The next morning, the Qing army around the city launched another attack on the ruined county town of Hengshan like a tide. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info.\\ It's just that this time they didn't carry out an overwhelming shelling like yesterday. Now that there is a big hole in every wall, there is no need for them to waste any more shells. However, the artillery of the Qing army was still not idle, but drove mules and horses to drag a cannon and a large group of men and horses together, trying to approach the city and then kill and injure the Ming defenders at the head of the city or in the gap.

Two miles east of the city, Duoduo looked at his own army surging forward and the small county town in front of him, which was already in a dilapidated state, but still fluttering the battle flag of the Ming army.

The battle yesterday afternoon was really a surprise to Duoduo, he thought that as long as he blasted open the city wall and attacked the city, the more than 10,000 Ming soldiers would be at his own mercy, and the initial situation was really as he thought, after some fighting, a large number of his own officers and soldiers rushed into the city through the gaps in the three walls. But then the situation was reversed, the first to attack the city of the Sanshun King troops were frantically blocked by the Ming army behind the city wall, all kinds of guns and even some shotgunned Furlong machine guns fired together, firmly containing the offensive of the Sanshun King's troops. After that, the Ming army in the city organized forces to counterattack, and it was a long period of fierce fighting, and the men and horses who had entered the city before were actually driven out again. Although Dodor himself wanted to organize another more violent attack, he had no choice but to give up when it was already dark.

Duoduo didn't expect that the Ming army, which had become a turtle in an urn, could still have such a strong resistance ability, and there was no sign of disheart after falling into the encirclement. Shocking is shocking. Still unprepared to change his decision, he soon defined the stubborn resistance of the Ming army as a death throes. Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, let alone a big living person? Thinking of this, Duoduo was relieved, and he also knew that the Sanshun Wang's subordinates, who were the main attackers, had already fought with Huguang Town and suffered some losses before, so it was inevitable that the morale of the army would be affected, and the attack would be unfavorable. But in his own hands, there are still two trump cards that have almost completely failed to withstand losses, the Manchuria inlaid white flag and the Han army's blue flag. Once put into use, it will definitely kill the Ming army by surprise and in a hurry.

So, early this morning, after the whole army had breakfast, Doduo immediately organized a new round of attack. Last night, he had already explained to King Sanshun, telling them to make more effective use of the artillery in the battalion, not to worry about anything, and to further shorten the time between the artillery bombardment and the infantry attack. If necessary, don't even worry about the possibility of some accidental injuries. is ruthless to Duoduo, Kong Youde and others are naturally very clear. I didn't dare to argue, so I honestly promised. In addition, Duoduo also calculated that at a critical moment, it would not be impossible to send his own troops, Manchuria with the White Flag, although this might lose some of the warriors in the banner, but as long as the scourge of Pang Yue could be solved, this loss was not unacceptable.

Soon, the artillery of the Qing army arrived at the predetermined position with the brigade. Everything was prepared before the shelling.

After a while, with the first cannon sounding on the ground, continuous loud noises and violent tremors of the earth followed, and the second general attack of the Qing army on Hengshan County kicked off.

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All kinds of passwords, shouts and cannons that rang out from time to time echoed around the city, converging into bursts of penetrating sounds, shaking the sky and the sky, Hengshan County, which had just been quiet for a night, once again ushered in the baptism of bloody rain and bloody wind.

From the tower, Pang Yue observed the general signals in the three directions, as well as the signals sent by the standard-bearers around the commanders of each department. From time to time, orders were passed out, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and the expression on his face was a little more solemn than yesterday.

Compared with yesterday, the Qing army's attack today is even more fierce. It's even in a state of death. The infantry almost stepped on the time when the shelling stopped, and their artillery tactics were more flexible, no longer wasting shells and fighting with the remaining walls, but reloading ammunition and waiting for the Ming defenders at the head of the city or in the gap. Once it was discovered that the Ming army had formed a fixed defensive line and its own side could not open the situation, the Qing infantry who were the main attackers would immediately retreat or dodge to the side, and the Qing artillery that had been prepared for a long time would bombard in this direction. Under these circumstances, the Ming defensive line near the city walls soon showed signs of loosening, and commanders in all directions were nervously mobilizing reserves to fill in the weak spots.

"It seems that the slave chief Duoduo is bound to win this city! He is determined to kill all the soldiers of our Huguang Town! Pang Yue sighed expressionlessly.

"Since following the adults to fight against the Qing captives, his subordinates have long put life and death out of the way." Zhang Yunli's face was not panicked, but looked extremely awe-inspiring, "After learning that the slave chief Duoduo had created a heinous bloody case in Yangzhou, Jiangyin and other places, his subordinates hated to sleep on his skin and eat his flesh, and he could fight against him in this city today, even if he died in battle." When the situation is really more critical, I implore my lord to allow my subordinates to personally go into battle and fight the Qing captives. Although his subordinates have been in charge of the General Staff Department for a long time, they have not forgotten their past fighting skills. ”

Pang Yue nodded and said, "It's good that Zibin can have this determination!" As long as the soldiers of our town can be firm in their determination, the Qing captives may not be able to escape well. If Dodor wants to destroy us, how can we make it so easy for him to do so? Even if the whole army is destroyed, we must first break his hands and feet, and break his meridians, so that he will never be able to do evil calmly in the future! ”

Zhang Yunli is right, he can have a head-on duel with Duoduo, the culprit of the Jiangnan Massacre and the sworn enemy of the Chinese nation, and personally ask him to repay the blood debt, even if he dies in battle, what regrets is there? ! Although the current situation is relatively critical, Yan Yingyuan was just a small official at the beginning, and he was still able to organize the army and people in the whole city to resist for 81 days, so what was there to fear if he still had more than 10,000 men and horses under his command? Pang Yue pondered silently in his heart for a while, and continued to set his eyes on the battle line that was already in full swing.

