Chapter 529: Reinforcements Finally Arrive

Seeing these Qing soldiers climbing up like ants, Li Dingguo's heart tightened to the extreme, and his heart hurt to the extreme.

Of course, he knew that if all these siege ladders were to be blown up, otherwise, if the Qing army was allowed to climb to the top of the city, the battle would become unprecedentedly fierce. If there is still a hand throwing thunder now, this is not a problem at all, it has long been fucking blown up and the Qing army has fled in embarrassment, how can it be so passive.

The taste of being passively beaten is always the most uncomfortable and unforgettable.

Although the city wall has been watered and frozen, the top of the siege ladder is equipped with hooks, and once it is close to the city wall, it immediately firmly grasps the inner city battlements, and it is difficult to shake them.

Li Dingguo was helpless, and was about to give an order for the crossbowmen to risk probes to shoot intensively at the enemy troops who were climbing up, but unexpectedly, those Qing archers who were eyeing the sky had already taken action in advance and began to throw a large number of arrows at the entire city wall.

The collective projectile of nearly 20,000 Qing troops, dense with arrows, emitted a crisp scream, like a flock of birds released by death, swooping towards the crossbowmen of the Tang army guarding the city.

Although most of the arrows were blocked by the big shield, they also caused great pressure on the Tang army, and immediately more than 100 auxiliary soldiers were killed or wounded, and more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers who were injured by arrows were screamed and fell from the city wall and fell into meat cakes.

For a while, under the arrows of the Qing army that attacked like rain, it was difficult for Li Dingguo's soldiers to even raise their heads, and they didn't even think about how to counterattack the Qing army besieging the city.

Seeing that his subordinates were suppressed again, Li Dingguo was filled with anger, and his teeth were gritted loudly.

The brutal battle for the city walls eventually and inevitably began.

The Qing army soon followed the siege ladder and climbed to the top of the city. It's just that at this time, the Tang army was ready to counterattack and fight.

Looking down from the sky, you can see that one by one the Tartars shouted and jumped from the head of the siege ladder, but they were immediately sandwiched in the middle by several large shields surrounded by a semi-arc, these large shields, all taken out of the arsenal of the inner city, operated and defended by crossbowmen, although their movements were much more clumsy and uncoordinated than those of professional shield soldiers. But fortunately, these crossbowmen were all battle-hardened and reacted quickly, and they used the two rows of spikes on these large shields to slam the Qing troops who climbed up the tower, and stabbed them to death like frogs with the sharp and thick steel thorns.

Before they could gain a firm foothold, behind each shield, a crossbowman who had already prepared drew his waist swords and immediately attacked from several different directions at once, slashing these unprepared Tartars alive and sending them to hell in an instant.

At the edge of the wall that had not yet been built, the corpses of the Tartars were quickly filled in a thick black straight line.

"Kill the Tartars, make a meritorious name!"

"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"

In the frantic battle, the roars of the Tang soldiers, accompanied by the screams of the Tartars, pierced through the heavy snow and soared into the sky.

It's just that the crossbowmen who are only equipped with waist knives have far less attack power and proficiency than the spearmen and rampant teams of the Tang Army, and as time goes by, more and more Tartars begin to jump from the city wall, especially those who climb up to the white armor, because they are wearing three layers of armor, they are outstanding in martial arts, fierce in melee combat, very well protected, and have heavy weapons in their hands.

With these powerful white-armored charging formations, the semi-arc shield battle array, which was not very tight, was constantly broken away and deformed, and for a while, among the crossbowmen of the Tang Army, some people fell down screaming from time to time. It's just that as soon as there were casualties, new crossbowmen immediately made up for it.

The western walls of Vladivostok Fort have finally been completely transformed into a flesh mill.

The corpses of countless Tartars 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 their deaths finally flowed together. The rammed earth surface of the city wall, which had not yet been built, had become extremely viscous because of the overlapping flow of blood, and it was wet and slippery when stepped on, making it difficult to stand firmly.

Everyone can see that as more and more Qing troops in Shangcheng, the Qing army began to occupy a clear and visible advantage, while the Tang army, which was already short of troops, was in an increasingly difficult situation.

"Brothers, hold on, this inner city must not be lost!"

Li Dingguo yelled at the Tang soldiers who were fighting, and his voice was sad and sad. As soon as he finished speaking, he also jumped into the Qing army with his personal guards, took the lead, and launched a fierce fight.

