Chapter 709 Monthly Ticket for the Battle of the Capital
Chapter 709: Attack and Defense of the Capital City (a 10,000-word chapter, please subscribe and vote monthly)
It’s sunset on June 25, the first year of the Ming Dynasty’s restoration!
The red sun in the sky slowly dropped below the horizon, splashing blood-like sunset on the earth.
The city wall is tall and majestic. Looking at the Ming Dynasty capital like a divine capital in the sky, it just stands there under the setting sun!
The blue-grey city wall was illuminated by the setting sun and turned red.
It looks like it's dyed red with blood!
Looking at the tall and majestic city, although the Ming army was very tired from marching, their morale was quite high and high.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"..."
The entire Ming army couldn't help shouting.
Loud shouts resounded around the capital, and a mighty military might came out.
Zhu Hongyu was stationed among thousands of troops, looking at the tall city wall of the capital not far away, which lay like a giant beast from the wild, as if there were flames burning in his eyes.
"Send the order and the army will camp where it is!"
"After a night of repairs, prepare to launch an attack on the capital!"
After saying that, Zhu Hongyu turned his horse around and gave orders to the messengers beside him as he walked.
After receiving the order, various departments of the Ming Army began to build the camp.
Tent after tent, large amounts of food supplies, heavy cannons, and large quantities of shells and gunpowder were all unloaded on transport ships.
The engineers were divided into two teams, and one team began to set up tents and build the camp.
The other team began to arrange artillery positions outside the capital with the cooperation of the artillery unit, and pushed heavy artillery into the predetermined positions.
The black muzzle was aimed at the city wall of the capital not far away!
Although the sky is getting dark, the world is filled with a chilling atmosphere, and everyone can be very sensitive to it.
War is coming!
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Obai stood on the city wall of the capital, looking at the bustling Ming army outside the city and the faintly audible loud military songs, and his heart began to sink.
Especially when he saw the Ming army unloading hundreds of large and small artillery pieces from transport ships one after another, he felt even more unsure.
Now Obai really doubts whether the capital's defenses can withstand the Ming army's bombardment!
At this moment, Obai suddenly heard a series of exclamations from the guards beside him.
"Oh my god, what is that?"
"Heaven, look at the sky, there is something flying, coming towards the capital!"
"Then...what exactly is that?"
"..."
Almost all the Qing troops on the top of the city saw this scene. A huge hot air balloon slowly rose into the sky and floated towards the capital.
The hot air balloon is painted with red paint, and a golden dragon with teeth and claws is painted on the red background. The sun and moon hang high above the golden dragon's head...
Beautiful, but also mysterious!
Almost everyone was shocked, even scared.
In the eyes of people of this era, the only ones who can fly into the sky should be gods.
The red paint on the hot air balloon and the high sun and moon all indicate that the gods are on the side of the Ming Dynasty.
The gods are all on the side of Ming Dynasty, can they still win?
Uncoverable doubts and fears have arisen in the hearts of countless people!
Just the launch of the hot air balloon dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Qing troops defending the city!
The morale of the Qing army, which was already very low, instantly became even more depressed.
Even Obai's expression froze.
He, the number one Batulu in the Qing Dynasty, was indeed the number one warrior in Manchuria, but he was also afraid of gods.
Obai took a deep breath, picked up his special tiger bow, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, thinking about shooting the hot air balloon in the sky.
There was a loud crash, the bowstring trembled, and an arrow flew out!
Shoot straight towards the hot air balloon in the sky!
Although Obai knew that there was a high probability that his arrow would not hit that damn thing in the sky, he did not expect to hit it.
He just wanted to use this to prove to everyone that he was not afraid of that ghost thing in the sky, that's all.
It can only be said that as expected, the arrow shot by Obai fell down weakly in the middle of the flight.
Even the highest point where the arrow is shot is still dozens of meters away from the hot air balloon.
However, Obai's move did prove his courage to everyone and restored some morale for the Qing army defending the city.
"Cum, cum for me!"
"Send some crossbows over here and shoot down that damn thing in the sky for me!"
"I don't believe it anymore. Could it be that there really are gods in this world?"
"..."
