Chapter 318: The Great War of Sizhou
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In the cold wind of the moon, the city of Sizhou is condensed, the lead cloud presses the city, the whining horn is like the roar of a wild beast, and the hunting flag looms in the smoke of gunpowder.
After many days of bombardment, the outer outline of Sizhou has been crumbling, and the artillery shells of the Qing army are still whistling, violently smashing on the stone wall full of holes, making an earth-shattering roar, crashing thunder and lightning, and deafening.
The Qing army has burst a number of cannon barrels, but still does not relent, Duoduo has already made a decision in his heart, after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left, he will use the bloody killing like Yangzhou again, so that the Qin army is frightened, and will not dare to resist the Qing soldiers in the future.
Bang!
Under the bombardment of cannonballs, there was a sudden loud cracking sound at the head of the city, which made the city and the city silent, and the smoke and dust blocked the view, making it impossible to see what was happening.
When the smoke and dust gradually subsided, I finally saw that the outer silhouette had collapsed for more than ten zhang, revealing a huge gap outside, and the 70,000 Qing troops suddenly burst out into a tsunami-like cheer and roar, and then Duoduo made people blow the horn of an all-out attack.
Under the urging of the low trumpet, the 20,000 Qing troops who had already been prepared rushed towards the collapsed gap like a torrent that burst the embankment.
Under the order of Yan Yingyuan, the Qin army in the city was still trying to plug the gap, and on the city wall near the gap, more than a dozen Fran machine guns roared angrily, and tongues of fire flashed in the smoke of gunpowder, and the shrapnel that spewed out formed a terrifying barrage, so that the approaching Qing army fell one by one, splashing flesh and blood, rolling down stumps, and the bloody scene was like a sheepfold that had been bitten by wolves.
Bartay was a white-armored soldier who was known for his bravery, and he rushed ahead. The corner of his head was cut off by the whistling marbles, and the blood was dripping and the thick brain was flowing on his face.
His majestic body fell to the ground, his mouth open and howling, but he couldn't hear his own howl. The entire battlefield became a silent picture in his eyes.
The blood that kept pouring out stained the world realm in his eyes, and the figures of countless comrades-in-arms rushing past in the rain of bullets turned scarlet, and bloody corpses could be seen everywhere on the ground around him;
The fear of death swept over Barthé's heart, his eyes widened and he was so frightened that he tried to howl. But he couldn't hear anything, and in the end, in the midst of violent convulsions, the world in front of him gradually darkened
The death of one companion after another could not stop the footsteps of the Qing army, and the blood in the eyes of the dying was terrifying. And for those who were not injured, the bloody scenes only made them even more crazy. Rush forward and backward to the collapsed gap.
Two thousand Qin troops were in the gap with a wall of flesh and blood. Bearing the stormy impact of the Qing army, the two armies were glued, relying on the murderous spirit of the tomb, slaughtering each other, the sharp tip of the spear pierced the intestines and broke the stomach, and the snowy steel knife split the arm and cut off the head. The gap more than ten zhang wide was crowded with thousands of people on both sides of the enemy, layer upon layer, shouting like a tide.
The fallen man. Regardless of life or death, he was trampled into a mass by countless pairs of feet in an instant, and his flesh and blood turned into a blurred mud
The momentum of the Qing army is undiminished, such as the rainbow through the sun, the Qin army is finally defeated, and begins to fight and retreat, seeing this situation, the Qing army cheers wave after wave, ringing to curb the clouds, straight into the sky.
Even Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief, although there was still a real city wall, but in this case, unless the Qin army didn't care about the thousands of people on the outside, it was bound to be rushed in by the Qing army.
Seeing that victory was in sight, Duoduo drew his sword and was about to order the following army to rush in together.
Suddenly, the earth shook violently, and the place where Duoduo stood was at least three or four miles away from the gap in the city wall, and he could still feel the tremors of the great powers spreading, and then several huge fires rose up to the sky on the inside of the gap in the city wall, and the dust raised by him rose dozens of feet high, covering the sky and the sun;
Immediately after that, a loud bang that shook people's chests and hurt, boom! Rumble! One bang after another, and Duoduo couldn't even tell if it was five or six, and the dull feeling in his heart made his blood rush to the top of his head, and his scalp tingled.
Every explosion, at least hundreds of catties of explosives can form such a violent shock wave, and the Qing army that is crowded in the gap is like a scarecrow, blown to pieces, and with the dust rushing into the air, there are countless casualties.
