Chapter 1598: Exchanging Life for Dignity
It was these less than 300 defenders who lined up on the city wall, so that the Qing army did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.
At this time, no one dared to underestimate the defenders, they were deserving victors.
For now, at least, thousands of enemies, under their indifferent gaze, had to retreat in disarray.
He didn't dare to underestimate these defenders anymore, and he had no doubt that if he launched another strong attack, the defenders would still repeat the same scene as before.
It's not that he doesn't feel like he can't win, it's that he doesn't want to pay a terrible price for it.
Is a "low-hanging fruit" victory worth exchanging for a painful price?
Ji Xiha did hesitate a little, which was a rare hesitation in his life as a horseman.
He suddenly found that in the previous battle of Xuzhou, his defeat was undoubtedly normal, although any army would raise so many people who were not afraid of death, and they also had them under their own command, and they were provided as treasures on weekdays, but they were definitely not afraid of death like the defenders in this city.
Ji Xiha couldn't figure it out, when did it start, Nan ...... How brave have the southerners become? If this had been a few years earlier, would our army have been able to enter the customs without much effort?
Jishiha knows that there can't be so many people who are really not afraid of death, and if there are really so many people who are so brave, then ...... Is it still possible to be defeated?
Jishiha, who had always been known for his bravery, felt a trace of fear for no reason, and he couldn't make up his mind to attack the city again, even though he knew that the number of defenders in the city was not many.
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Jiang Yi naturally considered it differently from Qi Jiajie.
If Qi Jiajie is regarded as the main force to cover, then Jiang Yi thinks about how to insist, even if it is an extra day or an hour, it can win time for the defense of Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion.
Jiang Yi was right when he learned that the South Gate was in danger and did not divide his troops to reinforce him.
If you are flanked from two sides and the enemy is three times your own, and then you scatter your forces, you think you are dying too slowly.
Jiang Yi's idea was that the north gate could resist for as long as it could take, and if it couldn't resist, it retreated to the city.
With the defenders withdrawn from the east and west gates to occupy the central position, covering the defenders retreating from the north gate and fighting and retreating, and engaging in street fighting, then Haizhou should be able to hold out for two or three days, even if it cannot hold out until reinforcements arrive, at least it can give the southern states and counties time to prepare.
At noon that day, after Jiang Yi organized the defenders to repel the enemy's fifth attack, looking at the few soldiers around him, he ordered to abandon the city wall and retreat to the center of the city.
Lan Bai, who was already impatient, saw the defenders retreating from the telescope, and was immediately overjoyed, he didn't even have any defense, and immediately ordered a general attack, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, Lan Bai wanted to fall into the water dog.
It's a pity that Jiang Yi has always been a ruthless person.
In Wu Zheng's evaluation, whenever you fight against Jiang Yi, you have to be up to twelve points, even if you have defeated him and killed him, you must not be careless, because maybe Jiang Yi will bury a thunder under his corpse.
Rambai soon got a taste of it.
There were no mines buried on the city walls, because digging bricks was too laborious and unscientific.
Jiang Yi piled up some boxes in a bright and dignified manner.
This is actually quite normal, and now the defenders are all muskets, ordinary wooden boxes for ammunition.
So, after the enemy climbed the wall first, he glanced at it a few times to confirm that there was no problem, and then sent back the news.
The hundreds of people who followed up on the city rushed to the city with a "whoop", as if they wanted to make up for the grievances of the previous five attack failures.
In fact, as long as you climb the wall first, and then go down to the city and open the city gate, you can put in the Qing army.
If you don't go to the city, how can you show the military exploits of breaking the city?
This is somewhat redundant to take off your pants and put it away, but often the facts exist, and existence is justified.
Lan Bai smiled happily, he was excited.
You know, over the years, Jiang Yi's name is too loud, he followed Qian Sudian to guard the truth earlier, and then led the remnants to break through under the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, traveled thousands of miles, and finally turned the danger into a disaster under the reinforcement of Shen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong...... The limelight is immeasurable.
Lan Bai saw that Jiang Yi had become a defeated general under him today, and that kind of joy almost covered up the embarrassment of being beaten by Wu Zheng in Xuzhou and fleeing.
And when he thought that as soon as Haizhou City was broken, he could lead the army to the south quickly and establish immortal achievements, Lan Bai had a simultaneous momentum, waved his big hand, and ordered the army to advance and prepare to enter the city.
But Lan Bai has never read a book after all, and he doesn't know that the Han people have an old saying, called "there is no vanity under fame".
Lan Bai was careless.
Then you have to pay a price.
After the infantry had climbed over the walls, Rambay rode his horse to lead the army to the walls, ready to wait for the gates to open and enter the city.
And so it happened.
There was a "boom", followed by a series of "boom", "boom", "boom" .......
The earth shakes and the mountains shake!
Jiang Yi is really ruthless, too ruthless!
When he led the Taizhou guard to Hoard Haizhou, it was when Wu Zheng sought to attack Xuzhou.
There are not many heavy artillery, so naturally they will not give Jiang Yi and let Wu Zheng take them to Xuzhou.
Jiang Yi only brought a hundred small cannons equipped with the façade.
But this did not prevent Jiang Yi from bringing more gunpowder, Jiang Yi pulled more than ten carts of gunpowder.
Well, now it's useful.
To be precise, Jiang Yi is a broken jar and doesn't want to live anymore.
He didn't even mind the people of Haizhou City scolding him for not being a thing and a broken thing after the war.
The piled up gunpowder boxes actually did not have much lethality, and there was no time to install shrapnel, so they did little damage to the infantry.
But thousands of catties of gunpowder, although divided into many places, but once detonated at the same time, its power is extremely great.
Lan Bai was looking at the city tower in front of him, and suddenly it became like a powdery paste, and it collapsed slightly.
The vibration caused by the huge explosion frightened the war horse even to the point of madness, too close.
Countless rubble, stirred up by the explosion, rained down on the human body.
There were three gaps in the north city wall, and the elated pioneers basically did not survive, they were too close, except for those who were torn apart by the air waves, they were shocked to death.
The main force of the Qing army in front of the city gate suffered from the disaster of pond fish, and no less than hundreds of cavalry were shaken off their horses, bleeding from their mouth and nose and other facial features, and no less than 100 people were injured by gravel.
Lan Bai was okay, the guards around him were very loyal, and after the guards reacted, they pounced on Lan Bai and used their bodies to block stone bullets for Lan Bai.
Rambai was furious, he could tolerate being defeated with dignity, but he could not tolerate being framed by such "dirty" means.
Although smoke and dust were still billowing in the air, Lan Bai did not hesitate to brave the current situation full of sand and scolding Jiang Yi for being insidious, shameless, and despicable...... Yunyun.