scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 318 Attacking Hangzhou
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The intensity of the artillery battle of the Fat Man Army, even if it was changed to the southwest battlefield where the main force of the Wu army and the main force of the Qing army were replaced, it was at a super-top level, only in the Anshun Battle, Wuchang Battle, Luoshan Attack and Defense Battle and Jingzhou Battle. A similar intensity of artillery battles can be seen on the battlefields of several decisive battles related to martial arts. In other medium and large-scale battles, such a large number of artillery pieces have never been invested, let alone such a large number of shells have been blasted.

This is true of the Southwest battlefield, which was the most intense and large-scale battle in the San Francisco Rebellion, let alone the Zhejiang battlefield, which can only be ranked as a second-rate battlefield with Guangdong and Guangxi. Even the few veterans in the Hangzhou garrison never I have never seen the spectacular scene of hundreds of artillery bombarding a section of the city wall, and I have never experienced what is called a real iron fire hell, what is called a bullet falling into the rain, and the sound of the cannon cracking the sky!

I saw the artillery of the Fat Man Army roaring endlessly, felt the rock-solid city wall trembling slightly in the explosion, and saw my companions being smashed to pieces one by one in the artillery fire, the flesh and blood squalled wildly, and there was a shell nearby from time to time When it explodes, the strong wind knocks you over, and the loud noise shakes your ears until the ear canal bleeds. No one can stand it.

Under the tension and fear, no matter whether it was Li Zhifang, Tu La, Bayar, Shi Tiaosheng and other middle and senior generals of the Qing army, as well as the supervising team, generals and ordinary soldiers, they all lost their determination to fight the fat army to the end. They all hid tremblingly under the dead corners of the city wall, crouched behind the battlements of arrows and battlements, squeezed into the sardine-like canned urn city, trembling, and whispered how to escape and save their lives.Totally unable to muster up the courage to hold on to the city, let the infantry of the Fat Man Army swagger outside the city to fill up the moat and open the siege passage.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that the Fat Army's artillery gradually dropped down, but the Fat Army's infantry continued to fill up the moat. Li Zhifang and Tu Lasong, who guessed that the Fat Army could not see the target clearly at night and refused to fire In one breath, he quickly commanded the army to go back to the city, and shot and fired arrows to prevent the fat man from filling the river, but the sky was too dark to see the target, so the effect was not great.

In desperation, Tula ordered the soldiers to risk going out of the city to light the hole on the city wall, but none of the soldiers dared to go out of the city, so they had to hang the soldiers with ropes and set fire to them. The Jue Cave was basically bombarded by the fat man's artillery, and there was no way to insert a torch. In the end, Li Zhifang, who was quite resourceful, figured out a way to pile up firewood at intervals under the city and ignite it with kerosene on the slope to illuminate the target. .As a result, just when the pyre was half lit, the fat army's artillery shells hit their heads and faces again, killing dozens of Qing soldiers and blasting all the Qing soldiers on the city wall to the ground. This plan was useless again.

In order to prevent the Fatty Army from filling the river, Li Zhifang, Tu La and others planned to use the cover of night to send a team of dead soldiers out of the city to attack, and even planned to send an army to attack the artillery positions of the Fatty Army. Gathered a group of more than [-] dead soldiers.However, when this death squad sneaked out of the city gate with the fire starter on their backs, the suspension bridge had just been lowered, and hundreds of rockets roared from the opposite darkness, blowing up the death squad in one go, and killing all bombs along the way. Many Qing soldiers in the city gate were injured, and the Qing army's night attack plan also failed. No matter how much money Li Zhifang, Tu La and others spent, they could no longer recruit dead soldiers who dared to go out of the city to attack at night.

"Listen up, all the dogs in the city!" What's even more exasperating is that the fat man used rockets to blow up the Qing army's night raid army, and he cursed and laughed: "Playing night raids, you are our grandchildren! Find out, when we fought Wuchang and Jingzhou, did we fight at night or during the day!"

"General Tu, Wugou is well prepared. We are not sure, so we should not waste our troops." Li Zhifang said helplessly to Tula: "The difference between our current army and Wugou's army is too great. Weapons and equipment are far behind Wu Gou, so the best policy is to close the city and wait for our main force to rescue us."

Tula coughed and didn't speak, and then sighed after a while, "That's the only way, prepare more weapons for defending the city, and prepare to fight Wu Gou. Fortunately, the city wall of Hangzhou is strong and can offset many Wu Gou's combat power. "

Relying on the joint help of Fatty Army artillery and the Qing army, the work of Fatty Army infantry filling the river went very smoothly. In just one night, Cheng Long, the new general, basically completed the task assigned by Lu Fatty at a very small cost. Lu Fatty I was very happy and praised Cheng Long, but since the siege weapons of the Fatty Army were not yet ready, Fatty Lu did not launch the siege on the 27th, but rewarded Cheng Long and the soldiers who filled the river, and gave Cheng Long another They asked Qin Yong to continue to use artillery to cover Cheng Long's troops, and let him continue to fill the river and expand the attack surface of the fat man's siege weapons as much as possible. He also asked Qin Yong to continue to use artillery to cover Cheng Long's troops, and to continue to use artillery to consume the Qing army's defenders and attack the Qing army's defenders. gas.

