The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 709 The Attack and Defense of the Capital City

On June 25, the first year of Ming Guang's restoration, the sun is setting!
The big red sun in the sky slowly fell below the horizon, splashing the setting sun like blood on the earth.

The city wall is tall and majestic, looking at the Daming capital like a divine capital in the sky, standing just like that under the setting sun!
The blue-gray walls of the city walls were flushed red by the setting sun.

It looked like it was stained red with blood!
Looking at the tall and majestic city, although the Ming army was very tired from marching, the morale of the army was quite high and excited.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"..."

The Ming army couldn't help shouting loudly.

Loud shouts resounded all around the capital, and a mighty military might spread over.

Zhu Hongyu was stationed among the thousands of troops, looking at the tall city wall of the capital not far away, crouching like a prehistoric beast, his eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

"Pass down the order, and the army camps in place!"

"After resting overnight, prepare to launch an attack on the capital!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Hongyu pulled his horse and turned around, and while walking, he gave orders to the messengers beside him.

The ministries of the Ming army received the order and started to build the camp.

Tents, a large amount of food supplies, heavy artillery, and a large amount of shells and gunpowder were all unloaded from the transport ship.

The engineers were divided into two teams, and the first team began to set up tents and build a large camp.

The other team began to arrange artillery positions around the capital with the cooperation of the artillery unit, and pushed heavy artillery into the predetermined artillery positions.

The muzzle of the black hole aimed at the city wall of the capital not far away!

Although the sky was about to get dark, the world was filled with a chilling aura, and everyone could feel it very sensitively.

War is coming!
……

Standing on the city wall of the capital, Obai looked at the bustling Ming army outside the city, as well as the faintly audible loud military songs, his heart began to sink continuously.

Especially when he saw that the Ming army unloaded hundreds of thousands of large and small cannons from the transport ships one after another, he felt even more uncertain.

Now Oboi really doubts whether the defense of the capital can withstand the Ming army's shelling!

At this moment, Oboi suddenly heard exclamations from the guards beside him.

"God, what is that?"

"Heaven, look at the sky, something is flying, coming towards the capital!"

"Then... what is that?"

"..."

Almost all the Qing troops on the top of the city saw such a scene. A huge hot air balloon slowly lifted into the sky and floated towards the capital.

The hot air balloon is painted with red paint, and on the red background, a golden dragon with its teeth and claws is drawn with golden burning. The sun and the moon hang high above the golden dragon's head...

Beautiful, but also mysterious!
Almost everyone was shocked, even terrified.

In the eyes of people in this era, the only ones who can fly into the sky should be gods.

And the red paint on the hot air balloon, as well as the high sun and moon, all showed that the gods were on Daming's side.

The gods are already on Daming's side, can they still win?
Countless people have unconcealable doubts and fears in their hearts!
Just the launch of the hot air balloon caused a great blow to the morale of the Qing army defending the city!

The morale of the Qing army, which was already sluggish, became even more sluggish in an instant.

Even Oboi's expression froze.

He, Batulu, the number one in the Qing Dynasty, is indeed the number one warrior in Manchuria, but he is also afraid of gods.

Aobai took a deep breath, picked up his dedicated tiger bow, bent the bow and set an arrow, thinking about shooting the hot air balloon in the sky.

There was a loud crash, the bowstring trembled, and an arrow flew out!

Shoot straight towards the hot air balloon in the sky!
Although Aobai knew that his arrow had a high probability of missing that ghost in the sky, he didn't even think about hitting it.

He just wants to use this to prove to everyone that he is not afraid of that ghost in the sky, that's all.

It can only be said that as expected, the arrow shot by Oboi flew halfway and then fell down feebly.

Even the highest point shot by the arrow is still tens of meters away from the hot air balloon.

However, Obai's move really proved his courage to everyone and restored some morale for the Qing army defending the city.

"Shoot, let me shoot all of them!"

"Move some bed crossbows over here, and shoot that ghost thing in the sky for me!"

"I don't believe it anymore, maybe there are really gods in this world!"

"..."

Of course, Obai is not a materialist, he just doesn't want to believe that the gods are on the side of the Ming thief, that's all.

