Chapter Seventy-Two: Winning with Odds (4)

The front army of the Zheng family army was composed of sword and shield soldiers and musketeers, and was equipped with siege vehicles, ladders and other equipment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The left and right flank armies were the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Brigades led by Yao Guotai.

In the rear of the Chinese army was a collection of all the artillery brigades of the Nanjing Military Region and the Anqing Military Region, and 238 newly developed 32-pounder guns were placed in columns.

There was silence in the Zheng family's army, and the soldiers were silently holding their weapons and quietly looking at Guiyang City.

Looking at the dumb Zheng Jiajun, Hong Chengchou suddenly thought of what was recorded on the art of war tree - quiet as a forest, immobile as a mountain.

The dazzling sunlight shone on the weapon, adding a bit of killing.

Zheng Chenggong immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Hong Yanyan, you are a wise person. Now that you are trapped, my general is here, you have no way to escape, why don't you descend early! ”

Zheng Chenggong's words really made Hong Chengchou's heart move.

However, Hong Chengchou just moved his mind a little, and then he strengthened his position.

Emperor Shunzhi has always been very defensive of himself, and there are few henchmen in this city.

If you show the slightest antirighteousness, you are afraid that you will be killed on the spot.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou's cautious eyes flickered slightly, and then he was extremely firm. shouted: "Zheng Mingyan! Hugh is to be rhetorical. A certain food Qing Junlu should be loyal to the Qing Dynasty! ”

Zheng Chenggong is very depressed, Hong Lao thief, you are also loyal? No kidding!

However, seeing that if you don't fight, you will never say that you will descend the flood and Chengchou, Zheng Chenggong is not talking nonsense, he took out the Longquan sword, pointed to Guiyang City, and shouted loudly: "Since you are stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless and attacking the city!" ”

Zheng Chenggong gave the order, and the one who wanted to attack the most was the artillery who had long been unable to resist.

The artillery brigade suddenly lit the letter fire.

All of a sudden, all kinds of explosions resounded on the city wall of Guiyang, and the entire city wall shook and shook.

Since the last Battle of Anqing, Hong Chengchou has long known the power of the Zheng family's firearms.

In order to be able to hold on to Guiyang, Hong Chengchou thought hard for many days before finally coming up with a countermeasure.

As soon as he saw that Zheng Jiajun was firing, Hong Chengchou hurriedly ordered the Qing soldiers to run into the hidden soldiers holes dug in the city wall every tens of meters.

As soon as many Qing soldiers ran into the Tibetan soldier cave, they immediately tore off a small piece of cloth and plugged their ears.

Hundreds of artillery pieces plowed the city, but in fact, the casualties of the Shangqing soldiers were not large, and they were still within the range that Hong Chengchou could bear.

Seeing that no Qing soldiers dared to raise their heads in the city, Zheng Jiajun's war drums sounded, and more than 20 iron-wrapped rushing cars to block arrows began to move towards Guiyang City, with more than a dozen musketeers hidden behind each car.

The stability of artillery in this era was relatively poor, and the measurement was measured by the naked eye, and the accuracy of artillery bombardment was very low, and it was normal to have a difference of several hundred meters, and it was impossible to fully achieve infantry and artillery coordination.

The head of the city is also the widest of more than ten meters, and if the artillery continues to shell, it will bring huge damage to the Zheng family's army.

Accidentally injuring one's teammates can be a serious impact on morale.

In order not to injure his comrades-in-arms by mistake, when the Zheng Jiajun advanced to the city, the Zheng Jiajun's artillery stopped shelling.

Dozens of soldiers were pushing a huge iron cart full of explosives at the north gate.

A loud bang was followed by an earthquake that shook the mountain.

Even Zheng Chenggong, who was standing far away, had to hold on to the rope and control the mount.

Not to mention the Qing soldiers at the head of the city, they were even more shocked and fell to the ground.

The entire north gate was covered by a puff of dust, and it took a while for the dust to be blown away by the autumnal equinox.

I saw that the north gate of the city had completely collapsed, and even the arrow tower on the city wall was a pile of broken tiles.

It's a pity that Hong Chengchou had expected it, and asked someone to completely seal the Simen City with sand and gravel early in the morning.

The gates collapsed, but the sand and gravel behind them still blocked the gates.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Chenggong was not angry, and with a wave of his hand, thousands of Zheng family soldiers carried the ladder and rushed to the city wall.

