Chapter 633: Scarlet Qamdora

After the Eagle Yang Army, the Yue Cavalry Army, the Changshui Army and the Servant Army set off, Liu Juntao led the main force of the Ming army to advance to the northwest, and the army went straight to Qamdo!

At this time, he also tried to kill the 100,000 troops in the inner part from the west, and the 200,000 iron cavalry of the Duohuo Thorn Department from the south, Liu Juntao knew that he had no extra time, and he must capture Qamdo before the two Tartar reinforcements arrived, and completely destroy the Turpan Department, otherwise this battle will evolve into a four-way melee between the Ming and the three Tartars, even if the Ming army wins, it will suffer heavy losses!

More importantly, the remaining 150,000 captives in the Ming army had just surrendered, and once they saw that the battle was stalemate, they would definitely think that the Ming army had fallen into decline, and it was very likely that they would fight back at that time. As long as those captives are on the verge of defection, tens of thousands of servant army iron cavalry will follow!

Liu Juntao is very aware of the truth that the hearts of those who are not of our race must be different, at this time, whether it is a captive army or a servant army, the reason why they can follow the Ming army to charge into battle is entirely because the Ming army is too strong, these Hu people worship the strong and are afraid of the combat power of the Ming army. And once the Ming army loses the battle, these Hu people will immediately bite back!

As a result, Liu Juntao led the main force of more than 400,000 Ming troops to attack all the way to the northwest, and arrived at the city of Qamdo in less than three days. Liu Juntao immediately commanded all the units of the Ming army to surround the city of Qamdo, and ordered the captive army to take the lead and prepare to immediately start a siege battle.

Qamdo in the Western Han Dynasty belonged to the robbery of the six kingdoms of Shanbei, from Jin to Sui were the nomadic land of Gaoche and Rouran Turks, and the Tang Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Tingzhou, and at this time it had been built as a fortress by the Turpan Department.

However, Qamdo Racheng is said to be a fortress, but it is still far from the various fortresses and passes built by the Ming Dynasty. The circumference of the city of Qamdo is less than ten miles, there is only one city wall, there is a trench dug outside the city, equipped with horses and other equipment, and there is no other city defense facilities, even the enemy platform and arrow tower are not much.

If you compare the Huozhou City that the Ming army attacked before, this Qamdo will not be on the table at all.

However, Liu Juntao did not take it lightly because of this, after all, Qamdo is already the last hope of the Turpan Department, once this city is lost, waiting for the fate of the Turpan Department is to exterminate the clan!

Therefore, Liu Juntao believes that even if the city of Qamdo is not a strong city, this siege battle must be a tough battle!

This time, Liu Juntao mobilized 150,000 captives to take the lead, still like attacking Huozhou City, dividing the 150,000 army into four teams, each team of 30,000 horses, and attacking the four sides of Qamdo City at the same time, and the remaining 30,000 troops were used as reserve forces.

At the same time, Liu Juntao mobilized the Zhichong Army and the Tiger Ben Army to form a formation on all sides of Qamdo Racheng to stand by, preparing to supervise the battle and suppress the formation, and Liu Juntao himself led the soldiers of the Longxiang Army to establish a defensive line three miles southeast of Qamdo.

At noon, with the sound of fierce war drums in the Ming army, the siege battle kicked off!

On the vast desert, the crowds around Qamdo Racheng were crowded, and 120,000 captive troops swarmed up and densely killed Qamdo Racheng.

In the rear, the artillery of the Tiger Ben Army and the Zhichong Army also began to exert their might, constantly bombarding the head of the city of Qamdo, roaring everywhere for a while, the dust and smoke were noisy, and the head of the city of Qamdo was constantly bombarded by cannons and splashed with gravel, and the Turpan soldiers guarding the head of the city began to float, and the rain of arrows shooting outside the city also weakened a lot.

"Ascend to the city!"

After the 120,000 captives destroyed the defenses outside the city and concentrated tens of thousands of archers to shoot at the defenders of Turpan for a while, Liu Juntao gave the order to attack the city.

Immediately, more than 100,000 captives carried thousands of ladders and swarmed up, and the dense ladders continued to lean on the head of the city, and the steel hooks on the ladders suddenly hooked the head of the city, and no matter how those Turpan soldiers chopped and pushed, they could not overturn the ladders.

After a while, more than 100,000 captives climbed up to the top of the city along thousands of ladders, and the fierce offensive and defensive battle began!

At this time, the Turpan soldiers and horses were already at the end of the road, and there was no weapon in the city to defend the city like the Ming army, so they could only fight against the captives who were frantically attacking the city.

The shrill cries of the rain of arrows tearing through the air almost drowned out the shouts of the captives rushing from below, and the long arrows rained down like raindrops, making countless sounds on all accessible surfaces. Screams, exclamations, with the continuous falling figures, resounded throughout the battlefield.

Just when the main force of the captive army was attacking the city, Liu Juntao also ordered the prepared ramming cart to be dispatched, and the soldiers of the captive army who were pushing the cart together braved the long arrows whistling all over the sky under the cover of the shield soldiers. Pushed by nearly a hundred soldiers, the crash car sped at high speed, and as the force of inertia increased, it emitted a huge roar, and the momentum was amazing.

At this moment, countless large and small stones suddenly flew out of the city wall, and occasionally huge logs fell from the sky. The captive soldiers besieging the city were hit hard for a time and suffered heavy casualties.