If Daqing also has hot air balloons, he doesn't mind making hot air balloons a myth!

Driven by Oboi, many of the Qing army's best archers bent their bows and set up arrows, aimed at the hot air balloon in the sky, and shot their own arrows.

All of a sudden, on the walls of the capital city, there was an endless sound of bowstrings vibrating!
Countless arrows formed a rain of arrows and shot towards the hot air balloon in the sky.

Ordinary bows and arrows are of course harmless to hot air balloons, but when Man Qing transferred the bed crossbow, it was different.

Because, to a certain extent, the range and power of the bed crossbow are no worse than some small-caliber artillery!

The crossbow bolts fired by the bed crossbow shot towards the sky, and the bed crossbow bolts, which were the same size as the spear, flew past the side of the hot air balloon.

Almost shot down Daming's hot air balloon!

"Ascension! Ascension!"

"Raise the height of the hot air balloon to avoid shooting from the Qing army's bed crossbow!"

"..."

The hot air balloon commander of the Ming army continued to give orders to his subordinates. As the firepower was adjusted to increase, the hot air balloon began to rise slowly.

The bed crossbow of the Qing army, which could barely reach the hot air balloon of the Ming army, gradually lost its due effect.

The hot air balloons that can no longer threaten the Ming army!
After the hot air balloon of the Ming army left the attack range of the bed crossbow of the Qing army, it continued to fly towards the sky above the capital.

After traveling to the sky above the capital, accompanied by a bang, the Ming army began to deliver leaflets to persuade the capital to surrender.

In the process of falling, piles of leaflets scattered under the action of the wind, and fluttered to the ground of the capital.

Falling like snowflakes!
Ao Bai squinted his eyes, looking at the hot air balloon in the sky, his face was very ugly.

"Send someone to check, what did the Ming thief send to the capital?"

"twitter!"

After the soldiers around Aobai beat Qian'er, they quickly walked towards the place where the leaflets were falling in the capital.

Not long after, Oboi's personal soldiers found a leaflet for Oboi, handed the leaflet to Oboi with a grim expression, and said.

"Master, all the Ming thieves sent to the capital are letters of persuasion!"

Obai's face darkened when he heard this, and then he read the letter of persuasion from his own soldiers.

Son of Heaven respectfully informs the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the capital:
Wherever the sun and the moon go, and where the mountains and rivers go, they are all bright lands. The difficulties of Jiashen, the entry of the Qing captives, the chaos of the world, and the separation of flesh and blood is a tragedy that has never happened in a thousand years.

Fortunately, my great destiny is still alive, so I rise up in Nanyang, mobilize troops to conquer the Central Plains, and restore my country and society.

It is because of my king's division's Northern Expedition, and even the Jiangbei, Lianghuai, Shandong, and Beizhi places, no one dared to resist a little bit!
Now that Master Wang has arrived in Beijing, the general situation of the world is clear, the sun and the moon are shining again, and the rebirth of China is a foregone conclusion.

The soldiers and civilians in the capital should know the current affairs as heroes. If they surrender to Ming Dynasty at this time, Daming should let the past go.

If you die hard to the end, you will inevitably be killed!
The soldiers and civilians in Wangjing City all considered it, and Mo Ping lost his life in vain!

At the end of the letter of persuasion, Zhu Hongyu added a plain phrase.

How much money you earn a month, are you working hard?
After reading the surrender letter delivered by the Ming army to the capital, Aobai's face became extremely gloomy.

But in the end he spoke anyway.

"Pass down the order to seize the letters of persuasion sent by these Ming thieves to disrupt the morale of our Qing army!"

"If there are any private possessions, all of them will be dealt with as the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and they will be killed immediately!"

In order to prevent the morale of the Qing army from being affected by the letter of persuasion from the Ming army, Oboi had no choice but to make a bad move.

Zhu Hongyu's last plain words were too lethal!

But even if Obai ordered to confiscate the surrender letter from the Ming army, it was already too late.

The Ming army delivered more than [-] leaflets into the capital in one go through hot air balloons.

It's still the delivery method of the goddess scattering flowers!

No matter what, it is impossible for Aobai to confiscate all of them.

