nanming man

Chapter 531 Shangqiu Attack and Defense
At the beginning of September, after the Qing army besieged Shangqiu and Xuzhou, the Ming army deployed in Huai'an, Sizhou, and Fengyang did not go north to support them. On the contrary, after receiving news that the Qing army was going south, they confiscated all the ships on the north bank of the Huaihe River. Pulled the boat to the south bank.

This posture does not show the intention of saving Shangqiu and Xuzhou at all. It seems that they want to abandon Huaibei and stick to the front line of Huaihe River.

Duoduo showed contempt on his face. The Ming army didn't even have the courage to cross the Huai River for reinforcements. Instead, he showed a look of fear that the Qing army would cross the Huai River.

Since the siege and rescue failed, Duoduo did not hesitate to urge the people to speed up the filling of the river, and let Gao Di, Kong Xigui, Jin Yuhe and other generals prepare to attack the city.

In the early morning of September [-]th, the defenders on the city reported to Liu Heizi that the Tartars were about to attack the city.

After Liu Heizi received the news, he immediately went to the city. Looking from the city, he saw the Qing army pouring out of the gate of the camp like a flood from a lake, congesting in the wilderness outside the northern city.

The Qing army slowly lined up outside the range of the artillery on the city. Cloud ladders as tall as hills, siege towers, and huge siege hammers stood amidst the crowds, causing considerable coercion on the city. .

Under the command of trumpet drums and command flags, the Qing army quickly formed a small square formation like tofu cubes.

Between the square formations, generals of the Qing army on horses, as well as messenger cavalry, galloped between the formations, raising waves of yellow dust, giving orders and boosting morale.

On the top of the wall, Liu Heizi's face was gloomy, and he slammed his hand on the wall. Duduo, the donkey day, was finally going to attack me.

At this time, Duoduo also rode out of the camp, reining in his horse and stationed under the flag of the big banner. Nearly a hundred warriors around him were wearing solid armor and their swords were broken. They stood behind him and listened to the orders.

Duoduo looked at the city in the distance, and waved his hand indifferently, "Let's get started! After the city is broken, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"

A horn sounded in the army, and the rangers under the city retreated one after another. The generals of each department galloped back and forth in front of the troops of the headquarters, boosting morale, and promised to reward them heavily after breaking through the city.

The Green Battalion soldiers who attacked the city knew that if the city was breached, the Eight Banners must be the first to rush into the city, but Duoduo would not treat them badly, and he would give them a drink of soup.

All of a sudden, the Green Battalion soldiers were gearing up for a big fight.Among them, the one with the most energy and the most ferocious call sign was actually Chen Baoping's troops who had just surrendered recently.

Horns sounded one after another in the wilderness, and the Qing army began the final mobilization before attacking the city. The phalanxes participating in the first wave of attacks stepped forward one after another, forming an offensive formation.

The phalanx of the Qing army behind them shouted, their voices louder and louder, to boost the morale of the attacking troops.

Tens of thousands of people howled together, screaming and screaming, and the momentum was really terrifying.

Wave after wave of sound rushed to the top of the city, shaking the defenses of the defenders. The soldiers on the city could not help but clenched their weapons tightly. Pulled down by the soldiers, the generals at all levels held the handle of the knife tightly and did not speak.

The Qing army howled so loudly that the soldiers couldn't hear what they were saying, so they simply saved their energy and just stared at the enemy army outside the city.

Liu Heizi had seen the world, he had fought against Tartars in the wild, but at this moment his hands were shaking a little.

Hundreds of thousands of Tartars besieged the city, and I had never met him in the second year of high school, but I was bumped into by Lao Tzu.

I don't know if it's luck or bad luck, Liu Heizi clenched the handle of the knife, turned his head and asked, "Are you all ready?"

"Marshal, all kinds of equipment are fully prepared, and they have been properly arranged!" The officer next to him, Liu Bingkun, twitched his Adam's apple.

At this time, in the Qing army's phalanx, with the constant shouting, the morale gradually reached a climax.