The Qing army outside seemed to be stunned, the cheers of the wave stopped, the battlefield was silent, and a pair of eyes looked at the gap in horror, where the smoke and dust covered the sky, and nothing could be seen, as if it had suddenly become a dark hell, and countless devils were tearing apart corpses.
This incomparably tragic sight caused Duoduo's pupils to shrink little by little, and his heart twitched for a while, "Ah! A heart-rending cry burst out, and a mouthful of blood spurted out at the same time.
Duoduo's roar attracted Heying, and the sound of shouting and killing that resounded in Sizhou City was like a turbid wave emptying, and the sound shook the world.
Yan Yingyuan's torso is plump, his eyebrows are erect, his eyes are thin and long, his face is bare, he is carrying a big knife like Guan Gong, and all 10,000 Qin troops under his leadership are like wolves
The army fought with a morale, and the Qing army was blown out by the thrilling explosion, although the gap in the outer outline collapsed in the explosion was even larger, but the tragic casualties made them no longer have the courage to attack.
The Qin army rushed out like a tidal wave, killing the 20,000 Qing troops in charge of the attack, and Duoduo didn't even have time to erase the blood stains on his mouth, and hurriedly ordered tens of thousands of horses outside to respond.
After the Qin army chased and killed dozens of steps, Yan Yingyuan accepted it when he saw that it was good, and immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops. The Qin army cheered, gave up the outer outline, and retreated into the city in one go.
In the attack of less than an hour, the Qing army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, what is the concept of 5,000 men and horses, if the corpses are piled up, it is enough to build a mountain of corpses.
And the Qin army only paid the price of more than 300 casualties in this battle, and this casualty ratio of 1:10 made Duoduo's heart throb constantly.
Hades, if it's the king of Yama!
Yan Yingyuan's nickname of "King of Yama" was indestructible in the minds of the Qing army.
Compared to the more than 4,000 casualties, the morale of being defeated was what Dodor was most worried about.
The Qin army retreated into the city with the joy of victory, leaving only corpses all over the ground, the wind and the sun were sad, the soul was gloomy, the birds could not fly, and the sunset was like blood.
Some of the seriously injured who were not dead groaned like wild ghosts crying, and on the dead branches that were blown to the point that there was not a single leaf, a few crows fell, and the kites pecked at people's intestines, and the defeated horses screamed to the sky, and the flesh and blood filled the caves of the city walls.
"Lord Wang" Ning finished standing beside Duoduo, wanting to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak.
In a voice without any emotion, Dodor said, "Collect the troops and return to the camp." ”
These days, the progress has been quite smooth, the Qing army has been pressing the Qin army, and even the Qin army in the city has a feeling of weakness.
The sudden setback today made Duoduo feel like he was hitting a rock wall.
After returning to the camp, he did not say a word for a long time, like a cold statue.
Ning Wan persuaded me: "Lord Wang, although our army has suffered casualties, but the outer outline has been taken, the city of Sizhou is not big, the width from north to south is only two miles, after our artillery advances into the outer outline, it can completely cover the entire city, and then the Qin army will have nowhere to hide."
Duoduo nodded lightly, in fact, he would not be depressed because of this setback, he quickly recruited Ma Laxi, Gong Adai, Xi Han, Tong Tulai, Zuo Mengeng, Li Yongfang, Sun Degong, Zu Dale and others to the big tent, ready to discuss the strategy of attacking the city tomorrow.
At this time, the messenger sent by Xia Chengde happened to arrive and was brought into the big tent by Duoduo's personal guards.
"Lord Wang, we found out that Qin Mu arrived in Chuzhou and was taking the red lady out of the city to hunt around"
The news brought by Xia Chengde's messenger made Duoduo and the others feel very moved.
Qin Mu, as the lord of a country, actually went to Chuzhou to hunt with the Red Lady at such a time, if it weren't for the messenger to take his head to assure, they would hardly have believed that this was true.
"Master Ning, what do you think Qin Mu means by this?" Dodor asked.
Ning Wan thought about it and said: "Lord Wang, I don't think it's strange, Qin Mu is only in his early twenties, and it is normal for people to be obsessed with beauty, according to intelligence, Qin Mu and the Red Lady have long hooked up with each other, this is a fact." He had just defeated Hong Chenghong's army of more than 200,000 people, but he was afraid that he might not take the 80,000 people of the prince in his eyes, and Chuzhou was only a hundred miles away from Jinling, so he must be even more fearless. ”
"Are you saying that he didn't take the king's 80,000 army into account at all?"
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(To be continued......)