In this way, the situation on the second day was almost the same as the first day. The artillery of the fat army continued to bombard the city, and the infantry of the fat army continued to fill the river. Conserving ammo has intentionally reduced some firepower.At the same time, the main force of the Fatty Army rushed to build ladders, flying ladders, and crash cars day and night. At the same time, in view of the fact that the Qing army's defenders went out of the city for a surprise attack the first night, Fatty Lu concluded that the Qing army did not block the city gate, so he rushed to make some three good explosives. , ready to be used to blow open the city gate.

Another day passed, when the fat man rushed to build more than [-] flying ladders, assembled [-] aerial ladders and [-] crash cars, and filled the river about five miles long outside the Wulin Gate. After a while, Fatty Lu decisively decided to attack the city, and sent Wang Xu to lead an army of [-] to attack Qiantang Gate, and himself led the main force to attack Wulin Gate.At this time, Han Yuanren also brought the head of Lao Wenliang, the magistrate of Deqing County, and led the rear army to Hangzhou to report the good news that he had defeated Deqing in World War I and killed Lao Wenliang's family. Fatty Lu was overjoyed and immediately rewarded Han Yuanren , and accepted Han Yuanren's request, and agreed to use Han Yuanren as the vanguard to attack Hangzhou Jiancheng!
In the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on October 13, 27th year of Qingkang Mazi, after the whole army had a full meal in the morning, at the right time, the fat army came out in full force, and opened to Hangzhou Qiantang Gate and Wulin Gate respectively.Hearing the news, Li Zhifang and Tula, the guards in Hangzhou City, immediately understood that the decisive moment of life and death had finally come, and they hurriedly made arrangements to let the deputy commander Bayar guard the Qiantang Gate, and the other eight gates also sent their confidant guards. Zhifang and Tura both sat at the main battlefield, Wulin Gate, and led the [-] defenders and tens of thousands of militiamen deployed here to defend the city, facing Lu Fatty's siege army.

Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Fatty's army set up a siege formation four miles outside the Wulin Gate. Fatty Lu first ordered the envoys to fly a white flag to the city to surrender. When the shot was shot, the Fatty Army envoy fled back with injuries. Fatty Lu was furious, and immediately ordered Qin Yong to fire. Only a thousand rounds were left to attack Hangzhou Mite City, and all the remaining shells were fired!Qin Yong obeyed the order, and 150 light and heavy artillery fired at the same time, aiming at the defenders on the city and blasting fiercely, the Wulin Gate was once again shrouded in gunfire.

The earth-shaking bombardment lasted for nearly an hour. By the time the Fatty Army fired the last shell, the Wulin Gate was completely covered in gunpowder smoke, and there was not a single Qing soldier and soldier standing on the city. Seeing that the time had come, Fatty Lu waved his fat hand and shouted: "Siege the city! The first soldier to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

"Great week! Great week! Great week!" Amidst the rhythmic slogans, the archers and musketeers of the fat army held their long shields and set out first. More than a hundred flying ladders followed, followed by another group of fat military engineers pushing explosives in a wheelbarrow, looking for opportunities to blow up the relatively fragile wooden city gates.At the same time, the sound of gongs and shouts sounded on the city wall of Hangzhou. The soldiers of the Qing army, who were hiding under the city to avoid artillery, ran up the city wall in a mess, yelling and arranging the forts, preparing muskets and arrows, and carrying supplies for defending the city.

When the siege team of the Fat Man Army entered the city wall for two miles, the remaining ten cannons of the Qing army first showed their power. A volley fired more than a dozen shells, but it is not known whether the Qing army's gunners were not trained enough or they were flustered and did not aim carefully. However, only one of the dozen or so shells hit the Fat Man's army, and the rest were all missed, and the shell that finally hit was only a solid shell, and only one of the Fat Man's soldiers fell into the ground when it hit the ground. Not even a ricochet formed.When Li Zhifang, Tu La and others were yelling at the gunners for their incompetence, the fat man's army had already launched a charge.

"Da Zhou—!" Amidst the roar, the archers and musketeers of the Fat Man Army first rushed to the edge of the filled moat, formed dozens of temporary fortifications with long shields, hid behind the shields and fired arrows. During this period, although the soldiers of the Qing army tried their best to shoot and shoot arrows, they had little effect.