Of course, Oboi is not a materialist, he just doesn't want to believe that the gods are on the side of the Ming thief, that's all.
If there were hot air balloons in the Qing Dynasty, he would not mind making hot air balloons a myth!
Under the leadership of Obai, many Qing army archers bent their bows and set arrows, aimed at the hot air balloon in the sky, and shot their own arrows.
For a moment, the walls of the capital city were filled with the sound of bowstrings and bowstrings crashing and trembling continuously!
Countless arrows formed a rain of arrows and shot towards the hot air balloon in the sky.
Ordinary bows and arrows are of course harmless to hot air balloons, but when the Qing Dynasty transferred the crossbows, it was different.
Because, to a certain extent, the range and power of the bed crossbow are no worse than some small-caliber artillery!
One after another, the crossbow arrows fired by the crossbow shot towards the sky, and the crossbow arrows, which were the same size as the spear, flew past the side of the hot air balloon.
I almost shot down Daming's hot air balloon!
"Lift off! Lift off!"
"Raise the height of the hot air balloon to avoid the Qing army's crossbow fire!"
"..."
The hot air balloon commander of the Ming Army kept giving orders to his subordinates. As the firepower was adjusted, the hot air balloon began to rise slowly.
The Qing army's bed crossbow, which could barely reach the Ming army's hot air balloons, gradually lost its intended effect.
The hot air balloons can no longer threaten the Ming army!
After the Ming army's hot air balloon escaped the attack range of the Qing army's crossbows, it continued to fly over the capital.
After marching over the capital, accompanied by a crashing sound, the Ming army began to deliver leaflets persuading surrender to the capital.
As the piles of leaflets fell, they spread out under the force of the wind and fluttered to the ground in the capital.
Falling like snowflakes!
Obai squinted his eyes and looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, his face looking very ugly.
"Send someone to check what the Ming thieves sent to the capital?"
"twitter!"
After the soldiers around Ao Bai beat Qian'er, they quickly headed towards the place in the capital where the leaflets were falling.
Not long after, Obai's soldiers found a leaflet for Obai, handed it to Obai with a bad expression, and said.
"Master, all the traitors sent to the capital are letters of surrender!"
Oboi's face turned dark when he heard this, and then he read the surrender letter from his own soldiers.
The Emperor of Heaven sends this letter to the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the capital:
Wherever the sun and the moon go, and where the mountains and rivers go, they are all in the Ming Dynasty. During the Jiashen disaster, the Qing captives entered the pass, the world was shaken, and people were separated from each other. It was truly a tragedy that had not happened in thousands of years.
Fortunately, my great destiny has not been exhausted. I have resurrected in Nanyang, mobilized troops to conquer the Central Plains, and restored our country of China. The hearts of the people and the destiny of the country have returned. The localities have flocked to join us, and everyone in the world has responded.
But my king's army is going on a northern expedition to the north of the Yangtze River, Lianghuai, Shandong, and other places in the north. No one dares to resist!
Now that Wang Shi has arrived in Beijing, the general trend of the world has become clear. The sun and the moon are shining brightly, and the rebuilding of China is a foregone conclusion.
The soldiers and civilians in the capital should recognize the current affairs as heroes. If they surrender to the Ming Dynasty at this time, the Ming Dynasty should forget about it.
If you persist to the end, you will inevitably be killed!
The soldiers and civilians in Wangjing City all considered it, and Mo Ping lost his life in vain!
At the end of his letter to persuade him to surrender, Zhu Hongyu added a plain saying.
How much money can you earn in a month and you have to work hard?
After reading the surrender letter sent by the Ming army to the capital, Ao Bai's face became extremely gloomy.
But finally he spoke.
"Go down with the order and seize the surrender letters sent by these Ming thieves to disturb the morale of our Qing army!"
"If anyone hides it secretly, they will all be punished as treason and collaborating with the enemy, and they will be executed without mercy!"
In order to prevent the morale of the Qing army from being affected by the Ming army's letter of persuasion to surrender, Obai had no choice but to make this move.
Zhu Hongyu’s last line of vernacular was so lethal!
