Chapter 178: Battle of Tongguan 5

"Boom Boom"

A sound shook the sky, from the Tongguan City, in front of the Manchurian camp, constantly sounded, with this loud sound, a cannonball with flames, towards the Tongguan city wall in the distance, although separated by a distance of four or five miles, but these cannonballs the size of half a human head, or in Tongguan City, set off a stream of smoke, for a while, in the face of this hundred cannons in unison as if the sky is mighty like the huge movement, whether it is in the brave soldiers, the heart has to rise a sense of loss.

"Okay, good, great, with this artifact in hand, why is this king afraid of any dangerous city, let alone a city, even if it is a mountain, it can be blown up." Seeing the shells that kept falling on Tongguan City, and the Ming soldiers who were already running around, Duoduo couldn't help but say excitedly.

Hearing Duoduo's words, Ao Bai on the side couldn't help but smile and said, "Lord Wang, you said that these Han people are really stupid, obviously they have such powerful weapons, and they don't know how to make good use of them. ”

"Hahaha, Aobai, you are wrong, it's not that the Han people are stupid, but their rulers are too stupid, don't forget how the first khan died, not on this red-clothed cannon, and it is precisely because of the death of the first khan that we have noticed this powerful weapon, for this kind of weapon, Tiancong Khan even did not hesitate to canonize Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming as kings, and on the other hand, the Han people, from the emperor to the generals below, Everyone will try their best to embezzle the money used to fight wars or buy weapons, you say, with this kind of court, can he not be destroyed? Dodor said with a smile.

"Haha, Lord Wang, in fact, we should thank these officials. If it weren't for these officials, how could our Qing Dynasty have a chance to rise, and now we still have a chance to dominate the flowery world of the Central Plains. Sukhshaha on the side couldn't help but say.

While a few people were talking, the earth-shattering roar slowly stopped, and in this short period of time, the average cannon had already fired multiple shells. Now those gunners are constantly pouring basins of cold water on top of the barrel, and when they pour up the basin of water, they see a piece of water vapor rising from the barrel, which shows how hot the barrel is.

By the time the artillery stopped bombarding, the order to charge Dodor had already been given, and the soldiers beside him were already impatient. They rushed out like wolves.

Seeing the Qing army swarming with all kinds of siege equipment, Dong Qi, who was standing at the head of the city, couldn't sit still, and said to Shi Lei on the side, "My lord, if I take people down to rush, I can give the city head some buffer time, otherwise, let them rush like this." We're in danger. ”

"No, you come and see where. That group of soldiers and horses is fully armed, and they are always ready from just now to now, and if this officer is not mistaken, what Dodor must hope most now is that we open the city gates and go out of the city to meet the battle. If that's the case, his team of soldiers and horses will be able to quickly reach the city, and then take the opportunity to seize the city gate, if that is the biggest danger. Hearing Dong Qi's words. Shi Lei pointed to a hillside not far away and said.

Although he said so, Shi Lei's heart has been scolding his mother, he originally heard that the Manchu Eight Banners Army was brave, but he didn't expect that the Manchu Qing Dynasty not only had a brave army, but even this weapon was very strong, for something like a red-clothed cannon, although Shi Lei has always scoffed at it in his heart, after all, compared to what missiles and atomic bombs in later generations, this red-coated cannon is simply a child's toy.

But even if it is a toy, it is also the most powerful weapon in this era, there is still no one, in the previous time, Yulin did not have a red-coated cannon, and then after occupying Xi'an, he got some dilapidated cannons, because, those really good ones were taken away by Li Zicheng, fortunately, although Li Zicheng took away the cannon, but all the craftsmen were shed, originally out of the intention of protecting these craftsmen, but did not expect all to be cheap Shi Lei.

Then, under the urging of Shi Lei, these craftsmen worked overtime to produce dozens of new cannons, all of which were brought to Tongguan by Shi Lei, and they were also thinking of using these cannons to block the Qing army, but they didn't expect that the Qing army actually shot two hundred cannons, and completely suppressed Shi Lei's side at once, although these cannons also played some role just now, but under the overwhelming blow of the Qing army, nearly half of the cannons were blown up by the other party.

Fortunately, the Ming army's greatest reliance, the Tongguan city wall, after being destroyed by the opponent's artillery, did not suffer major damage except for some minor damage, which made Shi Lei and others feel a little relieved.

