What are you kidding, this thing was originally caused by you guys, and now people are naming you to kill you Gao Qiqian, but not to kill me Cao Huachun, you kid Baba ran back at this time, patted his chest to ask the saint for credit, and took over the guard of the east of the city, and now it's only been a day, you can't stand it.

Now the Yujia army is concentrating its forces to attack Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen, and constantly harassing Guangqumen, which just makes the officers and soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division and the Yongwei Battalion breathe a sigh of relief, and you now want them to take over your subordinates and guard Chaoyangmen, it's just a joke!

What are the virtues of the officers and soldiers of these three battalions and the Yongwei battalion? It is safer to use them to defend Chaoyangmen, it is better to let the common people go, and Cao Huachun does not dare to lightly mobilize these officers and soldiers under his command, for fear that at this time, the Yu family army will shake a shot and change places to attack the Beijing division, and it will be easy to send the soldiers to Gao Qiqian at that time, and it will be difficult to come back again.

Therefore, Cao Huachun insisted on sweeping the snow in front of the door, and whoever was responsible for it, so he categorically refused Gao Qiqian's request.

Gao Qiqian had no choice but to transfer a group of officers and soldiers from the Guangqu Gate side, strengthen them to the Chaoyang Gate side, and inquire about the situation on the Dongzhi Gate side.

Dongzhimen was also attacked by the Yu family army that day, but on the whole, the attack of the Yu family army was not too fierce over there, and it was not like this here, and the female wall battlements on the city were bombarded with cannons, and most of them hit the city wall, and the city bricks collapsed a lot, but the casualties of the officers and soldiers over there were not large.

Yang Guozhu also claimed that they killed hundreds of rebels that day and repelled several attacks by the rebels.

The next day, Yu Xiaotian launched a fierce offensive outside Chaoyang Gate again, and under the cover of rifle and artillery fire, the new battalion was put into battle again, and according to Yu Xiaotian's requirements, three passages to the city wall were completely opened in half a day.

At noon, the boots, who had completed their mission, were withdrawn to rest in the camp, and a group of infantry who had already prepared began to pass through the three moats of Guò, and swooped down on the sheep and horse wall inside the city.

At this time, those officers and soldiers who were stationed on the sheep and horse wall were frightened, and only resisted a little, and then dispersed and fled to both sides.

The attacking troops of the Yu family army took down the sheep and horse wall with little effort, but taking the sheep and horse wall did not mean that the passage to the foot of the city wall was opened. 、

This sheep and horse wall still blocked the Yu family's siege equipment from approaching the city wall, so the engineer company immediately followed and began to dig a hole at the foot of the sheep and horse wall.

Under the frantic excavation of these miners-turned-sappers, large holes were immediately opened at the foot of this sheep and horse wall.

A large number of explosive packs were then brought up from behind, filled into the holes, which were quickly sealed by the sappers, and then the attacking troops withdrew to the outside of the moat with a single order.

I only heard a series of earth-shattering roars sounding from the ground, this sheep and horse wall is more than 100 meters long, suddenly arched upward, and then the earth and stone rose to the sky, and the smoke and dust shrouded the city wall around Chaoyangmen.

Including the people on the city wall, they all felt a violent vibration under their feet, and after the dust and gunpowder smoke cleared slightly, they looked down again, and the sheep and horse wall about twenty steps down the city wall, a section of more than 100 steps had been reduced to ruins.

This blasting operation completely destroyed this section of the sheep and horse wall, and the sappers and infantry went into battle together, and the ruins on the ground were cleaned up like the wind, and they were poured into the moat, and they took the opportunity to use these earthworks to widen the three passages a lot, which was considered to have completely opened up the passage for the Yu family army to attack the city wall.

As soon as Shen Shi arrived in the afternoon, the order for the final general attack of the Yu family army was issued, and dozens of improvised siege equipment were pushed in front of the two armies by a large number of Yu Jiajun, and began to rumble towards the city wall. Among these vehicles, the ladder car is the mainstay, and when folded, the height is only about four or five meters high, but after being pulled up by rope, the height can almost reach more than three zhang, just enough to reach the upper part of the city wall.

In addition, there are some cave house vehicles, these vehicles mainly provide a relatively safe place for the attacking troops to attack at the foot of the city wall, and can also provide a safe place for the sappers to destroy the foot of the city.

In addition, when the attack began after dawn, a battalion of recruits, under the mobilization of a group of craftsmen accompanying the army, harvested a large number of logs from the vicinity and transported them to the battlefield, and under the dispatch of the craftsmen, began to build more than a dozen tall towers made of wooden frames on the spot more than 200 steps away from the city wall.

