There are a lot of plum blossom piles buried next to the city wall in Chongqing, and these things not only hinder the cloud ladder from approaching the city wall, but also have some impact on Liu Tichun's blasting equipment. Originally, Liu Tichun planned to find an opportunity to clear them, and in order to help Dang Shousu disperse the firepower, he started in advance, sent troops to clear the wooden stakes, and at the same time began to tentatively fill in the trenches.

The Ming offensive seemed to have taken the Qing army by surprise, and Liu Tichun's men quickly cleared a large area of obstacles and successfully threw a number of dirt bags into the trenches west of Chongqing. It took a long time for the Qing army to react and send some soldiers to interfere with the Ming army's movements, but all they could do was to attack the Ming army with long-range weapons on the city walls, and never launched any counterattack out of the city.

The rapid progress of the offensive made Liu Tichun even more surprised, he had only planned to use a feint to contain the Qing army, and if the Qing army sent death squads, he would retreat cautiously. While Liu Tichun's side was progressing smoothly, the pressure on the party's side did not increase further, and the Qing army seemed to be able to only support their positions outside the city, but could not drive the Ming army into the distance.

"It's just that the two of us are attacking, and Chongqing is already difficult to resist?" Liu Tichun observed the battle situation and felt that it seemed that it was not out of reach to blast through the walls of Chongqing: "Chongqing is built on a mountain, and it is too difficult to dig tunnels to blast, even if you push the blasting truck up, it is very dangerous, and it is easy to be attacked by the other party." ”

The relatively heavy demolition truck, the simple ladder is undoubtedly much lighter, and with the combat effectiveness of the Qing army so far, Liu Tichun felt that if he could successfully land the city, he might be able to take Chongqing.

After his subordinates filled in another section of trench, Liu Tichun decided to give it a try, and he had a small number of troops carry ladders to launch a tentative attack. When the enemy's stronghold outside the city had not yet been cleared, this kind of attack was of course very risky, so Liu Tichun kept the main force at hand in case the Qing army in Chongqing suddenly came out.

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"The thieves are rushing up."

The Qing army officers who were ordered to guard the city wall shouted loudly, and the Qing soldiers hidden behind the wall battlements held their weapons and watched nervously at the Ming army in front of the city.

Although Li Guoying hoped that the Ming army would storm the city walls so that the defenders could take full advantage of the Chongqing fortress, the speed of the Ming army's progress was beyond his expectations. The equipment of the Kui Dong Army is quite good, and it is not the same as a few years ago; Moreover, Liu Tichun's subordinates have also been trained many times in Huguang, and their progress in one day is equivalent to the three days expected by Li Guoying.

"Archer!"

When the Qing archers heard the order, they walked forward to the battlements and fired at the Ming troops who were trying to cross the trench. The Ming troops there all held their shields high, forming a tight shield array. As soon as the shield moved to the edge of the trench, someone jumped into the trench that had been filled with dirt, allowing the shield to move on. Soon the Ming army protected their ladder and moved to the side of the trench near the city wall, and after the shield wall was held up to the wall of Chongqing, the Ming army erected wooden stakes underneath and began to build improvised shelters.

Most of the feather arrows fired by the Qing army were blocked by shields, and when the Ming army began to erect wooden stakes, the Qing army at the head of the city began to throw stones down the wall. The huge stone slammed into the roof of the Ming army's shed, making a dull loud noise.

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"The Tartars don't seem to be out of the city," Liu Tichun kept observing the enemy camp in front of the city gate of Chongqing, until when his men began to attack the city wall, the Qing army camp at the city gate was still suppressed by the party guards. As long as the Qing army could not expel the party Shousu, it would be difficult for the large army to quickly go out of the city to attack Liu Tichun's headquarters by the wall; Liu Tichun turned his head to look at the city again, and he noticed that the Qing army's stones were thrown very inaccurately, and the Ming army's losses at the root of the wall were still less than he expected. Liu Tichun saw that the Qing army was hiding behind the battlements and throwing stones: "The morale of the Tartars is not good. Our army is already in the corner, and they should lean out to attack. ”

The feint was so successful that Liu Tichun began to consider developing it into a real attack, and if he could capture a section of the city wall, judging by the fighting spirit and strength of the Qing army so far, it would not take too long to take Chongqing.

"Let the party general keep on the offensive, and don't let the Tartars come out and copy my back road." Originally, Liu Tichun's feint attack was to distract the attention of the Qing army and make Dang Shousu's losses smaller, but after Liu Tichun decided to develop the feint into a real offensive, he in turn asked Dang Shousu to strengthen the offensive, contain more Qing troops and cover his safety.

"No problem." After hearing Liu Tichun's request, Dang Shousu patted his chest and assured the envoy: "Go back and tell General Liu, don't worry, with me, even if you are a hundred thousand Tartars, don't want to get close to him." ”

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Now there are 11,000 armor in Chongqing City, and Li Guoying left 3,000 Han Eight Banners and 2,000 Green Battalion elites in the city as reserves; A large number of auxiliaries were sent to the city walls to act as slingers, as well as to assist the other armoured men in the defense, which was far less useful in the field than in defending the city. In the absence of an officer's supervision, most of these unarmored soldiers would only hide behind the battlements and throw stones, rather than poking their heads out of the wall where feathered arrows were flying. However, Li Guoying did not have such a request, and he did not intend to beat the Ming army too painfully at once. Now he is more worried that the other party will adopt the tactics of long-term siege, although the food in Chongqing is almost enough to eat for a year, but Li Guoying does not know whether the imperial court can gather a large army to come to Sichuan within a year and relieve himself from the siege under Deng Ming's nose.

