1o-24 Qingdao Siege

At the head of Qingdao City, the cannons have been loaded, the gunners have tightened the cannon ropes, the infantry have leveled the guns, and a pair of angry eyes are waiting for the enemy troops who are slowly coming up from the city.

Lu Ying's palms were full of sweat, the handle of the knife was slippery, and he was restrained several times when he waved the command knife and wanted to order the cannon, Liu Ziguang often taught them to put the people first, if they rashly opened fire and killed a large number of people, not only was his conscience condemned, but the military law did not allow him. But if you don't open the artillery, the Qing army will climb the city, God knows how many Qing troops are mixed with these people, and they stick them under the city, and the cannon will not be able to wield it, only the fire gun knife and gun are difficult to withstand the attack, Qingdao has fallen, and the foundation of the marshal for many years has been ruined.

Lu Ying was hesitating, in fact, there was nothing to think about, his subconscious told himself that he must shoot! It's just that he can't bear to make this choice, seeing that the black crowd in the distance has come closer, only two hundred steps away, and if he doesn't fire the cannon, he will lose the opportunity, Lu Ying gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, waved the command knife and was about to give an order, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and he turned his head to see that it was Shi Kefa, the prefect of Qingzhou.

Qingdao City is very large, the garrison is very small, so the people are selected from the refugees to enhance the strength, Shi Kefa is the prefect of Qingzhou, and his prestige among the refugees is extremely high, so he was elected as the leader, leading thousands of strong men to the city with swords, guns, bows and arrows to help the war, he is the five-grade prefect of the dignified court, Lu Ying also wants to give some face, so let him stand next to the enemy together.

"Don't open fire, don't hurt the lives of your fathers and fellow villagers." Shi Kefa said firmly.

"If you don't fire Qingdao, it's dangerous, I have to save Qingdao first, and then I can protect the lives of these people outside the city!" Lu Ying shouted loudly, but obviously lacked confidence, listening to the endless crying of women and children outside the city, Lu Ying's hands were trembling, his wife had just given birth to a big fat boy, and he suddenly lost his previous determination and bravery, and he hesitated again and again when he encountered this kind of thing.

Shi Kefa pressed Lu Ying's hand holding the knife, pulled out a carved arrow from the quiver on his waist, put it on the bow, and aimed at the city for a while, an arrow was shot, and a small leader of the Qing army who was hiding in the people fell to the ground, and the city wall was jubilant, Shi Kefa threw the carved bow to his subordinates, and said to Lu Ying: "There is a way!" The official is willing to lead the people to rescue these people into the city, and General Lu only needs to fire artillery to prevent the Qing army from taking the opportunity to attack. ”

In a hurry, there was no better way, so Lu Ying took Shi Kefa's suggestion and shouted: "Open the city!" "Qingdao's North Gate Suspension Bridge rumbled down, the city gate was wide open, and a group of people rushed out like a whirlwind, shockingly, for one person turned out to be a civil official, holding a sword, wearing a patch uniform, beard, shouting loudly to kill thieves! The Shandong Righteous Army behind him, all of them are iron-clad tough guys, rushing into the enemy group for a while to slash, this is a face-to-face hand-to-hand combat, the shameless Qing army still uses the people as shields, the strong men inevitably throw rat bogeys, and the combat effectiveness can not be waved, but the people also raised the spirit of seeing death as home, and would rather die by themselves than get in the way, hundreds of people are righteous and awe-inspiring in front of the Qing soldiers' swords and guns, and the righteous soldiers fight together.

The Ming army went out of the city to rescue as early as the Qing army expected, taking advantage of the chaos at the city gate, Wang Fuchen, the general who presided over the Qingdao war, waved the order flag, and the cavalry brigade that could not bear it had already swarmed out and rushed in the direction of the city gate, wanting to rush into Qingdao City while the Ming army was rescuing the people.

