Chapter 659: Fighting in the City

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The south gate was blown away, and a huge gap appeared, and only half an hour passed.

The artillery battalion fulfilled its scheduled tasks, and then it was time for the cavalry and infantry to attack.

Su Tiancheng has returned to the Chinese military tent, he knows very well that the critical moment has come, kill into the city, and annihilate the Houjin sergeants stationed in Dalinghe, only then can it be regarded as really taking Dalinghe City, so far, the Jiangning battalion soldiers and border troops have not paid sacrifices, but the next fight is a hard bone, street battles, but not as simple as imagined, not that after the soldiers rushed into the city, all the problems were solved, after all, the morale of the Houjin sergeants is still there.

At this time, Su Tiancheng had to admire Yue Tuo, if there were many family members stationed in Dalinghe City, and the Ming army would have entered the city, it would have been a chicken and a dog jumping, and those family members would become the biggest obstacle, so that the Houjin soldiers stationed in the city could not concentrate, and it was even difficult to organize a decent resistance, but now the situation is different, all the people stationed in Dalinghe City are Houjin sergeants, they have no worries, and they can fight with all their might.

Hong Chengchou, who was beside him, had made all the preparations, holding the red flag in his hand.

When Su Tiancheng nodded, Hong Chengchou strode out of the Chinese military tent and waved the red flag in his hand.

"Rush...... Kill......"

A huge flow of people began to rush towards Dalinghe City, and the cavalry and foot soldiers all moved.

A square of 10,000 people headed towards the south gate of Dalinghe City, and there were not many obstacles along the road, and the artillery fire continued to bombard, and bricks and mud were constantly blown away. The Houjin sergeants, who were caught off guard, almost no one was stuck on the city wall.

Sun Chuanting charged with the first square, and all the cavalry he led were cavalry, and they were the elite of the Jiangning battalion.

In just a few minutes, Sun Chuanting took the lead and rushed to the south gate, and the flow of people entered Dalinghe City along the gap.

Entered the city gates. On the opposite side was a very open area, and there were not many Houjin sergeants, and some of the remaining Houjun sergeants had already been knocked down by galloping horses or had their heads cut off by steel knives when they raised their arquebuses and were ready to shoot.

Sun Chuanting, who had been in battle for a long time, suddenly calmed down.

Although the artillery fire was fierce, the focus was still on the bombardment of the city walls, and half an hour passed. The ability of the artillery battalion has been exerted to the limit, and it is very unrealistic to continue to bombard Dalinghe City, since it is to bombard the city wall, then the Houjin sergeants stationed in Dalinghe City have not suffered too many losses, and most of them have withdrawn to the city to set up defenses. It should be said that this time. The real fight just begins.

This is something that Su Tiancheng has repeatedly emphasized, and it is also something that all commanders are required to pay attention to.

It is impossible to stop, and the team behind is still entering the gap in a steady stream.

Sun Chuanting made a gesture, this is a gesture of defense on the spot, this gesture means. The first team to enter Dalinghe City must clear the obstacles, consolidate the position step by step, and create a good environment for the subsequent attack.

Obedience to command has always been a tradition of the Jiangning battalion. As Sun Chuanting made a gesture, many soldiers grabbed the war horses and began to divide into several square teams, slowed down their pace, and began to explore and attack in different directions. A part of the soldiers began to climb the city wall and occupy a vantage point.

Sun Chuanting didn't pay too much attention to the tragic scene in front of him, he was the commander of the first team, and he was also the general coordinator of the four teams of the Jiangning battalion.

On the city wall, there are mutilated corpses everywhere, broken arms and legs are everywhere, broken bricks and tiles are not cleaned up, and there are also groaning Han soldiers, probably not having time to retreat, and no one pays attention to them, seeing the blood on their bodies flowing out, seeing the Ming army coming up, they don't even have fear.

The battle began first from the top of the city walls.

There are not many Houjin soldiers on the city wall, and most of these people are Han soldiers, the Ming army bombed the south gate, and the Houjin soldiers who guarded the north gate, west gate, and east gate still did not dare to retreat, and were still waiting on the city wall.

The Han army was accustomed to using firearms, so most of these sergeants held arquebuses in their hands, and they also had steel knives and spears and other weapons around them, and their habit was to use arquebuses first, and then steel knives and spears.

The Han army was familiar with the terrain on the city wall, and knew that the road occupied a favorable position, but unfortunately, they met the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, if they said that they used firearms, their arquebuses, in front of the flintlock pistols in the hands of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, were like babies meeting the strong men.

The arquebus in the hands of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion has already undergone large-scale improvements, the weight is much lighter, and most of them are close to the model of the pistol hundreds of years later, but the barrel is longer, the firing speed is faster, and the filling ammunition is more convenient.