For a while, the clanging sound of swords slashing against each other, the popping sound of knives and guns piercing into the human body, and the screams of soldiers dying were stacked on top of each other, and the smell made people's hearts palpitate.

And let all the defenders of the city be in bloody battles, from this time of extreme worry

Immediately, two deafening explosions rang out from the inner city walls in the north and south.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Li Dingguo only felt that the city wall under his feet shook violently, making it difficult for him to stand firmly, and he almost fell to the ground.

The mass of dust rushed to his face, choking him almost out of breath, and then coughing violently.

Li Dingguo, who finally stood firmly, saw through the dust in the castle that he was surprised to see that at the north and south city walls, the gaps sealed with ice bricks were blown up and the ice was splashed, like snow waves rolling, and suddenly there were two huge gaps that were more than five meters wide!

Some soldiers of the Tang Army, who had not had time to dodge in time, were hit by the strong air wave of the explosion, fell into the air like pieces of paper, and then fell to the ground screaming, and died in a blur of flesh and blood.

Seeing that the inner city wall was re-blown by the Qing army, Li Dingguo's heart hurt like a knife. As for the Tang Army stationed above, everyone was frightened, and everyone's faces were full of inexplicable fear.

At this time, the Qing army under the city came with a huge cheer, such a beast-like cheer, stretched out, and the entire Qing army array was full of laughter and roars, stacked like thunder.

"Haha, I've got it!"

Dolgon, who had seen this from afar, clapped his hands and laughed, and the ecstasy on his face was almost indescribable.

Dolgon stood up from his chair, his face turned flushed with extreme excitement, and he shouted at the Bakash soldiers next to him: "Pass the order, the rest of the combined chariots will be abandoned on the spot, and Duoduo will quickly reorganize his troops and horses, and attack the inner city from these two openings, and must completely destroy the Tang army defenders in the city!" “

"Yes, the minion obeys."

After receiving Dorgon's military order, the soldiers and horses of the Duoduo tribe, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, rushed towards the gap with a shout.

In their eyes, those few Tang troops guarding the gap are simply a pile of garbage waiting to be cleaned, and maybe, as long as they charge themselves, they can sweep away these poor guys.

The most dangerous time for the Tang army has finally arrived.

Seeing that the Qing army was already so close, Zu Kuan, the deputy general in charge of guarding the gap, wiped his forehead with cold sweat, pulled out his waist knife with a brush, and yelled in unison: "All crossbowmen, prepare, release!" “

"Whoosh! ……”

In the continuous sound of bangbang strings, the Tang army began the first and final round of salvo release.

A continuous stream of crossbow arrows were fired from one after another from the crossbows, and on this morning when the weather was drowsy and the wind howled, the highly poisonous crossbow arrows were like swarms of flying locusts released from the hands of the god of death, with infinite anger and cruelty, they buzzed and flew quickly, forming a dense web of death.

Immediately, as many as 4,000 poisonous crossbow arrows roared out and shot towards the Qing troops who were rushing towards them with hideous faces and roaring wildly.

"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.

Because the distance was so close, the rate of fire of the crossbow arrows was extremely fast, and quite a few Qing troops did not have time to react, and they screamed and were killed at close range by the crossbow arrows of the Tang army.

Perhaps, the Qing army, which had fallen into a state of semi-leprosy, did not think of deliberately dodging at all, and many people just symbolically blocked it subconsciously with the shield in their spleen, and then they still kept rushing forward to kill.

Due to the intensive release of crossbow arrows, the Qing army attacked intensively, so this time the killing effect was very considerable, the Qing army was killed nearly 700 people, by the Tang army this time, and the last crossbow arrows were released, to be shot alive.

All the Qing soldiers who were shot by the crossbow arrows coated with the blood-sealed throat toxin were certain to die, and their blackened and twisted corpses spread all over the open space outside the gap.

Rao was so, those Qing soldiers who were almost demented, as if they had no feeling for the casualties of their own soldiers, howled, brandished the swords in their hands, and rushed straight towards the gap, roaring.

Seeing that the Qing army was about to rush and the Tang army's crossbow arrows were released, and there was no time to reload at this point, Zu Kuan ordered in a trembling voice: "All crossbowmen pay attention, immediately put down the crossbow, and take the waist knife to meet the enemy!" “

"Order!"