Wang Fuchen knew that the firepower of the Ming army in Qingdao must be very fierce, so he came up with this despicable human shield method, and now the people are in a position of one hundred zhang outside the city of Qingdao, which is about the best range of the Ming army's firearms, with this group of people to accompany the tie-up, they are not afraid of the Ming army's artillery, the Qing army's horses are fast, and they can rush to the city in a breath, blow up the city gate with a ** bag, and the cavalry will fight closely, and Qingdao Yiqi is just around the corner.

But Wang Fuchen did not expect the fierceness of Qingdao City's fire power and the long range, at the same time as his cavalry dispatched, the artillery on the city also began to roar, the flowering shotgun with the anger of the Ming army smashed towards the Qing cavalry, countless steel fragments formed a barrage, blocking the Qing army's offensive, in order to reduce casualties, the Qing army also specially opened the distance between the cavalry, they thought that the solid shells of the Ming army could not stop the cavalry fast attack even if they hit it intensively, how do you know that when encountering this advanced shotgun, A cannonball can cover a distance of more than ten zhang in a radius, although facing the dense fire net, but the military order is like a mountain, the Qing army still rushed forward without hesitation, countless war horses and knights fell under the fire net, even Wang Fuchen couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but at this time to give up is to give up the previous efforts, Wang Fuchen waved his hand, and the green battalion infantry also pressed up.

At the head of Qingdao city, the Ming army took off their shirts and operated the cannon shirtless, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of the cannon was deafening, and the hot brass shells fell to the ground with the opening of the cannon latch, and the people carried the cannonballs from under the city wall, and they were very busy.

Looking at the battle under the city, there has been a reversal, Shi Kefa led the people to fight bravely, and killed the Qing soldiers mixed in the people, the follow-up strength of the Qing army can not keep up, it is difficult to rely on these cloud ladder soldiers alone, slowly all the Qing soldiers have been cleared, Shi Kefa is covered in blood, holding the sword hall, covering the people to withdraw to the city.

Although Shi Kefa tried his best to rescue, there were still thousands of corpses under the city, most of them were the corpses of the people, at a glance, blood flowed all over the ground, a burst of children's crying came, I don't know which mother protected the child under him, but he has already returned to the west, Lu Ying couldn't help but think of his child, if the enemy is allowed to come in, I am afraid that his child will also become an orphan, Qingdao garrison is only thousands, in the face of tens of thousands of enemy troops, can only resist to the death, and protect the safety of relatives with flesh and blood.

The shelling continued, using the most advanced flowering grenades, the Qing army's offensive was very fierce, and it rushed forward without fear of death, and many people had crossed the barrage blockade line, but fortunately at this time the people had withdrawn to the city, and the Ming army could strike with short-range firepower.

The heavy artillery bombardment was suspended, the Qing army had no pressure, and it rushed over like a tide, Wang Fuchen thought that the Ming army's shells were finished, and his face was filled with a reserved smile, as if he had seen his tooth flag planted in the city of Qingdao.

"The reserves press." Wang Fuchen ordered in a deep voice, this is the characteristic of his northwest horse harrier war, leaving no back, pouring out of the nest, and crushing the enemy's will to resist with a sea of people.

The enemy troops all over the mountains shouted hoarsely with bright swords and guns, which is a kind of psychological pressure for people with big nerves, although the Qingdao defenders are well-armed, but most of them are second-line troops who have not experienced battles, and the hands of the sailors and soldiers holding the firearms are a little trembling, they are afraid that their shooting degree will not be able to keep up with the enemy's attack, but they are not as strong as those people under Shi Kefa, their eyes are fierce, and they are calm and calm.

Lu Ying is an old man from the death camp, when 2,000 men and horses guarded Jinan, the situation was much more critical than now, now there are all kinds of firearms, sufficient food and grass, and smooth sea routes, what is there to fear, the human shield no longer exists, what they need to do now is to tilt a large amount of scorching steel on the heads of those traitors outside.

"All firearms are ready, listen to my command before firing." Lu Ying's order reached every corner of the fortress, and the soldiers took advantage of the brief ceasefire to cool the barrels with wet earth, and the light artillery and platoon guns were loaded with ammunition and ready to fire.

