Chapter 283: First attack on Qiantang County

"Quick, shoot back..."

Mu Qishan had long been hiding under the road of the city tower, but looking at the wounded soldiers and dead corpses that kept being carried down, he couldn't help but get angry, the earth-shattering gunshots rang out, and after several rounds of salvos, the entire battlefield was already white, unless it was granulated gunpowder, otherwise it would produce huge smoke after firing.

Taking advantage of this time node, the guards once again rushed to the city wall with a ladder, and a general flag department carried a huge log to the city gate hole, and began to hit the north gate of Qiantang County rhythmically again and again.

At this moment, the war is in full swing, and above the Wulin Gate Tower, You Shiwei, who has put away the Qianli tube, looked at the scrivener beside him and muttered: "The geographical situation here is that my cavalry can't be used, and if it continues like this, Qiantang County can't hold it at all." ”

Zuo Liangyu was standing next to him, but with his identity, he could not use the Qianli Tube, and at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Qianli Tube was still a tribute from Fanbang, and it could be used by the top nobles and royals.

And the thousand-mile tube in You Shiwei's hand was still given to Xu Hongji by Chen Caojin, and Xu Hongji personally gave you Shiwei when he left.

However, what You Shiwei didn't know was that his opponent, the commander at the brigade commander level, had a thousand miles in his hands and could watch the changes in the situation on the battlefield.

"General soldiers, it's better for our whole army to cover up the past, since Chen Cao's thief has been waiting, we can't waste it with them, let's send 80,000 troops together to have a head-to-head showdown with them."

You Shiwei is naturally not Zuo Liangyu and others, his primary purpose now is to hold Hangzhou and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court, so as to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation with the inside and outside, rather than fighting with his own lives and opponents who are all firearms.

Although he thought so, You Shiwei was still terrified when he saw the huge black monster outside the Hua Pavilion, that monster like black iron could still hold so many soldiers in its belly.

"If the terrain is flat, the cavalry can gallop, and the initiative in this battle is still in the hands of our army, it's a pity..."

You Shiwei looked at the water bridge outside the Wulin Gate and the tributaries of the West Lake and the Qiantang River, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his head, Hangzhou was placed in the Chengping period, it was indeed a good place with beautiful scenery, but now, it is a dangerous place where he can't show his strengths.

Blindly sticking to the battlefield and keeping the initiative on the battlefield always in the hands of others.

"General Zuo, if the rebels are in a reactionary general attack, you immediately order all the horses in your headquarters and go out of the city with me to meet the enemy."

Zuo Liangyu was stunned, and only when You Shiwei turned his head to look at him again did he give his hand: "Yes, the last general will take the order." ”

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"Crashed away... Crashed away..."

The guards of the city gate cave shouted, and the north gate of Qiantang County, which had been damaged by artillery, was broken into two pieces in less than a quarter of an hour under the impact of a huge log.

It's just that the guards who hit the door are unlucky at the moment, Mu Qishan, who has been prepared, arranged for thousands of soldiers to guard the city gate in a line, when the city gate was broken, the gunfire was loud, and none of the guards who hit the door were spared, and all of them were killed by firearms.

The upper half of the gate is still on the opening, and the view is blocked, and the external attack can only bend down to see the situation inside the gate, and once someone bends down to look, they will be hit by a burst of firearms.

Although these Yunnan soldiers were pressed by the flintlock pistol and couldn't raise their heads, there were still many brave Yunnan soldiers who raised their heads and held their muskets to shoot.

From time to time, the charging guards were shot and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Fang Qinghua issued an order to start a coordinated attack.

When the soldiers of the first regiment rushed towards the city wall under the leadership of the regiment commander, when they reached the corner of the city wall, because their comrades were shooting at cover a hundred paces away, they took out the grenades and bullets they carried one by one and threw them into the low city wall.

'Boom, boom...'

Huge explosions rang out one after another, wailing all day long, and smoke and dust increased.

"Raise your gun..."

A squad of Shenwu soldiers rushed to the gate of the city first, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the smoke and grenades and bullets, and fired neatly at the city gate, and then took out all the remaining grenades and bullets and beckoned them in.

As the broken city gate fell to the ground, the guards waiting on both sides kept in mind the military exploits of breaking through the Qiantang, and one by one picked up the Yanling knife and spear in their hands and rushed towards the city gate.

Swish...

Wang Xiaojie and Chen Cao put away the Qianli tube at the same time in different places, and Chen Cao turned his head and ordered: "Order, the Shence army will go out of the martial arts gate and prepare to attack the martial arts gate." ”

Wang Xiaojie sneered, and then hammered his fist in his hand: "Order, the whole division acts, prepare for street fighting, prepare the tiger squat cannon, and distribute the remaining grenades and bullets." ”

With the neat and earth-shattering gunshots, Mu Qishan had to order the whole army to start retreating to the position of the county government in Qiantang County.

