This time, the Qing soldiers went south to plunder with Aixin Jueluo Abatai, the seventh son, and the king of Rao Yumin as the main general. 60,000 Manchu Eight Banners, 20,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 20,000 traitors. A million troops marched into the Central Plains. This time, the Qing troops entered the customs and still plundered, and did not attack Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but bypassed Beijing, and was counterattacked by Zhou Yuji in Shanxi.

At this moment, tens of thousands of troops were plundering the periphery of Wuding Mansion, and Fan Qing, the general defending the city, followed Li Long's order to carry out the fortified wall and clear the wilderness, and stationed in the formed Eastern Maginot Line. If the Qing soldiers do not attack, if they attack, they will definitely annihilate all the Qing soldiers under the city of Wuding.

I saw that in the distance outside the pass, the dust was flying, the sky was avoiding the sun, and more than 100 cavalry Qing troops were chasing hundreds of thousands of surnames, spears and arrows were shooting, and they were approaching the city wall, and among the thousands of surnames, there were constantly people who fell to the ground, faintly screaming, crying, laughing, roaring and other voices came.

Because it is now about 2,000 steps apart, all the long-range weapons are out of reach, even if they can, they are afraid of accidentally injuring the thousand surnames, so they dare not attack easily. Therefore, at this time, all the generals of Wuding Castle were watching from the top of the city.

Fan Qing took out the binoculars, adjusted the focus, looked outside the city, only to see a total of one hundred and two Chun soldiers, to have two hundred and eight war horses, among the Qing army, most of them are wearing iron armor, with leather helmets on their heads, and holding sabers and spears, but there are three people wearing cotton armor nailed with copper nails, sharp needle leather hats, holding long pole flying knives, and three other people are bright helmets and dark armor, with back flags inserted behind them, and one of them is an iron helmet and silver armor, with a long tail and red tassel on the iron helmet, and even the war horses under the seat are wearing cotton armor, holding a long-pole tiger spear. The rest of the hundred and six empty horses were also carrying a lot of other things.

After Fan Qing told Yin Tuokun about the characteristics of these people. Yin Tuokun not only took a breath of cold air, but said: "The silver armor should be the white armor soldiers, while the bright helmet and dark armor are horse soldiers, the copper nail cotton armor, the sharp needle leather hat is the war soldier, and the others are guards." Although the number of this Tartar is small, they are all elite people and should not be underestimated. ”

Fan Qing nodded, he knew that at the beginning of the founding of the Manchu Dynasty, when the Eight Banners system was established, soldiers were divided into three ranks: horsemen, warriors and guards, of course, these names are ranks, and it has nothing to do with whether they ride a horse or not, but the requirements are extremely strict. Ordinary men of the Eight Banners, starting from the age of 100, can take the exam every three years, and those who meet the standards are the guards, who can be regarded as armored soldiers, and can take the promotion examination every three years in the future. If you can't even pass the guards, you can only be regarded as auxiliaries. The treatment of soldiers at each level varies greatly.

The horsemen are considered to be the elite of the Qing army, but there are more thorough among the horsemen, known as the white pendulum soldiers, also known as the white armor soldiers, the eight banner system, with 3,000 households as one and eight banners. In wartime, there will be more than 1,000 armor soldiers in one Eight Banners, but at most there are only 100 white armor soldiers, and some Eight Banners even have only three or four white armor soldiers. Therefore, the white armor soldier can also be called the elite of the elite.

After listening to Yin Tuokun, the faces of the original Yanzhou staff general Liu Xiyun and other people were a little unnatural, they had fought with the Qing army in the past, and they knew the power of the horse soldiers and white armor soldiers.

At this time, the Qing army and the thousand surnames were close, and there were only more than two or three hundred people left in the thousand surnames. And the soldiers of the Shandong soldiers can also see clearly, not to mention anything else, this team of Qing troops is really skilled in equestrianism, all of them only use their legs to control the war horses, and no one has ever used their hands. And they had already caught up with the escaped Qian, but they didn't chase after it, but like a cat playing with a mouse, sometimes they deliberately let the Qianxing run out for a while, and then galloped to chase after it, bumped into it, and trampled on it. Because it was closer, the exclamations and screams of the thousands of surnames were also clearer, mixed with a lot of smug laughter of the Qing army and incomprehensible Manchu.

The Shandong soldiers at the head of the city were also enraged by the atrocities of the Qing army, and they were all filled with righteous indignation. And Yin Tuokun came to Fan Qing with a scripture and said, "My lord, please let me fight." I'm going to teach these Tartars a lesson. ”

Fan Qing shook his head and said, "Don't panic, it's not time yet, without my order, no one is allowed to fight privately, and no one is allowed to shoot with him." ”

In fact, Fan Qing was not angry in her heart. However, although the number of Qing troops was small, it was the first battle between the Shandong soldiers and the Qing army, and they were only allowed to win but not to lose, and if they win, they could greatly boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city and stabilize the hearts of the people, and once they lost, it would inevitably lead to the spread of defeat and the shaking of the army's morale. Even if you can kill a soldier, it is also a victory.

Therefore, Fan Qing also had to be cautious, preferring to let the Qing army lean into the city wall and attack the Qing army with the most stable muskets, rather than easily go out of the city to meet the battle. When necessary, not to waste a few of your own bullets, but also to ensure victory in the first battle.

Sure enough, the Qing army saw that the defenders in the city did not dare to fight, and they became more and more bold, chasing thousands of surnames outside the city, and crossed two trenches in a row.

Outside the city of Wuding Castle, a total of three trenches were dug, the first ditch was 1,000 steps away from the city wall, the second ditch was 700 steps from the city wall, and the third ditch was 500 steps from the city wall. Now the Qing army has crossed the second trench to enter the attack range of various long-range weapons in Wuding Castle.

At this time, Liu Xiyun said in a deep voice: "My lord, let me come!" ”

Fan Qing nodded. Liu Xiyun immediately took out a crossbow arrow from the quiver, put it on the bowstring, pulled the crossbow, aimed it at the white-armored soldier, loosened his fingers, and shot away with a "whoosh".

Although the white-armored soldier showed off his might under the city, he was also a veteran of a thousand battles in the end, although he was arrogant on his face, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and while chasing the thousand surnames to play, the corner of his eye was always watching the movement on the city wall.

Therefore, as soon as Liu Xiyun's arrow was shot, he thought that he was aware of it, and immediately shrank on the horse, and the whole person hid on the side of the war horse, although this arrow was as fast as a meteor, but it was also dodged by his general.

