At the beginning of September, after the Qing army besieged Shangqiu and Xuzhou, the Ming army deployed on the front line of Huai'an, Sizhou, and Fengyang did not go north to support, but on the contrary, after receiving the news that the Qing army was moving south, they collected all the ships on the north bank of the Huai River and pulled the ships to the south bank.

This posture does not see the meaning of saving Shangqiu and Xuzhou at all, and it seems that he wants to abandon Huaibei and stick to the line of the Huai River.

Duoduo showed contempt on his face, the Ming army did not even have the courage to cross the Huai River for reinforcements, but showed a look of fear that the Qing army would cross the Huai River, and he knew that this battle was basically nine out of ten.

Since the siege of the city could not be helped, Duoduo did not hesitate, urged the people to speed up the reclamation of the river, and asked Gao Di, Kong Xigui, Jin Yuhe and other generals to prepare to attack the city.

In the early morning of September 8, the defenders of the city reported that Liu Heizi was about to attack the city.

After Liu Heizi received the news, he immediately went to the city, and looked at the city, and saw that the Qing army was like a flood released from a lake, gushing out of the camp gate and congesting the wilderness outside the northern city.

Outside the range of the city's artillery, the Qing army slowly formed a line, with hill-like tall ladders, siege towers, and huge battering rams towering in the crowd, causing a lot of pressure on the city.

Under the command of the trumpets and banners, the Qing army soon formed a small square formation like tofu blocks.

Between the gaps in the phalanx, the generals of the Qing army on war horses and the messenger cavalry galloped between the formations, raising yellow dust, giving orders and boosting morale.

At the head of the city, Liu Heizi's face was gloomy, and he smashed on the wall with one hand.

At this time, Duoduo also rode out of the camp, and stood under the banner of Daxu, with nearly a hundred generals around him, wearing strong armor and swords, standing behind him, and dispatching after listening.

Duoduo looked at the city in the distance and waved his hand indifferently, "Let's start!" After the city is broken, there are no chickens and dogs left! ”

A horn sounded in the army, and the rangers under the city retreated, and the generals of the various departments galloped back and forth in front of their own men, boosting their morale, and promising to reward them after breaking through the city.

The green battalion soldiers who attacked the city all understood that if they broke through the city, it must be the Eight Banners Master who entered the city to grab it first, but Duoduo would not treat them badly, and he could let them drink soup somehow.

For a while, the green battalion soldiers were gearing up and preparing to do a big job. Among them, the most energetic and fiercest call sign is Chen Baoping, who has just surrendered.

The trumpets sounded one after another in the wilderness, and the Qing army began the final movement before the siege, and the phalanxes participating in the first wave of attacks came forward one after another, forming an offensive formation.

The Qing army phalanx behind shouted loudly, and the sound was higher and higher, boosting the morale of the attacking men and horses.

Tens of thousands of people howled together, shouting and screaming ghosts at the top of their throats, and the momentum was really terrifying.

Wave after wave of sound rushed to the city, shaking the defenders' hearts, the soldiers on the city couldn't help but hold their weapons, the archers put their arrows on the wind, their foreheads sweated, the stone throwing machine behind the city wall, the throwing pole was also pulled down by the soldiers, and the generals at all levels held the handle of the knife tightly and did not speak.

The Qing army howled so badly that the soldiers couldn't hear them clearly, so they simply saved some energy and just stared at the enemy troops outside the city.

Liu Heizi can be regarded as having seen the world, and he has fought with Tartars in the wild, but his hands are a little shaky at this time.

100,000 Tartars besieged the city, and I never met it in the second year of high school, but I was actually bumped into by Lao Tzu.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, Liu Heizi clenched the handle of the knife, turned his head and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Dashuai, all kinds of equipment are well prepared, and they have already been arranged!" Liu Bingkun, the general next to him, moved his Adam's apple.

At this time, in the Qing army's array, with the continuous chanting, the morale gradually reached a climax.

Duoduo was very relieved to see that the morale of the Qing warriors was high, so he ordered Jin Yuhe to attack the city.

