Chapter 931: Breaking the Fortress Wall is unsustainable
And when the Qing army's formation was scattered and the speed was slightly sluggish, the second round of fire salvo began again.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
The gunfire was loud, the embers were flying, and more than 500 guns were fired, and more than 500 lead bullets roared out caused more than 100 casualties among the Qing soldiers.
Many of these improvised Qing troops were new to battle, and since they were born in their mother's womb, they had never seen such a fierce firearm strike, and the formation suddenly became more and more chaotic, and the original fanatical and bloodthirsty expressions on everyone's faces began to recede, and many people showed terrified expressions, because they didn't know when such bad luck would befall them.
I don't know who shouted, the Qing army under the city began to retreat in large numbers, as if fleeing from the ghost domain, they hurried away without regard for their heads, and in the spirit of the dead Taoist friends and the immortal poor Dao, they left this Ju Ao Cang as soon as possible, which made them lose their lives inexplicably.
Dorgon, who was hiding behind the battle and watching the battle, was very angry when he saw that his soldiers and horses had suffered so many casualties before the actual siege began.
"Hurry up and release the arrows and suppress the Tang Army!" Dolgon's eyes burned with rage, and he ordered loudly.
After hearing Dorgon's order, the Qing soldiers who were hiding behind the shield cart suddenly came to their senses and immediately began to attack and shoot from their backs.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
……
One by one, the ruthless light arrows, with a slight scream, shot at the Tang army at the head of the city.
Most of the arrows were blocked by the shieldmen's large shields, and some of the arrows, over the shields, hit the spearmen and auxiliaries behind, and the well-armoured spearmen, a few were wounded, while those auxiliaries who lacked armor were in a much worse situation, and at once more than a dozen auxiliaries were killed or wounded, and they fell from the city screaming and falling into bloody flesh cakes.
The north side of the wall was in a worse condition due to the lack of a group of shield men, and the casualties were even more serious, with nearly a third more casualties than in the south.
The continuous projectiles of the Qing army's follow-up brought considerable difficulties to the Tang army on the city wall, and because a large number of auxiliary soldiers left in order to avoid the Qing army's arrows, the Tang army's next wave of offensive of smashing ash bottles and pouring gold juice seriously delayed. Taking advantage of the brief confusion of the Tang army, dozens of siege ladders finally set up the city walls on the north and south sides.
"Click!"
The fifteen-meter-long siege ladder finally leaned against the wall of Juaocang Fort, and the iron hook on it immediately hooked the pheasant wall of the city wall, and it was difficult to break off.
When the Qing troops besieging the city saw this, their morale was immediately boosted, and they let out a beast-like howl and immediately began to climb along the ladder.
The brutal siege battle has officially begun.
"Brothers, panic! Now that the two armies are fighting, the more afraid they are of death, the more they will die! All the auxiliaries were not afraid of the arrows, and continued to throw gold juice and ash bottles, and the ladder hammer was immediately prepared, attacking the Qing army climbing the ladder together! ”
Hao Zeren, director of the Shengjing Security Department, who was the commander-in-chief of the Provisional Tang Army, cheered them up loudly.
Seeing a clear team, roaring along the siege ladder and climbing up quickly, the blood-red eyes of the Tang generals also roared angrily to the auxiliaries who were shot by the Tartar arrows and hid behind the pheasant moat and the big shield, and gave a loud order.
Seeing the murderous appearance of the officials, the Tang Army auxiliaries plucked up their courage, left the reserve, and continued to operate the equipment for defending the city.
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.
The Qing army besieging the city was surprised to see that a thick wooden hammer that required two people to hug each other was tied with hinges at one end, and the other end was smashed sideways in the center of a siege wooden ladder.
The Qing soldiers below, who had been splashed with feces and burned by quicklime, let out a continuous scream, which was interspersed with the click of the siege ladder being smashed, and then the clatter and scattering of the siege ladder falling to the ground.
Although many of the Tang auxiliaries were killed or wounded by arrows, the Tang army's fierce counterattack broke nearly ten siege ladders of the enemy and caused many Tartar soldiers to be killed or wounded.
Dolgon, who had been quietly watching the situation, saw that the momentum of his attack had been suppressed again, so he shouted again: "Pass the order, don't be afraid of the defenders." The Tang army does not hit the ladder hammer much, as long as we hurry up and attack it, we will soon be able to capture the city! ”
"Huh!"
The Qing army who jumped on the city wall, there was an inexplicable joy on their faces, and their eyes flashed with the light of greed that could be gained, in their impression, the number of their own soldiers was more than ten times that of the Tang army guarding the fort, and as long as they attacked the Tang army's fort wall, then they would rush and kill next, and these Tang troops would cry and surrender.
It's just that this time, they naturally thought completely wrong.
The Qing army quickly discovered that the Tang army on the north and south city walls was completely different from the Ming army in other places like soft persimmons, these cold and neat, well-armored and well-armed Tang soldiers were more like a killing machine that was in full swing.
When the Qing soldiers 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 these Qing soldiers were either headed, or chested, or neck, and immediately stabbed by fatal spears, sending these Qing troops who had not had time to react to hell in an instant.
The entrance to the battlement was quickly filled with the corpses of the Qing army.
"Kill the Tartars, make a meritorious name!"
"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"
The roar of the Tang soldiers, accompanied by the screams of the Qing army, soared into the sky!
