Chapter 684: The Capture of the Kur Fortress (2)
The Persians, having lost all their artillery, could no longer pose the slightest threat to the Qing artillery, and then, the remaining fifty-nine Qing cannons began to bombard the second stone wall and the place where the Persian soldiers were concentrated.
Knowing that his artillery had been destroyed by the Qing army's artillery, the Persian commander, General Ahmadan, looked desperate.
Now, the Qing army has set up the cannon on the first stone wall more than ten meters high, which not only changes the trajectory of the shells and increases the threat several times, but also allows the Qing generals to understand all the situations and movements of the Persian army holding the second and third stone wall defenses by standing on the stone wall, which is the fundamental reason for the despair of General Ah Madan.
"Allah, bless us to hold the Kul fortress!" Ah, General Madan shouted up to the sky.
As General Amadan had expected, Dolgon and many of the Qing generals climbed the first stone wall, and Dolgon watched through a telescope and immediately took in all the movements of the 50,000 Persian troops in the second and third stone wall fortresses.
"Order, fire artillery indiscriminately, kill and wound Persian soldiers as much as possible, and minimize the morale of Persian soldiers!" Dorgon ordered indifferently.
"Wow!" The herald ran to give the order.
Fifty-nine imitation Shenwu cannons each adjusted their muzzles, and in groups of ten cannons, they fired at all the places where the Persian soldiers were concentrated.
"Fire!"
"Boom Boom" powerful flowering shells continued to explode among the Persian soldiers.
These flowering shells were made by stealing part of the technology of the Ming Dynasty, and they were powerful, even much more powerful than those made by European foreigners, and every shell exploded like thunder.
The shells kept tearing apart one of the Persian soldiers.
The entire second and third stone walls were in chaos, and without anyone's orders, the Persian soldiers tried their best to find a place to hide from the shells, and the Qing artillery almost briefly knocked down the morale of the Persian soldiers to the lowest point.
General Ahmadan was protected by several Persian generals and took refuge in a place where he could not be easily hit by shells.
Looking at the chaotic army of his own side, General Ah Madan was almost dead.
"Killing" the Qing army, the Persian banner infantry began to rush to the second stone wall with ladders and other siege equipment under the order of Dolgon.
The "Boom Boom" cannon also began to adjust its muzzle, mainly bombarding the second stone wall and assisting the Persian infantry to attack the stone wall.
"Boom!" Full of eight banners, one of the servant cavalry also rode to the edge of the second stone wall, shooting countless arrows at the second stone wall, also to kill the Persian soldiers on the stone wall and assist their own Persian infantry to attack.
After the explosion of the "Xiu Xiu Xiu" shells, the arrows rained down, countless Persian soldiers died, and the entire area above the second stone wall became a region, and it was really a river of blood, and some of the blood water was left along the stone stairs from the second stone wall, which frightened the Persian soldiers who were ready to rush to the stone wall to guard under the orders of the generals were full of fear.
"Quick, rush forward and hold the second line of stone wall defense!" A Persian general kicked a stupid Persian soldier in the ass and shouted a command.
Although the morale is greatly reduced and the heart is full of fear, if you do not rush forward, you will be sent to confess to Allah, and if you rush forward, you will definitely survive.
"For Allah's sake, kill" In the end, the Persian soldiers resisted fear and continued to climb the second stone wall to resist the Qing army's attack.
With the fierce artillery fire provided by fifty-nine cannons, and the assistance of the rain of arrows with the absolute superiority of the Manchu Eight Banners and the servant cavalry, the 100,000 Persian infantry of the Qing army climbed through the ladders, and there were constantly people who were able to rush up the stone wall and fight the Persian soldiers above.
Persians to Persians.
The Persian flag of the Qing army, which ran behind the Manchurian Banner and the servant cavalry all the year round, was undoubtedly more powerful than the Persian soldiers of the Persian Empire, and there were cannons and an absolute advantage of the rain of arrows, and the casualties of the infantry of the Persian flag of the Qing army and the casualties of the soldiers of the Persian army with low morale reached the point of one to three.
In other words, the Persian soldiers in the Kur fortress were killed by three people to kill one Persian infantry soldier of the Qing army.
The disparity in casualties is despering.
When the Persian army in the second and third stone wall defenses suffered another 20,000 casualties, the Qing army's offensive not only did not slow down, but became more and more violent, the second stone wall defense was already in danger, and more and more Qing Persian infantry could attack the stone wall.
General Amadan was desperate, the Qing army not only occupied an absolute number, but the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers far exceeded their Persian soldiers, and there was fierce artillery support, could it be that the Kur fortress could not hold even a day.
General Ma Dan's heart gradually became like ashes, and he was extremely desperate.
To say that the three stone walls of the Kur Fortress are built stronger and thicker than the walls of any castle, it is to prevent the Qing army artillery, so that the Kul Fortress can stand tall under the attack of the Qing army, but even if the Qing army artillery did not collapse the stone wall, but under the absolute superiority of the Qing army, they still could not hold the Kul Fortress.
"Your Majesty! Allah! I'm incompetent! General Mardan cried out in grief.
At this time, General Ah Ma Dan had to admit that he was not as good as the old Marshal Kgreid, at this moment, he couldn't think of any way at all, he felt that if he was replaced by the dead Old Marshal Kgrid's defense of the Kul Fortress, at least he could block the Qing army for three days or even longer.
Sure enough, His Majesty's hanging of the old Marshal Kgreid was almost equivalent to destroying the city walls.
"Eight Banners Warriors, kill!" Dolgon finally dispatched the Eight Banners at the last moment again.
Hundreds of Manchus climbed the second stone wall through the ladder, and launched a fierce attack with the Persian banner infantry who were fighting with the Persian soldiers on it.
Led by hundreds of Manchurians, the Persian infantry soon completely captured the top of the second stone wall and was heading inward. With most of the dead and wounded, the Persian army, with just over 20,000 men left and no morale, could no longer withstand the Qing attack.
Soon, General Amadan abandoned the second line of stone wall defense and instead held the last stone wall line, and once the last stone wall line was breached, the Kur fortress was completely lost.
By the time the Qing army had completely captured the second line of stone-walled defenses, the Persian army had less than 20,000 men left.
Of course, the Qing army's Persian infantry also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but Dolgon obviously didn't care about the casualties of the Persian infantry, and he originally used them to attack the city when he formed the Persian infantry.
The Persian army, which had less than 20,000 men left, was obviously unable to hold the third line of stone wall defense in the face of the attack of the 280,000 Qing army.
After only half an hour of attack, and after another death of nearly 10,000 people, the remaining 10,000 Persian troops completely collapsed, scattered and fled, completely surrendering the third stone wall defense line to the Qing army, and the Kur fortress was all lost.
"Poof!" The Persian commander, General Ahmadan, killed himself with a meniscus at the moment before he was captured by the Qing army.