Immediately afterwards, the well-trained infantry of the Fat Man Army rushed forward with the second team of large ladders, and the rockets in the city rushed to burn the ladders, but it was a pity that the ladders of the Fat Man Army had already been covered with plaster to resist the flames, and the effect was not very great. Li Zhifang, who was somewhat talented in military affairs, urgently ordered the soldiers of the Qing army to put on kerosene and pour oil on them, but the ladder cart of the fat army had already crossed the moat that had been filled up before, pulled up the ladder to hook the city wall, and the soldiers behind the fat army raised their shields and shouted to charge superior.

At the same time, the fat infantry carrying the lightweight flying ladders also started to charge at full speed, putting the flying ladders one after another onto the city wall. Countless soldiers climbed up the ladders, and the rolling stones and trees fell on the city like hailstones. It caused some casualties to the infantry of the fat army. The experienced soldiers of the fat army dodged nimbly while climbing quickly. The musketeers and archers of the fat army behind the long shield also shot and fired arrows desperately to cover the siege infantry of the fat army.

"Boom! Boom!" There was a new explosion, and before the soldiers of the fat man on the ladder had time to rush up the city wall, they had already thrown countless grenades, which made the soldiers of the Qing army who were blocking the city with knives and guns cry like ghosts and howl like ghosts. The soldiers took the opportunity to step on the ladder and charge.

Relying on rich experience and the stimulation of great rewards, soon the first batch of fat soldiers rushed to the city wall. The Qing army veteran Tula over there rushed to the rescue with the dead soldiers in spite of his serious illness. The soldiers of the fat army on the city wall fought hand-to-hand; Li Zhifang also commanded the defenders to desperately attack the most dangerous ladder vehicles of the fat army.Crying and killing shook the sky above and below the city, arrowheads and bullets flew back and forth like locusts, and the battle was extremely fierce.

"Wu Yonghua's second team, Hutongchun's third team!" Seeing Han Yuanren's team attacking the city, Fatty Lu was overjoyed, and hurriedly put down his binoculars and shouted: "Wu Yonghua stepped forward to respond directly, try to extend the attack surface as much as possible, and disperse the dog defenders." .Hutongchun arrives two miles in front of the formation and waits for orders, you can attack with cameras!"

"Decree!" Wu Yonghua and Hu Tongchun agreed with clasped fists, each of them ran down and led the troops to attack. When Fatty Lu watched them leave, he suddenly saw his fiancée Huang Xifeng dodging in the distance, as if wanting to come But he didn't dare to approach, Fatty Lu smiled, and waved to Little Pepper, Little Pepper understood, and rushed over like a gust of wind, jumping on Fatty Lu's fat body without saying a word. He sat down on his legs, put his arms around Fatty Lu's fat neck, leaned close to Fatty Lu's face, and said softly, "Sir, I ran quietly to see how you fight, don't blame me, okay?"

"Why don't you blame it?" Fatty Lu pinched her tender and smooth little face, and said with a straight face: "I told you to wait in the big camp for disobedience. It must be that the little butt is itchy again. After the spanking is over, I will give you a lot of money." I'll deal with you after the battle."

"No, sir, please spare me, I just want to take a look." Little Pepper begged while clutching her crescent-shaped butt.Seeing the smile on Fatty Lu's face, Pepper immediately understood that Fatty Lu was just threatening, and quickly buried himself in Fatty Lu's arms, acting coquettishly, and asked curiously: "Mr. Is it different? The great generals on the stage attacking the city all charge forward with their swords?"

"Rush up with a big knife by yourself? Do you think this is singing?" Fatty Lu squeezed her little face again, and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, no one in the siege commander has personally gone into battle. You let me hold the big knife in person. Going into battle, do you want to become a widow and remarry?"

"No, no." Little Pepper quickly shook his head, leaned into Fatty Lu's ear again, and said sweetly: "With such a good and prestigious husband-in-law, I will never remarry, and I will only marry you." Fatty Lu Smiling, she is very proud of her extraordinary charm, even little Luoli can't resist it!Never thought about what Little Pepper would say next, but Fatty Lu's jaw almost fell to the ground, and Little Pepper said sweetly, "Master, when you enter Hangzhou City and see my father, we will pay homage and consummate the house right away, okay?" Okay? I'd love to be your wife right away."

"Consummating the house soon? Do you know what consummating the house is? You will only be eleven years old next month, okay?" Fatty Lu almost vomited blood, but he looked at Xiaojiali's charming face, and then at her sparrow. With a delicate figure with no internal organs, and smelling the sweet fragrance of milk and strawberries on her body, Fatty Lu actually reacted a little bit, "Consummate the house soon? Can you consider...?"

"Sanggong, why are you hitting me with a stick?" Little Pepper asked again in doubt. Fatty Lu was startled, he quickly stopped his mind, covered Little Pepper's dangerous little mouth, and turned his attention to The city wall battlefield in the distance.

