Li Weiqun had already risked death and risked his life to bring the news to Boye City. However, Gu Junen still failed to demolish all the houses outside the city. This can not but be said to be a major failure of the Chuang Army.
Ashan originally did not have much confidence in changing the direction of the attack and going south to attack Boye. On the contrary, he always believed that giving up the intention of flanking the Chuang army and temporarily choosing to raid the location of the Chuang army's baggage and artillery would surely make Aba
One thing Taihe Bo and Tuo regret.
However, after he discovered that the intruders had not demolished the houses outside the city in time, he immediately concluded that the rebels must not be well prepared to defend the city.
Time waits not for us!
God has given you a good opportunity, and you must never give it up easily. Although Ah Shan was extremely slow in political sense, he repeatedly committed the stupid things of following the wrong people, doing the wrong things, and saying the wrong words during the Later Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. He even ran away twice.
He defected to the Ming Dynasty and was captured by Huang Taiji!
But in military terms, Ah Shan is definitely a qualified Eight Banners Army general.
He made a prompt decision and immediately ordered the vanguard troops to use the shelter of private houses to rush to the foot of Boye City wall. Ah San once followed Huang Taiji to attack North Korea, and also participated in the siege of Namhan Mountain City. It can be said that he is quite good at attacking such defensive forces.
A weak small city.
"Time waits not for me, attack immediately!"
When the Eight Banners soldiers heard Ah Shan's order, they all showed high-spirited fighting spirit. They walked all the way south on the ice and did not participate in the bloody battle at Baigou River. They still had unrealistic arrogance towards the Han army.
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When Zhang Ruxing was easily captured before, although dozens of rebel cavalry resisted desperately. However, such a small-scale battle failed to have a real deep-rooted impact on the Eight Banners soldiers.
These arrogant Manchus still went their own way. They waved their weapons and their horses galloped. The infantry followed and rushed in. There were also people who carried muskets and dragged cannons, and they were ready to storm Boye County.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier. Under the city wall of Boye City, the Eight Banners soldiers will sink into the snow if they step on it. The snow on the ground has reached people's knees, but this not only did not affect the Qing army's operations, but also made it difficult for them to fight.
These Manchu warriors, accustomed to the bitter cold in the Northeast, unleashed a more terrifying power than the Han army.
Ashan looked at the Qing soldiers and horses forming columns to attack, riding on their horses, with a satisfied smile on his face. In his opinion, a small town like Boye County only had baggage and artillery, and lacked the defense of soldiers.
, just like the countless cities he quickly conquered in North Korea following the Great Khan, they were undefended and not worth mentioning at all.
"Victory is within grasp!"
There was a roar, and someone fired the first shot, which caught Ashan's attention. He squinted his eyes, trying to see clearly the battle situation in the distance. The Qing army carried some relatively small artillery. Who started to attack the city with the artillery?
Ah Shan felt a little angry because this was not among the orders he had arranged. The Manchurian army has always been prohibited from doing so. Is it because the enemy is too fragile and everyone's desire to attack is too high?
But Ashan soon discovered that he was wrong.
Because there was more than just this sound of artillery fire. After a thunderous roar, the dense artillery shells were like raindrops on fire, smashing into the Qing army's siege team one after another.
In order to cover up the powerful firepower on the city wall, the Chuang army used relatively light artillery, but the firepower was already amazing. And no need to ask, Li Shiwei was hurriedly organizing the troops to mark the artillery as a real treasure, a cannon.
Another heavy red cannon was pushed near the crenellations of the city wall.
Thunder rumbled, and the intruder army suddenly launched a counterattack, which suddenly shattered Ah Shan's dream. No, it didn't shatter his dream, but forcibly dragged Ah Shan's dream into a nightmare.
In addition to the intensive shelling, there were also many people firing rockets in the snow, some using bows and arrows to shoot directly, and some using "swarm of bees" and "dragon out of water" captured from the Ming army and other fancy firearms that were not popular among the officers and soldiers.
