744 Every step forward comes at the cost of blood

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With the loss of the east and north gates of Shouzhang City, Li Zixiao ordered the whole army to retreat into the city, and the west and south gates naturally had no need to guard.

At this time, the time had reached the eleventh day, and a day and a half had passed since Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army to Shouzhang.

It took so long to storm Shouzhang Castle, and Dolgon was actually very dissatisfied.

Mainly, the fake news that Li Zixiao was arrested with Duoduo was delayed for half a day, otherwise Dolgon believed that he had eliminated the White Dragon Army in the city at this time and captured Li Zixiao alive.

As a day and a half has passed now, even though the Qing army has broken through Shouzhang City at this time, Dolgon is still very anxious in his heart.

"As long as you don't catch Li Zixiao alive, you can't relax for a moment. The order went down, and the soldiers behind were replaced, and the siege continued. ”

Dolgon's grim face commanded mercilessly.

"Kill!"

Soon after Dorgon's order was given, a group of Qing troops rushed into the city, attacking along the streets and alleys.

And what awaits them is the low walls in the streets and alleys, as well as the soldiers and militiamen of the White Dragon Army behind the low walls.

"Qinggou is here again, ready to fight, lined up, shields ready, pikemen, spearmen, listen to orders."

On a main street and alley on this side of Dongcheng District, a White Dragon Army banner general saw that Qing soldiers were coming, and immediately rectified the hundreds of White Dragon Army soldiers and militiamen behind the low wall, so that they could prepare to meet the enemy.

"Kill!"

The Qing soldiers who rushed up were the ones with shields and long knives in the front, the ones with spears in the back, and a group of archers at the back, roaring and pounced.

These Qing soldiers all shouted Chinese, and they were mainly soldiers of the Han army with white flags and red flags.

Of course, not all of them were soldiers of these two Han military banners, and a large part of them were Koreans, and all Koreans spoke Chinese at this time.

Soon, this group of more than 100 Qing soldiers roared angrily and rushed to the low wall, and they were about to meet the White Dragon Army and the militia behind the low wall.

"Prepare to meet the enemy, raise your shield!"

Seeing the Qing soldiers rushing to him, the white dragon flag general roared, and a dozen white dragon soldiers in front of him raised their shields in unison.

"Pikeman, thorn!"

When the Qing soldiers rushed to the front and back, the white dragon banner general roared, causing the militiamen with spears behind them to poke out through the gaps between their shields.

Poof, poof!

The sound of spears stabbing into the human body, accompanied by the screams of the white dragon soldiers, no matter how familiar they were, rushed to the front of the Qing soldiers, who were very unlucky to be stabbed by the spears.

Bang bang bang!

But more spears were blocked by the shield-wielding Qing soldiers in front of them.

As soon as a shot is stabbed, whether it can be stabbed or not, the militia will immediately retract their spears, and they already know this.

Bang bang bang!

Immediately, there was another louder muffled sound, which was the sound of the Qing soldiers who charged over, using their shields and the shields of the white dragon soldiers to collide together.

The low wall in the alley was not wide, it was about as wide as the ordinary brick wall of later generations, and it was not high, only up to the thighs of these soldiers.

Such a low wall does not prevent the soldiers on both sides from colliding at close range and killing each other with knives and guns.

This kind of low wall will only hinder the advance of the Qing soldiers and create obstacles for them, how to use these low walls, these generals of the White Dragon Army have already been taught.

Poof, poof!

The soldiers on both sides were separated by a low wall, and the shields were on top of each other, and the soldiers who were hiding behind the shields kept using their long knives and spears in their hands, trying to stab the enemy in every possible way, hoping to stab the enemy.

Although most of the attacks of soldiers on both sides are basically blocked by the opponent's shields, there will also be many people who are attacked until they fall.

"Shooter, prepare, throw!"

After the White Dragon Banner General saw that he had already blocked the Qing soldiers who were charging over, he began to throw his axe and throw his spear.

Whoosh!

Throwing a spear with a pole, he drew an arc in mid-air, and then fell to the side of the Qing soldiers.

Poof, poof!

"Ahhh

The terrible screams sounded, and the first wave of guns was thrown by the Qing soldiers without defense, causing them a lot of casualties, and seven or eight Qing soldiers were stabbed by guns.

"Raise your shield, quick!"

A leader on the Qing soldier's side, after seeing the throwing spear projected by the White Dragon Army, was also frightened to the neck and roared.

