Chapter 119: Burning the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty
"My lord, do you want to give the order to block it?" Li Qian, the military commander behind Jiang Chuan, said behind him.
"No hurry, wait." Jiang Chuan didn't look back, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the situation of attacking the Qing army under the city.
The Qing soldiers who were besieging the city thought that a rain of arrows would fall on their heads immediately, and they were ready to defend, but there was still no movement, which made them feel relieved, and they were disdainful of the defenders at the head of the city, and they shouted one after another, speeding up the speed of advancing towards the city.
The Qing soldiers carrying the big plank on their heads quickly ran to the front of the moat, raised the plank with a shout, and then exerted their strength in unison, and pushed it suddenly, and the big plank slammed and fell heavily on the edge of the ditch on the opposite side of the moat.
Seeing that the front army had built the bridge, the ladder soldiers behind shouted and quickly carried the high ladder and stepped on the temporary wooden bridge to rush down the city.
The sword and shield soldiers behind him quickly followed, and the whole team was closely connected.
Seeing that his subordinates were about to cross the moat so smoothly, Kong Youde, who commanded on a cloud car behind the formation, was a little surprised, but also a little proud.
When Bai Mu sent a message to Duoduo just now, he scolded him as a lost dog, which made him quite angry in his heart. At this time, seeing that his subordinates' attack was successful, the anger in his heart disappeared a lot, and he even began to think that if the boy who was rude to him did not die after the city was broken, he would also cut off his head with his own hands, and he would be humiliated just now.
The Qing army was surging under the city, but there was silence at the head of the city, as if all the defenders did not exist.
This made the Qing generals who led the team feel a little bad, but they didn't have time to care too much about it, and shouted for the soldiers to speed up.
Jiang Chuan kept an eye on the movements of the Qing army until he saw that the Qing army that had crossed the moat and poured under the city wall was already about two hundred people, and finally moved.
"Put!" He suddenly screamed.
With Jiang Chuan's order, several clay pots were suddenly thrown down from the top of the city, crossed a curve in the air, and then accurately smashed into the temporary wooden bridge built by the Qing soldiers, which was crowded with Qing soldiers crossing the river at this time.
Several clay pots smashed into the crowd and shattered, and a pile of black things suddenly spilled out of them, not only on the wooden planks that temporarily served as bridges, but also on some Qing soldiers.
A Qing soldier suddenly screamed: "Fire oil, this is fire oil!" ”
That's right, this is exactly gunpowder. It is the fire oil that Egawa exchanged for from the fortress base field.
Before the Qing soldiers could react, several clay pots filled with fire oil were thrown down from the city, and they still landed on the wooden planks accurately.
At this time, the Qing soldiers were surging forward, and it was naturally impossible to retreat because a few clay pots fell, and even if the people in front wanted to retreat, the people behind would not be able to retreat.
Therefore, just as the Qing soldiers were in chaos and huddled together, dozens of rockets from the city whizzed into the planks.
The rocket ignited the oil and with a bang, it burst into flames, and the entire plank burned violently. And the Qing soldiers who were crowded on the wooden planks were also hit by the seedlings, and they became burning men in a few instants.
Several planks of the moat that the Qing soldiers temporarily put on burned almost at the same time, and one by one the burning people screamed and struggled on the planks, and some people couldn't bear the pain of being burned by the fire, and fell directly into the moat with a pop.
It's a pity that even if it falls into the water, the flames on his body are still burning, and gradually there is no movement.
This sudden fire blocked the way for the Qing army to continue to advance, and at the same time trapped the one or two hundred Qing soldiers who had already rushed through the moat in front on the other side of the river, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
At this time, some of the Qing soldiers who rushed to the city were climbing up the ladder, and some went to see the fire behind.
"Don't panic! Rush with me! Death to those who retreat! The Qing general who led the team shouted loudly, slashed to death a soldier who was running backwards beside him, and then bit the knife in his mouth, held a shield in his left hand, and grabbed a ladder in his right hand, and took the lead to climb up the city.
When the Qing soldiers in the back saw that the main general was taking the lead, they also shouted and climbed up.
Of course, the defenders of the city would not give them the opportunity to climb the city walls easily, and soon dozens of clay pots filled with fire oil were thrown down from the city and fell into the crowded group of Qing soldiers below.
It was followed by a puff of rockets, which ignited the fire oil that covered the ground, and the Qing soldiers in it suddenly howled wolf howls, and a group of fire men were born in an instant, rampage through the crowd, screaming again and again.
Fire burns on the body and it hurts much more than a knife on the body.
The rest of the Qing soldiers who were not burned by the fire were also ignited by their comrades who became fire men, so more fire men were born, and the miserable howls resounded throughout the four fields, and many people couldn't stand it and jumped directly into the moat full of water.
The Qing archers, who followed behind the shield soldiers, began to return fire, shooting arrows at the city.
It's just that the wall in front of them is ridiculously high, and they are shooting from their backs, and the arrows they shoot up have no effect at all.
And the counterattack on the city also came soon, and a strong rain of arrows suddenly made the counterattack of the Qing archers much smaller, many of them fell to the ground with arrows, and the rest hurriedly hid behind the shield bearers.
At this time, dozens of Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to climb the ladder were also smashed by the angular stones smashed from the city, and they fell directly from the ladder and fell into the burning array below, and then they were also instantly ignited.
Even if a few lucky people were not hit by a stone, they were quickly pierced into zongzi by the rain of arrows in the city, such as the Qing general who led the team.
Kong Youde watched the attack frustrated behind the battle, and watched the soldiers who followed him from Daming to Liaodong struggling and howling in the flames, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, knowing that if he forcibly attacked the city at this time, he would only give the enemy a head in vain.
However, he could not take it upon himself to order the siege to be stopped, so he could only turn his head and look at Duoduo, who was standing on a cloud cart that was taller than the one at his feet.
For the tragic situation of the besieging troops, Duoduo had a full view. However, he didn't care how many people died, because the people who died were all people from the Han Eight Banners, and he wouldn't feel distressed at all.
It was a pity that he did not see much of the enemy's firepower from this attack, and the enemy did not even use artillery, crossbow arrows and other things very limitedly.
However, the oil poured down as if it didn't need money, much to the disappointment and surprise of Dord.
It seems that the other party does have some ability, and he did not deal with the siege troops with full firepower at the beginning, but had the intention of hiding clumsy.
Since you're going to hide, I'm going to keep attacking and see how long you can hide.
"Let Kong Youde continue to attack, and retreat without permission!" Dodor smiled and gave the order.