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Chapter 720 Bloody Battle at Zhenyuan Pass
In the early morning, when the sky was getting brighter, Gao Chenghu was awakened by the sound of a low-pitched horn.

He lifted the blanket covering his body and sat up straight, only to feel soreness and numbness all over his body.

Beside him, a soldier with blood on his face, with tears in his eyes, watched the situation outside the pass.

At this moment, he noticed Gao Chenghu woke up, wiped away his tears, adjusted his mood, turned his head and said: "Captain, the Tartars have assembled again!"

Seeing this, Gao Chenghu patted him on the shoulder, "Why, are you afraid?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I can't bear to part with my old lady!" Zhang Lu said calmly.

Gao Chenghu knew that he realized that he might die in the battle at Zhenyuan Pass, and he was reluctant to part with his relatives.

Yesterday, after the Tartars arrived at Guanxia, ​​they began to attack. Oboi relied on the large number of people, and it was a round of wheel battles. The Qing troops fought until the third watch last night. The defenders were exhausted and their equipment was also consumed. Mostly.

Gao Chenghu didn't know if he could hold on until Zhao Daxian's troops came to reinforce him, but he still smiled and said: "Don't worry, let's hold on a little longer, and the reinforcements will arrive."

While speaking, Gao Chenghu stretched out a hand, and Zhang Lu immediately pulled him up.

The battle lasted until midnight yesterday, the defenders were exhausted, and they were worried that the Qing army would steal the city, so Gao Chenghu and the defenders spent the night in the city.

Gao Chenghu stood up, moved his body, turned his head and saw the smoke rising from the Qing army camp, he palmed his hands and said: "Let the Huotou army bring up the breakfast."

The brigade hurriedly ran down to the city, while Gao Chenghu patted the sleeping soldiers, and said to the defenders: "Brothers are all awake, the Qing army is about to attack the city, everyone take the time to stretch your muscles and get ready to eat!"

The soldiers leaning on the top of the city opened their eyes one after another, and the military academy kicked the sleeping soldiers awake one by one. They were so exhausted from yesterday's battle that even the horns of the Qing army could not wake them up.

Gao Chenghu bent down to pat a soldier on the cheek, and said softly, "Wake up~"

The soldier didn't respond, but his cheeks were cold and his body was stiff.

This made Gao Chenghu feel stuck in his heart, he was silent for a while, and then he waved to the guard and said, "Carry it down!"

After yesterday's battle, more than 500 defenders were killed and many more were injured. Many wounded soldiers were already stiff in the morning, and they didn't get up after falling asleep.

At this time, more than a dozen fire-headed soldiers picked up baskets of steamed buns and barrels of broth. Gao Chenghu adjusted his mood and shouted loudly, "Get up! Don't sleep, eat quickly!"

Oboi relied on the large number of people, and when the fight started, it would definitely be another round of fighting, so the defenders must have enough food, otherwise the soldiers would not have the strength to wield their swords, guns, bows and arrows after a day of fighting.

While the defenders were eating, groups of Qing soldiers began to pour out of the camp and quickly assembled in front of the pass.

The defenders of the Horn Company Battalion in the Qing army camp were eating food, but their hearts froze, their mouth movements stopped for a moment, and then they began to swallow again.

Once the pass is broken, the Tartars rush into the pass, and the people will be slaughtered. Facing the attack of the Qing army, the defenders don't know whether they can withstand it, and when will Zhao Dudu's reinforcements come?
While the soldiers were eating food, the alarm bells at the top of the city suddenly rang together, with an extremely sharp and piercing voice, 'Dang!when!when! 'It's heart-wrenching.

Gao Chenghu took a look outside the pass. The corpses of the Qing army were scattered on the ground.

"Prepare to defend!" Gao Chenghu walked to the wall to hide, his eyes fixed on the city, and suddenly turned his head and shouted urgently.

The defenders on the city immediately put down their food and stood at the top of the city with their weapons in hand. The slightly wounded people, whose bodies were wrapped in gauze, also took up their firecrackers, cheered up, and prepared for a bloody battle.

Gao Chenghu walked across the city wall holding the handle of his knife, looked at his soldiers, and encouraged in a hoarse voice: "Everyone knows the military regulations of the Great Wei. Fleeing in front of the battle, treason and surrender to the enemy, will not be pardoned immediately, and the vassal government will take back the military land In this battle, if you die in the battle, your descendants will give shade, and your family members will be supported by the vassal. Your Majesty has made everyone have no worries. Today, the brothers will follow the general to fight the Tartars to the death, and swear to guard the city to prevent the common people. Suffer the scourge of the Tartars!"

The defenders on the city were not particularly excited after hearing Gao Chenghu's words, they just clenched their weapons and watched the Qing army gather below the city.

Off, the five thousand Qing troops for the first attack had already assembled.

Obai estimated that the reinforcements from the Wei Army would arrive at Zhenyuan Pass within two days, and the Qing army had already lost more than [-] casualties in yesterday's siege, so he couldn't give up.

As long as Guancheng is captured and Wei army reinforcements come, he is not afraid, and can even take advantage of the momentum to defeat the reinforcements.

At this time, Oboi on the horse waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him raised their heads and blew their horns.

At this time, the defenders on the city had just completed their preparations, and the first wave of the Qing army's siege team, about 3000 people, divided into two square formations and began to attack Guancheng.

Of the three thousand Qing troops, half were sword and shield fighters carrying ladders and shields, and the other half were archers carrying wooden boards and holding bows and arrows.

The Qing army was divided into two steps, the front and the back, and approached Guancheng in formation. The soldiers fought with swords and shields, and advanced slowly, giving the defenders a lot of coercion.

At this time, the artillery at the top of the city fired first, and the shells hit the Qing army's formation, splashing pillars of mud, but they could not stop the Qing army from continuing to advance.

When entering within fifty steps of the closed wall, the musketeers and archers on the city began to shoot one after another, and the Qing troops marching in formation immediately raised their shields, covering the heads of the soldiers, as if covered with a blanket. On the first floor, the projectile hit it and sparks scattered, and the arrow shot on the shield, making a series of 'doodoo~' sounds.

At this moment, 500 people in the front of the Qing army suddenly roared and began to charge forward quickly, rushing to the bottom of the Guancheng, built a trench bridge, erected ladders and began to climb.

The [-] archers of the Qing army in the back, holding the wooden boards, advanced [-] steps away from the Guancheng, and inserted a three-inch-thick wooden board one person high into the ground. The archers stood behind the wooden wall composed of wooden boards, and began to bend their bows , throwing the city head.

Originally, the Qing army used shield chariots to connect the wooden walls of the city, and then let the archers hide behind the shield chariots, shoot at the city, and lob the top of the city to suppress the defenders, but because of the urgent time, the Qing army did not build shield chariots. Some wooden boards and wooden signs were rushed to be used as shield walls.

Two phalanxes of the Qing army entered under the pass city, and arrows shot overwhelmingly at the top of the city, suppressing the Wei army's firearms at the top of the city.

The Wei army on the city had experience with this. The soldiers squatted on the edge of the city wall and fought back from the shooting holes. The Qing army was blown up in all directions~
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