Chapter 508: Retreat to the Inner City
When all the crossbowmen immediately began to reload the crossbow arrows with a click, Li Dingguo's face was as painful as a knife carving, and his entire face showed an inexplicable distortion.
Brothers, forgive Li Dingguo for his incompetence!
If it weren't for the urgency of the war situation now, the western city wall, which was related to the safety of the entire Vladivostok Fort, would fall into the hands of the Qing army that kept pouring in.
When this order is given, who can know that he has actually broken his liver and intestines, but he is forced to be calm.
Brothers, don't blame me Li Dingguo for being ruthless, after you leave, the bereavement reward that should be given, Li Dingguo and I will definitely try all of you, and no one will be missing you.
If there is an afterlife, Li Dingguo and I will turn into a cow and a horse to atone for the sins of all brothers!
"Ready, ready, put!"
"Bang Bang Bang! ……“
"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.
In total, nearly 10,000 poisonous crossbow arrows roared out and shot towards the soldiers of Tang and Qing who were not at all defenseless and were still fighting desperately on the wall of the West Gate.
In fact, when the crossbowmen were firing, they still tried to aim at the Qing army for launch, but because of the heavy snow and the howling wind, it became extremely difficult to aim, and in the end, such aiming and shooting became indiscriminate coverage shooting.
"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.
Countless soldiers who were hit by crossbow arrows all screamed and died blackened all over their bodies, this kind of sudden indiscriminate covering shot was a devastating blow to both Tang and Qing dynasties.
When the crossbowmen fired poisonous crossbow arrows, Ren An, the head of the Tang army's Pingnan Town, was wearing three layers of thick armor, but it was still difficult to resist the number of people besieged by the Qing army.
Just as he roared and slashed the blood-stained, wet and slippery tiger knife in his hand towards the head of the nearest Qing army vest soldier, a whizzing crossbow arrow struck him in the face with a soft sound.
When the blood-sealing throat toxin seeped into the muscles and blood, the heart-piercing pain was unbearable for anyone. Ren An, the commander of the rampant sentry, let out a terrible howl, he endured the bone-eating pain when the toxin spread, gritted his teeth and slashed the tiger knife, cutting off half of the vest soldier's head.
With a soft clang, the tiger knife fell to the ground, and was immediately swallowed by the blood soaked in all directions on the city wall, and disappeared instantly.
At this time, Ren An could feel that the crossbow arrow that hit the face door seemed to turn into a black hideous snake in an instant, and it twisted its thick body, burrowing into its entire body from the wound. It made his whole body, everywhere like a sharp pain that pierced his heart and bones.
The unbearable pain came out of his body, and Ren An could quickly feel that his entire body seemed to lose control in an instant, and his own brain seemed to be rapidly numb, like a computer being formatted. He thuded and fell to his knees, convulsing in ankle-length blood.
At this moment, he suddenly understood everything.
It was the poisonous crossbow of the Tang army that shot him, only this crossbow arrow soaked in blood and throat toxin had the power to kill in this instant, and he also knew that it must be the main general of the Tang army who saw that the city was difficult to defend, so he killed the killer like this, regardless of the enemy and me.
General Lee did the right thing.
Ren An, the dying sentry chief, said silently to himself.
Losing the car to protect the commander, sacrificing the small and fighting the big, this is the fundamental responsibility of the commander, if he is in the position of the commander, he will act like Li Dingguo.
It's just that I really didn't expect that I tried my best to fight for Tang Jun all my life, but in the end I died in the hands of my own brother, I was really fucking unwilling, Lao Tzu hadn't killed enough Tartars......
When his consciousness was dying, Ren An suddenly had a strange hallucination, that is, at this moment, the war seemed to have suddenly stopped, as if it had never happened, and the Tang and Qing soldiers who were constantly fighting around seemed to have disappeared in an instant, and this western city wall like a meat grinder suddenly became the familiar way home. His wife and children were at the door of his house, smiling and watching him come home......
It feels good to be home.
So, Ren An, who was in the hallucination, stretched out his hands and wanted to hug his wife who was close to him, but his whole body was blackened, but his neck suddenly twisted, and the whole person was planted on the ground on his back, and he didn't move.
