Chapter 285: Losing both

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Countless bullets rained down, and more than 1,000 Yunnan soldiers in front of them all died after several rounds of salvos, and none of them were alive, but You Shigong, who had just escaped, immediately ordered to continue throwing arrows, even using throwing guns.

Obviously, the lethality of surrender is much more powerful than arrows, coupled with Mu Qishan's order to counterattack the Yunnan soldiers again, the casualties of the 33rd Brigade have increased sharply, and there are less than 200 people left in a regiment of the front army.

Huang Zhong had already stood on the tower, and the city wall on the left side was also pushed up by the guards, who poured into the city like a flood.

The battle in Qiantang has reached You Shiwei, and he took his armor to Wulin Gate overnight, and looked at Qiantang City in the northwest, You Shiwei immediately turned around and ordered his own soldiers: "Quickly go and ask the governor and tell them that the rebels are going to launch a general army tonight, and they are going to go out of the city to rescue Qiantang County, and ask Lord Zhang to sit in Wulin Gate." ”

"Yes..."

You Shiwei waited for Zuo Liangyu to arrive, and then ordered: "General Zuo, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses from your headquarters to fight with me." ”

Zuo Liangyu turned around and left without ambiguity, You Shiwei handed over the city defense to the deputy commander-in-chief Zhou Degong, and he also ordered 10,000 horses, immediately opened the martial arts gate, and 15,000 people immediately headed in the northwest direction.

You Shiwei knew that the opponent was full of firearms, and now there was Beixinguan in front of him, although Beixinguan was destroyed, but the terrain around Beixinguan was really complicated, and his cavalry could not be deployed, so he could only rush over with his footmen.

Chen Cao was in the camp outside Beixin Pass, and suddenly Zhao Xin came to report that there were defenders in Wulin Gate, so he immediately got up and walked out of the camp, looking at the torches, Chen Cao laughed, and then turned his head and said: "Notify the artillery team, shell Wulin Gate, in addition, immediately launch an attack on Wulin Gate." ”

You Shiwei's goal is obviously not Beixinguan, but towards Qiantang, his purpose is very simple, and You Shigong in Qiantang should cooperate with the outside to eliminate all the rebels attacking Qiantang in Qiantang City, and then enter the city and return to Hangzhou from West Lake.

Zhou Degong had just taken over the defense of the Wulin Gate and was about to arrange it, when he suddenly heard several cannon shots, and then the Wulin Gate tower and city wall where he was located exploded violently.

The wave of air suddenly tossed him to the ground, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

"What happened?"

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

With the sound of gunshots, Zhou Degong didn't know what this was, and was suddenly shocked: "Quick, close the city gate, the rebels are attacking the city," and then reacted, and immediately grabbed his own soldiers and ordered: "Quickly go out of the city and inform the general, the rebels will move the tiger away from the mountain to attack the Wulin Gate, please ask the general to come back." ”

Chen Cao never thought about really attacking Wulin Gate, after all, fighting Hangzhou without the support of powerful artillery was tantamount to sending the lives of his own soldiers over.

This kind of behavior of giving away people's heads Chen Cao will never adopt.

It was expected that You Shiwei would definitely rescue Qiantang County, so Chen Cao's plan was to use Wang Xiaojie and Yuan Shizhong as bait, and when You Shiwei surrounded the past and wanted to eat Wang Xiaojie together, he would send troops to another counter-encirclement, not to mention severely damaging You Shiwei, but also blocking the troops he went out of the city to meet in Qiantang, so as to send the main force to launch a real attack from the Genshan Gate guarded by Kang Rate.

Besides, the three field guns only had twenty shells, which was to give the guards of Wulinmen an illusion that they would miscalculate that the real offensive position was in Wulinmen, not elsewhere.

The battle in Qiantang has entered a white-hot state under the sudden addition of You Shiwei, when You Shiwei surrounded Wang Xiaojie who was about to enter the city, the Shence army behind him also arrived, followed by a scuffle, when the cannon sounded, You Shiwei was also horrified, he never imagined that the rebels who were all firearms would dare to attack the city of Hangzhou eight meters high at night.

But now that they have joined the Qiantang war group, they can't pull away at all, and if they announce their retreat, it will not only affect the morale of the army, but also make the originally superior officers and troops show signs of defeat.

It was You Shiwei who could only choose to resist hard, and sent people back, ordering Zhou Degong to tell You Shigong at Genshan Gate that he was temporarily the commander of the whole army in Hangzhou.

Ma Liang really didn't want to appear in the city, and when he went to the city in the middle of the night, he couldn't help but scold the rebels for their courage: "This group of straight thieves suffered losses in Qiantang during the day, and now they choose to attack the city in the middle of the night, they really think that their lives are long." ”

A guerrilla laughed and said: "What the general said is that the city wall of Hangzhou is comparable to Nanjing, and the highest part of the tower on this side of our Genshan Gate is close to four zhang high, and the siege of the city at night is not a matter of inappropriate life for the soldiers." ”

"A traitor's life is also his life? It's just a bunch of bugs. After Ma Liang finished scolding, he looked in the direction of the Wulin Gate in the south: "I don't know what to withdraw, Lao Tzu just fell asleep for a long time." ”

As soon as Ma Liang finished speaking, You Shilu went up to the city tower with his armor on, and was about to leave after inspecting it, when he rode on the horse road in the same city, holding a torch and shouting: "Where is General You?" ”

