nanming man

Chapter 789 I retreat to the boat first

On the north bank of the Yellow River, under the hillside at the northern foot of Jiuli Mountain, the Qing army's army trumpeted loudly, and more than 2000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, covered by shells, rockets, and thunder, rushed through the diffuse smoke and dust, and crashed into the Ming army's line.

The ferocious Eight Banners soldiers tore open a gap, and the Ming troops on both sides quickly fired with muskets and knocked down the Eight Banners, but they could no longer stop the Qing army from rushing into the front line.

At the foot of Jingshan Mountain, the sound of killing was loud, and Dorgon had been attacking continuously for six days.

On Jingshan Mountain, the Ming army's flintlock guns were shining with blunderbusses. The Qing army holding shields was beaten backwards and rolled down the hillside. It was covered with corpses of Qing soldiers.

Although the Qing army had an advantage in combat power and more experience than the Ming army, the Ming army had a large number of people and occupied a favorable location. Coupled with sufficient equipment, blood flowed into rivers at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. More than 3000 Eight Banners soldiers died. The loss can be described as heavy.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qing army rushed to the front of the Ming army's defense line, and the bombardiers threw the thunderbolt at the Ming army's line. In the burst of flames, the Ming army's body was blown away, and the line of gunpowder smoke filled the air.

The Qing army followed the messy rocks on the hillside and the earth pit created by the explosion, and rushed into a gap that was defeated by the shells. As soon as several Qing soldiers rushed up, a sharp spearhead stabbed the Qing army in the abdomen and pushed them to the ground. Backed away, screaming and rolling down the hill.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners, who were wearing chain mail inside and cotton armor outside, screamed loudly, and fought back with their weapons, cutting down the Ming army who was stabbing with spears.

Yan Yingyuan only heard the gap, full of soldiers shouting in barbarian language, swinging the spears of the enlightened army with their shields, rushing in bravely without fear of death, roaring quickly, leading the guards to throw a few thunderbolts, and then joined the battle group.

For a moment, the two armies fought hand to hand, and Qing troops rushed up on the defense lines everywhere, and the sound of killing shook the whole field.

At several gaps, the two armies kept exchanging deaths. Qing troops kept rolling down the hillside, but more Ming troops were cut down by the Eight Banners.

The close combat caused the Ming army to lose its advantage in equipment, and began to be beaten back by the Qing army.

Yan Yingyuan slashed open a white-armored leader with a single knife, and fell backward on the boulder. The leader immediately rushed forward and slashed down with his sword. Yan Yingyuan was so shocked that he quickly raised his knife to block, and used the knife to hold the leader's saber. The blood-drinking leader, however, was extremely powerful, with a ferocious face, and pressed the knife down.

Yan Yingyuan resisted with all his strength, but the blade was getting closer and closer to the center of his eyebrows, and the surrounding Ming army was fighting with the Qing army, and they couldn't take care of themselves.

For a moment, Yan Yingyuan's forehead was sweating, and at the moment of crisis, a burst of shouts burst out from the left wing of the front line.

"Niang Xipi!" A local accent came into my ears, and the morale of the Ming army on the front line was immediately boosted. The leader was startled, and when he looked up, he saw a group of Zhejiang veterans from the Fengjie army rushing into the line.

Yan Yingyuan felt the pressure of the knife lighten, took advantage of the opportunity of the leader's distraction, hurriedly freed a hand, quickly pulled out a dagger from the leader's waist, and quickly pierced the leader's neck.

The dagger pierced the cotton armor under the iron helmet, pierced the entire neck from the side, blood spurted, and he fell to the ground in pain.

Yan Yingyuan pushed away the corpse, stood up with a knife in hand, and a group of short and strong Ming soldiers came from the right flank. They slashed and killed the Qing army, while shouting "lose your mother", very vigorously.

These are all veterans of the Ming army who participated in the Jiangbei War, and were reorganized into the Forbidden Army by Zhu Cihong, but they are not afraid of the Qing army.

