After thinking for a while, he seemed to have made up his mind. He banged the table hard and said: "Send the order, prepare the whole army, and prepare to attack the city tonight!"
Barton was startled and said: "King Khan, do you really believe what that man said? We don't know his details at all. If this is a trap set by the Qing Dynasty, we will be in trouble."
Galdan said in a dark voice: "This battle is guaranteed to be won but not defeated. Regardless of whether it is a trick or not, I will definitely give it a try. And there is one sentence that he definitely did not lie to me. The Qing Dynasty... is indeed very short of food and grass.
As long as we can cut off food and grass, there is nothing to be afraid of even an army of 800,000, let alone 300,000."
It was precisely because Galdan was sure of this that he decided to give it a bold try. He really couldn't wait to win this victory, and then he attacked the capital all the way and cut the man who shot his ear through a thousand knives to calm his heart.
Hate! Yunli...Prince Guo! He must torture him to death with his own hands!
That night, Yue Zhongqi was awakened by a hurried knock on the door. The person knocking on the door was his own soldier. He said hurriedly: "General, Junggar is attacking the city, and the momentum is very fierce. We...we can't stop it.
Live."
"What?" Yue Zhongqi immediately got up from the bed and ran out. Since the war started, he never took off his armor when sleeping, just to be prepared for trouble at any time. However, he did not expect that Jungar, who had been dormant for a while, would suddenly attack the city at night.
, there was no warning at all in advance.
He quickly came to the top of the city and saw torches all over the place. By the light of the fire, he saw Galdan, who was personally commanding the army. The latter seemed to sense his gaze and raised his head with a ghost-like smile.
In addition to storming the city gate, Jungar's army also set up ladders and climbed up the city wall. Although the soldiers kept shooting arrows and throwing stones, people still came up one after another. Once these people came up, they would kill them desperately regardless of life or death.
, putting great pressure on defending the city.
But it's okay to say that the scary thing is the cannon. It seems that Galdan has mobilized all the cannons and fires them every once in a while. The entire city wall will feel like it is shaking, and then a hole will be left in the city wall.
"General, there are many people and firearms coming from Jungar this time. We are afraid that we cannot stop them." The confidant said timidly. Judging from the lit torches, the number of troops below is definitely several times greater than that of the defenders, and
More than ever before. It seems that this time they want to attack the city in one go.
Facing the cannon, Yue Zhongqi was a little frightened. He secretly cursed Galdan for not knowing why he was so crazy that he attacked the city with all his strength at this time and waited for a few more days to wait for the army to come to help. But the matter was already under his nose.
It's useless to think about this. The most important thing is to stabilize the morale of the army. Many soldiers have begun to show fear.
Thinking of this, Yue Zhongqi shouted: "Calm down my general, aren't there just a few cannons? Are you still afraid? Have you forgotten how we defeated them last time? Use rockets to attack those cannons."
The soldier said with a grimace: "General, they mounted the cannon very far this time, and the arrows did not have enough range to do what they did last time."
This is also the reason why the city wall has not fallen down after so many cannon blasts. Otherwise, if it were at close range, even the thickest city wall would be captured by now.
Yue Zhongqi gritted his teeth and said: "Bring me the general's bow and arrows!"
The soldiers quickly fetched the bow and arrow and handed it to him. Yue Zhongqi aimed at one of the cannons, fully drew the bow and shot it. When Galdan saw this scene, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. He didn't do anything and just let the arrow go.
Shoot in front of the cannon.
During the previous siege, Yue Zhongqi aimed at the cannon that had already lit the fuse in this way, fired a rocket into the mouth of the cannon, triggered the shells inside, and caused the cannon to explode, not to mention destroying one of the few cannons.
, and even killed several people nearby. It was precisely for this reason that he did not continue to attack the city for a long time, and just stayed in a stalemate with Yue Zhongqi.
This time, the appearance of the Dark Falcon forced him to make the decision tonight, to capture the city at all costs. Only in this way could he have a chance of winning when facing those 300,000 people. War is inherently a gamble, and he
Just bet everything on the outcome of this round!
Although Yue Zhongqi's arm strength was better than that of other soldiers, he still failed to hit the muzzle like last time. He just touched the side and fell to the ground.
When Yue Zhongqi turned pale, Patton also said in Galdan's ear: "King Khan, if this continues, our artillery shells will not be enough."
Galdan glanced at the few cannonballs piled on the ground and said coldly: "If there are not enough, I will continue to fight. We must attack the city tonight!"
Patton advised again: "But our losses will be too great. These cannons will no longer be usable later, and the red-haired Japanese may not be willing to replenish them for us."
Galdan said expressionlessly: "We have already lost so much, so what's the use of the few left? We might as well take this opportunity to capture the city in one fell swoop, so that we can have hope of breaking into the capital."
"But..." Barton was about to persuade him again, but Galdan had already said: "The king has made up his mind, you don't need to say any more."
In a siege, the threat of artillery is more terrifying than anything else. The reason why Yue Zhongqi was able to defend for so long was that his own abilities were useful, but one of the key factors was that Galdan did not dare to use the artillery at will. He really couldn't figure out why Galdan
Why are you so crazy tonight? One shot after another, as if you must shoot out all the cannonballs.
There were more and more holes in the city wall under the shells, which gave people standing at the city gate a shaky feeling. Although Yue Zhongqi was anxious, he had no better way. He could only ask the soldiers at the top of the city to try to prevent them from attacking the city.
Finally, after the last cannonball was fired on the city wall full of holes, the city wall finally failed to hold up and collapsed, revealing a big hole behind the smoke.
Finally... was it still breached?
Different from Yue Zhongqi's ashen expression, Galdan raised his saber angrily and said loudly: "Zhungar warriors, rush in with me and seize the entire Central Plains!"
He responded with a deafening cry, "Kill!"
Looking at the Zhungar cavalry rushing in from the holes one after another, Yue Zhongqi also took out the sword from his waist and said solemnly: "We are soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and behind us is our country and home. Even if we die, we will definitely die."
We must guard this place and prevent these barbarians from taking a step forward! Come on, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Defend to the death! Guard to the death!" The soldiers also followed him down the city wall with their swords raised, fighting Jungar's soldiers. However, all this was in vain. Once the city wall was breached, they would face an army several times their size and even had muskets.
The enemy has no advantage at all, and the outcome of this battle is doomed.