At this time, seeing that the Qing army finally broke into the fort and successfully strangled with the crossbowmen of the Tang army, Dolgon, who was watching the battle from a distance, showed a happy smile on his face.

"The whole army obeys the order! Now that the Tang army is close at hand, the soldiers of the whole army have resigned from their hard work, they are not afraid of sacrifice, they must attack quickly, and they must be strangled in one place, and they must kill all such damn guys to this king! Dolgon's face was overjoyed, and he shouted orders with a loud roar.

Seeing the commander's order, and seeing that the Qing army at the head of the city was also gaining the upper hand, all the Qing troops who attacked the gap suddenly fell into a state of extreme madness and bloodthirstiness, and accelerated their speed more and more, rushing towards the gap in the inner city.

Soon, after rushing through the distance of more than ten paces, the Qing troops who rushed up immediately fought with the panicked Tang army, which had no danger to rely on.

"Brothers, the Qing captives are attacking, let us fight with them to the death, we must defend the inner city!"

Zu Kuan, the deputy general with a distorted and hideous face, shouted loudly in the biggest voice, but his eyes were full of unconcealable despair. Then he jumped into the formation and fought with the surging Qing army.

At the gap between the north and south city walls, such a temporary fortification could not stop the attack of the Qing army at all, and a tiger spear and tiger knife, through the fortifications, stabbed the Tang crossbowmen behind, killing the Tang crossbowmen screaming again and again, and kept falling.

"Sons! Intensify the attack, the Tang army is a long-range force, how can they be the opponent of my Qing elite soldiers! Rush up and kill all these guys who dare to resist, and leave no one behind! ”

Duoduo, who commanded the whole army to attack the gap, stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and shouted at the Qing army that was attacking like a tide.

Seeing the main general's loud encouragement, all the Qing troops worked harder, and they were like a group of crazy beasts, and they rushed towards the Tang army without any scruples.

At this time, Li Dingguo, who was standing at the head of the city and was fighting desperately, saw that the entire battle situation was already progressing in a direction that was becoming more and more unfavorable to himself, and there was a trace of sadness that could not be concealed on his fierce face.

Could it be that I, Li Dingguo, am finally buried here? Perhaps, this cold and wild Vladivostok is the end of my fate.

Perhaps, these last thousands of Tang soldiers will go to the final destruction here, and use their blood and lives to compose the last song of loyalty for the Tang Army.

Li Dingguo, who was fighting to the death with the enemy, subconsciously looked eastward, but the weather was dark and the sea was foggy, and he couldn't see anything.

When it is, it can't be seen, it doesn't mean that the sea is still dead and silent.

The Tang and Qing armies, who were now fighting desperately, did not know that in the current Whale Sea, a fleet of nearly 100 ships was silently marching towards the western coast under the cover of thick sea fog.

At this most critical and extremely difficult moment, the reinforcements of the Tang Army, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Army's Pingnan Town Battalion led by Cao Bianjiao, finally arrived!

Moreover, they not only brought all the soldiers and horses of the C Battalion, but also brought all the cavalry troops of the entire Pingnan Town. 2,500 Xuanhu heavy cavalry and 2,500 Flying Harrier light cavalry were already ready to go on the ship.

From a distance, the Tang army and the Qing army were fighting frantically in the inner city, and seeing that the Tang army was getting more and more at a disadvantage, the Tang general Cao Bianjiao, who came to help, frowned, and his face was like a knife.

Fortunately, I arrived in time, and finally arrived in time at the most critical time.

"General Chuanben's order, urgently dock, all the cavalry, divided into two parts, immediately and forcefully assault the Qing army on the eastern city wall!"

"Order!"

When the Tang army was fighting with the Qing army at the gap, the Tang warship finally docked and immediately landed on the shore to rescue.

The first to disembark was all the cavalry troops, who, according to Cao Bianjiao's instructions, first concentrated their forces, and then assaulted from the eastern wall of the outer city, which was already dilapidated and almost completely crossed, to the forces led by Hauge who were attacking the eastern wall of the inner city.

The wind roared, the sea frenzy, the iron horse Jinge, the five thousand Tang cavalry who were eager to kill the brave, divided into two parts, like two black sharp knives, rushed towards the Qing army that was attacking the inner city!

The time for revenge has finally arrived!