The 746 cannon opened the way and rekindled the fighting spirit

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The Qing troops who attacked the city of Shouzhang fought from noon on the 11th to Shenshi (about four o'clock in the afternoon), but they advanced within the city for less than two miles.

The soldiers on both sides fought to the death in the narrow streets, courtyards, and private houses, even if the Qing troops were superior, they were still dragged down.

At this time, Shouzhangcheng was a big quagmire, and a team of Qing soldiers sent in by Dolgon would fall into it.

When it was time to deserve, Dorgon couldn't hold back any longer.

"Someone, push our artillery into the city.

Since the White Snake Army is holding the streets and alleys, and our soldiers can't attack it, then King Ben will use cannons to open a road. ”

At this time, Dolgon suddenly thought of a very vicious way, the cannon opened the way.

The so-called cannon to open the way is very simple.

It was the Qing soldiers who pushed the artillery behind them to the streets and alleys of Shouzhangcheng, and aimed the guns at the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who refused to defend on the other side of the streets.

"These dog tartars, they're so ruthless."

When the Qing soldiers pushed the artillery into the streets and alleys of Shouzhangcheng, the generals of the White Dragon Army who discovered this point instantly changed color and knew what the Tartars were thinking.

But at this point in the battle, even if the Qing soldiers used artillery to open the way, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army on the opposite side of the street and alley could not retreat.

The small Shouzhang City was originally not very deep, and if they retreated again, they would have to retreat to the city, where Li Zixiao and 100,000 people were.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army guarding the front line have already made up their minds to die, even if they resist the artillery with their bodies, they must not let the soldiers go and continue to advance.

"Quick, you go to the lord immediately and report this situation, the dog Tartar has a lot of tricks, and this time we are in big trouble."

Peng Hao was in charge of guarding Dongcheng District, and at this time he was standing in an attic, looking at the Hongyi cannon that was pushed by the Qing soldiers from the city gate with a clairvoyant mirror, and sent someone to inform Li Zixiao urgently.

"What? Qing troops advance to the city to artillery? This Dorgon is smart and vicious. ”

Li Zixiao, who was in the city, soon received a report from the soldiers in front of him, and his face stiffened for a while, pacing back and forth, falling into thought.

After a while, Li Zixiao stopped and said to the soldier in front of him: "You go back and tell Peng Hao, let him not worry, he has a good plan, we have a wall ladder."

You take someone to bring the last two hundred iron-shelled mines we left behind and hand them over to Peng Hao, and they may be able to be used at critical moments. ”

"Yes, let's do it."

The white dragon sergeant answered, clasped his fists and saluted, and left.

This white dragon sergeant knelt down on one knee in front of Li Zixiao, and didn't see that after Li Zixiao heard his report, his hands behind his back were trembling slightly.

Li Zixiao panicked, or was afraid, he knew that even if the soldiers of the White Dragon Army in front of him were brave and not afraid of death, their flesh and blood really couldn't stop the cold cannonballs.

At this moment, Li Zixiao really regretted it in his heart, and regretted taking this big risk.

Just now, Li Zixiao didn't dare to show his cowardice, let alone lose his demeanor, at this time he was the only spiritual pillar for the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who were fighting on the front line.

Once he loses his demeanor and the news spreads, the White Dragon Army is afraid that the army will be in turmoil, and then it will really be powerless to return to the sky.

"Sir!"

It wasn't until the soldier who reported the news left that Li Zixiao wanted to take a few steps, but he stumbled and almost fell.

Fortunately, the quartz next to him supported Li Zixiao in time.

"Stone, Benjue is fine."

Li Zixiao waved his hand, smiled bitterly, and said.

At this time, there were only two people in the palace, Li Zixiao and Quartz, in front of Quartz, Li Zixiao was not worried about losing his manners, this was his most trusted and closest subordinate.

Li Zixiao knew that if he died in battle, Quartz would definitely accompany him.

"When has Benjue been so afraid of death, too long of comfort, has it worn out Benjue's enthusiasm and guts!"

At this moment, Li Zixiao's eyes suddenly became deep, he stood upright, puffed up his chest, and looked outside the mansion, where he could hear the shouts of killing in front of him.

"No, never." Li Zixiao's voice is not high, but it is sonorous and powerful.

"The choice made by Ben Jue, Ben Jue will face it personally, Xiang Yu was able to win the battle against the water back then, and Ben Jue will definitely win this battle today."

At this time, Li Zixiao rekindled his fighting spirit, no longer thinking about whether he would be defeated or killed, he only looked at the present and never gave up.

He hadn't felt this way for a long time.

This feeling was only felt a few years ago, when he had just crossed over, started from scratch, and experienced countless dangers with his soldiers, and fought and charged.