As long as there are a hundred or so sheets left out, Zhu Hongyu's last sentence, "You will work hard for a few coins", can be spread among the Qing army through word of mouth.

……

In the capital at this time, not only the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty lived, but also a large number of civilian husbands also lived in the city.

The living conditions of these folk husbands are not as good as those of the two green camps, and they need to work hard for the Qing Dynasty every day as coolies.

But even so, they may still not have enough to eat!
In such a difficult environment, Yang Qilong, as a prestigious monk, has become more and more important.

Because, many people need to use Yang Qilong to relieve their depression!

In this way, how could his status not be high!

On this day, Yang Qilong looked at the persuading letter in his hand, but his face was full of such an unstoppable smile.

"Haha! Hahaha!"

"Here we come! Daming finally called!"

"I'm waiting for the opportunity to rise up against the tyranny of slavery!"

"..."

As the Ming army arrived on the outskirts of the capital and was preparing to launch an attack on the capital, people inside and outside the capital began to panic.

Especially those green battalion soldiers in the city, whose morale was not high at all, is now extremely low.

In this case, isn't it a good opportunity for them to do something?
Huang Ji on the side asked.

"Master Qilong, when shall I do it?"

Chen Yi couldn't help urging.

"That's right, Mage Qilong, depending on the situation, Daming is about to attack the city. If Daming breaks the city, won't we be useless?"

All the people around also spoke in agreement.

"Master Qilong, just tell me when to do it, brothers can prepare in advance!"

"That's right, that's right, this Jiannu is really not a human being, he won't give our brothers a way to live!"

"..."

Yang Qilong was not in a hurry, he spoke slowly while turning the rosary in his hand.

"Don't worry, don't worry!"

"Jiannu has deployed a lot of troops in the city now. If we rise up rashly, I am afraid that Jiannu will soon put an end to it."

"When the Ming Dynasty officially begins to attack the city, the Qing army must mobilize the garrison from the city to defend the city. Wouldn't the city be empty? Then is the best time for me to wait for an uprising!"

"As long as I cooperate with Daming Li Yingwai after the incident, I will definitely be able to break through the capital!"

"As long as the capital is broken, we will all make great achievements!"

"At that time, the emperor's side will definitely be indispensable to my reward!"

After everyone nodded in agreement, Yang Qilong continued.

"Besides, I still need to contact those green battalion generals in the same city to see if I can encourage them to rise up against the Qing."

Yang Qilong still has certain confidence in instigating the green battalion soldiers in the capital to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.

Especially now that the Ming army is suppressing the border, I believe that the Han army in the green battalion in the city should also be swaying.

As long as he, Yang Qilong, came forward, with his sharp tongue, he would definitely be able to persuade the green battalion soldiers to go anyway.

Contribute to Daming's recovery of the capital!
Having said all this, Yang Qilong got up from the futon, glanced around, and said.

"Everyone, if Jiannu doesn't give us a way to survive, our lives and deaths are all in this desperate fight!"

"Everyone, contact the staff and prepare for the incident!"

……

Zhu Hongyu didn't know that there was another Yang Qilong in the capital who was planning an uprising against the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much.

He was just constantly listening to the opinions of the staff department and laying out the strategy of attacking the city.

"Currently, for me, Ming, the most advantageous tactic is to concentrate superior forces on one point, and use the air superiority of artillery fire and hot air balloons to break through the city's defenses in the capital!"

"Then open the city gate of the capital and send a large number of troops into the capital through the gate."

"Then use the elite soldiers as sharp knives to penetrate deeply. The Qing army in the capital was cut into different parts, and then surrounded and annihilated."

Xu Bin told the battle plan formulated by the staff department.

Zhu Hongyu nodded after listening to Xu Bin's introduction.

"That's right, the staff department has done a good job in the deployment of the army!"

"Ti decided to dispatch that army to fight fortifications, and that army went to fight and intersperse. We must make a bowl of water equal!"

Xu Bin nodded and said.

"Your Majesty's direction, I will eventually understand!"

The sun went down, and the sky was completely dark. The Ming army removed part of the manpower and continued to build the camp, and kept vigilant. The rest of the people returned to the camp to rest after dinner.

