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In one night, after fighting for nearly two hours in a row, the Wu army and the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and Wu Sangui also had to retreat. Just in the early morning to count the battle damage, it really made people vomit blood, 30,000 people attacked the city on three sides, but less than 20,000 retreated, 8,000 killed in the battle, and thousands of wounded soldiers.

But if you don't take this Suizhou City, the Wu army will not be able to take a step forward, so this nail must be removed. Early in the morning, the Wu army crossed the river on all fronts, and this time it was a bright attack, Wu Sangui ordered that before noon, Suizhou City must be taken!

The casualties on Ah Ling'e's side were not small, but after all, it was the defending side, and the losses were not too large, with more than 4,000 battle losses, which was basically only one-third of the losses of the Wu army.

"My lord, Wu Jun is bloody this time! It's not good! Looking down from the city tower, the black siege Wu army seemed to spread to the end of the sky. At least from Ah Ling's side, the entire front of the south of Suizhou City, all the way to the corner of the east city wall of the city, and the corner of the west city wall, are full of Wu soldiers and horses running and whistling. "My lord, I have to find a way, this time Wu Sangui pulled all the cannons, I counted them, there are eighty of them alone, more than us!"

"What can I do at this time? Give me a serious point, even if you die, you have to hold Suizhou for half a month, and we will withdraw after half a month! Ah Ling said with red eyes. Soon, the Wu army has begun to attack the city! All gunners in place! As for the rockets, they are also being prepared in advance! ”

"The corpses of the Wu army under the city last night have not been cleaned up, which will hinder the speed of the Wu army. My lord. Let's get on the rocket first. This is also good to frustrate Wu Jun's spirit! ”

"No, use the cannon first! I guess Wu Sangui will think the same way, and at the last moment, use everything that can be used, there are many of them, but our reserves are enough! ”

As soon as the horn sounded, the Wu army once again attacked the city from several aspects. For a time, the city was up and down, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and cannons and arrows were flying. In the loud noise, each other's rockets were fired at each other, and there were artillery fires at each other.

The Wu army had so many siege artillery pieces that the Qing army did not expect, and Ah Ling'e did not expect that the artillery brought by the Wu army was actually more than that, and there were also those that were transported from the river and continued to be erected.

Yue Le left a lot of cannons behind, but counting the number at this moment, Wu Sangui's cannons were much more than Cheng's. These shellings can be seen from the sound. There are a lot of red-coated cannons in it, and there are even more Franc cannons. The total number of three-sided and large artillery pieces combined is definitely nearly four hundred.

You must know that there are only more than 200 artillery pieces in the entire Suizhou City, and some miscellaneous cannons are added to it. The artillery deployed in the south of the city was basically a red-coated cannon, and the firing speed was relatively slow, so the firepower of the Qing army and the Wu army was compared.

God knows that the Wu army has become smart again, before they set up the artillery, they built a lot of earthen platforms within the range of their own artillery, and there were mounds of earth in front of the earthen platforms as a parapet wall, and then left a gap in the middle to place the artillery, just like a battlement. There are many soldiers in Wu, and these things will be done quickly. In this way, the artillery of the Wu army has a cover, and the earthen platform is several feet above the ground, and the Suizhou city wall is high, so their artillery can adjust the firing angle, and they don't have to worry about hitting the heads of the soldiers attacking the city in front, and they cover the Wu soldiers very smoothly.

What's more, the Franc cannon is notoriously fast, and it hits a lot of guns in a short period of time. On the Wu side, there were 60 Franc machine guns in Nancheng, and they had a total of more than 80 artillery pieces that were constantly bombarded. Each wave is nearly 100 solid iron balls of different sizes roaring, which can be described as thunderous as fast.

It is the city of Suizhou that is solid, and the city wall of about four zhang high is all covered with large blue bricks. However, as soon as they were bombarded by these solid iron balls, they also provoked the splashing of masonry and stone, and people should also worry about whether this Suizhou city wall would be bombarded by them. Under the heavy artillery fire, it was almost impossible to stand at the battlement. Many Qing troops in the south of the city were injured by the debris caused by the dense artillery hitting the battlements of the city wall. Although the artillery in the city tried to fight back, the effect was not very good.

The gunners in the Wu army are similar to the gunners of the Qing army, and everyone's su zhì is not bad, and the training is not necessarily more skilled than whom. Even the gunner training on the Qing army's side is still better, and Yue Le's stay is elite. But at this moment, in the face of the superior artillery fire of the Wu army, the counterattack was also quite difficult. Moreover, the gunners of the Wu army only need to aim at the city wall and bombard, the target is large and easy to fight.

