One hundred and thirty seventh chapter Dingyuan battle eleven
The number of casualties was quickly counted. Sixty-seven of the fire soldiers were killed and 42 were injured. Together with the thirty others who were burned to death by the fire, it can be said that the strength of the entire team was ruined.【】
As expected, the returning sergeants no longer had the courage to fight to the death as they had before the attack. Compared to being hacked to death with knives or beaten to death with fire blunderbuss, the horror of being burned to death was even more terrifying. Looking at those corpses that were burned to the color of coke.
, the sergeants were all a little depressed, and the painful screams from the injured soldiers made them feel it more deeply.
After getting the statistics of the number of casualties, Qi Zhuang just nodded and asked the fire gun brigade to monitor the movements of the Rakshasa people in the city. The cavalry and spear brigade demolished all the houses outside the Gulihe city, and used wood and all kinds of
Collect all the burning things.
The sergeants were a little confused when they heard this order, but it was better to collect wood and hay than to be burned to death by the Rakshasa people. Most of the officers already knew the commander's intention, so they carried out the order very resolutely and thoroughly.
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There are several residential areas outside Gulihe City. The residents have already taken refuge in the city. Most of their houses are made of wooden structures, so it is not troublesome to dismantle them. The sergeants who participated in the demolition did not mean to cherish the residents' property. Wherever they passed, there was a
The mess was so messy that even the diapers of newborn babies were collected. Of course, they would not let go of any valuable items that could be easily stolen.
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"Master, what are the Qing people doing?"
At the top of the city, A Leer saw that the Qing troops were demolishing residents' houses. She couldn't help but feel incredible that these Qing people did not come to attack the city or retreat, but they were demolishing the houses.
Because Tokolowski couldn't stand the heat, he had already put aside his dignity as a city guard and took off his clothes. Many musketeers even took off their trousers and stood at the top of the city wearing only their shorts. The top of the city was naked.
The contrast between the musketeers and the bald Qing soldiers on the opposite side is quite unique.
"Maybe the Qing people want to set up camp."
Tokolowski didn't know what the Qing team was going to do. He intuitively believed that the Qing people were preparing to set up camp. He made a casual remark and inspected the city with Vasilyski and other officers. All the dead and injured musketeers were carried off. The injured
Those who died had to be treated by doctors, while those who died had to be carried outside the city and buried after the Qing troops retreated. In this season, corpses cannot be buried in the city, otherwise the plague will definitely occur.
When Tokolowski and others went to the dead, two priests were devoutly performing religious rituals for the dead, closing their eyes one by one, praying that they would go to heaven.
Emperor, I hope you can let these brave soldiers ascend to heaven. After Tokolosky and the officers saluted the dead musketeers, they went to visit the injured. The Qing people were busy setting up camp, and there would be no relief for a while.
Let’s attack again. At the city gate, Chekov is leading the Evenkis to seize the time to repair it. In order to completely cut off the Qing people’s intention of entering through the city gate, Chekov even mobilized the residents to collect all the stones in the city and move them over to seal them.
city gate.
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"wind direction!"
"Southeast wind!"
"Pile all the wood and hay to the southeast."
Demolition is different from construction. Construction takes a long time, but demolition is very fast. Half an hour later, hundreds of logs, piles of hay and countless combustible items were piled southeast of Guli River City.
It was only a hundred meters away from the city wall. From this distance, the Russian musketeers were unable to shoot anyone. They could only watch as groups of Qing people dangled in front of their eyes.
Regarding the actions of the Qing people, the musketeers were whispering and guessing what the other party wanted to do.
"Master City Guard, the Qing people piled a lot of wood there!"
After Tokolosky, who was investigating around the city, received the news that the Qing people were piling up wood in the southeast, he looked at the city with a puzzled expression. He and a group of officers looked at the ant-like Qing people from all directions.
Counts of wood and hay are piled up.
The wood and hay piled up by the Qing people were like a small hill. The highest point was far beyond the city wall of Guli River. It was very long and terrifying to reach.
"What do they want to do?"
Tokolowski cursed: "Are these bandits trying to fill up the city with these wood?"
