"Bang, bang, bang......"

The Qing army continued to attack the city day and night, and the firelight illuminated the night sky of Fengyang City.

The fierce shelling for two days and one night has caused a large number of Ming troops to be killed, including more than 4,000 people including Dutong Dai Liren.

There were also 5,000 or 6,000 innocent people who died under the fire of the Qing army, and countless more were injured by shells and flying tiles, and the whole city was in mourning.

"Is Lin Zhenjiang, who was raised by a son of a bitch, still coming? If you don't come again, Lao Tzu will surrender! ”

After Dai Liren died in battle, Ye Xian became the supreme commander of Fengyang City under the command of Tianwei, and at this moment he was curled up under the female wall and cursed, and the morale of the soldiers behind him was low.

He Nengwu, who was promoted to deputy garrison, was full of soot, and at this moment he was personally filling the general's cannon with gunpowder and lead bullets, and then ignited the cannon, "Lin Dudu said that he will definitely come back!" ”

The shells whistled and flew out of the road for nearly two miles, fell into the artillery positions of the Qing army, killed two artillerymen, and smashed a Franc machine gun.

Ye Xian took the opportunity to stand up and take a breath: "What about the reinforcements?" Lao Tzu hasn't even seen a ghost so far! ”

He Nengwu roared angrily: "The journey from Nanjing to Fengyang is more than 400 miles, and it will take about three days to arrive at the earliest. ”

"This cannonball has fallen on the head, how can you hold on?"

Ye Xian hung his head in frustration, and suddenly said in his throat, "I see that the door is open and surrendered, General Li Jiucheng shot a letter last night......

The soldiers behind Ye Xian followed suit: "Surrender, surrender...... The court doesn't care about us anymore, we can't be stupid anymore......"

"Death to the traitor!"

He Nengwu suddenly burst out, swung out the steel knife in his hand, and chopped off Ye Xian's head with lightning speed.

Bent down and put it in his hand, his eyes widened, and his voice was like thunder: "Whoever dares to mention surrender again will be such a thief!" ”

The soldiers behind He Nengwu raised their firearms and aimed at Ye Xian's subordinates, "Those who dare to surrender will be killed!" ”

These soldiers were originally cowards, and the dead leader was even more leaderless, begging for mercy: "I don't dare to surrender, where are I willing to defend and fight to the death!" ”

He Nengwu held his head in his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Soldiers, fellow villagers, the Tartars are cruel and murderous, they slaughtered Sizhou in front, and now they threaten to slaughter our Fengyang."

Everyone has relatives in Fengyang, and if the city is broken by the Tartars, it will be difficult to save their lives. Dai Dutong sacrificed his life for the country yesterday, and he is really a model for our army and a hero of Fengyang.

Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, the soldiers gritted their teeth and held on all night, the city is in the people, the city is dead, the people are dead, swear not to surrender, bloody battle to the last man! ”

Under He Nengwu's encouragement, the morale of the Ming army on the city wall was slightly boosted, and they shouted in unison: "Swear not to surrender, the city is here!" ”

There were only about 7,000 defenders left, and in order to avoid being slaughtered by the Qing army, the nobles and gentry in Fengyang City sent domestic slaves to take private arquebuses to the top of the city to help defend it.

Fengyang is Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and there are nearly 100,000 people in the city surnamed Zhu, who know that if the city is broken, they will definitely die first, and they will fight to hold the city and wait until the reinforcements arrive There is hope to live.

With such an organization, at least 15,000 private soldiers were added to the city walls, and tens of thousands more arquebuses of all kinds. For a time, the gunfire was much more intensive, which greatly hindered the Qing army's attack.

When he arrived, the 20,000 vanguard troops under Wu Sangui arrived at the foot of Fengyang City, set up 50 artillery pieces and bombarded the city wall, causing a large number of casualties to the defenders.

There was a scream in Fengyang City, the situation was precarious, how could he be a stray bullet in his body, and he was still wounded and commanded to defend the city, and he would rather die than retreat.

"Fuck his grandmother, this force has so much firepower!"

He Nengwu hid under the wall, carrying a thunderbolt in his hand and scolded, "It doesn't look like a dog tartar?" ”

Some people saw the flag clearly by the light of the fire, and reported loudly: "This is not a full dog, this is the team under Ping Xibo Wu Sangui, who originally guarded the Shanhaiguan." ”

"I'll fuck his grandma!"

He Nengwu scolded, "When I beat the Tartars, I was like a bear, and I beat my compatriots like tigers, and I turned the barrel of the cannon to bombard the Wu army." ”

In the firelight, the flanks of the Wu army suddenly stirred, and a cavalry came out from behind the hillside like a ghost, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Wu army, and rushed over.

"Kill!"

This cavalry came very quickly, and the tide swept into the Wu army's position, brandishing machetes, and slashing at the Wu army's artillery and firecrackers.

The Wu army had just arrived, the unknown terrain, and the attention was focused on the city wall, so they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. In a short time, at least four or five hundred people were cut down, and three or four cannons were destroyed.

"Look, it looks like reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived, Fengyang has been saved!"

The morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted, and under the command of the garrison He Nengwu, the commander Han Li, and the servant Yang Han, they fought back, and fired at the city with artillery, firearms, bows and arrows, etc., forcing the Qing army to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

"This cavalry is limited in number, destroy him for me!"