In the regretful voice of the Shandong soldiers at the head of the city, the white-armored soldier held the horse's neck with both hands, turned to the other side of the war horse, turned over and stepped on the horse's back, raised the long-pole tiger spear in his hand at the city, let out a smug laugh, and said a few words of Manchu loudly, and his demeanor was even more proud. Behind him, the other 100 Qing soldiers also burst into laughter, pointing at the city head and saying something to each other in Manchu, obviously laughing at the Shandong soldiers.

The generals of the Shandong soldiers at the head of the city also felt that their faces were gloomy, but the alert reaction and superb equestrian skills shown by the white-armored soldiers just now really showed that in the past hundred years, the Qing army has repeatedly invaded the borders of the Ming Dynasty and is invincible, which is not fortunate. Even the few young people who were eager to try just now were not a little angry.

At this time, there was a thousand surnames under the city, taking advantage of the fact that the Qing soldiers were slightly relaxed, and suddenly ran wildly and ran towards the city wall. As soon as the white-armored soldier saw it, he immediately urged his horse, drove a few steps, caught up with the Qianxian, raised the tiger spear in his hand, and stabbed the Qianxian's back.

At that moment, he heard a "bang" from the head of the city, and the black horse under his seat let out a long neigh, and his front hooves were raised high, and the white-armored soldier suddenly leaned back and fell to the ground from behind the horse. It turned out that it was Fan Qing who seized the opportunity and gave him a shot.

Although the accuracy of Fan Qing's smoothbore gun is not high, the range is not far, only 1,500 meters, and this white-armored soldier is wearing at least two layers of heavy armor or even three layers of heavy armor, so Fan Qing estimates that it is possible for the smoothbore gun to penetrate his heavy armor only if he enters at least a thousand meters. So I've been patiently waiting for my chance. Finally, when the white-armored soldier approached a distance of about 600 paces from the city wall, he opened fire, and sure enough, he hit it well.

There was a thunderous cheer on the city wall, and no matter what, killing a white-armored soldier of the Qing army was not a small result, and at the same time, it could also show a bad spirit.

And under the city, the remaining hundred and one Qing soldiers couldn't help but be surprised, and their faces showed a look of disbelief. Although they all knew that the Ming army had firearms, this white-armored soldier was wearing three layers of heavy armor, and in their past impressions, the Ming army's firearms wanted to penetrate the three layers of armor, at least within three hundred steps. And this white-armored soldier was almost six hundred paces away from the city wall, how could he be killed by the fire?

Without thinking, two soldiers immediately urged their horses to come and inspect the cause of the death of the white-armored soldier, and at the same time to retrieve the body.

But the actions of these two men were tantamount to self-defeating, and just as they were just getting close to the corpse of the white-armored soldier, Fan Qing did not show mercy, and fired two more shots, and the two soldiers fell from their horses almost at the same time.

Three Qing soldiers were killed at once, and a burst of cheers broke out on the city wall again, and the morale that had been hit by the Qing army's superb cavalry and archery skills just now gradually recovered. The remaining nine Qing soldiers under the city all showed a look of horror and no longer lost their previous arrogance. At the same time, he subconsciously controlled the horse and retreated, until he retreated through the second trench before stopping. And more than 100 people who were lucky enough to be alive also took advantage of this opportunity and rushed towards the city wall, just wanting to get as far away from the Qing army as possible.

Fan Qing looked at the city from the top of the city, and saw that the nine Qing soldiers were still hovering between the first and second trenches, obviously unwilling to be defeated like this, but they did not dare to approach the city wall.

At this time, Fan Qing said: "My lord, the Tartar is not leaving, we will bombard him with two more cannons." ”

Fan Qing smiled: "No need, everyone is ready for a big battle, these Qing soldiers will definitely attract tens of thousands of Qing soldiers to attack the castle"

The next day, the Qing army came to attack Wuding Castle,

Fan Qing did not play with the Qing soldiers this time, but directly dispatched a thousand smoothbore gun soldiers out of the city gate and captured three people. The rest were shot to death

Fan Qing looked down from the city wall, only to see that more than 5,000 meters away, the Qing army had lined up the formation, among which a white pole was inlaid with a large plain flag with red edges, but the plain flag was embroidered with a giant python, so it was determined that the leader was the prince. And the Qing soldiers' banner armor outside the city has six or seven colors, which is the main army of the Qing army.

This is the third day after the victory in the first battle with the Qing army, the Qing army finally attacked Wuding Castle, and the first attack on Wuding Castle is about to begin.

After the three captives captured in the first battle, Fan Qing immediately interrogated them, although the three captives were Manchu, but in this era, most of the Manchus could speak Chinese, and Liu Xiyun in the Shandong soldiers also spoke Manchu, so the language of interrogation was not an obstacle. Of course, at the beginning of the interrogation, the three captives were naturally not honest, and their emotions were very serious, screaming and making trouble, but after a long period of violent beatings with leather whips and sticks, they all softened and told everything they knew.

As a result, he was also despised by Fan Qing a little, originally thought that these guys could resist for a while, Fan Qing also specially prepared several sets of forced trial methods for later generations, chili water, and tiger chairs were prepared, so I knew that they would be soft at once, but they didn't use it. If I knew that I couldn't stand the punishment so much, I should have confessed it a long time ago, so why did I have to be covered with bruises like this? Isn't it a crime?

According to the three prisoners, the main force of the Qing army that came to attack Wuding Mansion this time was Abatai, with a total strength of about one million.

Fan Qing knew that the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was the same as the Jurchen Mouke Meng'an system and the Mongolian Thousand Households system in the past, in fact, it was a simple establishment that was implemented in order to break the foundation of the nomadic fishing and hunting people with blood and Di nationality. It is not only a military organization, but also an administrative and productive organization.

The Eight Banners system is based on 3,000 households as one Eight Banners, and there is one person in the Eight Banners. Every household has a strong man as a soldier, the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the younger brother dies, among which those who have obtained the qualifications of horsemen, war soldiers, and guards can also be called armored soldiers. engaged in production and labor in peacetime, and in wartime, he was conscripted, and provided his own ordnance, grain and grass; And the five eight flags are one Jiala, and there is one Jiala; Jiala is a basic combat unit of the Qing army, which travels all the way, stops in one place, and attacks in battle. And with Wujiala as a solid mountain, set up a solid mountain and a real person. Gushan is the owner of the flags.

Theoretically, the standard for one flag should be 25 and eight flags, but in practice, the eight flags of each flag greatly exceed this standard. And because of the frequent adjustment, the eight flags of each flag are also different, the most one flag can exceed five hundred eight flags, and the least is less than three hundred.

The establishment and banner of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army are also the same as those of the Manchurian Eight Banners.

Before the official entry of the Chun Army, there were three thousand and nine Eight Banners in Manchuria; The eight banners of Mongolia are 1,17 eight banners; The eight banners of the Han army are 1,57 eight banners.

