064 The Battle of Life and Death
During the fierce battle at the head of the city, all the Taiping soldiers and Polish women and children in the town were mobilized, and the reliable Polish traitors were distributed weapons to defend themselves, while the rest of the Poles were kept together and resigned to their fate......
Under the command of Hong Tiancheng, a modern man, the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army set up a barricade that looked quite good, using sandbags, stones and houses as obstacles, and several senior musketeers of the Taiping Army were arranged in every block and every house.
The senior musketeers of the Taiping Army, who failed to climb the city wall to fight, were thus covered with the barricade houses of the entire Beshev town under Hong Tiancheng's order to defend to the end, while the elite Taiping Army musketeers with early flintlock muskets followed Hong Tiancheng to guard in the tallest small building in the center of the town, relying on the square in the center of the town and the three-story building of the small building, establishing a simple three-dimensional shooting defensive position.
Hong Tianben himself stood at the top tower in the center of the town, keeping a close eye on the battle below.
Of course, Hong Tiancheng did not have to fight to the death, although he ordered his soldiers to fight to the last man, but privately placed several traveling horses for running at the other three city gates in addition to the direction of the city gate where he was fighting, and Hong Tiancheng had two Polish military horses with the best horsepower.
If he really has no power to return to the sky, Hong Tiancheng can only run alone and start all over again......
Because the Taiping soldiers are all infantry, he can't run away with a large army, relying on the small town of Beshev to fight street battles can also maximize the Taiping soldiers' spirit of not fearing death, if you escape from the town with the troops, you will have no chance of winning in the face of the Polish hussars with superior forces!
Kaspersky and Hamsbond were sent to rally the Polish traitors and Taiping followers to resist with the Taiping soldiers, and all the Poles loyal to the Taiping wore a red turban on their heads.
However, the Polish armed forces loyal to the Taiping Army were strictly ordered to operate only in a part of the area, and if they crossed the border, they would be shot mercilessly by the Taiping musketeers stationed there!
In fact, Hong Tiancheng did not expect much of the role of the Polish traitors and Taiping followers who were left with only the old and weak women and children, and Hong Tiancheng's order was nothing more than to let them delay for a little more time and cause some trouble to the Polish army.
The town of Beshev was busy transporting supplies to improve the barricade defense line of street fighting, and the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army at the head of the city were finally smashed into a gap in the city after the first Polish hussars boarded.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of dismounted Polish hussars and Polish cavalry swarmed in, compared to the Polish infantry who lacked morale before, these elites had only fought a bloody battle at the end before, and the loss of spirit and spirit was not great.
On the other hand, many of the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army were nervous almost all the time from morning to night, and they could only take time to eat a few bites of food to satisfy their hunger between the battles.
Moreover, the luxurious armor of the Polish hussars also put a lot of pressure on the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army.
The bloody battle at the head of the city lasted for more than half an hour, and with the Polish hussars as the main force, the Polish cavalry and Polish infantry assisted, they were forced to pile up with human lives.
When the flag of the Taiping Army at the head of the town of Beshew was cut down and the crown flag of the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania was hoisted, the whole city suddenly resounded with a tsunami-like cry of "Long live Great Poland".
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army lurking behind the city wall suddenly rushed out to shoot pieces of lead bullets at the city while the Poles were cheering, and the cheers of the Poles were immediately replaced by the roar of muskets!
The Poles never expected that when there was no longer a standing Taiping soldier at the head of the city, the scattered Taiping soldiers in the small town of Beshew still had the courage to launch a counterattack, or a collective act of the formation!
Led by the Polish hussars, the Polish army shouted curses and picked up their swords again and rushed down the city.
Smoke rose and the Polish soldiers paid hundreds of corpses unconcealed as they rushed down the city, followed by a hand-to-hand combat that was mentally exhausting but had to be engrossed!
After eliminating the veteran musketeers of the Taiping Army who were ambushed under the city walls, the Polish army, who thought the battle was over, had just entered the narrow neighborhood of the town of Beshev when they were killed by the muzzles of guns sticking out of the windows of houses on all sides and turned into a corpse!
The barrage of blows could not even support the Polish hussars, and they retreated to the perimeter of the city walls in disarray, looking at the intricate streets of the houses and alleys of the town of Beshev with horrified eyes.
The previous experience made them understand that the town of Beshev is no longer an ordinary country town, but a flood beast full of deadly dangers!
Krysztof soon received the news that the army in the city had suffered heavy losses under attack, and even though he had learned of the stubborn nature of the Taiping army, he could not help but curse after receiving the news.
After scolding for a few minutes, Krysztof looked up at the approaching dusk, and said to the surrounding guards and henchmen: "It's about to get dark, we can't continue to drag it out, the Taiping soldiers are very tenacious in their will to fight, and at night, compared with the quality of our soldiers, it is likely that they will be caught off guard by a sneak attack, resulting in the failure of the day's results." ”
Krysztof's eagle-like eyes glanced at the henchmen around him, and ordered categorically: "This battle must end tonight, I will personally lead you to clear the Taiping army lurking in the town, the area of Beshev town is not large, it won't take long." ”
Under Krysztov's resolute tone, the nobles and henchmen under his command did not dare to talk much even if they did not want to get into danger, and even the most noble Krysztof personally went into battle, what reason did they have to refuse?
There is no 'good' tradition in Poland that high-ranking officials do not fight.
A Krysztof banner followed him into the town of Beshev, and the Polish soldiers and Polish hussars who had just been forced back to the foot of the city wall suddenly burst into earth-shattering cheers.
This is why European armies are led by officers, and Europeans worship warriors, so they prefer to fight with a commander who rushes to the front, rather than a commander who sits in the center......
Basically, large-scale battles will be fought by kings of continental countries to boost morale, and the effect is very significant!
Under the red and yellow sunset, the town of Beshev once again ushered in a bloody battle, which was a battle of life and death for Hong Tiancheng, and the same was true for Kryshtov!