After receiving the order from Commander Peng Chun, Sabusu immediately mobilized his three subordinates to lead 900 soldiers to storm the south gate. He also mobilized the archers of his third subordinate group and the archers of another subordinate group who were already under the city to continuously counterattack at the top of the city.【】
However, the archers of the two commanders were unable to suppress the Russian muskets. The Russian troops at the top of the city were extremely cunning. They immediately squatted down every time they fired a musket, making it impossible for the Qing army's arrows to hit them directly. Only some arrows fell down.
Some musketeers were injured. And because of the bastion structure of Yaksa, the Qing army responsible for siege and capture had to attack one side of the city, but had to face the Russian attack on three walls, so Sabusu transferred five new assistants to lead the troops.
There was no way to change the situation of being passively beaten, and the Russian artillery at the city head also caused heavy casualties to the Qing army.
There are eight cannons, five bronze cannons and three iron cannons placed at the top of the city of Yaksa. Tolbuzin begged them from Vlasov, the former governor of Nerchinsk, in the 19th year of Kangxi's reign. These have always been
Several artillery pieces were placed at the top of the city of Yaksa as decorations and had never played a role. Today, after six years of sitting quietly at the top of the city, these artillery pieces finally ejected deadly firepower from their barrels for the first time.
Artillery. These artillery pieces are small cannons with only four pounds. They are not very powerful and have a short range. The effective range is only 300 to 400 meters, but they are enough to deal with the clearing troops that are swarming to attack the city.
"fire!"
Every time there was a sound, dozens of Qing troops who were charging below the city and in the distance would fall.
Of the 800 Russian troops in the city, 350 used front-loading matchlocks, but the other 400 or so were armed with Europe's most advanced flintlock rifles. Therefore, no matter how the Qing army's troops increased, the Russian troops at the city head
The army can counterattack quickly.
"Fire!"
The firearms battalion ordered to reinforce the right army finally arrived within firing range of the cannons below the city. Under the command of the assistant leader, the 1,300 firearms battalion quickly fired their firecrackers towards the city. The Eight Banners soldiers of these firearms battalions also
They are not real Manchurians, but people of the Han Army Banner. There are even 200 Koreans among them. The Jingying Firearms Battalion is the descendant of Jin's "Sanshun King" after the surrender and the Korean "Assistant Division".
He was also the only elite Han army banner man in the Qing Dynasty who was recruited into the Beijing camp. The entire firearms camp was composed of 3,500 people. For this northern expedition, Kangxi personally ordered the transfer of 1,300 firearms troops to the north because Kangxi knew about Rakshasa.
People have powerful firearms, and sending a firearms battalion out to fight can increase the chance of victory.
The formation of the firearms battalion did not disappoint Peng Chun. More than a thousand firearms were fired at the same time. The sound of shooting alone overwhelmed everything on the battlefield. However, after the black smoke passed, the Russian troops at the top of the city only stopped shooting briefly.
They soon counterattacked again. Seeing this, Peng Chun, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but darken his face.
"Bakov, take your men and suppress the Qing musketeers!"
Herschov, who was commanding at the top of the city, quickly judged the situation. It was impossible for the Qing soldiers who came out of the city to break through the city gate, and it was impossible for them to successfully climb to the top of the city with the ladders they erected everywhere. Now it was the most important thing for their own side.
What threatened them were the gunmen who were busy loading powder dozens of steps away. From the way they loaded powder, Herschov could tell at a glance that they were nothing more than matchlocks, so he decisively ordered his 120 men.
Bakov, a famous fusilier, entered the watchtower of the castle on the left, where he commanded to suppress the Qing musketeers.
"Ready! Shoot!"
One hundred and twenty fusiliers fired a volley of rifles at the Qing team's muskets before they had finished loading, knocking down seventy or eighty of them immediately. The Qing officer leading the team quickly shouted and ordered his subordinates to fight back at the watchtower.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After a burst of dense and scattered firecrackers, there was not a single Rakshasa head at the top of the city. The soldiers in the firearms battalion were excited, thinking that the Rakshasa people had been beaten down, but before their smiles could fade away,
Suddenly, hundreds of heads protruded from the city wall.
"shooting!"
The Russian army took advantage of the rapid firing of the flintlock muskets and quickly fired the second round. Under this round of shooting, another seventy or eighty soldiers of the firearms battalion fell immediately.
"Fire, fire!"
The commander of the firearms battalion was Sun Keqiang, the commander of the Han Army's Yellow Banner Coordinator. Seeing that the Rakshasa people were showing off their firecrackers again, he hurriedly ordered the firearms soldiers to open fire under the watchtower. However, after the order was given, no fire was heard.
The sound of gunfire.
"What's going on!" Sun Keqiang was furious. Was he deaf? Didn't he hear my officer ordering to fire?
"Sir, you guys haven't packed up the gunpowder yet!" A soldier from the nearest firearms battalion told the leader with a mournful look on his face that their gunpowder and match rope haven't been set up yet!
"Damn it!" Sun Keqiang stamped his feet anxiously. Seeing that the Heilongjiang army in front of the city was being suppressed and beaten by the Rakshasa people, with no power to fight back, he shouted anxiously: "Fu'an! Fu'an!"
