Chapter 893: The battle is in full swing
Due to the Ming army occupying the high slope outside the western city and the artillery suppressing the city wall, Duoduo's strategy of defending the western city made some changes, that is, to minimize the casualties on the city, so as not to suffer heavy casualties, so that the green battalion soldiers could not bear it, so they fled with a voice.
His defensive strategy was to place most of the long-range attacking artillery carts and archers on the back of the city wall to avoid being hit by the Ming artillery, and to block the Ming army on the city wall with swords, shields and spears, so that the archers and artillery carts would continue to kill the Ming army besieging the city.
It's just that in this way, there is also a big disadvantage, that is, the archers and artillery carts hide behind the city wall, although they avoid being bombarded by the Ming artillery on the high slope, but they can't see the situation of the Ming army besieging the city, and they don't know the location of the warship, so they can only rely on the city officers to guide them with flags and estimate the direction for projectiles, and this efficiency is undoubtedly much lower than direct shooting.
Therefore, a large part of the arrow cloud raised by the Qing army fell into the water and did not hit the warship.
At this time, the warship rushed through the dense cloud of arrows, and finally approached the city wall, and Liang Huafeng, who was hiding behind the breastwork wall made up of sandbags, suddenly shouted, "Smash the fire jar, don't let the ship lean against the city wall!" ”
Several Qing soldiers squatting by the wall battlements listened, one of them picked up an oil can, looked at each other, and with a fierce look on their faces, they let out a wild roar to give themselves courage, and then suddenly stood up and were about to throw the fire can.
On the Ming warship, more than a dozen gunners, under the escort of shields, have been waiting for a long time.
In the siege exercise, they had anticipated this situation, the Qing army stood up, several gunners immediately pulled the trigger, the fire guns rose up clouds of white smoke, and the Qing army who stood up immediately shook their bodies in a "bang" sound and fell from the city.
One of them, as soon as he lifted the oil can, the jar was shattered by the gun, and the oil was immediately poured all over the body, and the splashing oil fell into the brazier next to it.
A Ming army gunner, was going to shoot, but seeing this, he moved the gun to a green battalion soldier standing at the head of the city, the gun sounded, the gun shot out of the barrel of the gun, he was aiming at the Qing soldier ****, but the accuracy of the smoothbore gun was not good, I didn't want the gun to fly, but hit the head of the Qing army, the gun shot through the Qing army's red-top hat, drilled into the head of the Qing soldier, the Qing soldier who raised the gun to shoot, the head was beaten back, and the body fell heavily to the ground.
At this time, the Qing army, which was shrouded in fire, screamed, waved his arms in despair, and scurried around the city, forcing the Qing soldiers at the head of the city to drive away, and the city formed a defensive gap, Liang Huafeng saw a chill on his face, and immediately threw the sword and shot it into the belly of the fire man, so that the fire man who was scurrying fell to the city and did not move, only the fire was still burning, and the disgusting smell of burning spread to the surroundings, making the surrounding Qing soldiers pale.
And at the moment when the burning man arrived on the ground, a Ming army ship approached the city wall, and the hanging ladder on it was set up on the city, holding a shield and holding a war knife.
As soon as the burning man fell, the small banner of the Ming army that rushed in front had already jumped on the city wall, and the Qing army that was forced to open by the burning man was slightly stunned, and only reacted by Liang Huafeng's roar, and they picked up their weapons one after another, wanting to plug the gap.
At the same time, there was a sudden burst of shouts of killing next to it, and it was several other warships that had also approached the city wall.
The soldiers of the two sides suddenly roared in unison, wielding their swords and starting a fierce battle at the head of the city, and the battle at the head of the city began to heat up.
"Overseer! The vanguard has already rushed to the city wall, but the Qing army is also well prepared! ”
Chen Bangyan has been watching the Ming army warships attack the city, he listened to Liu Shun's words, nodded, from the current battle situation, the Qing army is still very disciplined to defend the city, the Ming army's means of defending the city, basically have been learned, the Qing army's strategy is to block the Ming army in the city, and then hide behind the city The Qing army continued to shoot, blindly shooting the Ming army who wanted to enter the city, so that the Ming army was weak in the follow-up, and finally defeated.
