The Qing army quickly made preparations for city defense!
But facing the menacing Ming army outside the city, Lai Wenguang, a civil servant with no military knowledge, could not help but worry.
"General Hu, General Hu, tell me, can Chongqing be defended?"
If he can't hold on, then Lai Wenguang will have to prepare in advance how he can die for his country with less pain and more dignity.
The Qing army had strict military laws. Regardless of whether they were civil servants or generals, once they lost their city and territory, their families would be endangered at every turn.
Once there are more than ten thousand people, there are no boundaries.
A large Ming army was swarming outside the city, and the pressure it brought to the city was indescribable.
Hu Jia grinned, and then spoke confidently.
"Master Lai, just keep your heart in mind, there will be no problem!"
"The city of Chongqing is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and its defenses are impregnable. As long as we defend effectively, it is impossible for the Ming army to invade the city!"
There really aren't many troops in Chongqing, so if they were to fight in the field, they probably wouldn't be the match for the Ming army outside the city.
After all, there was a Manchu Eight Banners soldier among the Ming army outside the city.
The defenders of Chongqing also heard too many boasts that the Eight Banners were invincible!
I feel fear from the bottom of my heart towards the Manchurian soldiers!
If it were a field battle, if it was charged head-on by the Manchu soldiers in the Ming army, it would most likely collapse.
But defending a city is different from fighting in the field!
With city defense as a basis, even civilians who have not been trained and have never been on the battlefield can fight.
As long as the defenders command and coordinate properly, they can still block the enemy's attack.
The most typical example is Jiangyin City!
Yan Yingyuan, Feng Houdun, and Chen Mingyu led a city full of people with little training.
Bolo and Nikan were held to death, and the Qing troops commanded by Kong Youde attacked with 240,000 soldiers and more than 200 cannons for 81 days.
More than 75,000 Qing soldiers were killed before and after!
Of course, this number is probably not small!
But insisting on defending the city for eighty-one days is an irrefutable reality!
This shows how great the advantage the defending side has in a siege battle.
As long as the defenders do not want to surrender and want to capture a strong city, it is unlikely unless they have an absolute superiority in troops.
Hu Jia was quite confident when he said this.
"As long as we can persist for a while, the imperial court can dispatch troops from Guanzhong, Huguang, Yunnan and Guizhou to suppress the rebellion and reinforce us!"
"When the time comes, we have defended Chongqing and waited for the imperial court to reward us for our merits. This will be a great achievement!"
Lai Wenguang nodded and said.
"As long as you can hold on, it'll be good, as long as you can hold on, it'll be good!"
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Preparations for the defense of the city are in full swing in the city.
The Ming army outside the city is also preparing to attack the city!
Aerial ladders, well gates, shield carts, and Lu Gong's carts were all hastily manufactured.
There is a lot of excitement inside and outside the city!
The Ming army's military formation moved, and a dark crowd of people shouted to kill, waved weapons, and pushed siege equipment, and rushed towards the city of Chongqing.
Ladders, battering rams, wells, and Lu Gong’s chariots were heading towards the city wall!
Boom! Boom!
This is the Qing army's city defense artillery firing!
Thick smoke suddenly rose from the top of the city, and artillery shells seemed to be free of charge, hitting the Ming army who were preparing to attack the city.
The cannonball landed on the ground, rolled and rotated, releasing kinetic energy wantonly, creating large craters on the ground, and sending sand and soil flying.
There was a loud bang, and a shell hit a ladder truck and incidentally a Ming army soldier.
In just an instant, the ladder truck collapsed into pieces of wood chips all over the ground.
The upper body of the Ming soldier who was hit by the cannonball instantly turned into a piece of blood and flesh.
Several shield vehicles were also hit by artillery shells!
However, the shield cart was covered with cowhide and wet quilts, and the plywood of the shield cart was filled with sand.
Although it is very heavy when pushed, its ability to withstand shelling is still good!
The shell hit the shield car, and instantly the shield car shattered into pieces.
But it also removes the kinetic energy carried by the cannonball!
Some of the people pushing the shield cart were killed on the spot, while others were turned into hedgehogs by the splinters of the broken shield cart.
However, with the shield car as a buffer, most of the people behind the shield car were still alive.
The Ming army continued to attack forward, and the siege equipment was getting closer and closer to the city wall!
Boom! Boom!
This is the artillery in the Ming army's formation firing back.
The shells of the heavy siege artillery hit the city wall fiercely, and the masonry layer outside the city wall quickly shattered, and the rubble and bricks fell down.
The rammed earth in the masonry is exposed!
Ancient city walls were divided into brick walls and earth walls. As the name suggests, earth walls were rammed earth walls.
As for the brick wall, it is actually a rammed earth wall covered with bricks.
In other words, rammed earth was the main body of ancient city walls.
It is not that easy to bring down the city wall with a layer of rammed earth that is often more than ten meters high and solid cannonballs.
Some cannonballs landed at the top of the city, splashing a large amount of masonry debris and beating the Qing troops and civilians who were defending the city to death.
Some cannonballs crossed the city wall and landed in the city.
The shells rolled and rotated, turning houses into ruins.
There were even red-hot cannonballs fired into the city in an attempt to set fire to it.
However, the air humidity here in Chongqing is relatively high. When red-hot shells hit the ground, only bursts of smoke will appear. It is also difficult to ignite buildings.
The battlefield is extremely lively!
The sound of gunfire rumbles and the smoke fills the air!
The shouts and screams of soldiers from both sides continued one after another and never stopped.
The soldiers of the Ming army finally rushed to the city of Chongqing despite the huge casualties from the shelling.
However, they haven't had time to launch an attack yet!
There were bursts of arrow rain falling from the top of the city!
One arrow after another missed and crossed a beautiful parabola, shooting towards the Ming army below the city.
Puff! Puff!
The sound of arrows piercing flesh kept resounding, and the Ming troops under the city fell to the ground in pieces even though they held up their shields.
The arrows missed and were nailed to the shield. From time to time, a few arrows would miss and shoot through the gaps in the shield, piercing the human body and causing blood to spurt out.
The screams kept ringing!
The Ming army was also fighting back. The archers formed a square formation, constantly bending their bows and setting arrows, and fired at the Qing army on the top of the city.
Both sides suffered casualties!
However, due to the terrain, the Qing army fired from a commanding position and had a great advantage.
At the same time, the rolling logs and rocks at the top of the city also began to be thrown towards the bottom of the city.
Ming soldiers were repeatedly beaten to the point of having their heads bruised and bleeding, and screams continued to sound.
However, the most terrifying thing is not the rolling wood, rocks, or bows and arrows, but the golden juice that has been boiled to a very sticky consistency and exudes a strong stench.
The golden juice poured down on them, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty under the scalding city let out bursts of screams.
Some people were treated as if they were scalded to death, while others were just burned!
But just getting burned is not necessarily lucky!
Golden juice is boiled dung water, with arsenic and lime added to it. If it touches even a little bit, the wound will become ulcerated and inflamed.
Then he struggled and screamed in pain, and finally lost his life!
With the medical conditions of this era, there is a high probability that burns caused by gold juice will not be saved!
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Three chapters have been updated first, and the fourth chapter is currently being typed.