Although theoretically speaking, every time a conquest, an Eight Banners should dispatch 3,000 Ding, but in practice, generally only 1,000 or more people are dispatched, and there are only a few hundred armored soldiers, but every Eight Banners will have followers and coats, as few as two or three people, and as many as seven or eight people, which are basically the Ming Dynasty thousand surnames who were captured by the Qing army in the past customs and plunder. And a Eight Banner Ezhen or Jiala Ezhen brought more followers and clothes, and it would reach hundreds or even more than a thousand, and they would also become their personal guards.

These followers and coatings will make unified arrangements in the army, and in addition to taking care of the master, they are generally responsible for miscellaneous work. But it will also be used on the battlefield as cannon fodder in battle. Their assembly is also relatively simple, some will have simple armor, some will not have armor at all, of course, some masters will equip their favorite followers and coats with some fine armor and weapons, even horses. Anyway, everything depends on the owner's willingness, and they can use whatever they equip.

In this Qing army, the main general is actually the main force of the Qing army, Abatai, it seems that Huang Taiji really looks up to Li Long's Shandong soldiers......

After that battle, the two remaining She's defenders fled back to Wuding Mansion and reported the battle to Abatai. After learning that this outpost was almost completely annihilated, Abatai was also furious, and ordered on the spot to behead the two defenders for public display, and personally led the remaining Manchu and Han army of one million men and horses to kill Wuding Castle. The formation was opened in front of the gate.

Fan Qing also saw it 100% clearly at the head of the city, and the troops were also well-dressed and well-armoured, with a clear banner and a clean lineup. At first glance, he knew that it was a battle-hardened battle, much stronger than other Ming troops he had seen. After more than a year on another plane, it is not unreasonable that they will rule this land for nearly three thousand years. And can you change this history?

Abatai immediately ordered the two Han Eight Banners to start the first round of attacks on Wuding Castle.

The two Han Eight Banners had a total of 5,000 She. With more than 200 ladders, he attacked Wuding Castle. Because there was a trench in front of the pass, although it was only more than three feet deep, it was not easy to pass, so the Qing army could only pass through from a distance of more than 400 steps from the front, so it was crowded at the entrance of the trench at once.

At this moment, only a few loud sounds of "boom, boom, boom" were heard, and a large white smoke immediately rose from the top of the city, and at the entrance of a trench, a large area of the Chunjun Yijing fell, and there were several gaps in the formation. The ground was covered with corpses, and many people were struggling on the ground and screaming in pain.

Abatai couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that there were still artillery in such an inland city, and the first few cannons seemed to have hit near the entrance of a trench, causing a lot of casualties to the Qing army, it seems that this trench still has some effect. And when did the artillery of the Ming army have such an accurate head, is it just a coincidence that it is so difficult?

Of course, this will not be a coincidence, since Li Long added a crosshair and ruler to the artillery, the accuracy of the Shandong artillery has also increased greatly, and all the shotguns are used, and the Qing army is densely packed at the entrance of a trench, so the lethality is naturally much stronger. This round of shelling caused at least 1,000 Qing troops to be killed and hundreds of wounded.

Although they were dealt a heavy blow, the Qing army, which attacked in the first round, did not dare to retreat. Therefore, the military discipline of the Qing army was extremely strict, and those who retreated without orders in battle would be beheaded. If it is the Eight Banners Army, sometimes you can be accommodating, although the Han Eight Banners are also called the Eight Banners, but in the Qing Army, they can only be regarded as raised by the mother, and good things are basically not in the turn, everything is cannon fodder charge, and everything that is sent to death and the head cannot be run. Once they retreat, the overseer's team will never show mercy.

Therefore, the Qing army could only quickly pass through the entrance of a trench and then disperse as quickly as possible to reduce their own casualties. Although the artillery bombardment of the Shandong soldiers was accurate, the shelling in the back was much less lethal.

At this time, the Qing army was also rapidly advancing to the second trench, and this time it was no longer crowded the entrance to the trench, and many Qing soldiers set up wooden ladders on the trench and jumped over them as pedals. There are also people who simply jump into the trench and get up from the other side, which is more than three feet high anyway, and it is easy to go up and down.

But at this moment, a rapid sound of breaking the sky sounded from the city wall, and a dense burst of gunfire was fired at the head of the Qing army. Although most of the Qing troops were carrying shields, they were also unable to defend and were shot down again.

Abatai couldn't help but frown, because he could see very clearly that there were so many firecrackers on Wuding Castle, and these firecrackers seemed to have a much longer range than ordinary firecrackers. That's right, this is a smoothbore gun imported from Europe.

At this time, Abatai realized that he had underestimated the Ming army guarding the pass, with artillery and so many firearms, and learned from the mouths of the two Qing soldiers who fled back that there should be more powerful firearms in the pass.

Before Abatai had time to think about the answer, he immediately ordered all the men and horses besieging the city to withdraw. Although the Han army can be used as cannon fodder, it can't be used to send them to death in vain, even if the cannon fodder is used in the right place.

Hearing the sound of the horn of retreat, the Qing army immediately felt relieved, and they turned around and ran one after another, scrambling one by one, for fear that they would be one step slower. In a short time, more than 2,000 corpses were left on the battlefield, and then they were empty.

Although it was his own order, Abatai still snorted dissatisfiedly when he saw the performance of the Han Eight Banners Army, and the men and horses of the Han Eight Banners moved the fastest when they retreated.

And on the Wuding Castle, there was a burst of cheers, which was to congratulate himself on the repulsion of the enemy's first attack without much effort.

Of course, I know that just now was just a tentative attack by the Qing army, and it did not do its best at all, so we must not take the Qing army lightly. However, the Qing army was able to repel them before they got close to the city wall, and they did not even use firearms, which also fully shows that the defense of Wuding Castle is difficult for the Qing soldiers to break through. The Qing soldiers will definitely hit their heads in front of the huge Wuding Castle

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Qing army to launch a second round of attacks on Wuding Castle, but Fan Qing saw it clearly, this time it was still the men and horses on the left and right flanks moving, and the middle route army of the Qing army was still steady. This shows that the Qing army still did not dispatch the main force, and still used the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners as cannon fodder.

This time, the Chun army sent all the remaining forty Han Eight Banners out, and the number of attackers doubled to more than 10,000. Naturally, the momentum has also expanded a lot. Moreover, more than 100 shield carts were introduced, all of which were nailed to the front of the thick wooden planks up to a certain zhang, and some leather quilts were also covered on them, which could effectively resist guns, bows and arrows, and there were rollers underneath to rotate flexibly. In the midst of the Chun Army. This shield is their standard equipment. It is used for siege warfare and is 100% effective. Not far behind the shield cart, there were Qing soldiers, pushing nearly a thousand wheelbarrows, loaded with dirt and other things, presumably to fill in the moat.