But even if Obai ordered the Ming army's surrender letter to be collected now, it was already too late.
The Ming army used hot air balloons to deliver more than 100,000 propaganda leaflets to the capital in one go.
It’s still the way the goddess scatters flowers!
No matter what, it was impossible for Obai to confiscate them all.
As long as a few hundred or so pictures are missed, Zhu Hongyu's last sentence, "You will work hard for a few coins," can be spread among the Qing army through word of mouth.
…
At this time, in the capital, not only the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers of the Qing Dynasty lived, but also a large number of civilians also lived in the city.
The living conditions of these civilians were not as good as those in the two green camps, and they had to work hard for the Manchus every day.
But even so, they may still not have enough to eat!
In such a difficult environment, Yang Qilong, as a monk who usually has great prestige, has become more and more important.
Because many people need Yang Qilong to relieve their depression!
In this case, how could his status not be high?
On this day, Yang Qilong looked at the surrender letter in his hand, with an unstoppable smile on his face.
"Haha! Hahaha!"
"Here it comes! Daming finally called!"
"I am waiting for the opportunity to rise up against the tyranny of slavery!"
"..."
As the Ming army arrived on the outskirts of the capital and prepared to launch an attack on the capital, people inside and outside the capital began to become panicked.
Especially the morale of the green soldiers in the city, which was already low, is now even lower.
Wouldn't this situation be a good opportunity for them to cause trouble?
Huang Ji on the side asked.
"Master Qilong, when should we take action?"
Chen Yi couldn't help but urge.
"Yes, Master Qilong, depending on the situation, the Ming Dynasty will attack the city soon. If the Ming Dynasty breaks the city, won't we be useless anymore?"
Everyone around him also spoke in agreement.
"Master Qilong, just tell me when to take action, so brothers can prepare in advance!"
"Yes, yes, this slave slave is really not a human being and won't give our brothers a way to survive!"
"..."
Yang Qilong was not in a hurry, and spoke slowly while turning the rosary beads in his hand.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!"
"Jiannu has deployed a lot of troops in the city now. If we start an uprising rashly, we may be wiped out by Jiannu soon."
"When the Ming Dynasty officially begins to attack the city, the Qing army will definitely mobilize garrison troops from the city to defend the city. Won't the city be empty? That's the best time for me to start an uprising!"
"As long as I wait for the uprising and cooperate with the Ming Dynasty inside and outside, I will definitely be able to attack the capital!"
"As long as the capital city is destroyed, we will all have great achievements!"
"When the time comes, the emperor will definitely give me a reward!"
After everyone nodded in agreement, Yang Qilong continued.
"Besides, I still need to contact the green camp generals in the same city to see if I can encourage them to join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty."
Yang Qilong was still certain about instigating the green camp troops in the capital to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.
Especially now that the Ming army is pressing down on the territory, I believe that the green camp Han troops in the city should also be wavering.
As long as he, Yang Qilong, comes forward and uses his sharp tongue, he can definitely persuade the Green Camp soldiers to change their ways.
Contribute to the Ming Dynasty to regain the capital!
After saying this, Yang Qilong stood up from the futon, glanced around, and said.
"Everyone, if Jiannu doesn't give us a way to survive, our life and death will depend on this desperate fight!"
"Everyone, please contact the manpower and prepare for the uprising!"
…
Zhu Hongyu did not know that there was another Yang Qilong in the capital who was planning an uprising against the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much.
He was just constantly listening to the opinions of the staff and planning the siege strategy.
"Currently, for our Ming Dynasty, the most advantageous tactic is to concentrate superior forces at one point and use the air superiority of artillery fire and hot air balloons to break through the capital's city defenses!"
"Then open the gates of the capital and send a large number of troops into the interior of the capital through the gates."
"Then use elite soldiers as sharp knives to penetrate deeply and cut the Qing army in the capital into different parts, and then surround and annihilate them."
Xu Bin told the battle plan drawn up by the general staff.
After listening to Xu Bin's introduction, Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.
"Yes, the staff department will do a good job in deploying the army!"
"Decide which army will be dispatched to attack the enemy, and which army will be deployed to attack and attack. We must make sure that the bowl of water is balanced!"
