Chapter 638 Yangzhou changes hands (please vote for recommendation)
But the Qing army’s counterattacks also continued!
Arrows were flying, lead bullets were flying, and from time to time, soldiers of the Ming army were hit and fell to the ground, bleeding and wailing.
Fortunately, the Ming army soldiers all wore armor, which could provide them with certain protection.
It is precisely because of this that the Ming army's offensive troops suffered mostly injuries from the Qing army's firepower, but not many deaths.
The lead bullet was fired from the shooting hole and hit the Qing army musketeer in the head with a bang.
In an instant, the head exploded and blood sprayed along with the brain matter!
Phew!
An arrow shot through the thigh of a Ming soldier.
Under the severe pain, the Ming army soldier was forced to kneel on the ground, but he did not retreat. Instead, he knelt on the spot, loaded the musket and prepared to shoot, providing fire cover for his own side.
Snapped!
He pulled the trigger and the lead bullet shot out.
The lead bullets were fired into the firing holes of the Qing army's firepower points, but it is not clear whether they caused any damage.
Due to lighting problems, the situation inside cannot be seen from outside the firepower point!
The Ming soldier endured the severe pain of the arrow piercing his thigh and continued to reload, preparing to raise his gun and shoot.
However, just as he was using a rod to compact the lead bullets and gunpowder in the gun chamber, an arrow shot...
With a pop, the arrow hit the Ming soldier's throat.
The kinetic energy carried by the arrow knocked the Ming soldier who was loading his musket to the ground.
The Ming soldier's eyes suddenly widened, and blood spurted out from the wound on his neck, staining his uniform red.
He fell to the ground, and with the loss of warm blood, the look in his eyes gradually disappeared, until the body became completely cold.
However, one person's life and death cannot affect the overall situation.
The Ming army's attack continues!
Countless Ming soldiers rushed forward one after another and dispersed.
Behind them, the rumbling sounds of heavy artillery dotted the entire battlefield, and shells passed over their heads and shot towards the Bell and Drum Tower in front.
The artillery fire of the Qing army hidden in the fortifications was also returning fire!
Amidst the loud rumbling sounds, the fortifications were instantly filled with thick smoke.
Cannonballs were flying over the battlefield!
After the cannonballs landed, they rolled and spun, plowing out ravines among the Ming army's attacking troops. The human bodies in contact with the cannonballs instantly turned into stumps and broken arms.
Blood was spilled, and internal organs and broken bones were everywhere!
The screams and wails are endless!
Those shotguns wiped out a large area, and soldiers of Ming Dynasty continued to fall on the road of charge.
However, this cannot hinder the pace of the Ming army's attack!
The Ming army's offensive is still fierce!
Attack after attack, no one took a step back.
The piercing sound of charging horns echoed across the battlefield!
Every time the charge horn sounded, to the Qing army, it was like blowing the horn of death.
An explosive package was stuffed into the Qing army's firepower point from the shooting hole!
The explosive packets with burning fuses fell at the feet of the Qing soldiers. Fear spread rapidly on their faces like a plague.
The next moment, the fuse burned out!
A rumbling explosion sounded, and fire and shock waves spread rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, everyone within the firepower point was engulfed!
Fire and thick smoke even spewed out from the firing holes at the firepower point.
At this moment, it was as if the earth was trembling!
"Unplugged!"
"Finally pulled it out!"
"..."
Cheers resounded through the sky, and the Ming army's offensive troops couldn't help but burst into tears as they looked at the ruined Qing army's firepower point in front of them.
The cheers don’t stop!
As each firepower point was removed, the Ming army's offensive became more and more fierce.
The offensive troops are constantly transferred and replenished to ensure the morale and combat effectiveness of the army.
However, in the face of the Ming army's overwhelming offensive, the Qing army still stubbornly resisted.
Countless Qing soldiers fell to the bayonet charge of the Ming army!
It's okay to say that those green camp soldiers didn't have a strong will to fight. Facing the bayonet charge of the Ming army, they basically collapsed at the first touch.
Surrender if you can't run away!
Quite decisive!
But those Eight Banners soldiers resisted fiercely one by one!
Soldiers from both sides collided head-on, fighting each other fiercely, fighting for every inch of territory without giving in an inch.
At the end of the fight, both sides were basically trading lives for lives!
Those Eight Banners soldiers resisted resolutely. Faced with the Ming army's pressing advances, they swarmed forward and resisted resolutely.
Fei Yanggu even appeared on the battlefield in person to direct the Qing army in battle.
At the beginning, Fei Yanggu was unwilling to leave, not wanting to abandon Yangzhou City and become a deserted deserter.
But when the two sides were fighting until now, Feiyanggu couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
The entire city of Yangzhou was basically controlled by the Ming Dynasty!
Especially the Bell and Drum Tower area is surrounded by the Ming Dynasty.
Fei Yanggu couldn't escape even if he wanted to!
There are actually only two choices left for Feiyanggu, that is, surrender or die in battle.
For Feiyanggu, surrender is impossible!
There is no way in this life that he will surrender to the Ming thief!
Then the only thing he can do now is to fight to the death and cause as much damage to the Ming thieves as possible.
As for reinforcements...
Feiyanggu has no hope!
The troops that the Qing Dynasty had withdrawn from Henan and Hubei were still on their way to Jiangbei.
However, most of the original troops in Jiangbei were surrounded by the Ming army in Yangzhou City!
Reinforcements?
Where did the reinforcements come from?
Is it possible that Fei Yanggu can conjure reinforcements out of thin air like Monkey Sun?
Looking at the Ming army soldiers and horses swarming outside the Bell and Drum Tower, Fei Yanggu gradually felt despair in his eyes.
One is his despair about his current situation!
The second is his despair for the future of the Qing Dynasty!
If the armies of the Ming thieves were all so capable, then the future of the Qing Dynasty would be nothing short of a fog!
Could it be that after the Qing Dynasty withdrew from the Central Plains in disgrace, it would not even be able to protect its ancestral homeland in Liaodong?!
Feiyanggu felt pessimistic in his heart!
Just then, boom!
There was another deafening roar, and Feiyanggu knew that this was the Ming army's artillery firing again.
At this moment, Feiyanggu suddenly felt the building beneath his feet shaking!
Pieces of masonry and stone fragments fell, and even bricks hit Feiyanggu's body.
His personal guard Goshiha rushed forward very loyally and shouted.
"Protect the prince!"
"Protect the prince!"
"..."
In everyone's sight, the Bell and Drum Tower suddenly collapsed.
Countless Qing soldiers were buried alive in it!
The flag that stood high at the top of the Bell and Drum Towers, representing the identity of the governor of Liangjiang, also broke with the collapse of the Bell and Drum Towers.