"Maybe, these Qing people are really stupid."
Vasilyski muttered, but he did not believe that the Qing people would want to use wood to build a wooden frame that could cover Guri River City. It would be impossible to complete it in less than a few months. He felt the sweat on the black hair on his chest.
, Vasilyski cursed: "Damn weather, my God, it's too hot, if only the wind was stronger!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the city guard looking at him as if he had seen a ghost, Vasily
Risky couldn't help but feel a little confused: "Sir?"
"Oh, Emperor, the Qing people want the smoke to defeat us!"
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"Master Qianhu, can we light the fire?"
After feeling that the pile of wood was almost enough to choke and roast the Rakshasa people to death, Zuo Mingnan left a few captains to continue taking charge, and asked Qi Zhuang alone if he could light a fire.
Qi Zhuang glanced at the pile of wood that looked like a small hill, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, turned his horse, and shouted to his ten soldiers: "Follow me!"
"Lord Chihu, what are you going to do?"
Zuo Mingnan was startled when he saw Qi Zhuang's horse about to charge towards Gulihe City. He stepped forward to hold Qi Zhuang's horse and said, "Master Qianhu, after the fire breaks out, the Rakshasa people will definitely be unable to survive. Why should you risk your life?"
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"Hey, Brother Zuo misunderstood!"
Seeing Zuo Mingnan's worried look, Qi Zhuang laughed and said: "The Rakshasa people just destroyed the morale of our army, and now I, the commander of the company, am going to kill their morale. Don't worry, I'll be waiting soon."
The horse is galloping, how can the Rakshasa's gun hit it?"
"After I drive the horse over, you light a fire!" Qi Zhuang waved his hand fiercely: "Roast them to death!"
"My sons, follow me!"
Without waiting for Zuo Mingnan to respond, Qi Zhuang whipped up his horse, and the horses roared towards the Guli River. The ten soldiers were all excellent equestrians. When they saw this, they also raised their whips and chased. Eleven riders rushed straight to Guli River City.
After leaving, the Russian army at the top of the city and the Guan Ning army below the city were all stunned again.
"Oh, Emperor, are these Qing people looking for death?"
Tokoloski, who was worried that the enemy would not know when to start the fire, saw a group of cavalry rushing towards the city. He quickly asked the musketeers to prepare and blast these Qing people seeking death into pieces. However, the musketeers had just taken aim and were waiting for the Qing cavalry to enter.
When they were about to open fire, the Qing troops seemed to have noticed their actions. When they were ten meters away, they suddenly turned and ran to the other side, roaring and shouting along the city wall of the Guli River. They didn't know what they were shouting. Those Qing troops
After hearing the loud shouts of these eleven riders, they suddenly became excited and started shouting wildly.
"Wan Sheng, Guan Ningjun!"
All the sergeants noticed the heroic performance of the commander. When they heard the roar from the commander, the soldiers also roared in unison.
"Roast a Rakshasa into a suckling pig!"
After Qi Zhuang narrowly passed under the eyes of the Rakshasa people, he reined in his horse and turned around, looking at the Rakshasa people on the city wall with a sneer on his face.
Over there, Zuo Mingnan also gave the order to light the fire. Following the orders of the officers, dozens of sergeants holding torches lined up in a long queue to light the hay at the bottom. With a "thunderbolt", the fire quickly shot into the sky.
From then on, the soldiers who were on standby holding water supplies from the residential houses outside the Guli River shouted excitedly and poured water on the wood. Then, the light from the sky suddenly dropped, and then thick smoke billowed out.
At this time, the southeast wind was blowing. Although the wind was not strong, it was easy to blow the thick smoke to Guli River City, which was close to Zhichi.
Under the gaze of thousands of people, a line of black smoke descended into the sky of Gulihe City like a devil. The Russian musketeers standing at the top of the city were the first to be unable to bear it and ran down the city with tears in their eyes.
Thick smoke accompanied by scorching heat swept through the entire Guli River City like a plague. The weather was already hot, and with such snow and frost, Guli River City became like a hell on earth. All you breathed was choking smoke, and what you felt was beyond comparison.