Chapter 311: City Head Offensive and Defensive Battle
Chapter 311: Attack and Defense at the City Headquarters
Everyone looked at this seventh-rank petty official in surprise. In order to prevent the Qing soldiers from taking advantage of the Ming people, they had to drive tens of thousands of people out of their places of residence and leave them to fend for themselves. How cruel this was.-<
Shuhai Pavilion>-Net.
Wei Tongnian stared at Tenglin, and after a moment of silence, he slowly shook his head and said: "No, if we do this, then we will be no different from the ferocious Tatars. There is no need to mention this matter again. I still insist.
Move those people into the city. As for the food problem, I will discuss it with the gentry and wealthy households in the city to see if they can donate some. In addition, the government can open warehouses and provide porridge appropriately. It should be able to support it for a period of time.
What do you think?"
After hearing this, everyone nodded silently. After all, people's hearts are made of flesh. After all, there are not many people who can push tens of thousands of people into despair without blinking an eye. Now that their boss has spoken, everyone is following the trend.
's agreed.
Following Wei's order in the same year, all the officials and some troops in Jinan City were mobilized. They were either riding horses, donkeys or walking, shuttling through various villages and stockades within a hundred miles outside Jinan City.
There is only one purpose, and that is to move all those people into Jinan City.
On April 25, the 10th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon led a mighty army to Jinan City.
Thirty thousand Qing soldiers surrounded the city of Jinan. At the same time, Wei had already ordered the gates of Jinan to be closed in the same year. The city walls were densely packed with soldiers and conscripted young men, with bows and swords unsheathed, ready to fight.
The Qing soldiers fought to the death.
On a small slope more than a mile away from Jinan City, Dorgon was wearing a suit of gilt armor and standing on the slope with extraordinary dignity. Behind him were his younger brother Duduo and a group of Goshihar Duoduo.
Ergon looked at the heavily guarded Jinan City in the distance and said softly: "This Jinan City is really heavily guarded. It seems that it will not be easy to capture it!"
Duduo stood behind Dorgon and nodded and said: "Brother Fourteen, this Shandong is indeed different from Hebei. We didn't find a few people along the way. I heard that all the people within a hundred miles of here have been moved to
Jinan is in the city, and it seems that the Shandong governor really wants to fight us to the end."
"Yes!" Dorgon narrowed his slender eyes and said in a deep voice: "This Shandong magistrate is called Wei Tongnian. It is said that he is Pang Gang's father-in-law. We have to guard against him."
Duduo asked curiously: "So, if we attack Jinan, Pang Gang will definitely come to help us?"
Dorgon nodded and said: "There is a great possibility. According to the news from the spies from the rear, after we and Yue Tuo separated, Pang Gang also separated from their army, and then disappeared. I suspect that they are targeting us.
Come."
Dodo asked worriedly: "Then what should we do?"
Dorgon smiled bitterly and said: "What else can we do? Since we are here, we can't go back empty-handed!"
Duduo frowned and said: "If Pang Gang is really coming for us, then the only thing we can do is to capture Jinan City as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to wait until Pang Gang arrives. In addition, we have to
We have to send more spies behind us. If there is news about Pang Gang, report it immediately."
Dorgon shook his head and said: "Fifteenth brother, it is said that Pang Gang came by boat. No matter how powerful our spies are, they can't go to sea. I guess they are likely to disembark in Dengzhou and then rush directly to Jinan, so we
We must move quickly and capture Jinan before Pang Gang arrives!"
Following Dorgon's order, more than 30,000 Qing soldiers immediately began intense preparations for the siege. The Qing army ordered the captured craftsmen and the Qing army's craftsman battalion (mostly Han Chinese) to immediately cut wood and quarry around the city.
, began to make siege tools.--Net.
Two days later, the siege equipment was completed. The impatient Dorgon quickly ordered the attack. Countless Qing soldiers carried ladders and pushed shield carts and rushed towards Jinan City. For a while, there was a killing sound on the top of Jinan City.
Shocking.
