Chapter 636: What's That?
Four miles outside the east city wall, Dolgon was watching the fierce attack and defense in front of him, and the defenders' rain of wood and stone made him also stunned, he estimated that even if the Han Eight Banners attacked the city, they should not be able to withstand the casualties at this time and retreated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now is different from the past, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were also practiced by the emperor with great difficulty, and if the losses were too much, they would not be able to explain to the emperor Taiji after they went back.
Alas, Huang Ama said that the fortified city would not be attacked, and it was fortunate that the people of Nikan were driven to the city, otherwise the number of Han troops would not be enough.
Now the three princes of the Qing Dynasty are each responsible for attacking a city wall, the northern city of Azig, the eastern city of Dolgon, and the western city of Duoduo.
Of course, their respective minions also followed them to attack the city.
"My lord, the Ming people in front of you have suffered heavy casualties, and they said that they would not attack the city or say anything, and they would leave it in place."
A guerrilla ran over and reported to General Xu Erxian.
"Hehe, I'm afraid of death and don't dare to move forward, hehe, the fire hammer of the life archer will bombard me, if you don't come forward to the city, you will be killed immediately, see who dares not to do your best."
The tall and sturdy Xu Er showed a fierce light.
Dolgon, the prince of Heshuorui, was behind him, and if he saw that the offensive was stalling and cut off his head, he would not be able to protect him at that time, and no one would dare to provoke those cattle.
The sound of crossbows and firebolts in front of them rang out, and the people cried and cried, and they were driven to their deaths, and if they stayed where they were, they would be killed immediately, and it was up to them to move towards the walls, and if they were lucky, they would live a little longer.
"Old fourteen, old fourteen." In the midst of the noise, Dolgon seemed to hear Azig calling out to him, isn't this twelfth brother in the northern city?
He looked back and saw that it was Azig beating horses, and more than a hundred Goshha in front of him and behind him were galloping towards this place, and they had reached a hundred paces.
"Why did Brother Twelve come here?" Dorgon smiled and stepped forward.
"There's something I need to discuss with you." Azig pointed to the city wall with his horsewhip, "There are too many rolling logs and stones in these Nikans, and these tens of thousands of people may not be able to exhaust their wood and stones." ”
Dolgon nodded, he also found that this situation has been going on for a long time, if the wood and stone are not exhausted and the Han Eight Banners will appear, it means that the losses of the Han Eight Banners must be heavy.
"What do the twelve brothers mean?" Dorgon looked inquiringly at Azig.
"I mean the 50,000 Nikan Qingzhuang who were captured before the escort to attack the city." Azig said what he called it.
Dorgon frowned, no wonder Azig wanted to come and consult with him, this was a bit of a big deal.
Now the Qing Dynasty looks thriving, but there is still a fatal shortcoming, that is, the scarcity of Dingkou, and the Ming people have not reclaimed more than half of the acres of land that were pioneered by the Ming people.
Therefore, Fa Ming not only robbed rice and grain to weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but also robbed Dingkou.
It is very useful for these 60,000 young men and women to go back, and now they want to fill these young men and women into the big pit in front of him, which really hurts him, and if he goes back, it will make the emperor angry.
Dolgon thinks about this, Azig can only wait, on the surface he is leading the army to take charge, but his rank is not as high as Dolgon, he is just the king of Wuyingjun, and Dolgon and Duoduo are the princes of Heshuo, Huang Taiji is to beware of him, a half-brother who has repeatedly made military exploits, and his merits are high.
Therefore, Azig never acted arbitrarily along the way, and always consulted with the other three people in case of trouble, that is, he was keeping a low profile, avoiding suspicion, and Huang Taiji's methods of dealing with Amin, Mang Gurtai, Dege, and Daishan made him cold, and at this time, when Huang Taiji's prestige was extremely high, he didn't want Huang Taiji to seize the handle.
"According to what Brother Twelve said, it's not easy to find so many young people."
Dorgon smiled wryly.
In the war, it is easiest for young people to get out, because the Ming people they encounter are often old and weak, and these young people are often left over from the siege and massacre.
"It's just a little more time, just let the Han army be diligent, Ye is saving their lives."
Azig laughed,
"Okay, I'll go back first and let the minions drive these young men away as soon as possible, and bring you some here, so that there is no need for Duoduo."
