Chapter 450 The First Air Raid
"Sir, Sir!"
The Tartars pulled Tuhai out of the rubble... This guy was also a tough guy. Although he was hit by a brick, he was protected by armor and had no place in his body that was not painful, but he could still move.
Tuhai gritted his teeth, stared at the blood-red eyes and said, "What do you think? I'm not dead. You all defend the city for me! If you lose Daming Mansion, we will all die!"
Tuhai shouted loudly, while pulling out his waist knife and continuing to patrol the city. No matter how fierce An**'s artillery fire was, Tuhai did not take a step back. Wherever he went, the Tartars cheered loudly and their morale was like a rainbow.
"The warriors of the Qing Dynasty, I Tuhai have died once. If the Regent had not been kind, I would have chopped my head long ago. I guarded Daming Mansion, Tuhai would have put life and death aside. You are all loyal and kind people of the Qing Dynasty. They have been going on one after another, and from the bitter and cold land to the world of flower. I ask you, would you like to go back outside the pass and live a life of terrible and unpredictable life?"
"I don't want to, I don't want to!"
"Okay, let me show my energy to fight to the end, die without death, burn my boats, and fight Minggou to the end!"'
"Yes, I've been fighting Minggou!"
Boom, boom, boom!
An**'s gunfire was still in decline, and a layer of bricks on the city wall was knocked off, and mottled sand and gravel flowed out, as if torn off the wounds of the skin, bloody and bloody.
The Tartars on the top of the city were not outdone and used artillery to fight back frequently. Although An**'s artillery fire was even sharper, the Tartars occupied the terrain after all, and a shell landed on An**'s position.
Two artillery soldiers were killed on the spot, and a red-clothed cannon was also broken.
"Prince. The Tartars in the city are so powerful!"
Gu Zhenhua and the staff members stood on the mound and looked at the battlefield with frowns.
"The Tartars should not be underestimated. Do you have any idea to quickly take down the Daming Mansion?"
Wu Kaijie looked at the battlefield and said with a serious expression: "Prince, Daming Mansion City is deep, with strong defense. Judging from his humble duties, if you want to open the city like this, it will not be possible without three or five days!"
"Three or five days?" Gu Zhenhua raised his eyebrows and shook his head and said, "No, we originally planned to arrive in Handan in ten days. In that case, Li Xu and the others would have to hold on for three days. But Dorgon's move is faster than expected. If we delay in Daming Mansion, can Li Xu's more than ten thousand troops be able to block hundreds of thousands of Tartars?"
The staff present looked at each other and all frowned.
Suddenly, he rode and arrived in front of Gu Zhenhua, and Xie Bin jumped down quickly.
"Prince, although the defense of Daming Mansion is strong, Bei Zhi found that the Ximen City Wall was dilapidated and the defense was lax, so he might be able to succeed!"
Gu Zhenhua's eyes lit up and he asked, "Are you sure?"
"I am willing to lead the troops personally and not destroy the Daming Mansion. Come and see you!"
Gu Zhenhua pondered for a while and finally nodded. Xie Bin immediately rode his horse away and led his men towards the west city.
Xie Bin was a palace guard. When it comes to martial arts, he is the best among the An***. He also leads troops rigorously and trains solidly. He is the trump card in the An****. Gu Zhenhua is also full of hope for him.
The commander-in-chief of the siege, Guo Yunlong, also cooperated with Xie Bin. He placed the artillery in the south city and sent two brigades Gao Yigong and Li Nian to launch a fierce attack from the southeast to attract the attention of the Tatars.
An** mobilized, and the sound of cannons rumbling. The well-trained soldiers formed a siege group. Each shed was equipped with two cloud ladders and eight soldiers resisting the cloud ladders. The soldiers responsible for climbing up were also eight, and the rest were covered soldiers equipped with weapons such as muskets and Divine Fire Crows.
When the ladder rushed to the city, the siege soldiers attacked with cold weapons, and the soldiers behind provided fire support to kill the defenders on the city. This strategy of siege has been practiced many times, and the soldiers are particularly proficient.
The sound of cannons sounded, and the soldiers rushed to the city like a tide. Everyone divided the work in an orderly manner and performed their duties. The entire team had no slogans, and they all bowed their heads and moved forward quickly!
Terrible silence, terrible army!
Tuhai's heart trembled. As the saying goes, whistle at night, and the same is true for war. You always have to shout some slogans to boost your courage. And shouting to kill can boost morale and tell the people around you that your partners are right next to you. Even the Eight Banners Powers are not immune to the vulgarity. But An** was able to train to this point. Their silent attacks actually made the Tartars a little surprised and forgot to fight back.
"What are you doing when you are standing there? Beat me hard!"
Tuhai roared loudly, and the Tartars finally came back to their senses. The gunshots were loud and the bows and arrows were fired. From time to time, An** fell on the way to charge, but the soldiers behind were still fearless and rushed forward.
As he got closer and closer to the city wall, Lu Dongyong called his brothers to stop. There were still two hundred steps away from the city wall. The firearms and bows and arrows from the Tatars could not be fired, but An**'s musket could hit the Tatars.
"Aim for me and shoot!"
A row of bullets hit the city, and a Tartar poked out his head and his head was knocked away in an instant. Blood was spewed out of the cavity, and the body fell to the city. Corpse continued to fall on the entire city wall.
The An** who carried the ladders found an opportunity and rushed to the city wall quickly. The musketeers were covering with all their strength. The Divine Fire Flying Crow flew towards the city with sharp screams. The Tartars were blown into pieces and their bodies were in a mess!
