The Qing army launched attacks again and again, and one round of attacks was repulsed, and another group of people went up and were repulsed again. The corpses in the trench were already piled up more than two feet high, but the Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion attacked desperately under the threat of the broadswords of the Pingxi Wangfu soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers, and they fell under the city in batches.

Mu Zhongxian's native soldiers did not have bird guns, only archers, and after a long time, the archers had sore arms, and they could no longer suppress the Qing army archers and bird guns under the city.

Tang Chong and Guo Feng each had a short gun in their hands. The two hid behind a wooden fence, reloaded gunpowder again and again, pulled the trigger, and killed many Qing archers and bird gunners who approached. However, the two short guns did not play much role at all, and the defenders at the head of the city suffered a lot of casualties under the suppression of the Qing army's firepower.

A Minzhuang poked his head out, and just as he threw a large rock and smashed a ladder, he was shot through the throat by a sharp arrow. Another soldier fell with fire oil, and before he could throw out his torch, he was shot through the door by a bird bullet from the city.

More than a dozen Green Battalion soldiers finally climbed to the top of the city and jumped into the wooden fence.

"Kill!" Mu Zhongxian led more than 20 personal soldiers to kill the Qing army.

The mace swept like a whirlwind towards the waist of the first soldier, and with a single blow, the soldier was knocked into the air. The mace in Mu Zhongxian's hand swept through thousands of troops, and smashed over another Qing soldier, sweeping that Qing soldier to the ground. Subsequently, Mu Zhongxian hit a backhand and beat a Qing soldier to the point that his brain burst.

The martial arts of more than 20 Ming soldiers were not weak, and in a blink of an eye, all the Qing soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were cut down in a pool of blood.

The soldiers and men who had been given a respite smashed the lime bottles, poured down the gold juice, and poured out the fire oil. Then dozens of torches flew out and landed under the city to ignite the oil, and a raging fire broke out in the trenches, and dozens of Qing soldiers who were covered in fire wailed and struggled in the sea of fire. The sound of gold sounded in the rear of the Qing army, and the attack of the Qing army in the green camp was once again driven back.

But less than a meal. Once again, the Qing army launched a frantic attack.

The fierce battle lasted until dark, and the Qing army carried torches and attacked all night, using a large number of lives to consume the Ming army's rolling wood and stones, lime bottles, bows and arrows, gold juice and fire oil and other defensive equipment.

"Save on ignition oil! If the Tartars build a large ladder, they will have to break it with fire oil! Mu Zhongxian shouted loudly, asking the people and the soldiers to waste as little precious oil as possible.

Inside the earthen city, a group of strong people are carrying large stones to build the second city wall. The second wall built inside the earthen city is a real wall! It is built with stones, and the cracks in the stones are connected with earth and lime. On a secret path behind the earthen city. Li Weizuo also recruited a group of local mountain people and ethnic minority people in Yunnan, and about 1,000 people carried dry food and buckets up the mountain.

Even if this path was discovered by the Qing army, it was impossible to attack from here, because this path was extremely steep and could only accommodate one person to walk through, and on one side was a bottomless cliff, which could be defended by only a few people. If the Qing army discovered this path, the most they could do was to besiege the Ming army. Mu Zhongxian is not afraid of the siege of the Qing soldiers, as long as Li Dingguo Bai Wen chooses to arrive. The Ming army will be able to break the siege.

The biggest problem now is that the Qing army has not lost enough continuous attacks, the number of defenders, casualties, the consumption of defensive equipment, and the phenomenon of fatigue. This made Mu Zhongxian very worried about whether he could hold out until the reinforcements arrived.

Mu Zhongxian also left more than a dozen people on the other side of Tucheng, that is, on the cliff, to observe the avenue in the valley. Suppose the Qing army took advantage of the opportunity to attack Tucheng from behind and wanted to pass through the avenue in the valley. Then the rolling wood and stones on the hill will not hesitate to fall down, so that the Qing army cannot pass through the river valley avenue.

The Qing army attacked continuously for a night, and the corpses under the city were piled up more than three feet high. The trenches were almost filled.

"Dashuai, the loss of the last general is too great! More than 1,500 people were killed and wounded, but they still couldn't get up. The last general felt that we should move the tiger squat cannon up the mountain and build a large siege machine to attack the city. Gao Qilong reported to Wu Sangui.

"Good! That's up to you! Wu Sangui was also a little distressed when he saw that his green battalion soldiers had suffered too much loss. After all, these Southern Ming soldiers and generals are all the green battalion soldiers of the King of Pingxi, not the green battalion soldiers of the imperial court, and these people are also the capital for him to bargain with the imperial court.

