Chapter 363: Attack on Hangzhou (II)
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For the merchants in Hangzhou, the sudden appearance of Zheng Jun was definitely an unprecedented disaster. In order to keep the city, Liu Zhaolin, the governor of Zhejiang, Tian Fengji, the governor of Zhejiang, and Yi Lesheng, the general of Hangzhou, patrolled the city together to boost morale. The Hangzhou prefect commanded Liu Guoan to seize the grain store and liquor stores in order to hoard grain and fight for a long time, and Ouyang Zhi, the Hangzhou garrison under the command of the Hangzhou general, was responsible for Ladinsov to enrich the city's defense forces. Although Ilsheng had been prepared for a long time, and there were 8,000 soldiers and horses in the city, he still felt that nothing was enough.
Many people in the city want to escape from the city at this time and go to the territory of Jiangsu in the north, or even a little more north, it is best to run to the capital, and the capital should be the safest place. But the gates were sealed, and it was difficult for anyone to get out. Some gentry with financial resources and status tried to escape by bribery and other means, which also showed that the people in the city had huge doubts about whether Ilsheng could keep Hangzhou. Outside the city, there were 30,000 Taiwanese troops, and the artillery was amazingly powerful, and hundreds of civilians in the city had already died under artillery fire. Therefore, many people felt that the city could not be defended, and they had to get out of the city safely before the Zheng army's siege army entered the city.
Not to be outdone, the Qing army returned fire with Hongyi cannons placed at the head of the city, and for a time the smoke of gunpowder enveloped the ancient city of Hangzhou. The artillery bombardment of the Zheng army did not have an effect, but the artillery of the Qing army was a meritorious achievement, although the first round of shelling did not hit the artillery camp position of the Zheng army. However, he killed many ordinary soldiers in the army. Due to the reinforcement of the city wall of Hangzhou in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Therefore, the cannon owned by Zheng Jun did not cause any damage to him. The number of red-coated cannons belonging to Zheng Jun's division was quite limited, so Zheng Jun's temptation did not cause too much pressure on the Qing army defending the city, but strengthened the confidence of Yi Lesheng and others to defend it.
Of course, Zheng Jun's temptation was fruitless, and in a hurry, Shi Lang ordered the siege of the city. This is not to say that this Shi Lang is really so careless, in fact, Shi Langtong Guò carefully observed and found that the distribution of the Qing army was more troops in the east and south, and the terrain in the north and west of the city was slightly complicated, and it was impossible to store heavy troops. Therefore, the deployment of troops is small. However, there is also a difference between the east and the south, because there are only two gates of Fengshan Gate and Houchao Gate in the south city, so the Qing army only has the banner of two battalions of Fubiao, while in the east city, there are three gates of Hangzhou, Qingtai Gate and Wangjiang Gate and Qingchun Gate, so the three battalions of the superintendent and the first battalion of the military standard are arranged in this direction, and Yilesheng has been staying here.
Seeing that the artillery could not achieve the expected goal, Zheng Jun prepared to forcibly attack the city. At this time, due to the fear of accidental injury, Zheng Jun's Hongyi cannon also stopped temporarily, but the other Furang machine guns and tiger squat cannons rushed to the moat with the siege team. Regardless of three, seven, twenty-one, the first to shoot at the city is a random shot. In fact. Only a few of the lead, iron nails, and gravel fired by the Tiger Squat Cannons with a very close range could reach the city, and only the fifteen Furlong cannons were still powerful. caused a lot of damage to the Qing army defending the city. But as soon as the cannon sounded, the smoke of gunpowder quickly spread under the city, and for a while, the siege team of the Zheng army walked through the gunsmoke, but it was a posture of everyone marching forward bravely.
In this regard, the artillery of the Qing army on the tower of the city did not stop and still fired one after another, and the Zheng army had already come to the city, so the Qing artillery team ordered all the cannons to be loaded with shotguns.
"Tom tom!"
"Tom tom!"
"Tom tom!"
Dozens of large and small artillery pieces of the Qing army spread a shadow of death at the same time at this time, but Zheng Junchong was also very fast, and the Qing army only fired two rounds, and the vanguard of Zheng Jun had already killed the moat. The Qing army, which had rushed to the edge of the moat, began to use ladders and planks to build improvised pontoon bridges in the moat, while the other part waded through the water and advanced to the city wall.
