In the fifth year of Honghua of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the twenty-second year of Kangxi of the Puppet Qing Dynasty, on the third day of October, the lunar calendar was cloudy and there was light rain intermittently, and white air could be seen when the soldiers breathed.【】
After wheel-type excavation, the 3rd Infantry Regiment successfully dug a trench two meters deep and less than one meter wide leading directly to the bottom of Dujigensk City. The trench turned underground when it was still five hundred steps away from the city wall. In fact, the final
A certain distance was excavated through tunnels, because no matter how concealed it was, it was impossible to really dig trenches towards the Russian walls at the top of the city under their noses.
Seven hundred kilograms of black gunpowder were packed into three large clay pots and were carried into the tunnel at 5 a.m., and a two-meter-long match rope was produced overnight. The person responsible for igniting and blasting was the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
The first team of the first team, the first team, the team officer Guo Sidai, a native of Sauron, a former red flag soldier of the Qing army, is good at operating firearms.
After everything was ready, the sky was still dark, and there was no light in the eastern horizon, except for a faint hint of fish belly white.
The two brigades of the 2nd Infantry Regiment and the two brigades of the 3rd Infantry Regiment have been ordered to gather in the trench. They received the order to rush into the city as soon as the city wall collapsed. The 1st Cavalry Regiment
A brigade of the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment was the second assault group, which only waited for the infantry to follow up after entering the city to completely collapse the resistance of the Russian army in the city.
The regiments that entered the city received personal orders from Guan Ning Army Commander Zhao Qiang before the war. After entering the city, no chickens or dogs were left behind.
It was Zhao Qiang's deliberate decision to massacre the city after breaking it. He believed that only in this way could he negotiate with the Russians in his favor after the war. As long as the goal could be achieved, massacre was not shameful, not to mention that most of the city belonged to the Russian army.
The hands of armed men were stained with blood no less than others, so when he issued the order to massacre the city, Zhao Qiang had no psychological burden at all, which was completely different from when he ordered civilians and people of all ethnic groups to serve as cannon fodder a few days ago.
Just after Mao hour, Zhao Qiang led a group of generals to a small slope. From a commanding position, everything that happened on the battlefield could be seen. The location also made it easy to adjust the deployment of troops in a timely manner.
It has been raining lightly for a while, and the few raincoats in the army have been distributed, but most of the soldiers still have no shelter from the rain, so they can only sit in the trench and let the drizzle fall. It is cold, every soldier feels the cold,
But their hearts are hot, and their blood is also hot. With the order to massacre the city, Guan Ning's army is boiling from top to bottom. The war achievements, wealth, and women are deeply irritating to them. Yesterday, the two hundred and nine Luo
The heads of the Rakshasa people also made them crazy. Some of the flying teeth had sucked the blood from the Rakshasa people's heads. The Ewenki people were even naked, standing there straight like that, with faces full of fanaticism and the passion in their eyes.
It is confidence and determination.
"Handsome."
Looking at the Dujigensk city wall that was still a little blurry in the distance, Liu De took a breath of cold air and asked Zhao Qiang nervously whether he could blow down the Rakshasa city wall. Except for Zhao Qiang himself, all his subordinates, including Liu De, were doubtful.
They were afraid that this time they would fail just like Governor Rakshasa in persuading him to surrender.
In order to show that he and his subordinates share the joys and sorrows, Zhao Qiang had no other things to keep out the cold except the cotton armor, and he didn't even have gloves on his hands. Standing on a high slope, although he had a wide field of vision, he was also affected by the cold wind.
Attack. Just as his teeth were chattering due to the cold, after listening to Liu De's words, Zhao Qiang said "hmm", walked forward a few steps, glanced at the soldiers in the trench calmly, then turned to everyone and vomited heavily.
Words: "Start!"
After receiving the order to take action, Guo Sidai swallowed, glanced nervously at the soldiers behind him, and whispered to them to move back. After the soldiers all exited the tunnel, he held up the torch and moved forward carefully.
He moved forward, thinking dazedly all the way, thinking about protecting the banner of Master Qianhu after his promise came true.
The general flag! This is the team officer. Now Guo Sidai is just a sergeant and squad officer. He was promoted to the general flag at once, but the promotion to the third level brought with it many benefits. This made Guo Sidai, who was a prisoner of Sauron, very happy.
Yearning for it, he was very jealous when he thought of those Oroqen people who already had hundreds of households. He often murmured in private that these Oroqen people had surrendered earlier and only obtained high-ranking officials. If I had surrendered to the Guanning Army earlier, how could you still be there?
Opportunities for promotion and fortune.
Guo Sidai was full of confidence in this mission. He personally arranged and moved the gunpowder, calculated the weight, and twisted the match with his own hands. Now he also lit the fire with his own hands. After all, the flag was decided!
Explode! Explode to death you red-haired ghosts. Explode! Explode a general flag for me! After reaching the end, Guo Si stared blankly at several large jars and took one last glance, then stretched out the torch without hesitation, "
"Chi!", sparks suddenly flashed, smoke rose, and the match rope was burning forward very quickly along the trajectory. Guo Sidu didn't dare to stop anymore, so he turned around and ran out, although the match rope was long enough for him to run.
He reached a safe place, but he was afraid of being buried alive underground.
I ran as hard as I could, without needing the torch. I closed my eyes and ran forward with all my strength. I didn’t know how many times I banged my head, and I didn’t know how far I had run. I was thinking that it was time to explode. Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a sudden explosion behind me.
