There are more and more Ming army ironclad soldiers who climb to the head of the city from the ladder car, and the king of this kind of foot warfare is like a humanoid chariot at the head of the city, crushing the Qing army back and forth. The Qing soldiers who were hit by the ironclad soldiers were either cut in two with a single sword, or their brains were shattered by their shields, or they were pierced by the tip of the knife in a hole in their bodies.

More lightly armored soldiers also climbed up from the improvised ladder and engaged in fierce bloody battles with the Qing army at the head of the city.

Without the threat from the city walls, more than 200 shortsword soldiers also climbed to the top of the city from the simple ladder and joined the battle group.

In the south of the city, in the gap opened by the artillery, the soldiers on both sides are engaged in a fierce battle of life and death. In order to block the Ming army in the gap, the Qing army continued to invest in the reserves, a large number of green battalion Qing soldiers, native soldiers, auxiliaries and people fell in a pool of blood, the casualties of the Ming army were also not small, the short knife soldiers who rushed into the gap first suffered heavy casualties, and the long knife soldiers and pikemen who came up behind also suffered many casualties, even the iron armor soldiers wearing thick armor suffered more than ten casualties.

The ironclad soldiers are not afraid of slashing, spear stabbing and bow and arrow shooting, and can even block the bird guns of the Qing army, but the ironclad soldiers are most afraid of blunt weapon strikes. The Qing soldiers and native soldiers used blunt weapons such as hammers, iron rods, and axes to knock over many ironclad soldiers. Even a Minzhuang even knocked down a Ming army ironclad soldier with a stone.

In the gap in the city wall, the corpses of soldiers on both sides were piled up into a small mountain, various human parts and internal organs were stained with the city bricks, and the rammed earth on the ground turned brown. Every second, someone falls.

Zhu Zhiguang personally commanded the Qing army to plug the gap. He did not get nervous when the walls were blasted open by cannons, because the appearance of a gap did not mean that the city was broken, but that the most brutal bloody battle had just begun.

Looking at the soldiers on both sides who kept falling, Zhu Zhiguang even felt a little excited: because the Qing army killed almost all the Qing soldiers wearing Qing soldiers' uniforms and the local soldiers wearing Tusi soldiers' clothes a few days ago. In today's bloody battle, at the gap, the Ming army finally dispatched their elite. In the bloody battle at the gap, the motley Qing army that was inspired by Zhu Zhiguang actually killed many elite soldiers of the Ming army.

As long as the Ming army is driven out of the gap, the capital city of Qiongzhou can be defended. And after this battle, a large number of Ming army elites were killed and injured, and the Ming army could retreat in the face of difficulties.

"The city is broken!" Just when Zhu Zhiguang was in high spirits, he suddenly heard a morale-depressing shout.

"Evil words to confuse the crowd and shake the hearts of the army, behead!" Zhu Zhiguang roared.

A green battalion Qing soldier pointed to the east of the city with a sad face: "My lord, look over there!" ”

Zhu Zhiguang turned his head to look, only to see a fiery red Ming army flag raised on the tower in the east of the city, and the original green Qing army green battalion battle flag had long since disappeared.

"The city is broken!" The shouts that made the morale of the Qing army fall to the bottom were like a plague, and quickly spread among the crowd of the Qing army.

"The city is broken!" The Qing army's formation was in disarray.

Zhu Zhiguang led the team to desperately suppress and cut off more than a dozen heads, but he couldn't stop the Qing soldiers who turned around and fled.

"Don't mess around! Steadily retreat to the sub-city and fight again! Zhu Zhiguang remained calm.

A large group of Qing troops poured towards Zicheng like the sea at low tide, and there was chaos between the outer city and Zicheng. Those who fell behind were killed one by one by the Ming troops who rushed over.

The street leading from the outer city to the sub-city is blocked by people, and it can be seen that the city gate is full of people, and the city gate hole has long been crowded with the defeated Qing army, and the people outside are still pouring inside.

"My lord, go from here!" A catcher said to Zhu Zhiguang.

