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Chapter 684 Tiankeng Subsidence

Just as the Qing army continued to grit their teeth and move forward towards the moat in front, the cannons on the top of the city fired again. At the same time, nine thousand muskets also began to be fired at the same time.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!" This was the deafening artillery fired one after another.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"..." This is a continuous stream of muskets like explosive beans being slapped.

The cannons on the city were fired in turn and launched the third round of volleys. In the deafening sound of the cannons, the remaining flames spewed out of the muzzle were like countless golden flowers blooming in the cold wind. Large groups of smoke gushed, and more than 500 black and hot iron bombs of all sizes, with a sharp sound of death, penetrated the smoke and sand curtains, and rushed towards the Qingshun army under the city.

Amid the rumbling cannons, the rows of muskets on the top of the city also started, and the first round of volleys began. Among the nine thousand muskets, more than 8,000 poles were fired, and the bright red flames in the rows flew together, like a long bright red ribbon, with a unique beauty like a ritual of death. Large groups of choking white smoke surged, and more than 8,300 small three-cent heavy lead bullets were like birds of death, making a slight and cheerful chirping, whistling towards the bandits on the opposite side.

More than 500 huge iron bullets, together with more than 8,300 tiny three-qian lead bullets, formed a dense and cruel net of death, and instantly enveloped the Qingshun armies who were rushing towards us.

The shells were like flying black eagles, whistling through the crowd of enemy soldiers who were running hard, and with absolutely powerful terrifying power, they plowed out straight bloody paths with flesh and blood. Wherever the shells reached, they screamed in tears, and the broken limbs and internal organs of human bodies splashed everywhere, causing absolutely terrifying death and damage to the running bandits and Qing army soldiers.

The small lead bullets were like gray killing bees, roaring with any object they encountered in front of them. The bandits and Qing robbers rushing in the front row immediately had many people on them, like magic tricks, blooming blood flowers. The people who were hit, as if they were suddenly hit by a heavy hammer, fell backwards on their backs.

The power of the joint attack of artillery shells and lead bullets caused such great damage to the bandits and the Qing dynasties. Those bandits holding shields happened to block the lead bullets, in the face of this huge and violent impact, were like a pile of paper blown away by the wind, and fell back and fell one after another.

But as soon as they fell down, they were immediately injured by the soldiers who were still rushing from behind. The scene was in a mess.

Although the joint shooting of cannons and muskets was completely unable to aim, it also caused at least more than 4,000 bandits to be killed or injured on the spot, causing chaos in the bandits' formation.

When the bandit formation was scattered and the speed was slightly slow, the second round of musket fired volleys began again.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

The gunshots were loud, and the remaining flames flew away. More than 8,500 muskets fired. The more than 8,500 lead bullets that whistled out were completely unable to aim carefully, causing more than 2,000 bandit soldiers to be killed or injured.

The Qing army's formation suddenly became more and more chaotic, and the speed of the impact was slower and lowered. Everyone's faces were extremely frightened. He didn't know when such a bad luck would come to him.

Li Zicheng, who was monitoring behind the formation, saw his army's large-scale chaos and wavering that began to appear in the joint shooting of the Tang army's artillery and fire. The speed and power of the entire army greatly reduced the various chaos, and he couldn't help but feel angry again.

"Breaking! All of them are for me! If anyone does not fight, they will be killed! My mother!"

Li Zicheng shouted in anger: "It's a dog! The moat of the Tang army is so close that you can't rush up. What's the use of raising such a waste in me? Give it all to me, as long as you hit the moat, you will be victorious!"

After finishing his stern shout, Li Zicheng ordered his subordinates to step up drums and cheer. A large number of supervisory teams roared forward, forcing these bandit soldiers who were driven by pigs and sheep to continue rushing forward and attacking Haogou to fight with the Tang army.

At Dorgon in the north, a large number of Qing troops were also killed by the supervisory team one after another, and the entire formation began to restore order and continued to rush forward.

These poor guys had their courage and will faded, but they were forced to rush forward, and the situation was extremely miserable. However, looking at the moat that was already close to them, everyone still bit and rushed forward.

At this time, although the Tang army's cannons on the front of the city were now stopped because the range was too close, the nine thousand muskets were still firing quickly, and the bandits and Qing army soldiers kept falling down wailingly.

In a short distance, it was paved with countless enemy corpses and blood.

