Chapter 18: Plotting against the Tartars

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The city wall was blown open by the Qing army's artillery, a fifty-meter-wide gap could be passed through the center of the person, and the collapsed ruins formed a slope several meters high with gentle slopes on both sides.

"Let Lord Zhu transfer a thousand young men up, Hu Kui, and take the soldiers from the previous bloody battle to plug the gap. We must not allow the enemy to storm the city. Zhang Qiang shouted hoarsely.

Xuanyuan Longfei hurriedly said: "My lord, you can't let the soldiers go to death, it's better to line up at the gap in the city, the enemy's artillery at the gap is too fierce, our strength is limited, and we are sending them to death." ”

Zhang Qiang calmed down, "Okay, you go and give an order, let Lord Zhu transfer a thousand young men to guard the hill position, and then you guard the city wall, Hu Kui guards the gap, and go to pass the order to let You Haibo guard the main gate city wall, and not let the enemy attack the city wall from the gap." ”

"Yes." Xuanyuan Long Fei arched his hand and ran down quickly, conveying the order.

Outside the city, Zhang Qiang heard a burst of cheers, he retreated to the highest part of the hill, looked over the Jinhua city wall in front, and saw the Qing army rushing up, whether it was the Qing army or the Han army flag, the clothed minions, or the Ming army's troops, all rushed towards the gap, the Qing army's artillery was smoking, and they were shifting positions, no need to think, they wanted to suppress the Jinhua defenders in other parts of the city wall.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the enemy had already swarmed to the breach, climbed up from the gentle slope of the ruins outside the breach, and the Ming army all attacked the city walls on both sides, and the Han army flags and clothed minions, as well as the Qing army Tartars who were at the head, were strangled together with Hu Kui's people under the gap.

Then there were 1,000 young men sent by Zhu Dadian, and Zhang emphasized 200 people to support Hu Kui, hundreds of people, plus the Qing army that rushed in, and blocked the gap to death.

"My lord," a family member ran up, Zhang Qiang glanced back, and the family member shouted: "The prefect and his family hanged themselves on the government office, and they have been loyal to the country." ”

Zhang Qiang secretly scolded stupidly, and then stopped paying attention to the family, the prefect's hanging was an incomparably huge blow to his army's heart.

Zhang Qiang saw that the young and strong people who had just come up around him were all blood-colored and panicked.

Footsteps sounded, and Zhou Congee Zhou ran back with five hundred firecrackers and took over the hill position.

Several cannons were pushed up and aimed at the gap, and the artillerymen nervously loaded the cannons.

Zhang Qiang said to Zhou Congee: "Take those hundred musketeers to the place where you face the gap in the city wall, and on the second city wall, shoot the enemy who leaks out of Hu Kui's hands, and don't let them run along the city wall to other places." ”

At this time, NPC Zhu Dadian ran over, this time he took two hundred family members, and seven or eight hundred young men were followed by him.

"Your Majesty, the North Gate is also in crisis, and I have sent a hundred Ding and a thousand young men to support the North Gate."

NPC Zhu Dadian said.

"Very good," Zhang Qiang was draped all over his body, and he was already about the same as a Ming army general.

He was still followed by the dozen or so selected family guards who had fought with him on the city wall before.

"However, the county magistrates and county officials of Jinhua have all disappeared, their families have also dispersed, and some other squires and heroes have recalled their families and nurses, with ambiguous attitudes." NPC Zhu Dadian said worriedly.

"Hmph, the general wall grass, let them go, as long as they don't do anything unfavorable to us, send people to send troops to monitor them, and send some upright and loyal family members to bring people there." Zhang Qiang said hatefully.

"Boom," everyone looked to the other side, and the western wall had fallen by more than half, and the gates of the city were in chaos.

Zhang Qiang frowned, "Lord Zhu, go and recover the West Gate, gather the soldiers, and you must not let the enemy rush in from anywhere." ”

"Yes." NPC Zhu Dadian took two hundred family members down and ran towards the west gate.

"Kill-" The Qing army came in more and more through the gap, and Hu Kui led hundreds of righteous soldiers to fight and retreat, and soon retreated to the bottom of the second city wall.

"Shoot the arrows and take them in." Zhang Qiang shouted.

The distance between the first city wall and the second city wall is less than 100 steps, and there are many Ming army soldiers and Qing army bannermen poured below, and even Qing army Niulu, real Tartar soldiers.

At this time, Zhang Qiang went up to the city wall with a firecracker, and the addition of the firecracker, coupled with the crowding of enemies under the city wall, even a novice didn't need to aim to hit one.

For a time, rolling logs, arrows, muskets, and firecrackers were scattered, and the enemies who rushed in were embarrassed, and there were countless casualties.

Boom, a dozen flaming fireballs rushed down from the top of the hill, smashed several layers of bricks of the second wall, jumped in mid-air, and smashed into the ranks of the enemy.

The Qing army didn't expect that waiting for them to be so narrow and fiercely resistant, thinking that after breaking the city, they would be able to loot without sealing the knife for three days, but they didn't expect that in addition to death, it was the fear brought by death.

The clever people immediately thought about withdrawing, but more and more Qing troops behind them poured in from the gap, and on both sides from the main gate to the west gate, hundreds of young men rushed up wielding weapons, squeezing their space, and then strangled with them.

The Qing army trampled on each other, attacked each other, lasted for an hour, and then withdrew from the gap in shock, at this moment, except for the gap in the west gate is still a little chaotic, the rest of the place is stable again, just experienced the battle of the young strong can not be tired, under the command of the general, desperately strengthen the city wall of the bombed tower.

Zhang Qiang sent the other 2,000 newly recruited young men who did not participate in the war to the city wall, and then transferred You Haibo and them back, let them rest, recover the two city walls from the main gate to the southeast military camp, strengthen the military camp, and send a small number of people to strengthen the defense of the city wall in the southeast.

Hu Kui was helped up and said to Zhang Qiang: "My lord, the last general is fortunate to live up to his mission, repelled the enemy's attack, captured more than 700 prisoners, and another ten Tartars were captured, thirty Tartars were killed, and the head has been sent."

The enemy killed each other, trampled on each other, and was killed by the defenders 1,300 people, some of the corpses were unrecognizable, and this defense destroyed about 3,000 enemy people. ”

"What about our losses?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"My lord, we have lost 900 young men, 700 family members, and 800 wounded. The two hundred families led by the last general were all killed in battle, except for thirty or forty people in front of him. ”

Zhang Qiang closed his eyes, if it weren't for the enemy's dark loss, I'm afraid that the enemy would have already begun to attack the second city wall at this moment.

"Okay, yes, take your people to the east gate to rest, where because of the terrain, the enemy attack is not strong, you rest, while strengthening the city wall with the defenders there, and at the same time prevent the enemy inside and outside the city from seizing the east gate, be careful of other enemies attacking the east gate from the city wall."

"Master Xie." Hu Kui was carried down by the soldiers.

Xuanyuan Longfei limped over.

He was followed by about fifty volunteers, who also suffered heavy losses, and most of the hundred volunteers who followed him down were also killed in battle, and the rest were wounded, Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Take your people to the county government to rest, and at the same time gather people to guard the hill in front of the county government and guard the retreat for me." ”

"Master Xie."