Volume 16 Chapter 38 Heavy casualties
It was not a wrong decision that Gushi Khan did not order the second wave of siege troops to retreat, because even if they turned back, they would be washed in cannonballs again, and it would be good to have about 2,000 people who could run back alive, so it was better to let them rush forward and consume the strength of the Ming army.
His biggest mistake was to underestimate the strength of the Ming army, or rather, he should not have listened to the instigation of Tsarist Russia and led the army to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it's too late to say these things now, he has already ridden the tiger and is difficult to get down, and 10,000 people have already rushed up, and he can't withdraw back.
He could only use his binoculars to watch the siege troops nervously, hoping that they could rush to the city wall and clean up the Ming army on the city wall!
Will his wish come true?
He was answered by a terrifying rain of bullets, and he gritted his teeth in anger as he looked at the besieging troops that had been beaten to pieces.
Only then did he realize that he had been completely deceived by Rozov and Koperov, what kind of bullshit musket they gave him, and it was not the same thing as Daming's musket at all.
What artillery can't be moved, the landing point of the cannonball is fixed, it's just bullshit, Daming's artillery is obviously adjustable, the cannonball is like having eyes, sticking to the siege troops, and the cannonball has no fixed landing point at all!
Finally, the siege troops survived the rain of bullets and rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and there were only about 4,000 people left.
Of course, if these 4,000 or so people can all rush to the city wall, they can also cause huge losses to the Ming army.
However, his hopes were once again disappointed, and the first thing the Ming army dropped was not a rolling stone or a sassal wood, but a fist-sized, round black bump, which exploded when it touched anything, and the nearby soldiers would inexplicably lie on the ground and roll on the ground as soon as it exploded!
No one died in this round, but there was an extra ground rolling gourd under the city wall, and at least thousands of people were blown up and rolled on the ground.
Immediately after that, there were rolling stones, sassal wood, hot oil, boiling water, and the besieging troops lost nearly a thousand more people.
Finally, someone climbed the city wall, although there were only more than 2,000 siege troops left, but there was still a fight, because the Ming army on the city wall was more than 2,000 people killed.
Gu Shi Khan's hand holding the telescope began to tremble, he nervously watched the hand-to-hand combat on the city wall, the Ming army finally suffered casualties, at this time, the city wall was already in chaos, do you want to continue to attack?
At this moment, he had a lot of thoughts in his head.
Having lost so many men, it was hard to storm the city walls, and if the attack was not continued, the second wave of siege troops would be in danger of being completely annihilated;
There was already a great chaos on the city wall, and the Ming army definitely had no chance to shoot;
The other three sides are still attacking, and if his side stops unilaterally, won't the other three sides be pitted;
The most important thing is that he hasn't figured out how many Ming troops there are in Hamiwei, if there are more than 10,000 Ming troops in the city, then, if there is another wave, the city wall is very likely to be taken!
In the end, he decided to take a gamble, and it was all like this, how could he be willing not to try.
So, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "The third wave, up." “
"Kill." There was another shout of killing, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers on the east side rushed towards the city wall.
Hou Gongji could have organized his men and horses to quickly drive down the enemy troops on the city wall, but he didn't, because he wanted the enemy to continue to send people to attack the city.
The more they come, the more military exploits, this is only one aspect, more important, the siege of Hamiwei is all cavalry, if other friendly troops want to destroy them in the field, I don't know how much it will cost, now they finally give up their specialties and run to attack the city, of course, try to attract a little more people to come up and send them to death!
Seeing that the enemy had finally sent a third wave of siege troops, he put down his binoculars, took the iron spear from his guard, and shouted: "Up." “
Anyway, take the lead and rush towards the place where the enemy is dense.
The 100 guards under him were carefully selected from 10,000 people, not only good marksmanship, but also more or less practiced some skills, just like the special forces in later generations.
Although there is no special forces in the Ming army yet, the general generals above the division level will gather their more powerful soldiers to act as personal guards, which can work wonders in many cases.
At this moment, Hou Gongji rushed up with this hundred guards, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, and the enemy troops on the city wall were quickly cleaned up!
At this time, the third wave of enemy troops had already rushed to a distance of less than two hundred steps from the city wall, and it was too late to open fire, Hou Gongji directly ordered: "Order, all the artillery and the seriously injured are down the city wall, and the others who can still fight immediately aim and shoot, in addition, let the third and fourth battalions of the regiment come up to support." “
The guards scattered, and soon a small half of them lay on the walls and began to shoot, while the artillerymen quickly withdrew the heavily wounded infantry.
As soon as the wounded men retreated, two thousand more infantry rushed up and scattered quickly across the walls and began to shoot.
By this time, the enemy's vanguard had almost rushed under the city walls, and the walls had not had time to prepare hot oil and boiling water, leaving only some rolling stones and sassal wood.
Hou Gongji directly ordered, everyone, throw all the grenades on their bodies!
At this moment, there was a rain of thunderbolts on the city wall, and countless grenades still entered the crowd below, and there was a scream under the city wall.
Still, some grinned and lifted the ladder below to climb up the city wall.
Gradually, more and more enemy troops climbed the city wall, and at this time, there was no tactic at all.
Fierce hand-to-hand combat suddenly began on the city wall, countless tile spur soldiers climbed the city wall and were stabbed down, the Ming army soldiers also suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers on standby in the city also rushed to the city wall in waves to supplement the battle damage, and the sky and earth were dark when both sides were killed, and the sun and moon were dark.
In the distance, Gushi Khan was still holding a telescope, nervously watching the situation on the city wall, his face becoming paler and paler.
Half an hour passed, and the Ming army on the city wall still showed no signs of exhaustion, and the third wave of siege troops was almost exhausted, so he couldn't help but say to Aside next to him: "Aset Taiji, can you let your people continue to rush up to attack the city." “
Asyd shook his head resolutely and said, "Great Khan, we are cavalry, and siege is not our specialty. Besides, I don't know how many Ming troops there are in the city, and if we continue to attack like this, we may not be able to capture Hamiwei, and we are even in danger of being wiped out, so forget it. Didn't you say that the Ming Dynasty had a total of 100,000 garrisons in the northwest, it seems that they have gathered at least 50,000 horses here, so there will definitely be a shortage of manpower in other places, so we might as well try our luck elsewhere. “
Hearing this, Gu Shihan slowly put down the binoculars, and said unwillingly: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" “
There was a sound of gold, and the siege troops staggered back, looking like that, all of them were not lightly injured, and some of them were even dragged back.
The Ming army took no further action, and the two sides finally died down.
After the war, Gu Shi Khan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
The soldiers in all four directions suffered heavy casualties, and of the 20,000 people who rushed up behind, less than 10,000 could run back, and all of them were wounded, and there were not a few who were seriously injured!