Xu Bin nodded and said.
"Your Majesty's direction, I will finally understand!"
The sun went down and the sky turned completely dark. Except for some of the Ming army's personnel who continued to build the camp and maintained vigilance, the rest of them all returned to their camps to rest after dinner.
There were candles burning in the big tent, providing a little light inside the tent.
Because Tang Aren was injured and sent to the wounded barracks, Jia Liujin, as the company deputy, made contributions in the Tianjin offensive and defensive battle, and was promoted to company commander by the front line.
At this time, Jia Liujin held a charcoal pen in his hand and wrote a letter from home on a piece of white paper, or it could also be said to be a suicide note.
My wife, I see words like faces:
My wife is fine! Everything is fine with me in the military, but I don’t know what’s going on at home?
My mother and father are not in good health, so we should take good care of them. The child is still young, so don't let him go to dangerous places. The cow at home is about to give birth soon, so we should be more careful. You should also take good care of your own health.
Don't work too hard.
I had just finished conquering the city of Tianjin with the imperial army. After walking along the Tonghui River for four days, I arrived at the foot of the capital city.
The walls of the capital are really tall and tall, and they deserve to be the old capital of the Ming Dynasty. I heard Brother Paoze, who had seen the world in the army, say that the walls of the capital are more than ten meters thick, but I don’t know whether they are true or not.
I will know after I follow the army to regain the capital!
In the letter, Jia Liujin rambled on about some trivial matters of life, including his life in the army and the battles of the Ming army.
Finally, I wrote a sentence at the end!
This battle is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise and fall of the world. We soldiers must sacrifice our lives to serve the country and fight bravely to be the first.
Never shrink back, cherish your life, and be a coward who will be poked in the back.
In this battle, even if I die, I will die well.
I believe that the court will not treat my family badly. You must help me take good care of my parents and children.
I will make a will in advance and divide the military field at home into four parts. You, your children, and your parents will each have one share.
I believe that those fields, coupled with the subsequent rewards and pensions issued by the court, are enough to ensure you a prosperous life.
Cherish it and don’t miss it!
After writing this, Jia Liujin carefully folded the letter paper, stuffed it into the envelope, and then put the envelope into his breast pocket.
If he can survive this battle, then this letter will be a piece of waste paper.
But if he died on the battlefield, then this letter would be his suicide note to his family.
After letting out a heavy breath, Jia Liujin greeted the brothers in the same tent.
"Who wants to write a suicide note? It's time to turn off the lights and go to sleep!"
"The lights will be turned off later, but it will be too late!"
A man sitting on a pony and sharpening his bayonet said with a smile and waved his hand.
"If you don't write it, why write that thing? It's unlucky!"
"You are living well, why are you writing a suicide note?"
"If I have anything to say, I'll tell my family in person when I go back."
Rather than writing a suicide note, he preferred to use the time he spent writing a suicide note to sharpen his bayonet before the war.
Use this to increase your chances of survival!
A man with dark skin on the side said.
"Company commander, can you write a suicide note for me? I can't write many words!"
The Ming army had special literacy classes and cultural classes, which were responsible for educating soldiers about literacy.
Nowadays, there are basically no people in the Ming army who simply cannot read a single Chinese character!
At most, you can read some words, but you can't write them. There is no such thing as pure illiteracy.
Jia Liujin rolled his eyes at him and said angrily.
"When I asked you to take cultural classes, you didn't study seriously!"
"I can write this suicide note for you now. Do you want me to take the cultural exam for promotion to an officer in the future?"
After all, he took out the charcoal pen again, motioned to the dark man beside him to read, and he buried his head in writing.
The other Ming troops in the tent were also doing their own things.
People are writing suicide notes, people are sharpening knives, and some are doing sit-ups, push-ups and other physical training...
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On the second day, it was just dawn!
The Ming army launched its first attack on the capital!
One by one, the hot air balloons took off and headed straight over the capital city again.
However, this time, the boxes hanging under the hot air balloon were not filled with leaflets, but clay pots filled with gasoline, which could be used as incendiary bombs.