Who knew that Ai Xing Ah said: "I lost so many people, so I want to go to great lengths to carry the tiger squat cannon up the mountain?" And to build a large siege weapon? Don't forget that the thieves fought hard for a day, and the losses were not small! The thieves' city defense equipment must be extremely expensive! Just a few more attacks, and you can break the city! ”

Seeing that the Manchurian Lord had spoken, both Wu Sangui and Gao Qilong had no choice but to continue to attack the city with the green battalion soldiers.

However, Wu Sangui still kept a hand, and while he asked Gao Qilong to continue the siege with the green battalion soldiers, he also transferred his auxiliary soldiers and Minzhuang up the mountain to cut down wood to build large siege weapons, and at the same time asked the artillery to carry the tiger squat cannon up the mountain.

The mountain is high and the road is steep, and the red-coated cannon and the Franc machine cannot be moved, and only the tiger squat cannon can be transported.

The tiger squat cannon is not very heavy, a cannon is only about forty or fifty catties, and three or four auxiliaries take turns to carry it, which is only a little slower than the normal marching speed. However, the speed of building siege weapons is relatively slow, Wu Sangui observed, and found that the mountain road is difficult, the road leading to the earth city in the mountains and forests is narrow, and it is difficult to deploy the large siege weapons of the Qing army.

"You don't need many siege weapons, just two ladder trucks and two crane trucks, and you can't put them away if you have more." Wu Sangui said.

The Green Camp Qing army attacked for another day and night, and lost more than 1,000 people, except for the consumption of some Ming army's defense equipment and some people's strength, there was not much progress.

The Wu army carried six tiger squat cannons up the mountain, built two more chariots and two large ladder carts, and then launched another onslaught on Tucheng.

"Fire!" A Qing soldier general yelled.

Six tiger squat cannons loaded with solid shells spit out tongues of fire in turn, and the shells smashed on the earthen city, and the nearly two-pound shells roared out and shot towards the earth city more than 200 steps away.

After all, it was a simple earthen city, and after the Qing army carried out two rounds of artillery bombardment, there were potholes on the earthen city, a lot of soil collapsed, and several cracks appeared on the city wall.

Wu Sangui observed the effect of the artillery bombardment and said with satisfaction: "There is no need for large siege equipment!" Just bombard more than ten rounds. This earthen city will be destroyed! ”

"Good! Then let the gunners continue to bombard the city! It is estimated that it will not take half an hour to defeat the enemy! Ai Xing Ah agreed to Wu Sangui's proposal.

The Qing army carried out more than ten rounds of shelling in a row, and finally opened a gap in the earthen city.

"Kill!" A large number of Qing soldiers shouted, brandished all kinds of weapons and rushed up, pouring into the earth city through the gap.

After the Qing soldiers rushed into the gap, they found that there was actually an earthen city inside! This earthen castle is different from the outer earthen castle in that it is very sloping, with a very steep slope, and it seems that people can rush up without a ladder. When the Qing army rushed to the bottom of the earth city, the wolf teeth on it and the rolling stones tied to the rope rolled down one after another, smashing the flesh and blood of the Qing soldiers. The defenders of the earthen city continued to smash the lime bottles. Pour down the gold juice and beat the soldiers, chickens, and dogs.

Like the wolf's tooth paddle, the Rolling Stone is a recyclable and reusable defense device, which is a stone that is polished into the shape of a mill, with a hole dug in the middle, driven into it with a thick wooden stick, and then tied to a rope. Once you put it down, you can pull it back and reuse it.

Gao Qilong entered the outer city, and he took a closer look at the earthen city, which was more like a slope. It seems that the Qing army can climb the city without a ladder, but the slope is more conducive to the play of wolf tooth slap and rolling stones! The head of the city can also smash the lime bottle and pour the golden juice. Inflicts great lethal effects on the Qing army.

When Wu Sangui asked the gunner to move the tiger squat cannon forward and fire a bombardment on this earthen city, he found that the original slope had another function: it could reduce the damage of the cannonballs to the earthy city!

The tiger squat artillery bombarded continuously, and the shells hit the earthen city. The dirt on the outside crumbles, revealing the sand and sandbags inside. The sand absorbs the kinetic energy of the cannonball, which makes the tiger squat cannonball hit it. It fell into the sand, completely absorbed the energy, and minimized the damage of the cannonballs to the officers and soldiers defending the city!

"These southern dogs! It's hateful! Ai Xing scolded hatefully.