These extremely tragic siege soldiers allowed the god of death to reap their lives frantically, but their commanders Dorgon and Li Zicheng were all expressionless. They used the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile to stare at everything coldly through the sand and dust indifferently.

Being kind and not in charge of soldiers, cold-blooded and fierce, ruthless and iron-blooded are the essential qualities of every qualified commander. These soldiers who fight for life cannot be considered human beings at all. They are just bargaining chips for final victory. When it is time to push them to the gambling table, they must use them without hesitation.

The soldiers on the battlefield are the most humble creatures and the shortest-lived species. Their lives are as low as grass and as light as feathers, as if they are not worth mentioning at all. Under the fierce firearms of the Tang army, each enemy soldier who sieges the city is like being in the Shura field. Their survival time can only be calculated in seconds. And they fight to the death on the bloody and cruel battlefield, constantly consuming the most precious lives. Their only value is to reach the moat that is close and out of reach.

What an illusory victory, what an eternal death.

One general succeeds and his bones are bleak, and he only believes in the winners on the battlefield.

When it was only more than twenty steps away from the Haogou, another extremely terrifying thing happened that all the bandits who charged forward did not expect.

At this time, everyone on the battlefield heard clearly, and a blast that almost broke his ears.

On the plain ground twenty steps outside the moat on the north, east and south, these seemingly ordinary and sparse grasslands without any abnormality collapsed out of thin air!

Looking from the sky, it looked like a huge monster. Suddenly, Zhang Dakuo reached his bloody mouth several feet, swallowing the prey that fell into his mouth with big mouths.

The Qing army and Dashun army who rushed here were swallowed up all the people and things.

The enemy troops outside the three walls fell into a series of giant pits in U shape almost at the same time, and were instantly penetrated by sharp iron or wooden signs hidden beneath them, and their condition was terrible.

Even if there are those who are lucky enough to die, there will be Tang army auxiliary soldiers or spearmen hidden under them. They will rush out with swords and guns, and quickly make up for them, or stab them to ensure that they die quickly.

For a moment, this huge, dark and terrifying U-shaped underground cave on three sides became the most terrifying Avici Hell. Under the cruel killing, the screams of people's dying and the sound of siege equipment collapsed, which were like the joy of death.

The unexpected ambush of the Tang army caught at least 30,000 Qing and Dashun troops unexpectedly falling into the pit, and quickly and confusedly headed towards the end of death.

And the enemy troops following closely behind stood on the verge of death. These people were very lucky, but in the face of such a terrifying death that was close to them, everyone was almost scared to death.

They could clearly see the terrible tragic situation in the pit. When they looked at the limbs of humans, they were easily pierced by iron or wooden sticks, as if butter fell on the hot and sharp needle tips. They also saw the remaining survivors, who had no chance to stand up from the ground, and they immediately died tragically under the swords and guns of Tang army infantry like wolves and tigers.

This terrible and tragic scene before us made these Qing or Shun troops, which had been through the battlefield for a long time, scared them to death.

On the top of the city, the Tang army guarding the city saw the Qing army's plan, and fell into the pit with people and weapons, and quickly walked towards death. There was a sudden thunderous joy and great pleasure.

Duan Shiqi, the mayor of the fourth town of the Tang army, who had been watching the battle closely at the top of the city, and Liu Wenxiu, the deputy mayor, saw that the Qingshun army suffered such heavy losses and was so embarrassed, they all laughed loudly and slapped their high fives to celebrate. It was so cool! Can the soldiers of the Qingshun army end here in such a cruel and cowardly way? Can there be something more refreshing than this?

At this time, Dorgon and Li Zicheng, who were escorting behind, both faces were sallow, trembling, and their eyes were filled with extreme fear, and they were almost about to fall off.

The Tang army is killed!

These toxic and hateful guys have their methods that are simply ruthless and weird. They actually dug a trap early in this plain area. It was completely beyond their expectations. How can they be described as despicable and shameless?

This huge and dark U-shaped hole was like a devil's big mouth, and it quickly swallowed the lives of so many subordinates. This scene was even more terrifying than a nightmare!

While they were blocked by the U-shaped natural barrier, the nine thousand muskets still did not stop and continued to be fired.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

The gunshots were loud, and the remaining flames flew away, and more than 8,500 muskets fired. The more than 8,500 lead bullets that whistled out, caused more than 3,000 casualties to be killed or injured while the dust was everywhere in the sky and could not be carefully aimed.

