Chapter 503: The Power of the Poisonous Crossbow
(It has been replaced, readers can read it with confidence, and I apologize again, and I will add a new chapter today)
"Dashuai, Li Dingguo, the general who defends the city, is really a stubborn and stubborn man. He categorically refused the emperor's persuasion to surrender, and was bent on confronting my Qing Heavenly Soldiers, which is really hateful! If he hadn't escaped quickly, he would have been killed by an arrow a long time ago。。。。。。 After the Han people fled back to the battle, they wiped their tears with tears on their faces, and complained to Huang Taiji urgently.
"Shut up!"
Huang Taiji drank loudly, and the Han people trembled, and immediately felt as if someone had choked their necks, and they didn't dare to cry again.
Huang Taiji looked at the Han people in front of him who were sallow with fright, and sobbed softly like a woman, his heart was full of disgust, and the disgust on his face was even more overflowing.
If it weren't for the fact that he was proficient in Manchu and Chinese, and could be temporarily used by the Qing army, he would have ordered someone to cut down this weak and despicable guy with a knife.
"Li Dingguo? It turns out that the commander of the Tang Army in Vladivostok Fort is called Li Dingguo, have you ever heard of this Tang Army general? Huang Taiji asked softly to a general next to him.
Dolgon, Duoduo, Hauge, Abatai and the others looked at each other, all shaking their heads, but Fan Wencheng, a bachelor who was praised by the army, frowned with a thoughtful expression.
"Master Fan, Mo Fei, do you have an impression of this person?"
"Back to the emperor, I have a certain understanding of this Li Dingguo, the detailed work sent to the Ming Kingdom." Fan Wencheng replied.
"Oh, but please tell me about it."
Huang Taiji obviously began to have a certain interest in this Li Dingguo, who was guarding the lonely city but would not surrender.
"Your Majesty, according to the detailed investigation report of his subordinates, this Li Dingguo, originally born in Liukou, is the fourth son of Zhang Xianzhong, a giant in the Ming Dynasty, although he ranks last, he is the one with the highest martial arts and the strongest ability among the four righteous sons of Zhang Xianzhong."
"Oh, then how did this person leave his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong and work for Li Xiao instead?"
"Your Majesty, I heard that when Zhang Xianzhong burned Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao led the crowd to suppress it, surrounded and annihilated Li Dingguo's ministry in a certain place in Nanzhili, and forced Li Dingguo to surrender. Later, in order to recapture Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong, his father-in-law, personally commanded his troops to go north, wanting to find Li Xiao for revenge, but was defeated and fled. It was precisely because of this battle that Li Dingguo saw Li Xiao's combat strength and resourcefulness, and he decided to be loyal to him. “
When Fan Wencheng said this, the faces of the Manchurian elite generals on the side were all very complicated.
This Li Xiao is really an eclectic person who accepts talents, and Li Dingguo, who was born in a rogue, must have taken a fancy to Li Xiao, so he decided to be loyal to him.
Thinking about it again, in Li Xiao's army, not only were the Liukou who were absorbed and used by him, but also the Ming army that served in various places, and even the Manchu, Mongolian and Han soldiers who surrendered, as well as the indigenous people from all over the country later, were all absorbed into the army by Li Xiao and served him loyally.
Such a character is much stronger than Huang Taiji, who thinks highly of himself......
"And then? Later, where was this Li Dingguo sent by Li Xiao? Huang Taiji asked again.
"Your Majesty, later, Li Dingguo was introduced by Li Xiao as a confidant, first in Shandong to suppress bandits, and then sent to Taiwan, and successively occupied Taiwan, Luzon, the Philippine Islands, and the whole of Australia for Li Xiao.
Fan Wencheng paused, and then said: "It is precisely because Li Dingguo's record is so brilliant, so after the end of the Nanyang War, Li Xiao immediately dispatched his troops and horses to the north, temporarily stationed on Jeju Island, and when our Qing Dynasty officials and troops went all out to Liaoxi, and were unable to look eastward, they immediately sent troops from Jeju Island to this Vladivostok to build a military fort, thinking that it would be a long-term situation. Who knows that people are not as good as the sky, and this year's continuous rain has made it extremely difficult for the Tang army to build a fort, which gave our army the opportunity to attack. “
Huang Taiji heard this, and finally sighed, then nodded, and did not continue to ask.
In a short time, the Qing army was ready for battle, and Huang Taiji immediately gave the order to start the siege.
"Listen to the order!"
"Brother is here!"