This round of arrow rain attacks killed at least nearly 2,000 Qing soldiers and hundreds of Tang soldiers. Dolgon, Duoduo, Abatai and others, who were watching the battle under the city, saw that the Tang army did not hesitate to resort to suicide attacks in order to prevent the occupation of the Ximen city wall, and their faces suddenly changed greatly.
Unexpectedly, in order to defend the western city wall, the Tang army could use such ruthless methods and adopt this almost suicidal attack tactic, which was completely beyond their own expectations.
These Tang Jun are not people at all, but a group of devils, a group of cruel and vicious devils without any bottom line!
And just when Dolgon was at a loss and didn't react for a while, with the continuous sound of bangs, another round of crossbow arrows roared out, and these crossbow arrows shot out, like the cruel sickle of death, towards the wall of the West Gate where the Tang and Qing sides were still fighting each other, and swung violently.
The screams that were not like human voices came continuously, and a large number of Qing soldiers fell to the ground and died in an instant, and at the same time, many soldiers in the Tang army defending the city fell to the ground and died.
Seeing that the Tang army intended to adopt a battle situation of ending up together, Dolgon was the first to wake up, and he quickly sent people back to the large array to urgently report the battle situation to Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji, who heard the report on the battle situation, was full of uncontrollable shock on his face.
No way?
In order to defend this Vladivostok Fort, Li Dingguo, the commander of the Tang Army, did not hesitate to take suicidal defensive measures, and killed both the enemy and me, and died together?
This person is really ruthless!
Huang Taiji sighed secretly in his heart, damn it, if the Ming army in every place could have a combat method as stubborn and tenacious as this Tang army, and even did not hesitate to die together, and fought against the Qing Dynasty official army, then the Great Qing Yan could be as smooth as entering the realm of no one every time he entered the customs. It can even be said that those Ming troops, even if they only have half or even a fraction of the courage and fighting spirit of the Tang army, may not even be able to capture Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty, let alone enter the customs.
So, now that the Tang Army's resistance is so stubborn, what should I do next? Do you really want to retreat?
Huang Taiji shook his head slowly.
No, you can't retreat, until now, the Qing army has paid a high price of more than 10,000 casualties, and if you retreat, the casualties of these soldiers will really become worthless.
Moreover, now their own army has a clear advantage, and the Tang army on the wall of the West Gate has obviously shown a situation of lingering, if the Qing army is more vigorous, it is absolutely possible to defeat them.
Besides, the Tang army is now even using suicidal indiscriminate attack methods, doesn't it mean that they have also been forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, and the loss of this outer city is a foregone conclusion?
I can't bear the wolf, victory is just around the corner, and there is no reason to give up in vain.
Thinking of this, a fierce light flashed on Huang Taiji's face, and he said loudly: "Order Dolgon, Duoduo, and Abatai, so that they are fearless in casualties, and at any cost, they must sweep away the remnants of the Tang army on the western city wall as soon as possible and capture this western city wall." “
"Hey, the minion obeys."
Seeing that this soldier was about to turn around and leave, Huang Taiji stopped him again and said in a deep voice: "If you capture the western city wall, immediately attack the Tang crossbowmen in the city." I dare to predict that the Tang army will be frightened when they see the loss of the western wall, and those crossbowmen will never dare to confront our army again, and will only flee into the inner city to survive. Therefore, this outer city of Vladivostok Fort, I will take it! ”
"Huh!"
After receiving the emperor's order, the three of Dolgon, Duoduo and Abatai had no worries, and once again drove their troops to force their way up, hoping to take the western wall as soon as possible.
The continuous Qing soldiers, holding shields in their hands, resisting the overwhelming crossbow arrows, constantly launched a tidal wave of offensive against the only remaining Tang infantry on the city wall, under their fierce and fierce attacks, the Tang army on the city wall died faster and faster, they were constantly killed, kept falling, and the area occupied was getting smaller and smaller, and in the end, only the remaining more than ten Tang soldiers were still guarding the entrance of the horse road in the lower city.
The last remaining Tang Army soldiers, the highest rank, was a deputy sentry commander, surnamed Jiang, and his name was widespread.
Jiang Xingguang is a native of Nanzhili, after his home was swept away by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the whole family became homeless, and they fled all the way north to Li Xiao's Shanxian Iron Dragon City.
