Chapter 113: The Tiger Stands (2)
"Into his mother, the more afraid of death, the more you want to die! You don't have eggs. The goods of the son are all for Lao Tzu! Gold Juice, Ash Bottle, Crash Hammer, all attack! β
Seeing a group of Tartars, howling along the siege ladder and climbing up quickly, Tian Wei, the blood-red eyes of the General Chief of the First Division, roared angrily and shouted orders to the auxiliaries who were shot by the Tartar arrows and dodged behind the pheasant moat and the big shield. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing Shangguan's murderous appearance, the auxiliaries mustered up the courage to leave the reserve and continue to operate the city defense equipment.
At the same time, on the battlements, there was a sound of hinges sliding, and the ladder hammers made of thick wood suddenly rolled down from the top of the battlements, and then smashed towards the siege ladder in a sideways way.
Li Xiao saw that a thick wooden hammer that took about two people to hug together, one end was tied with hinges, and the other end was smashed sideways in the center of a siege wooden ladder, only to hear a muffled click, the heavy and wide siege ladder was smashed into two sections, and the Tartar soldiers who were climbing on it fell from the siege ladder screaming like scattered ants.
The screams of the tartars, splashed with feces and burned by quicklime, were interspersed with the clatter of the siege ladders being smashed, and then the clattering and scattering of the siege ladders falling to the ground.
Li Xiaojun's fierce counterattack, although more than 40 auxiliary soldiers on the side were killed or wounded by arrows, smashed the enemy's four siege ladders, and caused more than 80 Tartar soldiers to be killed and wounded.
Outside the south wall, Niu Lu Ezhen Talam, seeing that the momentum of the attack had been suppressed, he poked his head out from behind the shield cart and shouted: "Sons, there are not many ladder hammers in the Ming Dog, let's hurry up and attack it, and we will be able to capture the city head soon!" β
In the north, Niu Lu Ezhen Chabulu, while encouraging his own soldiers, asked the Bakash soldiers beside him to give Jiala'e Zhenai Ba a salute and waved a flag asking him to send reinforcements immediately.
Watching the battle, Jiala's face was as heavy as iron, he scolded hatefully, turned his head and ordered the two Mongolian Niu Lu Ezhen, and the deputy chief of staff Ban Zhifu, the general leader of the Tianzhu Army, to send 400 soldiers each to urgently reinforce the troops attacking the fort walls on the north and south sides.
The two Mongolian cattle were really ordered to leave, but the deputy staff foreman Ban Zhifu was hesitant.
Ban Zhifu is one of Shang Kexi's cronies, and after Shang Kexi voted for Houjin at the beginning of this year, Shang Kexi was named the chief officer of the Tianzhu Army, and Ban Zhifu was appointed as the deputy staff leader.
According to the official history, after the surrender of Jin, Ban Zhifu relied on the "merit" of brutally slaughtering his own nation, and he made a rapid career and was promoted all the way. Later, after Shang Kexi settled in Guangdong, because of his effective performance in the tragic Guangzhou Massacre, Ban Zhifu was promoted to the general army of Guangzhou, reaching the peak of his life. The complacent Ban Zhifu rebuilt the Yongtai Temple in Guangzhou in the seventh year of Shunzhi, and wrote an inscription praising his "outstanding martial arts", which has been preserved to this day and has become a key cultural relics unit in Guangzhou.
This time, at the request of the main Dege class of the Zhenglan Banner, Shang Kexi sent 800 reinforcements from the Ban Zhifu Department to the aid of the Zhenglan Banner, and returned to the Jiala Zhenai Ba Rite Control.
Now that the Tartar attack of the headquarters of the Zhenglan Banner has been frustrated, the decision of Jiala's true love Bali to let the heavenly aid soldiers go into battle has made Ban Zhifu very dissatisfied.
You Jurchen soldiers can't beat it, so you can use our Han army Tianzhu soldiers to fill the pit, which is too unauthentic.
"Squad leader, do you want to disobey my military order?!" Ai Bali's two vicious eyes stabbed straight at Ban Zhifu's gourd-shaped oily face.
"Ah, the minions don't dare!"
Ban Zhifu, who was uncertain, heard the angry shout of Ai Bali, and he trembled for a moment, and he didn't dare to say a word of the rebuttal he originally thought of in his heart, he gritted his teeth and hurriedly gave the order.
"Brothers, after the battle, I have more eyesight, if I can't do it, I can't attack hard, this staff leader will just say a word, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." Before the Han soldiers on his side went into battle, Ban Zhifu finally whispered a word.
