Chapter 883: Rush

The sky is twilight, the sky is cloudy and dark like late night, the Qing army outside the city of Qingzhou lit the torches and set up the siege formation, the cannon fodder pushed the siege vehicle in the front and carried the siege ladder, the Qing army responsible for the siege was in the center with a sword and shield, followed by the archers, there were still several stone throwers behind the formation, everything was properly prepared and only waited for the main general Shang Kexi to give an order.

Shang Kexi old Jiang Mi knows how to create an atmosphere to exert psychological pressure on the defenders in the city, but the Qing army outside the four gates of Qingzhou City is not in a hurry to attack, but instead makes a shocking roar: kill, kill, kill......

Tens of thousands of people roared with great momentum, and if it was true that the brave people in the city and countryside changed color, even the people in the city trembled when they heard the sound, and Zhu Youdi of the poor Hengwang Mansion was so frightened that the teacup in his hand was overturned.

Playing psychological warfare?

Jia Waixiong, who followed the little eunuch to the north and south, was naturally unfamiliar with this trick, and then used his own way to govern his body, and took the lead in shouting the slogan in Beicheng: Deflated calf!

Then the defenders of the west city, the east city, and the south city responded one after another, and the war may not be able to beat you, and the condescending voice really does not scare you, and more than 10,000 people in the city shouted in unison: "The deflated calf" overwhelmed the Qing army under the city: "Kill, kill, kill ......".

And this time, the little eunuch is playing with the dog's head gold in the valley.

The deflated calf is not a good thing, Shang Kexi, who supervised the battle on the bank of the Nanyang River, had a blue face and roared angrily: "The order to attack the city!" ”

Outside the northern city, the Qing army took the lead in attacking, and the other three gates who heard the movement attacked in turn, and the archers covered the fire on the city with thousands of arrows, and the cannon fodder was driven towards the city wall under the high-altitude suppression of the catapult, and the Qing army who was avoiding them screamed and rushed forward.

The Qing army launched an attack, and the defenders of the city immediately bombarded the rear of the Qing army with artillery, which made the main general panic, and the stone throwers smashed down the Qing army's camp like hail.

However, it is a pity that the bow and arrow firepower in the city is not enough.

This is the shortcomings of Qingzhou's city defense, but it is also helpless, one of the regular troops in the city is insufficient, the two battalions of Dongchang plus Li Shiyuan's eight hundred local soldiers are less than two thousand and have to break up four, and the bow and arrow is by no means like a pistol to pull the trigger, no training may not be able to pull the bow, even if it can be pulled away, it may not be able to shoot out the arrow.

The second is that the city is under-armed, and there are not many bows and arrows.

Without the long-range fire suppression of bows and arrows, the Qing army under the city easily rushed to the bottom of the city under the cover of archers, preparing to enter the city.

The defenders, who were suppressed by the Qing army's thousands of arrows and could barely lift their heads, finally began to counteract at this time, covering the archers with the shieldmen as they had practiced before, and the throwers frantically smashing down the stones!

The city has been thrown a lot of rocks and debris by Jia Waixiong before, and the Qing army rushed to the city to attack for a while, and when they were trying to find a place to put down their feet and take a ladder, the boulder and wood on their heads rolled down......

But in the same way, the city and countryside lost protection when throwing, and were also shot dead and wounded by the Qing army......

I'd rather die than surrender, I'd rather die than retreat! This is a sentence that Jia Waixiong repeatedly said to the city and countryside warriors before the war, and it was also deeply engraved in their minds, at this time, the Qing army attacked under the heavy attack of the village warriors in fear but did not dare to take a step back, in addition to the sentence of retreat, and they all knew clearly: If you retreat, the chickens and dogs will not be left after the city is broken!

"Stoneing these deflated calves" Jia Waixiong roared the city tower, and the Ming army and the villagers either fired back with artillery, or drew bows and arrows or threw stones, braving the rain of arrows of the Qing army, and fell down and stood up a group......

The fire under the city is soaring, and the city is pitch black, this is Jia Waixiong's deliberate effort to hide his own people in the dark so that the Qing army can shoot blindly, but the fire of the Qing army under the city is a target......

Is the Qing army stupid, don't you know where the fire is exposed?

Of course it's not stupid, it's just that they are attackers who have to rush forward under the city without igniting a fire...... In this case, it is better to light torches, which can light the way for the soldiers and enhance the momentum.

Shang Kexi was slightly surprised by the weak long-range attack power and suppressive power of the defenders in the city, but his determination to defend it also shocked him.

Although they did not look at the situation in the Qing city, the momentum of the defenders and the fierce resistance of the Qing army when they attacked the city showed everything, and they would not surrender.

This completely dashed the hope that there was still a glimmer of hope that the Ming army would surrender, and Shang Kexi made up his mind to attack and would not leave any room and spare strength.

But he also understood at this time that although the defense of the city was insufficient, his own preparation was also insufficient, and there were few ladders, stone throwers, and siege vehicles, so that many soldiers rushed to the city at the risk of death but had no ladder to climb!

"Lord Wang, the fight has started in the west" Shang Kexi, who was watching the battle on the bank of the Nanyang River, paid all his attention to Qingzhou City, but he didn't expect that the Beiyang River in the west would also fight.

In the evening, the Ming army sent two or three thousand cavalry from Linzi, and the momentum was violent, and the posture was to cross the river to send reinforcements while the Qing army was attacking the city.

At that time, it was gratifying and enough of a headache, in this case, he had to divide his troops to intercept, and once there was a leak and he didn't stop it, he would be planted if the city was not captured!

Fortunately, Kong Youde, the man who came back to the pot, soon led his troops along the Beiyang River, and Shang Kexi breathed a sigh of relief and transferred troops to attack the city with all his might, but he guessed that the possibility of fighting in the west was extremely low, after all, the purpose of the Ming army was obviously to contain the Qing army!

Kong Youde also thinks so.

He almost didn't sleep all night, he just lay down and was picked up by Dolgon, naturally he gritted his teeth with hatred for the Ming army, but said that he raised his troops to cross the river and go south along the east bank, and the Ming army was blocked by the Ming army more than ten miles northwest of Qingzhou to confront each other across the river.

The Ming army was only more than 3,000 horsemen lined up on the opposite bank, and this little force did not stop them from crossing the river and going deeper.

The Ming army did not show weakness, and the national scolding of the upper and lower 5,000 years came to greet the eighteen generations of men and women of the ancestors of the Qing army.

The Qing army is besieging the city, why can this reinforcement still calm down and scold Kong Youde here, because Li Yan explained before Tu Yuan and Hao Shaoqi sent troops: the main thing is to contain it, and it is not easy to cross the river to go deeper.

There was tension under the city of Qingzhou, and there was a lot of swear words flying here, and the two armies were scolding each other, but no one planned to rest......

Until the cannon roared, there was a fight on the side of Qingzhou City.

Tu Yuan finally couldn't hold his breath, he and Hao Shaoqi were irritable people, and it was rare to be able to scold each other for a long time without doing anything, at this time, when he heard the roar of the cannon, he was anxious when he saw the fire under Qingzhou City in the distance.

Li Yan said before that he should not easily cross the river to go deeper, but he did not say that he must not cross the river.

Fuck it, Tu Yuan directly ordered to cross the river!

Then the Ming army went north to find a section of shallows to charge, the Qing army was desperately blocked, the archers of the two armies shot across the river, and there were stormtroopers fighting in the river, and the intensity was no less than that of Qingzhou City.