Fu'an was the banner commander of the Han army under Sun Keqiang. When he heard the leader calling him, he hurried over from behind and said, "I'm here!"
As soon as Sun Keqiang reached the south gate, he said anxiously: "You and your men must rush to the city. You must suppress the Rakshasa people at the top of the city!"
After hearing the order, Fu An hurriedly pointed to the watchtower at the top of the city on the left and shouted: "Sir, what should we do here?"
"There is an officer here, you go quickly!" Sun Keqiang didn't bother to say anything to Fu An, and signaled him to lead people to the south gate quickly. As for the Rakshasa people at the watchtower, let him deal with it. The most important thing now
Things ensure that the Heilongjiang army can break the city. Once the city is broken and all the troops pour in, no matter how powerful the Rakshasa people's firearms are, it will not help.
"Yes, sir!" Fu An responded quickly, waved to his subordinates and shouted, "Follow me, everyone!"
Before Fu An and his team of firearms soldiers could run more than ten steps, the sound of Rakshasa artillery could be heard from the top of the city.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several consecutive shellings landed squarely in front of the leader of the Fuana team. Immediately, corpses flew everywhere, with broken legs and arms scattered on the ground. Fifty or sixty firearms soldiers were killed on the spot.
"Brothers, fight with the Rakshasa dog!"
Fu'an was almost bombarded. Surrounded by the surroundings, so many of his subordinates who had been accompanying him day and night were actually dead. Suddenly, his blood surged, and he drew his sword and rushed forward with a roar. The remaining firearms soldiers followed Zuo Ling with their blazing guns and rushed towards the city.
After rushing to the city despite the rain of Rakshasa rifles, the gun soldiers raised their guns and fired at the top of the city without giving any orders. There was a "bang bang" sound, and dozens of Rakshasa soldiers fell from the top of the city.
Corpse.
The Heilongjiang army attacking the city was in a state of hell. The Rakshasa people hiding at the top of the city were all on the left, right and in front. Their muskets kept hitting their companions around them. The two archers who were responsible for suppressing them had already been shot by fire muskets.
They were scattered into pieces and could no longer be fired as densely as before. They could only pile up here and there. When a Rakshasa appeared at the top of the city, they would shoot with their bows, but the effect was very pitiful.
The main force of the firearms battalion commanded by Sun Keqiang was pinned by the Rakshasa people at the watchtower at the top of the city. The entire French battalion came to support the Heilongjiang army, and suffered heavy casualties.
Peng Chun has been thinking anxiously. He is not a fool. He knows that if he continues to fight like this, he will only die in vain. After going back and forth, he finally gritted his teeth and waved the order: "Retreat the troops!"
Lang Tan, who was on the side, heard this and hurriedly advised: "Commander, the men are in a hurry to attack! We can't withdraw our troops!"
Ma La, the commander who came from the left army, was also unconvinced and shouted: "The Rakshasa people don't have many troops in the city. I and the others can only hold on for a while. If I am to attack with the whole army, how can they defend it!"
Peng Chun ignored the two of them, but ordered his soldiers to deliver the order with a stern face. Lang Tan and Ma La felt dissatisfied when they saw this, but they were the commanders and could not disobey orders.
"withdraw troops!"
After hearing the order from the army to withdraw troops, Sabusu let out a breath and waved the flag to order all the five commanders who were attacking the city to retreat. He had seen this battle, and the Rakshasa people were really fucking difficult.
Fight, if we continue to attack like this, I'm afraid he, the Heilongjiang general, will become a bare general.
After the Qing troops under the city heard the order to withdraw their troops, they didn't care which of their commanders stayed behind to cover them, and retreated in a swarm. This retreat made the firearms battalion soldiers suffer, and they were suddenly scattered to pieces.
The soldiers fired a volley and knocked down dozens more people.
"Damn, we don't fight like this!"
"Where is our cannon? Why haven't we brought it over yet?"
"The Rakshasa people's firearms are so powerful. We only shoot one blunderbuss, but they can shoot two blunderbuss. This battle is impossible to fight!"
"Our Heilongjiang Army has suffered too much loss this time. The commander-in-chief must immediately replenish it for us!"
"The Rakshasa people are condescending and can shoot accurately. They cannot attack with force like this. I'd better wait for our cannons to come over before making further calculations."
After listening to the words of the generals and Sabusu, Peng Chun nodded slowly, but said: "I have passed, the number of Rakshasa soldiers in the city will not be too many, at most a thousand, and their firearms are more powerful than ours.
, a strong attack may not fail to capture Yaksa, but it will inevitably cause heavy casualties, which will affect our northward march to Nerchinsk. Commander Nerchinsk decided to suspend the attack and surround Yaksa. I wonder how long they can hold out!"
On April 29, the Qing army's initial attack on Yaksa was unsuccessful, with 768 soldiers killed and wounded. After the war, Peng Chun suspended the attack and focused on besieging the city, preventing the Rakshasa soldiers in the city from breaking out and waiting for the victory from the Sheng Dynasty.
Six "general artillery pieces" shipped from Beijing arrived.
The Qing army's attack on Yaksa was basically based on historical facts.