Fan Qing also nodded, although this time the Qing army had not used all its strength, but it also used some real strength. However, since the Qing army left a hand, Fan Qing himself could not show all the hole cards at once, so he ordered that the musketeers would not move for the time being, and the artillery and crossbowmen would meet the enemy.

And at this moment, Fan Qing also issued an order: "Pass the order, use solid bullets for long-barreled cannons, hit shield cars, use shotguns for tiger squatting cannons, and hit the Qing troops on both sides of the shield car." Launch. ”

Wuding Castle left a total of one brigade of troops, about nearly 20,000 people, 110 red-coated cannons, 440 long-barreled cannons, and 770 Huzun cannons. The defense of Wuding Castle was carried out by a regiment of brigade troops.

It has a total of 190 Tiger Cannons, 120 long-barreled cannons, and 20 Red Cannons.

Against shield carts, firearms, shotguns, and bows and arrows do not have much effect, and can only be attacked with solid bullets. There were 120 long-barreled cannons in Wuding Castle that could fire solid shells, so the rest of the Tiger Cannons could only be used to attack the Qing troops on both sides. However, in order to prevent the Qing soldiers from besieging the city on all sides, only 500 long-barreled cannons were deployed in the front. Five red-coated cannons, and eight hundred tiger squat cannons.

After receiving Fan Qing's order, Regiment Commander Zhao immediately waved the order flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Open the cannon!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom!" Fifty long-barreled cannons were fired one after another, and fifty black whirring iron balls flew out from the muzzles, bringing out a light smoke and shooting into the Qing army's formation three hundred paces away.

Forty of the fifty iron balls hit, and several of them hit the same shield car. The shield cart that was hit by the iron ball was instantly beaten to sawdust. A hole the size of a basin was also made in the thick wooden wall, and two Qing soldiers behind the shield cart were killed. The shield cart that was hit by two iron balls was much more miserable, and it was torn apart at that time, and the entire body of the car fell apart. The Qing soldiers behind the shield cart were also killed by the remaining iron balls, and the rest were also frightened and fled.

Fifty rounds and forty shots, Abatai's eyes also showed a trace of fear, it seems that the round of shelling just now was really not blind, this Ming army's artillery is much stronger than other Ming troops.

At the same time as the fifty long-barreled cannons were fired, the red-coated cannons also began to fire, and hundreds of tiger squat cannons also spewed out tongues of fire, scattering the shotguns on the heads of the Chunjun without mercy. However, this time the Qing army was more scattered, and the power of the Tiger Kick Cannon was not as good as that of the long-barreled cannon, so the lethality was much inferior to the first time. After the first round of shelling, the gunners of the Shandong soldiers hurriedly cleaned the chambers and prepared to reload.

Abatai, who was supervising the battle in the rear, also breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the effect of this attack was much stronger than the last one. Before the defenders fire a second time, you can push a little more towards the walls. The shield cart has been lost, and the Qing army attack without the protection of the shield cart seems to be much more reluctant. But the Qing soldiers were brave. In the back, the Qing soldiers who pushed the wheelbarrow were busy filling the moat with sand, gravel and mud.

Originally, when Li Long formulated the military system, he set a squad of 600 smoothbore guns, but due to the insufficient number of firearms, he had to have 200 crossbowmen, 200 smoothbore guns, 100 super long guns, and 100 sword and shield soldiers in a squad.

Now the Wuding Castle is guarded by the strength of a regiment, with only 1,620 crossbowmen, 1,620 smoothbore guns, and 810 super-long spears and sword and shield soldiers.

At this time, at the head of Wuding Castle, 1,620 crossbowmen also pulled their crossbows and began to fire crossbow arrows at the city. For a while, the arrows were like flying locusts, shooting towards the heads of the Qing army.

However, the Qing army has also been prepared for this, and they have raised their shields to block the rain of arrows from the Shandong soldiers. This wave of shooting killed five or six hundred Qing soldiers.

But just as the Qing army was about to approach the moat, at this time the 135 artillery pieces at the head of the city were also reloaded, and with the order of the regiment commander, the artillery once again roared angrily at the Qing soldiers under the city, spewing out a hot tongue of fire, and sending death to the Qing army again without mercy.

This time the distance was closer, and the power of the artillery fire was more violent, and many of the soldiers felt that the ground under their feet seemed to tremble, and then they fell in rows and pieces, and many of them were beaten beyond recognition. At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Shandong soldiers also took advantage of the moment when the artillery was powerful, stepped up their bows and arrows, and shot down a lot of Qing soldiers.

At this moment in the battle, although the second group of more than 10,000 Qing troops had not yet approached the city wall, they had lost at least 3,000 troops. However, the heavy price was not without gain, and the Qing army broke through the third trench by the war, and could begin to really threaten the moat. However, at this time, the crossbow shooting is more intensive, and at this distance, the crossbow is also more penetrating, and the ordinary shield cannot withstand the fire of the bow.

And at this moment, Zhou Shaohuan, who was beside Fan Qing, suddenly said: "Look, my lord, the main formation of the Tartars is moving again." ”

Fan Qing looked up, and sure enough, in the main formation of the Qing army, two white flags and two inlaid white flags advanced to the edge of the first trench at this time. This is a common tactic used by the Qing army when attacking the city, with the Han army, miscellaneous soldiers, and Baoyi taking the lead to attract the attention of the enemy, and then dispatching the main force of the Eight Banners to attack the city wall, so as to reduce the damage received in the process of approaching the city wall.

Fan Qing also had to admit that from a purely military point of view, this was indeed an excellent tactic. If you only deal with the previous group of Qing troops now, then the main Qing army in the back will soon approach the city wall, causing a threat to the city wall. But if you go all out to attack the main Qing army behind, then the Qing army in front of you will be able to set up a ladder to attack the city immediately. This is indeed a dilemma.

At this time, the corners of Abatai's mouth also flashed a smug smile, he was 100% satisfied with his command, not only did he not waste the Han army as cannon fodder in vain, but also made full use of their value. At the same time, the timing of the attack was also very good, it was just the end of the second round of artillery bombardment of the Shandong army, and it was impossible to strike a blow to the main force of the Qing army immediately. After they finished reloading, the Qing army in front of them was afraid to start crossing the river. And because the first and second trenches were filled in many places, this time the Qing army launched a total of more than 200 shield carts, which could easily advance in the direction of the city wall.

At this time, under the city, most of the Qing troops entered a distance of two or three hundred steps from the city wall, and in this area, artillery could not hit it. Therefore, the Qing soldiers also rushed out from behind the shield carts, carrying ladders and rushing towards the city wall, and those who ran fast were all passing by the side of the moat. In Abatai's opinion, at this time, the guards of Wuding Castle were probably at a loss.