Finally, the first ladder was placed on the city wall. An*'s soldiers climbed the ladder and rushed towards the city quickly.
Tuhai had long been red in his eyes. He was unwilling to lose the city so easily, so he immediately followed his subordinates to attack the soldiers rushing up.
This guy is extremely brave and has a machete of more than twenty pounds. Just hitting his body, it will be enough to break his bones and tendons. He is like a madman, covered in blood, and he doesn't know whether it is his own or someone else's.
However, with such a fierce guy, the Tartars can temporarily stabilize the situation and avoid rapid defeat.
"It's almost done, rush for me!"
Looking at the fierce battle between the two sides of the southeast, according to Xie Bin's judgment, the opportunity has arrived!
He hurriedly ordered that An**, who had been ready to go, quickly set off and rushed towards the Xicheng. At this time, all the Tartars guarding the Xicheng were attracted by the fierce battle in the southeast. He never expected that the war would fall on his head so quickly.
Xie Bin commanded two hundred soldiers to rush in front, all of them carrying the Divine Fire Flying Crow. This time, the Divine Fire Flying Crow has undergone some improvement, and in fact, it has been equipped with an iron pipe more than one foot, with a base connected to the iron pipe, which looks somewhat similar to the mortars in later generations.
Of course, at present, An**’s technical level cannot produce integrated shells. He can only ignite the fuse and put the Divine Fire Flying Crow into the iron pipe.
However, this is just a little improvement. It greatly enhances the accuracy of the Divine Fire Flying Crow. Within 200 meters, the lethality is no worse than that of the cannon!
Hundreds of Divine Fire Crows fired together. The dazzling fire blocked the sky, and these things quickly collided into the city wall.
When the Tartars saw An** gathering, they knew it was not good, so they fought back. However, their bows, arrows and muskets could not hit An***. Even if they injured a few people occasionally, it was a lucky thing, and it had nothing to do with the overall situation.
These bombs with a pound of gunpowder quickly landed on the city wall and burst out with panic and painful howlings of the Tartars. They immediately exploded and the Tartars screamed in terror.
The smoke and dust enveloped the entire city wall. The subsequent soldiers rushed forward as soon as they saw the opportunity.
At this time, Luo Xiaoyu led a group of soldiers to become more bold. They rushed to within a hundred meters of the city with dozens of divine fire crows. The Tartars' bows and arrows and projectiles flew past each other from time to time, but he seemed to have not heard of them.
After stabilizing the launch tube, Luo Xiaoyu narrowed his eyes, stared at the city gate, measured his thumb a few times, and stuffed the Divine Fire Flying Crow into the launch tube.
Bang, bang, bang!
Five of the ten Divine Fire Flying Crows hit the city gate almost at the same time. The hardwood gate, which was thick with a slap, was beaten to make wood chips fly, and the chrysanthemum nails as big as bowls were blown away.
"Give the Tartars some more great!"
Luo Xiaoyu was attacked by an arrow on his shoulder. He gritted his teeth and held on, and then fired another Divine Fire Crow.
Now six or seven more Divine Fire Crows hit the target, and the explosions continued one after another, and the strong city gate could not bear it. Along with the splash of wood chips, a city gate collapsed.
Soldier An** rushed towards the city like a shark smelling blood.
The sound of gunfire and cannons sounded in a ball, and there was no chance for remedy for the Tartars. They quickly crossed the moat and rushed to the bottom of the city wall. The city gate on the other side was also blown away!
"Run, break into Daming!"
The soldiers quickly entered the city through the gap. Xie Bin, who was watching the battle behind, was also shocked. He thought the Tartars were quite tenacious, but he didn't expect that they would enter the city in one round of charge. It was so easy that it was a bit abnormal!
But even if it is a trap, it cannot be let go. An** continued to rush into the city.
"Hmph, Minggou is finally here, Warriors, shoot!"
It turned out that there was a urn city inside the Xicheng Gate. Tuhai was not only brave but also strategic. He deliberately sold a flaw and then secretly asked his deputy Tong Tulai to take charge of the Xicheng.
After An** rushed in, he kept shooting down the pellets from the wall city. The bows and arrows were like raindrops, and in an instant, more than twenty soldiers fell into a pool of blood.
"The Tartars have an ambush, everyone quickly form a formation!"
An** deserves to be well-trained and hurriedly lined up in an orderly line, braved the Tartars' muskets and fought back towards the city, and the Tartars kept falling under the city!
"The trapped beasts still fight!"
Tong Tulai showed a grim smile. In an instant, the three gates of the urn city opened wide, and the six hundred cavalry lying behind protruded. This distance was not enough for An** to react at all. The Tartars arrived in front of them like lightning.
kill!
The Tartars raised their sabers high, and An** also opposed them with bayonets, but the Tartars finally relied on the advantage of the war horses and knocked away a piece of soldiers. Other soldiers who had no time to form a formation were killed by the Tartars, and blood and corpses filled the city gate!
"Prince, there was some trouble in the west city. General Xie was ambushed by the Tartars, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses!"
Gu Zhenhua immediately clenched his fists, and his joints bounced and sounded. He stared at Daming Mansion, with a fierce light in his eyes.
"Wu Kaijie, how many hot air balloons do we have?"
Wu Kaijie subconsciously said: "Your Majesty, there are about fifty!"
"You go and send an order, and immediately concentrate all the hot air balloons. I will attack the Tartars from the air!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!