More than 100 ladders were set up on the city wall, and the Zheng family army climbed desperately along the ladders to the head of the city.

The Qing soldiers who were forced to stay at the head of the city saw that the Zheng army was attacking the city, and hurriedly rang the gong.

Hearing the sound of the gong, Hong Chengchou hurriedly ordered, "Go to the city, go to the city, you must not let the enemy attack in!" ”

The front army of the Zheng family army, led by Zhou Quanbin, raised the shield above their heads, and under the cover of the musketeers, they soon climbed to the top of the city and killed the Qing army.

Taifu Hong Chengchou is not afraid of the arrow stone to come to the front line, on the arrow tower at the head of the city, you can see Hong Chengchou's old but strong figure like a pine.

Although most of the Qing soldiers were recruits, they were provoked by torture and Hong Chengchou's performance, and they fought quite tenaciously.

The Zheng family army and the Qing army were fighting back and forth for control of the city wall, and the corpses were lying on the wall, dyeing the city wall blood red.

Zhou Quanbin struggled to climb the city, holding a shield in one hand and wielding a knife in the other, slashing left and right, like a fierce tiger, the whole person seemed to crawl out of the river of blood, and Yin Red was like a fierce god.

Seeing that the Zheng family army had rushed to the top of the city, Zhou Quanbin's heart became more and more fierce, as long as he worked harder, he could control the city.

Zhou Quanbin just led the guards to kill a clearing at the head of the city, so that the follow-up Zheng Jiajun could climb up.

As soon as I climbed a few people, I saw more than a dozen Qing soldiers waving ropes not far away.

Zhou Quanbin suddenly screamed when he saw it, and shouted loudly, "Stand back, stand back!" ”

Grabbing the nearest ladder, he stepped on the edge with both feet and slid down.

The man was still in mid-air, and an explosion sounded where he had been standing.

More than a dozen Zheng Jiajun were killed by horsetail grenades.

Zheng Chenggong put down the glasses in his hand and said fiercely: "Damn old thief! ”

Grenades are no better than artillery and are simple to make.

Since Hong Chengchou had captured a few grenades, he sent people to copy them. It is also creatively added to the rope to make a horsetail grenade that can be thrown farther.

Although because of the problem of gunpowder, the horsetail grenade of the Qing army was not as powerful as the grenade of the Zheng family, but it could not withstand the large number of the Qing army, and the lethality to the Zheng family was also huge.

Seeing that the Zheng family army at the head of the city was driven down by the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong waved his hand.

The musketeers suddenly stepped forward, and in He Ming's deep and powerful roar, "Shoot!" ”

There was a thud thump, and the sound of death was heard.

In the battle with the Zheng family's army, the Qing army had enough of the opponent's muskets.

Without the order of the superior, the Qing soldiers immediately raised their shields in their hands with tacit understanding, or simply bent down and hid under the women's wall.

Zheng Chenggong took his glasses and saw that the musketeers had left hundreds of corpses for the Qing army, and ordered the troops to retreat.

The rapid sound of "bells and ......bells" was heard, and the musketeers slowly retreated.

Seeing Zheng Jiajun pushing, "Huh~~!" The Qing soldiers on the city tower invariably breathed a long sigh of relief, and there was a hint of relief on their faces. Some people can't even bear the physical and mental exhaustion. Slumped directly on the ground.

More people, under the command of thousands of households, cleaned up the messy city towers.

Surrounded by several generals, Hong Chengchou slowly came to the city, looking at the direction of the enemy's retreat, his expression was very solemn.

"How many people have been lost today?" Turning his head, Hong Chengchou said to Luo Tuo beside him.

"More than 1,300 were killed, and more than 1,000 were wounded!" Roto replied with a solemn expression: "Their muskets are too powerful!" ”

"What's the matter if you just fight back like this!" A Qing general had a rather fiery temperament, and said angrily, "Mrs. Hong, please go out of the city and attack the camp tonight." ”

"Zheng Chenggong is a famous general in the world, and Yao Qisheng is even more cunning, how can they be defenseless against a night attack?" Hong Chengchou refused without hesitation, "If you go out of the city, you will fall into the hands of the enemy." You just need to guard the city, and you don't have to talk about going to war again! ”

"Another group of people will come up to defend the city, and we must be especially cautious and vigilant at night, and we must not give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it!" After Hong Chengchou gave the order, he slowly walked to the edge of the city, staring in the direction of the west, with a complicated expression. (To be continued.) )