However, as time went by, more and more Qing troops began to jump from the city wall, especially some of the horse armor soldiers who were mixed in it, because they were well protected by two layers of armor and had heavy weapons in their hands, as soon as they entered the wall, they immediately slashed and killed. With these powerful vest soldiers rushing into formation, the half-arc spear and shield battle array, which was originally closely surrounded, was constantly broken away and deformed, and for a while, among the shield soldiers and spearmen of the Tang Army, 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 city wall was in a stalemate for a while, and the northern city wall, the rampant team stationed here, finally ushered in the opportunity to show their skills on this bloody night.
"Brothers, meritorious service is today!" The captain of the rampaging team, with the tiger gun in his hand, pulled a spear flower and took the lead in killing the Qing army who rushed to the wall.
The mecha monster-like rampant team, dressed in triple armor, like a miniature tank, and the heavy tiger knives, tiger guns, long-handled knives, thick-backed military sickles and other heavy weapons in everyone's hands, all fought hard to slash and kill the Qing 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 Lu Mi gunners who were shooting in the corner tower kept reloading and firing at the Qing soldiers who were climbing on the siege ladder and gathering under the ladder, and the guns rang out one after another, and from time to time the Qing soldiers screamed and fell to the ground and died.
The Mongol Qing army and the Han Qing army, which began to climb with the Manchurian Qing army, also joined the battle, making the battle for the entire fortress wall more bloody and fierce.
The north and south walls of Juaocang have finally been completely transformed into two flesh mills.
Under the full moon, countless corpses of the Qing army and the corpses of the dead Tang army were mixed with each other, lying on the ground horizontally, and the blood of these enemies who fought to the death before death 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, the Tang army, which had always maintained a battle formation, became more and more courageous, gradually narrowing the spear and shield battle array that the Qing army was struggling to break away, and forcing it back to the entrance of the battlement.
At this time, the Qing army had already lost its original fierceness, and most of them were exhausted, such as the Mongol soldiers and Han soldiers, who were simply dying to save their lives.
Seeing the decline of the enemy's army, Yu Zeren, who had been watching the battle with cold eyes, brushed the ground and pulled out the Xueliang waist knife on his waist, and shouted: "Brothers, the Qing army is at the end of its strong crossbow, and our whole army will attack together to defeat the Tartars, at this moment!" ”
Seeing that his own supreme commander personally charged into battle, the Tang army erupted in deafening cheers, and all the soldiers, who were inspired with great courage, rushed towards the Qing army that was retreating more and more in a high and orderly manner.
The Qing army at the head of the northern wall was the first to collapse.
The armor and weapons of the Tang army, as well as the physical strength and training, even in the state of pure cold weapon combat, were far superior to those improvised Qing troops. Seeing that the Tang army had been fighting for so long, it was still so brave and fierce, and the Qing army at the head of the city, which had suffered heavy casualties, was all frightened. I don't know who shouted, and the Qing army, which was still climbing upward, began to flee downward.
The momentum is not good, and it is important to save your life.
Where there is life, there is hope. After all, life is gone, and it is necessary to make a name.
"Bastard! You bastards, come back to this king! ”
Dolgon, who was hiding behind and commanding, was so angry that he almost wanted to cut these fleeing Qing troops into meat sauce.
It's just that seeing that there are more and more routs, and there is a tendency to spread all over the streets and alleys, it has collapsed to the point that it is difficult to clean up, and Dolgon also knows that in such a situation, the general trend has gone, and it is useless to leave the Qing army in the city to fight hard, and the only way to fight again is to clean up the remnants of the army first.
"Order, temporarily withdraw the troops, and after reorganizing the army, attack Juaocang again." Dolgon, with a distorted face, almost gave the order weakly.
"Huh!"
Soon, the sound of gold was loud, and the remaining Qing troops attacking the fort were not stunned.
"Don't attack, retreat!"
Hearing the sound of gold, the Manchurian Qing army, which was already small in number on the northern city wall, was greatly demoralized, and heard the retreat order of their master, but they began to turn back yesterday, wanting to climb down the ladder and flee back.
As soon as they fled, the Mongol Qing army and the Han Qing army were unwilling to lag behind and fled one after another.
If you want to run, it's not that easy!
The soldiers of the Tang Army, who were already red-eyed, rushed up, slashed and slaughtered, unceremoniously beheaded their heads, and pierced their chests.
In the Qing army's array, there was a wail, and after paying a large number of Qing soldiers' lives and corpses, they and the following followers, pushing the leather cart, and retreating to the formation in an orderly manner.
The battle for the northern fort wall is finally over.
Hao Zeren immediately ordered that except for part of the Tang army that stayed here and smashed all the siege ladders left by the enemy, all the rest of the troops immediately supported the southern wall.
The Qing army on the southern wall, which was already struggling to support, was attacked by so many brave and fierce Tang troops, and the sound of gold was heard, and finally it could no longer support it and completely collapsed.
"The whole army retreats, and retreats here!"
In a chaotic shout, the Qing army maintained order at first and fought and retreated, but with the arrival of a large number of Tang troops, the Qing army no longer had any order at all, and they all rushed to the ladder mouth.
They fled in front, and the Tang army pursued them fiercely behind.
"Brothers, work hard, the Qing army has been defeated, kill the Qing army more and make meritorious contributions!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Kill the Qing army and go to heaven!"
"Kill the Qing army and make a meritorious name!"
Hao Zeren's roar of joy was echoed by all the soldiers in unison. The Tang Junjun, who was like a rainbow, shouted slogans loudly, and the weapons in everyone's hands danced faster and faster.
The remaining Qing troops on the city wall, who had no time to escape, finally couldn't stand the Tang army's ruthless and relentless attacks, and the remnants of the Qing army threw their swords and surrendered on their knees.