In the face of such a powerful firearm attack as the Tang army, in the face of such a violent massacre with no way forward and retreat, and almost absolute death, the bandits who rushed forward and blood with flesh and blood finally collapsed completely outside the big mouth of the giant beast, just over twenty steps away from the moat.

The bandits threw away their weapons, howled and turned around and fled, like a group of pigs that ignored their butts. There was no need to talk about any organization or discipline. Everyone retreated desperately, for fear that they would become the Tang army's ghost under the sword and gun under the soul.

It's not that easy to run!

Seeing the bandits and Qing robbers who were rushing to the formation, they finally collapsed completely under the heavy blow of their own firearms. The entire army fled in a hurry. Continuous and loud cheers sounded in the Tang army's Haogou formation and under the city walls in the distance.

A large number of Tang army spearmen with complete armor and armor holding sharp and steel spears immediately jumped out of the haygate, walked quickly, and followed the enemy soldiers who were fleeing.

As soon as he approached, the 4-meter-long steel spear, the sharp and terrifying triangular blood-trough gun head was stabbed at the enemy soldiers who were running away with their desperate eyes.

When the three-edged steel spear head was stabbed at that moment, it was like being kissed by a poisonous snake. It could be said that it would die when touched, and it would die when touched. Under the fierce stabbing of the Tang army's spearmen, the enemy soldiers screamed and struggled and fell to die.

At this point, the battle was not a battle, but a one-sided massacre.

At first glance, the three suburbs outside Pingkang Tang City, north, east and south, were like a human slaughterhouse. The corpses of the Qingshun army and the scattered and siege tools were covered with the ground, which were shocking. The blood overflowing everywhere, mixed with rain, gathered into a red blood river.

The river of blood winds and makes people feel terrified, which shows how cruel this killing is.

In their respective rear formations, Li Zicheng and Dorgon, who had been adjudicating the supervisor, saw that they had not even encountered the Haogou, and were completely defeated by the Tang army before they could not control them. The anger and frustration in their hearts were simply hard to describe in words.

Damn, this fucking battle can make people feel frustrated!

When they saw that the Tang army's spearmen and auxiliary soldiers were like chasing death gods, they were still chasing these poor deserters, and they felt like they were cutting their hearts.

It’s hateful. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers have been wiped out in one go. Such shame and defeat will simply throw away all your face!

Moreover, the vanguards are all set and the army is completely lost. Even though the central and rear troops are still not moving, it is impossible for them to seize the Tang army's Haogou when the vanguards are disintegrated and their morale is collapsed.

Li Zicheng's eyes were blazing fire, and his teeth were chewing. However, he is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield. Faced with such an unfavorable situation, he tightened his face, tried to control the ups and downs in his heart, and issued a retreat order in a deep voice.

"I will send my military orders and immediately call the gold medal, order the entire army to retreat, and then order the reserved old camp cavalry to immediately come out to fight the enemy. We must block the crazy pursuit of the damn Tang army spearmen on our defeated soldiers."

"Get orders!"

At the same time, Dorgon also issued an order in the formation to send the cavalry to urgently dispatch the rescue team.

After hearing the order, the two armies had a total of more than 20,000 cavalrymen, who did not dare to slacken. They all pounded their horses and attacked hard, and rushed towards the Tang army spearmen who were red-eyed.

However, they were immediately hindered as soon as they ran not far.

Because at this time of the battle, about 10,000 soldiers who fled from the front were killed and stabbed, and the remaining enemy soldiers were still fleeing for life. They were fleeing wildly like a tide, just blocking the cavalry that was about to advance and assault, which greatly hindered the speed of these cavalry and could not advance normally.

The military situation was urgent and life and death was at stake. The cavalry of the Qingshun armies was also very helpless when they saw this. While cursing loudly, they tried their best to pull out their horses and advance through the gaps of the crowd. Some anxious cavalrymen couldn't wait to pull out their machetes and slashed the fleeing crowds on both sides. With the constant screams, they squeezed out a passage.

However, such delay did not affect too long, because soon, the Tang army spearmen who were chasing each other with armor and armor struggled to catch up with each other, as if they expected the enemy cavalry to come to block the attack. Instead, they retreated, returned to the cave like a giant beast, and stood by.
Chapter completed!
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