The exchange of fire between the two sides had just begun, and the Han troops guarding the city wall, finding that the situation was not right, dropped some corpses, and began to flee under the city wall, and some Han soldiers who had not had time to escape knelt on the ground and raised their hands high, indicating surrender.

Dalinghe City is divided into four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest, and the overall pattern will not change.

Zu Dashou led a thousand border troops, organized in the first square, he was familiar with the structure of Dalinghe City, before the battle began, he drew graphics according to his own memories, these graphics were slightly processed, recorded in the mind of every sergeant who was going to participate in the attack.

After Zu Dashou rushed into Dalinghe City, he made a strange move, he turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and kissed the land by the city wall.

The battle had just begun, and Zu Dashou knew his duty, and he led a group of sergeants and quickly rushed towards the east, where the barracks were concentrated and where the commander was located.

Soon, shouts of killing and gunfire came from all around.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were still attacking Dalinghe City in a steady stream, and after these soldiers rushed in, they were quickly commanded and dispersed in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and rushed over.

Dalinghe City became a city of blood.

Liu Tiehan took the elite of the scout camp and followed the third team into Dalinghe City.

At this time, the battle has been in full swing, the Jiangning battalion soldiers have fully controlled the surrounding city walls, but except for the direction of the south gate, the soldiers in the other three directions, stuck on the city wall, will not go down easily, not familiar with the situation below, if there is an ambush of the Houjin soldiers below, rash charge, may cause heavy casualties.

Sun Chuanting was waiting for Liu Tiehan.

He also wanted to rush in to kill the enemy, but his duties were different, and he had to coordinate the actions of the entire army, otherwise everyone would rush in in a swarm, and it was not clear to the south, south, south, and northwest, which was easy to form a loophole, and the south gate was guarded by about 2,000 soldiers, firmly controlling the open area by the city wall, and preventing the Houjin soldiers from suddenly attacking.

Beside Sun Chuanting, there were several heralds.

"General Liu, the soldiers who entered the city in front of them to fight have sent back news that Yue Tuo and Kong Youde are both in the direction of the east of the city, where the heavy troops of the Liukou have been gathered, and the resistance is very fierce."

Just as Sun Chuanting was speaking, a herald took out a simple map from his body, which drew the general situation of the city in the east of Dalinghe City, and there were two places on it, marked with a red marker, and it was obvious that this was the place where Yue Tuo and Kong Youde were hiding, or the place where they commanded the battle.

Liu Tiehan quickly picked up the simple map and saluted Sun Chuanting with a fist.

Without delay, he took a thousand scouts and quickly rushed to the east, and beside them, countless soldiers rushed towards the east, compared to the sergeants who rushed to the other three directions, there were many fewer.

When Zu Dale and Zu Dabi rushed in with the border army, Sun Chuanting couldn't help frowning.

Compared with the Jiangning battalion, the momentum of the border army is much larger, so these sergeants who rushed in did not give Sun Chuanting a very good feeling.

Zu Dale and Zu Dabi saw Sun Chuanting and hurriedly came over to salute.

The border troops under his command began to swarm around, but fortunately, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion had already made preparations and ordered these soldiers to stand by with the flags in their hands.

"Zu Dale, you lead 10,000 border troops to capture the north gate, Zu Dabi, you lead 10,000 border troops to capture the west gate, remember, the city wall has been occupied by us, after you occupy the north gate and the west gate, you must nail it there to prevent people from escaping from the north gate and the west gate, the requirements of Lord Su and Lord Hong are very clear, they must completely annihilate the Houjin Tartars stationed in the Daling River, and none of them are allowed to escape."

Zu Dale's madness was shown when he charged, the border troops were all foot soldiers, he rode a horse alone and charged at the front, and even some ignored the sergeants behind.

Dismounted and heard Sun Chuanting's assignment, he didn't say a word, turned his head and rushed in the direction of the north gate, and the sergeant behind him hurriedly rushed over.

Zu Dabi calmed down a lot and hugged his fist at Sun Chuanting.

"General Sun, my brother is this virtue, don't mind, the last general will definitely live up to his mission and defend the West Gate."

He Renlong, who was behind Sun Chuanting, at this time, was about to go crazy, and rushed in with the first team, thinking that he could go on a rampage and slash and kill the golden tartars, but who knew that Lu Dao was left behind by Sun Chuanting, seeing that Sun Chuanting was constantly arranging tasks, and the seven teams all rushed in, and if they didn't take action, this time they captured Dalinghe City, and there was nothing for him.

"General Sun, the last general has been waiting, the general has not forgotten the last general."

Of course, Sun Chuanting remembered He Renlong behind him.

"General He, you lead 3,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers and 10,000 border troops to attack the east gate, remember, this is the most difficult task, you must take the east gate and defend the east gate, if you do it, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde will not be able to fly out of Dalinghe City." (To be continued......)