Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1182 The Battle of the Three Kings ([-])

In March, the war in Heluo was raging and the flames of war were still on. King Chu of the Ming Dynasty led 19 elite troops from Huguang to guard the camp to avoid the war.

At this time, in the direction of Xuzhou, the positions of the offensive and defensive sides were just adjusted.

Dai Zhifan and Liu Shun led 13 elite soldiers and surrounded Qing general Ma Guanghui with 5 people in Xuzhou to attack desperately.

The Ming army approached the city in February. Under the cover of artillery, after a month of preparations, the moat had been filled and the road paved for large siege equipment. The time for a general attack had arrived.

Under the city of Xuzhou, 13 Ming troops surrounded Xuzhou on three sides, leaving only the north side to attack.

At this time, horns and war drums sounded one after another outside the city, the Ming army's spears intertwined like a forest of steel, and the flags fluttered like billowing red clouds.The army formed nearly a hundred phalanxes, and countless equipment stood up like hills. Goose carts, ladders, siege towers, burrows and other large equipment were ready to move, waiting for a general order to approach the city.

Dai Zhifan stood on a tall lookout chariot in a large formation of the Chinese army, with hundreds of warriors beating drums behind him, and the cavalry who sent orders rushed out from the Chinese army, galloping on horseback between the gaps between the square formations, raising yellow dust, passing military order.

The artillery positions of the Ming army in front of the formation first began to bombard Xuzhou City. Hundreds of cannons in red clothes made deafening sound. As soon as he retreated, a hundred iron bullets weighing more than ten kilograms rushed out of the muzzle and hit the city wall.

The city was immediately dusty, and countless broken stones rose into the air and fell like raindrops, as if there was a shower of stones in the air.

Ma Guanghui brushed away the smoke and dust with his hands, and walked on the wall where the guns were rumbling. He felt the shaking of the wall, and his face was so heavy that he could drip water.

His subordinate Li Youlong rushed over and took his soldiers with shields to protect Ma Guanghui, who asked directly: "I'm afraid the Ming army is going to make a general attack, and blood will be seen soon, how are the defense preparations everywhere?" "

"Don't worry, governor, everything that needs to be prepared is ready! It's just that the Ming army's artillery is too fierce, and the city wall may not be able to withstand it!" Li Youlong replied with some worry.

Ma Guanghui's eyes fell to the outside of the city. Just at this time, the artillery outside the city completed the second loading. They adjusted their positions, and the second round of shooting came again. The smoke filled the position and soon enveloped the position.

All the Ming army used solid bullets for siege. These iron bullets basically weighed more than ten kilograms, but there were exceptions.

In the artillery formation of the Ming army, there is a huge cannon, which is 600 feet long, weighs [-] jin, and has a barrel of [-] inches thick. One cannon can fire more than [-] jin of iron bullets.

This is the super giant cannon cast by the Ming army since September last year, after Jiang Xiang anyway, in order to attack the powerful cities of Luoyang and Kaifeng.The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and Xiyi cast together. They cast three parts in total, and finally assembled them. Only one of them was functional. Wang Yan was transferred to Huai'an to attack Xuzhou so that the East Route Army could quickly break through and outflank it. .

This huge cannon was extremely heavy, and it was assembled under the city of Xuzhou before it was assembled.

Such a giant cannon is extremely powerful, but it is also very troublesome to operate. It takes a long time to load and fire a cannon. It takes nearly a hundred people to operate together, and the interval is extremely long.

The red cannons of the Ming army continued to attack, and the sound of bricks and stones collapsing from the Xuzhou city wall continued, mixed with many screams and panicked calls for help.

The city wall was in a mess, billowing with smoke and dust. Ma Guanghui was guarded by the soldiers and squatted on the city to avoid the shelling. He couldn't see clearly, and he could only hear the screams of help and the crackling of the towers.

"Governor, it's too dangerous here, please hurry down to the city!" After the second round of shelling passed, the guards hurriedly hugged Ma Guanghui and walked down the city.

Along the way, there were dead Qing soldiers who fell on the city everywhere. Ma Guanghui bypassed the corpses and passed a section of the city wall. He saw that the wall stacks had collapsed, the city bricks were broken, and the adobe had been exposed. Maybe after a period of bombardment, the entire section of the city wall will all collapse.