Then, many of the soldiers who carried shields among the Qing soldiers immediately raised their shields high and connected them to the shields of their companions to form a shield wall that was in the air.

Bang bang bang!

As soon as the shield wall of these Qing soldiers was formed, the second wave of throwing spears on the side of the White Dragon Army was projected.

They immediately felt that the shield in their hands was colliding with the throwing spears one by one, making a muffled sound.

"Ahh

But there will still be defensive holes in such a shield wall, and one Qing soldier was stabbed by a gun, and he screamed miserably.

However, this shield wall of the Qing soldiers still played a huge role, making the spears on the side of the White Dragon Army basically lose their power.

It can also be seen that the generals on the side of the Qing soldiers are still very smart and adaptable, and they quickly came up with a way to deal with the guns thrown by the White Dragon Army.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The White Dragon Army's side had just finished throwing their guns, and the Qing soldiers also launched a retaliatory attack.

The White Dragon Army threw spears, and they had more convenient archers, and more than 20 Qing archers behind them immediately threw arrows dozens of steps away in front.

Whoosh!

The dense first wave of arrow rain fell in an instant, and it also caused casualties on the side of the White Dragon Army, and one White Dragon sergeant and five militiamen were hit by arrows.

"Qinggou shoots an arrow, defend!"

The White Dragon Army Banner will see the rain of arrows shot by the Qing archers, and immediately react and respond.

As for how to guard against the Qing archers, the rain of arrows shot at this scene, the White Dragon Army has already discussed a countermeasure.

They could no longer fight with a rain of arrows, or they would be shot alive by the arrows fired by the Qing archers.

More than 20 militiamen on both sides of the alley, after hearing the shouts of the banner general of the White Dragon Army, immediately put down their swords and guns, shouldered a side of the door panels erected on both sides of the alley, and held it above their heads, while also covering their companions next to them.

Bang bang bang!

The arrows thrown by the Qing archers pierced into the thick door panel, making a muffled 'bang' sound, and failed to inflict too many casualties on them.

Fighting in the streets like this, the main force of the battle is the soldiers in the front row, and as for the soldiers in the middle and back, they can't touch each other at all, and they can't fight in close combat.

They can only attack the enemy in the middle and rear of the enemy by throwing guns and archery, which are medium and long-range attacks.

Because Li Zixiao made the city young and strong, Shouzhang City was greatly renovated, especially many streets and alleys on the periphery, which were completely sealed by them.

Only a few streets and alleys are left to pass through, so at this time, the Qing soldiers want to enter the inner urban area of Shouzhang City.

They have only two choices, either to kill through these streets and alleys and open these passages.

Or, the Qing soldiers forcibly demolished the high walls of those courtyards and used them as a demolition brigade, and they were also pushed into the city.

It's just that the second method is too time-consuming, the knives and guns in the hands of the Qing soldiers can cut the flesh and blood of human beings, but they can't cut those stone walls.

Swords and guns are used to kill, not to tear down walls.

Therefore, of course, the Qing soldiers chose the first way, relying on the swords and guns in their hands to kill into the city.

"Stand back!"

Suddenly, the White Dragon Army Banner will give a new order, and the White Dragon Army and the militia behind the low wall of this street suddenly broke away from the battle with the Qing soldiers, took a few steps back, and then stopped again.

Seeing the White Dragon Army retreating suddenly, those Qing soldiers thought that the White Dragon Army had retreated, so they wanted to chase it down.

But as a result, they dared to catch up, but they were directly blocked by the low wall in front of them.

Now, if the Qing soldiers want to pursue and continue to kill in the city, they can only cross this low wall, and they can do so from front to back.

The six or seven Qingbing sword and shield bearers at the front didn't think much about it.

When they saw the enemy in front of them, they suddenly retreated, and they did not hesitate to catch up, choosing to go over the low wall.

When the Qing soldiers tried to cross the low wall, they found that none of them could lift their legs over the low wall, which would have separated the balls.

In addition, each of them had a shield, a sword and a spear in his hand, and a heavy armor, it was not easy to cross such a low wall.

After the five or six Qing soldiers at the front finally crossed the low wall with great difficulty, they had just landed and had not yet stood firm when they heard a roar in front of them.

"Kill!"

Some of the white dragon soldiers on this side of the low wall, after seeing the front five Qing soldiers take the lead in crossing the low wall, they did not need to be commanded, so they led the army to rush over.

In this way, these five Qing soldiers who had just crossed the low wall would directly face the attack of the White Dragon Army and militia, which were much larger than them.

