"Hold him." Liu Wei shouted calmly and forcefully. After his subordinates grabbed the wounded shooter, Liu Wei grabbed an axe, and without saying a word, raised it high and slashed it towards the shooter's right arm. The blade of the axe slashed into the human bone, making a dull popping sound, and when the arm was connected to the last piece of muscle and bone left in the human body, Liu Wei asked his subordinates to pull the arm that was about to break with all their strength, and then swung the last axe fiercely.

"One, two, put!" Liu Wei issued an order, and several Qing soldiers let go at the same time, and the broken arm immediately rushed into the shooting hole, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. There was a loud shout from outside the wall, and the Ming army with the broken arm had just left the ladder, and kicked on the wall of Chongqing with both legs to drag the Qing army into the shooting hole, and then put a rope loop on him to block this fire point. The sudden air shot caught the Ming army off guard, and he lost his balance all of a sudden.

I don't know if the Ming army outside can grab the wall at a critical juncture, Liu Wei can't control it so much, and orders the subordinates around him to use the corpses like this in the future to fight back against the Ming army who want to pull the Qing army out of the wall.

Although the intensity of the Ming army's offensive was far greater than he imagined, Li Guoying still did not plan to use the Han Eight Banners to participate in the battle, if these reserves were exhausted, he would not only be unable to counterattack, but would even lose control of the battle situation, and could only watch the various fronts evolve on their own.

Li Guoying felt that fortunately, the biggest threat was Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, although Liu Tichun's original offensive was very fierce, but today the Qing army specially arranged a defense against him, so the Yiling army failed to achieve good results. However, Liu Tichun was in the southernmost section of the battle line, which played a leading role and attracted many Qing troops away from Tongyuanmen; He Zhen, who was located between Yuan Zongdi and Li Laiheng, his offensive was also blocked by the Qing army, and the equipment and combat effectiveness of He Zhen's men were inferior to Liu Tichun, let alone compared to Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi; The worst is Dang Shousu, his equipment is the worst in the Ming army, and he has not been under Huguang with Deng or has not been replenished.

In the past two years, Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng have occupied a better territory, and left the original military tun to Dang Shousu and Ma Tengyun. However, the improvement of the territory and economy could not immediately bring about a leap in the combat effectiveness of the army. The army that Dang Shousu brought to Chongqing this time was essentially a Kuidong army four years ago, and it was no different from when Yuan Zongdi and Deng Ming first met.

Therefore, the battle of Jintangmen proceeded quite smoothly, and the troops of the party defenders had been trying to fill the trenches and approach the city walls, but they were effectively suppressed by the Qing troops on the battlements, and the lack of long-range weapons could only grit their teeth and carry out shield cover for the porters and communication lines. Now the mountain road in front of the Jintang Gate was almost stained with the blood of the soldiers of the Kuidong Army, and the soldiers with no armor and simple shields and the heavy auxiliaries they wanted to protect were all over the place, and the seriously wounded could only crawl back to their positions slowly, because no one dared to go out into the open to rescue them - they were ruthlessly attacked by the condescending Qing army all morning, and those who rushed out of the shield array to help their comrades were also knocked to the ground without landing.

"Thieves, come to attack the city!"

The laughter of the Qing army floated from the tower of Jintangmen City. Their shooters stood by the battlements, as if they were playing a game, constantly laughing and insulting the Kui Dong soldiers. Many humiliating Ming army officers took the lead in the charge, but not only did they fail to break through the trench, but were shot down in front of the city of Chongqing.

In the distance, the party guards were furious, almost gritting their teeth, but they were helpless against these arrogant enemies. He had lost a lot of his valiant men this morning, and it seemed that he would not be able to participate in the general attack.

After learning that Dingyuan Gate was in an emergency, Li Guoying immediately sent people to Jintangmen, south of Tongyuan Gate, to draw troops.

When Li Guoying's envoy arrived, Jintangmen immediately sent reinforcements to the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the guards thought it was a waste to put a large number of troops in front of the party Shousu. The Jintangmen guards also reported to Li Guoying that the Kuidong Army in front of them had stopped attacking, and it could be considered that the war here was over.

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Knowing that the Ming army had landed at the corner of the city wall of Dingyuan Gate, and the soldiers of the two armies had begun to engage in short-handed combat, Li Guoying felt heavy. Now the Ming army has not been able to expand the breakthrough, but the next consumption will become more intense, Li Guoying can only hope that before the blood of the Ming army is drained, the Qing army in Chongqing will not shed its own blood first.

Fortunately, the situation on the Jintangmen side was good, and He Zhen, who was in the middle of Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, also performed poorly. It is reported that this person's troops are digging the city wall -- He Zhen, you haven't even climbed the city, and it's not efficient to dig the wall, the city wall in Chongqing is made of mountain rocks, which is extremely heavy, and Li Guoying feels that He Zhen can't pick up two stones in a day. Since the other party has this leisure, let him take it away - can you still dig a big hole in the wall and get through?

The herald who came to report from Dingyuan Gate also sent a scratching gun, Li Guoying checked this special weapon, and found that the quality of the gun was good, quite strong, no wonder it could be used to pull people and grab walls; The iron eagle claw on the gun head made Li Guoying feel worried, the manufacturing process of this gun head is not too difficult, but there are a lot of materials, more than the ordinary iron gun head.