On the contrary, the gunners of the Qing army in the city had to aim at the artillery bombardment on their earthen platform, that is, their artillery was placed at 200 paces, but this distance had to bombard the earthen platform, and even more so to bombard the artillery inside the earthen platform, which was a great test of their suzhì. Facts have also proved that with the training of the gunners in Suizhou City, it is indeed difficult to bombard Tutai. Although there are occasional artillery hits the earthen platform and dumbs the artillery over there, this proportion is still a little smaller, and it can't change the overall situation.

Ah Ling'e was personally responsible for defending the south gate, and he and a group of Qing generals did not dare to live in the Que Tower, because it was an important target for the Wu army's artillery bombardment. Ah Ling's forehead looked at the lookout hole from the battlement wall, and saw the large number of Wu army's troops coming, and he was extremely anxious, and the deputy general beside him was also helpless.

He looked from the top of the city, the smoke and dust were billowing below, the heads of people were surging, and the shouts shook the sky, and all the sights were the Wu soldiers who were rushing up and shouting frantically.

They came up in one wave, were beaten down, and then changed to another. Looking into the distance, two hundred steps away, there is the Wu army's artillery earth platform, along the south of the city outside a circle, there from time to time gunsmoke rises, in the cannon sound, another cannon pellet bombarded the city wall.

Several of them are quite large, and the inner shelf is full of Wu Jun's red-coated cannons, all of which are twelve-pounder cannons, and the cannonballs are extremely powerful, and they are splashed with bricks and stones when they hit the city.

Behind those earthen platforms, there are Wu army foot soldiers armed with shields and broadswords, guarding artillery, and at the same time, they are also the main force waiting for battle. One after another, their densely packed flags spread all the way to the rear, and I don't know how many formations they lined up. After the large formation of foot soldiers, about two miles away from the city, outside the south gate, on the north bank of the river, it seemed that the cavalry of the Wu army was the cavalry of the Wu army, and from time to time they could be seen whizzing in groups of three or five on the periphery.

The cavalry of the Wu army also crossed the river!

Just as he was observing the enemy's situation, suddenly the guards beside him shouted: "General be careful." The guards pounced on a tiger and threw Ah Ling under him. With a bang, a large solid iron ball weighing more than ten pounds hit the wall behind him. Knock that brick wall into a big gap. Flying rocks. A few guards next to him covered their heads and rolled to the ground. Screamed loudly.

"The general is alright."

Ah Ling's guards got up and helped Ah Ling's forehead and asked loudly.

"Ben will be fine, it's okay........." Ah Ling's forehead got up, it was really dangerous.

Qiu Shi, the deputy general not far away, also came over to help Ah Ling's forehead, and ordered the Qing army at the head of the city to help those guards down the city to heal. Each army had its own doctors, and all the doctors in Suizhou City were also requisitioned, but they were not as well-trained as the Mawei Army.

Ah Ling's forehead gasped, still frightened to see that Luoyang was busy with the garrison, and his mind couldn't help but turn a thought: "I was left behind by Prince Yue Le." Originally, it was nine deaths, and if you don't die this time, you must treat these brothers who live and die with you. ”

Suddenly, one of the soldiers guarding the city shouted, "Look, what is that?" ”

Ah Ling's forehead hurriedly looked over, only to see that behind the Wu army's earthen platform, dozens of moving wooden towers appeared, each two or three zhang high, and there were wheels below to push and move. More than a dozen wooden towers pushed forward, and the defenders of the city were stunned.

Ah Ling's face was ugly, and he gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence: "The thief actually wants to use the siege tower to attack me!" ”

Siege towers are also not a rare item. It was used in the pre-Ming Dynasty, and the tower was tall. Wheels are installed under the tower, which allows them to travel. During a siege battle, push it closer to the wall and the soldiers will be able to step directly from the platform at the top of the tower to the head of the enemy wall. It is very convenient, it is less labor-saving than the ladder, and it can also allow more soldiers to wait for the city, once a large number of soldiers climb the city, then the city will not be able to hold!

The Qing army in the city was stunned when they didn't expect that the Wu army would make a wooden tower. This thing has been used by everyone for many years, and now the siege is mainly with cannons, and it is just blasted open, but you have cannons and I also have cannons, and the city gate is protected so tightly that ordinary soldiers can't enter the city gate hole. Especially the Mawei Army likes to blow up the door, and now the Wu Army and the Qing Army have learned to be smart, and they have blocked it in the city gate hole in advance, and you can't blow it up all at once.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that there are many military craftsmen under the command of Wu Jun, several provinces, many craftsmen and many people in the army, it is not so difficult to make dozens of siege towers.