Candles were lit inside the big tent, providing a little bit of light for the inside of the tent.

Because Tang Aren was injured and entered the wounded barracks, Jia Liujin, who was the company deputy, made contributions in the Tianjin offensive and defensive battle, and was promoted to the company commander by the fire line.

At this time, Jia Liujin was holding a charcoal pencil in his hand, and was writing a family letter, or a suicide note, on a piece of white paper.

My wife, see the words like faces:
My wife is well!I'm fine in the army, but I don't know what's going on at home?

Parents are not in good health, so take care of them carefully. The child is still young, so don’t let him go to dangerous places. The cow at home is about to give birth, so you should be more careful. You should also take care of your own body. Don't push yourself too hard.

I just finished fighting Tianjin City with the imperial army, walked along the Tonghui River for four days, and came to the foot of the capital.

The city walls of the capital city are really tall, worthy of being the former capital of the Ming Dynasty. I heard brother Pao Ze, who has seen the world in the army, say that the city walls of the capital city are more than ten meters thick, and I don't know if it is true or not.

After I recover the capital with the army, I will know!
In the letter, Jia Liujin babbled about some trivial matters of life, including his life in the army and the battles of the Ming army.

Finally wrote a sentence at the end!
This battle is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise and fall of the world. Our soldiers should sacrifice their lives to serve the country and strive to be the first.

Never shrink back, cherish your life, and be a coward who will be stabbed in the back.

In this battle, even if I die, I will die well.

I believe that the imperial court will definitely not treat my family badly. You have to help me take good care of my parents and children.

I will make a will in advance, and the family's military field will be divided into four, one for each of you, your children, and your parents.

I believe that those fields plus the subsequent rewards and pensions issued by the court are enough to ensure your rich life.

Take care, don't read it!
After writing this, Jia Liujin carefully folded the letter paper, stuffed it into the envelope, and put the envelope in his breast pocket.

If he can survive this battle, then this letter is a scrap of paper.

But if he died on the battlefield, then this letter is his suicide note to his family.

Exhaling heavily, Jia Liujin greeted his brothers in the same tent.

"Who wants to write a suicide note, don't be so stupid, it's time to turn off the lights and go to sleep later!"

"Turn off the lights later, but it's too late!"

On the side, a man sitting on a ponytail sharpening a bayonet said with a smile and waved his hands.

"Don't write, what are you doing writing that stuff, it's unlucky!"

"Live well, write a suicide note!"

"I have something to tell my family in person after I go back."

Rather than writing a suicide note, he would rather spend the time writing the suicide note to sharpen his bayonet before the war.

Use this to increase your chances of survival!

A man with dark skin beside him spoke.

"Company commander, can you write a suicide note for me? I can't write many words!"

There were special literacy classes in the Ming army, and they were also equipped with cultural lessons, which were responsible for literacy for the soldiers.

Now there are basically no people in the Ming army who simply don't know a single character!
At most, some characters can be read, but not written. There is no such thing as pure illiteracy.

Jia Liujin gave him a blank look, and said angrily.

"I didn't study hard when I asked you to take culture class!"

"Now I can write this suicide note for you. Do you want me to take the culture test for promotion to an officer in the future?"

After all, he still took out the charcoal pen again, motioned the dark man beside him to read, and buried himself in writing.

The other Ming troops in the tent were also doing their own things.

Those who wrote suicide notes wrote suicide notes, those who sharpened knives sharpened knives, and some people were doing sit-ups, push-ups and other physical training...

……

On the second day, the sky just dawned!

The Ming army launched its first attack on the capital!
One after another, the hot air balloons lifted off and headed straight for the sky above the capital again.

However, this time, the box hanging under the hot air balloon is not filled with leaflets, but clay pots filled with gasoline, which can be used as incendiary bombs.

The hot air balloon drifted towards the capital, and after reaching the sky above the capital, clay pots filled with gasoline were thrown down.

Grease-soaked cloth strips were tied to the openings of the jars, and the strips were set on fire before the jars were thrown.

The jar fell to the ground and fell to pieces in an instant!
The gasoline contained in it spilled out in an instant, flowing everywhere.