At the bottom of the hill, He Luohui pointed to the battlefield on the hillside and said anxiously: "My lord, Wu Risheng and Wang Yi's men are here to rescue Liu Zhaoji."

Dorgon put down the binoculars, but he was not in a hurry, but waved his hand, "Let Bayan go up!"

"My lord, it's a big taboo for military strategists to refuel!" He Luohui became a little anxious when he heard that.

Dorgon stared at him, and said without doubt: "This king asked you to give orders!"

Seeing this, He Luo could only salute, "Cha!"

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Outside the city of Xuzhou, the artillery array of the Ming army and the naval warships on the big river lined up to bombard the city of Xuzhou.

On the artillery array, gunpowder smoke filled the air. The warships on the river opened fire one by one on the side. The recoil of the cannons made the hull shake slightly, and the hull was covered by clouds of white smoke.

The artillery of the Ming army retreated, and the shells weighing more than ten kilograms hit the city wall, the bricks of the wall were shattered, and the soil fell with a splash.

Standing on the tall watchtower, Zhu Cihong stood in front of Ming army phalanxes like tofu cubes. In the distance, Xuzhou City was trembling from being hit by the Hongyi cannons. Even Zhu Cihong on the watchtower could feel a little fluctuation.

Zhu Cihong's heart beat wildly, even though he was an emperor, he did not often see such scenes.

The pride in war can only be experienced by personal experience.

On Xuzhou City, there were constant sounds of bricks and stones collapsing, and the Qing army on the city could only scream and exclaim under the power of cannons.

After several days of shelling, Zhu Cihong could already see through the binoculars that many wall bricks in Xuzhou City had collapsed, exposing the soil embryos inside.

"Dorgon is blocked on the north bank, and I will go to Xuzhou today." Zhu Cihong's face was a little flushed, and he turned his head and asked, "When will the attack start?"

The scene in front of him made Zhu Cihong's heart surge, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Taking Xuzhou City before freezing, the Ming army will have support, so that the Ming army will stand firmly on the front line of Xuzhou.

The Qing army lost the Lianghuai granary, and Hedong and Henan were threatened by the Western Wei Dynasty. Dorgon would definitely not be able to hold on first. To North Zhili.

Therefore, for the Ming army, the key to the battle was to block the Qing army's two reinforcements, and then quickly pull out Xuzhou City.

It was not an easy task for Zhu Cilang to organize an army of more than [-] for the Northern Expedition. The Ming Dynasty almost exhausted its savings for the past two years.

Zhu Cihong didn't want to miss the great opportunity, besides, the Ming army had more than [-] soldiers, far more troops than the Qing army.So what if Dorgon and Geng Zhongming are here, isn't Daming powerless to fight?

Shibie three days should treat each other with admiration. The Ming Dynasty has been shrunk for five years, and Zhu Cihong still has more confidence in himself.

This is the scene where Zhu Cihong has already begun to imagine that he defeated the main force of the Qing army, restored his ancestral foundation, and entered Beijing wearing a golden armor amidst the welcome of the people in Beijing.

Just as Zhu Cihong finished speaking, there was a loud "bang" on Xuzhou City in the distance, and a section of the city wall was like a sack full of rice was cut open, and the rice inside gushed out suddenly. The soil embryo wrapped in bricks suddenly squeezed away the broken wall bricks and gushed out suddenly, the city wall collapsed rumblingly, and thick smoke and dust immediately rose into the air, completely submerging the collapsed place.

On the city wall, Nikan was instantly terrified, and a cold sweat broke out from behind him. He pulled out the knife instantly, and screamed at the bottom of his voice, "The barbarians are going to attack the city, defend!"

Without anyone answering, at the moment when smoke and dust rose from the city wall, Gao Mingheng asked someone to blow the horn and beat the drums in a hurry. The Ming army in formation in the wilderness suddenly shouted like a mountain and a tsunami, and rushed towards Xuzhou like a flood. city.