"Class Counselor, don't worry, the brothers are all old and know how to do it." The generals below had a tacit look on their faces.
400 Mongol Tatars and 400 Han soldiers shouted and ran to the north and south walls.
At this time, those Tartars who had been throwing more than ten rounds in a row were all arm strength failure and had to temporarily withdraw from the battle.
It's just that the withdrawal of the follower at this time has no impact on the entire battle situation.
Because on the north and south walls, the Tartar soldiers have already attacked the wall!
The Tartars who jumped on the city wall, their faces were inexplicably happy, and their eyes flashed with the light of greed that could be achieved, in their impressions, as long as they attacked the fortress wall of the Ming army, then they would be killed next, and these Ming troops would cry and surrender.
Only this time, they were wrong.
The Tartars quickly discovered that the Li Xiao army on the north and south city walls was completely different from those soft persimmon-like Ming troops elsewhere, these cold and neat, well-armored and well-armed Li Xiao soldiers were more like a killing machine that was in full swing.
At this time, the auxiliaries had retreated from the city wall, and Wei Zhen Fu Anqian, who was standing near the corner tower, clearly saw the details of Li Xiaojun's battle from the battlements on the side.
He saw that when the Tartars jumped from the head of the siege ladder with a shout, they were immediately sandwiched in the middle by several large shields surrounded by a semi-arc, and before they could gain a firm foothold, behind each shield, several fierce spears immediately attacked from different directions at the same time, and the heads, or ****, or necks of these Tartars were immediately stabbed by deadly spears, sending these Tartars who had not had time to react to hell in an instant.
Lord Li's army is really the strongest army of my Ming Dynasty! An Qian secretly praised in his heart.
The entrance to the battlement was quickly filled with the corpses of the Tartars.
"Kill the Tartars, make a meritorious name!"
"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"
The roar of Li Xiao's soldiers, accompanied by the screams of the Tartars, soared into the sky!
It's just that, as time goes by, more and more Tartars begin to jump down from the city walls, especially those who climb up with white armor, because they are well protected by wearing three layers of armor and have heavy weapons in their hands, as soon as they enter the wall, they immediately slash and kill. With these powerful white-armored charging formations, the semi-arc spear and shield battle array, which was originally closely surrounded, was constantly broken away and deformed, and for a while, among Li Xiaojun's shield soldiers and spearmen, some people fell down screaming from time to time. However, as soon as there were casualties among the soldiers, new shield soldiers and spearmen immediately made up for them.
The southern wall was at a stalemate for a while, while the northern wall, which had been aggrieved in the last battle with the cavalry, finally ushered in the opportunity to show its skills.
"Brothers, meritorious service is today!" Monk An, the captain of the rampaging team, pulled a spear flower with a tiger gun in his hand, and took the lead in killing the Tartar who rushed to the wall.
The rampaging team, which had been expanded to 100 people, was like a bloodthirsty beast, and immediately rushed away with Monk An.
The mecha monster-like rampant team, dressed in triple armor, like a miniature tank, and the heavy tiger knives, tiger spears, long-handled knives, thick-backed scythes and other heavy weapons in everyone's hands, all fought hard to slash at the Tartar soldiers who were not on their feet. Wherever the sharp sword light went, there were corpses and flesh and blood.
At the same time, the Rummy Gunners, who were shooting in the corner towers, kept reloading and firing at the Tartar soldiers who were climbing on the siege ladder and gathering at the bottom of the ladder, and the gunfire came and went, and from time to time the Tartars screamed and fell to the ground.
The Mongol Tatars and the Han army Tianzhu soldiers, who began to follow the Jurchen Tartars to climb upward, also joined the battle, making the battle for the entire fortress wall more bloody and fierce.
The north and south walls of Jinjiazhuang Fort have finally been completely turned into two flesh mills.
The corpses of countless Tartars and the corpses of the dead Li Xiao's soldiers were mixed with each other, lying on the ground horizontally, and the blood of these enemies who fought desperately before their deaths finally flowed together. The originally dry city wall road, because of the overlapping flow of blood, became extremely viscous, but it was wet and slippery when stepped on, and it was almost difficult to stand firmly.
About half an hour later, Li Xiaojun, who had always maintained the battle formation, became more and more courageous, gradually narrowing the spear and shield battle formation that the Tartars were struggling to break away from, and forcing it back to the entrance of the battlement.
By this time, the original fierceness had long been lost, and most of them were exhausted, such as the Mongol Tatars and the Han army, who were simply dying to save their lives.