"The Tatars have begun to attack the city. Everyone, go up to the city wall!" Seeing groups of Qing soldiers wearing various armors and howling like a honeycomb, rushing from a distance, the defenders on the city wall shouted loudly.
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Since the east wall was the main attack direction of the Qing troops, Li Yuan led 3,000 infantrymen and 2,000 former Jinan defenders to guard the east wall. Assisting them were three troops led by the artillery battalion guerrilla general Dong Guo himself.
Ten Napoleonic cannons.
At this moment, Li Yuan was constantly encouraging the recruits, "Don't panic, when the Tatars come, just shoot them down with rifles!"
"Hold still, hold still, load the gunpowder, explode the shells, and fire!"
On the east city wall, Dong Guo commanded thirty artillery pieces and was firing fiercely towards the outside of the city. The round and black shells landed in the open space a mile away with a whistling sound, and then made a violent sound.
With the sound of explosions, flying shrapnel flew everywhere driven by strong kinetic energy, tearing the surrounding Qing soldiers to pieces. At this time, whether it was the auxiliary soldiers carrying the ladder or the infantry soldiers hiding in the shield car, as long as they were in
Everything within the explosion range of the bomb was shattered into pieces.
Dorgon and Duoduo, who were standing outside the battle two miles away, looked at the auxiliary soldiers who were charging forward like ants, but were torn into broken limbs by the fierce artillery fire. Their faces became gloomy. The artillery fire here was too powerful.
It was beyond the imagination of the two brothers.
It stands to reason that they have not seen explosive bombs before, and to be honest, the power is indeed impressive. However, due to the high price and cumbersome manufacturing process of explosive bombs, no one has used them on such a large scale in previous wars.
Expensive bombs, but today they saw them. Expensive explosive bombs fell like hailstones among the attacking Qing soldiers. Huge roars and explosions, as well as the rising white smoke and yellow dust, engulfed Jinan.
The east gate of the city was shrouded in gray smoke. Such a scene was something the brothers had never seen in all their years of fighting.
"Brother Fourteen, how come the artillery in Jinan City is so fierce? Don't they need to spend money to buy their explosive shells?" Dodo, who turned pale, asked Dorgon in a trembling voice.
Facing his brother's question, Dorgon shook his head sullenly and said with a gloomy face: "I don't know either, but what I am sure of is that if they fire like this, their explosive shells will not last long, and they probably won't be used.
How long will it take for them to stop?"
As if confirming Dorgon's words, after half a stick of incense, the sound of artillery on the city gradually stopped. The Qing soldiers who were originally suppressed by the artillery and did not even dare to show their heads slowly raised their heads.
They turned their heads and looked at the broken limbs and parts of siege equipment flying around. Most people had a look of fear on their faces.
At this time, another desolate sound of horns came from behind the Qing army formation, which was an order urging the soldiers to continue the attack.
Fende Bashiku, who was holding the line, jumped out and shouted: "Qing warriors, those Chinese dogs have finished firing their shells, now it's our turn, charge!"
"Charge!" Under the orders of the leader around them, the remaining Qing soldiers gritted their teeth and launched an attack again. They knew the battle formation well, and knew that if they did not charge, those who were watching from behind and supervising their Bajala camp would be killed.
The horse-armored soldiers will definitely not be stingy with the arrows in their hands. If they die like this, not only will their families not get any compensation, but what awaits them will be to be sent to the fate of armored slaves. Therefore, even if they die, they will have to
Died on the road to charge.(-< Shuhai Pavilion>-Net.)
When the remaining more than a thousand Qing soldiers carried ladders and staggered towards Jinan City, Duduo, who was standing behind to supervise the battle, couldn't help but sigh and begged Dorgon beside him: "
Brother Fourteen, nearly half of the first batch of attackers have been killed or injured, should we let them withdraw first?"
There were 2,000 people in the first wave of attacks on the east gate just now, but nearly half of them were lost in one round of artillery fire from the Ming army. Even a ruthless man like Duduo felt distressed.
