Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

And then the location of the fierce battle was transferred to the East Bianmen and West Bianmen.The East Bianmen and West Bianmen are the nodes connecting the inner and outer city walls.Fortunately, the military buildings in the capital are well-built, including turrets and city towers.

The role of turrets and city towers is to divide the city wall.In ancient times, when a section of the city wall fell, the division of turrets and towers could effectively prevent the enemy from rushing to other city walls, making it easier for the defenders to counterattack and regain the lost city wall.Now there are such military buildings at the East Bianmen and West Bianmen, which can effectively separate the inner and outer city walls.

There are not many cannons on the walls of the capital, and they are mainly general cannons and general cannons, and their power is also very powerful.However, these artillery have fixed turrets, and there is no way to turn and transport them.

Of course, this was also deliberately designed like this when the artillery was arranged in the capital at that time.Otherwise, if the guns can be easily turned, they can shoot at the imperial city.Don't say whether such a thing will happen, as long as there is such a possibility, it will be a catastrophe for the designer of the fort.

However, this design saved the Runing Army defending the outer city from the threat of artillery.Therefore, the battles against turrets and city towers were completed by both sides with firecrackers and bows and arrows.

But the city wall is so wide, even if the city wall of the capital city is astonishingly thick and can run n horse-drawn carriages side by side, it still makes it impossible for the huge Dashun Army to use it.Here, the superiority of troops was not obvious at all, and the Dashun Army soldiers on the front line had at most hundreds of soldiers. With such a scarce force, it was difficult to attack the turrets and towers.

As for the Runing Army, they can concentrate all the firearms in the army to the front line.A gunner has seven or eight loaders loading ammunition behind him to ensure that the gunner can shoot without interruption.

So the battle turned out to be one-sided.The soldiers of the Dashun Army could hold their shields and rush to the bottom of the turrets and city towers, but they absolutely couldn't hold their shields while climbing the ladder.So under intensive firepower.The soldiers of the Dashun Army were knocked down one after another, and soon they gave up this senseless charge.

And the same goes for fighting on the ladder.Because Li Lu and the others blew up the top section of the ladder, the Dashun Army could only erect ladders.But the stairs were not wide, and the dense crowd was also shot down by the firecrackers.There was also boiling oil and golden juice poured from the city walls, so the Dashun army finally gave up this offensive route.

In this way, the only option is to enter the outer city through the three gates.

The Dashun army in the inner city is always much more convenient to deal with the closed city gates.Not to mention that the door panels of the city gates here are not clad with copper, which is easy to burn down with fire, but only the pins next to the two city gates.It can be sawn off and chopped off.When the pin is broken, you can drag the rope and let everyone work together to pull it down.It's just that it takes some time to do so.

The advantage of the Dashun Army is that it has a large number of people.No matter how much time was spent, all three city gates were knocked down in one day.Then they will face the gravel blocking the city gate.

But as the battle progressed, because the fierce battle revolved around these three city gates.Therefore, the dwellings beside the city gate were also burned down by the kerosene and torches dumped from the city wall.There is no shelter as a residential building.This greatly increased the danger of the Dashun army rushing to the city gate.

The Dashun army was also used to this kind of scene, and there was no need for Li Zicheng to issue orders. His generals organized dead soldiers and began to move sand and gravel.As long as the gravel is transported back from the gate of the city, one pack per person, today's battle can be ended.Those who flinch and those who run away will be killed.So soon.The gravel blocking the city gate is about to be hollowed out.

"It's done! It's done!" Seeing the light coming through from the opposite side, the dead soldiers digging gravel shouted excitedly.

"Boom!" A shell suddenly shot out from the dug hole, tearing the dead soldiers at the hole to pieces.Since the dead soldiers of the Dashun Army gathered in the city gate were quite dense, as the shells flew by.Immediately, a road of blood and flesh was swept out.

The dead soldiers of the Dashun Army crowded in the city gate immediately turned their heads and ran away, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were supervising the battle behind were also a little at a loss, because all the dead soldiers were running back. Is it clean?

Or the supervising officer who led the team was quick-witted.Immediately he yelled: "Push our cannons up too. We can blast the last thing with our cannons too. Hurry up!"

"Boom boom-"

As the artillery of the Dashun Army was installed in place, the Runing Army took the initiative to withdraw the artillery.Yang Rusong, who went north this time, did not carry any artillery at all.Most of the field artillery used by the Beijing camp in Beijing also fell into the hands of the Dashun army, and only a few dozen were left in the outer city, and there were some eagle guns and three-eyed guns.The Runing Army cannot afford to waste it.

Therefore, under the cover of artillery, the Dashun Army successfully opened up the three city gates.But when they shouted and rushed through the city gate, they suddenly found that the Runing Army was already in full swing.