It was also a coincidence that You Shilu had just gone to the city and met: "You Shilu, the deputy general of Yulin." ”

The knight rode his horse and turned around: "General, the chief soldier has an order, and the general is ordered to take over the defense of Hangzhou." ”

You Shilu hurriedly asked, and the knight replied: "Back to the general's words, the rebels attacked the city at night, and the chief soldier took the general Zuo and 15,000 people out of the city to rescue, and now it is General Zhou guarding the Wulin Gate; The rebels are shelling Wulinmen, and the guns are loud, and it seems that the rebels are going to attack Hangzhou tonight in two ways. ”

You Shilu pondered for a while, he was not as wise and brave as his brother, but he still thought about it, so he ordered his cronies to leave 3,000 people to help guard the Genshan Gate, and he took the remaining 7,000 Yulin troops to hurry towards the Wulin Gate.

Kang rate arrived at Genshanmen from the general's mansion when he heard that You Shilu took over the defense of Hangzhou and took most of the men and horses to Wulinmen, at this moment the strength of Genshanmen was only 3,000 Yulin border army, 3,000 patrol general Ma Liang, and 3,000 Hangzhou town soldiers under his command, and the remaining 30,000 young men were on standby in the camp at the moment, because Wulinmen was suddenly shelled, Zhang Yangming, who got the news, directly ordered to mobilize more than 10,000 young men from Genshanmen to help guard Wulin Gate.

Kang Rate was also worried about how to do things, and suddenly the defense of Genshan Gate was a good moment for him to take over, but when he arrived at Genshan Gate, the defense of Genshan Gate You Shilu was handed over to the guerrilla You Gongnian, and he Kang Rate could not interfere, so he could only obey the order to assist in the defense.

In the middle of the mountains of Phoenix Mountain, the 3,000 troops of Taizhou General Qi Changguo had just crossed Wansong Ridge, and at the top of the mountain, they saw a fire in the northwest direction and a red cloud smoke that rushed to the sky.

Qi Xianye approached: "Uncle, it seems that Guocheng is leading the army to attack Qiantang County." ”

The subsequent sound of artillery made Qi Changguo stunned, and then said: "It seems that tonight Guogong launched a general attack, and ordered that after the whole army entered Hangzhou, it went straight to the Yamen of the Hangzhou Prefect and the Yamen of the Three Divisions of Zhejiang, as well as the Yamen of the Governor of Zhejiang." ”

"General, our army has taken the city wall of Wansongling."

Phoenix Mountain because it is in the periphery, so the city wall of Hangzhou City is along the Wansong Ridge, and the city wall of Wan Song Ridge is said to be the city wall, in fact, it is only two meters high, it is full of beacon towers and a pass, Hangzhou has no war since the founding of Taizu, the original city wall garrison division on Wan Song Ridge was slowly eaten empty salary, to the early years of Wanli when the garrison was withdrawn, only retained a patrol department of about two hundred people.

Hangzhou was in an emergency, that is, the soldiers of the inspection department on Wansongling were also transferred, leaving only two small banners and more than 20 people to guard the city wall and close the gate.

Until the Qi family army touched it, these more than 20 people were still sleeping in the city wall, so that they were all captured.

As long as you enter the city wall, it is a way down the mountain, which can be slowly passed by the army.

"Raise your gun..."

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

"Hurry back..."

After all, the Yunnan soldiers couldn't stop it, and at this moment, less than seven hundred of the five thousand people Mu Qishan placed in front of him were left, and the rest were all killed.

The casualties of the 33rd Brigade of Huangzhong were not small, and under the action of platoon gun tactics, the Beicheng was completely opened at the cost of more than 4,000 casualties in the whole brigade.

Huang Zhong burst into tears, thousands of soldiers died in Beicheng, You Shigong in order to see the distribution of the enemy formation, ordered to set fire to all the remaining houses in Beicheng, after the fire spread, so that those archers and crossbowmen who could only choose to shoot chose to shoot flat, and the casualties of the 33rd Brigade were because of the damage of arrows and crossbows.

"General, this guy has been captured..."

Because Wang Chong wanted to run, he was caught by the general of the Yulin Army of the Nancheng Supervision Army, and his original 4,000 guards army is now less than 2,000, and the rest are all dead.

"Zhejiang Du commanded the king of the servants to flee from the battle, causing the loss of the northern city, and according to military law, he was executed on the spot..."

Before Wang Chong shouted that he was wronged, he was cut off by the Yulin soldiers, and You Shigong shouted loudly to a few surviving thousands of households: "If you dare to run away again, there is no forgiveness for killing, you quickly lead the soldiers of this team, prepare to engage the enemy, as long as you guard until dawn, everyone who is alive will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." ”

"General, General Mu can't bear it."

You Shigong took a deep breath and turned his head to look at Daniel Zhang behind him: "Zhang Guji, your unit immediately takes over the position of General Mu's army, and you must not let the rebels rush through Beicheng." ”

Whether they can stop Wang Xiaojie or not is You Shigong doesn't know, because at this moment, the remaining troops of the Shenwu Army have been rushing in under Wang Xiaojie's order, and they have only one purpose, to block the defenders in the city while guarding the destroyed city walls and city gates, and blocking the You Shiwei army that surrounded them outside the city outside Qiantang City.

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