Zhu Zhiguang took the personal soldiers composed of officials and catchers, avoided the crowd, walked along a small alley, retreated to the bottom of the city, and then they sat on the hanging basket to the head of the city. Later, a group of officers such as the general of the Qing army, the general general, the general department of the native soldiers, and the flag commander also arrived at the city one after another, and were pulled up to the city in hanging baskets.

"Go to the castle tower!" Zhu Zhiguang shouted.

When they arrived at the top of the city tower, Zhu Zhiguang and others stood at the head of the city and looked at it, only to see that the city was crowded with defeated Qing soldiers. A large number of Qing soldiers were crowding inside the city gates. But because there are so many people, many people are blocked at the door. At this time, the Ming army behind had already chased over and appeared in Zhu Zhiguang's field of vision.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to follow the defeated Qing army into Zicheng, it was impossible to let all the Qing soldiers enter Zicheng. Zhu Zhiguang turned his heart sideways and gave the order: "Put down the jack gate and forcibly close the city gate!" ”

"Wow!" Several of the catchers and Qing soldiers retreated.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers pulled the winch, and the jack gate weighing more than 3,000 catties slowly slid down.

Seeing that the jack gate above the city gate hole was about to fall, the Qing soldiers crowded below struggled to crowd inside. As soon as they squeezed a little, the jack gate hit the ground behind them. However, there were four unlucky ghosts who wanted to squeeze in, but they couldn't get in, and they wanted to exit, and they were blocked by the people behind. The jack gate fell heavily and pressed down on them, crushing the four Qing soldiers into pulp.

The "boom" jack gate fell to the ground.

Outside the city gate, a large number of Qing soldiers were still unable to enter and were blocked outside the gate.

"Open the door! Open the door! The desperate Qing soldiers slapped the jack gate hard.

"Dog Niang! Open the door! Let Lao Tzu in! Someone yelled at the city.

"Open the door! The Corate is coming! Let Lao Tzu in! ”

A Qing soldier didn't open the door when he saw that he couldn't open the door no matter how he shouted, and when he heard the movement behind him, he subconsciously turned his head to look at it and let out an exclamation: "Huh? It's over, it's over! The pirates are here! ”

More than 700 Qing soldiers were locked outside the city gates, and even if they shouted out their throats, the people above refused to pull up the jack gate. At this time, the Ming army, which was chasing after him, had already killed the Qing army.

Seeing that they couldn't enter the city, the Qing soldiers who were locked out of the door had no choice but to pick up their weapons again, turned around, and killed the Ming army desperately.

The Ming army that attacked the city had already formed a formation, with the ironclad soldiers in front and the pikemen behind. The Qing army rushed over, and the Ming army shot in three stages, knocking down dozens of Qing soldiers in one fell swoop. The Qing soldiers in the back rushed to the front of the Ming army and were killed by rows of spears. Some of the Qing soldiers were about to rush in front of the pikemen, but they were cut down by the ironclad soldiers in front. Although the Qing soldiers rushed desperately, the formation was chaotic, and the poorly equipped Qing army could not help the Ming army at all, so they could only be sent to death in vain.

In the blink of an eye, more than 200 Qing soldiers were strewn through the streets. In front of the Ming army, the corpses of the Qing soldiers piled up into a two-foot-high mountain of corpses, and the blood stained the bluestone strips on the ground.

Watching the Qing soldiers die one by one, Wang Xinyu felt distressed: These are laborers who don't need money and future soldiers! So he had people shout: "Those who surrender will not die!" ”

The Ming soldiers shouted in unison: "Those who surrender will not die!" ”

Hearing these five words, the Qing soldiers, who thought they were going to die, were like hearing the sound of heaven. Just now, I still went forward and succeeded, and the courage to not be afraid of death was leaked like a leaky ball.

"We surrender!" The Qing soldiers threw their weapons aside one after another, knelt on the ground and surrendered.

The Ming army stepped forward and escorted the surrendered Qing soldiers away.

The outer city of Qiongzhou Mansion was breached, although Zhu Zhiguang led people into the inner city to garrison, but the morale of the Qing army had dropped to zero, and the city defense equipment suffered heavy losses, most of the city defense equipment was thrown outside, and it was too late to bring it back.