The ignited strip of cloth touched the spilled gasoline, instantly igniting the gasoline flowing everywhere.

In an instant, the fire spread!
As pottery pots were continuously thrown near the city wall of the capital, the city wall of the capital was instantly submerged in flames.

A simple incendiary bomb landed on the city gate tower, and with a bang, the fire instantly engulfed the city gate tower.

Most of the Qing troops stationed at the gate tower were also submerged in the fire!

The cotton armor worn by soldiers of the Qing army can instantly turn into a big torch once it is stained with gasoline.

Countless Qing soldiers uttered a series of screams in the raging fire, and then turned into piles of charred charcoal.

There are also soldiers of the Qing army covered with flames, and the severe pain caused them to lose their minds, jumping high from the top of the city, trying to end their pain.

The stairs up and down the city wall were also sprinkled with weather, and a raging flame was ignited in an instant. The soldiers of the Qing army who were cut off from the back were forced to jump off the city under the pressure of the high temperature flames.

People kept jumping down from the top of the city, turning into broken corpses, smashed into puddles of flesh.

The ditches and dark forts that the Qing army arranged inside and outside the city were like nothing in front of the burning flames.

As long as the gasoline flows into the fortification along the gaps in the fortification, the fortification will be regarded as abolished.

A large number of Qing troops buried their heads and fled towards the center of the city, trying to avoid the burning area.

Some Qing soldiers fetched water to put out the fire, but when the water was poured on it, instead of extinguishing the fire, it made the fire spread even more.

The flame produced by burning gasoline cannot be extinguished with water.

On the contrary, using water to put out the fire will only aggravate the spread of the fire.

Because oil is lighter than water, gasoline can float on water and continue to burn.

"It can't be destroyed! It can't be destroyed!"

"Heavenly fire, this is an inextinguishable skyfire! God is here to punish us traitors!"

"Forgive me, God forgive me!"

"..."

Even many Green Battalion soldiers of the Qing Army, who suffered from severe feudal superstition, knelt on the ground in despair after seeing this scene, begging for mercy desperately.

Even if his forehead was broken, he didn't realize it!

Even if the flames had already burned over, all he could do was lie on the ground and keep kowtowing, his face full of despair.

Until they themselves are consumed by the flames!
……

Aobai was surrounded by a group of personal guards in the middle, running desperately.

The blazing flames were extremely scorching, and the cotton armor on some Eight Banners soldiers had already been ignited, and blisters were formed on the exposed skin.

The beard on Oboi's face was also curled in the raging flames, emitting a scorching smell of burning protein.

The scorching high temperature made his skin turn red, as if it was about to be cooked.

Along with the blazing flames, billows of black smoke were spreading.

On Oboi's face and body, there were traces of black smoke all over the place, looking extremely miserable.

"Quick, run away!"

"..."

Aobai managed to escape from the coverage of the fire, and many blisters were burned on his body.

Most of the hair and eyebrows were burned off!

The exquisite cotton armor on his body was also blackened by smoke, and completely lost its appearance.

"Fight the fire! Fight the fire!"

"What are you waiting for?!"

Ao Bai turned his head and let out a burst of anger, and roared at the generals of the Eight Banners and Green Battalion around him.

Niu Luzhang Jing, a soldier of the Eight Banners, stood up and said.

"Shao... Shaobao, it can't be put out, this fire can't be put out with water!"

Aobai grabbed this Niu Luzhang Jing by the collar, and roared with a ferocious face.

"If it can't be destroyed, it must be destroyed!"

"Otherwise, the morale of our army will be gone!"

Obai couldn't imagine how much it would affect the morale of the Qing army if the flames cast by the Ming army could not be extinguished.

Under the persecution of Obai, the Qing army began to step forward one after another, preparing to put out the fire.

After discovering that water could not extinguish the fire, the Qing army began to use sand to extinguish the fire, which finally saw results.

After mobilizing a lot of manpower and material resources, the trend of the fire spreading in the capital was finally contained, and the fire was still being extinguished bit by bit.

……

Under the incendiary attack of the Ming army, the fortifications near the city wall that the Qing army painstakingly managed were quickly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and then turned into a piece of white ground.