Seeing that the main force of the Qing soldiers had moved, Fan Qing didn't have to hide anything anymore, and ordered 1,620 smoothbore guns to shoot. The power of the musket was not comparable to that of a bow and crossbow, and a dense number of bullets could easily penetrate the shields and armor of the Qing soldiers.

Of course, Fan Qing was not as helpless as Abatai thought, because he also had cards to play, and now that the Chunjun army had moved his real character, then he would stop hiding and choking. Therefore, Fan Qing immediately ordered the artillery and crossbowmen to attack the main force of the Qing army that came up from behind, and it was also the turn of the musketeers to fight.

The first batch of 540 muskets leaned against the battlements, raised their muskets, aimed them at the Qing troops under the city, and lit the fuses on the muskets with lit rosin.

Suddenly, there was a loud gunfire on the top of the city, and a large amount of smoke filled the city in an instant, and the Qing soldiers who had reached the edge of the moat were like puppets with broken lines, and suddenly fell to the ground en masse. Because at this time, the Qing army was 100% densely concentrated by the moat, so the fire guns fired were almost inmissible, and there must be a response. Moreover, at such a close distance, no shield, no three-layer heavy armor can block the blow of the firearm, as long as it is hit, it will be splashed with blood, and many people's bodies will even be pierced, even if they are not hit to a fatal part, they will immediately lose their combat effectiveness, fall to the ground and scream in pain.

And at this time, every firearm is loaded with ammunition, so the first round of three-stage continuous firing speed is extremely fast, almost five or six seconds once, the first batch of firing has just ended, and immediately the second batch of blows fell on the head of the Qing army, many lucky to avoid the first batch of shooting of the Qing army, and did not have time to rejoice, immediately heard the sound of a row of guns from the city wall, and then a certain part of the body sent out a huge pain, the whole body was like a menstrual pump, suddenly shaken, or servant or back or side, fell to the ground.

There were about 6,000 Shemen in the previous group of troops who attacked the moat, but after the first round of musket three-stage bursts of the Shandong soldiers, almost in the blink of an eye, it was immediately reduced by more than half. On the edge of the moat, lying all over the place, lying with the corpses of the Qing army. The remaining troops were also frightened by this sudden and fierce blow, and they did not care about military law and retreated one after another.

But no matter how much they withdrew, they were still within the range of the muskets, and as the loaded muskets were handed to the soldiers responsible for shooting again, many Qing troops fell on the way back.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, Abatai knew that it was not good, although he knew that there were firecrackers in Wuding Castle, but he did not expect that there would be so many. Listening to the momentum of the firecrackers, at least more than 1,000 firecrackers can only have such an effect. And judging from the frequency of the firecrackers, it must be using the method of three-stage continuous firing, so it means that there should be three or four thousand firecrackers in Wuding Castle, this small gate, not only artillery, crossbow arrows, but also so many firearms, Abatai's mind can't help but be a little stupid, why a city in the interior of the Ming Dynasty has such advanced weapons. Generally, the advanced weapons of the Ming army, such as firearms and artillery, were transferred to border cities, such as Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan. , and this city in the interior of Shandong has such a strong firepower.

And it was hit by this round of firearms, and the team that attacked the edge of the city wall was crippled and scattered, although it was only the army of the Han Eight Banners, but if it wasn't for Abatai seeing it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe what he said.

Abatai and the Ming army have fought no less than hundreds of times, and also fought many times with the Ming army that used the firecracker, the power of the firecracker, the distance and proximity of the firearm are not to mention, that is, the Ming army in the use of the firearm operation, also often make mistakes, accidents, many firecrackers not only do not sound when the battle, but also easy to blow up and hurt themselves. Moreover, the vast majority of the Ming army could not hold their breath at all, and often before the Qing army entered the firing range, they couldn't help but fire indiscriminately and fight indiscriminately. As a result, instead of striking at the army, they ran out of ammunition before the war began. By the time they reloaded, the Chun army had already been killed.

Therefore, in Abatai's view, fighting against the Ming army, which was not afraid of using firearms, was also the reason why the Ming army had advanced firearms, but it still couldn't defeat the Qing army.

But the Ming army in Wuding Castle was completely different from what he had seen before, and from the calm they could endure until the Qing army approached the city wall before firing, this was definitely an army that could not be dealt with.

But now it is not up to Abatai to think about the answer, because the situation on the battlefield is no longer under Abatai's control. The main force of the Qing army had just reached the second trench at this time, and after attacking the city, the Qing army was crippled by the defenders in the blink of an eye, so that it could not be used for any restraining. Moreover, the Shandong soldiers still have so many firearms to defend the city, and the main force will go immediately, whether they can successfully pass the moat and then attack the city, Abatai has no bottom in his heart.

It's just that the war situation has developed to this point, and it is impossible to stop, after all, in order to capture Wuding Castle, the Qing army has now lost thousands of soldiers, and the six Han Army and Eight Banners with the army have basically been disabled. Although the soldiers who died in the battle were all soldiers of the Han Eight Banners, the Han Eight Banners are now also part of the Qing Dynasty, and if they suffer such a big loss, if they go back empty-handed, they will not be able to hand over the service, and they will be demoted at best, and they may lose their heads at worst.

Therefore, Abatai gritted his teeth and sent people to send orders to the remaining Eight Banners, so that they were all ready to fight at any time.

With the reorganization of the two Manchu Eight Banners and the reorganization of the two Mongols, the number of troops invested by the Chun Army this time exceeded 20,000, including more than 16,000 armored soldiers, including 2,300 white-armored soldiers, 6,500 horsemen, and 7,600 warriors. The momentum is naturally even more impressive. However, after repelling the two attacks of the Qing army in a row, the other party did not even touch the moat, and killed more than 1,000 people in battle, and the Shandong soldiers have not suffered casualties until now, and such a result also made the morale of the defenders rise greatly and their morale is high. Although the scale of the Qing army in this attack was unprecedented, there was no fear at all.

At this time, the artillery was loaded, and as Fan Qing gave the order, one hundred and five artillery pieces were fired again and fired towards the Qing army.

Thirty of the fifty solid bullets accurately hit the shield cart, but only twenty pierced the shield cart, and the rest were all blocked by the thick wooden planks on the shield cart. Obviously, the quality of this batch of shield cars is much better, which is also a 100% normal thing in Dachun, the Qing army is to distribute the best weapon assembly to the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the Han Banners can only use the second- and third-rate goods that they have eliminated.