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Fierce battles were raging in the two large gaps in the eastern wall. The officers and men of the trapped camp and the temporary firearms team relied on the ruins left behind after the collapse of the city wall to resist the attack of the Qing army. The ruins left behind by the collapse of the walls in both places formed a slope nearly a foot high, and although it was still not easy to climb, it was much easier than attacking directly from the top of the city. Therefore, it became the key offensive position of the Qing army.

When the Qing troops swarmed and began to climb towards the top of the slope, the officers and men of the temporary firearms team fired several volleys first. When the Qing soldiers rushed closer, the sword, shield and pikemen trapped in the camp took over and engaged the Qing army in a white-knuckle battle, while the firearms soldiers pushed behind the city wall and lined up, ready to deal with those who slipped through the net in the Qing army at any time.

Due to the terrain limitations, the trapped camp naturally could no longer give full play to the advantages of phalanx combat like on flat ground, but split into small combat groups based on the Mandarin Duck Formation. The members of the group and the fighting groups cooperate with each other to defend against the enemy. The General Staff Department had formulated a corresponding training program according to Pang Yue's instructions a long time ago, and the soldiers in the camp had also practiced this tactic for a long time, so they still exerted their strong combat effectiveness in the face of the Qing army's attack, hacking or stabbing to death the Qing soldiers who rushed up one by one at the broken wall.

But the Qing army also had its own method, that is, the use of artillery, and it was this method that posed a great threat to the Ming army. Sometimes, the officers and soldiers of the trapped camp at the gap were fighting with the enemy, but unexpectedly, the Qing soldiers in front of them scattered to both sides. Before the Ming officers and soldiers could react in time, the Qing army's Hongyi cannon, which had already been loaded in the distance, opened fire at the gap. Many officers and soldiers who were trapped in the camp who could not hide turned into flesh and blood flying in the sky in an instant.

Not only that, but sometimes the Qing army also resorted to deception, first pretending to spread out to both sides, and when the officers and soldiers of the trapped camp mistakenly thought that the shells were coming and retreated to dodge, they all poured in from the gap and cut down the unsuspecting officers and soldiers of the trapped camp to the ground. Thanks to the well-trained officers and soldiers of the trapped camp and their tenacious work style, the Qing army was beaten back at one time, but as the number of Qing army attacks increased again and again, the resistance of the trapped camp became more and more difficult.

This is the case with the other two walls, and. Since the level of equipment and the proportion of veterans in the Gangfeng and Broken Barracks were not as good as those in the trapped camp, the defensive line on the north and south sides was tighter than that on the east side.

In addition to attacking from the breach, some Qing troops also erected long ladders to attack from the head of the city. The city wall of Hengshan County is not high, more than two zhang and less than three zhang, which is nothing to the Qing soldiers who have conquered countless Xiongcheng dangers. And the commander of the Qing army was also very good at seizing the opportunity, often letting the artillery first carry out a fierce artillery bombardment on the head of the city to force the defenders at the head of the city to retreat. Then, as soon as the cannon fire stopped, the foot soldiers began to climb up the long ladder towards the top of the city.

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"Hurry up and warn, the Tartars are coming up again!" Somewhere on the eastern wall, a trap chief who had remained on guard at the head of the city shouted to the standard-bearer beside him.

Just now. The Qing army carried out a heavy bombardment of this section of the city wall, forcing the defenders at the head of the city to go down. As soon as the cannon fire stopped, the Qing infantry waiting on the side rushed over again like a tide carrying long ladders.

The standard-bearer hurriedly signaled to the officers and soldiers who were hiding under the city, and the officers and soldiers who waited for the warning signal quickly rushed up the city along the road. After finding out that the main intention of the Qing artillery at the moment had been to destroy the city wall to kill and injure the defenders at the head of the city, the Ming officers and soldiers no longer hid too far, but took refuge under the city wall, and immediately went to the city as soon as there was a situation, so as not to be caught off guard by the Qing army.

"Dog Tartar, grandpa is waiting for you here!" Luo Wenguang shouted while rushing forward with a fire gun soldier beside him, although his legs were stubby and short, his speed was not slow at all, and he could almost rank in the top ten. This style of taking the lead in every battle is not like a thousand generals at all, but like a chief, and even the standard-bearers around him are a little in a hurry, raising his Qianzong flag and panting to follow. At the same time, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers who had fallen into the camp also ran closely behind the musketeers under the leadership of the officers of the battalion and ran towards the city.

As soon as Luo Wenguang led the team to rush to the city, he heard a muffled sound of "bangbang", and saw more than a dozen long ladders set up at the battlement, splashing a piece of dust.

Under Luo Wenguang's order, the firecrackers who rushed to the head of the city quickly dispersed, and the first row of soldiers raised the preloaded firearms to aim at the Qing soldiers who had stepped on the long ladder outside the battlement. The pikemen in the camp lined up behind the musketeers, spear-wielding, ready to fight the enemy in close combat.

"Fire!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ……”

There was a scream from under the wall outside the city, and then a rain of arrows came from under the city.

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Two miles away, under the Weaving Golden Dragon, Duoduo looked at the battle situation in front of him, his face pale. He has secretly made a decision, if he still can't open the situation this time, he will continue to concentrate a number of Hongyi cannons directly against the city wall as he did yesterday, expand the original opening, and blast out a few more openings to see how the Ming army still defends the city!