Although those earth and rock fortifications cannot be destroyed by incendiary bombs, people can't stay.

No one is guarding, no matter how strong the fortification is, it is just a decoration!

Seeing that the surrounding walls of the capital were engulfed in flames, the Ming army outside the city also started shelling.

The rumbling sound of the heavy cannon continued to roar, and each of the large-caliber heavy cannons was loaded, spewing out huge tongues of flame.

The cannonballs were fired with terrifying kinetic energy, smashing the walls of the capital city and trembling.

Solid shells weighing tens of kilograms hit the city wall, and a large amount of masonry debris flew everywhere.

The rumble of shelling almost covered up all other movements!
A large number of solid shells hit the city wall of the capital one after another, and the brick cladding layer of the city wall continued to fall off.

The artillery commander of the Ming army spoke beside Zhu Hongyu to report.

"Your Majesty, the city walls of the capital city are really too thick. The thinnest part is more than ten meters long, and they are made of rammed earth and covered with bricks. It is very difficult for our army to destroy the city walls of the capital city with the power of artillery. matter."

The city walls of the capital city are different from those of the local state capitals, and it is really difficult to fight!

Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning upon hearing this.

"If you can't open a gap in the city wall, you can directly attack the capital, and the casualties will be uncontrollable!"

Xu Bin on the side spoke.

"Your Majesty, the city walls of the capital are really hard to beat!"

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, and ordered.

"The order is passed on, the artillery fire will cover the city wall of the capital, and I will sweep away all the fortifications such as the wall stacks, arrow towers, and gate towers on the city wall of the capital."

"Then, mobilize the curved mortars to cover the anti-curved surface behind the city wall!"

"Order the siege troops to focus on armor and prepare for the ascent!"

"Tell the soldiers that I am watching them here!"

"I want to watch them with my own eyes and recover the capital for me!"

Xu Bin clasped his fists in agreement.

"Here, I will understand in the end!"

"..."

……

Amidst the earth-shattering shelling, a large area of ​​the city wall of the capital was leveled, and the entire city wall became bare.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry of the Ming army began to attack the capital, pushing the ladder to the city.

At the same time, the flames burning near the city wall have also been extinguished. The Qing army, driven away by the flames, was forced to return to the disfigured fortifications burned by the fire under the supervision of the Eight Banners soldiers.

However, even so, the Qing army wanted to fight back and prevent the Ming army from ascending the city, but it was impossible.

Because there was no shelter on the city wall, as long as they dared to climb the city, they would face rifle rifles from the Ming army.

With a loud bang, the ladder car leaned against the city wall, and heavy armored soldiers with shields and swords began to ascend the city one by one.

Behind these heavy armored soldiers are rifled shooters holding muskets but wearing only breastplates.

Under the cover of their own heavy artillery, the Ming army boarded the city wall very smoothly.

However, after the Ming army climbed the city wall, they also began to face the same experience as the Qing army.

The Ming army fighting on the city wall was completely exposed to the Qing army's vision because they were not covered by the wall piles.

A soldier of the Qing army bent his bow and set up an arrow, throwing arrows at the Ming army at the top of the city.

There were even Qing army musketeers standing in a row in the city, aiming at the top of the city and firing volleys of guns.

Arrows rained like rain, and amidst the crackling gunfire, the Ming army, whose vision was exposed, suffered heavy losses immediately.

People kept getting shot and fell to the ground!

Fortunately, the accuracy of the Qing army's smoothbore guns was quite limited, so although the Ming army had damage, it was not unbearable.

"Lie down! Lie down!"

"Each find a bunker to hide!"

Accompanied by loud shouts, the Ming army launched corresponding tactical actions.

A rifleman lay down on the ground, aimed at the Qing army inside the city wall, and began to fight back.

Amidst the crackling gunshots, the musketeers of the Qing army who lined up and fired their guns were given special attention, and they fell to the ground row by row.

Howls and screams continued one after another!

Under the cover of riflemen, the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army were preparing to enter the city to seize control of the city gate, and then opened the city gate to welcome the main force of their own side to enter the city.

However, at this time, the reinforcements of the Qing army had already reached the stairs of the upper and lower city walls, and the soldiers of both sides collided and fought together in an instant.

