Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 922
Qin Liangyu’s Baigan soldiers were destroyed long ago in the war against Zhang Xianzhong’s entry into Sichuan. The current Baigan Battalion was rebuilt by Wang Yan and Qin Liangyu’s nephews Qin Gongming and Qin Yiming. There are currently only more than 2000 people, but they are all good fighters among the few people. generation.

As soon as the Chinese army issued an order, the drums sounded suddenly, and the flag was waved. Two thousand white soldiers quickly walked through the mountains and forests. Even though the rocks were steep, these young people living in the mountains in the east of Sichuan were walking on flat ground.

On the other side, the Shence Army also began to move towards the mountain on the right side of the wall. However, although the Shence Army dispatched more than 3000 people, they moved much slower than the Baigan Army. They walked through the mountains like apes. , and although it is a white gun, they are not all white guns, but holding short knives and carrying crossbows on their backs.

On the hilltops on both sides of the wall, Phnom Penh also garrisoned thousands of troops each, to guard against a small group of Ming troops climbing up and stealing the pass. The Jin army on the hilltops saw countless figures running towards them in the mountains and forests, and immediately called the pass.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui deserved to send two more troops to the hills on both sides to support him, but his strength would no longer be so sufficient.

"Release the arrows!" At this time, the battle on the city wall was in full swing. Wu Sangui, who had just closed the wall, commanded the archers who closed the wall from under the city wall to quickly suppress the Ming army who had entered the city.

In many troops of the Ming army, firearms accounted for more than [-]%. In the Jin army, the proportion of firearms soldiers was not so high, but with the addition of archers, it definitely exceeded [-]%.

What kind of arms is the most in Fotuguan, it is definitely archers, they account for at least half of the defenders.

These archers were originally lined up in neat rows in the lower part of the city, throwing arrows to the outside of the pass wall, but because of the attack of the gunners of the Ming army, they suffered heavy losses and were unable to suppress the Ming army, so Wu Sangui let them go directly to the pass .

Except for the archers who were close to the pass wall and the artillery group, standing in a dead corner and still shooting from below, the archers within the range of the Ming army's artillery stones all ran up to the city wall.

At this time, the Guan wall has been divided into several sections by the Ming army, and many of the city walls have been controlled by the Ming army. However, most of the passages for the Jin army to go up the city are in the hands of the Jin army, so these archers have come to the city wall controlled by the Jin army. , Shooting arrows down to prevent the Ming army from continuing to climb the city, while the melee soldiers such as golden saber shields and spearmen began to attack the Ming army on the city, trying to drive them down the city.

The intention of the Jin army was very clear. The archers suppressed the Ming army and prevented them from continuing to climb the city, while the melee troops cleared and shut down the Ming army.

"Fire the arrow, shoot!"

Wu Zhimao commanded the Jin army, and shot down the Ming army on a ladder one after another. He was waving his knife and pointing at a group of Ming troops approaching quickly under the city. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up. The arrow flew, and he felt chills on his back.

After the archers of the Jin army went to the city, they changed from projectiles to direct shots, and their hits became higher. However, when they were behind the city wall, the archers and gunmen of the Ming army behind the shield car could not hurt them. They were invincible, but now But they were about to be shot and killed by the Ming army, and immediately fell down the wall one by one.

At this time, Li Dingguo had already occupied a section of the city wall, and soldiers of the Ming army continued to pass through the ladders and siege towers. The Jin army on the city wall could no longer withstand the attack of the Ming army.

He held a round shield in one hand and a big iron spear in the other. With the shield, he blocked several long spear thrusts. Then he used the spear as a stick to sweep across, directly hitting the waist of a Jin soldier, and swept him away, knocking down several spears. people.

Li Dingguo's personal guards followed the general and quickly advanced for a while. After stabilizing his position, he continued to advance step by step.

If they want to break through the barrier, it is not very useful for them to occupy a section of the city wall. They must attack the gate building, open the gate and enlarge the army to enter the barrier, in order to completely break through the defenders.

This is the Ming army in the upper city, under the leadership of Li Dingguo, with spears, bayonets, arrows and arrows, killing the closed Jin army and retreating steadily. The sergeants felt a wave of fear for this famous general.

