At the critical moment, Peng Dazhu, a hundred households in the Guards Battalion, rushed over with four big poles, which were more than twice as long as ordinary firearms, and the barrels were much thicker. Even if it can't break your armor, the powerful impact will also break your bones.

However, this big pole gun has a fatal shortcoming, that is, it is easier to explode than ordinary firearms, and often it will explode after a few shots, so the Taiping army does not dare to use this big pole. It wasn't until Peng Dazhu brought people up with reinforcements and saw that those Qing army ironclad soldiers were too powerful, so he thought of a big pole and hurriedly took people to carry a few poles. As soon as he got on the plane, Peng Dazhu couldn't wait to roar: "Let's go!" ”

The gunners were busy lighting the fire, and suddenly they heard a loud "bang, bang, bang", but there were only six sounds, and one of them was dumb and fired!

The gun was strange, and he looked at it, but the gun suddenly rang again, and hit him in front of him with a "bang", blowing up a face that was bloody and fleshy, and the flesh and blood flew away, and the whole face was like a skull, so it was not terrifying. The soldier held his face and screamed, and after a few screams, he swallowed.

This scene only scared the gunners enough, and the gunners of the few big poles trembled all over, looking at the big poles in their hands with indescribable fear. The Taiping army was frightened, but the ironclad soldiers of the Qing army under the city were sturdy, and there was a scream, and several ironclad soldiers were blown backwards, either the armor was torn or the chest was suffocated, like a sledgehammer smashing, and the bones were shattered.

"Put!"

The six-pole cannon was fired again under the worry of the gunner, and the screams of the Qing army came from the city, and it was roughly estimated that no less than ten ironclad soldiers were killed by the pole. Seeing that the firearms of the Taiping army were so powerful, the ironclad soldiers did not dare to stay where they were, and instinctively retreated, the farther away from the city, the better.

Several roads leading to the city wall were young men who carried corpses and wounded soldiers back and forth, and several roads were full of blood, and Langzhong under the city could not be cured at all.

As the number of wounded and corpses grew, the old and weak women and children in the camp began to become restless and frightened. The tragic scene of the Qing army almost breaking through the defense line in Guifeng Mountain floated in their hearts again, and they looked towards the city in horror from time to time, lest they see the Qing army climbing up, which was okay. The front battalion fought stubbornly, and although the casualties were heavy, the Qing army did not rush up.

At this point in the battle, the camp was already ruined, and there were only more than 100 people left in the camp. Among them, there are dozens of wounded and did not leave the city, and Jiang He's guard battalion is not much better, rough statistics, I am afraid that there are less than 300 people, and the inexperienced security team members died dozens as soon as they came up, and as for those young and strong, more than half died.

Zhou Shixiang's personal guards also died in most of the battle, and there were only six with him, so large casualties naturally made the defense line on the city unstable, Zhou Shixiang immediately ordered Xiongwei, trapped, and Hujie battalions to send reinforcements, otherwise they could not suppress the offensive of the Qing army under the city.

After the reinforcements of the three battalions of the majestic army, which had been on standby for a long time, went to the head of the city. The Qing army's ascending momentum was once again suppressed, dozens of ladders were destroyed, and morale was somewhat low.

This city was attacked too badly, the corpses of the Qing army were piled up under the two-mile-wide city wall, although most of them were green battalion soldiers, not flag soldiers, although the soldiers of this family suffered hundreds of casualties, but they did not hurt their muscles and bones, but this casualty also made Qin Guocheng regret, and he was a little hesitant whether to attack again.

With the increasing number of casualties. The Taiping army in the city also couldn't see the exhaustion of their strength, Qin Guocheng had a bad feeling, he felt that this Xinhui seemed to be unable to take it no matter what, and it would continue to fight. Maybe the blood of this family's soldiers will really be shed in this Xinhui City. But he praised Haikou and didn't take Xinhui, he Qin Guocheng would have to raise his head to see King Pingnan, so no matter how bad the fight was, Qin Guocheng would never dare to say the order to retreat. He could only force himself to calm down and constantly send people to urge all departments to intensify their attacks.

I also saw that Geng Zhongde's 500 Zheng Yellow Banner soldiers did not attack the city. Only fired arrows on the city, the casualties were very small, and Qin Guocheng didn't care about any guest soldiers or not guest soldiers, and what uncle Wang was not uncle, so he sent people to order Geng Zhongde to attack the city immediately, and at the same time sent people to ask King Pingnan for reinforcements.

Without an order to retreat, the Qing army could only continue to attack the city, but the momentum was obviously inferior to that of Fang Cai.

In the city, the boiling oil in the cauldron was already hot, and seeing that the Qing army had gathered again, the officers of the Taiping Army hurriedly waved their hands to the young men who were boiling oil. Immediately, the six young men lifted the cauldron with iron rods, slowly carried it to the edge of the battlement, and then lifted it fiercely and fell down to the city.

Six cauldrons fell at the same time, boiling hot oil poured down like a waterfall, and a terrible cry rang out from the city. The Qing soldiers who were poured hot oil on their heads were scalded one by one, they were not like those ironclad soldiers, but they wore a simple cotton armor, where could the thin cotton armor withstand the hot oil!

The cotton armor was also burned to the point of "snorting" and smoking, and those battalion soldiers without armor were even more miserable, and their faces were burned in an instant, as if they were cooked, red and puffy, tender... The hands were also full of bubbles, and pieces of red skin were separated from the flesh, and they were stacked there piece by piece.

The soldiers of this family and the ironclad soldiers were better, but they were frightened by the battalion soldiers who were burned to death, no matter how brave they were, they couldn't help but show a hesitant look on their faces when they saw this terrifying scene.

