Chapter 884: Fierce Battle Jabald (2)
The Mughal soldiers on the walls of Jabald and the defender, General Nandru, were faced with such a fierce blow before they had time to rejoice.
In an instant, the city walls were in chaos, with heavy casualties.
Nandru only felt a blazing wave toss him to the ground.
"General Nandru, the artillery of the Qing army has fired, you quickly go down to the city wall to hide!" A Mughal army general shouted loudly while supporting General Nandru.
Nandru's face was pale, even if he had the will to give his life for the city of Jabald, he could not continue to stay on the city wall under such heavy artillery fire.
Soon, Nandr fled down to the city, followed by a large number of Mughal generals and soldiers.
The artillery of the Qing army was so fierce that it was a nightmare for them, and the Mughal soldiers did not dare to stay on the city wall at all, and from the joy just now, their morale was instantly knocked to the bottom.
Outside the city, Dolgon looked through the telescope at the walls of Jabald, who had fled almost instantly, and his smile was full of disdain.
Every time, as soon as the cannons of the Qing Dynasty rang out, the Mughal soldiers on the city walls were frightened and crushed.
"Go, blow open the gates of Jabald!" Dorgon waved his hand.
Even a group of Indian soldiers carrying boxes of gunpowder rushed towards the closed gates of Jabald, presumably preparing to blow them open.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the wooden city gate was directly blown to pieces.
However, something happened that made Dolgon's brow furrow.
The Mughal army in the city did not know when, but they used a large number of stones to completely seal the entrance of the city gate, and it was impossible to attack the city from the entrance of the city gate.
"Keep bombing!" Dorgon ordered.
Immediately, more Indian flag soldiers carried boxes of gunpowder, ready to continue to blast open the blocked city gate.
Unfortunately, the explosion just now, the city gate was shattered, and the incident had alarmed General Nandru who fled off the city wall, and some Mughal soldiers were forced by General Nandru to climb the city wall and shoot arrows at the Qing army Indian flag soldiers who wanted to blow up the entrance of the city gate.
ββββMore than a dozen soldiers of the Qing army carrying the Indian flag of the Qing army carrying gunpowder were shot and killed, and the gunpowder was dumped on the ground.
"Boom! Rumble! Similarly, from time to time, the Mughal soldiers on the city wall were blown down by Qing artillery shells, and in the process of see-sawing between the two sides, the Qing army wasted a lot of gunpowder and still could not blow up the entrance of the city gate.
"Stop, bombard the walls with all your might!" Dolgon shook his head, raised his hand to stop such a continued waste of gunpowder, and used cannons to collapse the entire city wall, after all, even if the blocked city gate hole was blown open, a small city gate hole, the number of troops that could enter was too small, and it might take a lot of casualties to defeat the Mughal army in the city, but if the entire city wall was destroyed, it would be different, a large number of troops could rush in, and the offensive would be much greater, The Mughal army in the city will also be unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Qing army as before, and will be defeated in an instant.
In order to reduce consumption, most of the Qing army's bombardment of the city wall was solid bullets.
One solid bullet after another smashed on the walls of Jabald, blowing up the entire city wall and trembling, and also frightened the Mughal generals and soldiers in the city with pale faces and frightened hearts, not knowing when the city wall would be destroyed by the Qing army.
General Nandru, the defender of Jabald, was also frightened, and eagerly found Liu Chang and other twenty Ming soldiers.
"Platoon Commander Liu, the Qing army will soon collapse the city wall, and when the Qing army will pour in, how should my Mughal army resist!" Nandru is not confident, the Qing army is more than 400,000 troops, and he only has 150,000 Mughal troops in Jabald City, plus the Qing army is fierce, it is normal for him to have no confidence.
"General Nandru rest assured, even if the Qing army collapses the city wall and enters the city on a large scale, it may not be able to occupy Jabald City quickly, don't forget that there are still 20,000 flint spears under the general's command, as long as it is used properly, it will definitely be able to block the Qing army in the city, kill and injure a large number of Qing troops, and support until your majesty sends reinforcements!" Liu Chang comforted quite sincerely.
In fact, whether Jabald can defend it or not is none of his business, as long as Jabald can kill and injure a part of the Qing army, so that the Qing army is not so easy to capture.
Although the purpose of the Ming Dynasty was not to let the Mughal Empire fall so quickly, it was not to prevent the Qing army from destroying the Mughal Empire, but only to delay the demise of the Mughal Empire, and at the same time let the Qing army destroy the Mughal Empire more bloodily because of the resistance of the Mughal Empire.
It may seem paradoxical, but it's not that difficult to do.
In fact, the day before the Qing army landed under the city of Jabald, Liu Chang proposed to Nandru a strategy to resist the Qing army.
That is to rely on the 20,000 flint guns in the city to fight street battles with the Qing army in the city, and try to kill and injure the living force of the Qing army through the flint guns as much as possible, so that the Qing army can at least pay a lot of casualties to take Jabald, and let the Qing army be enraged under the heavy casualties.
Jabald is just one of the experimental cities, and Liu Chang knows very well that the city of Jabald will definitely not be able to support the arrival of reinforcements from the Mughal emperor, but it doesn't matter, the Ming Dynasty has already had a strategy.
At that time, they will try their best to persuade the Mughal emperor to give up a large-scale decisive battle with the Qing army, and then use the cities to fight street battles with the Qing army, delaying the Qing army's attack, while also killing and injuring a large number of Qing army's living forces, constantly provoking Dolgon, and constantly guiding the tyrannical spirit in Dolgon's heart, so that there will be the result that the Ming wants.
"Okay, then we will block the Qing army in the city, and we will definitely be able to hold out until His Majesty's reinforcements arrive!" Under Liu Chang's comfort, General Nandru gritted his teeth and regained some confidence.
"Boom! Rumble! "While the Qing army bombarded the city wall, several shells also entered the city from time to time, damaging some houses.
After more than half an hour of bombardment, Jabald's walls finally could not hold out and collapsed with a thud.
"Attack!" Dolgon calmly ordered the army to attack.
"Kill, ββ-" The Qing army outside the city burst out with a huge shout of killing, and began to kill from the collapsed city wall into the city.
The experience of the last large-scale attack on the Mughal Empire told them that generally at this time, as long as they rushed into the city, the Mughal soldiers in the city would be directly defeated.
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