"I order you to command 20,000 elite soldiers, as the vanguard, to open the way with a chariot, shoot at Vladivostok Fort at close range, and vigorously shoot the defenders at the head of the city, so as to clear the obstacles for the follow-up siege troops!"
"Order!"
Duoduo answered loudly, and then hurried down to make arrangements.
A fierce battle has finally begun.
The piercing swan horn sounded high-pitched, countless war drums rumbled, 20,000 Qing troops marched in unison, the banners were like forests, the swords and guns were dazzling, and the beast-like shouts were like muffled thunder rolling over the earth, making people's hearts palpitate.
A large number of Qing infantry, lined up in a neat pace, pushed a cart covered with cowhide and thin iron plates, and slowly marched towards the west gate wall of Vladivostok City.
At a glance, the entire battle array of the Qing army, which was several miles wide, could not see the beginning or the end, and was full of a coercive momentum that was so powerful that it was suffocating.
Seeing the Qing army coming under such coercion, making a posture of swallowing himself in one bite, a sneer crossed Li Xiao's face.
You think you can swallow our army in one fell swoop, but now, our army wants you to have a good taste of how terrible and powerful my divine crossbow is!
"Pass on the order of the Duke Army, after the enemy army enters the range of the crossbow, immediately release the Divine Crossbow, so that these Tartars can taste the power of the poisonous crossbow I saw in the blood throat!"
"Obey!"
In the heavy snow, the Qing army besieging the city got closer and closer, and gradually pressed towards the west gate of Vladivostok Fort.
As they approached, the crossbowmen on the wall of the West Gate began to squeak and pull the strings, silently reloading their crossbow arrows and preparing to shoot.
Tan Sangou, the crossbow sentry commander guarding in the middle of the West Gate Tower, was wearing thick cotton armor and a standard two-and-a-half cuirass.
He silently thought that when he attacked the country of Maguindanu on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, he was just an ordinary crossbowman corporal, but in the next battle to sweep the entire South Seas, because of his heroic battles and continuous military achievements, he was constantly promoted, and finally became a crossbowman sentry.
Years flew by, with a flick of a finger.
And generals like Tan Sangou who started from ordinary soldiers and rose to prominence in Li Xiao's army with their own efforts and bravery are really countless, and Tan Sangou's promotion experience is also an extremely ordinary part of it.
After conquering the whole of Australia, Tan Sangou's battalion A rested in Beiao Province for a period of time, and then immediately went north to Jeju Island. After the outbreak of the Songjin War, all the soldiers of the A battalion of Pingnan Town were immediately transferred north again, came to the Vladivostok area, and began to be responsible for the construction of Vladivostok Fort.
Originally, I thought that this fort could be built smoothly, and before the military fort was built, there would be no conflict with the Qing army, but I didn't expect that in such a snowy day, in such a situation of stopping construction, there would be a large-scale sneak attack by the Qing army.
When he saw that the Qing army was so powerful and mobilized the elite soldiers of the whole country to surging towards this small Vladivostok Fort, intending to annex it in one fell swoop, Tan Sangou also gasped.
However, now that he is experienced in the battlefield, he quickly calmed down, obeyed the order of the supreme commander Li Dingguo, immediately began to arrange his subordinates, and made preparations for emergency deployment.
Looking around, an ordinary crossbowman general like Tan Sangou was drowned in the more than 5,000 crossbowmen deployed on the city wall of the West Gate, and among the crossbowmen in this color, his specific location could not be seen at all.
Now on the city wall of the West Gate, the outermost row is the shield soldiers, and their large shields are densely arranged, as if behind the pheasant moat, and the solid city defense composed of a shield has been rebuilt.
And on this shield wall, there are dense crossbows, wrought iron poisonous crossbow arrows hidden in the crossbow trough, like lurking poisonous snakes, ready to spit out accurate and deadly venom to the Qing army that dares to hedge.
"Attention the whole army! When the enemy rushes to a distance of eighty paces from our position, immediately fire the crossbow arrows! Li Dingguo ordered loudly.
"Order!"
In fact, speaking of which, the accurate range of crossbow arrows should be within 60 steps, but Li Dingguo saw that the current Qing army was rushing densely with carts, and the area that could be shot was huge, so his own crossbowmen, when the Qing army ran to 80 steps, the rain of dense crossbow arrows emitted by the salvo was enough to cause the same powerful killing effect.
This is the advantage of a dense attack, which can also achieve good results without the need for accurate shooting.
Li Dingguo could just take advantage of the Qing army's unfamiliarity with his own crossbowmen to give them a sudden and violent kill.
