62 The sound of the east striking the west
"Cao Bianjiao, damn it, this guy is going to ruin my Jiangling City!" Facing round after round of artillery, for two whole hours, thousands of artillery bombardments, his Jiangling City's artillery had already run out of ammunition, but Cao Bianjiao continued.
The losses caused by the artillery were not particularly serious, only four or five hundred people were killed or wounded, but the shocking effect was terrifying and too extravagant.
"General, no, a big gap has been blown up near the southwest corner of the city and the side gate." A squad leader staggered to Ren Jiguang's side in the face of artillery fire, and reported the military situation to him, the artillery fire was so fierce, it was a matter of time before the gap was opened, one cannon went down, a small hole was blown up, and then two more shots were blown, it would be completely exploded, they had no preparation in advance, who would have thought that Cao Bianjiao would be so perverted, and the artillery would keep bombarding them?
"Quick, let the reserve men and horses prepare cloth bags, plug the gap, and don't let the Ming army rush in." Ren Jiguang knew very well that if the Ming army was allowed to rush in, then they would completely lose the barrier support, and if they fought head-on, the losses would definitely be great, and they might not be able to hold it.
The reserve men and horses who were originally on standby for reinforcements also took action, digging to fill the blasted city wall, Cao Bianjiao in the distance saw this scene, and immediately laughed, everything was developing according to the pre-guess, the Dashun army was filling the gap, and Cao Bianjiao also issued a military order to attack at the moment, and began to attack.
"Kill, ......" Under Cao Bianjiao's military order, the 30,000 foot soldiers who had been ready to attack in the early morning began to attack, and pressed towards Jiangling City in an orderly manner, under the cover of artillery fire, their speed was very fast, but in a moment, they were less than 500 steps away from Jiangling City
"Attack!" The vanguard of 1,000 men and horses took the lead in attacking, under the cover of the firecrackers, further approaching the city wall, followed by the sword and shield hands, they chose the place that had been blown up, this was blown up, it was more convenient to attack, there was no need to climb such a high wall.
"Fight back! Fight back, can't let them rush in! Ren Jiguang commanded his subordinates to start a counterattack, blocking the attack of Cao Bianjiao's department, and the two sides attacked each other with bows and crossbows and spears under the city pass.
In the northeast corner of the north gate of Jiangling City, there is a low forest behind a gentle slope in the distance, among which there are thousands of soldiers and horses lurking, the leader is Cao Dingjiao, the attack of the wind and rain in the south is just to cover this partial division, Jiangling City, if it is a strong attack, Cao Bianjiao will also suffer heavy losses, Cao Bianjiao is not the wealthy tyrant so far, he can spend a lot of money, and the soldiers and horses in his hands do not count. The fierce artillery fire was nothing more than *, just to attract the attention of Ren Jiguang, the general of Jiangling, and let him concentrate his troops at the south gate, and sure enough, Ren Jiguang was fooled.
"The commander has an order, as soon as the artillery fire stops, we will immediately attack, everyone is ready, if anyone makes a mistake, Lao Tzu will chop whom!" Cao Dingjiao said with a solemn face, he is giggling in front of Cao Bianjiao on weekdays, but at the critical moment, he can immediately stabilize, restrain his mind, and concentrate on what he should do.
"General, I'll lead the people to attack first!" Qi Sansheng took the initiative to ask.
Cao Dingjiao nodded and agreed to his request. At this time, the artillery fire stopped, everyone pricked up their ears, listened carefully, half a column of incense time, there was no movement, at this time everyone was holding their breath, knowing that the war had begun, and then it was time for them to perform.
"Up!" Cao Dingjiao beckoned, and Qi Sansheng, who was already ready to go, led thousands of people from the headquarters to rush out, and a large area of hula lala all emerged, and went to the city pass without stopping.
"Enemy, there is an enemy army coming, ...... quickly" The Dashun soldiers above the city pass saw the Ming army from far and near, and immediately shouted, alarming all the Dashun soldiers.
Originally, they were all lazily leaning against the wall and napping behind the battlements, and the war in the south was in full swing, but they were peaceful here, and after a few hours passed, they heard the sound of cannons, and they were numb for a while, thinking that the officers and soldiers would not come here, but they did not expect the officers and soldiers to suddenly come out.
......When the official army approached the city wall, the musketeers were divided into four teams, lined up, and began to shoot at the Dashun army above the city pass, one team after another, shooting non-stop, covering the foot soldiers to approach the city.
A cloud ladder leaned against the city wall, began to have officials and troops to the city, and the city of Dashun army at the moment also began to counterattack, at the beginning, was caught off guard by the official army, no rules, many people can not even find weapons, and when they reacted, the musket team had already stepped forward to start the attack, suppressed their offensive, until now they were ready to counterattack, but it was too late, someone had already landed in the city, they lost the initiative from the beginning.
Qi Sansheng held the sword and shield in his hand, took the lead in rushing forward, the first jumped on the city wall, and stabbed out, and as a result, a Dashun sergeant who had been loaded* and was ready to shoot, although before this, they were allies, and perhaps they had fought side by side, but at this moment, the positions are different, the identities are different, and they are destined to be endless.
"Kill the ......" Qi Sansheng is worthy of the title of a brave general, killing into the battle, like a tiger into a flock, a big knife flies up and down, harvesting the lives of the Dashun army, killing their counterattack, and buying time and a favorable situation for the officers and troops who will go to the city behind, as more and more people go to the city, the defenders of the Dashun army in the city began to be a little unable to resist, there are only less than 2,000 men and horses here, which could have been defended, but in the case of losing the opportunity, and then lost the barrier, until now they have fallen behind, regressing, Pushed from the city pass to the inner city, step by step by the official army compressed and forced to retreat, the situation reversed too quickly.
......With the opening of the gate, Cao Dingjiao, who had been waiting for a long time, also led his troops to rush out, and the officers and troops poured into the city like a flood, occupying the city defense, and chasing and killing those Dashun troops who were still resisting.
"I surrender...... I surrendered ......" several Dashun soldiers saw that their companions around them were all killed, but also gave up resistance, threw the weapons in their hands on the ground, and surrendered to the ground, just to survive, the days of these people to serve the Dashun army are not short, or after the battle in Nanyang, but they have never experienced the war, and now they encounter such a tragic situation, they are all frightened, and dare not resist.
As the war stretched, more and more people surrendered, and those who were really not afraid of death had already worked hard at the beginning, and those who fled when the war was unfavorable have never been backboneless, and how much toughness can a group of remnants have.