The ferocity of Dang Shousu and Liu Tichun's offensive also surprised Li Guoying. Seeing that Liu Tichun had already begun to prepare to climb the city wall, someone couldn't help but build yì Li Guoying sent reinforcements to the danger area.

"If the thieves enter the city in just a few days, the thieves will definitely boost their morale." Even Sun Sike came to ask Li Guoying for battle, if the city of Chongqing is broken, it will be even more difficult for them to get the forgiveness of the Kui Dong Army: "The last general has a lot of firearms in his hands, and it is just right to deal with the Kui Dong thieves." ”

Li Guoying thought about it for a while, if the attackers were kept out of the trench, the losses of the defenders would be minimal, and the losses of both sides in the fierce battle of the city wall would surge, and the exchange ratio would definitely not be as good as the previous one.

But Li Guoying still did not agree to let Han Baqi fight, he said to Sun Sike: "That's it, use our unarmored soldiers to consume their armored soldiers, and the dead don't have to eat." ”

One after another ladders were erected on the city wall, and Liu Tichun ordered all the firepower to be fired, and all the firearms and bows and arrows were placed on the city head. A large number of rockets were dropped on the city, which was very spectacular, and Liu Tichun looked at his covering fire with satisfaction, hoping that this would further shake the morale of the defenders on the wall.

"The thieves are attacking."

The Qing officers behind the battlements warned each other. A large number of bows and arrows suddenly flew up, injuring many unarmored soldiers who were carrying wood and stones. An unarmored soldier who was adding fuel to the iron pot was suddenly shot in the back by an arrow, and instead of falling to his death, he jumped up. The unarmored soldier reached out in vain and swung it behind his back, trying to grab the shaft of the arrow and pull it out of his body, and the pain was so severe that the dying man screamed and slammed around, and even threw himself at the hot asphalt pot in front of him.

The other unarmored soldiers around the iron pot were dumbfounded, and no one made any moves to stop the frantic companion. When the unarmored soldier who was hit by the arrow was about to hit the iron pot, he suddenly flew from the side and kicked the Qing soldier to the side. It was an officer who swooped down, and after kicking the man who had been hit by the arrow, he slashed at the wounded man's neck with his knife in his hand, and the cry of pain came to an abrupt end.

"Look at the pot!" The officer scolded viciously. He has been fighting with Li Guoying for many years, and he knows that sometimes this happens, but the mortally wounded person refuses to breathe. If this crazy person knocked over the asphalt pot just now, not only would the pot of asphalt be wasted, but it might also cause a small-scale fire and burn a few Qing soldiers next to him.

Seeing a ladder poking out of the wall, the officer, holding a bloody steel knife, rushed to the top of the ladder with an arrow: "Bring the pot!" ”

Several big men took an iron pot off the fire and shouted at the same time, and at the same time lifted it vigorously above their heads.

"Pour!" The officer's eyes widened and he gave the order with murderous vigour.

"Slow down, slow down, pour! Don't splash! While several big men were leaning the iron pot out of the wall, the officer was still shouting loudly from the side. He knew that the most likely thing these inexperienced auxiliaries would do was to move too fast, throwing most of the asphalt into the distance of the wall, rather than down the ladder.

"Torches." As soon as the officer reached out and took a piece of firewood from the hand of a fire-burning soldier behind him, after the previous few big men retreated with the iron pot, the officer poked the torch out of the battlement, and hung his hand in the air for a while before releasing his fingers, allowing the burning firewood to fall vertically.

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After seeing the rockets in the sky soaring, Yuan Zongdi looked in the direction where Liu Tichun was, and he knew that this scene meant that the Ming army had launched a real attack.

"Just under the city walls, did you start the general attack? Why don't you talk to me first. Yuan Zongdi muttered, but he knew that it must be Liu Tichun who had discovered the fighter.

"Let's get all armed." Now that Liu Tichun has started a strong attack, the counterattack of the Qing army may occur at any time. Yuan Zongdi summoned his guards to help him sort out his armor. As his banner danced, groups of soldiers of the Wanxian Army began to move forward, ready to help the Yiling Army at any time.

"Our strength has really been much stronger in the past few years, and we have shot hundreds of arrows this time." Yuan Zongdi let out such an emotion. The dense rocket cover in the distance was something that Kui Dongjun had never dared to think of before, but now Liu Tichun alone can mobilize dozens of archers to shoot indiscriminately at any cost. A sense of pride arose from Yuan Zongdi's chest.

Of course, Yuan Zongdi had never seen the Ming army led by Deng Ming in the battle of Gaoyou Lake, and in that battle, not to mention trebuchets and artillery, the rockets were all fired after 100,000 and then 100,000.