In Tielong City, Jiang Xingguang's family was settled, and then, because of his tall and strong stature, Jiang Xingguang was selected to enlist in the army and became an auxiliary soldier of the Tang Army, and then joined Li Dingguo's Taiwan Colonization Corps, and fought all the way from Shandong to Taiwan.
In the battle to pacify the entire Nanyang, Jiang Xingguang was a soldier first, accumulating meritorious deeds, and constantly promoted, and finally after the pacification of Australia, he was promoted from an ordinary auxiliary soldier to a deputy sentry commander of the A battalion of Pingnan Town.
Until now, when he saw thousands of Tang troops on the entire western city wall, only more than a dozen Tang soldiers were still fighting to the death, and the rest had been killed, Jiang Xingguang's heart was filled with infinite emotion and desolation.
Okay, so many brothers who got along with each other day and night have died in battle, and now, it's finally their turn.
Since I didn't hear Mingjin's voice, it means that General Li Dingguo has made up his mind to treat us as outcasts, so he should also have the consciousness of outcasts.
At this moment, Jiang Xingguang didn't think too much, he just took a little breath, wiped a handful of blood dripping from his face, and shouted at everyone: "Brothers, just let me wait here for the Tang Army, for Lord Li, anyway, we all have a share, and there are many children, in the future, we can still reunite in the Martyrs' Shrine, and the big guys can still be together." Now, let's finally try to kill a few more Tartars to make some more money in this life. ”
The most simple words are often the most motivating. After listening to Jiang Xingguang's words, the faces of more than ten Tang soldiers were all determined and excited.
Jiang Xingguang took the lead, he roared and waved the spear in his hand, stabbed at the nearest Qing soldier, and stabbed this guy who was caught off guard from the abdomen.
Seeing that the deputy sentinel had given the order, the rest of the Tang army did not hesitate any longer, they shouted one after another, and swooped towards their chosen targets.
Seeing that the Tang army was so heroic when it was dying, all the Qing troops were shocked, and they surrounded them on all sides and fought back violently and fiercely against the Tang army who were desperately resisting.
With a soft pop, Jiang Xingguang was deeply pierced through his chest by a sharp long-handled knife, and the sharp tip of the knife came straight out from the back of his chest, and a large cloud of blood mist gushed out in all directions.
Jiang Xingguang was like a wasp pricked by a needle, trembling all over, falling to the ground, his whole body convulsing violently.
The Qing soldier who stabbed him drew his knife and then flew up with a kick that knocked him off the wall. Jiang Xingguang flipped in a circle in the air and fell to the ground with a thud, becoming a bloody meatloaf.
Soon, the rest of the Tang soldiers were also quickly killed by the Qing army, and their bodies lay on the ground.
And Li Dingguo, the chief general of the Tang Army, who witnessed all this, suddenly burst into tears.
These brothers, who followed themselves all the way to the South Seas, experienced a hundred battles, and made outstanding military exploits, just like this, in the cold Vladivostok in the extreme north, in this snow-covered sky, came to the end of their lives.
They fought to the death, no one flinched, no one fled, and everyone used their lives and blood to defend the glory and dignity of the Tang Army. They are heroes who will always be respected and remembered by future generations!
Brothers, Li Dingguo is sorry for you, your death is definitely heavier than Mount Tai. Don't worry, I, Li Dingguo, as long as I am alive, I will definitely avenge you in the future!
So far, more than 5,000 Tang troops guarding the city wall of the West Gate have all been killed, and they have killed several times the Qing army, more than twice as many as themselves.
The weakest western gate wall of Vladivostok finally fell. After paying the unprecedented tragic sacrifice since their conquest, the Qing army finally occupied the western city wall, which was full of corpses and blood up and down several inches, and was like blood, and finally reaped this costly victory.
After capturing the western city wall, the Qing army immediately complied with Huang Taiji's request, did not take a moment, but poured down the city wall like a tide, shouting and rushing to the crossbowmen in the city.
Seeing the surging Qing army, Li Dingguo sighed and ordered loudly: "All obey the order, withdraw into the inner city to defend, and continue to fight the Qing army to the end!" ”