The hot air balloon floated towards the capital. After reaching the sky above the capital, clay pots filled with gasoline were thrown down.
The mouth of the clay pot was tied with a cloth soaked in grease, and the cloth was ignited before the pot was thrown.
The jar fell to the ground and broke into pieces instantly!
The gasoline inside instantly spilled out and flowed everywhere.
The ignited cloth strip came into contact with the spilled gasoline, and instantly ignited the gasoline flowing everywhere.
In an instant, the fire spread!
As clay pots were continuously thrown near the city walls of the capital, the walls of the capital were instantly flooded by fire.
A simple version of the incendiary bomb landed on the city gate tower. With a bang, the fire engulfed the city gate tower in an instant.
Most of the Qing troops stationed at the city gate tower were drowned in the fire!
The cotton armor worn by soldiers of the Qing Dynasty could turn into a big torch in an instant once it was stained with gasoline.
Countless soldiers of the Qing Dynasty let out a series of shrill screams in the blazing fire, and then turned into piles of charred charcoal.
There were also soldiers from the Qing Dynasty whose bodies were covered in flames. The severe pain made them lose their minds and jumped up from the top of the city, wanting to end their pain.
The stairs up and down the city wall were also sprinkled with weather, and flames instantly ignited. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who were cut off from their retreat were forced to jump from the city under the force of the high temperature flames.
People kept jumping from the top of the city, turning into broken corpses and falling into a puddle of flesh.
The trenches and bunkers deployed by the Qing army inside and outside the city seemed like nothing in front of the burning flames.
As long as gasoline flows into the fortifications along the cracks in the fortifications, the fortifications are considered abandoned.
A large number of Qing troops fled towards the center of the city, trying to avoid the burning area.
Some soldiers of the Qing Dynasty fetched water to extinguish the fire, but when the water was poured on it, instead of being able to put out the fire, it actually made the fire spread more and more.
The flames caused by burning gasoline cannot be extinguished with water.
On the contrary, using water to extinguish the fire will only increase the spread of the fire.
Because oil is lighter than water, gasoline can float on the water and continue to burn.
"It can't be destroyed! It can't be destroyed!"
"Sky Fire, this is a sky fire that cannot be extinguished! God is here to punish us traitors!"
"Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!"
"..."
Many green soldiers of the Qing army who suffered from severe feudal superstition even knelt on the ground in despair after seeing this scene, kowtowing desperately and begging for mercy.
Even if his forehead was bruised, he didn't even notice it!
Even though the flames had burned over him, he could only lie on the ground and kowtow continuously, his face full of despair.
Until they themselves are consumed by the flames!
…
Oboi was surrounded by a group of personal guards in the middle, running desperately.
The blazing flames were so scorching that the cotton armor on some Eight Banners soldiers had been ignited, and blisters appeared on their exposed skin.
The beard on Obai's face also curled up in the blazing flames, emitting a stench of burning protein.
The scorching heat made his dough turn red, as if it was about to be cooked.
As the blazing flame burned, billowing black smoke spread.
Oboi's face and body were covered with traces of black smoke, and he looked extremely miserable.
"Quick, run away!"
"..."
Obai finally escaped from the fire, and his body was burned with many blisters.
Most of my hair and eyebrows were burned off!
The exquisite cotton armor on his body was also smoked black and completely lost its appearance.
"Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"
"What are you waiting for?!"
Obai turned his head and let out an angry roar, roaring at the surrounding Eight Banners Green Camp generals.
Niu Lu Zhangjing, an Eight Banners soldier, stood up and said.
"Shao... Shaobao, it can't be extinguished. This fire can't be extinguished with water!"
Oboi grabbed Niulu Zhangjing by the collar and roared with a ferocious expression.
“It must be destroyed if it cannot be destroyed!”
"Otherwise, the morale of my army will be lost!"
Oboi could not imagine how much impact it would have on the morale of the Qing army if the flames cast by the Ming army could not be extinguished.
Under Obei's pressure, the Qing troops began to move forward one after another to prepare for putting out the fire.
After discovering that water could not extinguish the fire, the Qing army began to use sand and soil to extinguish the fire, which finally paid off.