The Green Battalion Qing soldiers attacked for another day and night, leaving a large number of corpses under the earthen city. When Gao Qilong, Liu Zhifu and others couldn't bear it anymore, Aixing Ah agreed to use the tiger squat cannon to slowly bombard Tucheng.

The sloping Tucheng has a very wide foundation, and the sand and sandbags can absorb the energy of the cannonballs very well. When it was easy to blast open a section of the city wall, the Ming army inside had already been reinforced, and sandbags and soil were built on the inside.

Wu's tiger squat artillery bombarded continuously for a whole day, and finally opened a gap.

The Qing army poured in from the breach, only to find that there was another city wall inside! This wall is not a dirt city, but a stone city! This stone wall was fifteen feet long, blocking the only road to the cliff.

"It's only that wide inside! It's so narrow, the force can't be used at all! This kind of stone city can't be blasted open with a tiger squat cannon, what should I do? Liu Zhifu looked at the damn stone wall angrily. It seems that there is only one way left to attack, but fortunately, Wu Sangui has the foresight and has already built a ladder car and a crane car, which can immediately attack the city.

Stone City is extremely strong, unless Wu Sangui can carry thousands of catties of red-clothed cannons up the mountain, the Tiger Squat Cannon will not be able to blast Stone City at all. But how easy it is to move thousands of pounds of red-coated cannons to the mountains!

At this point, there is only a strong attack. The Qing army first used tiger squat cannons to bombard the female wall, trying to break through the female wall, so that the defenders lost their protection, and then used archers and bird guns to suppress the defenders.

The inside of the solid stone women's wall is also padded with sandbags, and the Qing army's artillery bombardment can not bring much damage, even if it is easy to knock down a women's wall after bombardment for a long time, the Ming army inside will immediately repair it.

In desperation, the Qing army could only attack.

The Qing army auxiliaries slowly stepped forward with ladder carts and carts, which were covered with cowhides soaked in water, and when the rockets were fired, they would be extinguished immediately, and they could not ignite these large siege weapons at all.

However, Mu Zhongxian had a way to deal with it: when the Qing army's ladder cart and the chariot were close to the city wall, the Ming army at the head of the city kept throwing lime bottles with water.

The "Ping Pong" lime bottle fell like rain, smashed at the feet of the Qing army pushing the ladder cart forward, and smashed to the bottom of the cart. The lime bottles with water burst open one after another, and the broken porcelain pieces made the Qing army's auxiliary soldiers jump and jump, and the quicklime powder drifted along with the exploded lime bottles, splashing on the Qing soldiers, making the Qing soldiers cry and call their mothers. If one accidentally gets sprayed with quicklime powder in the eyes, the effect is even better.

The Qing army under the city suppressed the Ming army at the head of the city with bows and arrows and bird guns. There were many Ming sergeants who went to observe the stroke and arrow.

Suppressing the firepower at the head of the city, the Qing army auxiliaries pushed the ladder cart and the cart to the foot of the city. The two ladders were slowly shaken, and soon the height of the platform above was the same as the head of the city, and the Qing soldiers wielding their swords climbed the ladder one after another and rushed towards the head of the city. The cart that had entered the foot of the wall approached the base of the wall, and the auxiliaries inside swung their shovels to destroy the wall.

"Put!" Mu Zhongxian roared.

Several auxiliaries took up the iron pots, poured the hot oil from the city, and poured it on the carts. At this moment, arrows rained down like lead bullets from the city, and most of the auxiliaries who had just fallen on the oil did not have time to retract. He was shot by arrows and projectiles. Another auxiliary soldier did not have time to pour down the oil oil, and was shot through the throat by an arrow, and the oil pot lost its support on one side, and the other auxiliary soldier could not grasp the oil pot, only heard a "dang" sound, the iron pot fell to the ground, and the hot oil sprayed on the auxiliary soldier, causing him to let out a heart-rending scream.

Rockets were fired from the bottom of the city, and the fire oil was burning everywhere above the city. Several people and soldiers screamed in the fire, struggled in pain, and rolled.

At the same time, the torches were dropped at the head of the city. Ignited the cart that had been doused with fire oil.

Under the blazing fire, the Qing soldiers who were so hot that they cried and shouted for their mothers got out from under the car one after another, turned around and wanted to run, but were shot by the random arrows shot by the city. The stones that fell were killed at the foot of the city walls.

As for the ladder truck, it is more difficult to deal with, the bottom of the ladder car is still more than two feet away from the city wall, and it is difficult to splash the fire oil in the oil pot. Throwing a canister of fire oil is not very effective. Therefore, Mu Zhongxian could only wait for the Qing soldiers' ladder platform to be pushed up, and then let the auxiliary soldiers throw a large number of oil canisters on it, and then use torches to ignite the platform above the ladder.

