Chapter 217: Fierce Battle of Xue Cheng (1)
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
A Qian general guarding the south gate of Xue Cheng looked at the Tuoyue army in horror and roared loudly.
There are only 5,000 men and horses stationed in Xue City, and there are only more than 2,000 people here at the south gate, among them, 500 Ying Long Army, 1,700 Lingnan Army, this point of men and horses Xiang blocked Tuoyue's more than 40,000 Manmeng iron cavalry, there is no possibility at all.
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Woohoo"
The soldiers of the Yinglong Army and the soldiers of the Lingnan Army on the city wall all fired or shot arrows at the rushing Qing iron cavalry, and many Qing soldiers were shot down and dismounted, but the number of Qing iron cavalry was too large, and they could not even slow down the speed of the Qing army's iron cavalry.
Seeing that the Qing army's iron cavalry was about to rush in through the open city gate.
"Hurry! The captives are about to rush in! ”
Under the city tower, a hundred general clever, called dozens of soldiers to temporarily move wooden stakes and sundries, etc., all piled up in the mouth of the city gate, and in a short moment, they were piled up nearly two meters high, and they were still being piled up one after another.
The Qing army's iron cavalry rushed to the front of the entrance of the city gate, but was blocked by this pile of wooden stakes and debris, and had no choice but to urgently restrain the war horse.
"You guys, get off the horse and move away!" An eight-banner general pointed at dozens of soldiers and shouted.
Immediately, more than 20 Qing soldiers jumped off their horses and prepared to move away from the blocking wooden stakes.
On the tower of the city, the soldiers of the Ying Long Army and the Lingnan Army were still firing and shooting arrows, and the Qing troops who were blocked outside the city were killed and wounded.
A Qing army general was furious and shouted: "Shoot back, shoot the Ming army on the tower of the city!" ”
"Xiu Xiu Xiu" bent the bow and arrows, and after tens of thousands of arrows shot into the sky, they fell like raindrops.
"Whew! Laugh at! Snort, ah" The dense rain of arrows covered the entire city tower and a radius of more than ten meters in the city, and hundreds of soldiers defending the city were shot dead and suffered heavy casualties.
Although the Ying Long Army and the Lingnan Army defending the city kept fighting back, the Qing army had an absolute advantage, and every time it was ten thousand arrows, dense and unstoppable.
In just a few shots, the Ying Long Army and the Lingnan Army defending the city suffered hundreds of casualties, which was unbearable compared to the Ying Long Army and the Lingnan Army, which only had more than 2,000 people here.
At the city gate, one of the two sides was piled up inside, and the other was outside.
However, the Qing army was from outside the city to the inside of the city, as long as the door hole of the city wall was removed for a few meters, but the defenders in the city were piled up more and more backwards, and I believe that it could not be stopped without half a cup of tea.
"Go to the north of the city for help!" Ying Longjunqian, the commander of the South Gate, yelled at a soldier.
Immediately, the soldier quickly ran to the north gate to ask for help, there were 2,700 people there, at least more than 1,000 people could be transferred over, and in any case they had to hold on until the main force of the army outside the north of the city entered the city.
"It's not good, I can't stop it!" Lingnan Army Baizong was frightened to throw away the wooden stake in his hand, the hole in the city wall, the Qing soldiers quickly emptied the pile of debris in the doorway, Lingnan Army Baizong had been able to see the hideous face of the Qing army at a very close range, and the Qing army iron cavalry could rush in immediately.
"All down the walls!" On the city wall, Ying Longjun Qianzong decisively ordered all the remaining soldiers on the city wall to go down the city wall to resist.
Because hundreds of people were killed and injured by the rain of arrows thrown by the Qing army outside the city, at this moment, there were only more than 1,600 people left to guard the south gate, of which only more than 300 were soldiers of the Ying Long army.
More than 300 soldiers of the Ying Long Army lined up and arrived at the front.
At the entrance of the "bang bang bang" city gate, sawdust flew sideways, and three Qing soldiers who tried to move away from the last bit of blocking were killed, but this must not stop the Qing soldiers behind from continuing to move the last wooden stakes and debris blocking the way.
"Bang bang bang" another three Qing soldiers were killed.
Outside the city, a Qing army general gritted his teeth with a cold expression.
"You, ride your horse and knock away this last block!" The Qing army general pointed to a Qing army soldier and said.
The Qing soldier did not hesitate at all, and after the war horse retreated more than twenty steps, he slammed his legs on the horse's belly, and rode the horse towards the doorway.
"Bang!" Inside the city, I saw a war horse suddenly slam into the last blocked wooden stake debris at the door opening from outside the city and rushed in.
The war horse was covered in blood and fell to the ground, and the Qing soldiers on the back of the war horse also rolled down several meters, struggled for a while, and then lay on the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Subsequently, the Qing army's iron cavalry was completely unhindered and rushed in.
"Kill" The Qing soldier waved the steel knife in his hand and rushed forward to kill.
More than 1,600 soldiers defending the city lined up on the avenue in the city, resisting the charge of the Qing army.
More than 300 soldiers of the Ying Long Army arrived at the front and immediately opened fire!
"Bang bang bang" rushed to the front, and nearly 20 Qing soldiers were all beaten into plugs.
Because the distance between the two sides is only more than 20 meters, completely within the range of the Qing army's bow and arrow, the Qing army has hundreds of iron cavalry rushed into the city, a round of arrow rain killed and injured more than ten soldiers of the Ying Long army, and the Qing army continued to rush into the city, a steady stream.
The Qing army exchanged casualties for casualties, and was killed and wounded by 300 Yinglong soldiers who blocked the road, and also killed and injured Yinglong soldiers with bows and arrows.
After the Qing army rushed through the first section of the road, a part of the Qing army's iron cavalry divided their troops left and right, broke away from the main road from the alleys of shops on both sides of the road, and killed from the residential areas of the common people to the north of the city.
There were many people in Xue City, and there were no survivors left where the Qing soldiers passed, and hundreds of people died under the knives of the Qing army.
At this time, more than 1,000 soldiers defending the city who came from the north of the city arrived, but the Qing army did not attack the main road, and had already divided the troops left and right, and the number of soldiers defending the city was too small to be stopped.
"There are too many captives to stop! Order, retreat to the north gate, and defend the north gate! "The lord of the city will be a general manager of the Ying Long Army, this Ying Long Jun Qian General judged the situation and decisively ordered all the men and horses to retreat to the north gate.
Immediately, all the remaining soldiers defending the city fought and retreated, and all retreated to the north gate, defending the north gate.
This is also a helpless move, at the moment the soldiers defending the city are only more than 3,000 people, if it is according to the north gate within a radius of tens of meters, it can still resist for a while, if it is scattered, it is easier to be annihilated by the Qing army.
Because the soldiers of the Ming army defending the city gave up blocking and all retreated, Tuoyue soon occupied most of Xue City, leaving only a radius of more than 100 meters from the north gate of Xue City.
Tuo Yue led more than 40,000 Manmeng iron horsemen to the north gate of Xue City, and looked at the more than 3,000 Ming troops who were waiting to defend the north gate with a cold smile.
Outside the north gate, Yan Yingyuan Ji Feng and others still have a total of more than 60,000 troops left, and they are only less than two miles away from the north gate, and they are constantly advancing.
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