The artillery outside the city was still filled with white smoke, and the Ming army was busy cleaning the barrel, ready to shoot again.

Ma Guanghui walked to the steps to climb the city. This is the backside of the city wall, which is basically safe. He stopped immediately and explained, "Okay, the governor will go down to the city by himself. You guard the city wall and need support. Wave the red flag. The governor will go down immediately." Let the reserve team go..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang", an unprecedented loud noise, it was like the sky was falling apart, and it was like thunder exploding in the ears.

A section of the city wall of Xuzhou City suddenly exploded, and the entire section of the city wall was deformed. It seemed that it was suddenly pushed down by a huge force. Countless rubble rose up, and the sky was completely black. Soaring into the sky, it completely submerged that section of the city wall.

Ma Guanghui's heart trembled, knowing that it was the big guys of the Ming army who showed their power, he was immediately terrified, and regretted not accepting Dai Zhifan's surrender conditions.

After the Ming army arrived in Xuzhou, they wrote to surrender Ma Guanghui, but Ma Guanghui wanted to support the city, and he had defeated Dai Zhifan before, so he wanted the Duke and the Governor of Shandong to separate Shandong, and his eldest son was in Beijing as a hostage, so He did not agree to the conditions proposed by the Ming army to reorganize the army and grant the Marquis.

Dai Zhifan, the middle army of the Ming army outside the city, stood on the watchtower, put down the binoculars with a sneer, suddenly waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"

In the wilderness, the drums of the Ming army sounded, and the shouts of the soldiers suddenly rose. The overwhelming Ming army surged up like a dam burst, and marched forward with their weapons.

The sword and shield in front carried the climbing ladder and ran wildly, while the companions behind leaned forward, pushing the ladder and siege tower with all their strength, and pressed them against the city wall.

The soldiers of the Qing army in Xuzhou City were stunned by the bombardment of the giant artillery just now, and did not respond for a while. When the Ming army rushed halfway, the artillery on the city began to spew out flames, white smoke, and sporadic counterattacks.

During the one-month siege, the moat of Xuzhou has been filled by the Ming army. As soon as the battle started, the sword and shield fighters rushed towards the city wall under the rain of arrows. At the same time, the large equipment of the Ming army also began to approach the city. .

As the Ming army attacked the city, the bombardment of the red cannon stopped, which relieved the Qing army at the top of the city.

Behind the city wall, the artillery carts of the Qing army began to counterattack, and countless artillery stones rose into the air to bombard the charging Ming army. Many large equipment of the Ming army were destroyed by the artillery stones of the Qing army.

Li Yuanyin led [-] military guards and went straight to the collapsed place. They braved the rain of arrows and artillery stones, and climbed along the messy bricks and mounds after the collapse to the city wall.

The densely packed Ming army climbed towards the collapsed place like ants, and when they were about to climb to the top, the Qing army occupying the top immediately stabbed with long spears, and the several Ming soldiers in front were all stabbed, screaming and rolling down.Immediately, the Ming army behind roared, brandishing this weapon to fight back, hacking down several of the Qing army above, but the Qing army behind immediately filled up again. Roll down the slope.

At this time, under the city wall, the sword and shield hand carrying the climbing ladder had already erected the ladder to climb.A siege tower that was level with the city was getting closer and closer to the city wall. Everyone knew that once the siege tower was built on the city wall, the Ming army could swarm the city.

"Quick! Cupping pot!" A general of the Qing army shouted, brandishing a knife, but just as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head with a firecracker by the Ming army under the city, and fell directly off the city wall.

Although the general was dead, the Qing soldiers in the city still obeyed the order and took up the fire pots and threw them at the siege tower. The pot shattered on the top of the tower, and the flames flowed down with the fire oil, instantly igniting the entire siege tower!
On the city, the siege battle was extremely fierce, and the Qing army defending the city waved the red flag again and again, asking for support.

Ma Guanghui dispatched several reserve teams one after another, and there were not many troops in his hands. He couldn't help sweating on his forehead. Suddenly, he grabbed a soldier with one hand and shouted anxiously: "Hurry up, get out of the city immediately and go to Jinan to bring in reinforcements. Let Wang Zhongqing count as much as he has, and let the governor rush to Xuzhou to fight against the Ming army."

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