Seeing the decline of the enemy's army, Li Xiao, the supreme commander who had been watching the battle with cold eyes, brushed the ground and pulled out the Xueliang sword at his waist and shouted: "Brothers, the Tartars are at the end of the crossbow, and our whole army will attack together to defeat the Liukou, at this moment!" β
After Li Xiao finished speaking, he and the soldiers of Jin Dakui's army on the east wall rushed towards the north wall.
And Du Shaoru, who was on the west side of the city wall, roared in unison and rushed towards the south city wall.
The two vest soldiers howled together and rushed towards Li Xiao, Li Xiao's face was as heavy as iron, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, he shouted loudly in his mouth, and there was a bang, and the sword in his hand vigorously knocked away the chopping knife, and then a white light slashed, and the other vest soldier was caught off guard, and his head suddenly rushed to the sky.
Li Xiao twisted his body and backhanded, and rushed over with a horizontal knife on his side, with a bang, the tip of the knife in his hand had pierced the chest of the vest soldier who had been knocked away!
Seeing that his own supreme commander personally rushed into battle and killed the two in an instant, Li Xiao's army erupted in a deafening chorus, and all the soldiers who were inspired by Li Xiao to have great courage rushed towards the more and more retreating Tartars in a high-spirited and neat manner.
The Tartars at the head of the northern wall were the first to collapse.
The first to flee was the Han army's heavenly assistants.
The armor and weapons of the Han army, as well as the physical strength and training, were far inferior to the Houjin Tartars. Seeing that Li Xiaojun had fought for such a long time, he was still so brave and fierce, and the Han army, which had killed and wounded more than 80 people, was all frightened. I don't know who shouted, and the Han army, which was still climbing upwards, began to flee downward.
The momentum is not good, and it is important to save your life.
Where there is life, there is hope.
The admonition of the deputy staff foreman Ban Zhifu became the biggest pillar in the heart of every Han army who fled.
"Bastard Han people, what a failure!"
Niu Lu Ezhen Chabulu, who was hiding behind the shield car and commanding, was so angry that his face was blood-red, and he almost wanted to cut these Han troops who fled into meat sauce one by one.
"Don't attack, retreat!"
Chabulu understands that if he fights again, his own army will be finished, and if he becomes the commander of the light pole, I believe that Jia La's true love Bali will be so angry that he will be chopped up.
As soon as the Han army fled, the Jurchen Tartars, who were already small in number on the northern city wall, were greatly demoralized, and they heard the retreat order of their masters, and these Tartars also began to turn back one after another, wanting to climb down the ladder and flee back.
If you want to run, it's not that easy!
Li Xiao's soldiers, who had already killed red-eyed, swarmed up, slashed and killed, unceremoniously beheaded their heads, and pierced their chests.
However, these Tartars are also elites, and in such a difficult situation, the white armor soldiers behind spontaneously fought to the death, fighting for the other vest soldiers and infantry soldiers, fighting for a precious chance to escape.
In total, more than 80 Tartars escaped.
Then, together with the following followers, under the leadership of Niu Lu Ezhen Chabulu, they pushed the shield cart and withdrew to the main camp in an orderly manner.
The battle on the north wall was over, and Li Xiao immediately ordered that all the rest of the soldiers should immediately support the south wall, except for Jin Dakui's troops who stayed here and smashed all the siege ladders left by the enemy.
The southern wall Tartar, which was already being supported by great difficulty, was attacked by so many brave and fierce Li Xiaojun together, and it could no longer support it, and finally collapsed.
"The whole army retreats, and retreats here!"
At the same time, seeing the defeat below, Niu Lu Ezhen Talam, with a face of defeat, shouted hoarsely to the head of the city.
Hearing his order, the Jurchen Tartars maintained order and fought and retreated, while the Mongol Tatars scrambled to flee to the ladder entrance one by one.
"Brothers, work hard, the Tartars have been defeated, kill the Tartars more and make meritorious contributions!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"
"Kill the Tartars, make a meritorious name!"
Tian Wei's joyful roar was echoed by all the soldiers in unison. Li Xiao's whole army, which was like a rainbow, shouted slogans loudly, and the weapons in everyone's hands danced faster.
Wu Zhuang, the deputy captain of the rampaging team, was drenched in blood with the tiger knife in his hand, and he was already tired at this time, but he was infected by the high morale of the soldiers of the whole army, but he felt that his hand was more powerful. He shouted, a blood-red light flashed, and a Mongolian Tartar in leather armor who turned around and wanted to flee was split in half from head to toe by Wu Zhuang!
". You dog into the martial arts, wasted a precious head of Lao Tzu! Behind Wu Zhuang, there was a loud laugh and scolding from the rampant captain Monk An.