The almost unarmored green battalion soldiers faced the heavily armed Ming army, and they were almost massacred in the end.

Every time the Ming army swung a knife with heavy steps, it could cause damage to the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army in front of them.

However, even if the green camp soldiers tried their best, they couldn't break through their armor at all.

The long knife cut on the armor of the Ming army, making a clanging sound, but only white marks were left behind.

"Grenade! The grenade breaks the formation!"

As the fighting became more and more intense, the green battalion soldiers were constantly pushed back.

During this process, the Qing army continued to shoot arrows at the Ming army gunners.

Arrows kept falling on the heavy armor of the Ming army, clanging non-stop.

One by one grenades were pulled apart, with black smoke coming from their tails, and they were thrown into the formation of the Qing army.

Amidst the rumbling explosions, gaps were blown out of the array of the Qing army.

Many Qing soldiers were bombed with missing arms and broken legs, but they did not die for a while, lying on the ground and wailing endlessly.

The Qing army also fought back, throwing grenades into the Ming army formation one after another!
Amidst the rumbling explosions, elite heavy armored soldiers died tragically one by one.

In front of firearms, the protective effect that heavy armor can exert is pitifully small.

However, although for the soldiers on both sides, the damage caused by the grenade is very scary.

But after being bombed by a grenade, the different reactions of the Ming army and the Qing army reflected how big the difference in the quality of the soldiers of the two sides was.

After the Qing army was bombed once, Dang even collapsed!

Countless green battalion soldiers of the Qing army turned around and ran away, and the Eight Banners soldiers who supervised the battle could not suppress the rout at all.

However, the Ming army was able to quickly adjust and restore the formation after being bombed, and continue to charge towards the enemy in front of them.

The Ming army quickly seized control of the stairs to the city, but they did not rush forward, but waited for follow-up reinforcements to catch up.

After gathering enough troops, they continued to attack the city.

The Qing army in the city hid in the trenches and in the bunker, and threw arrows at the Ming army who exposed their sight and pulled the trigger.

Although the riflemen of the Ming army were also fighting back, the casualty rate on their own side remained high.

The ground is full of corpses!

A grenade was continuously thrown into the trench. Amidst the sound of explosions, thick flames and gunpowder smoke opened the way for the Ming army to attack.

The armored Ming army began to compete with the Qing army for control of the trench!

A grenade flew back and forth, and amidst the sound of the explosion, the number of casualties of the Ming army rolled upwards.

Of course, it was not easy for the Ming army to face the Qing army!
Due to the huge gap between the two sides in terms of training, physical fitness, equipment, etc., even if the Qing army was defending, the number of casualties was much higher than that of the Ming army.

At the very least, as long as the muskets, bows and arrows of the Qing army are not close to the face, they may not be able to break through the heavy armor of the enlightened army.

The smoothbore guns used by the Qing army, due to the quality of firearms and the training of soldiers, although they are firearms are correct, as long as the distance is long, the armor-piercing ability is only average.

The bows and arrows of the Qing army, unless they are strong bows that shoot directly at the enemy, are equipped with a large number of soft bows used to throw arrows. The lethality and armor-piercing ability are limited.

But the rifled guns of the Ming army were almost fatal to the Qing army.

Even the Eight Banners soldiers wearing double cotton armor, in front of the rifled guns of the Ming army, they shot one by one.

Squads of the Qing army, the green camp, and the Han army were continuously defeated. After meeting the Ming army, a large number of traitors in the green camp chose to throw away their weapons and kneel on the ground to surrender to the Ming army.

The Ming army also began to gradually approach the city gate, trying to compete with the Qing army for control of the city gate.

The two sides are fighting fiercely!

The shouts of killing shook the sky, corpses fell to the ground one after another, and blood flowed everywhere as if money was not needed.

As time passed, small-caliber mortars and light cannons, as well as rockets, were also transported into the city via ladders.

boom!Boom!

Amidst the rumbling sound of shooting, one after another shells traced beautiful parabolas in the air and fell towards the Qing army's position.

