Chapter 14 Li Chengdong broke into Yangzhou
Hundreds of cannons are aimed at the Yangzhou city gate.
"No, they're going to shell the city gates!"
Qi Li, who was standing on the tower of Yangzhou City, suddenly exclaimed.
"Fire!"
accompanied by Li Chengdong's order.
"Peng ....."
Hundreds of cannonballs, like pear blossoms raining down, hit the city gate.
After only a few moments, the gates were destroyed.
Hundreds of soldiers stationed near the city gates were also killed under the artillery.
"Soldiers, come with me!"
Li Chengdong shouted loudly.
He immediately led the cavalry of the Qing army to Yangzhou City.
"Order Han Wu, Zhou Zhong must guard the north gate, and must not let the Qing army come in!"
Qi Li hurriedly ordered the heralds beside him.
"Yes!"
The herald obeyed.
Han Wu and Zhou Zhong each led 2,000 men, a total of 4,000 men, to guard the north gate that had been pierced by artillery fire.
"Raise your gun!"
Seeing Li Chengdong's 6,000 cavalry coming in a mighty manner, Han Wu gave an order.
Among the 20,000 miscellaneous troops, there were only 100 bird guns, and they all raised their bird guns to aim at the Qing cavalry.
"Shoot!"
Accompanied by Han Wu's roar.
"Touching ....."
Hundreds of projectiles flew out and shot down dozens of Qing cavalry on the spot.
"Look for death! The army is scattered left and right! ”
Li Chengdong temporarily changed his mind, and hurriedly ordered the 6,000 Qing cavalry that charged with him to disperse from the left and right.
"This is? It's not good, he wants to open fire, and quickly orders the soldiers to disperse on the left and right. ”
Zhou Zhong saw that Li Chengdong ordered the cavalry to disperse on the left and right, and suddenly felt bad, and instantly sensed that the other party was trying to make room for artillery attacks, and immediately shouted.
"Peng...."
However, it was too late, and I saw that Li Chengdong's 6,000 Qing cavalry had just dispersed, and hundreds of shells were galloping in.
"Ahh
In just a few moments, more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded due to the excessive density of soldiers at the gate.
"Rush!"
Li Chengdong seized the opportunity and directly led 6,000 Qing cavalry to rush directly into the city.
"Ahh
Han Wu at the gate, Zhou Zhong was killed by Li Chengdong's cavalry on the spot, and the soldiers guarding the gate were quickly taken over by the deputy general after the main general was killed, and continued to fight with the Qing cavalry.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Qi Li on the city tower hurriedly commanded the soldiers on the city tower to start firing arrows into the city.
"Huh...."
Hundreds of Qing cavalry were shot dead.
But despite this, Li Chengdong still relied on the powerful Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing Army to kill the miscellaneous Ming army one by one.
In the face of this elite cavalry, the Ming soldiers in the city almost had to pay six for one to kill a Qing cavalry.
In just half an hour, more than 2,000 Ming soldiers were killed, and Li Chengdong led the army into the city.
Rush towards the center of the city.
At this time, due to the distance, the arrows in the city could no longer hurt Li Chengdong.
Li Chengdong led thousands of Qing cavalry who rushed into the city, set fire everywhere, attacked left and right, and adopted the method of guerrilla raid and harassment, constantly destroying the buildings in the city, and sneaking up on the small force of the Ming army.
The city was ablaze.
But Duoduo stood still outside the city, watching the scene in front of him as if he were watching a play.
Qi Li saw that Duoduo did not move, and immediately sent the general Ma An to lead hundreds of people down from the city tower and block the north gate with wood.
and sent Ma Zhong to guard the north gate.
Qi Li sent the generals Deng An and Xiao Min to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 8,000 people, to intercept in the city and look for an opportunity to completely annihilate Li Chengdong's troops.
Deng An and Xiao Min led 8,000 soldiers and horses, surrounded left and right, and it took half an hour to finally block Li Chengdong's cavalry on a main road.
"Li Chengdong, you are also Han, why do you serve as a Tatar?"
Xiao Min pulled out his sword and asked sharply.
"Good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose to do things, whoever can bring me more benefits, I will take refuge! What is the matter of Guan Han people, if necessary, I can also be a full person! ”
Li Chengdong held a spear and said shamelessly.
"Li Chengdong, since you are obsessed, then I have no choice, today is your death!"
Xiao Min pointed at Li Chengdong with a knife and said.
"Hahahaha... Is it up to you? These cavalry are all under the command of Prince Yu, the Eight Banners elite cavalry who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are all elites who came out of the Ghost Gate Pass, do you think that you have not even been on the battlefield a few times, and are not well trained, and the weapons are extremely poor, can you compare? ”
Li Chengdong looked at Xiao Min and laughed wantonly.
"Kill!"
Accompanied by Li Chengdong, he roared angrily.
Thousands of elite cavalry descended the mountain like fierce tigers, and rushed straight to the Ming army that intercepted them.
"Bump...."
With just one charge, the Ming formation was easily dispersed.
Although the Ming soldiers desperately resisted, they were all beheaded to death under their horses without accident.
The Qing army rode like a tiger into a flock of sheep.
The 8,000 miscellaneous Ming army can't stop them at all.
"Hold on! Maintain the formation! ”
Xiao Min held a war knife and constantly commanded the Ming soldiers.
Li Chengdong knew that only by killing Xiao Min could he shock the morale of this group of Ming troops.
So Li Chengdong jumped on his horse and picked up a gun and killed Xiao Min.
Xiao Min knew that he couldn't dodge, and with a war knife in his hand, he also killed Li Chengdong almost at the same time.
"Bump! ...”
After dozens of rounds of fighting between the two sides, Xiao Min gradually gained the upper hand.
"Rubbish!"
Li Chengdong scolded, then seized the gap, and a shot struck, stabbing Xiao Min in the chest on the spot.
"Ahh
With a scream, Xiao Min was stabbed to death under the horse on the spot.
Seeing Xiao Min being stabbed to death with a single shot.
In addition to Li Chengdong's cavalry of the Qing army, the Ming army completely suppressed the Ming army, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, suffered a series of blows, and the morale of the Ming army plummeted in an instant, and began to retreat.
The morale of the Ming army collapsed, and it turned into a great rout.
"Don't retreat, regroup!"
Seeing this, Deng An hurriedly pulled out his waist knife and shouted.
However, at this moment, the Ming army was completely instigated by the Qing army, and retreated in batches.
"Who dares to take a step back, cut it immediately!"
Deng An hurriedly scolded the defeated Ming Jundao around him with angry eyes.
"Hmm..."
He then slashed several of the retreating Ming soldiers to death.
The fleeing Ming army gradually stopped fleeing.
"Brothers! If you run like this, Yangzhou City will definitely fall, and then Yangzhou will be the next Huai'an, and there will be your wives and children in the city, do you want your wives and daughters to be humiliated by the Qing soldiers, and your parents will be dead on the streets? ”
Deng An's words instantly pulled the Ming soldiers back together.
"Fight with the Qing army!"
"Brothers! Kill! ”
“....”
The Ming soldiers shouted one after another and gathered towards Deng An.
Deng An hurriedly commanded the Ming soldiers to regroup.
The shield is in front, and the bow and arrow are behind.
"Put!"
With Deng An's order, the Ming army began to counterattack, and the Ming archers stepped forward.
"Shhhhh
More than 200 Qing cavalry fell in response.
"You still dare to fight me!"
Li Chengdong never thought that the Ming army would be rushed like this, and he would dare to gather people to fight against him, and he suddenly said with a shocked face.