Splashed by the blood of the Mongol soldiers, his whole body was as strong as a bloody man, he laughed heartily, wiped a handful of blood stains all over his face, and continued to rush forward to kill.
The remaining Tartars on the city wall who had no time to escape finally couldn't stand Li Xiaojun's ruthless and relentless attack, and the remaining Tartars threw their swords one after another and knelt down in surrender.
If Li Xiao hadn't stopped it in time, the remaining more than forty Mongolian Tartars and more than twenty Jurchen Tartars would have been killed in an instant by the red-eyed Li Xiaojun.
Only more than 60 Jurchen Tartars and more than 260 Mongol Tartars were lucky enough to escape.
Like the retreating enemy forces to the north, they returned with their shield carts dejected, led by the lost Niu Lu Ezhen Talam.
Li Xiaojun finally won a complete victory in this siege battle.
"Angry hair rushes to the crown, relying on the place, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad.
Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When the courtiers hate, when will they perish. Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. Wait to start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the skyγγγγγγγ β
In the loud military songs of the soldiers of the whole army, Li Xiao, who was admired and respected by everyone, soon got the statistics of the results of Guan Yi and the supervisors.
"Your Excellency, in this battle, our army annihilated more than 430 Jurchen Tartars, more than 130 Mongol Tatars, and more than 80 Han troops. The first level was 285 Jurchen Tartars, 102 Mongol Tatars, 62 Han Army, and 23 Jurchen Tatars, 48 Mongol Tatars, and 10 Han Army. 655 sets of armor were seized, including 38 sets of white tooth horn armor, 63 sets of fine iron armor, 153 sets of ordinary iron armor, and the rest were cotton armor, and swords, guns, swords, and shields were not countedγγγγγ β
After Guan Yi finished reporting with a happy face, Li Xiao nodded, but asked softly, "What are the casualties of our army?" β
The smile on Guan Yi's face disappeared, and he replied in a low voice: "My lord, in this battle, our army was also heavily damaged, 31 shield soldiers were killed and 68 were wounded, 49 spearmen were killed and 85 were wounded, 7 people were killed and 12 were wounded in the rampant team, and the auxiliary soldiers were the most seriously damaged, most of them were killed and wounded under the Tartar bows and arrows, a total of 69 people were killed and 143 were wounded. In the hands of Lu Mi Gong, four people exploded the barrel of the gun because of too many consecutive shots, resulting in 2 deaths and 2 injuries, and there were no casualties among the cavalry troops. β
After listening to Guan Yi's report, Li Xiao's heart also sank.
The combat power of these Tartars is indeed quite good.
Those Tartars who finally attacked the city could still inflict such a big loss on Li Xiaojun, who was well-trained and extremely particular about tactics and cooperation, which made Li Xiao's heart feel like a heavy stone.
If purely from the perspective of fighting consumption, Li Xiaojun has a considerable advantage. It's just that now Li Xiaojun, who is lonely in a corner of the border, has no troops to replenish, and no reinforcements to help, really wants to fight with the Tartars for a long time, Li Xiao believes that the one who will end up first in the end must be himself.
It's just that the matter has come to this point, and only by fighting to the death can we survive in death.
Bowing your head in the face of difficulties is never Li Xiao's style.
When Li Xiaojun was counting the first level of military merit and letting the troops rest urgently, a person who looked like a Han man ran from the Tartar array, shouted to Li Xiao, asking Li Xiao to agree, let them take the Tartar corpses under the city back, and at the same time not attack them.
Li Xiao agreed to his request.
In such hot weather, if these corpses are not disposed of in time, they will quickly decay and stink, and it is very likely that a plague will break out. For both armies at war, it would be a catastrophe.
Li Xiao ordered that the headless corpses of the Tartars who had been decapitated and stripped of their armor were also thrown down the city wall and let the Tartars clean up by themselves.
Li Xiaojun's sacrificial soldiers were also cremated in the fort and quickly cremated and put into urns.
More than an hour later, the Tartars under the city and the dead people who fell into the pit were all transported back to the Tartar camp under the cleaning of the Ming soldiers and civilians who were captured by the Houjin.
Seeing that the task was completed, the Han general's face was relaxed, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked Li Xiao loudly: "My master, Jia La'e Zhen Ai Ba Li, I really want to know, what is the current position of the master?" β
"The general's surname is Li Mingxiao, and he is the general of thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty." Li Xiao, who was standing at the head of the city, replied in a deep voice with an expressionless face. (To be continued.) )