Chapter Ninety-Six: Xiangyang Street Battle II
"Brethren! Obstruct! Reinforcements are coming up right away! Seeing the starry torches in the moat, the bloodied king's ministers shouted excitedly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, Wang [Fu] Chen had already slashed and killed hundreds of Qing soldiers, and the white robes on his body had all been dyed red, and he didn't know whether it was his own blood or someone else's blood. Of the 2,000 Ming troops who attacked the city, less than half of them remained, and the rest were all wounded. At this time, the reinforced boats, rafts, and bamboo rafts were approaching the moat.
The Qing army attacked again, the first to jump over was a white soldier of the Eight Banners, this elite Baya Lahu Military Academy is very powerful, before rushing to the front, he has already shot several Ming soldiers with bows and arrows, after rushing up, this white armor soldier cut down two Ming soldiers in a row.
"Die!" Wang [Fu] took the lead and took five of his own soldiers to kill the white-armored soldier.
The white-armored soldier slashed over, and the king [auxiliary] minister met the cutting blade, and met it with a knife, only to see the sparks burst, and the two weapons collided together, and the white-armored soldier's knife was knocked out of a gap, and a huge force was transmitted to the white-armored soldier's arm, and the white-armored soldier only felt that the tiger's mouth was numb, and the weapon was almost unstable.
Wang [auxiliary] ministers' kung fu and strength are very powerful, when he was in Datong, even the martial arts strong Azig could not resist him, and no matter how powerful this white-armored soldier is, he is just a relatively powerful heavy infantry, in terms of kung fu is not as good as Dolgon and others, how can he resist Wang [auxiliary] ministers.
"Die!" Wang [Fu] Chen roared loudly, and with a backhand, he cut the white-armored soldier in two.
The Ming musketeers behind the "bang bang bang" had already loaded their bullets, and a row of gunfire sounded, and dozens of Qing soldiers fell. The Qing soldiers in the back jumped over the pile of corpses more than three feet high and rushed to the Ming army.
Wang [auxiliary] ministers yelled and shouted, and with their own soldiers, they counterattacked and killed the Qing soldiers. Someone shot a hidden arrow at the king's ministers, but it was blocked by the thick armor.
The crowds on both sides collided heavily, the knife cars and women's wall cars at the head of the city were overturned one after another, and the blood mist rose on the front line between the two sides, and the Qing soldiers who rushed in front fell one piece, and the Ming army also fell a lot. The Qing army behind continued to press up, and the two sides fought desperately at the narrow head of the city.
"Up!" Li Rui, who had already crossed the river, waved his long knife and shouted.
More improvised ladders were set up on the city wall, and the reinforced Ming troops climbed up to the top of the city.
There were also some Ming soldiers who made a detour from the other side, raised their hands and threw grenades at the city wall, only to hear a series of explosions on the city wall, and the rear of the Qing army was blown to pieces.
Seeing the reinforcements ascending to the top of the city, the officers and soldiers of Wang's [auxiliary] ministers were greatly boosted and rushed towards the Qing army. The Ming army, which landed in the city later, climbed to the top of the city and used muskets and grenades to give strong support to the vanguard.
The women's wall carts and knife carts were overturned one after another, fires rose from the sandbags, and the formation of the Qing army was compressed backwards. The Qing soldiers in front couldn't resist it, and retreated one after another, squeezing the Qing soldiers behind. The Qing troops, who were crowded into a group, were attacked with grenades, suffering heavy casualties, and the crowd was constantly blown up with clouds of blood and minced meat.
The Ming army at the head of the city was like a advancing lawnmower, advancing in the direction of Wenchang Gate at the head of the city, and the Qing soldiers in front of them were knocked down one by one along the way.
"Capture Wenchang Gate! Take control of the Urn City first! The king shouted.
The Ming army slaughtered above the urn city, because there was a right angle between the top of the urn city and the city wall in front, which was just enough for the Ming musketeers to exert great firepower. The hand-to-hand soldiers of the Ming army were in front, and the musketeers were in the back, and they fired at the city wall again and again, and the dense bullets penetrated into the crowd on the urn city, knocking down countless Qing soldiers.
A part of the Ming army has controlled the ruins of the arrow tower, although the arrow tower has all collapsed in the previous Ming army's artillery bombardment, turned into a ruin, but the position of the arrow tower is the highest, significantly higher than the urn city. The Ming musketeers climbed up the ruins, stood on the ruins, and opened fire on the urn cities on both sides.
At the same time that the direction of Wenchangmen was fiercely attacked by the Ming army, the Qing army used a trick to surrender, and as a result, the Ming army generals planned to attack the direction of Yangchun Gate, and the Ming army reinforcements had also crossed the moat, constantly climbed the ruins of Yangchun Gate, and launched a fierce attack on the city walls and the direction of the urn city on both sides.
"The fraud plan was seen through by Minggou, and Minggou used the plan, it seems that this fraud plan is really a failed move!" Sukh Saha said with a sigh.
Fei Yanggu said: "Su Zhongtang, we haven't lost yet!" Although Ming Gou will take the city gate, we still have a strong defense line in the city! No more, we still have the inner city! ”
The Qing army arranged a large number of deer and wooden stakes on the street behind Yangchun Gate, dug trenches and traps, and built many barricades on both sides of the street, which were originally intended to be surrounded and annihilated after the Ming army was introduced into the city. Now that the Ming army has seen through the Qing army's plan to deceive the surrender, it will blow up the Yangchun Gate, and at the same time launch a full-line attack at Wenchang Gate and Xicheng Gate, and these fortifications arranged by the Qing army in the city just came in handy.
At this time, in Xiangyang City, most of the houses in the outer city were stone and brick houses, and the wooden houses had long been demolished, which were used to build weapons to defend the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, it could also prevent the Ming army from setting fire to the city. These stone and brick houses just happened to be turned into fortifications for the Qing army's street fighting.
The Ming army captured the urn city on both sides behind the Yangchun gate, and someone entered the city gate and opened the urn city gate.
"Kill!" Hordes of Ming troops poured into the city from the city gates.
However, the Ming army in front had just rushed a little way, but many people fell into the trap.
"Stand back! The Tartars have traps in the city! Shao Yue shouted.
The Ming army behind was still rushing forward, and the people in front were pushed and shoved, and many people were pushed into the trap, even Shao Yue also fell into the trap, but in front of him, a group of Ming soldiers who fell into the trap were stabbed to death by bamboo guns, and also protected the people who fell behind, Shao Yue, who was standing on the pile of corpses, found himself unscathed.
"Come on!" Someone above pulled Shao Yue out of the trap.
Countless torches were lit on the roofs on both sides of the block ahead, and the Qing soldiers on the rooftops fired arrows, and the Qing soldiers hiding in the houses fired fiercely with bird guns and flintlock pistols.
The Ming army, which was blocked outside the wooden fence and the deer barricade, could not advance or retreat, so they could only look for concealment.
"The Tartars are on guard in the city! Don't rush in! Just wait here! Ma Jiuyu asked his soldiers to pass on the order.
The Ming troops who entered the city also climbed the buildings on both sides, hid on the roofs, and counterattacked the Qing army with muskets and bows and arrows. The Ming army in the middle of the street pushed down the women's wall cart and knife cart that the Qing army had originally placed at the head of the city, built a simple protective bunker on the street, and fiercely shot at the Qing army on the opposite side.