The Qing army gathered more and more, the ladder also brought more than a dozen, the density of personnel under the city has increased greatly, and the arrows of the Qing army have begun to shoot up, but because the defense equipment on the city is complete, it has not been able to hurt people, the ladder has been erected and is ready to be built on the city, the Qing army is excitedly clamoring, waving knives and guns, but at this moment the city still does not fire, but falls into a silence.

Not good! Ma Harrier Wang Fuchen with many years of experience in the army felt that things were a little bad, the Ming army could never be on these means, so silent must be brewing some big strike, but at this time there is no turning back, can only expect his subordinates to climb up to the city to fight hand-to-hand, Wang Fuchen raised the clairvoyant mirror to look at the battle under the city, only to see that the Qing army has organized an offensive formation, the archers lined up in a horizontal line to the city wall to release arrows to suppress, the ladder soldiers held shields and melee ladder knives two inches shorter than the ordinary waist knife, lined up behind the ladder to climb the city.

Suddenly, a dense black spot suddenly appeared on the silent city, and then a long small window appeared on the neat city wall, and a black cylinder poked out from it and sprayed fire below, and in an instant Qingdao City exploded his most powerful melee power, bombs, lead, crossbow arrows, and fire oil bombs rained down, and the city of Qingdao suddenly became a human purgatory, a sea of fire.

Qingdao's city defense system is divided into three levels, long-range suppression and blocking shooting with the most advanced heavy artillery, medium-distance strikes with old-fashioned solid bullet copper cannons and catapults, close combat is with 32 barrels of guns and small bed crossbows that throw incendiary bombs, of course, there are individual weapons of the defenders, the Ming army has been holding back the fire for a long time, this will leak out, the firepower is extremely fierce, the soldiers are round and throw grenades downward, this is a simple small bomb, a round iron lump is filled with **, and the outside is pre-engraved reticulated groove, There is a fuse stretched out on it, and when it is used, the fuse is lit and thrown down, and the enemy soldiers within a radius of five zhang will be killed, and the incendiary bomb thrown by a small ballista is a clay pot filled with fierce fire oil, and the mouth of the jar is wrapped with hemp rope, and it is lit with fire and shot out, and it is a sea of fire when it lands.

Qingdao's city defense is far from Jinan and Tianjin, which can be compared to cities like Jinan, even Beijing and Nanjing can not withstand its firepower density, the densely arranged Qing army suffered an unprecedented blow, a ghost cried wolf, countless people were killed on the spot, and many people were covered in fire, rolling on the ground while screaming bitterly, and after a while, it turned into a pile of black things, the Qing army, which was lucky not to be killed and burned to death, retreated backwards while protecting his body with a shield, but did not dare to retreat on the whole line, because Wang Fuchen's military law was strict, There was no order to behead those who retreated.

Wang Fuchen's heart is dripping blood, these soldiers are his family background, if he is gone, he will not speak in front of Hong Dashuai, his waist is not hard, look around, the deputy generals dare not speak, everyone knows Wang Fuchen's courage in fighting, and he will never spare the death and injury of the soldiers, but this time even Wang Fuchen can't hold on, this is not a war, it is to send him to death, even if there are 100,000 people, it is not enough to fill it like this, he opened his mouth, I don't know when his mouth has dried up and he can't speak, he cleared his throat and said in a hoarse voice: "Mingjin!" ”

There was a gong sound from the distant Qing army, and the remnants of the city were relieved, turned around and ran, but the Ming army did not intend to let them retreat, and the heavy artillery began to roar again, this time it was not to block the Qing army's attack, but to prevent them from escaping, a barrage harvested lives, and it was also deeply stabbing Wang Fuchen's heart.

"Take Qingdao, and you will slaughter the city for seven days!" Wang Fuchen said a word fiercely, turned the horse and left, he really couldn't look at it anymore, this siege battle, his horse harrier's troops stopped seven out of ten, but I am afraid that they can no longer maintain large-scale operations.