At the same time, this time the Qing army launched more shield vehicles, the protection surface is also larger, plus the Qing army's armor soldiers and the Mongolian Eight Banners of the elite soldiers are wearing two layers of heavy armor, auxiliaries and many followers are also wearing iron armor, so the other eight tiger squat guns shot out of the shotgun did not cause much casualties to the Qing army, this round of shelling, only killed more than 200 Qing soldiers, compared with the previous two, the gap is quite obvious.

The crossbowmen of the Shandong soldiers also attacked again. The soldiers hiding behind the cart continued to push the cart forward, and the soldiers who did not have the protection of the shield cart all raised their shields. And the shields they use are all made of iron and wood, and the quality is obviously better than that of the Han Eight Banners, plus the protection of heavy armor, so the role of bows and arrows is not great, and only a few hundred Qing soldiers were killed by two or three rounds of bows and arrows in a row.

The Qing soldiers died less than 1,000 soldiers, most of whom were auxiliaries and followers, or wrapping clothes, and there were not a few real armor soldiers or elite soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners. Fan Qing couldn't help but be shocked, it seems that this is the real strength of the Qing army.

However, at this time, the Qing army entered the range of the firecracker. The musketeers of the Shandong soldiers were also reloaded with ammunition and were completely prepared. So Fanqing also ordered, and the musketeers played.

With Fanqing's order, the musketeers also lit the fuses one after another. The sound of muskets like popping beans rang out in the city again.

At such a close distance, neither the shield nor the double or triple armor could stop the muskets from firing, and if they were hit, they would be shot through mercilessly.

The shield cart can effectively block the iron balls fired by the musket, but the number of shield carts is still limited after all, and after the distance from the city wall, the scope of protection is greatly reduced, and most of the Qing army is not under the protection of the shield cart. Not to mention those auxiliaries, followers, and coats who only wore a layer of cotton armor or leather years, so after the musket was fired, it immediately dealt a huge blow to the Qing army, and the Qing army immediately fell in large pieces. Then the muskets on the city wall continued to shoot continuously, and the Qing army also fell one after another.

At this time, the artillery shells were also reloaded, and the Qing army was fired again.

Due to the proximity of the distance, it was possible to cross the shield cart and hit the rear of the Qing army, so all the artillery was replaced with shotguns. Therefore, after another round of loud roars, the Qing army immediately screamed in the sky, and the trumpets did not stop, and countless soldiers fell to the ground, joining the ranks of their comrades who had died before.

Fan Qing also saw it 100% in the city, and the facts were enough to prove that if the Ming army wanted to compete with the Qing army, the use of firearms was still the best way. However, this was also the last firing of artillery, because at this time, the Qing army entered the city river almost completely and reached the dead end of the artillery, as long as the Qing army did not send new men, the artillery could no longer be used. Moreover, the Qing army was also about to cross the river and start a siege battle, so Fan Qing also ordered people to drag all the artillery to the back, and set aside the position of the battlements for other soldiers to come up and defend.

However, at this moment, a row of crossbow arrows suddenly shot up from under the city, and the Shandong soldiers were caught off guard for a while, and more than 100 people were shot by the arrows at once, and they also fell to the ground screaming. This was the first casualty suffered by the Shandong soldiers since the beginning of the war.

Although the Qing army also suffered a major blow, the number of dead was close to 3,000, including more than 100 armored soldiers, but the formation was not chaotic at all, and after breaking through the third trench, it also entered the range of the Qing army's bow and arrow, so the Qing army was no longer blindly beaten passively, and immediately launched a counterattack on the city.

The range of the bow and arrow of the Qing soldiers is about the same as that of the bird, within sixty to seventy steps, but only when entering fifty steps, can it form an effective lethality to the enemy, and to penetrate the iron armor, it is generally within thirty steps, so the crossbowmen of the Qing soldiers are within fifty steps before starting to shoot arrows, but the arrows of their bows and arrows are as long as six or seven inches, and their shape is like a chisel, and it is difficult to take out when it is shot very deep, and it is also soaked in urine and horse manure, as long as they are shot, even if it is not a vital part, it will also cause fatal damage, and the rate of healing is less.

Fan Qing hurriedly ordered to take all the soldiers who were hit by the arrow down and handed them over to the military doctor for treatment, and ordered the soldiers of the Shandong soldiers to continue to strengthen the attack on the Qing army.

So just above and below the city, the two sides launched a pair of shots, bows and arrows, iron pellets constantly flying back and forth between the two armies, and the Shandong soldiers no longer fired arrows at the city under the city wall like before, they were all behind the battlements, and hid their bodies under the battlements, only at the moment of shooting arrows, they emerged from the battlements, and after the firing was completed, they immediately hid their bodies again.

The Qing army under the city, although there was no battlement wall as a cover, but most of the crossbowmen were veterans of thousands of battles, and their heads were quite high. Although at a distance of forty or fifty paces, the penetration of the bow and arrow to the iron armor is average, as long as there are Shandong soldiers exposed from the battlements, there is generally no head covering, and a few people only wear leather helmets, and the blocking power of the bow and arrow is not large. As a result, crossbowmen and musketeers of the Shandong soldiers were constantly shot.

As a result, many musketeers simply set their muskets in the lookout holes in the battlement walls and fired at the city. However, the thickness of the battlement wall is generally close to two feet, and the lookout hole is only four or five inches square, and the musket is mounted in the lookout hole, and the angle that can be adjusted is also limited, and the accuracy and frequency of firing are much slower, and the intensity of the blow to the Qing army has also decreased a lot.

A few musketeers thought it was too troublesome to dodge and fire like this, so they boldly peeked out of the battlements and opened fire on the city, only to be hit by an arrow in the head and scream and fall.

The principle of defending the city is to try to avoid the enemy approaching the walls. If the enemy approaches the wall and sets up a ladder and starts to climb the wall, it will be a dangerous moment for the defenders, and the reason for this will be a big change in the mentality of both sides. Moreover, the ladders used by the Qing army were all carried with reverse fishing, and once they were placed on the battlements, it was difficult to push them away. And now Wuding Castle has reached this time.

But the castle of Wudingcheng has been specially designed, the city wall is unusually tall, when the Qing soldiers crossed the moat, the ladder was built on the city wall, only to find that the degree of the ladder could not reach the top of the city wall at all, and the dense projectiles and bows and arrows kept reaping the lives of the Qing soldiers.

When Abatai saw this, he ordered the Qing troops to retreat and replace them with tall siege towers. Hundreds of Qing soldiers again advanced under artillery fire. The archers of the Qing army leaned against the defenders from the back of the shield carts, while the siege towers were pushing the next step forward with hundreds of people.

The Qing soldiers dispatched a total of 30 siege towers, 40 meters high, wrapped with wooden planks on the outside, and the front of the siege tower was wrapped with a thick layer of iron plates to block artillery shells.