"Sir, let the last general go over to support General Peng."

At this time, Quartz took the initiative to ask Li Zixiao.

And Li Zixiao turned around and looked at Quartz's broken armor, there were still gun holes and knife marks, and several wounds on his body were still freshly wrapped in gauze.

Li Zixiao stood in front of Quartz, which was much stronger than him, like a wall, with a smile on his face, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a powerful voice: "Stone, this time Benjue will go with you."

Benjue wants to fight with the soldiers on the front line, and Benjue firmly believes that we will win this battle, and we must win.

Not only for ourselves, but also for the world. ”

Quartz didn't understand what Li Zixiao meant by these words, he just nodded innocently.

As long as it is Li Zixiao's order, he will obey it unconditionally, and he will protect Li Zixiao with his life.

"Let's go!"

Immediately, Li Zixiao picked up the helmet on the wooden case, put it on his head, and said to Quartz.

Then, the two of them left the mansion, took the only small team of guards outside, and went to Dongcheng District, where Peng Hao was responsible for guarding.

There were originally more than 300 guards around Li Zixiao, but unfortunately now there are only about 20 people left in this area led by Quartz, and the rest of the guards have all been sent by Li Zixiao to fight in other urban areas.

At this time, Shouzhang City, the east city was guarded by Peng Hao, the north was Du Tengfei, the west and south battles were slightly lighter, and Li Zixiao was handed over to Li Ziwu and Sun Xianfeng to be responsible for guarding the town.

Bang!

Just as Li Zixiao and Quartz were halfway to Dongcheng District with people, they heard a cannon shot, which made Li Zixiao's face change suddenly.

"Hurry up."

Li Zixiao slapped the back buttocks of the war horse with a horsewhip, and the speed increased again, and soon came to the defense line that Peng Hao was now guarding.

When Li Zixiao arrived here, he found that the White Dragon Army's defense line on the main street and alley had not been broken, and in more courtyards and houses on both wings, shouts of killing could still be heard at this time.

"Peng Hao, let him come to see me."

Li Zixiao stopped his horse and roared loudly.

"Sir, why are you here?" After a while, Peng Hao came to Li Zixiao and asked in surprise.

"Can't Ben come here? Don't talk nonsense, tell me about your situation here, I heard the sound of artillery just now. ”

Li Zixiao's face was cold, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with Peng Haoduo, and went straight to the point.

"Sir, you come with me."

Then, Peng Hao led Li Zixiao to an attic at the back of the side, which was supposed to be an antique shop, three stories high, standing on the top floor, just in time to see the situation of the Qing soldiers at the east city gate.

The Qing soldiers had not been able to break through the front line of defense, so this attic had not yet become a place for the soldiers of the two sides to fight.

When Li Zixiao followed Peng Hao to the attic, Peng Hao stood in front of the window, pointed to the east, and said, "Sir, look." ”

Li Zixiao followed the direction pointed by Peng Hao's finger, and found that on the east side of this street and alley, there were attacking Qing soldiers, and now this group of Qing soldiers was blocked by more than 300 people on Peng Hao's side, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

At this time, the Qing soldiers on the streets and alleys in the east were tinkering with two iron bumps, which were the Hongyi cannons of the Qing soldiers.

The muzzle of one of the cannons was still emitting green smoke, and it was obvious that when Li Zixiao rushed over just now, the sound of the cannon he heard was from this Hongyi cannon.

However, there was no scene on the streets and alleys, like the tragic scene that Li Zixiao had imagined before, the soldiers on the side of the White Dragon Army were blasted open by the cannonballs.

"This is ......" Li Zixiao was slightly puzzled and looked at Peng Hao next to him.

I saw Peng Hao with a smile on his face, revealing a pair of big white teeth, and said to Li Zixiao excitedly: "The elevation angle of the dog Tartar's artillery is too large, and it can't shoot directly at all."

Just now they fired a shot, and the shells flew directly over our heads and flew to the west. ”

What Peng Hao and Li Zixiao didn't know at this time was that Li Ziwu in Xicheng District, who was guarding the town, was frightened by this cannon just now.

The shell landed on the side of Xicheng District and smashed a private house, which was only about 30 meters away from the streets and alleys guarded by Li Ziwu.

The damage caused by that shell made Li Ziwu frightened for a while, if this was accurately bombarded on their heads, the scene would not have been imagined.

"Someone, ask General Peng to the east for some information, what happened to the cannon just now? I'm scared to death. ”

Li Ziwu had a gloomy face, facing a white dragon sergeant, and ordered.

Bang!

As a result, as soon as Li Ziwu's words fell, another cannonball flew from the east and smashed into their Xicheng District, crashing into two walls one after another before stopping.