After mobilizing a large amount of manpower and material resources, the spread of fire in the capital was finally contained, and the fire was still being put out bit by bit.
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Under the incendiary bomb offensive of the Ming army, the fortifications near the city wall that the Qing army had worked so hard to build were quickly engulfed in a sea of fire, and then turned into a white field.
Although the earth and stone fortifications could not be destroyed by incendiary bombs, people could not stay any longer.
Without anyone to guard it, no matter how strong the fortifications are, they are just decorations!
Seeing that the walls of the capital were engulfed in flames, the Ming army outside the city also began to launch an artillery bombardment.
The roar of heavy artillery continued, and each large-caliber heavy artillery was loaded, spitting out huge tongues of fire.
The cannonballs were shot one after another with terrifying kinetic energy, causing the walls of the capital to tremble.
Solid cannonballs weighing dozens of kilograms hit the city wall, and large amounts of masonry debris flew everywhere.
The rumbling sound of shelling almost covered up all other movements!
A large number of solid cannonballs hit the city wall one after another, and the brick cladding of the city wall continued to fall off.
The artillery commander of the Ming Army stood next to Zhu Hongyu and reported.
"Your Majesty, the city wall of the capital is really too thick. The thinnest part is more than ten meters long. It is made of rammed earth and clad with bricks. It is very difficult for our army to use artillery power to knock down the city wall of the capital.
matter."
The city walls of the capital are different from the city walls of local state capitals. They are really difficult to defeat!
Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"If we can't open a gap in the city wall and attack the capital directly, the casualties will be difficult to control!"
Xu Bin on the side said.
"Your Majesty, the walls of the capital are indeed difficult to fight!"
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and then ordered.
"Go ahead with the order. The artillery firepower will cover the walls of the capital. I will sweep away all the fortifications such as the wall stacks, archery towers, and gate towers on the walls of the capital."
"Then, mobilize the curved mortars to cover the anti-curved surface behind the city wall with firepower!"
"Instruct the siege troops to all be heavily armored and prepare for the invasion of the city!"
"Tell the soldiers that I am watching them from here!"
"I want to watch them with my own eyes and regain the capital for me!"
Xu Bin clasped his fists and agreed.
"Well, I will finally understand!"
"..."
…
Amid the earth-shattering shelling, a large area of the capital's city wall was leveled, and the entire section of the city wall became bare.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry of the Ming Army began to push the ladders to the city and launched an attack on the capital.
At the same time, the flames burning near the city wall had been extinguished. The Qing troops driven away by the flames, under the supervision of the Eight Banners soldiers, were forced to return to the fortifications that were damaged by the fire.
However, even so, the Qing army wanted to fight back and prevent the Ming army from ascending the city, but it was impossible.
Because there is no cover on the city wall, as long as they dare to climb the city, they will face rifle snipers from the Ming army.
With a loud bang, the ladder truck leaned against the city wall, and heavily armored soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding shields and swords began to climb the city.
Behind these heavily armored soldiers were rifle shooters armed with muskets but wearing only breastplates.
Under the cover of their own heavy artillery, the Ming army successfully scaled the city wall.
However, after the Ming army climbed onto the city wall, they also began to face the same fate as the Qing army.
The Ming army fighting on the city wall was completely exposed to the sight of the Qing army because there was no shield from the walls.
A Qing soldier bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired arrows at the Ming army at the top of the city.
There were even Qing army musketeers standing in a row on the city, aiming at the top of the city and firing volleys of guns.
Arrows rained like rain, and amid the crackling volleys of gunfire, the Ming army's sight was exposed and they suffered heavy losses.
People kept getting shot and fell to the ground!
Fortunately, the accuracy of the Qing army's muskets was quite limited, so although the Ming army suffered casualties, it was not unbearable.
"Get down! Get down!"
"Each of us find cover to hide!"
Accompanied by loud shouts, the Ming army launched corresponding tactical actions.
A rifled gunner lay on the ground, aimed at the Qing troops inside the city wall, and began to fight back.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, the musketeers of the Qing army who lined up neatly and fired volleys were taken care of and fell to the ground row by row.
Wails and screams continued one after another!
