Chapter 253: What a stubborn rock rolling forward
I don't know when it began, the balance of victory in this battle has become measured by the safety of Zuo Fu, and every time the old general approaches the Yong'an city wall, it indicates that he is one step closer to victory.
If he finally retreated from Yong'anmen to the inner city through the urn city alive, no matter how many injuries he had, it would be a great encouragement for the defenders of Jinzhou in the Guanning army, and a great shame for the Jurchens.
The Jurchens, who had spent a great deal of money to break through the outer city, were naturally unwilling to fail.
More and more Jurchens detoured behind Zuo Fu from both sides, blocking the second half of the long street on top of each other, in a vain attempt to completely cut off the retreat of the Guanning army, which was about to become a lone army.
However, the remnants of the defenders of the outer city would not let them get their wish, and whether they were alone or still in small groups, they risked their lives to stop them.
Even after being cut to the ground, as long as there is still a little strength, he will use the weight of his arms and body to drag down the progress of a Jurchen.
The Jurchens roared and slashed down the saber fiercely, cutting off the young heads of the Guanning warriors, but their feet were still surrounded by the young arms.
The strong Jurchens struggled twice but could not break free, so they had to cut off both arms with a single sword.
But he was shocked to find that the bloody head had been closely following his feet and neck, and it turned out to be bitten by his teeth.
From a real point of view, a similar scene can be seen at a glance.
His face sank like water, and he continued to command the three red-clothed cannons to cover with cannonballs, and at the same time picked up the double-barreled fire gun, resolutely lit the fire rope, and brazenly aimed at a Jurchen soldier within the range.
The other Guanning warriors received the order, and under the command of the sentry officer of their respective teams, they poured piles of crossbow arrows and iron sand bullets into the Jurchen pile, which was getting closer and denser to the Yong'an city wall.
Zhang Jipu personally led a team of musketeers, rushed down the city wall and rushed out of the urn city, and under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, they alternately shot at the Jurchen army formation.
There was an extremely vigorous Jurchen warrior who formed a team and wanted to rush over, but they were blocked by the fire pouring down from the city, and it was difficult to cross the thunder pool by half a step, so they had to turn their anger to the Zuo Fu Division, which was retreating closer and closer.
Suddenly, a small group of Guanning light cavalry rushed out of the urn city, and the leader of the team was Zhao Datong, a powerful slave of the Zhao clan who survived the fierce battle with the Jurchen cavalry on Juehua Island, regardless of the slashing and slashing.
He is the biggest help sent by Zhao Shujiao to Zu Dashou, although he is only a family slave, he is extremely brave,
As soon as they joined the battlefield, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, which made the severed limbs and heads of the fierce Jurchen people fly, and they cleared a bloody path by killing.
Zu Kuan was even more like crazy, without any concern for his own safety, he only knew how to lead the team to frantically strangle the enemy, desperately approaching Zuo Fu.
"What a boulder rolling forward! What a reinforcement general! ”
Chongzhen saw it, and immediately shouted: "Good job, stubborn stone!" Well done, help! ”
The most glorious thing in the lives of the two generals is probably that they were given the words by Yuan Keli, listening to his beloved disciples praise loudly, even if they were inspired to fight with the enemy more energetically.
"Are these two guys crazy?"
There are also Jurchen archers who hide aside and want to release cold arrows, but they have already been targeted by Huang Chongzhen, and even do not hesitate to use cannons to kill these obscene individual soldiers with outstanding archery skills, and the range of the long-barreled fire gun is slightly better than that of bows and arrows.
Seeing that the siege could not be met, and that it was not possible to kill their generals with cold arrows, the Jurchens no longer dared to block the long street at will, so they had to temporarily dodge the houses on both sides in order to gain momentum.
But it is undeniable that this is more than once the Jurchens have shown their cowardice in front of the Ming army.
Chongzhen also commanded the Tiger Squat Artillery Battalion, which had been transferred under the dispatch of Huang Zongxi, and covered the rows of houses that had only been repaired in old Jinzhou.
Seeing that countless Jurchens were either stoned to death and wounded, buried under the rubble and howling, or running away with their heads in their hands, the defenders of Jinzhou of the Guanning Army actually formed a local numerical advantage and fire suppression within the outline of this outer city.
Therefore, although the young soldiers of the Guanning Army were in the stage of strategic defeat and retreat, their morale was greatly boosted because they were condescending, had clear strategic objectives, unified command and dispatch, and were united in their officers and men and hated the same enemy.
On the other hand, the Jurchens, because most of the soldiers were still wandering outside the city, could not enter the city instantly, and even if they swarmed in, they could not deploy superior forces due to the limitations of many houses.
In addition, Ah Shan's escape and the inability to form a unified dispatch can only rely on a strong fighting instinct to fight for the sake of fighting.
But with the rapid changes in the battle situation, it was confusing, and it finally seemed a little disorganized.
Moreover, as Zuo Fu got closer and closer to the Yong'an City Gate, the tiger squat cannons and even the fire guns and crossbows on the city wall could already form a dense fire suppression against the Jurchen follow-up soldiers chasing after them on the long street, blocking their backup.