At this time, the artillery on the head of the city was no longer of much use, and Ilssing, who was standing at the head of the city, immediately ordered: "Immediately counterattack, fire arrows, shoot!" ”
Hearing the heralds running around announcing the order, the foot soldiers leaned out of the battlements of the city wall and shot their mighty bows and arrows. Arrows rained down on Zheng Jun's head, and the shotgunners on one side were also firing, and rows of lead bullets were fired, but since they didn't have any regular ammunition at this time, the Qing army's shooting could not be compared to the new muskets in the hands of the horsetail soldiers. Although it took a minute for the gun to be loaded, Zheng Jun paid a considerable price under the dual effect of the projectiles flying sideways in all directions and the rockets that flew out after ignition. In less than half an hour, at least 1,000 people were killed or wounded on both sides.
But their own casualties can not shake the Zheng army generals at all levels to take the city of Hangzhou determination, under their supervision, regardless of the dead and wounded Zheng army still braved the fire net to set up a ladder on the city wall, the first Zheng army soldiers in the capital, garrison, thousands of general reprimands, desperate to climb up, from time to time some people were knocked down by projectiles, shrapnel, and some people slipped off the ladder because of stepping on blood, but in any case, Zheng Jun is gradually approaching their destination.
"Ahh A frightened scream rang out, and Zheng Jun, who was climbing, suddenly found that the heavens and the earth had turned upside down, but it was several Qing soldiers who pushed the ladder away from the city with forks, and caused the ladder to flip in the process. Of course, there are only a few phenomena of the ladder flipping, and more of them are pushed away without flipping and then smashing back into the city. However, a small part of the ladder broke off due to weight, center of gravity, impact, and sloppy bandaging when making the zuò. The Zheng soldiers on the ladder tried in vain to grab onto the fixed object, but fell heavily under the city wall in a near-free fall
Finally, after an hour of fierce attack, several Zheng soldiers still grabbed the city, but they not only had to face the fierce bows and arrows of the Qing army, but also faced the gun array of the Qing army, so they quickly fell down, and even some were forced back to the cloud ladder by the Qing army because they could not stand, so that they accidentally fell and died.
"Your Excellency the Governor, the battle against the sea in the east is very strong. My brothers suffered heavy casualties. Is it to put those strong men on the city tower for a while. Our brothers are a little overwhelmed. Ilsheng reported to Liu Zhaolin. Adults pay attention. At this time, Hai Reverse is already preparing to divide his troops, and it is estimated that he wants to attack the city on the other sides at the same time to divide our momentum. Please pay attention to the Governor! ”
"Dingding, dingding!" A sound of Ming Jin sounded, and the first attack of the Taiwanese army failed in this way, although it paid the price of nearly 2,000 men, but the Qing army also died at least these numbers.
"More than 2,200 people were lost in the city, and 100 people were injured on the way back and could not be answered. The casualties of the Qing army were roughly equal to ours. Although they occupy a geographical advantage, when it comes to combat bravery, our elite is much stronger than these green battalion soldiers. Zheng Jun's deputy general, Lu Jia, quickly counted it, and then reported to Shi Lang. Sure enough, the choice of the Qing army did not surprise him, and the Qing army was not undamaged, especially when the probe was shot, there were hundreds of people who were killed and injured by Zheng Jun's small firearms, but even if they knew their specific casualties, they still felt distressed for a while.
"You go down and regroup the left battalion, and then let the right battalion cooperate with you later, and you continue to attack the east gate. The south gate will be handed over to the front battalion to be responsible. Shi Lang gave the order unhurriedly. Wait a minute. The whole army continued to attack the city, and the task was exactly what had just been ordered. Be sure not to give the Tartars time to breathe. "The military order is like a mountain, Zheng Jun will act immediately, or it will be ready in less than a quarter of an hour!