Under the cover of rifle gunners, the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army prepared to enter the city to seize control of the city gate, and then opened the city gate to welcome their main force into the city.
However, at this time, the Qing army's reinforcements and horses had also reached the stairs leading up and down the city wall, and the soldiers from both sides collided and fought together in an instant.
The almost unarmored Green Battalion soldiers faced off against the heavily armed Ming army, and were almost massacred one-sidedly.
Every time the heavy step of the Ming army swings its sword, it can cause damage to the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army in front of them.
But the green soldiers couldn't break the armor even if they tried their best.
The long knife struck the Ming army's armor, making a clanging sound but leaving only white marks.
"Grenade! Grenade breaks the formation!"
As the fighting became more and more intense, the Green Camp soldiers were constantly pressed back.
During this process, the Qing army continued to throw arrows at the Ming army gunners.
Arrows kept falling on the heavy armor of the Ming army, making a clanging sound.
One after another, the grenades were pulled apart, with black smoke coming from their tails, and were thrown into the Qing army's array.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, gaps were blown out of the Qing army's array.
Many Qing soldiers lost their arms and legs after being blown up by grenades, but they survived for a while and lay on the ground wailing.
The Qing army also retaliated, and grenades were thrown into the Ming army's formation!
In the rumbling explosions, each of the elite and skilled heavy armored soldiers died tragically.
In the face of firearms, the protective effect that heavy armor can play is pitiful.
However, although for soldiers on both sides, the lethality of grenades is terrifying.
But after being blown up by grenades, the different reactions of the Ming and Qing armies reflected the huge gap in the quality of the soldiers on both sides.
After being bombed once, the Qing army seemed to have collapsed!
Countless green soldiers of the Qing army turned around and ran away. The Eight Banners soldiers supervising the battle could not suppress the defeated troops at all.
However, the Ming army was able to quickly adjust and restore its array after being bombed, and continue to charge towards the enemy in front of them.
The Ming army quickly seized control of the stairs to the city, but they did not advance rashly, but waited for subsequent reinforcements to catch up.
After gathering enough troops, they continued to attack the city.
The Qing troops in the city were hiding in ditches and bunkers, throwing arrows at the exposed Ming troops and pulling the triggers.
Although the riflemen of the Ming army were also fighting back, their own casualty rate remained high.
There were corpses lying on the ground!
One grenade after another was continuously thrown into the trench. Amidst the explosions, thick fire and smoke opened the way for the Ming army to attack.
The Ming army in armor began to compete with the Qing army for control of the trench!
Hand grenades flew back and forth, and amid the explosions, the number of casualties of the Ming army rolled upwards.
Of course, it was not easy for the Ming army to face the Qing army!
Due to the huge gap between the two sides in terms of training, physical fitness, equipment, etc., the Qing army suffered much more casualties than the Ming army even on defense.
At the very least, the muskets and bows of the Qing army may not be able to break through the heavy armor of the Ming army as long as they are not close to the face.
Due to problems with the quality of the firearms and the training of the soldiers, the muskets used by the Qing army, although they were certainly firearms, had only average armor-breaking capabilities as long as the distance was far.
As for the bows and arrows of the Qing army, unless they were strong bows that could shoot enemies directly, they were equipped with a large number of soft bows for projecting arrows, which had limited lethality and armor-breaking capabilities.
But the rifled guns of the Ming army were almost fatal to the Qing army.
Even the Eight Banners soldiers wearing double-layer cotton armor were shot one by one when faced with the rifled guns of the Ming army.
Groups of Green Camp Han troops of the Qing Army were continuously defeated. After encountering the Ming Army, a large number of Green Camp traitors chose to throw away their weapons and kneel on the ground to surrender to the Ming Army.
The Ming army also began to gradually approach the city gate, hoping to compete with the Qing army for control of the city gate.
The two sides were fighting fiercely!
The shouts of killing shook the sky, corpses fell to the ground, and blood flowed everywhere as if there was no money.
As time passed, small-caliber mortars and light cannons, as well as rounds of rockets, were also transported into the city via ladders.
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the rumbling sound of shooting, artillery shells drew beautiful parabolas in the air and fell towards the Qing army's position.
