130 See you at the Martyrs' Hall
Obviously, the main direction of attack of Jianyu stealing the city is here, and the siege is the most ferocious.
In the distance at the head of the city, there were also the Ming army reserves under the city, which rushed over to this side at this time. However, there is still a little distance to come, and if they let the Jianyu stand at the head of the city, and a steady stream of Jianyu ascend to the top of the city, the consequences will be unpredictable.
At this time, there were only about 30 Ming troops surrounding Jianyu and trying to drive Jianlu down the city, slightly more than Jianlu. However, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not the same.
Don't say that these Ming army guards at the head of the city are just ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp, many are untrained, and it is okay to guard the head of the city, this face-to-face fight, even if it is the most elite Ming army soldiers, I am afraid that it is not a deliberately selected opponent.
If it weren't for the high morale of the Ming army, just the Jianyu rushing to the top of the city would have frightened them into giving up their resistance and fleeing in all directions.
This piece of the city, on the one hand, is the Ming soldiers who want to drive Jianyu off the city, and on the other hand, they want to take advantage of the Ming army's reinforcements to gain a firm foothold and cover more accomplices rushing to the city. Of course, the Ming soldiers who suffered the most casualties were the soldiers.
Huang Daoxuan saw that his comrades were killed less and less by Jianyu, and the support effect of the bow and arrow was getting weaker and weaker, and suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to look, only to find that the Ming soldiers at the location of the tiger squatting cannon in the city were killed by Jianyu's flying axe.
Without saying a word, he rushed over, searched for the fire fold from the body of the dead soldier, picked up the tiger squat cannon and rushed over, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, it's time to open the cannon!" ”
At this time, there was not much left of the Ming army that was fighting, and when he was about to expand the battle line, he suddenly saw a Ming soldier shouting and rushing over, and when he was holding a tiger squat cannon, he was frightened.
Their iron armor and shields are okay to defend against ordinary swords, guns, bows and arrows, but in the face of this kind of artillery, firing at close range, these veterans of Jianyu understand that they can't stop it no matter what.
"Quick, entangle these bright dogs, so that he doesn't dare to shoot." One of the leaders of the Jianyu shouted command in Manchu.
Those Ming soldiers who fought with Jianlu tried to get out of the battle several times, but they were all entangled by Jianlu, and they couldn't give way at all.
At this time, two more Ming soldiers rushed over with tiger squatting cannons, and when they arrived at Huang Daoxuan's side, they hesitated for a while when they saw the situation in front of them.
The short soldier Ming who was laughing with Huang Daoxuan had already been injured, and if it weren't for the scruples of Jian Yu not to kill him, it is estimated that he would have died in battle at this time.
He saw that behind the Jianyu in front of him, there was a steady stream of Jianyu coming up, and then he saw the comrades on the city wall in the distance, and it would take a while to come to support, so he couldn't help but feel like a tear, and shouted loudly: "Leave us alone, let Jianyu come up again, and the city will be broken!" ”
"Run!" Huang Daoxuan looked at it with the same eyes, and shouted anxiously.
When Jian Yu heard this, he deliberately left his hand while pressing out, just not to kill the dozen or so Ming soldiers in front of him. On the inside, Jianyu began to free his hands, preparing to use weapons such as flying axes to attack the Ming soldiers who were holding tiger cannons outside.
The short soldier saw it in his eyes and knew that he could not be spared, so he suddenly shouted: "Open the cannon, Lao Tzu died in the martyr's hall!" ”
Shouting this, he threw away his spear at the same time, jumped forward, and threw himself at the Jurchen Tartar in front of him.
When the other dozen or so Ming soldiers saw it, their blood rushed to their heads, and they shouted: "See you in the Loyal Martyr's Hall!" Fire! ”
Then, without hesitation, they all lost or threw away the blades in their hands, and threw themselves at the Jurchen Tartars in front of them, wanting to die with them.
Their heroic actions made these prisoners who attacked the city slightly stunned. In their impression, these Ming soldiers did not flee when they attacked, and they were already extraordinary. What's wrong today, not only did he play extraordinarily, but he didn't want to die, and he actually used the same way of playing, is this still the impression of those Ming troops, or the soldiers of the Beijing camp who are unbearable for a battle?
Seeing this scene, Huang Daoxuan shouted loudly: "Kill the captives and take revenge!" ”
In this heart-rending shout, the fire in his hand was folded a little towards the lead, and the tiger squatting in his arms was flat. only heard a "boom", and a rain of bullets sprinkled on the crowd in front of him who were fighting, and at the same time, he himself was shocked and fell backwards, and the tiger squatted and got out of his hand.
Several other Ming soldiers who rushed over with tiger squatting cannons were also like Huang Daoxuan, roaring and igniting the cannons.
The sound of "boom boom" sounded continuously, and after the smoke of gunpowder, this section of the city, whether it was a Ming soldier or a siege captive, whether it was wearing iron armor or protecting it with a shield, all of them were spared. There was no one left at the head of the city to stand.
The reinforcements finally arrived, and they didn't have time to help Huang Daoxuan and their comrades who were shocked by the tiger squat cannon, but passed them and stabbed at the Jian Yu who began to emerge again with a spear.
Outside the city, I don't know when countless captives appeared, shooting arrows at both ends of this section of the city wall, trying to stop the reinforcements of the Ming army, and wanted to work hard again to recapture the city.
However, Jianlu was soon disappointed, and the Ming army at the head of the city continued to reinforce this section of the city wall with the help of shields and other defensive tools.
What surprised Jian Yu even more was that after hearing someone shouting loudly at the head of the city, he didn't know what was going on, and in the dead corner under the city wall, where the shelling could not reach, there was a sound of "boom, boom, boom".
The light flashed, and the smoke came out, and then I heard that all the prisoners under the city wall were crying and calling for their mother. The power of the flowering bullet is not enough to be fatal, but as long as it is within the explosion range, basically no one is not injured.
As soon as five or six flowering bullets were dropped, the pressure on the defenders on the head of the city suddenly became smaller, and basically there was no more reappearance of Jianyu. Taking advantage of this effort, rolling wood, stones, arrows, and arrows, wolf's teeth and something, began to unfold in an orderly manner.
The shouts of killing and the roar of artillery on this section of the city wall resounded through the head of the Beijing Division, waking up Hu Guang, who had fallen asleep. The fierce battle was so fierce at night that he was a little worried, so he climbed to the top of the Bell and Drum Tower of the Forbidden City to look at it from afar.
He looked at the place where the battle was raging, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart. This Huang Taiji seemed to be preparing to withdraw because of the impact of the battle of Changli, but he didn't expect that he was actually still fighting the idea of the Beijing Division.
Looking at the direction of siege chosen by Huang Taiji, it turned out to be in the opposite direction of the camp on the side of Deshengmen, which was really cunning enough.
"Your Majesty, listening to the voice, the battle situation seems to be stable." The eunuch escort Fang Zhenghua breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and told Hu Guangyu.
Hu Guang nodded and sighed slightly: "Jianyu is really not to be underestimated!" ”
At the same time, he also had a little regret in his heart, if Gao Yingyuan was in the Jianyu camp, he might be able to know the movements of Jianyu in advance.