"I'm rubbing, it's over, is it the Tartars that have started shelling? But why did the shells fly from the east? ”

Li Ziwu muttered in confusion.

Fortunately, Xicheng District is very large, and if a cannonball falls down on their heads, it can only be said that they are too unlucky.

At this time, Li Zixiao and Peng Hao, who were in the attic of Dongcheng District, saw with their own eyes the cannon fired by Tartar just now.

"Hehe, why didn't Ben Jue think of it, the tonnage of these Hongyi cannons has obviously increased a lot, and they can't shell the front like the Furlong machine or the tiger squat cannon.

Now the Tartars are going to be confused, and Huang Taiji probably ordered people to study the artillery painstakingly, so that the caliber and tonnage of the artillery in their hands have been greatly improved.

When the Qing army attacked the city before, we suffered a lot.

However, with such a tonnage of artillery, it is simply wishful thinking to fire horizontally, and these Benjue are relieved. ”

After Li Zixiao saw this scene, a big stone hanging in his heart finally fell, and there was a false alarm.

At the same time, Dolgon, who was on the east gate, also saw the Tartars firing artillery in the streets and alleys in front of him.

When he found that their artillery could not fire at all, his face also darkened.

The Tartars could never have imagined that they were bent on developing large-caliber artillery, and the power of large-caliber artillery really satisfied them, greatly enhancing the ability of the Qing soldiers to attack the city.

However, Dolgon often did not think that in this situation, their large-caliber artillery was not as good as the small cannons such as the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Furlong Machine.

"I am incompetent, and I apologize to the prince!"

One of the generals in charge of artillery came to Dolgon, knelt down in front of Dolgon, and pleaded guilty with a trembling voice.

At this time, Dolgon's face was as gloomy as water, which silenced the surrounding Tartar generals one by one, for fear that Dolgon would be angry and implicate themselves.

Immediately afterwards, Dolgon looked at the Qing artillery general in front of him, and asked in a cold voice: "Our artillery, can't it bombard the White Snake Army at close range?" ”

"Back to the prince, I can't."

The Qing soldier general knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and said in a trembling voice.

"It seems that this king made a mistake in judgment before, and this is not your sin, so get up."

Dolgon's voice was cold, and he didn't go out to kill.

After hearing Dolgon's words, the Qing artillery general who knelt in front of him was so excited that his head slammed and kowtowed.

"Thank you for sparing your life."

Many of these Qing soldiers and Han generals who took refuge in the Tartars have long since lost their bones, and they have long succumbed to the power of the Tartars, and slavery and sex have been deeply rooted in their bones.

"Since our artillery can't bombard the White Snake Army at close range, let's shell it from a long distance. This can always be done. ”

Dorgon said again.

"Yes, that's what a slave can do.

However, at a long distance, it is somewhat difficult to accurately bombard the position of the White Snake Army in the city.

Moreover, the shells we have in reserve have been almost consumed during the siege of the city, and now we don't have many shells. ”

The artillery general of the Qing army reported to Dolgon again with trepidation.

"Dog minion, who told you not to save some shells."

After hearing this, Dolgon, who was in a very bad mood, couldn't hold back any longer, raised his foot and kicked over the Qing artillery general, and scolded angrily.

"The prince spares his life, and the slave is guilty."

The artillery general of the Qing army, after being kicked over by Dolgon, hurriedly got up, climbed back to Dolgon, and kowtowed to plead.

In fact, during the siege of the city during the day, it was obviously Dolgon who ordered the artillery not to save shells, but to bombard the White Dragon Army and break the city as soon as possible.

At that time, Dolgon thought that when they broke the city, the war should be over, and it was useless to keep the extra shells.

As long as they can kill Li Zixiao, this time Dolgon and them enter the customs, even if it is a grain of grain, not a single Ming court ordinary person can bring it back to the customs.

Huang Taiji will never punish them, and even reward them greatly.

Dolgon never calculated the stalemate situation in front of him, and the main force of the White Dragon Army was not in the defense of the city, and it was completely lost.

And Li Zixiao's style of fighting in urban areas has never been seen before by the Qing soldiers.

In the past, once the Qing army broke through the city, their cavalry could charge all the way through the streets and alleys of the city, and no enemy could stop them.

However, the cavalry of the Qing army that has entered the city now, in the face of Li Zixiao, who has already been prepared, and in the face of the 'quagmire tactics' of the White Dragon Army, the cavalry will not be able to play a miraculous effect.

Moreover, the White Dragon Army's strong fighting spirit and tenacious resistance were unprecedented for the Qing army.

Obviously, there was a problem with Dolgon's command before, and this Qing artillery general didn't dare to say that Dolgon was not, so he could only kowtow and ask for guilt, taking all the blame on himself.

(End of chapter)