Originally, Zhu Zhiguang propagandized the Qing army, saying that Haikou killed people without blinking, and even if they surrendered, they would be killed. These green battalion soldiers, native soldiers, and people will stubbornly hold on to it at all costs. But when the outer city was broken, Zhu Zhiguang retreated into the sub-city, but locked all the Qing soldiers who had not had time to enter the sub-city outside and let the Ming army slaughter them. However, the Ming army outside shouted the slogan of "surrender and avoid death", which shook the morale of the Qing army.

It is very troublesome to transport siege weapons into the city, especially the tall siege weapons such as ladder trucks and nest cars. The ladder truck needs to be retracted and the platform above it removed before it can be advanced from the city gate; The nest cart needs to be put down and carried flat by a person before it can enter through the city gate. There is also the transportation of the redcoat cannon, which takes time.

Sun Tzu's art of war, attacking the heart is the upper and attacking the city is the lower, and it is better to launch a strong attack at this time than to disintegrate the morale of the Qing army.

Wang Xinyu ordered people to shout under the city: "The capital city of Qiongzhou is already a lonely city!" My Daming Navy Division has cut off the sea line of communication, and the capital city of Qiongzhou is independent and helpless, don't think about waiting for reinforcements! If it comes down early, my royal division will treat the captives preferentially and promise not to kill a single person! If you stubbornly resist to the end, when the king breaks the city, it will be the day when you wait for the head! ”

The Ming army shouted, and the hearts of the Qing soldiers in the city were shaken, and many people were moved to surrender.

Wang Xinyu also asked the Qing soldiers and local soldiers who had been captured before to come forward and shout: "Brothers, don't fight!" We are all brothers on Qiongzhou Island! The king treats the captives preferentially! Lord Wang said that as long as we surrender in time, we can be exempted from the pain of hard labor and directly incorporated into the king's division! ”

Some of the native soldiers who had made great achievements in the war even shouted: "Brothers! We had a great time here at Wangshi! 3 meals a day! Look at us, we have already been promoted! ”

Qiongzhou Island is not big, and many local soldiers and people are from one place. Many of the Ming soldiers shouting outside the city and the Qing soldiers defending the city inside the city were former comrades-in-arms, relatives and friends, and some were even brothers.

"Isn't that Zhao Lao Wu?" A Minzhuang at the head of the city looked at a Ming soldier shouting below and was stunned.

"Second brother?" Another Minzhuang was also stunned.

The local soldiers also recognized their relatives, friends, and even brothers.

"Dashanzi!"

"Little Sanzi!"

The Ming army under the city took the opportunity to shout: "Brothers, everyone is their own people, don't fight!" Join the king as soon as possible! ”

Seeing that the Qing army's heart was shaken, Zhu Zhiguang shouted anxiously: "Don't listen to the thieves' gossip to confuse the public!" Otherwise, there will be no mercy! ”

A Green Battalion Qing Army General took a step forward, knelt on one knee, and arched his hands: "My lord, we can't beat it, for everyone's lives, let's surrender!" Otherwise, the Ming army broke the city, and everyone would have to die. ”

Zhu Zhiguang pulled out his sword and stabbed the general to death with a sword.

A catcher had already come up, cut off the head of the general, held it in his hand, looked around and shouted: "Whoever dares to surrender in vain will be the end of this person!" ”

Zhu Zhiguang also turned his head, faced the Qing army, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Everyone, the matter of the loyalty of the king, this official has received the grace of the imperial court, and there is no way to repay it!" Today, only by killing more thieves can we repay the great kindness of the court! Here today, Zhu pleads with you! We hope you can help! ”

Although the words were very good, Qing Bing was not convinced. Many people secretly thought in their hearts: You dog official, you want to be loyal to the court and die yourself, why do you want to implicate us?

Wang Xinyu saw that the time was almost up, and several small cannons had already been pulled into the city, so he ordered: "Our army's morale is high, and the city should be attacked immediately!" ”

Li Rui said: "General, the siege tools such as ladder cars and nest cars have not yet been transported into the city, and the red-coated artillery is still on the way. ”

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