Hu Guozhu had long discovered that Li Dingguo was powerful. Seeing that the Jin army was being forced to retreat steadily, and the wall occupied by the Ming army was getting longer and longer. Now there was only one step left before he could rush down the wall to attack the door. He suddenly called out Shouting, he jumped up to the side wall with a few steps, then jumped up from above, and suddenly threw himself down on Li Dingguo, with a gust of wind blowing from the saber in his hand, he slashed at Li Dingguo's head.

Li Dingguo saw a golden general jumping up from a high place, his eyes sharpened, he sneered, and held up the shield in his left hand. With a sound of "Dang", Hu Guozhu's saber slashed on the shield. At the moment before landing, Li Dingguo kicked out suddenly, Hu Guozhu only felt that he was about to be kicked out of courage, his body immediately bowed up, and instantly flew out backwards.

Hu Guozhu is one of the main generals under Wu Sangui's tent, and his martial arts skills are not bad. He didn't want to be kicked flying and hit the wall heavily. Li Dingguo stepped forward and was about to stab him to death, but Hu Guozhu's personal guard roared, Reckless, he slashed at Li Dingguo, forcing Li Dingguo to block with a shield, and then stabbed twice, the gun hit the throat, killing two more people in an instant.

Seeing this, the Jin soldiers were all terrified, and Hu Guozhu fell to the ground, but when Li Dingguo dealt with his personal soldiers, two Jin soldiers immediately snatched him back.

This time, Hu Guozhu didn't dare to step forward easily, but Jin Bing saw that they were all discouraged, and their morale was immediately drained. They were forced to retreat steadily by the Ming army, and they were about to reach the steps to climb the city in the blink of an eye.

Wu Sangui personally sat in Guanlou. After the Ming army ascended the city, his geographical advantage disappeared, and his disadvantage in military strength was soon manifested.

When Sun Kewang entered Yunnan, Wu Sangui happened to escape from the mountains in eastern Sichuan. Their troops were all newly recruited after the Sichuan-Shu war. Although they have been training and fighting for nearly three years, they can be said to be old soldiers, but the Ming army is obviously older than them Some, especially the Zhenwu Battalion was the one that defeated them three years ago, and their combat power was much stronger than that of Wang Deren's troops who had previously tackled key problems.

"My lord, the mountain on the left can't stand it anymore!"

When the Guanqiang fell into a bloody battle, fierce battles also took place on the hills on both sides of the Guanqiang. The white-armed soldiers used the crossbows used by the few civilians, and the crossbow arrows were coated with poison, which caused great losses to the Jin army on the hills.

Wu Sangui didn't expect that there was a problem with the top of the mountain first, so he hurriedly ordered 1000 generals to go to support, so that the Ming army could not control the top of the mountain.

"My lord, the Ming army attacked the Guanlou, and they are about to go down the wall and attack the city gate!"

Under the banner of the Great Banner, Wu Sangui's face turned cold. His position was on the Guanlou. If the Ming army were allowed to open the city gate or rush to the Guan wall, he would be in danger of being surrounded.

"Go, follow me to kill the enemy!",

At this time, taking a step back means losing, Wu Sangui suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist and shouted loudly.

Li Dingguo had already reached the steps to climb the city. A group of Ming troops, led by a thousand households, began to advance down the steps. The Ming and Jin armies kept fighting with long weapons on the steps, and then cut each other with short weapons. , Crowded and fighting for their lives, one after another corpses rolled down the steps.

Li Dingguo led another step and continued to close the wall and push forward. Their goals were Guanlou and Wu Sangui's banner. A rain of arrows came, he reacted quickly and used his shield to resist, and three sharp arrows were inserted into it immediately, but the soldiers beside him didn't react, even though they swung their knives to block, several people were still shot to death.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo swept off the arrow shafts stuck on the shield with his long spear, and saw a group of golden soldiers suddenly approaching from the opposite side, one of them was wearing a white cloak and a gold-plated armor, and he was very angry. He was not angry but happy, and shouted With a voice, "Wu Sangui, die!"

After yelling, Li Dingguo went up with his gun. Wu Sangui's face sank when he saw the other party staring at him, but he didn't take the fight. He has a different status now. How could the majestic prince and a Ming Dynasty battalion general practice alone and win? There is no benefit in losing, and there is no face in losing. All harm has no benefit.

The generals around Wu Sangui, seeing the arrogance of the Ming general, were furious and came to intercept Li Dingguo with their weapons. However, before the two sides fought, a horn sounded from afar.

(End of this chapter)