And because of the heavy snowfall, the Qing army had a chariot as a cover, so they marched very aggressively, and many people also got out of the chariot, and marched forward with a cowhide coaxing indifference.
And seeing that the Qing army despised him so much, the crossbowmen of the Tang army at the head of the city were all secretly ruthless in their hearts.
The dogs who entered the Qing captives, you still dare to be so arrogant and don't know whether you live or die, let you have a good taste of our army's crossbow and poisonous arrows!
When all the Qing troops approached together, Li Dingguo shouted in a deep voice: "All crossbowmen pay attention and prepare." ”
One after another, the crossbowmen of the Tang Army were firmly held in their hands, and the squeaky strings came and went, and the crossbowmen aimed at their respective objects.
The enemy finally reached the range of eighty paces.
"Put!"
"Whoosh! ……”
In the continuous sound of strings, continuous crossbow arrows were fired from one after another divine machine crossbows, and under the snow, the highly poisonous crossbow arrows formed a dense web of death. More than 5,000 poisonous crossbow arrows roared out and shot at the Qing infantry who were not at all defenseless and still marched towards the west gate of Vladivostok Fort.
"Puff puff ......"
With the faintly audible sound of crossbow arrows shooting into the human body, a scream that did not seem to be like a human voice rose continuously, making people feel palpitations.
In the heavy snowfall, these shouting Qing soldiers were shot dead by the Tang army almost instantly.
In fact, the armor of the Qing army was much stronger than that of the Maguindanu natives at that time, and they also had chariots as protection, so the range of attacks of the Tang army was actually limited.
And the reason why the Qing army suffered so many casualties was because the Tang army's crossbow arrows that had been quenched with high poison, even if they only hit their hands and feet and other non-vital parts, the poison quickly spread throughout the body, making them black and die.
In this cold and extreme northern, these Qing soldiers, who have always been arrogant, finally tasted the cruelty and viciousness from the dark forests in the south.
"it, Tang Jun's crossbow arrows are highly poisonous!"
Seeing the many elite Qing troops, before they could send out an arrow and an arrow, they were shot on the spot by a poisonous crossbow, and Duoduo, who was commanding the battle behind the battle, had an extremely angry expression on his face, and his teeth were gritted loudly.
"The whole army obeyed the order, and all hid behind the chariot, not to show their bodies, so as not to be hit by the poisonous crossbow arrows of the enemy soldiers. And when the bow and arrow are within range, immediately throw away the arrows and shoot these damn Tang crossbowmen! Duoduo shouted anxiously.
"Hey, the minions obey!"
"Very good, stop first, and when the Qing army comes up again, continue to shoot him!"
And seeing that these Qing infantry who rushed over were killed by a volley of their own, Li Dingguo's expression was extremely happy, he wiped a handful of rain on his face, and shouted orders at all the crossbowmen.
As soon as Li Dingguo's words came out, there was a brief silence on the city wall.
The crossbowmen urgently reloaded their crossbow arrows, and aimed at the slowly advancing carts, ready to attack them again after the Qing army probed.
The Qing army pushed the cart and slowly marched to a distance of only sixty paces from the city wall of the West Gate.
Behind them, the shrill sound of swan trumpets and rumbling war drums was heard to tell them that they had reached the throwing distance and could fire a thousand arrows at the crossbowmen in the city.
A Qing soldier with a hard bow poked his head out from behind the cart, their faces were grim, they took their bows and arrows, and were ready to throw them at the head of the city, and at this time, the crossbowmen of the Tang army at the head of the city had taken the lead and began to shoot crossbow arrows.
"Bang Bang Bang! ……“
"Whoosh! ……”
Another round of crossbow arrows whistled out, shooting towards the Qing soldiers who were drawing their bows and unsuspecting.
"Puff puff ......"
Another scream continued to rise, and the Qing soldiers under the city were fired by this round of crossbowmen, and at least more than 700 people were killed.
In the heavy snowfall, because of the heavy snowflakes, the Qing army's vision was blocked, and because it was a back attack, they wanted to dodge the Tang army's fast and urgent crossbow arrows, which was extremely difficult.
In the face of such an almost absolute cruel death, the Qing army's will to fight was instantly severely hit, I don't know who shouted, some of the beaten Qing soldiers let out a wail, wolves rushed to the pigs, and they quickly turned around and fled, disappearing into the snow.
Seeing that the enemy army was actually defeated by his own two rounds, all the Tang troops defending the city laughed in unison. Their thunderous laughter overlapped with the roaring and hissing of the wind and snow, forming a magnificent ballad that resonated with the heart.