Chapter 54: The Battle of the City Gate Cave

When they entered the city, they were served hot porridge and two cakes to each of them. Then they were given a simple grouping, according to the principle of understanding, ten people in a team, three teams and one flag, the captain and the flag commander were elected, and then they were allowed to rest in the empty house in the city.

The next morning, Jiannu began to attack the city, and in front of it were still the Liao people who had not fled yesterday, and then the Han army and the Later Jin armor soldiers. Because Haizhou has no moat, their main direction of attack is still the city gate.

The Liao people at the front carried the big trees one by one, only roughly removed the leaves, and ran all the way to the city gate. Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "No matter who the other party is, as long as they get close, they will all be eliminated." “

The cannon began to roar, and the largest fifteen-pound shell hit the Liaomin group, rolling all the way, and all the people in a line fell to the ground, and the terrible screams came and went, and some artillerymen saw that tears flowed down their eyes, but they had to continue to push the shells into the muzzle of the cannon, and ignite and fire.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "Don't use cannons of more than nine catties, use small cannons." “

All the Liao people failed to approach the city gate, and all fell on the way forward. It was followed by the Han army pushing the cowhide cart, because the cart was covered with a layer or even three layers of cowhide, so the six-pound cannon could only let it swing a little, and then still move forward.

Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "Don't hit the car with a small cannon. “

So the small cannons all stopped, and the guns of more than nine pounds continued to attack the cowhide car, as long as the car was hit, the three-layer cowhide could not be stopped, and the car must be destroyed, and if the car was not hit, as long as it rolled over the side, as long as it rubbed people, it must be a death.

After about ten minutes, two cowhide carts finally came slowly to the city gate, when two large stones fell from the sky and smashed the cart to pieces. The Han army, who was lucky not to die, hurriedly hid in the hole in the city gate to dodge the lead bullets that followed.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that the golden armor soldiers were still far away, so he called Hu Qinzhai and said, "Clean up the city gate hole." Hu Qinzhai responded and walked down with his flag. Approaching the city gate, I heard the Han soldiers in the city gate cave cutting the city gate.

Although the gates were thick enough not to be broken for a moment, what if they thought of burning them with fire? Hu Qinzhai's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked ten soldiers to open the door, and the door was only half opened, and the sound of fire guns sounded in the city gate hole, Hu Qinzhai subconsciously pounced down, and a lead bullet grazed along his left head, bringing up a few blood beads.

Damn, there was an arquebus, Hu Qinzhai was afraid for a while. The entrance gate had been opened, and six Han soldiers stood in the hole of the city gate at a loss, one holding an arquebus, and five holding a broadsword.

Hu Qinzhai jumped up at once and shouted: "Don't fire, use bayonets." Then he rushed straight to the arquebusier and stabbed him in half. The other soldiers rushed forward and quickly eliminated the five Han soldiers.

Hu Qinzhai ordered his men to drag the body in and prepare to close the door. At this time, he looked outside the city gate, and saw that about two hundred paces away, Jiannu armor soldiers were charging forward in the gap of the cannonballs, and he suddenly had a bold idea.

He ordered the gate to be closed, and then quickly ran to Lu Xiangsheng's side and saluted: "Report to the division commander, the city gate hole has been cleaned up." Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "The city gate hole is a hidden danger, this city has no moat, it's really troublesome." “

Hu Qinzhai said cautiously: "Division commander, I heard General Chen say that there was originally a moat, but it was filled in by Jiannu later. I think that if one or two cannons are set up in the city gate hole, and then a division of infantry is used to assist, we should be able to defend the city gate hole, and we can also attract Jiannu to come here to die, and we can use Jiannu's corpse to block the city gate hole. “

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "You just looked at the situation, are you sure you can hold it?" “

Hu Qinzhai patted his chest and said, "I will definitely be able to hold it." If the enemy gets into the gate and blows it up with gunpowder, it will be even more difficult to defend. “

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and said: "It makes sense, I have always felt that this city gate is a trouble, your suggestion is very good, but for the sake of safety, it is better to use four guns and two divisions of infantry, so that it can be foolproof." “

So Lu Xiangsheng called Wang Chengmin and asked him to personally bring a cavalry bureau to guard the city gate, two cavalry divisions with four twelve-pound cannons to the outside, and another cavalry division to prevent anyone in the city from rebelling.

The cowhide cart of the Han army kept pushing, and then the golden armor soldiers rushed forward with the cowhide cart, and the speed of the cannonball was not fast after all, so there were still some cowhide carts to come to the city gate.

The Han army and the armor soldiers rushed forward together, and at this time, two sparks were ignited in the darkest part of the city gate cave, and then there was a deafening sound of cannons, and two iron balls flew out, flying all the way for about three hundred paces before they reluctantly stopped, and everyone on these two roads had already fallen to the ground.

There are not many people who are lucky not to be on these two roads, because the city gate hole is so wide in total, and when they are still rejoicing, a row of Guards soldiers with firearms appeared in front of them, and a burst of firecrackers sounded, and these lucky people finally fell into misfortune.

At this time, several guards soldiers cautiously stepped forward, finished mending their knives one by one, and then took away their weapons and armor, walked in and said to Wang Chengmin: "Battalion commander, some people have become a lump of flesh, and it is difficult to peel off their armor. “

Wang Chengmin said with a smile: "You can also have no fish and shrimp, let's keep it first, now the emperor is looking for iron everywhere, this is better than ore." “

The hard-working Han army and the armored soldiers first had to accept the baptism of cannonballs shot from the city wall, and then finally came to the city gate hole, and then they had to be washed again by the combination of cannonballs and lead bullets, and finally even the armor and weapons had to be taken away by the guards, like a special transport team to deliver things.

Yue Tuo found that there was no way to break through the city gate, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops. In the battle of the Guards on this day, only one person was seriously wounded, not a single person was killed, but a large number of shells and gunpowder were consumed. The commander of the artillery battalion reported that a third of the gunpowder of the shells brought had already been used.

But the harvest was abundant, and within the range of the artillery, the Guards carried out a large-scale battlefield clearance. A total of 350 heads of the Houjin armor soldiers were cut, and the Han army did not cut the heads, but after the cleanup, the death toll of the Han army reached 700 to more than 80 people. Moreover, after the golden spy was seen through the delusional attempt to seize the city gate at the west city gate, he killed eight spies, and the one who was seriously injured was injured when he caught the spy.

After two battles, the golden armor soldiers lost about 800, Lu Xiangsheng believed that Yue Tuo could not fight with him like this again, but he would never dare to withdraw his troops, Jiannu would never allow Haizhou to be occupied by the Ming army, and they would continue to increase their troops until they defeated Haizhou.

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