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The Tuweizi city wall of the small town of Beshev only provided a condescending firing platform, not an orthodox fortification at all, and its greatest use to Hong Tiancheng was nothing more than forcing the Polish army to give up its best cavalry superiority and use the most elite Polish hussars as infantry.
Of course, attacking the low earthen walls of the town of Beshev, the Polish infantry did not even need a proper ladder, but only a simple wooden ladder that was easy to build.
However, as soon as the siege began, Kresztof was embarrassed, and the Polish infantry, who had been forcibly regrouped with serious deficiencies, could not step on the improvised wooden ladder at all, and the group of Polish infantry broke up after a few volleys from above......
"Damn, are all the soldiers of the Taiping Army wooden? Haven't they been tired at all since the early morning?! ”
Krysztof cursed with a very bad face, because he found that his precious Polish hussars seemed to have to consume a group in the siege battle, and these Polish hussars were all the capital of his southern and northern wars, and his position and prestige in the Koniecpolsky family would be challenged if he died!
At this moment, Krysztof couldn't help but feel a little retreating in his heart, but when he thought of the defeat in this battle to a group of unknown Tatar bandits, and the blow to his prestige, he had to continue the battle with a hard head.
At this point, the walls of the town of Beshev were covered with Polish corpses, and if he withdrew his troops and left, Krysztof could imagine with his ass that his reputation for bravery and might would be shattered into a puddle of shit, and the families of thousands of Polish soldiers who died in battle would ruin Krysztof's reputation to nothing!
In this era, no one will condemn the winner, or no one will dare to condemn, but the loser will never lack people who fall into the ground, not to mention the relatives and families whose relatives are led to death by stupid generals.
The public opinion offensive was not invented by later civilized societies, as early as ancient countries, officials and nobles were deeply aware of this, and sometimes even kings and emperors had to pay attention to the overall trend of speech.
For Krysztov, a descendant who has no orthodox inheritance, pays more attention to prestige, it is not that he can't afford to lose, but he can't accept such a tragic defeat!
"Let the cavalry and hussars dismount and participate in the siege, and be sure to take the town of Beshev before dark!"
Under Krysztoff's gritted teeth, a new round of general offensive began, this time the Polish army mobilized all the fresh reserves and cavalry, and only Krysztof's personal guards and some wounded who could not go to the battlefield remained in the rear.
Since he had already paid the price of so many lives, Krysztof simply did not stop fighting to the end, as long as he won the victory, he was confident that this battle would be proclaimed as a great deed, after all, where was the strength of Hong Tiancheng's Taiping army, the Poles present saw the strength of the Taiping army and the morale of the battle.
The only thing missing is the identity of Hong Tiancheng, a 'god stick' who popped up out of nowhere, but this aspect is difficult for Krysztov, as long as he gets Hong Tiancheng's head, he can be given a prominent Tatar aristocratic identity at will, such as a down-and-out Tatar prince or something......
As long as the victory is won, the upper nobles such as Krysztof have a way to cover up the negative news of the mass death of their soldiers through propaganda offensives, and reporting good news but not bad news is the basic method used by the upper ruling class.
In the 17th century, when information was closed, whether in the East or in the West, the dissemination of mass information was almost entirely dependent on the national government, and the common people had no right to know public opinion at all, so it was naturally easy to be blinded.
The senior musketeers of the Taiping Army at the head of the city, from the commander to the small soldiers, couldn't help but show a touch of tragedy in their eyes after seeing a large number of heavily armored Polish hussars attacking the echelon in the endless dense crowd.
Their fearlessness of life and death does not mean that they do not understand military common sense, the difference in strength between the two sides is too large, and the combat effectiveness of the Polish hussars Taiping sergeants have already been understood from the 'elite veterans', and all they can do is to kill a few more people before they die, so that they will not 'lose money'.
The smoke from the muskets once again covered the city, and even though there were a lot of Polish militiamen and mercenaries as shields, the charging Polish hussars were pointlessly knocked to the ground in the round of musket fire.
The gorgeous armor on the Polish hussars, under the direct fire of lead bullets at close range, still pierced a hole, fortunately, the momentum of the Polish hussars charging forward greatly inspired the courage of other Polish infantry, and they did not collapse at the touch of a humiliating volley of muskets of the Taiping army......
With a series of thuds, the improvised wooden ladder was finally erected on the city wall in a steady manner, and the Polish hand-to-hand combat troops either bit their blades, or held shields, or spears in one hand, and climbed up the wooden ladder one after another.
Due to the very 'empathetic' height of the Tuweizi wall, the Polish hand-to-hand combatants did not have to endure too long of climbing pain to reach the top of the city, and most importantly, the Tuweizi wall in the town of Beshev was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and the Taiping musketeers felt crowded when they stood on it for alternate shooting, let alone any siege equipment......
Of course, with the height of the Tuweizi city wall, there was not much time to pour gold juice and fire oil and other sharp weapons to defend the city, as soon as the simple wooden ladder was put up, it didn't take a minute for the Polish soldiers below to climb up and show their heads, and then they were beheaded by the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army who had been prepared for a long time!
Because of the construction of simple wooden ladders, the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army had to divide some of their hands to replace them with cold weapons and swords, so that the number of musketeers shooting under the city wall was undoubtedly greatly reduced, not that the number of soldiers of the Taiping Army was not enough, and the senior musketeers of the Taiping Army with thousands of people were more than enough to fill the earthen wall, not to mention, there was only one city wall where fierce battles occurred.
It was precisely because Krysztof knew this that he did not besiege the city from all four walls, and he knew very well that the number of Taiping soldiers guarding the town was enough to fill all the walls, and besieging on all sides would only reduce the coordination of the various soldiers and disperse the advantage of the siege forces.
The Polish militia and mercenaries suffered heavy losses in the previous war of attrition, and troops like the Polish hussars and Polish cavalry were not likely to be used as consumables, so Krysztof naturally had to concentrate the elite main forces and storm a city wall!