222 Lost the first battle
"Rush!" Countless Qing troops stepped on the bluestone road, rushed up towards Hanzhou City, the whole Hanzhou City is between two mountains, the terrain is inclined from north to southeast, standing in the north and rushing south, but the location of Hanzhou City is more special, out of an undulating place, it is inclined from the southwest to the northeast, the Qing soldiers are facing the strong city, they can only attack from below, the terrain is not good for them, but these Qing soldiers are particularly fierce, they carry the ladder with their waists, and advance step by step under the cover of the sword and shield hand and musketeer, and the back is still the cover of artillery, They are all real Eight Flags powerhouses.
"Tartar, take it, Lao Tzu is waiting for you to come!" Ma Degong bent his waist above the city pass, looked out through the female wall, and watched the Qing soldiers approach step by step, but they did not move.
Ao Bai pressed the hilt of the knife in his hand. Standing like a mountain in front of the three armies, he stood in front of everyone with a blank face, commanding the siege men.
"The warriors of the Qing Dynasty, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, you have fought every battle very well, my Qing Dynasty warriors dominate the world, no one is invincible, today is the time for you to be loyal to the country again, your blood and sweat are worth it, take Sichuan, everyone has a heavy reward!" Ao Bai is also riding a horse to walk in front of the battle, to stimulate morale, although he is only 10,000 people around him, but these are authentic Eight Banner soldiers, Manchu, Mongolian and Han people, are early Eight Banner soldiers and horses, strong combat effectiveness, he believes that he will be able to fight and take Hanzhou City.
Seeing that the Qing soldiers were less than 100 steps away from Chengguan, Ma Degong also rubbed his hands excitedly and shouted at his opponent: "Do it immediately, let me go!" ”
A stone thrower also began to operate, suddenly one by one lit grass balls lost their restraints, flew out, jumped out of the Hanzhou city wall, and flew out of the city, they fell outside the city, although not far, but fifty or sixty steps, but did not stop, but rolled down the hillside, the Qing soldiers who were charging were caught off guard, the fireball ran over, directly turned the Qing army wearing cotton armor into a burning man, one by one continued to rush down, and continuously crashed into the people behind, one by one was also ignited, One by one, they hurriedly dropped their weapons and fell to the ground to extinguish the fire, slapping and howling in pain.
This is Cao Bianjiao's own method of defending the city, when the city is out of a high place, you can use bamboo as a frame, weave bamboo balls, fill the inside with hay, broken flocculents, * and other flammable things, send out with a stone-throwing car, after the ball is ignited, the fire is very vigorous, and after the bamboo frame outside is burned, the broken flocculent and other things are scattered, very lightweight, it will be bounced into the enemy camp by the residual momentum, and it is a large piece when it burns, whether you are the Eight Banners or the Nine Banners, you can't escape.
"Quick...... Block the fireball, block the ......" The Eight Banners soldiers who charged in front also reacted quickly, seeing that the people in front of them had suffered, they didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly let the sword and shield hand step forward to block the fireball, so that they still had a chance to escape.
......The bamboo frame was burned off, and the broken floc mixed with the dead grass and leaves scattered, rushing past the heavy shield, and after the seven-foot-high fireball dispersed, it jumped off the four-foot-high shield, and the sword and shield hand holding the shield in front of him was the first to suffer, ignited by the sparks, and it was difficult to control, especially those broken floc, which were difficult to get rid of when they stuck to the body.
"Withdrawing ......" led the Qing army to advance the general Ta Zhan also immediately issued a military order to retreat, since ancient times it is ruthless water and fire, who wants to fight against water and fire, in the face of nature, manpower is small.
"Little Hanzhou is not in the eyes of the general, Ben is going to win a greater victory, to let the world know that the Eight Banners is the most powerful army in the world, I have received the news that a team of reinforcements from the Ming army has set off from Chengdu, and it will be able to reach Hanzhou in two days, so the general must be in front of them, take Hanzhou City, seal the Ming army in southern Sichuan, and then take Chengdu down, see what else they can do?"
Ao Bai was still laughing and talking with the generals around him behind the battle, and suddenly saw a fireball thrown out of Hanzhou City, falling into his front of the people, he was proud of the Eight Banners Many people were caught in the fire, but they did not panic, Ao Bai also nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't expect that there would be changes, the shield did not block the offensive, the fire continued to spread, and his own front people and horses were already in chaos, and they were constantly retreating, and the words that Ao Bai said suddenly became his own mouth. Let him also have a black face and become even darker.
"Boom ......Rumble" just when Ao worshiped the black face and was ashamed, the artillery ambushed on the mountain beams on both sides also launched an attack, the artillery crossfired, and the artillery above the city head also took action, forming a tight crossfire network, rushing into the Qing army's Eight Banners who were fleeing in a hurry.
"Ah......" The sound of wailing one after another, accompanied by the rumbling sound of artillery, like a death bell, listened to Ao Bai's ears, and the whip stabbed in Ao Bai's heart, making him angry, and he came to attack the city with pride, but he didn't expect this to be the case at the beginning of the division, can he still hang it on his face?
"I'll bombard and blow up Hanzhou City, I'm going to kill all these Han dogs......" Ao Bai roared angrily, he is not a cultured and cultured person, he has a prominent background, outstanding military achievements, and is Dolgon's confidant, and at present, nearly half of the 1,000 soldiers with yellow flags in front of him have been lost, which makes him resentful.
The sound of "boom" also sounded with the shouting and roaring sound of Aobai, and the red-clothed cannon, which was already constantly attacking, became more ferocious.
"Withdraw...... Withdraw to the ...... of Wengcheng" Ma Degong also issued a military order to retreat, in the face of the enemy's artillery, he didn't want to have been consumed here, in vain to increase casualties, the reason why he would do this, because there are still covering artillery on the mountain beams on both sides, there are four or five hundred men and horses ambushed there, there is indeed a dead end of the Qing army's firepower, which can hit the Qing army well, but the Qing army has no ability to counterattack them, so even if the Qing army covers the attack with firepower, he has the ability to come back in time to deal with it, and there are fireballs to block them, It is not so easy for them to attack beyond the line of fire.
The Ming army retreated almost on the whole line to avoid being attacked by the Qing artillery, only a few people and horses who were monitoring stayed there to observe, and the losses of the Ming army suddenly plummeted, but the Qing army was increasing unabated, and the number of casualties was constantly expanding, but Ao Bai did not deal with it calmly.
"General, withdraw, they are well prepared, we can't consume them like this!" Ta Zhan, who escaped back, was also persuaded, although he was a deputy general, but his status was noble, and he was not much better than Aobai, and only he dared to dissuade Aobai who had gone crazy at this time.
Under the persuasion of Ta Zhan, Ao Bai also calmed down, looking at the soldiers who were still blocking the fireball in front, it was a very difficult situation, and he had to order a retreat at the moment, and he lost the first battle, he was very unwilling, but he couldn't let the elite of the Manchu Eight Banners sacrifice here in vain, since the other party wanted to fight for consumption, then let the Ming army surrender to the pawns, and couldn't let the elite Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty do such consumption.
The Qing army came in a mighty way, and retreated, only an hour before and after, and a loud slap was drawn on Aobai's face, which made him extremely ashamed, but helpless, he could only look at Hanzhou City and leave with hatred.