The strength of the people is great, these towers as high as about ten meters, although the workmanship is very simple, but the construction is very fast, only half a day down, more than a dozen towers were established by the Yu family army, the wood joint parts, all the use of the large iron nails prepared in advance to firmly nail together, and then with hemp rope to tie it to make it more solid.

Above the tower, there is a small platform on which about ten soldiers can observe the shooting.

More than 200 steps is a long distance for the officers and soldiers, except for a small number of Hongyi cannons that can pose a direct threat to these high platforms, the rest of the artillery and muskets are basically difficult to destroy these high platforms.

Under the fierce shelling of the Yujia army for two consecutive days, there were several Hongyi cannons in the Chaoyangmen area, which had already turned into piles of scrap iron and were destroyed on the gun position.

Even if it was some of the remaining Dalian bead artillery, they did not dare to show their heads rashly at this time, and as soon as they appeared, they would definitely attract a fierce artillery attack from the Yu family's army, so frightened that the officers and soldiers would rather not fire the artillery than invite the artillery out to fire artillery against the city.

Gao Qi was anxious to jump up and down, but he didn't dare to go to the city wall to supervise the battle, just drove some of his eunuchs to the city wall, went to the city to supervise the battle on his behalf, and ordered the defenders to defend to the death, saying that he couldn't let Yu's army attack the city wall.

After more than a dozen high platforms were erected, a group of snipers and sharpshooters climbed up, each carrying a good accuracy of the wolf's tooth second-generation rifle, and after standing on the high platform, they began to aim their guns at the top of the city wall.

The Jingshi city wall is eight meters high, that is, not enough for three zhang, but these high platforms are ten meters high, which is two meters higher than the height of the city wall, which is almost equivalent to being condescending to overlook the front city wall.

More than 200 paces away, for them, it is the distance that can effectively exert their firepower, and they do not have to worry about being counterattacked by the muskets or crossbows of the officers on the city wall, even if the artillery of the officers and soldiers poses a threat to them, but at least they must have a chance.

Before the high platform was erected, if the desperate shelling of the officers and soldiers prevented these high platforms from being erected, there would still be a chance, but after they had built the high platform and the snipers and sharpshooters climbed the high platform, the officers and soldiers would have no chance at all.

Soon, the officers and soldiers also realized the threat posed to them by these high platforms, so they hurriedly transferred some remaining cannons to bombard these high platforms, except for the cannons, now they really can't find anything that can destroy these high platforms, so under the order of high and hidden death, the officers and soldiers had no choice but to risk their lives to re-erect a few 500-pound general cannons and a few Dalian Zhu cannons (big Buddha Lang machine guns).

However, before they could adjust their guns, the snipers on the high platform had already discovered their movements, and immediately, under the instructions of the observers, they opened fire on several positions where the officers and soldiers were located.

Before the officers and soldiers who operated the cannon could get the cannon ready, they were knocked over on the city wall one by one, so that they couldn't raise their heads at all, let alone load and push the cannon to aim and fire.

As long as any officers and soldiers dared to approach these artillery, they would immediately be subjected to fierce fire from the snipers, so the officers and soldiers could only stare at the dozen or so high platforms more than 200 steps outside the city, and there was nothing they could do.

After suppressing the city's artillery, these snipers began to search the city walls for high-value targets, especially those who were dressed in armor or dressed in clothes that were obviously different from those of other ordinary officers and soldiers.

In just a moment, the officers and soldiers on the city wall were killed several generals and a thousand generals, and there was a general who presided over military affairs here, and a leg was also broken, screaming like killing a pig, and the city wall was robbed by his own soldiers, and even the two eunuchs who were raising the potential city to supervise the war on the city also became the target of hunting because the clothes were too bright, one was shot in the head on the spot, and the other was shot through the lower abdomen.

This time it's good, none of the officers on the city wall dare to show their heads, one by one they hide tightly, don't think about letting them command the battle, under such high-intensity firepower suppression, the entire officer and army defense system in the Chaoyangmen area is almost facing the danger of complete collapse at this time.

Gao Qi sneaked here, he was really driven crazy, and sent someone to carry a few boxes of silver on the spot, among which there was actually a batch of silver taels that he had privately hidden, which were placed directly next to the horse road under the inner side of the city wall, and ordered that whoever went to the city to guard could immediately get five taels of silver.

(Special thanks to 700917 friends for their tips)