Duoduo was very pleased to see the morale of the Qing warriors was high, so he ordered Jin Yuhe to attack the city.

Suddenly in the Qing army formation, the horns were raised, and the drums and thunder sounded. Liu Heizi and the soldiers at the top of the city saw the overwhelming Qing army rushing towards the city like a mudslide rolling down from the top of a mountain.

The soldiers of the Qing army pushed the shield carts, and the people behind them pressed against the city wall with various equipment.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery on the city wall began to fire the moment the Qing army entered the range.

Liu Heizi doesn't have Hongyi cannons, but there are still a lot of old artillery and Franc machines, most of which are obsolete items from Wei Wujun.

The old artillery, the sound is not as loud as the Hongyi cannon, it sounds like a squib, but as long as it is within the range, its power is still not to be underestimated.

All of a sudden, clouds of white smoke rose from the top of the city, shells smashed outside the city one after another, splashing pillars of mud among the Qing army crowd.

During the period of filling the river, the Qing army was not idle, but rushed to manufacture a large number of siege equipment.

Because the obstacles Liu Heizi had set up outside the city had been cleared away by the Tartars long ago, and the moat had also been filled in. The Qing army had no obstacles in reaching the city.

As soon as the siege battle started, the Qing army rushed directly to the city with all kinds of equipment.

These equipment are a great threat to the city wall, especially those siege towers that are as high as the city wall, and the ladders. Once they are on the top of the city, they are a fatal threat to the city.

The Qing army mostly covered the front of these equipment with a layer of very tough cowhide, so that the wood that was originally easy to break was protected. .

The artillery roared on the city, and the shells penetrated into the crowd, destroying the shield vehicles of the Qing army, smashing to death the men and horses behind, and destroying the equipment of the Qing army. However, the speed of the shelling was slow, and whether it was heavy artillery or not, it could not cause fatal damage to the Qing army.

At this time, the forward of the Qing army was about to approach the city wall, and the towering equipment was pushed forward slowly by the soldiers.

Liu Heizi's face turned cold, and he waved his hands and said, "Tripbuster, let it go!"

A row of trebuchets behind the city wall swayed the throwing rods in unison, and threw a few thunderbolts among the cannon stones, and threw them out of the city.

At this time, gunpowder was still relatively expensive, and Liu Heizi didn't have many Thunderbolts in his hand, only more than 100.

It's not that there is no money to buy it, but that gunpowder is in short supply. It is impossible to make thunder like dumplings. Gao Yihuan also needs to have reserves.

The speed of large equipment is relatively slow. The soldiers carrying the climbing ladder and pushing the shield car have already rushed to the bottom of the city.
There was a sound of piercing through the air, and the shields in front of the shield chariot and the shields in the hands of the soldiers were constantly being snatched. Arrows and bullets were overwhelming, and the exposed Qing army immediately grew like mowing grass. The pieces fell to the ground.

"Paoshi!" Suddenly their heads went dark, and the charging Qing army looked up, and saw a black shadow rising from behind the city wall, flying over their heads, and hitting the large equipment behind them.

"Boom!" There were several explosions, and a few clouds of black smoke rose from the wilderness, and mud, stumps, and broken wood splashed.

A huge siege tower shook a few times with a "creak" before it collapsed and was blown away by the air waves. Before the Qing army had time to stand up, they saw a black shadow smashing down in horror.

Cheers erupted from the walls, and Liu Heizi slammed his fist on the wall, "Good!"

At this moment, a rain of arrows swished down the city, and the arrows shot directly at the top of the city, so frightened that the guards hurriedly pulled him out of the way.

Under the city, the Qing army near the city wall used shield chariots to form a shield wall under the city. The archers of the Qing army bent their bows and set arrows, and shot arrows like locusts towards the city to suppress the defenders.

Nearly a thousand soldiers carrying climbing ladders rushed through the gaps between the shield chariots, approached the city wall, erected the ladders, and began to climb up the city~~
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