Chapter 759: The Cruelest Battle
Dolgon wiped the blood stains from his face, and spoke to Shi Tingzhu, the main white flag of the Eight Banners of Sweat beside him, with a cold expression.
"This king doesn't care about how big the casualties are, and this king doesn't care how many soldiers are left, what this king wants is to take Tashan City and get the food stored in Tashan City by the Ming army, and then I don't need to report to this king what difficulties I have, if I can't take Tashan tomorrow, you can come and see you."
Shi Tingzhu's face did not have the slightest expression, and it seemed that he had become numb.
The battle to attack the city of Tashan has lasted for four days, the Ming army guarding Tashan is extremely stubborn, there are two battles, seeing that the sergeant of the Eight Banners is about to go to the city wall, who knows that the sergeant who is holding the sergeant who rushed up, jumped off the city wall together.
Shi Tingzhu is also a strong general, and he has never seen such a tenacious Ming army.
The four-day attack made the Khan Eight Banners and the White Banner also suffer heavy casualties, and more than 5,000 soldiers were directly killed, needless to say about the wounded, but the Prince of Kerui Dolgon didn't care about these at all, what he wanted was to take the city of Tashan.
Of course, Shi Tingzhu was very dissatisfied in his heart, and the four consecutive days of attack were all desperate by the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan, but the 10,000 soldiers with the White Banners of the Eight Banners beside Dolgon were immovable, as if this battle had nothing to do with them.
Just now, Dolgon personally killed a sergeant of the Eight Banners of Khan who escaped from the battle, and also said ruthless words to him Shi Tingzhu, but unfortunately Shi Tingzhu only listened.
Of course, Shi Tingzhu didn't know that the troops stationed in Tashan City were the troops dispatched from Huguang, and they were the most courageous sergeants of the Shaanxi Guard, who were responsible for guarding Tashan City and guarding the army's grain and grass, and the task was particularly arduous.
It's a pity that the message can't be delivered. The garrison in the direction of Xingshan was blocked in the city by the Eight Banners Army led by Abatai, and they were also unable to move, and there were also sergeants in the city who ventured out to report the news to Hong Chengchou, but unfortunately no one rushed out, and they all died tragically in the camp of the Eight Banners Army.
Sergeant of the Eight Banners of Khan under the command of Shi Tingzhu. There were only more than 10,000 people who could fight hard, and the heavy casualties had dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the sergeants.
The military order was like a mountain, Shi Tingzhu had no chance to refute, he could only carry it out, and tomorrow he would personally participate in the siege battle. Rather than be executed by Dolgon, it is better to die in battle.
Watching Shi Tingzhu leave, a hint of coldness flashed in Dolgon's eyes.
The strength of the Ming army holding the Tashan city was also beyond Dolgon's expectations, the Tashan city was not large, which also allowed the Ming army to strengthen all parts of the city wall, and in four days, Shi Tingzhu exhausted all means to attack. But every attack was repulsed, outside the city of Tashan. Piled with the corpses of the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army.
Some of the bodies were not even buried, and were still exposed to the wild.
At the end of the four-day battle, Dolgon found that the Ming army had become the end of the strong crossbow, and of course, the sergeant of the Khan's Eight Banners and the White Banner had also become the end of the strong crossbow, and it should be said that this time was the best time to break through the city of Tashan.
Dorgon still has a trump card in his hand. That is the soldier with 10,000 white flags in the eight banners.
After four consecutive days of fighting, these soldiers with white flags couldn't help it, although they looked down on the Eight Banners of Khan, and even more so on the Han people. However, it is uncomfortable to watch people fighting desperately in front of them, and they are idle, and what is even more unbearable is that the casualties of the Khan Eight Banners are too heavy, and a large number of corpses are buried every day, all in front of these Eight Banner soldiers.
Dolgon asked Shi Tingzhu to take Tashan City the next day, which was an impossible task, but when the Khan Eight Banners were defeated, the charge of the Eight Banners would be able to take Tashan City in one go.
It has been half a month since he left outside Jinzhou City, and Dolgon has not reported the situation to Huang Taiji, and he has not taken Tashan City, so he will not say anything.
Dolgon understands that the longer it drags on, the greater the danger to the Eight Banners Army, and the Eight Banners Army led by Duoduo and Abatai is also not particularly rich in food and grass, and it is impossible to hold out for a long time, if they can't quickly take the city of Tower Mountain, I'm afraid they will be forced to evacuate.
With a telescope in hand, Dorgon looked at the city of Tower Hill in front of him for a full quarter of an hour.
After putting down the monoculars, Dorgon spoke to Melerjunjing beside him.
"Tomorrow, when Shi Tingzhu stops attacking, you will lead all your brothers to charge, and you must take Tashan City."
Melle Zhangjing beside him was stunned for a moment.
"Banner Master, can't the Eight Banners of Khan conquer Tashan City?"
"Shi Tingzhu did his best, the Eight Banners of Khan have consumed the physical strength of the Ming army to the maximum, and the Ming army guarding the city has become the end of the strong crossbow, the reason why I ask Shi Tingzhu to continue the attack tomorrow is just to make the Ming army more tired, and then the brothers will be able to take the city of Tashan in one fell swoop."