Commander Zhao saw that the Qing siege tower was approaching, so he immediately ordered the artillery to fire again, and the red-coated cannon and the long-barreled cannon were fired at the siege tower together, and hundreds of solid bullets shot at the siege tower in an instant, but because the area of the siege tower was too small, and there was a steel plate in front of it. The effect of the shelling was not good. Only the powerful redcoat cannon can break the siege tower in one hit, and the long-barreled cannon cannot destroy the siege tower at this distance. When the huge cannonballs of the red-coated cannons hit the siege tower, they immediately knocked down the siege tower and smashed it. The Qing soldiers who pushed the siege tower acted as infantry and began to charge forward.

During the second round of artillery bombardment, the siege tower hit near the second trench, and 10,000 cannons fired in unison. Several siege towers were damaged again, and by the time the siege towers entered the moat, the artillery fire had already entered the dead end, and the artillery stopped firing. And the projectiles of the fire guns could not penetrate the steel baffles of the siege towers at all. Although several siege towers were damaged by artillery fire, twelve more siege towers crossed the bridge built by the Qing soldiers with corpses, crossed the moat, and approached the city walls. After a while, they were close to each other.

Fan Qing drew his sword in his hand: "Soldiers, if the Tartars conquer Wuding Castle, the land behind Wuding will be unsafe, and the people will be ruined, and the soldiers will fight."

"Fight, everyone fights with the Tartars" Countless soldiers suddenly had high fighting spirits and shouted victory

"Victory, Victory"

The crossbowmen retreated to the second line, and the sword and shield men took up the position of the battlement, threw stones and rough logs down from the battlements, and struck Kiyohama, who was climbing upwards, and the sword and shield men stood on the side of the pikemen, ready to support at any time. The musketeers also loaded their bayonets and stood in the back position, just waiting for the Qing army to kill the city.

Because the spearman is the best armored soldier in the Shandong army, not only in addition to the iron armor, but also covered with a fish scale armor, and with an iron helmet, covering most of the head, so the Qing army's bow and arrow to the pikeman is not a big threat, unless it is accurately shot below the eyebrows, above the mouth, it is basically difficult to penetrate the fish scale armor.

Spearmen lined up behind the siege towers, ready to assassinate Qing soldiers who climbed up from the siege towers.

At this time, the soldiers under the city did not dare to shoot arrows easily, so as not to injure their own people by mistake. The bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers stopped firing and retreated beyond the range of the defenders' muskets. Gave up the main position to the siege towers.

The siege towers were all white-armored soldiers appointed by Abatai himself, and the defense was strong. In the process of pushing the siege tower, the loss of less than fifty men. The bow and crossbow did little damage to the white-armored soldiers, and were basically blocked by the white-armored soldiers' three-layer armor.

At this time, Abatai saw that although the Qing army was close to the battlement, it was unable to break through the upper city wall, but was defeated by the defenders one by one, and he couldn't help but become anxious. Abatai and Suo Su immediately discussed with the other two Mongol Ezhen in front of the battle, and asked the two Mongol Ezhen to follow him and personally participate in the siege of the city.

The two Mongolian Ezhen couldn't help but look embarrassed, and one Ezhen said: "This Ming army is 100% fierce, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to attack the city!" And our casualties are not small, it is better to retreat temporarily. ”

It turned out that although the Mongolian army participated in the previous plundering of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian army basically did not contribute to the work. When robbing, he was faster than anyone else, but when he started fighting, he was pushed back, and his style was even worse than that of the Han army. In order to envelop Mongolia, the Qing Dynasty has been pulling dragons against Mongolia in many ways. It has always been tolerant of this behavior of the Mongolian army, and as long as it does not affect the overall situation, it will be forgotten, but the knot has further encouraged this style of work of the Mongolian army.

Therefore, in this siege, although the two Mongolian Eight Banners also fought, they have always been hiding behind the Qing army, and this is it, and many people have been injured, seeing that the resistance of the defenders is so stubborn, the two Mongolian Eight Banners still dare to attack the city in person, so it is recommended to retreat quickly and preserve their strength.

Suo was stunned to see that the two of them began to prevaricate again, and he was also furious, but he could force the order to the Mongolian army like the Han army, so he said: "The inland cities of the Ming army, is it difficult to stop my warriors in Dachun, see me personally go to attack the city, open a gap for you, and let you see if my warriors of the Qing Dynasty can attack the city." Abatai, you cover Russia under the city. As he spoke, he snatched a large shield from a coat beside him, stuck a pair of double-edged axes on his back, and then took a few of his subordinates, stepped on the siege tower, and climbed towards the city. Abatai did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took off his bow and arrows, ready to give it.

The soldiers who had already climbed the siege tower would soon come out of the siege tower and hit the 7-meter-long spear array, unable to advance. Fan Qing ordered 30 musketeers and 30 crossbowmen to stand behind the pikemen in front of each siege tower, and shoot the Qing soldiers who climbed the siege tower.

The battle suddenly entered a white-hot state, and the Qing soldiers in the siege tower could not climb up from the siege tower, and the pikemen, crossbowmen, and musketeers could not immediately eliminate the Qing soldiers who were besieging the city.

Suo was stuck on the ladder inside the siege tower, and saw the corpses that kept falling from the siege tower.

At this moment, suddenly only hearing the sound of "呃", the body of the rub and the Tai shook suddenly, his eyes were wide open, looking at the front of the city tower, Fan Qing, who was holding a smoothbore gun with a hint of smoke in his left hand, leaned back and planted on the city wall.

The soldiers on both sides couldn't help but be stunned, only to hear Fan Qing shouting: "Brothers, kill the Tartars and protect the homeland." And they struggled. As he spoke, he pulled the trigger again and fired continuously, and in the blink of an eye, he fired all the remaining 101 rounds in the magazine. Immediately, one hundred and one Qing soldiers also fell to the ground.

It was only then that the soldiers on both sides came to their senses, and the sudden death of General Cha caused the morale of the Qing soldiers, which had just risen, to be dealt a heavy blow immediately.

At this time, a dozen defender soldiers suddenly rushed from the castle tower, each holding a basin in his hand. When Fan Qing saw that the soldiers who were supporting him had arrived, he shouted: "Pour it on the siege tower for me."

Suddenly, one of the siege towers was spread with a basin or two of fire oil, and the musketeers shot from behind, causing the siege towers to burst into flames. The Qing soldiers in the siege tower were burned all over the body, and the tall siege tower was also burned all over the body.

Under this elimination, the Shandong soldiers couldn't help but firmly hold the remaining battlements, and also killed the Qing soldiers under the city to retreat again and again, until they retreated to the moat, struggling to support.

