Chapter 724: The Fall of Guancheng
Under the wall, the Qing archers hid behind a one-man high wooden wall, making it impossible for the defenders of the city to shoot them directly.
Behind the wooden wall, the Qing army archers lined up in five rows, pulled the bowstring in their hands, pointed the arrows obliquely, and shot a wave of arrows in unison.
With the sound of strings, arrows rose like locusts, and the sky was darkened.
The Qing archers did not need to aim, but hid behind wooden walls, and by virtue of their numerical superiority, they covered the city with arrows.
Waves of arrows rained down, clanging to the city, and the defenders howled as they were dragged away by the medical officer.
When the rain of arrows hits, the defenders hide behind the wall, from the shot hole, shoot the approaching Qing saber and shield man, or when the artillery at the head of the city shatters the wooden wall of the Qing army, so that the Qing archers behind are exposed, a row of fire guns is shot.
At this time, the sword and shield hands of the Qing army, like a tide, poured to the pass, and the soldiers were all over like ants.
With the ladder to the city wall, the Ming army hiding behind the battlements had to give up archery, and many soldiers picked up spears and raised rolling stones and wood to counterattack.
A Qing soldier stood on the city wall, two spears stabbed at the same time, stabbed into the abdomen of the Qing army, and the body fell off the city wall.
However, as soon as the Wei soldiers collected their guns, another Qing soldier jumped on the city.
Gao Chenghu saw the Qing army climbing up to the city, slashed out, slashed the Qing army's chest, and then kicked it violently, jumped on the tartar at the head of the city, and then turned his head downwards to the head of the city, and let out a terrible scream in his mouth.
With a muffled sound of "bang", the screams stopped abruptly, and the Qing army slammed on the ground, their brains burst out, and a circle of loess splashed around the corpse.
"Lift the ladder!" Gao Chenghu swung his knife and roared.
After speaking, he picked up a long log, and several of his own soldiers hurriedly hugged the rear end and crashed into the siege ladder together.
There are barbs on the siege ladder, and after hanging the city wall, the soldiers cannot overturn them, and only by hitting the iron hook can the ladder be pushed down.
"One, two, three, bump!" Changmu slammed into the ladder to the city, after a few clicks, the hook flew off, Changmu pushed out against the ladder, and saw the ladder slowly leaving the wall, the Qing army on the ladder screamed and fell, and the ladder fell on its back, smashing a piece of Qing army.
At this time, a hand soldier lifted the stone again, smashed it down the ladder, and smashed the Qing soldier who climbed halfway down the long ladder, but at the moment of smashing the stone, an arrow came, and the defender who still maintained the posture of throwing the stone was hit by an arrow in the chest, and immediately fell down the city with a scream.
For a time, both the Wei army and the Qing army suffered huge casualties, although the Qing army was outnumbered, but the Wei army relied on the advantage of defending the city, from time to time threw earth-shaking thunder, splashed boiling hot oil and gold juice, and gave the Qing army great casualties.
Ao Bai rode a horse and stood in front of the pass, watching the stubborn resistance of the defenders in the city, and waved his hand, "Mulima, you go!" “
"Wow!" A yellow-armored general, who immediately came out to salute, was the sixth brother of Aobai, Jia La'e Zhen Mulima.
In the formation of the Qing army, nine hundred Huangjia Zhen Manchuria poured out, holding a battering ram, and then forced towards the pass.
The Manchu Qing often boasted that they were unparalleled in cavalry and archery, but in fact, the hunters who were born in the white mountains and black waters were also good at foot combat, and they were quite fierce.
The people of the Central Plains live a rich life, have a family and a business, and few people are willing to fight hard, but these Tartars are different, they are in the bitter cold land, they have eaten the last meal but not the next meal, and a snow disaster can take their lives, if they don't rob or take it, their lives will not be guaranteed, so they have a strong desire for war.
Although the Manchu soldiers have long lived a life of worry-free food and clothing, and the banner soldiers have become slave owners, and there are banner slaves to farm for them, so that they can live a life of not producing, clothes and food, but the ferocity and cruelty in the bones of the Manchu soldiers have not disappeared immediately, and they have not been completely corrupted.
The second generation after entering the customs may not be able to, but the full soldiers who can enter the customs from outside the customs are still fierce.
Nine hundred yellow-armored soldiers, under the cover of arrows, quickly approached the city wall.
It has only been four years since entering the customs, and the barbaric energy in the mountains and wilderness in the bones of real Manchuria is still there, so don't rush down the ladder to the city like your life.
At this time, Zhenyuanguan was like a dike, and the Qing soldiers were surging flood peaks, constantly slapping the dike, trying to break the dike.
With the addition of Huangjiazhen Manchuria, the pressure on the defenders increased greatly, and a large number of Qing troops climbed the city walls and began fierce hand-to-hand combat.