With that, Dorgon turned to look at Meljang.
"Tomorrow we must take Tower Hill, no matter how much loss we suffer, the brothers can't hold on, I will go up."
Melerzhangjing hurriedly saluted.
"Rest assured, the banner master will definitely conquer Tashan City."
The tragic assault began at the end of the day.
After two rounds of charge, Khan Baqi left nearly a thousand corpses, but he still retreated.
Shi Tingzhu's eyes were red, he remembered Dorgon's words, if he couldn't conquer Tashan today, he didn't want to think about survival, seeing that the time was past noon, he could still carry out two rounds of attacks at most, and it was too late.
Taking the shield beside him, Shi Tingzhu spoke to the herald beside him.
"Order all the sergeants, whoever is able to stand up, and charge with me, we must conquer Tower Hill."
The herald glanced at Shi Tingzhu, said nothing, and quickly got on his horse to deliver the order.
Soon, many officers gathered around Shi Tingzhu.
Shi Tingzhu looked at everyone and spoke coldly again.
"You charge after me, and there is no forgiveness for retreating and killing......"
The third round of the charge began, and it was also the fiercest charge in five days.
The black-pressed sergeant headed towards the walls.
The sergeants stationed at Tower Hill had reached their limit, and after five days of continuous fighting, their casualties were equally heavy. If it weren't for the reinforcement of the 5,000 sergeants dispatched by Hong Chengchou, so that the number of sergeants stationed in Tashan reached 15,000, they would not have been able to support the hateful Eight Banner Army for such a long time. At night, there was constant harassment, so that the soldiers in the city could not rest in peace.
A thick smell of blood spread beneath the city walls.
Countless ladders were piled up, and they were overturned by the sergeants on the city wall, and the control of the whistling bow and arrow became a dream, which would get into the body of a sergeant at any time, and the attacking Khan Eight Banners sergeants were like ants, constantly climbing to the top of the ladder, and some of the sergeants who tried to push the ladder away were shot by bows and arrows. Screaming and falling off the wall, more sergeants rushed up and overturned the ladder again and again.
At this time, it seems to freeze.
The sergeants above and below the city walls seemed to be crazy, they didn't care about their own life or death, they regarded their opponents as demons, and their ultimate goal was to kill their opponents. Or was it killed by an opponent......
Dorgon held a telescope and watched the battle take place around the walls. Mel Zhangjing stood beside him, and not far away 10,000 soldiers full of eight banners were ready.
After putting down the monoculars, Dorgon spoke to Melerjunjing beside him.
"I didn't expect Shi Tingzhu to kill it personally, this is a man, can I not lose it, it seems that what I said yesterday. It's still a little heavier, if this Shi Tingzhu is killed, the emperor's brother will definitely blame me. ”
Melerzhangjing nodded, did not speak, he had seen all the five consecutive days of fighting. The bravery of the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan left a deep impression on him, and at this moment he appreciated Shi Tingzhu in his heart, and he did not want Shi Tingzhu to die.
"After a quarter of an hour, you will lead 10,000 brothers to charge, you must remember that the charge must be fierce, you must start a battle with lightning speed, and you must attack the city wall before the Ming army guarding the city understands that it is coming."
"What I said to Shi Tingzhu yesterday, you must have heard it, I don't want any casualties, I don't want to hear any difficulties, what I want is Tashan City, what I want is food in the city, the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan have attacked for five days in a row, their casualties are close to half, it is not easy to hold on until now, I don't want to see the sergeants of the Eight Banners lose to the sergeants of the Eight Banners of Khan."
When Meljangin heard these words and was about to speak, Dorgon waved his hand.
"The warriors among the Manchurians don't talk big, I haven't reported any news to the emperor's brother these days, just because we haven't taken the Tashan city yet, I have nothing to say, if you can't capture the Tashan city, then I will also go to the emperor with my head up."
Melerzhangjing, who had been held back for a long time, finally spoke.
"Banner master, the last general will definitely take Tower Hill."
An arrow hit Shi Tingzhu's right arm, his body shook, and the soldiers around him quickly surrounded him, and were angrily reprimanded by Shi Tingzhu, asking everyone to continue to attack, in fact, at this time, Shi Tingzhu's heart was already a little sad, and he obviously felt that the morale of the brothers under his command was extremely low, but he rushed forward by instinct, and it was impossible to capture Tashan City in such a state.
But Shi Tingzhu had no other choice.
It was at this moment that the rumbling of horses' hooves behind him sounded.
Shi Tingzhu turned his head and found that the soldiers of the Eight Banners were overwhelmingly rushing over.
In an instant, Shi Tingzhu understood that all this was planned by Dolgon, allowing the Eight Banners of Khan to drag down the Ming army stationed there, and the Eight Banners of Man launched an attack at the most critical moment and took Tashan in one fell swoop.
Tears oozed from the corners of Shi Tingzhu's eyes, this was the most brutal battle he had ever experienced, but there was no joy at all.
The sergeants stationed in the city were overwhelmed by the rain of arrows.
Some of the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan climbed up the ladder to the top of the city wall and fought with the soldiers stationed there, and then, the soldiers of the Eight Banners also went up to the city wall and fought with the Ming army.
The gap was torn open in an instant...... (To be continued......)