At this time, Abatai, who was fighting in the distance, couldn't help but be 100 distracted, because it was too far away, so he didn't see the battle situation on the city wall very clearly, and he could only see that the siege tower suddenly caught fire, and the soldiers retreated from the siege tower one after another, and one by one the Qing soldiers climbed down after running a few steps like the fire giants in Greek mythology.

In fact, at the beginning, after the Qing army broke through the moat and finally killed the city wall, Abatai was also greatly relieved, thinking that the overall situation was settled, and it was only a matter of time before the Qing army took Wuding Castle.

Because on the one hand, he has full confidence in the white-knuckle combat ability of the Qing army, although this Ming army has sharp firearms and strict guards, but in terms of real swords and real guns, it must not be the opponent of the Qing army, not to mention the two eight banners and tens of thousands of armored soldiers, it is not perfect. On the other hand, according to his previous experience in fighting and attacking the Ming army, in the process of the Qing army approaching the city wall, the Ming army may have worked hard and can also cause a certain amount of lethality to the Qing army, but when the Qing army stepped on the city wall, the fighting spirit of the Ming army was basically exhausted, and it was not far from collapse.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the two Eight Banners to start preparing for reinforcements, and after the gate of Wuding Castle was opened, he immediately entered the city to eliminate the remnants of the resistance of the Ming army. As for the Han army, Abatai didn't take it to heart, they didn't dare to rob the full army.

However, after a while, Abatai realized that the situation had not developed as he had expected, and that the siege towers had not yet come close to the walls.

Only then did Fan Qing withdraw from the battlefield and carefully observe the entire battle situation. Because of the obvious difference between the clothes and armor of the Eight Banners and other soldiers, Fan Qing soon found that Abatai, who was commanding under the city, was still sending reinforcements to the city wall. So Fanqing found a battlement near him, took out a crossbow, and shot Abatai with an arrow.

Abatai was shot to death, which was the last straw that broke the camel's back. As soon as Abatai died, the remaining Qing soldiers dared to stay under the city, so they immediately led the Qing soldiers to retreat. As soon as Abatai died, the auxiliaries, miscellaneous servants, and Baoyi under the city lost their commanders, and when they saw the Mongol army withdrawing, they naturally withdrew with it.

When the besiegers returned to the Qing army's large array, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 people left. There are more than 20,000 people left in the two Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Manchu Eight Banners, there are less than 40,000 people left, not only all the white armor soldiers, horse soldiers, soldiers, and defenders are all buried, even the two Eight Banners are really killed in the city, and even the corpses are only snatched back, the Manchu Eight Banners can be said to be completely abolished, and their own Jiala is also seriously injured, there is no more than a hundred years, I am afraid they will not recover.

And the Eight Banners of the Han Army were even worse, and they were crippled as soon as the war began. Less than a thousand people have returned to the camp.

This time, the Qing army killed more than 46,000 people in the battle, reaching more than 40% of the whole army, and more than 10,000 people were injured, and it is estimated that more than 5,000 people will be seriously injured and will die.

Watching the Chun army gradually retreat and finally disappear into the mountains, the soldiers on the Wuding Castle also realized that the vicious Qing army, the Qing army that made people talk about the tiger, and the Qing army, which had been defeated by the Ming army repeatedly, were so vulnerable in Wuding Fort. So the crowd cheered to their heart's content.

Someone kicked the corpse of the Qing army on the ground and said, "Fuck the grid, Lao Tzu still thinks that the Tartars are all three-headed and six-armed, and all of them are invulnerable?" It turns out that he also carries a head on his shoulders, and a shot is enough for a hole, boy, get up if you have a kind! is fighting with Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu can still knock you down. ”

There are also people standing on the battlements, pointing to the direction of the retreat of the Qing army, and laughing: "Coward Tartar, if you have the ability to attack again, why did you retreat so quickly, Lao Tzu hasn't killed it yet." ”

Others boasted to each other, "I killed three Tartars by myself just now." "You've only killed three, and I've killed four." "Hehe, you're not as good as me, I killed five Tartars." "Blow, you blow you." "Really, I really killed five." And so on.

And Fan Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, no matter what, this battle was won. When Li Long comes back, he will have an explanation.

When the two armies were fighting fiercely just now, the residents of the city heard the sound of artillery in the south of the city, and the sound of killing shook the sky and kept turning to the city. In fact, everyone is very nervous. Because this time it is not the bandits who came, but the Qing army that makes people talk about it, can the brigade commander Fan Qing still be able to resist it?

Once the Qing army broke through the city, I am afraid that I will be robbed, slaughtering the city for the Qing army, it is as easy as eating, and even if the Qing army does not slaughter the city, it will plunder all the people in the city, and go to the gate to be slaves, at that time it is better to live than to die. Many people even thought that they were ready to commit suicide after the Qing army entered the city.

Therefore, after learning of this gratifying and unusual news, the excitement and joy of the residents were naturally overflowing, and they spontaneously came to the front of the city to welcome the heroes who had repelled the Qing army and saved the people.

At this time, I don't know who it was, and I took the lead in shouting: "Kill the Tartars and protect the homeland." Immediately all the soldiers shouted along, and then the inhabitants shouted too, and the sound shook through the sky for a long time.

However, after repelling the Qing army, Fan Qing could not be completely relieved, and after a little trimming, he immediately released a reconnaissance team to investigate the whereabouts of the Qing army, in case the Qing army would make a comeback. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers and civilians to clean up the battlefield immediately, and to count the losses and results.

In this battle, the Shandong soldiers killed a total of 2,877 people, including 31 musketeers and 407 crossbowmen. Another 2,133 people were wounded, of whom 1,206 were seriously wounded, and it is expected that less than half of them will die from their wounds, and the actual number of casualties will certainly exceed 3,000.

Seeing this casualty figure, Fan Qing couldn't help but be secretly frightened, this was just a battle to defend the city, if it was a field battle outside the city, the losses and casualties of the Shandong soldiers would be much greater. The combat effectiveness of the Qing army is indeed strong.

However, although the casualties were heavy, the results were even more brilliant, with a total of 40,000 beheadings in this battle, because many corpses were snatched back by the Qing army, so the actual number of Qing soldiers killed is impossible to count. Fan Qing estimated that it should be around 55,000 people, but in fact, it was more than 60,000 people.

Killing the chief general of the Qing army is also enough credit to rise to the rank of Li Long, but Fan Qing was not happy immediately, but nervously deployed the following things and placed the Qing soldiers to come again.

Fan Qing sent 1,000 musketeers and 1,000 crossbowmen from Jinan Mansion in the south to support Wuding, and 2,000 sword players from Qingzhou Mansion to help in the battle. The entire Wuding Castle suddenly had more than 10,000 troops. Even if the Qing soldiers are coming, there is no need to worry.

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