These fierce people outside the gate do not rely on a cavity of beast blood, they are not life and death, they are because of their exquisite skills, wearing double armor, believing that others can't hurt them, and believing that they can win, so they are extremely brave.
On several walls, there were constantly real Manchuria rushing to the city, and they were constantly killed by the tenacious and heroic Wei army, and the two sides were fighting for life and death.
Gao Chenghu's side, the commander of the brigade, was finally stabbed through the abdomen with a war knife, but his body burst out with amazing strength, suddenly hugged the yellow-armored soldier who stabbed him, and fell down the city together.
After the battle lasted for an hour, the corpses had accumulated up and down the city pass, and the full general who commanded the attack, Mulima, shouted, carried a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, stepped on the piled corpses, climbed the suspension bridge, he swung his knife and slashed, the war knife cut the rope, and the moat fell with a bang.
More than 50 Qing soldiers immediately held a three-zhang long giant tree, and then under the protection of the shield hand, they violently slammed the door.
With a loud "boom", the giant tree slammed into the city gate, closing the dirt and falling down, and the city trembled slightly.
The Ming Dynasty was financially bankrupt for more than ten years, and the silver was spent in Liaodong, and the Great Wall had long been in disrepair, and it would not be long before the city gate would be knocked open.
Gao Chenghu slashed over a Tartar with a knife, and suddenly shouted urgently, "Fire pot, earth-shattering thunder!" ”
With a loud bang, a sky-shattering thunder exploded before closing the gate, blowing up the Qing army holding the giant tree, and a fire pot fell at the head of the city, and a raging fire immediately ignited before closing the gate.
General Mulima was furious, and the combat strength of the Wei army was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Originally, he and Ao Bai thought that they could take the gate with a single charge, and they didn't want to lose more than 3,000 people, but they hadn't broken through the pass yet.
This made him a little admired by the Wei generals guarding the pass, and when he saw the Wei generals who were commanding at the gate, he couldn't help but point at the head of the city, and shouted angrily: "Barbarian, surrender now, I will protect you from death!" “
Gao Chenghu had already killed his red eyes, and when he heard the shouting of the general under the closed door, he immediately said angrily: "I, the Great Wei Clan, how can I surrender to the Tartars!" Brothers, shoot the turtle grandson! ”
Several Wei soldiers immediately saw a rain of arrows under the city, which made Mu Lima stumble and sit on the ground in retreat.
Mulima was instantly furious, "After breaking the level, Ben is going to kill you!" ”
Gao Chenghu saw that he didn't shoot, and was about to call his subordinates to shoot again, when an arrow suddenly shot at a very fast pace under the city, Gao Chenghu's expression changed greatly, and he wanted to dodge but he was not in a hurry, and the arrow shot directly through his left shoulder, making him fall backwards and hit the tower.
"Captain!" The soldiers exclaimed.
Under the city, Ao Bai, who was riding on a horse, collected the hard bow and ordered loudly, "The archers suppress the Guan Lou, and the infantry army will go up again, and the door will be slammed and slammed." ”
A rain of arrows fell towards the gate, and the arrows were nailed to the tower, and the Wei army in the city immediately fell into a piece, and the soldiers immediately used their shields to protect the injured Gao Chenghu.
The Qing army under the city quickly covered the fire with cowhides, dozens of Qing soldiers picked up the logs again, and hit the door one after another, the wall trembled violently, the city bricks and soil fell in a flutter, and the Wei soldiers who closed the door in the door hole, and their bodies were knocked to the undulating waves.
With a "click" sound, the crossbar behind the door was finally broken, and the Qing army under the city suddenly let out a beast-like roar, shouting and charging in, killing the city with the Wei army in the door hole.
The Qing soldiers poured into the gate like a school of fish, and hundreds of wounded Wei soldiers with hanging arms and bandages rushed to the gate with knives and guns, and hundreds of wounded soldiers shouted in despair, "Kill the Tartars!" Fight! ”
The green tendons of the Wei soldiers shouted bulging, desperately fighting with the Qing soldiers at the door hole, the gate was broken, the Zhenyuan Pass had fallen, they were not guarding the pass now, but coexisting with the pass, fighting to the death.
Closing the pass, one after another Wei soldiers fell in a pool of blood, the defense of Zhenyuan Pass quickly collapsed, Gao Chenghu only had a few people left, and was forced by the Qing army to retreat constantly, and finally reached the edge of the gate, and there was no way to retreat.
Mu Lima, a full general with a hideous face, rushed to the wall with a dense Qing army, and the war knife surrounded Gao Chenghu in a circle and a half, and the soldiers around him were constantly cut down by the Qing army, and the faces of the remaining soldiers were full of panic.
"Barbarian, don't surrender yet!" Mulima drank viciously.
"I am the Great Wei Clan!" Gao Chenghu smiled miserably, suddenly threw the torch in his hand to Guan Lou, and then wiped the knife on his neck, and then cut his throat, blood gushed like a spring, and he fell to the ground and died~
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