Chapter 323: Unsatisfactory Defense
The sound of artillery continued, and the soldiers of the Qing army ran as fast as they could, and it did not take long for them to appear under the dirt slope of the city wall.
There were many black holes sticking out of the city wall, and soon the sound of fire guns also sounded.
Ao Bai continued to observe, although he couldn't see clearly, but listening to the voice, he knew that those firearms were not too much, and the soldiers were used inside and outside, and it seemed that the Ming army was not enough to guard the Great Wall.
"Rush me with all my might! Take it all at once! ”
Can't hesitate, hesitation is a disastrous consequence, the Ming army will definitely reinforce, Ao Bai must rush down to take this section of the Great Wall before the Ming army reinforces the big reinforcements, and then rush out of the Gubei Pass.
The lethality of the firecrackers was very strong, the Ming army was very tenacious, and the condescending blow brought great trouble to the Qing army's offensive. Casualties could not stop the follow-up Qing army from constantly rushing bravely to the Great Wall, and the Ming army on the city wall finally began to exert force, and the sound of artillery and fire became more and more intensive. Ao Bai continued to observe the defending Ming army with some anxiety, and also observed the situation on both sides of the Great Wall.
This section of the Great Wall, which has a small slope, is very long, and more and more Qing troops are coming along the mountain road. The Qing army quickly began to attack both sides of the attack point, and the area of the attack became larger and larger, but defending the city was always an advantage, and the attacks one after another were always stubbornly resisted by the Ming army. The soldiers of Jianzhou were brave, although people kept being hit and rolling down the slope, although the artillery was still constantly bringing casualties to the follow-up soldiers, but there were still ladders of the Qing army that began to build the walls of the Great Wall. At this time, it seems that there are also Ming troops rushing to reinforce, but the number is limited, and Aobai finally determined that the defense of the Ming army is insufficient, and there is a great hope of taking it.
It is much easier to attack the Great Wall from the inside than from the outside, because the inside is much shorter than the outside, and the so-called steep terrain is mainly chosen for the outside, and the inside cannot be taken into account. As more and more Qing soldiers came under the walls, the death continued. Nearly half an hour later, the frenzied attacks that followed one after another made the Ming army defending the Great Wall begin to strain, and then used grenades.
The scene of grenades exploding in the crowd is very scary, but the grenades of the Ming army seem to be very limited, and they are always sparse.
The use of grenades is also the means of zuihou, a Qing army officer not far from the city began to organize some people to form an arrow array, as the flying white feathers rushed to the Great Wall, more crazy attacks began.
The sound of the guns was weakening, it seemed that there was a problem with the loading, and the Ming army finally showed obvious casualties, but they still stubbornly held back the Qing army on the city wall. The erected ladders were pushed down, the people were hit by the firecrackers, and the grenades were thrown more frequently.
Attacking fortifications has always been synonymous with heavy losses, Ao Bai is very sad, this kind of strong offensive operations have always needed to use the signing army, but now there is no cannon fodder, the population of Jianzhou is limited, and there are few soldiers in the prime of life, and the loss of one is one less. And these warriors are undoubtedly the backbone of Jianzhou Zuihou, Liliang, such a loss is not only painful, it is estimated that the two regent are even more painful.
The continuous attack had been going on for nearly an hour, and the sound of the Ming gunners' artillery had become sparse. It also seems that there is something wrong with the artillery of the Ming army. The sound of the firebolt still echoed from time to time, and the frequency of this sound was noticeably weaker, and the sound of a powerful grenade had not sounded for a long time.
Finally, a Jianzhou warrior climbed the walls of the Great Wall, which meant that the close-quarters fight began.
The Qing soldier who first climbed the city wall was of a majestic figure. Still wearing heavy armor, a Ming soldier's spur stabbed him in the left shoulder, and the brave Qing warrior ignored it. He slashed the Ming soldier with his sword, and climbed to the top of the city. And several Ming soldiers quickly made up, the spurs in their hands stabbed out like lightning, and the brave Qing soldiers had nowhere to avoid, and the moment a few spurs pierced, he swung his knife again and slashed over a Ming soldier.
