Chapter 353: Yangzhou Bloody Battle II

The Tiger Squat Cannon erupted at close range with an effective range of up to 30 meters, and it was obvious that the distance from the city gate to the outside of the city was not exceeded, and no one could stand under the dense scatter shells.

The Tiger Squat Cannon, an outdated product that was about to be abandoned by the Liang Domain, came in handy at this moment as an 'advanced weapon' that Chen Cao honored to the Chongde Imperial Court after he was promoted to the prince.

Flesh and blood flew in front of the city gate, and stumps and severed arms covered the entire city gate.

Boom boom...

Several violent explosions accompanied by soaring flames immediately ignited the iron cart used by the Northern Army as a cover, and Li Mingyuan was directly above the city, and when the heat wave rushed to the city, he unconsciously took a few steps back.

'Knock knock...'

The sound of artillery came from far and near, and the point of impact was at the head of the city, and for a time the fire bullets and solid bullets fell on the head of the city one after another, and the southern army defending the city was overturned on their backs.

"Shoot back... Kill these dogs..."

At the same time as the artillery battle began, Duan Sannian personally led the death squad under his command to carry a knife into battle, and under the cover of the huge black smoke brought by the burning chariot, the three thousand first attack team carried the ladder and climbed towards the city.

"The Southern Army has climbed the city..."

"Get the gold juice ready..."

"Musket preparation..."

"The Rolling Stones are ready..."

The battle at the head of the city was extremely fierce, Gu Huan was a little worried that Duan Sannian would die in the city, so he ordered Duan Sannian to withdraw from the command, Rao is now the northern army has a great advantage, but Gu Huan is not willing to give up Duan Sansan, a confidant general.

Seeing that he had already rushed to the city, Duan Sannian received the news that Gu Huan asked him to retreat to command, and he was immediately furious: "Go back and tell Hou Ye that retreating at this moment will be the rout of the whole army." ”

The herald didn't dare to be sloppy, and even fed back Duan San's words to Gu Huan.

While Gu Huan was still thinking, a letter from the Chinese army asked Gu Huan to immediately launch a general attack.

There is no other reason, Zhu Chunchen in the distance has clearly seen the army attacking the city, how can he let go of this great opportunity.

The vanguard army of 30,000 people was commanded by Gu Huan, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and Zhu Chunchen also knew that even if Gu Huan was defeated, it would only weaken the power of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

"There are still such fierce generals in the Northern Army?"

Zhang Gaoping was better, and he personally went to the city, and Li Mingyuan was organizing people to rush down the attacking northern army.

Duan Sannian slashed down a non-commissioned officer of the Southern Army who was trying to drive him down, and then immediately asked his men to use their shields as a cover to establish a defensive circle, waiting for the main force that was charging to come to help.

"Get out of the way and use the oil of the fire."

Hearing this, Li Mingyuan's body trembled, and then looked at Zhang Gaoping behind him: "Dashuai, the fire at the head of the city is not good for the army..."

"How can a woman be kind to a general?"

With Zhang Gaoping's order, Duan San, who could defend with a shield, was suddenly surrounded by fierce fire oil, and the soldiers on the periphery were burned and rolled on the ground, looking very miserable.

"General, quickly withdraw..."

The defensive circle is getting smaller and smaller, and there are less than 100 people left in the city head that was originally occupied by 300 people.

Duan San looked up to the sky and sighed, and then threw the long knife under the city: "Withdraw..."

Gu Huan was a little shocked, he was shocked because the people defending the city were so good that even their own people were burned, and the defensive circle established by the people who had fought hard before no longer existed at this moment.

"Attack again..."

Although the battle in Xicheng was not as fierce as in Beicheng, it was also in full swing, and after the artillery battle, Zhu Yanrong personally ordered his general troops to attack the city, and left Baoding Hou Mengsi to guard the Chinese army.

The dynasty has been raising the lord for more than 300 years, but the Marquis of Baoding Mengsi does not have the courage and ability of the ancestor Meng Ying, and this time he went south, he was also forcibly transferred, if he was not really unbearable, he would not be placed under Zhu Yanrong's hands.

"Master Hou..."

The general shouted, Meng Si turned his head to look, and there was a burst of dust in the northwest in the distance, and it was the five thousand cavalry led by Yin Dongsheng who came into view.

"Enemy attack..."

"The Shenji Battalion is out to guard against the cavalry of the Southern Army, and we must block them."

The Battle of Yangzhou began...

Gu Huan's command was blocked, and he thought of burning the north gate of Yangzhou with fierce fire oil, although he succeeded, but it also brought huge casualties.

Before the fire burned out, the explosion of the tiger squat cannon sounded inside the door, and the scattered bombs that flew out killed and injured the northern army at the city gate again.

A fast horse herald arrived at Zhu Chunchen's Chinese army, and the news brought made Zhu Chunchen whip the herald.

"Marshal Qiyu, the Baoguo Gong's headquarters was attacked by the cavalry of the Southern Army in Xicheng, and the Baoding Hou Zhen Guarding the Chinese Army was broken, and the whole army was defeated..."

Gong Liang stepped forward and said: "Marshal, there are some Shenji battalions under the command of Baoguo Gong, and they should be able to turn the tide." ”

This is a reminder that Zhu Yanrong cannot be disposed of for the time being.

Where does Zhu Chunchen not know what this means, the key is that now that the war is going on here, if he can't break through Yangzhou, he is very worried about whether he will lose this hereditary title on his body.

"The dynasty has reached a time of crisis... Gong Duwei, you lead 10,000 people to pick up Baoguo Gong immediately. ”

"Yes..."