Suddenly, in the formation of the Qing army, as soon as the horn was closed and the war drums thundered, Liu Heizi and the soldiers at the head of the city saw the overwhelming Qing army, like a mudslide rolling down from the top of the mountain, rushing towards the city.

The Qing soldiers pushed the shield cart, and the people behind them hugged all kinds of equipment and pressed towards the city wall.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! "The artillery on the city wall began to fire the moment the Qing army entered the firing range.

Liu Heizi did not have Hongyi cannons, but there were still a lot of old artillery pieces and Franc machines, most of which were obsolete goods of Wei Wujun.

The old artillery, the sound is not as loud as the Hongyi cannon, the sound is like a squib, but as long as it enters the firing range, the power is still not to be underestimated.

For a time, clouds of white smoke rose from the city, and cannonballs smashed outside the city, splashing clusters of mud pillars in the crowd of Qing troops.

During the period of river reclamation, the Qing army was not idle, but rushed to produce a large number of siege equipment.

Because the obstacles set up by Liu Heizi outside the city have long been cleared by the Tartars, the moat has also been filled, and there is no obstacle for the Qing army to enter the city.

At the beginning of the siege battle, the Qing army rushed directly to the city with all kinds of equipment.

These weapons are a great threat to the city walls, especially those as high as the city walls, as well as ladders, once they are on the top of the city, they are a deadly threat to the city.

Most of the front of these instruments of the Qing army was covered with a layer of very tough cowhide, so that the wood that was originally easy to break was protected, not only to prevent arrows and fire attacks, but also to be easily broken and paralyzed even if it was hit by a cannonball.

The artillery roared in the city, and the shells entered the crowd, destroying the shield carts of the Qing army, killing the men and horses behind, and destroying the equipment of the Qing army, but the slow speed of the artillery bombardment, coupled with whether it was heavy artillery, could not cause fatal damage to the Qing army.

At this time, the vanguard of the Qing army was already approaching the city wall, and the towering equipment was slowly moving forward under the impetus of the soldiers.

Liu Heizi's face was cold, and he waved his hand and said, "Stone thrower, put it!" ”

Behind the city wall, a row of stone throwing machines, all in unison shook the throwing rod, and in the middle of the cannonballs, mixed with several earth-shattering thunder, were thrown outside the city.

At this time, gunpowder was still a relatively expensive thing, and there were not many sky-shaking thunderbolts in Liu Heizi's hands, only more than a hundred.

It's not that there is no money to buy it, but that there is a shortage of gunpowder, and it is impossible to make thunder like dumplings, and Gao Yihuan himself must have reserves.

The speed of the large equipment is relatively slow, and the soldiers who carry the ladder to the city and push the shield cart have rushed to the bottom of the city.

There was a sound of breaking the air, the guard plate in front of the shield car, and the shield in the hands of the soldiers, the sound of snatching was endless, and the overwhelming arrows and guns were hit, and the exposed Qing army suddenly went to the end like mowing grass.

"Gunstone!" Suddenly, there was darkness above their heads, and when the charging Qing army looked up, they saw a black shadow rising from behind the city wall, flying over their heads and smashing into the large equipment behind them.

"Boom!" There were several explosions, a few clouds of black smoke rising from the wilderness, and dirt, stumps, and broken wood flew up.

A huge siege tower, "creaking" and shaking a few times, collapsed violently, was swept away by the air waves, and before the Qing army had time to stand up, they were horrified to see a black shadow smashed down.

There was a cheer on the head of the city, and Liu Heizi smashed his fist on the wall, "Okay! ”

At this moment, a rain of arrows swished under the city, and the arrows shot directly at the city, startling the guards to hurriedly pull him away.

Under the city, the Qing army close to the city wall used shield carts to form a shield wall under the city, and the Qing army archers bent their bows and arrows, and locust-like arrows shot at the head of the city to suppress the defenders.

Nearly a thousand soldiers carrying ladders to the city rushed through the gaps in the shield carts, approached the city wall, erected ladders, and began to climb the city~~

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