The tragedy was unavoidable, but the close-range combat without retreat meant that the Qing army's attack had an effect, and the nervous Ao Bai breathed a long sigh of relief
In the pier platform on the side of the Ming army.
"How many are you guess killed?" The fight continued, and Weng Zhiqi, who was standing at the arrow hole of a beacon tower, couldn't help but ask.
"Three or four thousand, right?" Yu Dahu replied calmly:
Weng Zhiqi was a little dissatisfied: "Too little! If you work harder, it's almost close to 10,000! ”
"It's hard to master how many kills! Then listen to you, and do it harder! Yu Dahu agreed after a little hesitation, and it seems that he is not satisfied:
The dissatisfaction of the two people in charge of defense is actually Aobai's troubles.
was full of hope, but suddenly a lot of reinforcements ran out of nowhere, and they seemed to be very strong, which made Ao Bai can't help but feel palpitations.
The palpitations and annoyance were because these reinforcements seemed to have brought a lot of firearms, and also brought a lot of grenades, and the deafening sound of firearms became frequent again, and this frequency was the loss of life, and the losses of the Jianzhou warriors began to skyrocket again.
Zhou Huchen's soldiers are really strong! And the reinforcements also came at a very good time, and at this critical moment it was undoubtedly a kind of spiritual destruction for Aobai.
In his sigh, Ao Bai had to increase his troops to the Great Wall again.
How many Qing warriors will die? Ao Bai couldn't estimate, but he knew that how many people died had to attack, and he had to take this section of the Great Wall.
The Ming army has become stronger than ever, and the re-strengthening of the Ming is inevitable, and the general Zhou Huchen is still too young, it is said that he is just twenty years old. The twenty-year-old commander of the army has time, and I am afraid that even if he escaped from the customs this time, the Qing Kingdom will only have a remnant of life. Zhou Huchen will pursue, will recover the whole of Liaodong, will make Wuliangha a complete vassal, and will drive the Jianzhou people back to the cold ice fields further north.
And Zhou Huchen, who was longing for him, had already passed Shunyi to Huairou at this time, accompanied by Huang Degong.
Corpses are everywhere, this is the scene seen in the land of Huairou.
Almost all of these corpses were the bannermen and their families who had entered the customs, and the news brought by the scouts was that the killing ahead was still continuing, and the killing of the invading bannermen was not only the common people, but also the cavalry of Yan Bingtai and Sun Dayong.
After all, the two of them couldn't hold their breath, but fortunately, there was still a long way to go, and they didn't destroy their jihua, Zhou Huchen didn't say anything, and Huang Degong didn't say anything, because they couldn't stop it for the time being, and they didn't want to stop it.
"It's not far off, I'm afraid it will take a long time this time!"
Huang Degong knew what Zhou Huchen was talking about, the land outside the gate was too vast, and it took a long time to conquer these places, and most of these places were bitter cold places, and some places were not populated at all. These places were actually of little use to the Ming people in this era, just an extension of the imperial court's territory, and to put it bluntly, occupying these places was just good to look at and sound good.
So Huang Degong just nodded, he didn't say anything.
"What about the future? There is still a future! Zhou Huchen seemed to be muttering to himself, and this muttering seemed to be saying to Huang Degong to listen.
Ao Bai is wrong, Zhou Huchen's goal is too big, he not only wants to drive Jianzhou to the cold ice fields further north, but also to drive them to Mongolia, and some people will never die, as long as Zhou Huchen needs him, he will not die, Zhou Huchen will have an excuse to continue to use troops, and he can continue to implement his jihua.
Undeveloped land can be sent to develop, or it can be left to future generations, anyway, it can't be given to other races, and many territories should belong to this China, which is Zhou Huchen's bottom line. (To be continued......)