In the rumbling explosion, countless shells exploded, turning each of the soldiers of the Qing army into stumps and arms, and they were thrown away from the trench.

call out!Whoosh!Whoosh!

The ear-piercing sound pierced the air, and rockets pierced the air, falling towards the top of the Qing army.

The rumbling explosion sounded again!
At the same time, the hot air balloons of the Ming army floating in the sky are also constantly conveying downwards the deployment of the Qing army's troops in the capital.

The artillery positions of the Ming army calmly adjusted their shooting positions according to the dispatch of troops of the Qing army.

Then launched a round of salvos!

A round of flower bombs were dropped into the capital.

The sound of explosions in the capital never stopped.

Under the cover of their own shells and rockets, the Ming army entering the city quickly rushed to the left of the capital's gate, and then they discovered a scene that almost made them feel desperate.

The gates of the capital were filled with sandbags and gravel by the Qing army.

"Damn, this is troublesome!"

Wu Liuyi leaned against a broken wall, looking at the blocked city gate in front of him, his face was rather ugly.

It is not a problem that the city gate is blocked, it only takes a certain amount of time to clean it up.

However, the problem now is that the Ming army urgently needs to open the blocked city gate so that its own reinforcements and superior artillery can enter the city.

There is no time to clear the blocked gates!
Moreover, even if the Ming army started to clean up the city gate immediately, the casualties it would have to pay would certainly not be small.

Because, the Qing army would definitely not sit back and watch the Ming army successfully clear the city gate, and then watch the main force of the Ming army enter the city.

"Platoon leader, how do we deal with this blocked city gate?"

A Ming soldier asked Wu Liuyi.

Wu Liuyi gritted his teeth and said.

"Damn it, order someone to ask for help from outside the city. They said that the city gate is blocked and we need high explosives to clear the sandbags and gravel in the gate opening."

"Take the dynamite and blow it up!"

The high explosive that Wu Liuyi mentioned was a new type of gunpowder developed by Daming.

It's just that it is not yet mass-produced, so it is not often used in the military.

The soldier of the Ming army accepted the order with his fists folded, turned around and went back the same way, sending a message.

Wu Liuyi turned his head and shouted.

"Everyone has it. Immediately set up a defensive position on the spot, and prepare for the counterattack of the Qing captives!"

"Before my army enters the city, the position of this city gate must not be lost!"

Many Ming soldiers around agreed in unison and responded.

"understand!"

While speaking, the Ming army made corresponding battle preparations.

The riflemen aimed their guns at the front, and several small-caliber light guns and rapid-fire guns were placed in front of the formation.

The heavy step in armor is wiping his waist knife, ready to go into battle at any time.

Of course, Wu Liuyi and the others are not fighting alone, and the follow-up reinforcements are also catching up one after another.

However, due to the barrier of the city wall, the reinforcement speed of the Ming army was not as fast as that of the Qing army.

Just as Wu Liuyi and the others set up defenses on the spot, the counterattack of the Qing army came up.

Under the force of the Eight Banners soldiers' swords and guns, a group of green battalion soldiers of the Qing army launched a counterattack towards the city gate.

Boom!Boom!
The artillerymen of the Ming army outside the city learned of the mobilization of the Qing army's troops through hot air balloons. After adjusting their shooting, they launched a round of fire coverage against the Qing army who was about to launch a counterattack towards the city gate.

One after another, the explosive bombs fell on the Qing army formation. Amidst the rumbling explosion, countless stumps and broken arms were thrown everywhere.

A large open space was cleared out of the Qing army formation!

In just an instant, the counterattack of the Qing army was contained.

Seeing this scene, the Ming army also hid behind the bunker and fired round after round of salvos.

Amidst the crackling gunfire, the leading Qing army fell down a large area at once, causing heavy casualties.

The ear-piercing charge horn sounded!

The soldiers of the Ming army held bayonets and launched a countercharge against the Qing army whose offensive had been contained.

The sharp bayonet flashed coldly, and amidst the rumbling explosion of the grenade, the counterattack of the Qing army was quickly repelled.

The current Qing army is struggling to even defend against the Ming army, let alone take the initiative to counterattack.

After suffering a major blow, the Qing army retreated quite quickly!
(End of this chapter)