What's more, when Li Guoying and Yuan Zongdi were fighting in Zhongxian, the other party did not come up with such a weapon, as long as you observe this scratching gun, people with a little experience will know that it is not suitable for field combat; However, it is not bad to scratch the gun to attack the city, whether it is to catch the head of the city, or to hook the guards, or to dig out the shooting holes, they are all quite useful weapons -- in Li Guoying's view, a good weapon is powerful, quick to produce results, and can immediately make people lose their combat effectiveness. In field battles, the spear cannot be compared to the spear because it does not have a forward blade, but the pullback during siege makes it much more powerful than ordinary knives and guns; According to the report from the far gate, under the threat of this iron hook, the officers and veterans of the Qing army did not dare to approach the city wall and the shooting hole, which led the Ming army to find an opportunity to climb the city wall.

The casualty report of Dingyuanmen was not small, but it did not make Li Guoying feel unacceptable, and it seemed that the damage caused by scratching the gun was still not as good as Li Laiheng's strong bow and crossbow. But the visual impact of watching a companion being torn to death, watching a person's face and limbs being torn off his body is far stronger than seeing a companion nailed to the wall with a crossbow arrow.

Li Guoying waved the rifle in his hand, and found that this weapon was not very easy to master, according to the herald soldiers, the Ming army could use this thing to jump up and down the wall, and it was also accurate to hook people with iron hooks. This meant that Yuan Zongdi had enough financial resources to build a special weapon for his subordinates to use in the battle for the city walls, and this weapon was not a simple product, and its materials and labor were not under the fine swords and guns.

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After occupying a section of the city wall, Yuan Zongdi's subordinates began to tear down the city wall. Yasukuni is a battle-hardened veteran who knows that the battlefield is changing rapidly and can be turned upside down at any time, so he is working steadily to ensure that any battlefield advantage he gains is maintained.

While ordering the demolition of the wall, Yuan Zongdi did not forget to teach the officers around him, so that they could listen to his lectures while looking at the battlefield: "In the past, when the king attacked the city, the first merit was not given to the first person to climb the city wall, but to the first person to tear down the city wall. Why? For the man who climbed the wall might be worried about what was in the storehouse and would rush down desperately, and if he was killed, he would have no effect on the army. If the walls are recaptured by the enemy counterattack, everything will have to be restarted from the beginning. And if the city wall is demolished, even if only one battlement is removed, there will be one less barrier in this section of the city wall next time; Even if only one brick is removed, it is better than not moving. King Chuang set up such a rule so that the people who ascended the city would not rush forward, but for the sake of the whole army, and were willing to clear the way for the army. ”

Today is only the first day of a full-scale attack, Yuan Zongdi thinks that Li Guoying should still have a certain strength in his hands, at least he has not seen the appearance of the Han Eight Banners, so Yuan Zongdi not only always retains a large number of reserves in his hands, but also formulates an attack plan step by step. Today, as long as Yuan Zongdi can tear down all the battlements of this section of the city wall and plug all the shooting holes, he will achieve his goal, so that when he attacks again tomorrow, there will be no big difference between this section of the city wall and the earth enclosure. And if the Ming army can remove all the bricks (after removing the stone bricks on the city wall, it is easy to pick up the surface of the city wall from top to bottom) and completely turn this section of the Chongqing city wall into an earthen wall, then the advantage of the defenders will be almost lost - although the tunnel is not easy to dig, Yuan Zongdi knows that the earthen wall can still be blown up.

After the Ming army demolished more than a dozen battlements, suddenly an urgent signal was issued on the city wall, and Yuan Zongdi hurriedly sent someone to ask when he saw this, and learned that his subordinates had found reinforcements from the enemy army, and they were holding colorful banners.

Now in the Ming army, those who do not have much psychological barrier to the Eight Banners are Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and Deng Ming, who have all defeated the Eight Banners in a few years; The second is Li Laiheng, who followed Deng Ming to ambush the Eight Banners in Nanjing. Yuan Zongdi's subordinates were very nervous, and as soon as they saw these colored flags, they hurriedly called the police, and then nervously began to prepare for war.

On the contrary, their commander laughed, and after Yuan Zongdi learned that the Eight Banners had finally appeared, he couldn't help but say to the people around him: "Li Guoying didn't know the determination and strength of our army at all, so he hurriedly sent the Eight Banners, and he had already lost this battle." Well, in three days we will be able to take the city gates, and in five days we will be able to take Chongqing. ”

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The report sent to Deng Ming happened to be recorded here. This is an escort officer who transported grain to the Kuidong Army, and just when Yuan Zongdi was emotional, he went to ask Yuan Zongdi to sign for it, and the officer heard these words and reported it to the authorities in Xuzhou and Chengdu, and finally wrote it in a report to Deng Ming.

After reading this report, Deng Ming also felt that the battle situation in Chongqing was developing in a direction favorable to the Ming army, but when he raised his head, he saw Zhao Tianba's brows tightly locked, and couldn't help asking, "What does Brother Zhao think?" ”

"Back in Baoning, Li Guoying once made the Green Battalion soldiers disguise themselves as Eight Banner Soldiers," Zhao Tianba recalled the tragic past of Xiying: "The King of Shu saw it and thought that Li Guoying had no soldiers in his hands at all, so he relaxed his guard. ”