Chen Bangyan saw that although the Ming army climbed the city wall, the arrow cloud rising from behind the city wall was endless, and he turned around and ordered: "Let the Iron Man Army, as well as the Xuanwu Battalion, go up together, quickly open the situation at the head of the city, and attack the Qing archers in the city, so that the army can successfully break the city." ”
As the Ming army climbed the city wall, most of the Ming artillery on the high slope had stopped, and only occasionally saw Qing soldiers assembled on the streets of the city, and the artillery sent out a few cannons to scatter the Qing troops on the streets.
Without the suppression of the Ming artillery, the battle in the city could only rely on real swords and guns.
The warships of the Ming army approached the city one by one, the soldiers pushed open the ship, and countless helmets poured from the deck to the city, Li Yuanyin stood on a big ship, holding a big gun, staring fiercely at the city wall, he wanted to use the blood of the Qing army to wash his disgraceful Qing history.
At this time, there were battles everywhere in the city, but the Qing army's defense line was quite stable.
Duoduo stood high on the city wall, surrounded by a circle of sword and shield hands, he was loudly commanding the Qing army to defend, only to hear him keep shouting, "The artillery truck concentrates its blows, smashes one warship, sinks and smashes the second one!" ”
"Hurry up and go to Beicheng to transfer two thousand pikemen, guard them under the steps of the city, and don't let the Ming army rush down the city to kill and wound the archers! Fast! ”
The Ming warships were huge, and there was armor hanging on the outside, and many ships were hit by a few cannons, although they were damaged, but not to the point of serious damage, and the warships rushed to the edge of the city wall with oars.
More than once, Duoduo saw the boulder shot by the cannon cart, smashed on the ship, and there was a dull loud noise, but it did not cause great damage, the Ming warship was injured but not destroyed, and it was better to destroy one than ten wounds, so he hurriedly let the artillery concentrate on attacking a big ship.
Duoduo shouted a little sweaty, the Ming army has become stronger and stronger over the years, but the green battalion soldiers have become more and more slippery, he has now felt the sharpness of the Ming army, the Ming army's will to fight, much stronger than the green battalion soldiers.
In the previous battles, the green battalion soldiers basically put on a fierce posture first, and used all the three-plate axes as soon as they frightened, if the opponent was frightened, it was a great victory, if they did not bluff, they found that the opponent's idea was hard, and the wind immediately shouted.
The green battalion soldiers are now relying on the first breath of the up, if they can push the Ming army down and hold the city wall, then they still have to fight, but the city wall can't hold it, the green battalion soldiers found that they used their old lives, and they couldn't drive away the Ming army, and the morale of this group of slippery heads must have been immediately discharged.
Although Duoduo also built a lot of fortifications in the city and built a breastwall on the streets, if the city was really breached, it is estimated that except for the bannermen, there would be no street battles with him, and defeat would be inevitable.
"Lord Wang, it's not good, the right section is about to be broken through!" A member of the army pointed to a section of the city wall and shouted urgently.
Duoduo looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that the Ming army had already controlled a small section of the city wall, several Ming army gunners rushed to the wall, and began to shoot the archers who released arrows below, and a small flag also threw a sky-shaking thunder below, instantly killing a piece of Qing army archers, causing the archer formation to panic immediately.
Duoduo gasped, he immediately realized that the situation was critical, and couldn't help but be furious, "Dog minion, rice bucket, what did Liang Huafeng eat, how did he keep it, let him take it back immediately." ”
The Qing army divided the land and defended, each section of the city wall, each wall battlement, there are the prescribed generals and soldiers to defend, this is in the Qing general Liang Huafeng's defense area, a warship is close to the city wall, the ladder is on the city wall, the iron hook at the front end hooks the wall bricks, Li Yuanyin and dozens of soldiers killed, he played with a big gun in one hand, roaring, and killed seven or eight Qing soldiers in a row.
This young general who has killed Mandahai is one of the most promising leaders in the Tang faction, and was named the champion by Emperor Gaozong.
And at this moment, a gust of wind hung up, and only an angry shout was heard, "Ming will go crazy!" "Liang Huafeng took a Daguan knife and slashed it head.
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