Section 205 Frog Jumping and Fighting - Battle of Hangzhou (5)
People interact with this society, and it is not right to simply adapt and transform. In the face of this world, if you retreat from fear, I promise that what you seek will not succeed.
The assault of the armored spearhead became more and more difficult, and the barricades were constantly encountered, and a large number of Qing soldiers rushing out of the alleys on the side were holding wine jars, but fortunately, these wine jars were quite heavy, and most of them were knocked to the ground. And since six vehicles have now been destroyed, that is, there are sixty more rangers, which is much safer than the initial advance.
He drew four more chariots to patrol along the avenue to the bell tower, to ensure his communication with the base of the bell tower's advance, and the wounded soldiers and ammunition behind were given a good guarantee.
Jiang Yu was left in the bell tower by Xu Liejun, and set up an advance base here, and ten chariots were arranged into a square by him to form a solid position, and the five chariots were constantly patrolled between the forward and the base according to Xu Liejun's requirements to ensure contact.
The bell tower now contains about a dozen corpses and forty wounded. And he was constantly attacked from the north and west, but fortunately, the reinforcements and medical platoon sent solved some of his troubles, and he was free to command a patrol composed of all Shenzhou soldiers to clear the nearby area piece by piece.
And this kind of flexible combat method is familiar and good at the Shenzhou army, through the wall, the upper room to drill dog holes, a good barricade is often blown up by grenades flying from nowhere. With the reinforcement of the barricades and the increase in the number of looted artillery, the defense of this base became stronger and stronger, and by the time they passed through it it was completely under control.
At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and everyone was fighting at night, and they were all dusty, and no matter how they looked at it, they were a little colorless.
Zhang Mingzhen kept looking at the sky, the corner of his eyes always paying attention to the length of the last incense stick, and listening to the sound of firearms that had sounded like fried beans, his heart was very anxious.
From here, you can see the light flashing when the firearms in the city explode, and half the sky is bright. I couldn't help but secretly admire those Shenzhou troops, a team of less than 10,000 people dared to attack this fortified city defended by the male army, if there were no 50,000 or 60,000 people or someone in the city to respond, they would not dare to call for battle anyway.
"Report to my lord, in the river on the Qiantang River over there, there are Shenzhou Army boats, I heard that they have already won three of the five water gates, and those boats said that they were about to enter the city."
Zhang Mingzhen took another look at the incense, and there was only a small part of the incense stick left, and his heart was ruthless, and he went up and kicked the incense burner aside. He said loudly: "Pass my general order, the soldiers and horses of the headquarters will set up a cloud ladder to enter the city, and the army of Master Shen will follow the boat of Shenzhou City to enter the city through the water gate, and we will attack internally and externally, I don't believe that we can't take a city gate." ”
The Ming army under the city moved, and a group of soldiers carried the ladder and rushed towards the city gate with a shout. The rockets under the city dragged the white smoke and flew in an inconsistent curve towards the city, and many of them exploded or were extinguished due to the different lengths of the leads, and the fuses did not explode at all. A swarm of bees does look like a swarm of poisonous bees out of the nest, flying to the city in a large cloud of white smoke, but the arrows inside are short and close due to the different craftsmanship of the craftsmen, and some arrows are burned because of the tail of the arrow, drawing a strange arc, like a fireworks show. At the same time, other firearms, large and small, just greeted the city, and for a while they were extremely powerful.
Although the Qing army above the city head transferred most of the combat strength due to the bloody battle in the city, there are about 3,000 defenders left at the head of the city here, and Zhang Mingzhen's Ming army also has about 10,000 people.
Crossbow arrows and firearms poured death and seeds on the city, and groups of Ming soldiers were knocked down in pieces on the way to the charge. The slow shield car was also hit by the Lu Mi gun and the Franc machine gun in the city, and the Ming soldiers hiding behind the shield car were also beaten to the head and bleeding.
Fortunately, Zhang Mingzhen had 2,000 troops under Zhang Mingzhen who were equipped with vans and all kinds of firearms according to the establishment of the Qi family's army, and soon this army of vehicles was stationed near the city gate and fought hard against the enemy army at the head of the city.
The soldiers of the Ming army retreated from the head of the city like a tide. They were left with corpses all over the ground and wounded soldiers still whimpering for their last breath. Zhang Mingzhen watched the "performance" of life and death under the city with a monocular clairvoyant, holding his breath in his chest, he wanted to shout to the sky, and he wanted to question the soldiers. But looking at the wounded soldiers who were supported by their companions and managed to escape with their lives, they had to sigh sullenly in their hearts, regretting that they had started early.
He knew in his heart why the Shenzhou army didn't want them to attack the city at the same time, because people knew that they didn't have that ability. Asking them to light incense sticks was not to humiliate them, but to create more pressure on the Qing army in the city, forcing them to transfer troops from here so that they could attack the city for themselves. But how can this city be so difficult to break!
At this moment, at the far corner of the city wall, a large cloud of black smoke rose up, even obscuring the sun that had just risen. In the smoke of gunpowder, a big red flag appeared there, with a big Yue character written on it.
"The Shenzhou army is coming" Zhang Mingzhen didn't speak, his eyes kept paying attention to the red flag, only to see it quickly roll towards the south gate, the Qing army on the head of the city was obviously moving in that direction, but this time was the best time to attack the city.
The soldiers around him cheered in surprise when they saw this scene.
"Siege" Zhang Mingzhen suppressed the joy in his heart and handed down the general order majestically.
At this moment, among the officials in Hangzhou City, the officials no longer care about maintaining the proper demeanor of officials, and they all have sad faces, speak hurriedly, and continue to issue some inexplicable orders to their subordinates. The guards and soldiers in the palace went back and forth, in and out, all of them were quite busy.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... Ladies and gentlemen," Chen Jin screamed a few times in the chaotic lobby before suppressing the buzzing sound like flies in the hall.
"Everyone, don't panic, when I came, I had already discussed it with the university scholar Hong Chengchou Hong, if something can't be done, this official will protect you to Huzhou City, so that you can stay there. Besides, Lord Hong has already sent the urgent notice to the capital and the general of Zhengnan respectively, and the reinforcements will arrive soon, so please don't panic. ”