Chapter 38 Heavy casualties
It was not a wrong decision for Gushikhan to withdraw the second wave of siege troops, because even if they turned around, they would have to be washed away by artillery shells again. It would be nice to have two thousand people who could run back alive. It would be better to let them rush up and consume the strength of the Ming army.
His biggest mistake was to underestimate the strength of the Ming army, or in other words, he shouldn't have believed the instigation of Tsarist Russia and led his army to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it is too late to say this now. He is already in a difficult situation. Ten thousand people have rushed up and cannot even retreat.
He could only use a telescope to stare at the siege troops nervously, hoping that they could rush up to the city wall and clean up the Ming army on the city wall!
Can his wish come true?
The answer to him was a terrifying rain of bullets. Looking at the siege troops who were beaten to pieces, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Only then did he realize that he had been completely deceived by Rozov and Kopelov. What bullshit muskets were they given, and they were not the same as those of the Ming Dynasty.
There are other artillery that cannot be moved. The landing point of the shell is fixed, which is simply bullshit. The artillery of the Ming Dynasty can obviously be adjusted. The shell is like eyes, sticking to the siege troops to fight, and the shell has no fixed landing point at all!
After finally siege troops were caught by gunfire and rushed to the bottom of the city wall, only about 4,000 people were left.
Of course, if all these four thousand people could rush up to the city wall, it would also cause huge losses to the Ming army.
However, his hope was once again lost. The first thing the Ming army threw down was not the rolling stone or the squat wood, but the round black lumps the size of fists, and they would explode whatever they touched. Once the soldiers nearby would lie on the ground for no reason!
No one died in this round, but there were more rolling gourds under the city walls, and at least thousands of people were blown up on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, there were rolling stones, wood, hot oil, boiling water, and the siege troops lost nearly a thousand people.
Finally, someone climbed up the city wall. Although there were only more than 2,000 siege troops left, there was still a fight, because the Ming army on the city wall only had more than 2,000 people to die.
Gu Shihan's hands holding the telescope began to tremble. He watched the hand-to-hand combat on the city wall nervously. The Ming army finally suffered casualties. At this time, the city wall was already in chaos. Should we continue to attack?
At this moment, he thought a lot in his head.
After losing so many people, we finally attacked the city wall. If we do not continue to attack, the second wave of siege troops will face the danger of being wiped out;
There was a chaos on the city wall now, and the Ming army must have no chance to shoot;
The other three sides are still attacking. If he stops unilaterally, wouldn’t he have cheated on the other three sides?
The most important thing is that he hasn't figured out how many Ming troops there are in Hami Guard. If there are more than 10,000 Ming troops in the city, then if you attack again, the city wall will most likely be taken down!
In the end, he decided to take a gamble, but it all turned out like this. How could he be willing to do it if he didn't try it.
So he gritted his teeth and ordered: "The third wave, go up."
"Kill." There was another clamoring shout and the remaining 10,000-watt slaughter soldiers in the east rushed towards the city wall.
Hou Gongji could have organized troops to quickly drive the enemy troops on the city wall, but he didn't, because he wanted the enemy to continue to send people to attack the city.
The more you come, the more military merits they make. This is just one aspect, and more importantly, the ones who besieged Hami Guards are all cavalry. If other friendly forces want to destroy them in the wild, I don’t know how much the price they will pay. Now they finally gave up their strengths and came to attack the city. Of course, they should try to attract more people to die!
Seeing that the enemy finally sent out the third wave of siege troops, he put down his telescope, took the iron spear from his personal guard, and shouted: "Back."
After saying that, he took the lead in rushing towards a dense place of enemies.
The hundred personal guards under him were carefully selected from ten thousand people. Not only did he have good marksmanship, but he also practiced some skills to a greater or lesser extent, just like the special forces in later generations.
Although there is no special forces in the Ming army yet, general leaders above the division would gather more powerful soldiers under him together as personal guards, which often can have miraculous effects.
Just like at this moment, Hou Gongji rushed up with these hundred personal guards, which was like chopping melons and vegetables. The enemy troops on the city wall were quickly cleaned up!
At this time, the third wave of enemy troops had already rushed to less than two hundred steps from the city wall. It was too late to fire. Hou Gongji directly ordered: "Order the artillery and all the seriously injured down the city wall. Those who can fight can aim and shoot immediately. In addition, let the Third Battalion and Fourth Battalion of the First Regiment come up to support."
The guards scattered everywhere, and soon, a small half of them lay on the city wall and began to shoot, while the artillery quickly pulled down the city wall with the seriously injured infantry.
As soon as the wounded soldiers retreated, two thousand infantry rushed up and quickly spread onto the city wall to start shooting.
At this time, the enemy's forward had almost rushed to the bottom of the city wall. There was no time to prepare hot oil and boiling water on the city wall, only some rolling stones and wood were left.
Hou Gongji directly ordered everyone to throw away all the grenades on their bodies!
Now, a storm of grenades hit the city wall, and countless grenades were still entering the crowd below, and there was a scream under the city wall.
However, someone grinned and lifted the ladder below to climb up the city wall.
Gradually, more and more enemy troops climbing up the city walls, and at this time, there is no tactics at all. When the two armies confront each other, the brave will win!
A fierce hand-to-hand combat suddenly started on the city wall. Countless thorn soldiers climbed up the city wall and were stabbed down. The Ming soldiers also suffered heavy losses. The soldiers on standby in the city rushed up the city wall and supplemented the damage to the battle. The two sides killed the sky and the earth, and the sun and the moon were gone.
In the distance, Gu Shihan was still holding a telescope, staring nervously at the situation on the city wall, his face getting paler.
Half an hour passed, and the Ming army on the city wall showed no sign of depletion. The third wave of siege troops was almost exhausted. He couldn't help but say to Ahsaid next to him: "Ahsaid Taiji, can you let your people continue to rush up to attack the city?"
Aside, shook his head firmly and said, "Khan, we are cavalry, and siege is not our specialty. Besides, I don't know how many Ming troops there are in the city. If you continue to attack like this, you may not be able to capture the Hami Guards. We are even at risk of destruction of the entire army. Forget it. Didn't you say that the Ming Dynasty had a total of 100,000 troops in the northwest? It seems that they had gathered at least 50,000 troops here, so other places would definitely be short of staff. We might as well go to other places to try our luck."
Upon hearing this, Gu Shihan slowly put down his telescope and said unwillingly: "Ming Jin, stop the army!"
A golden sound rang out, and the siege troops staggered back. Looking at it, they were all injured, and some people were even dragged back.
The Ming army did not take any further action, and the two sides finally stopped.
After the post-war statistics, Gu Shihan almost squirted out a mouthful of old blood.
The soldiers of the Wassad in all directions were seriously injured. The 20,000 people rushed up from behind were less than 10,000, and they were all injured, and there were many seriously injured!
Chapter completed!