Shang Kexi gave an order, and six thousand soldiers and horses rushed out behind him again.

This time, the Qing army did not grind and chirp, but ran wildly at the moment when the trumpet and drum sounded.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Wei army mainly concentrated on bombarding the army that was attacking the fort, and the 6,000 Qing troops rushed behind the shield cart under the artillery bombardment in the direction of Xiangcheng, in the mud pillars raised by the shells.

The artillery bombardment of the Wei army on the fortress, the black iron ball with a scream, smashed the shield car of the Qing army, and countless Qing soldiers flew flesh and blood in the artillery fire.

Compared with the shield carts of the Qing army, the special structure of the fortress allowed the Wei soldiers to hide behind the shooting hole and shoot, giving the Qing army huge damage, but the projectiles, arrows, and shells of the Qing army were blocked by the fort wall and could not cause any damage to the Wei army.

Although the shield carts of the Qing army can also play a defensive role, every time the Wei army destroys one or two shield carts, the Qing army behind them will be exposed, and the Wei army in the city will concentrate their firepower.

After a while, the first batch of Qing troops approaching 5,000 suffered heavy casualties, and the attack could not be continued, but Shang Kexi did not pay gold, and some Qing soldiers wanted to retreat, but they were shot by the bannermen who supervised the battle without hesitation.

Just when the first group of Qing troops was already weak, the second group of Qing troops arrived under the city and injected a shot of cardio into the Qing army besieging the fort.

More than 3,000 Qing troops, past the fragmented shield carts, took over the first wave of Qing troops, and stepped on ladders to attack the fort wall.

The 3,000 Qing archers lined up in nine rows behind the shield carts, one in each three rows, divided into three teams, and they all rounded their bows and arrows, and the arrows pointed obliquely at the sky, and each team threw them at a different angle to the corner of the fortress.

"Put!" The generals under the city roared loudly.

Sun Maosheng, who was hiding behind the shield cart and trembling to load ammunition, heard a string sound, turned his head and saw the three rows of archers in front of him, and released the bowstring together, and a thousand sharp arrows rose from the city, the sky was dark, and the arrows shot to the city like flying locusts, and the screams of the Wei army were immediately heard from above.

At this time, the first team of archers finished shooting, and the second team continued to shoot, and the Wei army at the head of the city only felt that the sky suddenly rained arrows.

The guns of the Qing army under the city could only shoot directly at the city wall, but the Wei army was protected by the city wall, so it was difficult for the Qing army to shoot the Wei army, Shang Kexi sent 3,000 archers, with the advantage of troops, covered with bows and arrows, and the arrows fell from the overhead, which posed a huge threat to the Wei army.

For a while, the corner sticking out on the left side of the fortress was suppressed by the Qing army's bows and arrows, and the firepower weakened a little.

The heavy arrows of the Qing army were thrown high into the sky, the three-diamond-shaped arrows accelerated their fall, the arrows were inserted in the city, and the tail of the arrow shafts trembled and made a "buzzing" sound.

The Qing army mainly attacked the west of the fortress, the construction of the fortress was very particular, each corner stretched out, the individual effect is not large, it needs to cooperate with the adjacent left and right corners, in order to play the role of multi-faceted strangulation and siege of the Qing army.

Now the firepower of one corner was suppressed, and the coordination effect was weakened, and it was not long before the Qing army climbed the first fort wall and began to fight with the Wei army in close combat.

Sun Maosheng felt that the cannonballs and firecrackers from the city were a little thinner, and he also trembled and aimed the firecrackers at the head of the city, fired them indiscriminately, and immediately squatted down again.

Zhao Mingchong guarded Zuobao, and when he saw the police, his expression was serious.

This square-faced man stood on top of the second fort wall, overlooking the fort, and the scene in front of him was an ant-like enemy attacking the fortress, which was enough to make anyone who had been in battle for a long time feel fear.

"Quick, shoot the enemy in the upper fort! Take a nest of fronts, exchange artillery for loose bullets, and suppress the archers of the Qing army! Zhao Mingzhong drew his knife and shouted angrily.

At this time, a Qing soldier jumped on the first fort wall, slashed over a Wei army gunner, just about to kill another Wei army who was hurriedly reloaded, a Wei army gunner on the second fort wall, but aimed the gun at him, at the moment when he raised his knife to cut, "bang" sounded, knocked him backwards, hit the fortress wall, fell down the city wall with his head upside down, was pierced by the wooden stakes in the deep trench, and blood flowed all over the ditch.

Behind the shield cart, the Qing archers kept throwing arrows, so that the Wei army on the first wall could not raise their heads, so they could only hide with their shields.

At this time, the artillery on the opposite corner aimed the muzzle at the Qing archers, and the cannon roared, sweeping the Qing army's bow array, and the cannonballs tore the Qing army's body.

At this time, the fortress suddenly flashed with red light, and the Wei soldiers shot out a swarm of rockets one after another, and one rocket after another dragged the tail flame down the city, and it was impossible to see how many Qing arrows were in the smoke, but the rhythm of the Qing army archers was already chaotic.

