Chapter 21: A Malevolent Plan

"Incompetent, shameless, coward" Bolo frantically slashed and killed several siege generals kneeling in front of him, kicked over the embarrassed and disgraced Li Chengdong, and shouted angrily, "Attack again."

"Master Baylor, we have suffered heavy losses, can we rest for two days before attacking the city?" A Mongol Khan came out on horseback and asked.

Bolo said angrily: "How can I have encountered such an insult in the Qing Dynasty, and I have lost so many troops at once, today I must destroy this city, and kill all the Han people who resisted." ”

The Great Khan of Mongolia said: "Master, I have besieged Jinhua for many days, but I have not been able to fight, and my Mongolian warriors are exhausted, and they are no longer able to attack the city...... ”

Bolo pointed at the Mongol Great Khan with a horsewhip in his hand and said, "Chahar, are you saying that I am using you Mongols as cannon fodder and sending you to death?" ”

The Mongolian Great Khan bowed down and said: "The slave does not dare to accuse Belle Ye, but the reality is that the troops have suffered heavy losses, and my tribesmen have suffered serious losses. ”

Bolo squinted, his already white eyebrows twitching, and he stared at the Mongolian Great Khan.

The Qing army Zhangjing stood up to accuse the Mongol Great Khan, and wanted to escort him back to Beijing, or behead him on the spot, a Mongolian cavalry ran out, "Master of Baylor, Cha Xuer's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty has never wavered, but his people have indeed suffered heavy losses in this attack, please be sympathetic to his subordinates, and the minister Sunit is willing to lead his own warriors to open the door to attack Jinhua for his master." ”

Bolo glanced at him, and kicked Cha Yaer viciously, and pointed with a whip, "The Cha Gang is in front, your Gang is behind, if you dare to fight and don't make a force, your Gang will slaughter the Cha Gang Ministry, and after you go back, the Cha Gang Yu Ding will be merged into the Sunit Ministry, if you are the same as the Cha Gang Ministry, after the Eight Banners have slaughtered you, send someone to send an order to the grassland, and the population of the two Clans will be assigned to Ningguta as a slave together." ”

"Yes, master," Sunit looked helpless, and Chahar was full of sorrow, and he reluctantly responded to Bolo's order with Sunit.

Bolo glanced at the other Mongolian Taiji, "The Mongolian tribes are the main force next time, and they will follow the Ming army and charge behind the Han army banner, this time we must take Jinhua, otherwise military law will be engaged." With a single sword, he slashed off an arm-thick willow tree beside him.

In the city, Zhang Qiang wielded a knife and hacked to death a Ming soldier, and the family members around him hacked to death several Ming soldiers who rushed into the first chest wall, and several people teamed up to knock down the Qing army cotton armor soldier and capture him.

Zhang Qiang looked at the Qing army that rushed up from the gap again, waved his hand, and led the remaining less than fifty musketeers to retreat to the second breastwork and continue to defend.

"Bang bang bang" As soon as Zhang Qiang turned around, he saw several musketeers and musketeers being hit by a storm of bullets and falling to the ground.

"The Qing army and the Han army flag bird join the battle." A loud system prompt sounds.

"Grass-" Zhang Qiang waved the waist knife in his hand vigorously, and drew a spark on the second chest wall.

At the first chest wall, the remaining rebel soldiers were also knocked over a dozen, and they squatted down together, and the Qing army on the opposite side swarmed in, and in less than a quarter of an hour, about a thousand Qing soldiers entered the battle, filling the space thirty steps in front of the first breast wall.

Zhang Qiang's heart sank, despite countless preparations, he didn't expect the enemy to also have firecrackers, and he was suppressed by the enemy this time.

Hundreds of Qing troops poured in, and soon flooded the first breastwork, and the rebels on the first breastwork fought hard, and several people fled, Zhang Qiang ignored it, and let them run directly into the gate of the second wall.

He directed the remaining musketeers and the musketeers at the second line of breastwork to open fire on the enemy.

The battle continued, the Qing army became more and more, and many people began to run to both sides, attacking the second wall, or along the first wall to attack the east gate, the west gate.

After a while, Zhang Qiang saw Wei Wuji shouting at him on the second city wall, "My lord, come back quickly, the east gate is lost." ”

Zhang Qiang closed his eyes.

After being silent for a while, he shouted: "Take the people you have gathered, rely on the second city wall, and defend the area of the east gate." ”

"Yes, sir." Wei Wuji's head disappeared from the battlements of the second wall.

After a while, after Zhang Qiang hacked to death a Qing army banner who jumped onto the second chest wall, Zhou Congee Zhou's voice sounded, "My lord, the West Gate is lost, but we have captured more than thirty squires in the city, as well as more than seventy of their family members, and a guy named Ruan Dacheng. ”

"Okay," this is the best news Zhang Qiang ever got.

"Go and help Simon defend, with five hundred soldiers and fifty musketeers."

"Yes, sir."

The Qing army poured in more and more, roughly estimated at more than 3,000 people, and other Qing troops continued to pour up the first wall, attacking the rebels on the second wall with bows and arrows and firearms.

Many Qing troops even carried ladders to pour in from the main gate, east gate, and west gate, attacking the second city wall, and the second city wall was also full of shouts of killing.

The night was getting thicker and thicker, the Ming army's waist knife in Zhang Qiang's hand was almost gone, there were only about thirty musketeers left, and only three of his guards were left alive.