Ding Wenqing's defeated army still had more than 20,000 people, and when he walked to Xicheng, he saw the earth-shattering shouts of killing and the scattered soldiers of the Northern Army.

So, Ding Wenqing, who was thinking of meritorious service, immediately organized people to rush into this defeated army.

Originally, Zhu Yanrong could still resist Yin Dongsheng and the southern army out of the city, but Ding Wenqing, who was inserted from the oblique thorn, became the last straw that crushed them.

Zhu Yanrong's department was defeated...

Zhang Gaoping didn't know about the battle in Xicheng yet, and at this moment he was directing his men to spill the last wave of gold juice.

"Handsome..."

Li Mingyuan approached and looked at the retreating Northern Army: "The city guards the supplies for a maximum of three days..."

Zhang Gaoping's eyes narrowed for a long time: "Where is the grain and grass?" ”

"It's less than five days... The last general is worried that once the news of the exhaustion of grain and grass leaks out, the morale of the army will change greatly, and Yangzhou will not be able to defend at that time, and the only way is to return to the army..."

"Back to the army?"

Zhang Gaoping thought of the eunuchs who disobeyed the order and reprimanded the eunuchs who went back, and thought of the possibility that he would definitely be liquidated in the future once he returned, and the only one who could save him was himself, and he successfully won the battle to defend Yangzhou.

However, the development of events made him guess that even if the defense of Yangzhou was won, he would face the same path as the Northern Army, and the two would be defeated and retreated.

"There is no news from Nanjing, that is, Yang He failed to reach the city of Nanjing..."

"Handsome... In a great victory, General Yin and General Ding, who rushed back, surrounded the Northern Army Zhu Yanrong's headquarters in Xicheng, defeated his army, and captured the Northern Army Baoding Hou Menghe..."

"Good..."

Zhang Gaoping was overjoyed, capturing Meng Si alive was a good thing that could greatly boost the morale of the army, so he looked at Li Mingyuan and said: "After all the northern troops have retreated, immediately go to the Chinese army tent to discuss matters." ”

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"Meng Si harmed me..."

Zhu Yanrong's first sentence after seeing Zhu Chunchen was to scold Meng Si, and then his face was angry.

Zhu Yanrong has been in the barracks for a long time, so he naturally has two brushes, and Gong Liang, who was fortunate after the defeat of the whole army, was relieved, otherwise he was worried that he would be captured by the Southern Army like Meng Si.

If he was captured alive, he really couldn't imagine what would happen to his family in Beijing.

Zhu Chunchen was wondering if Zhu Yanrong would shirk it, but after thinking about it carefully, the Marquis of Baoding, Mengsi, was also well-known in the capital, and even was warned by Jue Lu, who cut a hundred stones, after attacking the lord.

It is understandable that he was captured alive without experiencing the battle formation.

Zhu Chunchen didn't want to blame Zhu Yanrong, so he asked him to sit down, he saw that Gu Huan, the vanguard of the siege battle, had made a lot of contributions, and the losses of the various departments added up to a lot of money.

The strength of the army is not the point, the point is that after Meng Si was captured, it seriously affected the morale of the army.

"Tomorrow's siege..."

Cao Zhengchun, the supervising army, did not wait for Zhu Chunchen to finish speaking, and then said: "Chengguo Gong, our family thinks that it is better to be careful, the capture of the Marquis of Baoding, the heart of the southern army will inevitably be shocked, and our family is worried that the southern army will sneak attack at night." ”

Flutter...

There were a lot of people in the tent, and I don't know who couldn't hold back the laughter, but Cao Zhengchun didn't care, but respectfully moved Qin Liangyu's position out of the way and asked the female chief soldier to help speak.

Qin Liangyu is not ashamed to lose Nanjing as a guest army, on the contrary, she can withdraw from Nanjing safely with more than 100,000 people.

However, none of the earls present thought that Qin Liangyu had much real ability, this mentality came from the fact that they were born in a noble title family.

How many loyal and brave people can there be in the barbarian land of the stone pillar?

"Is it the meaning of General Qin or the meaning of Gonggong Cao?"

Someone spoke, Cao Zhengchun looked over, it was Yicheng Bo Duan Xin.

"Ahem..."

Zhu Chunchen interrupted the embarrassment, and then said sternly: "This marshal is entrusted by His Majesty to supervise hundreds of thousands of troops, this Yangzhou is determined to win, colleagues must be careful, today's battle is a temptation, although a lot of people have been lost, but after all, it has cost Zhang Gaoping's resources to defend the city;

We have a large army, sufficient food and grass, under the siege, to see how long he can hold on, I hope you will work hard. ”

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"Meng Si confessed that the northern army had enough food and grass, and prepared all kinds of siege equipment, and Zhu Chunchen also issued an order to attack Yangzhou, and the commander was entrusted by His Majesty to defend Yangzhou, and now our army won a big victory in the first battle during the day, what is the heart of the army?"

"Marshal, after capturing Meng Si alive, our army's hearts were shocked, and they all thought that defeating the northern army was not a problem."

Zhang Gaoping nodded: "That's good, although the northern army lost Meng Si, but did not hurt it at all, the casualties of the two armies in today's World War I were equal, and under the boost of the capture of Meng Si, the commander decided to launch a night attack on the northern army tonight." ”

There are very few night raids in history, mainly because of the light and night blindness of the soldiers, and the cost of night raids is very large, so Zhang Gaoping can't help but be cautious.

"Zhu Yanrong's department in Xicheng was repulsed, but there is still Xu Xilian's big camp in the direction of Dongcheng, and that person is also a gentleman, and he will attack Xu Xilian at night tonight."

"Yes..."