Shang Ke, who was at the foot of the left wing mountain, was happy to see this, and waved his hand, "Another 6,000 people, the archers will suppress the three sharp corners of the enemy platform on the left!" ”

Although the Qing army was able to make great progress, seeing that the bow and arrow suppression had some effect, and seeing the Qing army ascending the fortress, Shang Kexi saw hope, and couldn't help but leak a smile on his face.

There are only 3,000 defenders in the military fort, as long as the Qing army climbs the military fort and fights for melee attrition, the Wei army will definitely not be able to consume him.

Now he still has 13,000 men in his hands, and there are enough troops to continue to devote themselves to the attack.

At this time, in front of Xiangcheng, the Qing army besieging the city had already suffered heavy losses.

Duoduo stationed under the banner of Daxu, looked at the head of the city with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that the large equipment of the Qing army was almost burned by the Wei army, and the defenders of the city were using fire guns to shoot the Qing army that had lost cover.

Under the bombardment of the dense guns and thunderstorms, the Qing soldiers were unable to take the risk of climbing, so they hid behind the shield carts and destroyed equipment, and used bows and arrows and fire guns to shoot at the Wei army in the city.

"Lord Wang, the casualties are too great, do you want your brother to step back and take a breath!" Zhang Tianlu's head was sweating, and more than 2,000 of his subordinates had died.

Duoduo put down the clairvoyant mirror, but said with a cold face: "No, you must contain Xiangcheng, retreat without authorization, and kill without mercy!" ”

When many Qing generals heard this, their faces were gloomy, and Duoduo didn't treat them as people, but all as cannon fodder.

Many people are a little dissatisfied in their hearts, and it is better to surrender to the Qing than to be a Ming army.

originally thought that the Qing army could kill the Yangtze River and destroy Nanjing, and the soldiers and horses in the north of the Yangtze River surrendered, thinking of avoiding the disaster of killing, and at the same time continuing to eat in the new dynasty, but now that Nanjing is still there, their status has taken a sharp turn and they have become cannon fodder.

However, although they were dissatisfied in their hearts, out of fear of real Manchuria, they could only swallow their anger and act according to orders.

At this time, Duoduo also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, was silent for a while, and said again, "The herald is Shang Kexi, Nikan, and take the two military forts as soon as possible." Wait for the military fort to be taken and the soldiers and horses in Xiangcheng can be retreated! ”

After speaking, Duoduo turned his head to look at a person, and commanded: "Bai Yongfu, you go!" ”

On the north bank of the Ru River, on the vast battlefield surrounding Xiangcheng for dozens of miles, the shouts of the Qing army were higher and higher, and the sound of the Wei army's guns became more intensive.

Under the city, the Qing army set up an arrow to string up, raised the angle, and with the sound of a string, a rain of arrows rose under the city, making the sun dim.

On the city, the Wei army fired guns and cannons, and the two armies fought bloodily near Xiangcheng.

As the time slowly passed into the afternoon, the corpses of the Qing army had filled the deep trench outside the fortress, the dead bodies were everywhere under the city walls, the firearms of the Wei army on the city were seriously consumed, and large-scale melee combat began to appear at the head of the city.

At this time, the superiority of the Qing army in strength began to appear, and the defense of the Wei army gradually became dangerous.

The fiercest battle on the first side, or two military forts, Shang Kexi invested 9,000 archers, arrows overwhelmingly suppressed the fortress, so that the defenders could not raise their heads, the Qing army infantry took this opportunity, rushed to the fort wall, so that the first fort wall almost fell.

Thankfully, the gap between the second wall and the first wall of the Wei army was twenty paces, and with the width of the first wall and the deep trench, the distance was more than fifty paces.

This distance archers have no lethality, and the rain of arrows thrown by the Qing army cannot reach the second wall, while the Wei army can stand on the second wall and condescendingly shoot the Qing army who climbed the first wall.

However, although the fortress is still in the hands of the Wei army, there are too many Qing soldiers, and once they finish cleaning up the Wei army on the first wall regardless of casualties and dispatch archers to the city, it will still pose a huge threat to the Wei army.

On the back of the city wall, in the command post of the Wei army, soldiers were constantly entering and leaving, informing them of the situation on the battlefield.

"King, the right wing of the hill was taken by the Qing army, and the two deputy captains were killed!"

With the report of the soldiers, someone immediately pulled out the two small flags on the right flank.

"Great King, Nikan cleared the hill on the right flank, and the strength of the Qing army attacking the right fort increased to 40,000 people, Yuan Shizhong may not be able to hold it!" Xu Heihu was a little anxious.

At this time, Li Laiheng came in again, "King, Shang Kexi has attacked the first fort wall of the left fort, and the situation in the left fort is in crisis!" ”

Li Dingguo saw that the situation of the Wei army on the sand table was no longer right, and if any of the two forts on the left and right were lost, the entire battle situation could be ruined.

"It's time to get the Ma army out of the city and storm once. As long as the attack of the Qing army is disturbed, the defenders in the fort are allowed to stabilize their positions, and the Qing army will have to attack from the beginning. Today, they will absolutely not be able to capture the two forts! ”

Gao Yihuan paced back and forth, stopping suddenly, "Black Tiger, I'll leave it to you!" Choose the Tiger Battalion and attack! ”

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