The crowd of black pressure came over, and each siege tower was pushed by dozens of Wu soldiers, and the periphery of the siege tower was also guarded by Wu army foot soldiers holding large shields. Ah Ling looked at the front of those wooden towers and there were two small wheels, obviously when the wooden towers were erected, they were used for fixation, making the tower more stable. There are also pins, rollers and other devices on each tower, if the number of towers is made, the tower body will be as wide as several zhang, more than ten zhang, it is more convenient for the people who are attacking the city to climb up.

However, at the same time, on the side of the wooden tower, there are countless Wu soldiers carrying cloud ladders, the ladders are long and thick, and each ladder requires dozens of thieves to move. If you count it, I'm afraid there are more than 100. Behind these ladders, there were countless Wu army foot soldiers, holding knives and cards, just waiting for the ladders to reach the city, and then ascended the city to attack. These dozen siege towers are already a big threat, has the Wu army given up the ladder siege, this is good, two-pronged, there are so many Qing troops at the head of the city, even if they are constantly replenished, it is extremely difficult.

"Fire, aim, blast those siege towers for me!" Qiu Shi, the general of the Qing army, was horrified and ran to the side of the artillery and shouted loudly.

At this moment, the drumbeat of the Wu army sounded like thunder, and it seemed that tens of thousands of people were shouting, and they pushed the equipment and rushed desperately shouting. Looking down from the sky, countless streams of people rushed to the city walls, like dark clouds covering the sun. Downstairs at the South Gate City, the artillery of the Wu army is planted with a big banner with the word "Wu". Under the banner, Wu Sangui, Wu Yingqi, Fang Guangchen, Liu Xuanchu and other generals and strategists were all staring at the city.

Fang Guangchen watched the army leaning against the city wall, and someone had already begun to go up to the city, and immediately said to Wu Sangui: "Congratulations to the prince, this battle, Suizhou will definitely be able to go down with one drum." ”

Wu Sangui also laughed, Suizhou City, today is broken. Nancheng kept firing artillery on the city, this time it seemed that there was a huge pressure and several shots of potential, and several shells in a row accurately hit the siege tower, and the Wu sergeant on the side of the tower rushed to the wolf. Nearly a dozen shells hit the pile of people carrying the ladder, and the Wu army in that place flew sideways, suffering heavy casualties. But for the dense army of the Wu army, this is just like a drop in the ocean.

The artillery of the Wu army under the city also fired violently to cover the besieging troops. Their artillery fire was extremely fierce, and due to the large number of cannons of the Wu army, the Qing troops at the battlements did not dare to raise their heads at all. Seeing that the dozen or so moving wooden towers were still approaching the city, Ah Ling's forehead was a little desperate: "It's over, lord, the minions here can't hold it!" ”

The tide of Wu soldiers lied from the siege tower to be able to worship the city, although the Qing army was desperately intercepted here, but still let the Wu army attack the city. More and more Wu troops came up, and the Qing army had to fight hand-to-hand. And at this moment, looking down from the city, the open space below the city is densely packed with sardine-like heads.

One after another cloud ladders were erected, and Wu Jun began to go to the city on the cloud ladders.

"Hurry up and release the rocket!" Suddenly, Ah Ling'e remembered that he still had a sharp weapon that was useless!

Immediately, the one behind heard the order and immediately set fire to the rocket that had been put aside. When there was a loud sound of rockets firing at the head of the city, a large area of smoke rose from the sound of falling and falling, and countless arrows rained down the city. The first to bear the brunt was the Wu army around the cloud ladder, the arrows were dense and fierce, and under the impetus of gunpowder, they were in front of those Wu troops in a blink of an eye.

Those Wu Jun who were resisting the ladder subconsciously raised their shields to cover them, but for a moment, the sound of tuk tuk tuk was continuous, and everyone's shields were filled with all kinds of arrows in an instant. The strength of the rockets was extraordinary, and the direct shot made their hands numb and tremble, and many of them even had their shields broken. Or those who can't cover it are shot by rockets, and many people are shot and rolled out, and the battle skirts or coats on their bodies do not provide much protection at all.

It was because of this wave of arrows that the Wu army lost dozens of ladders in front, but this only stopped the Wu army slightly, the Wu army was too numerous, and it was constantly pressed up, although the rocket inventory in Suizhou City was very sufficient, but because A Ling'er did not expect that the Wu army would have siege towers, the Wu army went to the city head so quickly, and the city head was not stored much, so such a dense firepower could not be maintained for too long. In the blink of an eye, a large number of Wu troops went up to the city, and more Wu troops pounced on them and lifted the cloud ladders scattered on the ground again.

After the previous wave, the rockets on the city finally thinned out, and the Wu army went to the city with more siege towers, and the Qing army at the head of the city finally couldn't withstand it, and the Wu army also began to advance inward along the city wall. Qiu Shi had already died in battle, but Ah Ling'e was escorted by his subordinates and retreated to the city one step earlier! (To be continued......)