And the Qing soldiers behind the low wall behind them could not cross the low wall in time to help them.

Even if the Qing soldiers are very strong, they can face the same not weak White Dragon soldiers, there are more than them, and there are more militia to help.

The five Qing soldiers who were the first to cross the low wall did not hold out for a moment before they were stabbed to death by the militia.

After killing the five Qing soldiers, the White Dragon Army and the militia took a few more steps back, re-distancing themselves from the low wall so that they could charge again.

This time, even if they saw the White Dragon Army and the militia retreating again, the Qing soldiers on the east side of the low wall, one by one, no one dared to go up and cross the low wall.

The five Qing soldiers who crossed over first just now, what happened, they could see it clearly, these Qing soldiers were not stupid, and naturally they would not cross over to death in vain.

This tactic of the White Dragon Army is very simple, but it is very effective.

A small low wall, in such a street battle, provides a huge boost for the White Dragon Army on the defending side.

At this time, such battles were taking place in Shouzhang City, in the streets and alleys of the four urban districts of the east, west, south and north.

Although the battle process will be different, it is almost the same, the troubles encountered by the Qing soldiers are similar, and the results are all the same.

The Qing army's attack was blocked, and they were blocked in the streets and alleys by the White Dragon Army with more militia, making it difficult to attack.

"Rush, rush, attack, don't stop!"

However, the Tartars who supervised the battle in the back would not allow these Han Qing soldiers to stop and supervise in the back.

The Qing soldiers in front had no choice but to force themselves over the low wall again and continue to rush into the city.

Of course, the Qing soldiers were also very smart, and they found some way to solve this low wall obstacle.

The most common way is to find some sandbags, or simply use the corpses of their fallen comrades and throw them in front of the low wall to serve as footsteps.

Let them step on these sandbags to get over the low wall more easily.

In this way, the time spent by each Qing soldier who tried to cross the low wall was greatly shortened.

It won't happen again, like the previous situation, the Qing soldiers who crossed the low wall at the front didn't hold out until the Qing soldiers in the back came, and they were all killed by the soldiers of the White Dragon Army.

"After leaving ten people to break, the others retreated."

When it was found that more and more Qing soldiers had crossed the low wall, and the manpower of the White Dragon Army was gradually running out, the White Dragon Army Banner would decisively order a retreat.

"Kill!"

The ten soldiers left behind after the break are all soldiers of the White Dragon Army, and they are the only ones who can take on this kind of mortal mission after the break.

As for those militiamen, although they have survived until now, they are all very powerful, but let them carry out this kind of mortal mission, they will still hesitate and even resist.

Soon, these ten broken White Dragon soldiers were killed by the Qing soldiers who rushed up, but they also blocked the Qing soldiers for a short time, and killed seven Qing soldiers desperately.

This is one of the characteristics of street fighting, which only requires a small number of soldiers to defend a street and an alley, and can also block thousands of enemies for a period of time.

When the Qing soldiers killed the ten white dragon soldiers, and then continued to attack the inside along the streets, before they could rush through a hundred paces, they found a low wall in front of them.

And behind the low wall, this time there were more White Dragon soldiers and militiamen, waiting for them there.

"Kill!"

There was no way, these Qing soldiers could only roar angrily and continue to rush forward, otherwise the overseers behind them would kill them.

It can be said that in order to enter the city, the Qing soldiers fought to the death with the White Dragon Army and the militia in these streets and alleys, paying heavy casualties, but they did not advance much distance.

It can be said that under the decisive resistance of the White Dragon Army, the Qing soldiers had to pay the price of blood for every step of their advance in these streets and alleys.

"Report, Lord Qiqi, the front attack is blocked."

"Report, Prince Yu of Chengbei sent someone to report, their attack was blocked."

"Report, Lord Qiqi, the attackers we sent to the south and west of the city also did not attack well, and they were blocked and could not attack the city."

Dolgon, at the east gate, soon received a return from the Tartar cavalry.

Listening to the return of these Tartar cavalry, Dolgon's face was gloomy as a drop of water, and he didn't say a word, which brought great pressure to the surrounding Qing army generals.

"A bunch of trash." Dorgon cursed.

"Tell the king about the battle situation in front of me."

Angry, Dorgon said.

He was going to personally study the defensive tactics used by the White Dragon Army in front of him, and come up with some better cracking tactics for his subordinates to use.

"What a Li Zixiao, his tactics are very suitable for fighting in the narrow streets and alleys of the city."

When Dolgon understood the situation on the front line, he also said in admiration.

(End of chapter)