In fact, Shi Lei is a little rare and strange, you know, the city wall at this time, although not as solid as the reinforced concrete built in later generations, but it is more than strong in terms of strength, the general city wall is like this, not to mention such a strategic place like Tongguan, no matter what era, peace or war, the reinforcement of the city wall is never broken.

"My lord, if we don't find a way to stop them, they're going to rush straight ahead." Seeing the Qing army getting closer and closer, Dong Qi said.

"There's no way, we can only defend desperately now, and besides, it's not necessarily a bad thing to let them rush over." Shi Lei said.

Just when Shi Lei's words were just finished, the Qing army finally crossed the moat and rushed to the city of Tongguan, rushing to the front was a commander wearing white helmets and white armor, holding a big long knife and climbing along the ladder to the city, take a closer look, it was the most unlucky Doltai in the last oolong incident, since Doltai was beaten by Duoduo dozens of whips, although Zaku was beaten half to death, but for the sake of his sister's face, there was no way to kill him, and it was because of this, Doltai transferred the anger in his heart to the head of the Ming army, before this battle, Doltai, who got the news, poured in front of Duoduo to ask for help, which was originally a striker, and Duoduo readily agreed.

After the raging of the cannon just now, the various arrows, sasswood, rolling stones and other things that were originally hoarded in the city for defense have been consumed a lot, so now in the face of the attack of the Qing army, the counterattack at the head of Tongguan City is actually very weak, and for a while, many Qing troops took advantage of this opportunity to climb to the head of the city along the ladder.

"Hahaha, I originally thought that this Ming army was different, but I didn't expect that they would be beaten down with a burst of artillery, and I would have taken the lead if I knew this." It was Ao Bai who spoke, and seeing that the siege battle in front of him was so smooth, Ao Bai couldn't help but smile and said.

As soon as Aobai's words came out, the surrounding Manchu generals suddenly laughed, although Duoduo did not laugh out loud because of the face of the boss, but a smile also leaked out of his face, but soon, the smile on Duoduo's face suddenly retracted, and he said with an anxious look on his face, "Quick, quick, send the order to let them come back and fire the cannon, Lord Geng quickly open the cannon, quickly open the cannon." ”

Duoduo's series of orders made the surrounding generals very puzzled, but fortunately, these people are old people who have led troops to fight for many years, although they don't know why Duoduo suddenly withdrew his troops under favorable circumstances, but they still quickly began to act, and Geng Zhongming on the side didn't even say a word of nonsense, and ordered his Han army banner to fire at the head of the city.

It's a pity that as soon as Duoduo's order was issued, all the Manchu generals knew why Duoduo was in such a hurry.

Although the strings of "bang bang bang" were not as loud as the artillery, they were extremely hurried sounds, coming from under the city of Tongguan, and at the same time, along with these sounds were miserable shouts and all kinds of exclamations.

Then, they saw that the Qing soldiers who were originally under the city of Tongguan fled in embarrassment in this loud noise, and those Qing soldiers who did not dodge in time fell to the ground and died after a loud noise, and there was no more movement.

Seeing this time, so the Qing generals finally understood, the Ming army used grenades, for grenades, at the beginning, the Manchu generals didn't care at all, although this kind of gadget is powerful, the availability is very limited, the reason why these Qing generals remember this grenade is that in these more than ten days of battle, many Ming troops facing a desperate situation, in order not to be captured, have held this kind of thing and died with the Qing army, which is also the reason why the Qing army suffered the most casualties these days.

It is precisely because of this that the Qing army, which originally claimed to be brave and fierce, was actually afraid to face a single Ming army, which had to be said to be a shame for many Qing army generals, but in the face of this situation, they could not do anything but let it go.

When the Ming army at the head of Tongguan City did not throw grenades down, all the Manchu generals saw the tragic situation under the city, and their hearts were full of anger, and they saw that the two thousand Qing troops who originally rushed to the city, less than 1,000 people were able to escape, and the remaining more than 1,000 people were all killed on the spot in this round of blows. At the very least, it was a large army of more than 100,000 people fighting, and today, under this small Tongguan City, a thousand people were lost in just one blow, and if this news spreads, I am afraid that everyone here will be full of sinners.

"Fire, fire, blow them up for me, blow them up for me." The cruel scene made Duoduo, who was accustomed to seeing the sea of corpses and blood, couldn't help but lose his usual calmness and become manic. The reason why he became like this, in addition to the pressure brought by this huge casualty, is more to save his lost face, he was able to avoid this loss, but because he was too proud, he lost his normal heart, and also lost his long-standing invincible honor in front of everyone, which is the last thing he wants to face.

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