There was a large crack in the wall of the city during several explosions, and the Persian soldiers on the castle were stupefied.

When General Abad heard the news, his hands trembled, and he no longer boasted about how he could easily defeat the Qing army, the strength of the Qing army was beyond his expectations, much stronger than the few mountain bandits he had exterminated at the beginning, even if he now had more soldiers under his command than the Qing army, he did not have any confidence, it would be good to be able to hold Isfahan without being breached.

General Abad forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, yes, Isfahan must be defended, otherwise no matter how the empire is, at least he Abad will not have a good end.

"Quick, keep the walls, you must keep the walls!" Abad yelled at the Persian generals beside him, grabbed one of them and ordered him to stop the Qing army from continuing to blow up the walls.

The Persian general was helpless, but he also knew that life and death were at stake, so he immediately took a group of Persian soldiers to the city to reinforce him.

Although even if the city wall was blown up by the Qing army, it did not mean that they would win immediately, after all, the number of their soldiers was tens of thousands more than the Qing army, there was no city wall to defend, and they did not necessarily lose to the Qing army if they fought face-to-face, but Abad and others had no confidence, and the Persian soldiers did not have confidence, after all, the Qing army captured the two major towns of Kur Fortress and Yazd in just one day and one night, if the city wall of Isfahan was blown down by the Qing army in less than a day, the blow to their morale would be fatal.

Organized by a large number of Persian generals as much as possible, thousands of Persian archers climbed the city wall and shot round after round of arrows at the section of the city wall that the Qing army was about to bomb.

"Woohoo"

"Whew! Laugh at! Ah" arrows rained down, and many Qing soldiers outside the city were shot by hedgehogs, and several boxes of gunpowder were dumped on the ground.

The cavalry of the Qing army returned fire, and also continued to shoot round after round of arrows at the city.

In general, the Qing army's arrow rain was still denser than that of the Persians.

After all, every cavalry in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was an archer, and the number of archers of the Persians may not have to be small, but the aisle at the head of the city was narrow, and the entire city wall could only accommodate thousands of Persian soldiers guarding at the same time, while the land under the city was extremely spacious, not only accommodating thirty or forty thousand Persian flag infantry to attack the city with ladders, but also 20,000 Qing cavalry archers to shoot arrows to the city.

Perhaps there was a city wall to protect and shoot arrows at the dense Qing army under the city, and the proportion of casualties among the Persian soldiers was lower than that of the Qing army, but now it is no longer about casualties, but whether the bombed city wall will be blown up.

Although the Persian soldiers fought back frantically, Dolgon also let go and continued to let the Qing soldiers forcibly blow up that section of the wall.

A group of Qing soldiers holding shields, protecting gunpowder and cannonballs were piled up at the foot of the city, and each time a few boxes were stacked, they immediately detonated, losing a lot of gunpowder and shells in the process, which made many Qing generals feel heartache, but Dolgon's face was expressionless.

The so-called long night dreams are many, although the attack is slow, the artillery bombardment is cannon by cannon, or it will be possible to completely collapse the wall of Isfahan in two days, but this war of annihilation, whether the Persian Empire can be successfully destroyed is related to the fate of the Qing Dynasty, and if Isfahan is not captured for a day to destroy the Persian Empire, Dolgon will not be able to rest assured for a day. After all, there is not only one Persian Empire in the surrounding thousands of miles of land, but also an Ottoman Turkish Empire and a confederation of Arab tribes, and even the Northern Cossack Khanate in Dzungar, which was heavily damaged by the Ming army, it is not certain whether they will let him destroy the Persian Empire, once any of them send troops to rescue Persia, there are many variables.

Therefore, it is important to break through Isfahan as quickly as possible.

There was another loud bang, and the flames soared into the sky.

Click! Immediately, there was a fist-thick crack in the wall.

So far, the Persians have paid nearly 30,000 dead and wounded, and the Qing army has paid more than 30,000 dead and wounded, thousands more casualties than the Persian Empire.

Fortunately, most of the casualties of the Qing army were Persian banner infantry who were used as cannon fodder to attack the city, and even most of the servants and cavalry who rushed to shoot arrows under the city wall were servant cavalry, and the core force of the Qing army, 60,000 Manchu Eight Banners, was almost undamaged.

