Chapter 128: No Way Back (Second Update, Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
"Zhu Yisuke!"
Almost at the moment when he learned that Tongji Gate was defrauded, Lang Tingzuo yelled, it seems that this Zhu Yizhu has "worked hard" to escape the effect, and it is clear that he is in line with Zheng Chenggong.
"If you can defend this city, if you don't punish the ten clans, how can you vent the hatred of the old man......"
Scolding in his mouth, Lang Tingzuo ordered Zhang Guojun again.
"Quick, hurry up and transfer the troops over, it's too late, you and I have to die!"
Just as his words fell, a sudden loud noise came from the direction of Tongji Gate, and after that loud sound, Lang Tingzuo immediately rushed to the flower hall and looked towards Tongji Gate, only to see a huge cloud of smoke rising into the air.
After the smoke of the explosion dissipated, the whole street was completely silent, it should be said that everyone was so shocked by the loud sound that no sound could be heard at all, and the stone paved street was directly blasted out of a pit two or three zhang wide and nearly half a zhang deep, and around the pit were the remains of war horses, and all the nearby houses were also blown up.
In that tinnitus, the world seems to be silent, Zhu Mingzhong, who fell off the horse, dragged his injured leg and jumped forward, he saw the originally galloping war horse on the opposite side of the crater, which would all be frightened and rushed, and even many horses fell directly into the pit, and after breaking their legs, there was a miserable wail, those Qing soldiers who fell off the horses or the Qing soldiers who finally reined in their horses looked at the huge crater in shock, no one thought that the explosion would bring such violent consequences.
"Quick, quick, go up and block the Qing army's ...... in the crater"
Grabbing a soldier beside him, although he had a blue armband on his sleeve, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't tell his military position at all, so he could only pull him, push him, and let him go up.
Although he didn't know that it was that person who blew up the carriage, Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that the current pit was where the enemy was blocked, and if he couldn't hold it, when the time came, not only would they all have to die, but more importantly, they would not be able to defend Tongji Gate at all.
"Go up and press the Qing army back......"
When Zhu Mingzhong pushed the soldiers to go up, Guan Xiaozhong, who was on the opposite side of the pit, also noticed this small pit, which was not good for the attack, he also roared and let people rush up, but such a pit is obviously not something that the war horse can jump over, and in these frightened war horses, this will not listen to the call of the cavalry at all, as for the cavalry who fell off the horse, they were injured lightly or severely, and naturally they could not be like the Ming army on the opposite side, but they rushed all the way to the edge of the pit. As for the wounded Qing soldiers near the crater, they were easily stabbed to death with guns.
"Loyalty!"
"Kill!"
In the midst of that roar, the soldiers who roared in their ears finally regained their senses again, and they lined up at the edge of the pit, their eyes staring straight ahead.
"Quick, get the carriage over and block the road......"
Dragging his injured leg, Zhu Mingzhong shouted loudly.
"Throw everything over and tear up the stone slabs to build barricades......"
While several carriages blocked the streets, with Zhu Mingzhong's order, those soldiers immediately used their spears to warp the bluestones that paved the road, and then used stones to build half-man high wall stacks.
"Fifteen zhang, fifteen zhang apart ......"
Maybe Zhu Mingzhong is not good at cold weapon warfare, but he knows how to give full play to his advantages, and what is the biggest advantage for the loyal army? It is a grenade, 15 zhang, which can ensure that the soldiers behind the wall can smash the grenade directly into the back of the battlement wall, which is a few hundred meters, enough to build a few battlement walls.
Immediately after a battlement wall was erected, the soldiers lined up behind the battlement, ready to assassinate the Qing army who tried to rush with their spears. Of course, the soldiers in the back row hold grenades, which are the most important thing compared to spears!
"Gun carriage, gun carriage ......"
At this time, Zhu Mingzhong's brain was spinning, how to ensure the safety of the soldiers, block the enemy's barricades, to grenades, to artillery, all the things that could be used in street battles were all pushed out by Zhu Mingzhong, when he was preparing for street battles, the Qing army that was in charge of loyal commands over there did not stop, but immediately rushed to this side, and the crater that was not deep or shallow became the biggest obstacle when they attacked.
The bigger obstacle was the grenades that landed on them from time to time, and with the sound of explosions, although the grenades were not very powerful, there were always people killed and injured.
"Grenades, throw grenades into the pit......"
Wang Yuan, who had become tattered at some point, roared loudly, and when he saw that someone was still rushing up, he stood behind the carriage and immediately shouted.
"Spear ready! Thorn ......"
Although the soldiers in the front row tried their best when the Qing army rushed out of the crater, the tip of the spear was still blocked by the armor on their bodies, but the fierce assassination still pushed them back a few steps.
Wang Yuan, who didn't expect such a result, suddenly changed his face.
"Aim at the front door! Aim at the thighs! ”
How could it be so easy to aim at the door and thighs, and the Qing soldiers who knew that the opponent's spear could not hurt themselves immediately howled and tried to climb over the carriage, although the heavy armor kept them safe, it also made their movements a little clumsy, when they climbed over the carriage, once again the soldiers in the front row raised their guns and stabbed, this time not only stabbing their front door, but also stabbing towards the thighs exposed at the hem of the armor, for a while, the carriage was full of screams, despite this, there were still Qing troops rushing in.
As soon as these Eight Banners wearing foam nail cotton armor rushed through the carriage, they immediately swung their knives and slashed, compared to them with heavy helmets, those loyal officers and soldiers wearing only a thin layer of clothing, although desperately tried to fight back, but because the spear could not pierce the armor, they became like lambs to be slaughtered, in the street behind the carriage, although it was the screams of the soldiers of the loyal army when they were dying.
The screams were a little muffled, and when they reached my ears, they seemed a little surreal. However, after this illusion, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly understood why the Qing army's green battalion soldiers did not wear armor, I am afraid that it was to ensure the advantage of the Eight Banners over the green battalion soldiers, in the era of cold weapons, this layer of armor can determine the victory or defeat of the two armies.
Watching the soldiers constantly being cut to the ground by the Eight Banners, and watching their determination to assassinate the Qing army with red tassel guns in despair, Zhu Mingzhong only felt that his heart was stinged by something, and his breathing became short.
"Fire!"
Suddenly, right here, a soldier covered in blood on the battlefield yelled at his comrades behind the battlement wall, ignoring the fact that the knife in the hand of the Qing army was slashing at his body. But even at the moment when the knife slashed at his back, he looked at the cannon behind the battlement wall, and he still cried loudly covered in blood.
"Shoot ......"