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At the northern foot of Jiuli Mountain, Dorgon suddenly became agitated when he sat down on his horse, and the Qing army also heard the shouts of killing from the south.

The sound crossed Jiuli Mountain and reached Dorgon's ears, and it was still buzzing.

This made Dorgon's heart tremble, and he judged that Xuzhou might be at the last moment. He looked west anxiously, but his sight was blocked by hillsides and low hills.

"Heluohui! You come too!" Suddenly, Dorgon swung his whip and shouted angrily.

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There was a gap in the city wall of Xuzhou, and the dense Ming and Qing troops fought in battle. On both sides of the city walls, the Ming army climbed up with ladders, and the battle was extremely fierce.

At this time, the morale of the Green Camp was on the verge of collapse, and only the flag soldiers were still fighting to the death. There were not many Qing troops resisting, but they occupied a favorable location. Zhen Tianlei was thrown into the crowd from time to time to withstand the continuous attacks of the Ming army.

The gap was originally a small slope, but as more and more Qing and Ming soldiers died, the corpses piled up high, making the slope steeper, but the Ming soldiers still climbed up, and finally reached the first place. A Ming army occupied a high place, but was quickly stabbed to death by the Eight Banners with a spear.

At this time, the No. 2 Ming army and No. 3 Ming army rushed up again. The Ming army gradually occupied the high ground and began to drive the Eight Banners soldiers down.

Near Xuzhou City, nearly 30 troops fought, blood flowed like rivers, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The place where the battle was most intense was still where the city wall collapsed. Nikan blocked the four gates. As long as the Ming army seized the collapsed place, the army could quickly rush into the city.

Zhu Cihong used binoculars to watch the fierce battle there, and suddenly the Ming army, who had been blocked from the gap, poured into the city as if a gate had been opened to release the flood.Zhu Cihong was so excited that he almost jumped up, "Haha~ I got in!"

Looking at the other ministers in the car, their cheeks were also red, and they were excited to write a poem.

But just as everyone was excited, there was a rumble of hooves in the wilderness west of Xuzhou, raising a cloud of yellow dust.

A capable horse army was driving the collapsed Ming army, rushing towards them like a huge wave.

"Haha~" On the city, Tong Tulai saw the reinforcements, he raised his head and laughed, and just about to speak, Wang Zhiren stabbed him in the throat with a spear, stabbing him to death at the top of the wall.

In the wilderness, Bo Luo reined in the horse and observed the battlefield. He saw that the Ming army was attacking Xuzhou, and suddenly saw the watchtower in the distance. He clamped the horse's belly and said, "Kill!"

There were only [-] Qing cavalry who came, but the Ming army was completely unprepared. The horse army crashed into the Ming army, causing immediate defeat in the rear.

When Zhu Cihong was rejoicing, he suddenly heard a strange sound from the west, turned his head to look, and the scene in front of him almost made his eyes pop out.

A troop of horsemen from the Qing army bypassed the attacking Ming army and rushed into the auxiliary soldiers and peasants behind, driving the rout soldiers towards the watchtower like a tide.

The civil servants above were shocked instantly, Shi Kefa's face was pale, his body was trembling, and he hurriedly shouted, "Quickly, take Your Majesty away!"

Several high-ranking officials rushed forward, wanting to take Zhu Cihong away, but Zhu Cihong struggled with red eyes, waved his sleeves, and said righteously, but his voice was still a little trembling, "Let the imperial army hold on, I will never back down!"

However, the horse army of the Qing army was in a hurry all the way, getting closer and closer to the watchtower, and panic spread instantly.

"Your Majesty, the elite are all on the north bank, or participating in the siege. Your Majesty's body of gold must not be lost. First retreat to the ship, and then it will not be too late to clean up the situation!" Shi Kefa couldn't help but say, and all the ministers rushed forward.

Zhu Cihong heard that he just retreated to the boat, not struggling anymore, with hot tears streaming down his pale face, he let the old minister manipulate him, and hurriedly retreated to the canal...

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