Chapter 177: Struggle (4)

The Gongbei Tower to the north of the south gate and the south of the Governor's Yamen is the south gate building of the old Guangzhou City in the Tang Dynasty, and later with the continuous expansion of the Guangzhou City, it was placed alone in the city, and gradually evolved into a military guard building in the city that can condescendingly overlook the Yangcheng.

At this moment, the deputy general of Nangan, Gao Jinku, arrived here and climbed the tower to look. He is the deputy general under the command of Hu Yousheng, the commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan attacked Southern Jiangxi anyway and Li Chengdong's two attacks on Southern Jiangxi, he was a veteran general with military merits, even the time when Li Chengdong was defeated, although he did not catch the body, but the war horse that Li Chengdong rode was also captured by him.

Outstanding meritorious service, these four words are absolutely worthy of entering the library, but as a reinforcement, in front of Shang Kexi, he didn't even dare to say half a sentence, what Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao said, he would do anything. Not only him, but Guo Hu, Xian Qiyu and others will all be like this.

Looking at the far south gate, the passage to the city wall was blocked by debris, and a large number of people were pouring into the city gate. In the periphery of the people, there is a very small number of Ming army armed, the number is pitiful, Gao Jinku estimated that a charge is enough to kill the south gate. However, the experience accumulated over the years, as well as the intuition of escaping death many times, all told him that the layout of the Ming army would definitely not be so simple.

"Order, clean up the courtyard facing the street, press it up little by little, and don't rush in."

Gao Jinku did not take the enemy lightly, but this made Li Jianjie frown. Originally, he was showing weakness to the enemy, and planned to take advantage of Gao Jinku to attack the ambush circle and then kill from the alleys on both sides, and strive to defeat the vanguard of the Qing army in a battle. But at this point, it seems that Gao Jinku has seen through it, but he has no way to retreat, so he simply ordered the soldiers under his command to resist step by step.

The Qing army slowly moved forward, and while the Ming army was waiting for it on the street, it used the walls of the alleys and the small buildings in the squares to condescendingly, holding fire guns and rifle bows to shoot, and the Qing army's advance pace was immediately stopped.

It has to be said that it is a fortunate thing not to step into the ambush circle, but when it was suddenly attacked, the few Qing troops who rushed to the front inevitably suffered casualties.

On the east side of the street under the double gate in the south of Gongbei Building, a group of Qing soldiers covered their bodies with shields, slowly moving forward, the Ming army shooting was still in progress, most of the arrows were nailed to the shield, but after a moment of silence, with the re-fire of a bird's gun, the lead bullet shattered the edge of the shield, the lead bullet and the fragments of the shield only in that moment the Qing army was full of faces, the shield was thrown to the ground casually, covering his face with both hands, wailing in pain, but he did not wait for the green battalion soldiers behind to drag it behind, from another angle, A sharp arrow burst through the air and plunged directly into the throat of a Qing soldier who came to the rescue, intending to continue the pain and wailing.

Most of Li Jianjie's subordinates are Li Chengdong's old backgrounds, who have rich battlefield experience, and know very well how to act in order to cause the opponent the greatest trouble. However, the Ming archer who had just shot a Qing army had not had time to retract his bow, and was immediately shot through the head by a sharp arrow, and fell straight down from behind the wall.

In a moment, a sword and shield soldier stepped forward to fill the gap, and the Qing army continued to advance under the fire of the Ming army. When it was close to the wall, as soon as the shield array opened, the Qing army carrying the ladder rushed over with a shout, and set up the ladder that was not high, and the follow-up sword and shield soldiers jumped up and climbed over the wall on the ladder.

Almost at this moment, the battle broke out within the walls, and the shouts of killing came and went. More and more Qing troops began to concentrate on the wall, trying to crush the Ming army guarding this place with numerical superiority, so as to continue to advance southward through this lane.

But at this moment, the Qing soldiers who were queuing up to climb the ladder quickly felt the vibration from the ground, and then in the shouts of a Qing army who climbed the wall, a Ming cavalry rushed out of the corner, turned, accelerated, and stabbed straight with the spear, and in one go, the two Qing soldiers were strung on the spear.

It's just a ride, but in such narrow streets and alleys, it's like a car that accelerates sharply, and even knocks those Qing soldiers out of the way.

The Qing soldier who fell on the avenue under the street under the double gate, and was hit head-on and flew out, was as soft as a boneless lump of mud, vomiting blood, and seeing that he was no longer alive. The other Qing soldiers who were knocked away were also not much better, some fell by the wall, and some were soft under the pillars outside the store, and they were all injured a lot, and they didn't want to stand up and fight for a while.

The rider did not look at this, but threw his rifle there, and effortlessly turned his horse's head in the narrow alley, and drove away. Only the two Qing soldiers who were strung together were left behind, not dead for a while, and still wailing in pain, as if to tell the other Qing soldiers that these Ming troops were by no means what they had expected earlier.

In fact, after all, Li Jianjie's department was the elite brought out by Li Chengdong back then, and its combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Nanjiang Green Battalion that entered the warehouse, and it was even better in many places. The decision to abandon the city and leave is nothing more than the strength of the Qing army, including the soldiers of the Pingnan and Jingnan domains, plus the escape of Du Yonghe, who is the commander, otherwise even if the battle cannot be won, it will not let the Qing army slaughter in the city so easily.

The battle is still going on, and the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties are still repeatedly fighting for the alleys on both sides of the lower street under the double gate. But with the passage of time, there was already a way out, but the Ming army, which drove the masters back into the battlefield with a hard back, began to appear to have a temporary decline in the ability to tolerate casualties, and repeated battles gradually turned into passive resistance. As a result, the alleys are being lost faster and faster.

The decline of the Ming army has appeared, and Li Jianjie, who rushed out to fight for several rounds, climbed a fang wall, and looked at the people at the south gate who had already entered the seven, seven, eight, eight. In the next second, a sentry arrow on the city tower flew into the sky with a scream, and Li Jianjie immediately issued an order to retreat, and then the Ming army relied on their familiarity with the terrain and retreated to the direction of the south gate.

The Ming army retreated suddenly, and Gao Jinku secretly said in his heart that it was not good, but before he had time to react, the alleys and alleys where the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties repeatedly fought for each other, thick smoke and fire appeared silently.

First a wisp, then another wisp, and then, wisps of smoke spread out dotted under the firelight, connecting into a line at an extremely abnormal speed, and constantly spreading to the north and south defense lines, directly encircling the Qing army that was "taking advantage of the victory" to pursue in that alley.