"No!" Dorgon said without looking back: "So many of them died before they rushed to the front. Letting them withdraw now means that all their efforts have been wasted, and those warriors just died in vain, so now
The only way is to let them continue to charge, even if they are dead, they must attract the enemy's firepower to cover the second wave of warriors. Fifteenth brother, are you ready for the second wave of attacks?"
There was no emotion in Dorgon's words, and the lives of thousands of people seemed to be just cold numbers in his eyes.
Duduo was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, fourteen, I'm ready and can send them into battle at any time."
Dorgon looked at the Qing soldiers who were desperately charging towards the city wall and nodded: "That's good, let them go now!"
"Scum!"
Duduo fiercely pulled out the long knife from his waist. The sharp sword drew an arc in mid-air and ordered loudly: "My sons, charge!"
"Come on!"
The second team of more than 2,000 Qing soldiers who had been on standby for a long time roared and rushed forward under the leadership of a Jia La Zhangjing...
At the same time, Li Yuan trotted all the way to the artillery camp guerrilla Dong Guo on the east wall and asked loudly: "Why don't you fire? The Tatars are almost rushing to us. What are you using your cannon for?"
If something goes wrong because of this, can you afford it?"
Dong Guo glared at him coldly, pointed at the gunner next to him who was skillfully cleaning the cannon and said: "Why are you in a hurry? It's not too late to wait until the brothers have brushed the barrel and cooled down before firing, otherwise you will just wait to explode the barrel.
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Li Yuan looked along Dong Guo's hand and saw several gunners busy wrapping large balls of wet cloth with wooden sticks in the barrel of the gun and constantly cleaning the remaining gunpowder residue. There were also a lot of bowls beside them.
Mouth-sized projectiles.
Li Yuan asked in surprise: "Dong Guo, where are the blooming bullets we used just now? That stuff is really powerful. Why do you use such silly solid bullets?"
Li Yuan's words made Dong Guo angry. He glared at the greedy guy and said angrily: "You idiot, do you know how much silver each bomb you used just now costs? Tell me.
I'm scaring you to death. The cost of a cannonball is only five taels of silver. We have fired nearly two hundred rounds just now. If you continue to shoot like this, how much money you have will be wasted."
"What!" Li Yuan couldn't help but swallowed, "You mean that one thousand taels of silver were gone when the round of shells you just fired went down?"
"What do you think?" Dong Guo glared at him angrily.
Li Yuan stretched out his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "My dear, if one blow is worth one thousand taels of silver, then the total of the four city gates is four thousand taels. This is only half a stick of incense.
If we fight for a whole day..."
Li Yuan couldn't imagine the next amount. He said to Dong Guo with a smile: "Okay, Brother Dong, you fight slowly, I'll leave first..."
After speaking, Li Yuan ran towards the center of the city wall without looking back. Looking at Li Yuan's hurried figure, Dong Guo could only helplessly shake his head and smile bitterly. This Li Yuan was still so impatient despite his guerrilla temperament.
At this time, a report sounded beside him, informing your lord that the artillery has been cleaned and cooled down and can continue to fire.
Looking at the Qing soldiers who had rushed to the city wall, Dong Guo ordered with a cold face: "Prepare to fire the solid bullets! Measure the distance of the enemy!"
The observers of the artillery battalion lay behind the crenels, constantly observing the enemy's approaching distance, and kept reporting: "Eight hundred steps..."
The dark Qing soldiers pressed forward, and the observer kept adjusting the angle of the telescope.
"Six hundred steps..."
"Five hundred and fifty steps..."
"Knock out the Tatar shield truck and aim your guns independently."
Immediately, the sound of squeaking metal was heard. The gunners of the thirty Napoleon cannons kept adjusting the angle of the muzzle. With a loud bang, a six-pounder gun fired first. Then another six-pounder gun spewed out thick smoke, and then
Hitting the cannonball in front, a large iron ball weighing five kilograms flew fiercely toward the Qing formation.
Violent and close gunfire sounded one after another, and in the large puffs of gunpowder smoke, thirty Napoleon cannons fired one after another, each aiming at their own targets.