The two parted, and half an hour later, the young men who were guarding the rear were driven towards the city, and they arrived at a very good time, when the nearly 20,000 Ming people in front of them were lost, and the threat to the city was almost none.
The defenders at the head of the city were transporting the casualties downward, and at the same time transporting wood and stone to the city, at this time, more than 10,000 of the 20,000 young men in the city who were ready to go to the city had already ascended the city to help defend and were killed or wounded under the Jiannu bow and crossbow.
Jiannu's armor soldiers took turns to step forward and shoot arrows to assist, maintaining the killing of the young and strong defenders at the head of the city.
Seeing that so many people came to the city, the defenders were all bitter, and now that most of the wood and stone under the city have been exhausted, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold out for long.
And the first thing they need to defend the city is to rely on wood and stone, if the wood and stone are exhausted, once the Jiannu armor soldiers enter the city, the young and strong people who defend the city have never fought at all, and they are likely to collapse immediately.
Wang Feng and Liu Derang immediately sent someone to announce the urgency to Han Cheng, who was responsible for supplying wood and stone, Han Chengxuan was anxious at this time, and the 20,000 young men left for him had to demolish the house, and they had to be transported to the city wall.
Han Chengxuan, who received the emergency, had a big head, and there was really no way for him to send people to organize younger women to go into battle to transport wood and stone, and the men mainly demolished the house and carried it on the city wall, so that the support should be opened, but it still couldn't catch up with the speed of earth and stone consumption, and the earth and stone stored in the city were decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, of course, the dead and wounded people under the city had been paved with more than two layers, and the real corpses were everywhere.
Neither of the two sides that were fighting noticed that a group of more than 100 people with a red flag approached seven or eight miles east of Dongcheng.
Etuhun looked at everything in front of him with a complicated mood, and a few miles away was the Zhengbai Banner and the banner of Dolgon, the Prince of Heshuorui, and tens of thousands of people were fighting to the death in the city.
The sound of bows, arrows, artillery, firecrackers, and the noise of tens of thousands of people formed a grand battle array.
On the opposite side is the Qing army that exterminated the Aixin Jueluo family, the sworn enemy of the Yehe royal family, and it was they who exterminated the Yehe and other tribes that had existed for hundreds of years, displacing many Jurchens such as Yehe, and making the remnants of the royal family such as Jiaxin and Etuhun become serfs for grazing.
The feud between the Ye He family and the Xinjue Luo family is deeper than the sea and higher than the main peak of Changbai Mountain.
Etuhun controlled the incomparable hatred in his heart, slowly observed the situation on the battlefield, and came to the conclusion that the situation in Jinan City was not good, and now the Jiannu army was waiting for the city to run out of rolling wood and stones, and now it was not far away.
After investigating the enemy's situation, Etuhun immediately led the troops back to report, and now the military situation is like fire.
As for the more than 100 horsemen and horses coming and going, no one cares, on the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, all the Jurchen words are spoken, and the clothes and armor are the same, who cares about this, the Jurchens would never dream that any Jurchens would betray the Qing Dynasty.
Under the coercion of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, 50,000 Ming people were driven into the battlefield, and the Ming people who immediately landed in the city increased greatly, and the soldiers who defended the city were forced to put down a large number of rolling wood and stones, which prevented the siege of the young people from climbing, but the baggage disappeared quickly.
Towards dusk, Dolgon suddenly found that the rolling wood and stones on the city began to decrease, and there were a few young men who climbed to the top of the city, although they were immediately killed by the defenders, but what this meant was very clear, and the defenders ran out of wood and stones.
"Tell Shang Kexi that the armor soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are attacking, and tell him that he can't take Jinan City to see him."
Dolgon shouted at a Goshha that he was going to take Jinan City in a night battle, and that he must not give the defenders time to breathe.
Goshha fell to her knees, turned over and rode west.
Shang Kexi respectfully bent down to this arrogant Goshha to obey his orders, as long as it is a Jurchen, no matter how high or low the official rank is, it is a master for him, the so-called prince, well, it is.
After Shang Kexi received the order, he looked at the wood and stone that began to sparse in the city, and he knew in his heart that it was time, Jinan City was exhausted, and it was time to fall.
He immediately ordered his subordinate Xu Erxian and others to lead the Han Eight Banners to attack Jinan City, since Prince Rui said that Jinan City must be taken, otherwise he shaved his head to see him, and he also issued the same order to several of his subordinate generals guerrillas, if he is not good, these people are all buried together.