As the defender of the city, if the city gate is lost, it will generally face defeat, unless the strength of the defending side is really strong, and the city gate can be recaptured by virtue of the commander's excellent command ability.

However, now both sides are firearms troops, and after the shelling, the Yunnan soldiers under his command have now suffered thousands of casualties, and the casualties are still increasing.

Fang Qinghua followed his guard company into the city gate, and then began to disperse his troops into regiments to prepare for a street battle in Qiantang County.

With the actions of Fang Qinghua's subordinates, the gunfire began to spread from the northern city of Qiantang County, and there was a tendency to spread towards the west and east of the city.

Wang Chong's guards can not take advantage of this firearms battle, although he has a firearms battalion, but only three hundred firearms, but the equipment is all arquebuses and three-eyed guns, the best firearms are six tiger squat cannons, although the street battle began, the tiger squat cannon has a place to use, but now the front battlefield is full of Yunnan soldiers wearing straw shoes, he really can't use it.

"My lord, let's withdraw, if the north city is lost, Qiantang will definitely not be able to hold it, it is better to enter the West Lake from the waterway of the south gate, and retreat in the direction of Qiantang Gate or Yongjin Gate, there is still a way to live."

"Yes, my lord, the command of Qiantang is in the hands of the Mu family, and it is to be held accountable after the war, as long as Hangzhou is kept, the governor will definitely not embarrass the lord."

"Yes, my lord, besides, now only adults are in charge of the yamen."

For the frequent persuasion of his subordinates, Wang Chong is really tempted, now he still has less than 4,000 men and horses under his command, although it is no problem to fight a dozen street battles, but he really can't guarantee how long he can last, even the commander Huang Chongtao has been captured, what else can he do as a commander?

There are no less than ten officials who have been captured in the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, and now only he and another commander are left in Hangzhou, and only he is the commander of the army, and the other is in charge of the civil affairs of the Imperial Division. ”

Wang Chong had just run to the south gate with thousands of people, and was greeted by a big man with a height of nearly one meter nine, dressed in bright light armor, this kind of dress can only be a general above the staff general.

"Wang Yanshi, where are you going?"

The person who came was You Shigong, the deputy chief soldier of Yulin who came with 20,000 people to help: "The battle ahead is fierce, and the general was ordered to come to support Qiantang, why, you want to run?" ”

Wang Chong's subordinate Zhenfu immediately spoke: "The northern city is lost, the rebels have attacked the inner city, and Qiantang can't hold it." ”

"Fart..."You Shigong scolded: "Come on, take down and behead the person who disturbs the hearts of the army, so as to set an example." ”

"Your Excellency..."

Wang Chong immediately surrendered his hand: "General You is angry, the rebels have invaded the northern city, there are still tens of thousands of people in this Qiantang city who have not evacuated, and the official can't bear to suffer the people, so he took his subordinates to the southern city to check the waterway, and was about to organize people to cover their departure." ”

You Shigong suddenly realized: "I see, then please don't bother with the matter, now the battle in Beicheng is urgent, our army is coming to help, you can turn back and kill the thief." ”

Wang Chong was about to speak, but You Shigong's face changed: "What? Is Wang really trying to escape? ”

Fleeing before the battle, not to mention that he is just a commander, even if he is in command of You Shigong, he can also kill him, not to mention that it is now a critical moment in Hangzhou, killing him with the heart of the army, even Zhang Yangming can't say anything.

Looking at the Yulin border army behind You Shigong, Wang Chong couldn't help but swallow his saliva and then smiled and arched his hand: "General You is wrong, this official will go back to kill the enemy." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and shouted to kill the enemy, but then led thousands of his men and turned his head in the direction of the county office.

"General, it's good that we came in time, otherwise we would have let this gang run away, and we would have lost some helpers."

You Shigong looked down on these guards in his heart, and now that the guards have eroded to this point, their border army is actually not much better, but in terms of combat effectiveness and will to fight, the border army is indeed much stronger than the guard's army.

"Quick, hurry up and go to reinforce General Mu."

Fang Qinghua's grenades and bombs had long been thrown away, and each of them was equipped with one, but it was also these more than 6,000 grenades that blew up the opponent and created an excellent opportunity for them to attack the city.

"What is that?"

A company commander looked at the black jar flying in the sky, and shouted in shock: "Everyone be careful, it's fierce fire oil..."

In the early stage, Mu Qishan's command did carry fierce fire oil, but it was all lost during the battle of Jiashan Pass, and there was no fierce fire oil after entering Qiantang County, otherwise it would have been taken out when defending the city.

And now, hundreds of cans of fierce fire oil are the combat weapons brought by You Shigong personally from the city of Hangzhou, the north of the city has been breached, although the households have, but now in order to take care of the overall situation, these people can't take care of it.

Rumble.........

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