fight against the Qing soldiers was comparable to that of the regular Ming army, but they did lack strict military training. It's okay to shout and shoot arrows everywhere, but when entering close combat, the disadvantage of not cooperating with each other is obvious.

Often more than a dozen volunteers can't take down four or five green battalion soldiers, and a dozen elite green battalion soldiers can force the swarming volunteer army back step by step.

The city wall was caught in a tug-of-war. Although the rebel army had a large number of people, they seemed weak in follow-up, and the cruel fighting also made the encouragement of the big brother gradually lose its effect.

With a bang, the last artillery cart was dismantled by the artillery of the Qing soldiers and collapsed. However, the gate and building at the top of the city were also smashed, and the horse face and enemy platform were basically destroyed, which greatly weakened the defense of the enemy soldiers on the city wall. force.

After a long time, the quality of the two armies became apparent. Seeing that the rebels on the top of the city were gradually being driven down, Zhao Shuxiang couldn't help but approached Xie Qian, "General, it's time to act."

Xie Qian naturally knew that when he raised his right hand and waved, several generals beside him immediately roared loudly, and the four thousand old battalion who had been waiting for a long time behind the formation heard the sound and rushed towards the city clamoring!
These soldiers are all equipped with cotton armor, portable shields, strong protection, and archers.

These people followed Xie Qian in Shandong for two years, and their combat power was stronger than that of the ordinary green battalion. Therefore, Xie Qian generally would not use them lightly.

On the top of the city, Yi Yonggui saw four thousand rebels beating their shields, stepping on their feet, pressing towards the bottom of the city, and a group of men and horses behind them pushed out a battering hammer tied together by several long logs. The thief tore down someone's house beam, and his heart sank suddenly.

The Four Thousand Old Battalion did not choose to attack in all directions, but concentrated on attacking the city gates. They did not rush to climb, but formed a shield wall with swords and shields to protect the archers.

Most of the horse-faced enemy towers on this section of the city wall have been destroyed by artillery vehicles. Nearly a thousand archers shot arrows at the city wall.

Yi Yonggui looked down from the opening of the wall, and saw that the battering hammer had been pushed over, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he hurriedly greeted, "Hurry up, transfer people from the other three schools."

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