Chapter 129: Three Forks (4)
The first Qing soldier to poke his head out of the shallow ditch was immediately pierced by a spear from the left eye socket, and the red and white splashed the face of the Qing soldier who was still walking on the bamboo stick, so that his vision was blocked, and the foot stepped on a bamboo stick without paying attention, and ended up screaming.
The spears were ready to fire, and the archers were still shooting the Qing troops who rushed towards the shallow ditch. It's just that the dense fog covered the actions of the Qing army, so that they broke through to a place more than ten meters in front of the camp without hindrance, and launched a charge here, the casualties along the way could be reduced too much, and the will to fight would be much less.
More and more Qing troops rushed forward, and the damage caused by the foot bow became more and more insignificant. At this moment, the bird gun had already been loaded, Ke Chenshu gave an order, and the bird guns in front stepped forward and poked the gun out of the wooden fence of the camp, followed by another round of gunsmoke, when even knocked down a row of Qing troops.
The bird guns retreated and reloaded, and the foot archers continued to shoot, but as more and more Qing troops rushed to the front, the pikemen became more and more weak, and the Qing troops who climbed the shallow ditch soon took up a position in front of the shallow ditch.
In this way, with the protection of the front row of sword and shield soldiers, the follow-up troops will become more secure. The Qing army gathered more and more in front of the village, especially at the camp gate, because there was no shallow ditch, the Qing army had even carried a log, and rushed to the camp gate in a daze, ready to crash open the gate.
The Qing army in front of the camp gate was already running with logs, shouting and shouting, and was about to crash into the camp gate. However, at this moment, the camp gate creaked open, and in the next scene, several artillery pieces were directly presented in front of the Qing army like a bride who lifted the hijab.
"Fire!"
The firecrackers to welcome the relatives were deafening, and the bride was shy, so she put on her head again, leaving only the re-closed camp gate, the corpses all over the field, the stumps and broken arms and blood dripping in that piece, and the subsequent Qing army's stagnation.
"The thieves' artillery still needs to be loaded, rush up and slam the camp gate open, and they won't want to fire again!"
Compared with most of the Ming army and Qing army that were still ordinary people a year or two ago, even if it was just the green battalion, most of them were from the old Ming army or the original rogue, and the officers and soldiers at all levels had too much combat experience. Fear may make them unable to move for a while, but fear will make them attack even more frantically.
The Qing troops of the brigade stepped on the old mud in the mountains full of blood, and several of them simply lifted the logs and launched a charge again. However, this time, the camp gate was opened without warning, and the only difference from the last time was that this time it was not the copper squirrel, but several small tiger squat cannons were carried to the copper squat that was being loaded, and they were still aimed at the Qing army outside the camp gate......
In the direction of the main gate facing the north of the camp, the battle was in full swing, and after the curtain of the dense fog was opened at a missed hour, there was almost no foreshadowing and it directly entered the climax stage.
At the same time, on the mountaineering road in Zhongchong Town, the Haicheng Green Battalion led by Hao Wenxing was also groping its way forward in the dense fog, and compared with Wang Bangjun's unit who was responsible for the frontal attack, they had already heard the sound of artillery fire in the distance on the road, and had a clearer goal and a more easily estimated distance, both in terms of travel speed and direction, they were much faster than the former.
Hao Wenxing has been in Haicheng County for many years, and Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai are old rivals, but they are not like other counties that were captured by the Ming army or the righteous army at every turn. Therefore, Wang Bangjun simply handed over the task of outflanking the back road to Hao Wenxing to carry out, that is, he believed in his ability.
The Haicheng Green Battalion was approaching step by step, getting closer and closer to the sound of artillery fire and shouts of killing. A moment later, the movement was still far away, but they could already vaguely see the wall not far away, and the more faint fiery red figure behind the wall.
"Whoever doesn't beat the drum, die!"
As soon as the Ming army camp was discovered, Hao Wenxing sent his troops and horses to attack. The Ming army was attacked before and after, and Ke Chenmei had to hold the back road of the camp, which further reduced the strength of the defenders on either side.
Compared with just now, after several rounds of artillery bombardment, under the knife of the warlord, the Qing army finally rushed to the front of the camp. The log has been replaced, but it is still dutifully fulfilling the mission of its predecessors. The camp gate was heavily slammed, and the artillery behind it was far from being properly loaded, and even the crew of one of the guns was even more busy, hurriedly putting the shells in before pouring gunpowder.
The camp gate is tight, and the walled wall is not as one-sided as it was. After the Qing army gained a firm foothold, they marched in formation, approaching the wall with swords and shields, and stabbing the Ming army through the gap with pikemen, while trying their best to tear down the wall. On the side of the Ming army, in order to prevent the wall from being knocked down, there will be more Qing troops pouring in, and they have to start a brutal war of attrition with the Qing army here.
Zhongchong Town only has 1,000 soldiers, and the Qing army attacking the village has Wang Bangjun's Zhangzhou Town Mark, Hao Wenxing's Haicheng Association in the back, not to mention Wang Zhigang's Left Town Mark After breaking the current reinforcement of Zuo Town and Right Chong Town, they are also rushing to reinforce.
If you go down, there is only one dead end for the Ming army!
As time passed, the casualties of the Ming army increased, and gradually even the defense of the walled wall became more and more inadequate. Moments later, the gate of the camp was smashed open with great force, and the commander of the bronze gun that was being loaded pressed the torch directly against the fuse.
Sparks splattered, but no shells were fired. The mistake in the panic caused the other artillerymen to lose the courage to continue reloading and fled into the camp.
Ke Chenshu had already personally led the team to the front of the camp and fought with the Qing army. But when the camp gate was broken, the Qing army could rush in without hindrance. More and more Qing troops attacked the camp, and soon, even a wooden walled wall near the left was torn down by the Qing army, and more Qing troops entered it and started a melee with the Ming army guarding the village.
The defeat is decided, and maybe even the next moment, the Ke brothers and Zhongchong Town, which they have devoted two years of hard work, will face the tragedy of total annihilation.
At this point, Ke Chenshu was a little calmer. In the direction of the back door of the camp, the sound of shouting and killing came faintly through the fog. Their brother may be said goodbye forever, but he knows that his brother will never descend the Tartars, just like him. And he firmly believes that Zheng Chenggong will sooner or later drive out the Tartars and avenge their brothers and the soldiers of Zhongchong Town. It's a pity that he can't see it.
"If there is an afterlife, if Hu Lu is not appeased, our two brothers will kill the Tartars with the national surname!"
Silently thinking in his heart, Ke Chenshu shouted a fierce battle and bravely launched a counter-charge against the current Qing army. But at this time, the rear of Wang Bangjun's department suddenly exclaimed, and then there were more shouts of killing, from far and near.
The shouts of killing sounded behind him, and the officers who commanded the troops in the battle did not know why, turned their heads to look, and even the soldiers began to worry about the back road, so that the offensive of the Qing army was immediately stopped.
Seeing this, although he didn't know why, how could Ke Chenshu give up this great opportunity, and hurriedly shouted to his subordinates who were still fighting and had given up the battle and were trying to find a way out: "Reinforcements have arrived, soldiers, kill them and join the country's surname!" ”