However, there are many holes in the defense of Qamdo City, and there are only more than 40,000 defensive forces in the city, which is already overstretched at this time, and it is impossible to take care of it. In a short time, the captive soldiers had successfully climbed over the walls from many places. They were fierce and slaughtered the Turpan soldiers, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat on the city began again.

At the gates, the captive's shieldmen held their shields aloft, shielding their own soldiers. There were not many Turpan soldiers on the tower of the city gate, and the long arrows shot out were sparse, and there was no threat at all.

The captive soldiers attacked the city gate only twice during the attack on Qamdora, which greatly paralyzed the Turpan army, which was not well defended. They were lucky enough to think that the enemy would not give up any more difficulties, and they lost a lot of troops to attack the city gates. So they have repeatedly drawn strength from here to replenish other places.

At this time, as the ramming cart was getting faster and faster, the soldiers pushing the cart were already galloping. The shield soldiers protecting them were no longer able to keep up with the rhythm, and the gaps in their defenses were getting bigger and bigger.

About fifty paces from the city gates, the captive soldiers finally broke out. "Brothers, rush, ......" hundreds of captured soldiers suddenly shouted loudly.

The wildness of these captive soldiers had already been stimulated by the huge crash car, and in the midst of their shouts, they pulled away the shield soldiers around them, no longer caring about the long arrows flying in the air, let out a shout, and with all their strength, pushed the huge crash car, and rushed to the two closed city gates without hesitation.

The soldier who fell from the arrow was either crushed in half by the whirling wheels or trampled to death by his speeding companions. Everyone's emotions went crazy with the roaring crashing car. They roared and ran, and saw nothing but the gates.

The shieldmen did not forget their mission, and they stubbornly held their long shields high and flew closely behind.

The Turpan soldiers on the tower of the city gate angrily shot one long arrow after another. They knew that they were powerless to stop the enemy's impact, but they knew that they had to hold on, and they must not take a step back, this battle was already the last battle of the Turpan Division!

The sound of the horn on the gatehouse kept coming, and the low and rapid war drums in the Ming army outside the city suddenly overwhelmed the enemy's horn and suddenly sounded above the battlefield.

"......Boom" An earth-shattering loud sound came from the city gate cave.

The soldiers on the battlefield felt the earth tremble and the city walls tremble, as if the entire city of Chamdora was shaking with a sound.

The fierce battle had been going on for a whole afternoon, when a glimmer of sunset slowly sank to the horizon. The curtain of darkness was slowly lifted.

Outside the city of Qamdo, dozens of huge fires suddenly lit up. The firelight illuminated the city of Qamdo at night, highlighting the bloody battlefield to the horror and misery.

Liu Juntao had already ordered all the remaining 30,000 captives to be put into the battlefield, and ordered a night battle to continuously attack the Turpan soldiers and horses in the city.

On the city wall of Qamdo, the Turpan tribesmen wearing all kinds of clothes and the soldiers in armor mixed together, fighting on various defense points, shouting and killing, roaring, the sound of weapons colliding, drums, horns, and all kinds of sounds intertwined and resounded in the night sky.

At this time, the fierce battle has lost its rules, and everyone is gathered in groups of three or five, fighting to see who is more ruthless. No one dodged anymore, whether it was the attacking side or the defending side, everyone had the heart of death, with the idea of dying with the enemy, like a group of madmen who had lost their minds, tearing and gnawing at each other.

Outside the south gate, seven or eight of the captive army's crashing cars had been destroyed, either breaking the frame or being ignited by rockets fired by Turpan soldiers. Now a thousand general manager is shouting frantically, arranging for the soldiers to prepare another crash car. A hundred soldiers, led by it, began to push carts, accelerated, ran. This was the eleventh time they had struck the southern gate of the city of Qamdo.

The crashing car soon reached its maximum speed, and it was surrounded by a hundred big men, carrying the invincible momentum of thunder, and let out a huge roar, the city tower was shaking, and the earth was shaking.

The smoke in the gatehouse was suddenly blown away by a gust of wind and scattered in all directions, and the flames in the gatehouse were raging and swaying and dancing violently in the wind.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, this Qian Zong and his soldiers suddenly opened their eyes wide, and looked at the city gate incredulously, the south gate of Qamdo was miraculously knocked open a hole, a huge hole.

Mr. Chi and the soldiers were dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes. Then they let out a great shout of joy and ran, roaring all the way, paying no more attention to the arrows and stones that were thrown from the towers. Braving the scorching heat, they stepped on the burning wood, rushed through the flames, and burrowed into the breaches of the city gates.

The gates were broken, and the city of Qamdo was inadvertently opened with a gap, a fatal gap.

Behind the city gate, the Turpan military piled two one-person-high barrier walls with earthen bags. The purpose is also to prevent the city from being broken to hinder the charge of the enemy's cavalry units and delay the enemy's attack. The main street under the city walls is full of weapons, stones, and other tools for defending the city.

At this time, the captives rushed in like a tide, and the Turpan soldiers and subordinates who were still busy on the street suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, as if they had seen evil ghosts, and immediately dispersed.

After Liu Juntao heard the news that the southern city gate was breached, he immediately ordered that the captive army completely take the city within an hour, and then he could not seal the sword overnight!

This order became the last straw that crushed the defenders of Turpan, and this night, the entire city of Qamdo turned into a hell on earth!