With a roaring sound, five thousand Han Eight Banner armor soldiers walked towards the city wall, and they bypassed the archers who were still firing and began to cross the moat.
Wang Feng at the head of the city watched the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty approaching the city wall, and they fiercely drove away the Ming people with swords and guns, and some people had already begun to climb the ladder.
Wang Feng knew that the last time had come, and he ordered the last family to be taken out, which was prepared for Jiannu, and now it is cheap, but it's a pity.
More than a dozen large cabinets were pushed up, spraying the fire oil on the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty who had ascended the city, and then the torches were thrown down.
When the curtain fell, more than a dozen fire dragons burned from the city to the city, and hundreds of fire people were rolling with the howl of fighting for their lives, and the aroma of roasted meat was overflowing.
However, in the defensive front of four or five miles, there are still too few of these fire dragons, and most of the Han Eight Banner armor soldiers have begun to step on the ladder to enter the city, and the Jiannu armor soldiers under the city have begun to shoot arrows frantically to kill and injure the defenders to cover for them.
Although there are still some wood and stones rolling down, it is much less than before, and it is already within the tolerance of the Han Eight Banners.
At this time, in addition to the west city, the east city and the north city encountered a crisis at the same time, the wood and stone were exhausted, and the armor soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty began to ascend the city.
With a bang, the gate of the city gate tower was opened, and Liu Derang broke in.
"My lord, please push into the city, the wood and stones on the city have run out, and the slave soldiers of the Han Eight Banners are about to climb the city."
Liu Derang arched his hand.
Yan Jizu nodded with dull eyes, he also got the news from the shouts of the soldiers everywhere.
He got up tremblingly, and with the support of the servants and guards, he stepped out of the door, at this time there were already soldiers of the Han Eight Banners on the head of the city to fight with the defenders, some of the young men took up arms to help the soldiers kill slaves, and some were so frightened to see the bloody scene that they ran down the city, the scene was noisy and chaotic.
At this time, Liu Derang no longer had the time to care about the governor, and he led dozens of guards to join the ranks of the fight.
Yan Jizu sighed, at this time he was not so trembling, he planned to go back to the house immediately after going down to the city and the whole family would be martyred, he still had this guts, Daming has not yet been a governor of this level of important ministers to surrender to slaves, he doesn't want to leave a stench for 10,000 years.
At this time, there were already two or three hundred Han Eight Banner armor soldiers at the head of the East City, and Wang Feng led the remaining hundreds of soldiers to kill the Han Eight Banner armor soldiers in one place.
And the young men are in a mess at this time, some assist, some flee.
As more and more Han Eight Banner armor soldiers climbed the city, the number of defenders changed from a majority to a minority, but fortunately, these defenders took out all the armor from the arsenal, and the protection was not bad, and it was only the armor soldiers who could support it for so long.
Wang Feng was killed by a shot and a knife in a short period of time, he was dragged down by the guards and was wrapped up, he endured severe pain in pain, let the guards give him a simple bandage of the wounds, and he had to immediately plunge into the fight again, he would rather die in battle than be captured and tortured.
When more than 1,000 Han Eight Banner armor soldiers landed at the head of the city, only two or three hundred defenders were in danger, and some people had already surrendered on their knees, but they were killed by the Han Army Banner in an instant, and they did not need the defenders to capture them, so the other soldiers were still fighting for their lives, but seeing that the head of the city was about to change the battle flag.
Dolgon looked at everything on the city with a cruel smile, and if he injured more than a thousand soldiers of the Han Eight Banners, he could attack Jinan, of course he had the capital to be satisfied, and the fortified city of Jinan had fallen into the bag.
At this moment, some of the Han soldiers in the city shouted in horror to the east, and his shouting alarmed the other Han Eight Banner soldiers in the city, they looked to the east, and immediately they shouted loudly to the city, although they were far away, Dolgon couldn't hear what they were shouting, but their anxious appearance was still Dolgon's surprise, and the situation made these armor soldiers so.
He turned his head to look to the east and was immediately stunned, only to see a red firelight rising on the eastern horizon, which seemed so mysterious and abrupt in the dark night, because these firelights were moving, and these firelights were getting brighter and brighter, like a swimming fire dragon, surging towards Jinan City, making the darkness blocked around him retreat.
What is this, Dorgon stared with his eyes wide open. (To be continued.) )