Yang Rusong and the others knew that relying on these three mere city gates would definitely not be able to stop the Dashun Army's footsteps.So they organized the people from the outer city to dig a trench two feet deep and five feet wide along the three gates.And a two-foot-high stone wall was built behind the trench.

In order to build these three stone walls, more than half of the stone slabs on the roads in the outer city were dug up.And in this way, it is like building three urns behind the three gates.And these three urns are the real line of defense for the Runing army to resist the Dashun army rushing in from the city gate.

At this point in the battle, it was already late at night.But the Dashun Army had no intention of resting their troops. They turned on the lights and fought at night, launching continuous fierce attacks on the city.

But Li Zicheng and the others have suffered bitter fruit for wasting time before, but now they allow the outer city to build complete fortifications.So the current onslaught is nothing more than wasting life in vain.Soon, the casualties of the Dashun Army approached tens of thousands.

At this time, when the Dashun army rushed into the three city gates in a swarm, they would be knocked down by the wood and stones on the top of the city, and would be shot by firecrackers and bows.And when the Dashun army rushed out of the city gate and was filling the trench again, they were knocked down by the dense hail of bullets.

When the Dashun Army finally pushed forward with artillery, trying to suppress the firepower of the Runing Army, they were destroyed by the artillery aimed at the city gate, and the whole battle immediately came to a stalemate.

Therefore, the weakness of the southern city wall was too prominent, to the point where the Dashun Army refused to give up.That's why the Dashun Army concentrated their siege here, and concentrated on the three weakest gates.But in this way, the Runing Army can concentrate on key defenses.It is completely turning the weakness into a place of death for massacring the Dashun army.

Seeing that the casualties were too great, Li Zicheng reluctantly called a stop.He let the troops rest for a while, and then discussed with the generals.

"Your Majesty! Surrender! As long as the prince and others are sent out from the outer city, we can agree to any conditions first. If the fight continues like this, the trapped beast will fight, and our damage will be great. In the south, there are Nanjing Ming Army and Zuo Thief, Sichuan There are also the Eight Great Kings, and Butcher Wu from Runing is even more eyeing. Our elites can't be wasted!" Niu Jinxing said.

"Nonsense!" Liu Zongmin immediately objected, "As long as you take down the capital, you are breaking through... the emperor sits in the country, how can he make concessions casually? If you don't destroy the Ming dogs in the outer city, the world will inevitably be ready to move. Do we all have to compromise? It’s better to tell those Ming dogs that if we don’t surrender, we will have to fight for three days after we kill them.”

"Old Liu! You are talking nonsense." Li Zicheng immediately scolded, "They are all my people, so don't slaughter the city casually, especially in the capital, it's not good."

Then Li Zicheng asked Song Xiance and Li Yandao: "What do you two gentlemen think?"

Song Xiance frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Actually, what Brother Niu and General Liu said makes sense. It is indeed best to recruit them to surrender. But we must also make them surrender willingly. You can send someone to talk to the Ming general in the city first. , as long as you submit to my Dashun, high-ranking officials will not be stingy. But let that famous general give up the outer city, hand over the princes and all the officials in the outer city, otherwise there will be no discussion, and our Dashun will definitely fight to the end."

Li Yan also echoed: "That's true. But it's really too stupid to attack like this. We also need to deploy troops at other city gates to attract the attention of the inside of the city, making it difficult for them to take care of all places, and finally we can take advantage of the false attack to enter the outer city."

"Then how should we fight at the city gate? It is not a good strategy to fight like this. If the children continue to be killed and injured like this, they will not dare to charge up again." Li Zicheng asked again.

"Just die!" Li Yan said, "I heard from those who came back that the stone wall behind the city gate is not too high, so we used the method of piling up soil to pile the soil onto the stone wall step by step. , charge with all your strength.”

"Okay! Then arrest..." Li Zicheng thought for a while, and felt that such an order should not come from his own mouth, so he immediately changed his words, "Then Lao Liu, you command!"

Liu Zongmin immediately ordered with understanding: "Catch the people in the city, pick those who are thin and tender first, and ask them to pick up the soil first, and pile the dirt road on the stone wall according to Li Junshi's instructions."

"promise!"

After resting for an hour, the Dashun Army changed its combat method and drove the officials and wealthy merchants in the capital to serve as cannon fodder to start filling trenches and piling up an inclined earth road to separate the earth road from the stone wall. Top end flat, then concentrate the whole army over the stone wall.

Although such a method is stupid, it will take a lot of time and a lot of cannon fodder, but it is almost impossible for the defenders. After all, no one can destroy the soil on the ground.So after two days, the Dashun army's dirt road was almost piled up to the stone wall. (To be continued..)