Under the competition of the Qing army regardless of losses, the gunpowder and cannonballs were successfully carried under the section of the city wall three times to detonate, although the amount of gunpowder and cannonballs was enough to blow up the city wall, each time it was only six or seven boxes of gunpowder and cannonballs, but the power of the detonation many times was huge, and the section of the city wall was already full of cracks and was in danger, and perhaps one more time could blow up this section of the city wall.

Dolgon raised his hand to stop the Qing soldiers from continuing to transport gunpowder and shells on that section of the wall, and instead ordered the remaining thirty-nine cannons in the artillery battalion to concentrate on bombardment.

"Boom Boom"

At this time, even the offensive of the Persian infantry was suspended, and the eyes of both sides were focused on that section of the wall.

The shells exploded, the masonry flew out, and the flames soared into the sky.

Finally, after a few volleys, the wall was finally overwhelmed and collapsed.

Before the huge smoke and dust began to disperse, the Qing army's Persian infantry was the vanguard, and their morale was high as they rushed into the city of Isfahan from the ruins of the collapsed city wall.

With the fall of this section of the wall of Isfahan, the battle for the battlefield became the inside of the city.

Inside the city, General Abad and other Persian generals had already expected that this section of the city wall would inevitably be blown down, and although they were greatly hit, it was naturally impossible to give up resistance just like that, but they concentrated a large number of soldiers here first.

Sure enough, sweaty Persian soldiers witnessed the collapse of the city walls and a large number of Qing Persian soldiers rushing into the city from the ruins.

"Archery!"

"Xiuxiuxiu" dense arrows flew out, forming a rain of arrows to fall.

Laugh at! laugh at

A large number of Persian soldiers of the Qing army in the charge were hit by arrows, and many of them were shot by hedgehogs, but they all grew up under the cruel training of the Manchurians, and their fighting will was still higher than that of ordinary armies, and they were not intimidated by the endless rain of arrows of Persian soldiers.

After paying more than 2,000 casualties, the first group of Qing Persian soldiers fought with the soldiers of the Persian Empire.

The Persian Empire soldiers used a full moon scimitar and axe, while the Persian flag of the Qing army was a unified ordinary scimitar and spear.

Most of the soldiers of the Persian Empire were recruits forcibly recruited by the Persian emperor in recent years, and their combat effectiveness and will were only a little stronger than that of the rabble.

"Kill" war horses stepped over the masonry ruins of the collapsed city wall, and thousands of Qing army servants and cavalry also entered the city under the orders of Dolgon, further aggravating the tragedy of the battle in the city.

From the beginning to the end, Dolgon did not dispatch the Eight Banners and the Dragon Breaker Army, and he didn't know what he was waiting for.

The battle for the castle lasted about half an hour.

"Newspaper"

"Qiqi Regent, the 100,000 Persian army of Red Sal City is all dispatched!" A scout returned from outside on a fast horse and reported urgently to Dolgon.

Dorgon sneered, "Have you finally chosen to come to Isfahan at this time to join the war?" ”

Isfahan could not fully accommodate the 320,000 Persian army, so only 220,000 Persian troops were in Isfahan, and another 100,000 were in the city of Red Sal, ten miles west of Isfahan, to meet Isfahan at any time.

At this moment, the walls of Isfahan were blown down, and the 100,000 Persian troops in the city of Red Sal could not bear it anymore, and all of them were dispatched to prepare for the imperial capital of Isfahan.

"Aobai, where is Jihar!" Dorgon shouted.

"The minions are here!" Ao Bai and Zihar immediately stood up.

"This king orders you two to immediately lead 50,000 eight banners to annihilate the 100,000 Persian army that came out of Hongsar!" Dorgon ordered with a cold expression.

"Wow!" After receiving the order, Aobai and Zihar swooped down on the 100,000 Persian army that came out of the city of Red Sal with 50,000 banners.

Yes, the reason why Dolgon has not used the Manchurian Eight Banners is to keep the 100,000 Persian army that completely annihilated the Red Sal City, once the 100,000 Persian army from the Red Sal City is annihilated, then the Persian Empire will only be left with less than 200,000 Persian troops in Isfahan City at the moment, and the Qing Dynasty will not be far from success in destroying the Persian Empire.

Perhaps thinking of the situation after the fall of the Persian Empire by the Qing Dynasty, the corners of Dolgon's mouth hooked up a smile, the Qing Dynasty had declined from its extreme prosperity in his hands, and it would eventually regain its glory in his hands.