With the passage of time, it was another half an hour, and the road in front of the Qingchun Gate, one of the east gates of Hangzhou, was cleared, and Zheng Jun began to push ten red-clothed cannons and began to approach. The fight above is still in full swing, but Shi Lang has no patience to consume it anymore, so even if he comes for two more days, he may not be able to take the city smoothly, but it is better to use some losses in exchange for the approach of the cannon and directly blast through the city gate. But it is certainly impossible to destroy the city wall with these cannons, and it is also very good to use cannons to break down the city gates
Hangzhou Qingchun Gate was built in the Southern Song Dynasty during the reign of Gaozong and Shaoxing. It has several names, such as "Dongqingmen", "Caishimen" and "Taipingmen". "Dongqingmen" is the name of Qingchun Gate when it was first built. The origin of the "vegetable market gate" is because there is a vegetable market outside the door. And "Taiping Gate" is the common name after Zhang Shicheng rebuilt Hangzhou at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the name of Qingchun Gate began in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the expansion of the eastern city wall of Hangzhou several times, the address has also changed a lot. Qingchun Street in Qingchun Gate has always been one of the prosperous streets. Huiji Bridge is located on the west side of Qingchun Gate, commonly known as "Salt Bridge", and was the place where salt ships were sold during the Song Dynasty. To the east, there is the Caishi Bridge, which was named after the vegetable market in the Song Dynasty. There is Chaoming Temple in the north, it is the ancient temple that was built in the back beam of the five dynasties, and there is Huilong Bridge in the north of the temple. It is precisely because of this that the road surface is paved with stone pavement, and Zheng Jun's ten red-clothed cannons can slowly approach!
"Whoosh! Rumble! The artillery of the Zheng army approached the city defense of the Qing army with difficulty, and the cannon was already less than 100 meters away from the city wall. In this position, the artillery scattered by the Qing army was helpless, and the bird guns that ventured to poke out their heads and shoot down could not reach them, so they could only let Zheng Jun's unilateral abuse. After the loud roar, the bricks of the ancient Hangzhou city wall cracked and turned into a pile of abandoned rubble scattered at the foot of the city, but the thick layer of rammed earth then absorbed the kinetic energy of the cannonballs.
Looking at the results of their own shooting, the helpless Zheng gunners had no choice but to shout slogans to reset the artillery again, then clear the chamber, reload, and finally fire again, the monotonous and boring process consumed too much body of the artillery soldiers. Speaking of which, although the Zheng army adopted the tactics of gathering fire to attack the same section of the city wall, because the result of the artillery bombardment at this time was still an uncontrollable process, it was also shit luck to occasionally hit the adjacent position with two shells, and it would take at least two to three days to really break this section of the city wall, so the artillery team leader shouted loudly for all the gunners to aim at the city gate, so that they could try several times and then knock down the gate of the city.
Not to the other city gate towers, there was no Zheng Jun's store directly below the Qingchun Gate, and all of them were given to the side to raise ladders to attack the city. Sure enough, not long after the cannon came up, three rounds were fired in a row, and finally a few shells accurately hit the city gate and blasted the city gate open. If the city gate is not opened, everything is fine, but once the city gate is broken, then the Qing army can only use human walls to temporarily block it. The Qing army seemed to understand that the final moment had come, and under Liu Zhaolin's order, thousands of soldiers immediately poured in from all sides and rushed to the city gate, ready to engage these Zheng troops who were rushing towards this side.
However, now the officers of the Zheng army have learned to be smart, and it is really a better strategy to use this advanced weapon, artillery, than to use this advanced weapon. Zheng Jun's gunners quickly fired a series of solid bullets and shotguns at the city gate, and the Qing army was killed and wounded one after another, but the ones behind and those were still squeezing forward!
Zheng Jun finished this round, and there was not much left of the Qing army at the city gate, mainly because the power of the scattered bullets was too great, it was simply a massacre! Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Zheng Jun began to rush up and fight against the Qing army. At the beginning, after all, the Qing army was in the city, and the Qing army suppressed the Zheng army by virtue of the numerical advantage in the city, but as the Zheng army in the formation continued to invest, the Qing army in front of him was forced to retreat, so that the Wangjiang Gate on the side also fell into the hands of Zheng Jun.
Following the change of hands of Yan Shengmen, more Zheng troops poured into the city of Fuzhou, some Zheng troops fought with the Qing reinforcements on the ground, and another part of the Zheng army quickly climbed to the top of the city to support their own attack. After clearing several Qing troops near Wangjiang Gate, Zheng Jun immediately went north along the city wall and prepared to further rush to the Genshan Gate, the north gate. As more and more Zheng troops poured into the city, the Qing army defending the city understood that the general trend had gone, and many newly recruited brave soldiers took off their uniforms and sneaked home as long as they did not die. (To be continued......)
PS: Yesterday was a problem with the computer.,Only one chapter was uploaded.,I'm also very anxious.,At least,Brother is no longer in attendance this month! But the minimum of 150,000 words this month is definitely guaranteed, and the average daily score will not be less than 5,000 words.