At this time, Wu Yonghua, the second wave of Fatty Army's siege team, was about to rush to the city of Hangzhou, and Han Yuanren's side had all been thrown into the battlefield. At least a hundred soldiers of the Fatty Army had also rushed to the city wall, fighting against the city wall. The soldiers of the Qing army fought desperately, while the Qing army kept dispatching reserve teams to surround and beat the soldiers who had already boarded the city with all their strength. Can hear clearly.

Most of the twenty ladder trucks arranged by the Fatty Army on the side of Wulin Gate have caught fire, and the momentum of charging up the city has been forced to weaken, but fortunately, it can be clearly seen that the morale and fighting spirit of the Qing defenders in Hangzhou are very low Very powerful. Although there were not many soldiers who climbed the city wall, Fatty firmly controlled a position on the city wall, allowing the follow-up soldiers of the Fatty Army to climb the city wall in an endless stream, gradually expanding the area of ​​control.But the Qing army didn't just stop there, several teams were rushing desperately to prevent the fat soldiers from going to the city. At the same time, Genshan Gate and Qingchun Gate were flooded with heads, one team after another headed towards the Wulin Gate. Come for reinforcements.

The siege battle has reached this point, and the outcome is still unpredictable. Although the fat army may break the city, it may also be driven off the city wall by the Qing army; It is not difficult to kill all the more than a hundred fat soldiers who have already ascended the city and knock down the city wall. Judging from the number of rolling stones, wood and kerosene bottles that the Qing army kept throwing down, the strength of the Qing army The equipment and supplies are still quite sufficient. As long as the Fatty Army retreats a little, all the hard-won results will be wiped out immediately.

"Beat the drums harder and encourage the soldiers to charge and kill." Fatty Lu turned his head and ordered, and the order was conveyed. The more than 200 cowhide war drums that were already beating earth-shatteringly shook the ground even more, but the battle ahead was still at a stalemate. Wu Yonghua's Although the team opened up some attack surfaces to disperse the defenders, the Qing army sent more soldiers to block the attack, and the shadows of ordinary people could be vaguely seen. It is obvious that the Qing army has already mobilized civilians to join the battle .

"Boss, why didn't we get involved in the city in advance?" Seeing this scene, Wang Shaobo was unavoidably anxious, "We have almost finished fighting all the ammunition today. If we can't win Hangzhou City in this battle, next time Don't even think about attacking the city."

Fatty Lu remained calm and did not speak, while Yao Qisheng took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shaobo, General, please rest assured, as long as the little dog is not seen through and dies in the hands of Man Gou, there will definitely be one." Action, please wait patiently."

"I believe so." Fatty Lu finally said, seemingly relaxed: "See, our engineers have already touched the edge of the city gate and are stacking explosives there. After a while, the city gate will be ignited and the deadlock will be over." can be broken."

"But even if the city gate is blasted, there is still a city gate inside!" Wang Shaobo reminded again.

"Boss, look!" Zhu Fangdan, who finally got up from the bed, yelled, "Look at the city, the city is on fire! It's not just one place!"

Fatty Lu, Wang Shaobo and others raised their heads in surprise, and took a closer look at the situation in Hangzhou City. They found that the city was indeed on fire, with thick smoke rising into the sky. The Qing army guards on the city were also in chaos immediately. It was breached by the Fatty Army, and the soldiers of the Fatty Army took the opportunity to rush to the city wall.Yao Qisheng nodded confidently and said: "The little dog has made a move. It seems that the little dog was not assigned to guard the city after being filled with defeated soldiers. He was assigned to patrol the streets in the city, so he could only set fire to the city Accept our army."

"Mr. Yao, this is the first time you call yourself our army. It seems that you really want to join our Great Zhou army." The attentive Fatty Lu laughed, and Yao Qisheng also found his tone changed, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

"Sir, what does the fire in the city have to do with your siege? Why are you so happy?" Little Pepper sitting on Fatty Lu's lap asked suspiciously.

"Silly girl, there is a sudden fire in the city, can the dogs in the city not panic?" Fatty Lu squeezed the little pepper's face again, and smiled: "When the dogs panic, can they not panic? The dogs are flustered, Doesn’t your husband’s army have a chance?”

"Oh, so that's how it is." Little Pepper nodded half-understood, then suddenly wept again with a beautiful little face, and said nervously: "God bless, please don't burn my family's property! Eleven restaurants in my family Six places have just been renovated, as well as my silk and satin shop, cloth shop and money shop, and it would be even worse if they were burned.”

Note: Jue Cave is a kind of fortification of the ancient city wall. Its function is to insert torches for lighting and concentrate the light below the city wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking at night, and at the same time not to shake the eyes of the defenders on the city. However, the specific structure and location have been lost. .

(End of this chapter)