Under the joint efforts of Zhang Jipu, Wu Sangui, Zhao Datong, Huang Chongzhen and other soldiers, the bloodied general Zuo Fu was finally taken back to the urn city of Yong'anmen.
The cave in the city of Wengcheng was narrow, and it could not accommodate so many people to retreat at the same time, so Wu Sangui personally guarded, and Ma Bao, who had been promoted to his number one personal guard, struggled to hold Zuo Fu, who was dressed in armor.
Zhang Jipu, together with Zhao Datong and Zu Kuan, not only let Zuo Fu pass, but also put the white-armored soldiers who were chasing after him, but hacked to death all the other Jurchen soldiers who could be hacked to death.
Then, in the middle of the long street in front of the city gate, he immediately issued the most serious warning to the remaining Jurchen soldiers who were hiding on the side and watching the fighters.
The remaining twenty or thirty Jurchen white-armored soldiers clenched Zuo Fu tightly, but as soon as they entered the Urn City through the Urn City Cave, they encountered a large number of sword and shield soldiers who were frantically blocked.
When they met on a narrow road, the shield shattered to the ground, and the sword and shield soldiers also lay on the ground.
The wooden shields and dense shield arrays still couldn't stop the frantic attacks of these brown bear-like soldiers.
However, the volley long-range attack from the 360-degree wall without dead angles finally made them scramble and had no time to care about anything else.
Suddenly, there was a muffled sound of "boom", and the heavy gate of the urn city was closed by the joint efforts of the Guanning soldiers inside and outside.
Only then did the white-armored soldiers who fought selflessly find that there was no Jurchen rear team behind them, and there were only eight or nine young Guanning soldiers who were seriously injured, but they were still standing strongly, and their backs were tightly attached to the city gate.
The darkness in the cave of the city of Wengcheng set off their smiles with white teeth but stained with blood, which was particularly tragic and resolute, and they looked like soldiers who were brazenly going to death.
The white-armored soldiers were furious, and even if three or five of them turned around and tore them to pieces, even if they died, their flesh and blood were tightly connected to the city gate.
The remaining Guanning warriors outside the city have also found ropes and even iron chains, passed through the big iron ring on the door, and pulled the heavy city gate with their thin bodies that were about to be weakened.
The white-armored soldiers couldn't open the city gate, so they immediately roared and rushed forward, trying in vain to chase Zuo Fu, who could enter the Yong'an Gate, and fight this strong city gate down - it was not that such a thing had happened before.
But this time, these white-armored soldiers kicked the same brave Guanning warriors as them.
Although most of these fighters looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old.
I saw that the heavy gate of Yong'an Gate was not closed, but a large number of foot soldiers poured out of the city, one hand in front of him holding a shield, the other hand holding a see, and the one behind could be imagined, either a firecracker or a strong crossbowman.
The path of the white-armored soldiers charging forward was blocked by the airtight.
Coupled with the threat from the volley, the most courageous soldiers of the Jurchen tribe, who were proud of the charge, had no choice but to roar in grief and rage and retreat into the narrow cave of the city of Wengcheng.
In order to survive a little, hoping for the appearance of fighters, so as to win the space to charge again, and turn the tide of this damn death.
However, the Guanning warriors, who had already killed the enemy in Wengcheng, which was destined to be extremely tragic and incomparably effective, and who were familiar with the training, did not give them this opportunity at all.
As the progress progresses step by step, the layers are compressed, and the fire suppression is finally formed.
In the end, these twenty or thirty Jurchen white-armored soldiers who killed all Zuo Fu's personal guards and caused great damage to themselves were blocked in the cave of Wengcheng City.
And almost with the mouths of countless firearms, with round after round of volleys, in an almost inhumane way, this group of white-armored soldiers who were proud of their heroic deaths were slaughtered in an extremely wretched way.
Out of the highest glory of the Jurchen Baturu, they were naturally unwilling to be killed, but they could only roar and die.
The deaf Chongzhen also heard their voices begging for mercy in the ancient Jurchen language from the many chaotic dull sounds.
But this humanitarian-educated special combat soldier still did not show the slightest bit of compassion.
He saw the self-proclaimed "invincible" Jurchen warriors, in the stubborn resistance of the Guanning army and the almost crazy counter-killing, there were times when they patrolled and did not dare to enter.
He grinned his resolute lips and showed a meaningful smile in front of the robes.
The Jurchens lingered for a long time on the messy streets of the outer city, probably knowing that they could not hold this small city within the range of the red-coated cannons at every angle under the dense fire of the Guanning army, so they began to retreat.
Even those who watched among the ruins of the multitude of houses fled over the walls of the city with great interest.
Chongzhen saw that some Jurchen soldiers wanted to take away the two red-clothed cannons on the head of the outer city before leaving, and he was immediately furious, and opened fire angrily, hitting accurately.
It is not clear whether the cannon was damaged or not after two rounds of shells, but the gun carriage undoubtedly turned into a pile of scrap metal.
No matter how strong the Jurchen soldiers were, they could never move easily.
Besides, the few Jurchen soldiers who were quite clever nearby, even if they were not stoned to death, were scared out of a cold sweat, lest it was too late to avoid them, who would come up and be bombarded?