The morale of the soldiers is getting lower and lower.

If it weren't for the strong attack of these Qing troops, they also shouted: "Capture Jinhua Mansion, don't seal the sword for three days, don't take prisoners, kill and kill" I'm afraid the righteous army would have collapsed long ago.

It can also be seen that many rebel soldiers abandoned their weapons and fled to the city.

At this time, the three family members rushed to Zhang Qiang's side while slashing and killing, "My lord, get ready." ”

Zhang Qiang nodded, turned his head and shouted, "Retreat, retreat to the city wall, close the city gate." ”

Zhang Qiang climbed the second city wall in embarrassment, the city gate was reluctantly closed after several fights, and the people behind blocked the city gate with bluestones and sacks regardless of life and death.

Zhang Qiang pulled out the short firearm on his waist, aimed at a red-armored elite who was the most urgent, and fired a shot with a "bang", the red-armored arm swung his teeth, his eyes widened angrily, and he fell down in disbelief.

"Ignition," Zhang Qiang shouted.

At this time, there were about more than 10,000 people in the Qing army who rushed up to the city wall, and the pressure on the second city wall increased greatly.

The rebels almost crushed to resist their onslaught.

For a quarter of an hour, after holding out for a quarter of an hour, the Qing army almost stood on the second city wall, and suddenly, ten steps away from the first city wall, a series of fire dragons suddenly appeared, mixed with many violent explosions.

Many soldiers of the Qing army flew into the sky, or they were rolling in the fire, and many Qing soldiers on the first city wall were unstable on their feet, and they were shaken off the city wall, making a terrible scream, and many people covered their ears and fell to the ground, screaming, rolling, and vomiting blood.

Fire dragons climbed up along the city walls, burning them everywhere.

Crying dad and calling mother.

The second city wall was also shaken by this violent explosion The wall bricks fell one after another, and several places were shaken down, cracked, crooked, and many of the ladders erected by the Qing army were not fallen, and the Qing army fell down from the ladder, although the second city wall was not high, and there were other Qing troops below who were ready to climb, but the sudden violent explosion and fire still made many Qing soldiers sprained, bruised, frightened, and very panicked.

You Haibo took the opportunity to lead the rebel soldiers to counterattack, rushed down the city wall, and drove the Qing troops who were not affected out, the Qing army lost their armor and rushed to the city gate and the gap in the city wall in embarrassment, trampling on each other, and killing and wounding countless people.

The rebel soldiers in Zhang Qiang's hands also took the opportunity to counterattack, regained the second breastwork, and fired several rounds of volleys with musketeers, and the Qing army retreated except for the wounded and captured.

Zhang Qiang sat on the ground with his buttocks, and the guards next to him set him up and held him up on the second city wall.

"Boom," the enemy's artillery again bombarded the first wall.

A quarter of an hour later, You Haibo ran over, "Your Majesty has destroyed about 7,000 enemies this time, captured more than 3,000 people alive, and has been escorted to the back, including more than 100 enemies in cotton armor, more than 30 in red armor, and five in white armor. ”

"Are we casualties?" Zhang Qiang is concerned about this.

"Three thousand, another two thousand wounded soldiers, seven hundred frightened, the minister has already imprisoned them in the county office."

"What about other places?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"The west gate has been recovered, and the east gate has also been recovered, and five or six collaborating squires and their generals have been captured, and more than 700 old people over the age of forty-five have been gathered from among the displaced people, and the family members of the last general have been led to inspect the whole city and stabilize the city."

"How many troops do we have available now?" Zhang Qiang looked at the first city wall and asked in a deep voice.

You Haibo said: "Less than four thousand, put two thousand on the second city wall, my lord, you personally lead more than 500, including 30 musketeers, 220 musketeers, 50 spear warriors, 20 guards, 30 sword players, 110 other miscellaneous soldiers, and more than 60 new recruits." ”

"Lord Zhu led 800 troops to defend the West Gate, 180 elite soldiers, and the others were miscellaneous soldiers."

"Lord Zhou, lead three hundred troops, defend the east gate, and at the same time repair the second city wall, as well as build the fortifications facing the government at the back."

"In addition, there are other rebel generals who lead seven hundred troops to defend the first wall."

"Lord Wei led a hundred troops, three hundred healthy women, five hundred old men, and four hundred young people, and was building the defensive fortifications of the county government and the government office."

Zhang Qiang pointed to the street leading to the government at the main gate and said: "If the second city wall is lost, you lead the army to hold this street, and get the remaining gunpowder and collected firewood, grass, and oil into the houses on both sides of the street, and we will do another feat of burning the Jurchen Tartars." ”

You Haibo frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Tartar won't be so stupid, right, twice fooled?" ”

Zhang Qiang took a deep breath, "When the time comes, they will be dizzy again, I don't dare to guarantee that they will not be tricked, but what if they succeed?" ”

You Haibo frowned, "If it succeeds, it will hit the enemy army hard, at least make the enemy angry, regardless of the siege of the city, then the artillery we put on the hill in front of the government and the county government will inflict heavy damage on the enemy, the enemy will not stop until one or two thousand people die, if this success is successful, even if the enemy wants to take the opportunity to take us, we have to think about whether we will cause them great damage again, the enemy's morale will definitely be low, we can at least bring more enemies to bury." ”

"Well," Zhang Qiang gritted his teeth, "even if we die, it won't make the enemy feel better." ”