"Whoosh" Mu Zhongxian personally shot a wolf-toothed arrow, and a Qing soldier who rushed to the front was shot through the throat by an arrow and fell on the ladder platform that had caught fire.

Above the platform, several Qing soldiers brandished their swords and jumped into the city one after another. Mu Zhongxian fired three arrows in a row, and the arrows were not missed, killing three Qing soldiers in a row. But on the ladder behind, there were constantly Qing soldiers braving the raging flames, forcibly passing through the ladder platform where the fire was ignited, and jumping onto the city one after another.

On the two ladders, a total of more than 40 Qing soldiers jumped up, and then the platform of the ladder was burned in the raging fire, and the Qing soldiers behind could no longer attack the city. The lime bottle smashed down at the head of the city knocked down a lot of the Qing army auxiliaries under the ladder.

"Kill!" Mu Zhongxian waved his mace and led his own soldiers into the enemy group.

After all, after Mu Zhongxian was a famous general, wherever a mace went, the Qing army was full of flesh and blood. More than 30 of his own soldiers are also strong in martial arts, and they have slashed and killed many Qing soldiers in a row. The rest of the native soldiers also came up to help, surrounding the Qing soldiers with swords, spears, and iron rods. The more than 40 Qing soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were all killed in the blink of an eye.

"Back to Dashuai, the platform of the ladder has been destroyed! We lost more than 150 people. Liu Zhifu reported to Wu Sangui. In the round of attacks just now, in addition to the loss of more than 100 auxiliary soldiers, Liu Zhifu's own more than 40 elite armored soldiers were also buried in, these armored soldiers were all from the Chongzhen period to follow his old battalion of people, after years of fighting, each of them was a veteran who came out of the sea of corpses and blood, and each of them was an elite. But when those soldiers landed on the top of the city, they were all killed without even making a sound, how could Liu Zhifu not feel distressed.

Wu Sangui said coldly: "Let's repair the platform of the ladder!" The thieves' lime bottles and fire oil consume a lot! They fight on the top of the mountain, and the water source is a problem! There will definitely not be too many lime bottles, and there will not be too much oil, as long as we continue to attack, the thieves' defense equipment will be exhausted, and it will be the time when we break the city! ”

Liu Zhifu, Gao Qilong and others were very helpless, so they had to give an order to let their green battalion soldiers desperately attack the city day and night, and use their lives to consume the Ming army's defense equipment.

The Qing army seemed to be inexhaustible, and one after another launched a fierce attack. Some Qing soldiers who were afraid of death saw the heavy losses of their comrades, and turned around to run before they could reach Mingjin, but they were all cut down by the warlords.

Wu Sangui's ladder car was burned out again and again, repaired again and again, and then pushed the ladder car up, constantly consuming the Ming army's fire oil, and sending the Qing soldiers to the city. At the same time as the ladder car attacked, the simple ladder also took the head of the city and began to attack the city.

Under the fierce attack of the Qing army, the losses of the Ming army were not small, the local soldiers and the people had lost nearly half, and everyone was exhausted, the equipment for defending the city was extremely consumed, and the lime bottles and fire oil were about to run out. As long as the Qing army launches a few more rounds of attacks, it is estimated that Mu Zhongxian will not be able to resist it.

The natural losses of the Qing army were even greater, and more than 4,000 Qing soldiers had been lost under this small city wall, and the corpses at the foot of the city were piled up more than three feet high.

Two hundred miles away on the mountain road, a cavalry with the banner of the Ming Dynasty was galloping towards the Nujiang River valley.

"Lord Wang, how far is there to get from us to the Nu River Valley?" Wang Xinyu asked Bai Wenxuan.

Bai Wenxuan replied: "There are still two hundred miles, and even if we march in a hurry, it will take two days to arrive." ”

"Two hundred miles? We are all cavalry, and if we were to march day and night, would we be able to arrive in one day and one night? Wang Xinyu asked.

Bai Wenxuan said: "If the light cavalry wants to travel 200 miles a day, it can still be done, but if they travel 200 miles a day, the men and horses are exhausted, and even if they arrive, they will not be able to fight again." ”

"Lord Wang, the last general has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" Wang Xinyu arched his hand. (To be continued.) )

PS: The 5,000-word big chapter is offered, because the double watch is a small chapter of 3,000 words a day, so there is only one big chapter of 5,000 words