There was a muffled sound, and the ground beneath his feet shook violently. Immediately, a wave of heat hit him from behind, throwing him to the ground. Along with the heat wave came countless pieces of dirt and debris, which choked his eyes, nose, and tears.
It was as if he was suffocating, and he couldn't breathe. Then his eyes turned black and he fainted.
Outside the tunnel, everyone heard the muffled sound and felt the violent shaking from underground.
"It exploded! It exploded!"
Outside the tunnel, waiting for the general flag with sweat dripping from the nose, hundreds of households jumped up, regardless of their identity, dancing and shouting. The excitement spread instantly, and all the soldiers were in the trenches
There were cheers.
Qi Zhuang, Ma Long, and He Manchuan also breathed a sigh of relief, with smiles on their faces. Zhao Qiang's eyes were fixed on the city wall of Dujigensik. The explosion occurred underground, so the fire and smoke did not appear.
I felt the ground beneath my feet shook violently, and then disappeared again, as if nothing had happened.
Zhao Qiang was here, staring at when the city wall of Dujigensk would collapse, but a minute passed, and the imaginary city wall did not collapse as expected, but still stood in front.
"Did the city wall collapse?"
Everyone looked at Dujigensike in shock. Everyone had arrived, but the city wall had not collapsed!
What's going on? Everyone asked in their hearts. The cheers disappeared in an instant. The officers and soldiers looked ahead with wide eyes and doubtful faces.
Guo Sidai, who was carried out of the tunnel by his soldiers, also woke up. The first thing he said when he woke up was to ask, "Has the city wall collapsed?" But no one answered him. The general flag and hundreds of households were all in front.
People's faces were full of confusion and disappointment. Guo Sidai struggled to get up, and he realized that something was not good. Sure enough, the section of the city wall that should have collapsed was still standing there.
"Damn it, why can't it explode!" Guo Sidai's face was full of disappointment and anger. He worked hard for nothing but gained something. This made him stunned on the spot as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.
The Russian troops at the top of the city didn't know what was happening. They were shaking so violently that they stood unsteadily on the city wall. They thought it was the Qing troops attacking, but the field of vision was still so calm and not a single soul could be seen.
What's going on? All the Russian soldiers were at a loss. They looked at each other with their eyes, but no one knew what happened.
The sleeping officers were also awakened by the explosions and shaking. They rushed out of their residences and crawled towards the city without even putting on their clothes. They asked all the soldiers they could see, but no one could answer their questions.
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Nikita stayed up all night. He knew that the Qing team outside the city would definitely choose to attack the city immediately after killing the Governor, so he did not dare to rest. He would stay at the top of the city until the Qing team's attack was repelled.
Only then could he feel at ease. The violent shaking just now made the sleepiness that had troubled him all night disappear instantly, and also made him feel uneasy. From the sound, it seemed that the Qing people used gunpowder, but the city wall was not bombarded by the Qing team's cannons, nor did the Qing team reach the city wall.
Launch an attack.
What are the Qing people doing? With questions in their minds, Nikita, Vasily and other officers who were rushing to the city began to look around, trying to figure out what had just happened.
After walking a few steps, I heard several people shouting suddenly from outside the city:
"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!"
Thousands of Guan Ning Army soldiers shouted the same word "Collapse!" in different voices. I don't know who shouted it first. In a moment, everyone started shouting, even Zhao Qiang.
Then he shouted.
"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!"
It's going to fucking collapse! Zhao Qiang shouted anxiously. He couldn't accept the facts he saw because he had no way out. If the city wall didn't collapse, Dujigensk would become the Waterloo for Guan Ning's army and him.
Perhaps the chorus of thousands of people's shouts moved the sky. Under the confused gaze of the Russians, the soldiers in the ditch closest to the city wall suddenly reached the city wall and a stone fell straight down. When the stone hit the ground, it affected thousands of pairs.
Eyes have touched the nerves of thousands of people.
"not good!"
When the first stone fell to the ground, Nikita understood what happened, but it was too late, everything was over, and he could no longer scream because he had to run elsewhere immediately, otherwise he would
He was taken to the city walls by the collapsed city wall and buried alive in the rocks.
"The city wall has collapsed, run away!"
The musketeers yelled and ran towards the city walls on both sides. No one dared to stay there anymore. The three-meter-high city wall fell down like a decrepit old man. Countless stones fell from the city wall, hitting the bottom.
Dust came out. After the dust passed, a gap of more than 20 meters appeared in front of Guan Ningjun.
"Come on!"
Deputy Qianhu Qianlin of the Second Infantry Regiment, who was the first to react, shouted when everyone was staring at the gap. Then he took the lead and jumped out of the trench, rushing through the gap without caring about his own life. One, two
One, three, several soldiers of the Guan Ning Army crawled out of the trench and rushed towards the gap. Four brigades of 2,400 infantrymen gathered together like several streams, with shouts of killing, the sound of fire and gunfire, and the sound of swords.
The sound was like a symphony ensemble, resounding throughout the entire Dujigensky sky.
"Emperor, we are finished!"
Looking at the densely packed clearing troops rushing into the city through the gap, Nikita collapsed to the ground in despair, his mind went blank...
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Author's note: "Honghua" is the reign name of Wu Shifan, the grandson of Emperor Zhaowu Wu Sangui of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who ascended the throne as emperor in Guiyang. The first year of Honghua is the seventeenth year of Kangxi.