In the rumbling explosion, countless artillery shells exploded, turning each Qing soldier into a stump and flying away from the trench.
Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!
A sharp and sharp sound pierced the air, and rockets pierced the air one after another, falling towards the heads of the Qing troops.
The rumbling explosion sounded again!
At the same time, the Ming army's hot air balloons floating in the sky were constantly transmitting information about the Qing army's troop dispatch in the capital.
The artillery positions of the Ming army were calmly adjusted to fire at Zhuyuan according to the Qing army's troop dispatch.
Then a series of volleys started!
A round of explosive bombs was dropped into the capital.
The explosions in the capital never stopped.
Under the cover of their own artillery shells and rockets, the Ming army that entered the city quickly rushed near the city gate of the capital, and then they discovered a scene that almost made them despair.
The gates of the capital were filled with sandbags and gravel by the Qing army.
"Damn it, this is trouble!"
Wu Liuyi leaned against a broken wall and looked at the blocked city gate in front of him, his expression quite ugly.
It's not a problem if the city gate is blocked. It just takes a certain amount of time to clean it up.
However, the current problem is that the Ming army urgently needs to open the blocked city gate so that its own reinforcements and superior artillery can enter the city.
There is no time to clear the blocked city gate!
Moreover, even if the Ming army immediately set about clearing the city gates, the casualties they would have to pay would certainly be considerable.
Because the Qing army would definitely not sit back and watch the Ming army successfully clear the city gate, and then watch the main force of the Ming army enter the city.
"Platoon leader, how should we deal with this blocked city gate?"
A Ming soldier asked Wu Liuyi.
Wu Liuyi gritted his teeth and said.
"Damn it, I ordered people to ask for help from outside the city. They said the city gate was blocked and we need high explosives to clear the sandbags and gravel inside the gate."
"Blow it up with dynamite!"
The high explosives Wu Liuyi mentioned were the new gunpowder developed by the Ming Dynasty.
However, because it is not yet mass-produced, it is not commonly used in the military.
The Ming soldier clasped his fists and accepted the order, turned around and returned the same way to deliver the message.
Wu Liuyi turned around and shouted.
"Everyone has it, and immediately set up defensive positions in place to prepare for the Qinglu's counterattack!"
"Before my army enters the city, this city gate position must not be lost!"
Many Ming soldiers around him agreed in unison and responded.
"clear!"
As he spoke, the Ming army made corresponding preparations for battle.
The riflemen aimed their guns forward, and several small-caliber light cannons and rapid-fire cannons were placed in front of the formation.
The heavy step in armor is wiping the sword on his waist, ready to go into battle at any time.
Of course, Wu Liuyi and others are not fighting alone, and subsequent reinforcements are also catching up one after another.
However, due to the city wall, the reinforcements of the Ming army were not as fast as those of the Qing army.
Just when Wu Liuyi and others were setting up their defenses, the Qing army's counterattack came forward.
The green battalion of the Qing army was surrounded by darkness. Forced by the swords and guns of the Eight Banners soldiers, they launched a counterattack towards the city gate.
Boom! Boom!
The Ming army artillery outside the city learned about the Qing army's troop mobilization through the hot air balloon. After adjusting their shooting at Zhu Yuan, they fired a round of fire coverage at the Qing army who was preparing to launch a counterattack towards the city gate.
One after another, explosive bombs fell on the Qing army's formation. Amidst the rumbling explosions, countless stumps and broken arms were thrown everywhere.
A large open space was cleared in the Qing army's formation!
In just an instant, the Qing army's counterattack was contained.
Seeing this scene, the Ming army hid behind a bunker and fired round after round of volleys.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, the Qing army at the head also fell over a large area at once, causing heavy casualties.
The shrill charge horn sounded!
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty held bayonets and launched a countercharge against the Qing army whose offensive was contained.
The sharp bayonets flashed with cold light, and amid the rumble and explosion of grenades, the Qing army's counterattack was quickly repelled.
The Qing army now faces the Ming army, and it seems difficult to even defend, let alone take the initiative to counterattack.
After suffering a major blow, the Qing army retreated quite quickly!