Ma Bao, the vanguard general of the Wu army, unsheathed his sword, and ordered the deputy general Ma Xiong to lead the cavalry to attack, "Give me a big circle, surround this cavalry, and Hugh will put it in one person!" ”

"Come with me!"

Ma Xiong turned over and got on his horse, holding an iron knife in his left hand, and a three-eyed gun and pulling the reins in his right hand.

"Kill!"

Three thousand cavalry roared out, each armed with firearms, bows and arrows, spears and other weapons, followed the main general around in a big circle, ready to intercept the rear road of the Ming cavalry.

"Withdraw!"

The generals of the Ming army were ordered by Xu Gongji to retreat quickly as long as they saw the Qing cavalry dispatched, and they must not fall in love with battle.

The Qing army was strong, and more than 1,000 cavalry were just mantis arms as cars, and the frontal hard fight was like eggs hitting stones. Harassing and attacking from behind, relieving the pressure on the defenders of the city, and boosting their morale is the right choice.

The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, a thousand cavalry turned their horses and left, and the Wu army followed in a chaotic pursuit, bows and arrows fired indiscriminately, and firearms rang out in unison.

Feather arrows were mixed with lead bullets and steel balls, and raindrops generally poured into the retreating Ming army, and forty or fifty horsemen and horses were shot over, either died under the horses' hooves, or were harvested by the Qing army that caught up.

But in the end, he quickly got rid of the entanglement of the Wu army and retreated southward at a gallop. Wu Jiang Ma Xiong was willing to let go, leading the three thousand iron horsemen to chase after him.

"The Ming army is gone, do you dare to fight in a dignified way? Hiding his head and showing his tail, sneak attack and harassment, what kind of hero is he? ”

Ma Xiong's voice was loud, clearly audible in the chaotic army, flying across the crotch of the green horse, wielding an iron broadsword to charge first, leading the Wu army iron cavalry to chase out of the distance of seven or eight miles, biting tightly.

Xu Gongji led two hundred cavalry with bows and arrows, lined up on the side of the hillside and waited, only waiting for the Qing army to rush over and kill him by surprise.

"Phew...... A traitor dares to speak out! ”

Xu Gongji picked up the Type 95 rifle, took advantage of the light of the torch to aim at the Qing army general 300 meters away, pulled the trigger, and fired several shots in succession.

In Ma Xiong's cognition, there is danger only when the distance between the two sides is about sixty zhang, so even if he senses that there is an ambush on the flank, he does not pay attention to it.

When the sudden gunshot rang out, Ma Xiong's body trembled, and then there was a sharp pain that rending his lungs. Even the armor did not block the bullets that flew through the air, and even the men and horses were shot to the ground.

The cavalry of the brigade following behind could not stop the horse's hooves, and the tide trampled by, turning into a pile of bloody flesh pies in an instant.

"Tsk...... What a gun! ”

Xu Gongji's spirit was shocked, and he aimed at the charging Wu cavalry and fired more than ten shots in a row, "Fire at me!" ”

With the order of the main general, the Ming army that had been waiting for a long time fired a volley, and the Wu army who shot was dizzy, people turned over on their backs, and those who were shot and fell from their horses came and went.

It would be a different story if the arquebuses alone wouldn't be so lethal to armored cavalry, but they were mixed in with a powerful Type 95 rifle.

This automatic rifle, developed by China North Industries Group in the 90s, was able to rank first in the firearm even before Lin Yu crossed, and could penetrate 8 mm steel plates within a range of 100 meters.

What's more, the cotton armor of this period was shot at such a close range, it was simply useless and completely vulnerable.

Coupled with the intensive charge of the brigade of men and horses, the bullets that flew out of the disembowel did not need to be aimed at all, and almost every bullet would not miss, either hitting people or horses.

Xu Gongji fired extremely fast, firing at a rate of almost 30 rounds per minute, and in a few moments, he finished more than a dozen magazines, fired more than 300 rounds, and killed and wounded at least seventy or eighty Wu cavalrymen.

Under the leadership of Xu Gongji, the morale of the Ming army was high, and two hundred firearms were fired together, and the cavalry of the Wu army who shot turned over on their backs, and the formation was in chaos, and there were countless people who fell from their horses.

The cavalry of the Ming army, which had been pursued for a long time, turned their horses' heads, brandished their spears, and shouted straight towards the Wu army's position, launching a fierce counterattack.

When the Wu army first arrived, it was attacked continuously, and the main general was killed, and I don't know how many ambushes there were in the vast dark night?

was rushed by the Ming army, and the army's heart collapsed, and they turned around and fled. Under the trampling of each other, there were heavy casualties.

Xu Gongji didn't dare to chase too fiercely, after all, the Qing army was strong, and if he fell into the encirclement, he was afraid that the whole army would be annihilated.

Seeing that he had taken a lot of advantage, he personally sounded the horn of collecting the troops, "Temporarily retreat, and wait for the second half of the night to change direction and then come back to attack the slave army!" ”

A sneak attack battle, an ambush battle, at least nearly 1,000 Wu troops were killed, more than 300 horses were captured, and the loss of the Ming army was only more than 100 horses, which was a big victory.

The cavalry of the Ming army was highly motivated, drove the captured horses, followed the hooves of Xu Gongji's horses, and soon disappeared into the vast wilderness.

By the time the angry Qing cavalry battalion commander Wakda arrived with 10,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners, the Ming army had long since disappeared, leaving only the corpses in the wilderness and the dying horses lying on the ground.