Chapter 573 The End of an Era
The fourth year of Zhaowu, on the first day of November.
It was early morning, and the continuous war fire had not stopped for less than a day. Before the smoke and fire on the battlefield had dissipated, the rumbling sound of war drums had torn apart the tranquility between heaven and earth.
The dragon flag of Daheng danced, and among the towering military camps, countless Daheng soldiers gathered in full arms.
The ferocious cannons were pushed to the front of the formation, and the towering siege equipment was ready.
The war has not begun, but the dark clouds of the war have completely enveloped the stormy capital of Nanming!
Above the city wall, the Ming army soldiers in broken mandarin duck battle robes were almost numb, and the generals at all levels stood up one after another, preparing to welcome the arrival of the war.
"put!"
Accompanied by a loud shout, the cannons that had already aimed suddenly roared!
Fire lights crossed the sky, intertwined several sides, and in the blink of an eye, a firepower net formed in the sky!
In the end, shells also fell into the broken Quanzhou city.
The shells exploded, bricks and stones splashed, and the houses collapsed. In this doomsday scene, Ming soldiers hid in every corner almost numbly, not screaming, but in Quanzhou city, they could not cause any fluctuations.
The artillery roared for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the towering siege equipment slowly moved towards the Quanzhou city wall. Thanks to the importance of craftsmen in the Daheng army, each siege equipment has almost been improved many times.
A musket brother stood among the siege equipment, aiming and firing at the Quanzhou city wall from a high place, and there were also soldiers with strong arms holding grenades and threw them towards the city wall.
What's more, even moved the cannons to the siege equipment and poured fire into the city walls wantonly.
Below the siege equipment, there were also soldiers holding large shields, covering the soldiers pushing the siege equipment, and there were also shield chariots with strong defense, loaded with soldiers, moving towards the gap in the city wall.
There are also rows of musket gun arrays, aiming and firing from bottom to top, one after another, and multiple shootings suppress the counterattack on the city wall.
Compared with the surging attack of Heng Army, the Ming Army's defense on the city wall is undoubtedly much less powerful.
After dozens of days of fierce battle, the firearms and ammunition in Quanzhou City had already been exhausted. The muskets had already become fire sticks, and the cannons had already stopped fire. All that was left was the original means of defending the city.
The stone bricks and beams that were removed from the residential buildings in the city were burning hot feces and dense clusters of arrows...
Any means of defending the city that can be imagined and achieved in Quanzhou City is fully reflected in this Quanzhou City!
Looking down from the sky, the houses on the north side of Daheng's key attack were almost completely demolished. The bricks, stones and logs that were removed were either used to reinforce the city walls or became tools to defend the city.
And the people in the city are almost all soldiers!
Regardless of men, women, young and old, they were forced to go into battle. Young and strong people went to the city walls, while young and weak people were transporting materials to defend the city in the fire of artillery.
This war lasted for dozens of days, and it almost wiped out the entire Quanzhou City!
For most of the lower-level soldiers on both sides, they never had any belief in fighting to the death. Some were just crazy about being forced to fight to the death!
During dozens of days of war, the soldiers and people who died in the supervision team on both sides probably accounted for two or three of the total casualties!
Under the strategy of the whole people being soldiers in Quanzhou City, this number is obviously even more cruel.
Human life is the least worth mentioning in this decisive battle to destroy the country.
The only hidden danger has been eliminated. For any Daheng general, this war is believed that when it is time to end, no one is willing to fight in Quanzhou City again!
The four words of success in one battle were spit out from Duke Jingguo's mouth and issued them layer by layer, reaching the ears of each general at every level, and then to the hearts of every soldier.
The Daheng Central Army's flag had moved forward several miles. Duke Jingguo of Daheng personally visited the front line to supervise the battle, and one army after another rushed up almost endlessly.
Time and again, impacting Quanzhou City's already fragile but tenacious city defense!
Kill!
Endless blood, swords and swords collided, cannons roared, and a musket fired, and numb lives disappeared. From the beginning, this decisive battle fell into a white heat that had never been seen before!
Miscellaneous shouts of killing filled every part of the battlefield. The neatly arranged supervising teams lined up behind the charge soldiers, and used unconcealed practice to force the soldiers to launch a decisive attack.
As the war continued, Daheng soldiers slowly appeared on the city tower.
This scene is not uncommon in previous siege battles. Since ancient times, defending the city and defending the city have always had an absolute advantage. As long as the general who defends the city has the will to defend the city and has sufficient coordination ability, even if the general who defends the city is weak, even if the elite attacking the attacking side is extremely elite, it will never be too difficult to defend it.
For Nanming, these are not problems.
Although there are many differences in the Southern Ming Dynasty, there are no shortage of people who dare to fight, and there are no fewer people who dare to fight.
In this way, this siege is naturally difficult!
"Come on the Polu Camp!"
Duke Jingguo stared at the fierce battle on the city wall, and without hesitation, he would follow him to fight south and north for many years. In the Daheng military system, the top personal guard camp sent out.
"promise!"
The personal guards on the side received the order without hesitation, and turned over the horse. With a command, thousands of soldiers in the defeated camp moved and followed the sequence of siege and headed towards Quanzhou City.
"Let the navy enter the port, aim at Quanzhou City and bombard me!"
Duke Jingguo glanced at the direction of Quanzhou Port and issued another military order.
After saying that, Duke Yasukuni seemed to have thought of something and quickly added.
"Also, the people who informed the Jinyiwei must keep a look at King Shou!"
The war was changed again with Duke Yasukuni's military orders.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Under this change, it is obvious that the attack is even more surging. Under this siege at all costs, the war has also moved from siege to the stage of seizing the city!
Under the strong attack at all costs, teams of Daheng soldiers stepped onto the city wall through siege equipment, while the Ming army also supported the city stairs through the inner city stairs of the city tower.
The soldiers on both sides were almost crowded on this narrow city wall, exchanging their lives for life. Neither side had room to retreat. Even if they wanted to retreat, the crowded crowd stopped any possibility of retreat!
Entangled and anxious, almost every section of the city wall has become a meat grinder-like existence!
The rolling blood plasma surged out from the body of the corpse, dyeing the ground of the city wall red, and flowing down the cracks of the city wall. On this broken city wall, extremely ferocious blood marks were engraved!
As time passes by little by little, more and more corpses piled up on the city walls, and the engraved blood marks are becoming more and more dazzling and ferocious!
The soldiers on both sides were already red in their eyes. For the generals and officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty who were commanding the troops, this battle was a battle to die, a battle to fulfill their loyalty to the country and to bury the country!
For Daheng soldiers, this is a battle to destroy the country and a merit of splashing the sky! It is a ladder to climb the sky in one step!
Neither side had room to retreat.
The loyal bones are buried in the green mountains. In this Quanzhou city tower, this battle to destroy the country has buried countless loyal bones on both sides!
And the fierce battle continues.
The rise of one side's hegemony will inevitably be accompanied by the desolation of the other side's hegemony.
If we talk about the change in the second year of Jingwu, the change of the old and the new will begin.
The current battle is the rule that declares the new era, and has swept the world with its unstoppable military power!
Those who disrespect the rules of the new era, whether loyal or treacherous, will end in a sad end!
This Quanzhou city is the last embodiment of the will of the old era.
And at present, this Quanzhou City is about to end in this final decisive battle!
Chapter completed!