Since the bullets fired now are solid bullets, they cannot rely on the explosive surface to kill like the explosive bullets just now, but can only kill with points, so the requirements for the aiming hand are naturally very high.
The first Napoleon six-pounder shell did not hit the artillery carriage, but the shell smashed into the dense charge formation of the Qing troops, almost from the beginning to the end, taking away the arms and thighs of many people along the way, and piercing and smashing the chests of many people.
After the head and bloody alley, there was a scream.
Another solid iron ball accurately hit an advancing shield cart. With a loud "boom", the shield cart was immediately shattered. The four wheels flew everywhere, and the heavy frame was even more shattered.
It flew to the side. The surrounding Qing soldiers and the Qing soldiers hiding behind the shield car also suffered a disaster. Their whole bodies were bruised by the various debris stirred up, and they all rolled to the ground and howled.
However, although the killing effect of solid bullets was amazing, the number of kills was too small, and after firing more than a dozen rounds of shells in succession, the gunners had to stop to cool down the artillery.
"Come on, charge on me!" Countless Qing soldiers rushed forward amidst the shouts of the officers.
It has to be said that Dorgon was very well prepared and cunning for this attack. Most of the Qing soldiers who charged in the first and second rounds were composed of Han banners and some vassal races. The status of these people in the Qing army
Not only is it low, but they often play the role of cannon fodder on weekdays, but today, the damage done to them by these cannon fodders is indeed not small.
With strong troops and sufficient preparations, the Qing soldiers gradually rushed to a distance of 200 steps from the city wall. Duduo, who was watching the battle from behind, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Fourteen, we can build the ladder in a while."
"Not necessarily!" Dorgon said coldly: "The Ming army still has something they haven't shown yet."
Following Dorgon's words, bursts of dull gunshots and white smoke rang out from the top of the city wall. Many running Qing soldiers screamed and covered their bodies and fell to the ground. It turned out to be riflemen on the city wall.
Fire started.
Rows of dull gunshots echoed on the city wall. The Qing soldiers who were rushing forward carrying heavy ladders fell to the ground one after another. No matter how fierce they were on weekdays, at this moment, they were still shot as if they were shot.
They kept wailing like normal people, begging their companions around to help them.
But at this moment, no one is willing to help them, or dare not to help them. The arrowheads and projectiles falling like raindrops on the city wall have told them cruelly that any attempt to save their companions will have the final outcome.
They will be like their companions around them. They can only survive by rushing to the blind spot of the city where they can shoot.
Looking at the first and second waves of cannon fodder troops that kept falling, Dorgon lost no time in sending out the third wave of attacks today.
"Warriors with white flags, it's your turn!"
Duduo waved the long sword in his hand and commanded his true elite with white flags to start the charge.
These elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are different from the cannon fodder troops just now. Each of these elite soldiers with white flags wears double or even triple layers of heavy armor, or holds a giant shield or hides behind a shield car. The tall and thick shield
The vehicles were blocking their way. Unless artillery was used, it would be impossible to destroy these shield vehicles in a short time.
"Quick, quick, speed up, push the shield truck over before the Ming army's artillery fires!" Behind dozens of shield trucks, a Qing army officer waved his weapon and urged his men to push the heavy shield truck hard.
The shield chariot moves forward.
At this time, Li Yuan ran up to Dong Guo again and shouted: "Dong Guo, why haven't you fired? If you don't fire, the Tatars will come. Look, the Naxi are wearing red and white armor, but the Tatars are wearing white flags."
The elite!"
Dong Guo shook his head calmly and said: "No, the cannon has been firing continuously for too long just now. If you want to fire again, you have to wait at least half a stick of incense."
"What, half a stick of incense? After half a stick of incense, the Tatars have already come to the top of the city!" Li Yuan was furious.
"How you defend the city is your business, don't rely on me!" Dong Guo's expressionless expression seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
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Sorry, A Ding has been feeling unwell for the past two days, so I wrote until the evening and only had one chapter. Sorry!