The Taiping army on the city wall smashed down the wood from time to time, and stones of different sizes were also smashed here and there, causing great casualties to the Qing soldiers who landed in the city, and even more fearing the Qing soldiers who were already demoralized.

The Qing army began to cringe, they no longer dared to climb boldly, nor did they dare to gather under the city hard, at first it was just a group of battalion soldiers retreating, and then the banner soldiers were also retreating.

Seeing this, Qin Guocheng was furious, raised his hand, and suddenly there were only a dozen or so Goshha behind him with bows and arrows, aiming at those companions who were retreating.

"Those who retreat will be killed!"

"Go back! Get back! ”

Qin Guocheng drew his sword in his hand and roared loudly, and the Goshha also began to tighten the bowstring in their hands, looking at those sharp arrows, listening to the roar of the capital, the Qing soldiers had no choice but to muster up their courage again, pick up the cloud ladder from the ground hard, and turn back to lean on the city wall again.

"Up!"

Under the orders and compulsion of the officers, whether they were battalion soldiers or Qing soldiers, they were all shouted to climb the ladder. But before they could climb halfway, the Taiping army in the city poured down the hot oil again, and it was so hot that the Qing soldiers on the ladder cried wolf and fell down. When the Qing soldiers on the other ladders on the side saw it, they were all so frightened that they wanted to climb down, but their feet were full of people, and they could go down.

Looking at the battlement with great fear, his heart was in his throat, the sky was pitiful, he waited for a while, but he didn't see the Taiping army pouring hot oil down on the city!

"They're oiled, they're oiled!"

The Qing soldiers cheered as if they had escaped death, there was no oil in the city, there was no oil in the city!

It's not that there is no oil in the city, but it's not hot, and it can't burn people if they fall.

The Qing soldiers under the city were greatly inspired, and more than 100 soldiers climbed up from more than a dozen ladders. Those ladders were full of oil, and when I stepped on them, I slipped them straight up, and I used my hands and feet at the same time, so that I could barely stand firm.

"Up, on!"

The officers couldn't wait to roar, and as soon as one climbed up, the other pushed up, lest if they were any more unhappy, the Taiping army would pour oil again.

But when the soldiers at the top of the ladder were close to the battlement again, the Taiping army's guns rang out again, and there was a burst of gunsmoke, and more than a dozen soldiers fell from the ladder screaming. But there were also some who were not injured, but a spirit, and quickly climbed up again. Stones, wooden blocks, city bricks, everything that can kill the city was smashed down by the Taiping army.

Under the city, the arrows of the Qing army also kept shooting towards the city, because the Qing army had too many arrows, the Taiping army could only passively defend, and gradually, the Taiping army at some battlements became less and less.

There are more than 100 people under Shi Tingyu, the assistant leader of the army, but before he got close to the city wall, there were more than ten casualties among his subordinates, all of whom died under the fire of the Taiping army at the head of the city.

As the co-leader, Shi Tingyu's armor was better than that of Qin Guocheng's personal soldiers, with the innermost layer of chain mail, and then covered with a layer of iron-inlaid cotton armor. Under the protection of this double armor, the Taiping army's firearms and bows and arrows were helpless. However, the armor that weighed dozens of catties on his body also made Shi Tingyu a little out of breath, and he was also sweating, as if he was in a stuffy box, which was very uncomfortable.

Now Shi Tingyu doesn't look forward to making any great achievements, he just looks forward to capturing the city as soon as possible, so as to end everything in front of him. He's had enough of this nightmarish battle.??

The sky lived up to his wishes, and with the encouragement of Shi Xianda's jade soldiers, there were actually a few soldiers on the ladder who were about to climb to the top of the city

There were heavy casualties in the front, and in the back, Ban Zhifu and other generals couldn't hold their breath, especially after seeing that there were not many soldiers left, Ban Zhifu was so anxious that he grabbed Shang Kexi's hand and persuaded hard: "Lord, this city can't be attacked again, if it is attacked again, it will all be destroyed!" Lord, take the people down first! ”

Wang Guohui, the deputy capital commander, Zhou Bingzheng, the staff leader, and others also persuaded one after another, but Shang Zhixin did not persuade him, but the helpless expression on his face could not be more obvious.

Not only did the generals not want to attack any more, but even the ordinary Qing soldiers didn't want to stay under this Xinhui City for a second longer. The huge casualties have exceeded their psychological expectations, and if they can't break through and continue fighting like this, I'm afraid that it won't be long before they put a knife on their necks, and the Qing soldiers will collapse on their own.

Xinhui, who was alone and trapped, actually claimed to have lost so many people, is the Taiping army in this city really just a lone army of only two or three thousand people, and the leader is really a bandit?

The tenacious combat effectiveness shown by the defenders has made Shang Kexi doubt the true situation of the Taiping Army in the city, Ban Zhifu's hard persuasion finally calmed him down, and he also hesitated, but after finding that there were several soldiers on the ladder who were about to attack, he immediately stopped hesitating, pointed there with a clairvoyant mirror, and shouted: "Take it, take it!" ”

Following Shang Kexi's gesture, Ban Zhifu and the others were also stunned, only to see three cloud ladders set up in one place, and the soldiers of the family on the cloud ladders were constantly climbing up to the city from there.

Who was Shi Tingyu, who was the first to ascend to the top of the city, not the co-leader?!

The fly in the ointment of this military parade is that the pilot shot does not seem to be perfect, and it cannot show the spectacle of the column, and the number of times that a certain ethnic group wearing a white hat seems to appear on the camera too often, which makes people as disgusting as eating flies. (To be continued.) )