All kinds of rockets, as well as artillery shells and muskets, were shot into the houses under the city like fire dragons. In the snowy weather, the power of those various rockets was greatly limited, but there were so many
The quantity will inevitably set some houses on fire.
The Eight Banners soldiers hurriedly tried to extinguish the flames around them, and on the other hand they also planned to storm into the city. But they soon discovered that something was wrong. The flames spread so quickly that it was shocking. It was obviously a snowy weather.
, but the fire caused by those rockets igniting the house was so vigorous that it was like a pile of dry firewood in a bitter fire.
It wasn't until someone tried to put out the flames and knocked down a wall of a house that the Qing soldiers suddenly discovered that it was not just dry firewood! These houses were actually filled with hay, gunpowder, sawdust and all kinds of other things.
Civil waste.
The rockets of the invading army easily turned these flammable materials into a real sea of fire, and then dense artillery shells came in their faces. The siege of the Qing army was at a loss, and the houses that were originally used to cover their siege collapsed one after another.
As a result, they were completely exposed to the firepower of the intruders. They wanted to retreat, but were intercepted by the sea of fire.
Only then did Ashan understand the intention of the Chuang army. His heart was twisted and he shouted to retreat quickly. If the Chuang army had not also lacked cavalry troops to attack the city, this Qing army attacking the city would have suffered heavy casualties.
But even though they barely managed to extinguish a road out of the sea of flames and withdrew the troops under the city wall, Ashan counted the number of people and found that hundreds of Manchu warriors had been killed or injured in such a short period of time.
The Qing army did not even touch the walls of Boye City. The flames from the ambush by the intruders and the artillery fire from the city killed hundreds of real Manchu soldiers who could equal ten to one.
Such a loss would not only be a blow to the confident Ashan, but also in a more practical aspect, it would cause a blow that could not be ignored and would be fatal to the morale of the entire siege army.
Bo Hetuo and He Luohui rushed to the gate of Boyecheng with the remaining soldiers and horses of the Qing army a little later. When they arrived here, what they saw was that Ashan was helpless against the defense of the invading army.
The ruins of the city were on fire, and the siege troops suffered heavy casualties.
Bo Hetuo's eyes were spitting fire, and he almost wanted to eat Ah Shan alive: "Ah Shan! Give me back my elite Manchu soldiers!"
Ashan now no longer had the courage to talk back. He prostrated himself on the snow and was willing to be punished. He almost cried and said, "I was unprepared and humiliated our army... But the thieves are cunning and cannot be ignored!"
He Luohui snorted coldly: "How could we underestimate the bandits? Duke Fu, the bandits must have gathered troops to guard the baggage, and there must be a lot of artillery. But I think Boye City is small and the city wall is very thin. As long as we focus on attacking fiercely, it will cost
It won't take long to break through the city wall. Once the city wall is breached, all these cannons will fall into our hands, which will be a big compensation."
"snort!"
Bo Hetuo said angrily: "Wait until the victory is over before punishing Ah Shan. Only by capturing the bandits as soon as possible and seizing these cannons can we make up for the losses of the Qing Dynasty."
"There are few soldiers in Liuthief City, so it is difficult to resist. Lord Fu, please calm down. I think the situation is still very optimistic now!"
Bo Hetuo gritted his teeth and shook his hand, and said to He Luohui: "Clear the fire scene, let's concentrate our troops and rush into the city. We can't take care of the casualties for a while. After the city is broken, I will let the soldiers loot as much as they want.
We must trap and kill all the defenders in the city!"
Although Bo Hetuo was fierce, after the failed attack just now, the Eight Banners soldiers now felt a little fear of the defense of the intruders, or they had doubts about Bo Hetuo, Ashan and other commanders.
A state of distrust.
When He Luohui saw the faces of the Eight Banners soldiers, he knew something was not right. He quickly encouraged morale and said: "The city is where the bandits' baggage is. There are mountains of grain, grass, gold and silver, and there are more wives, concubines, and children than fallen leaves in the forest."
. As long as the city is destroyed, the Duke of Fu will let all the soldiers loot as much as they want, and all the gains will belong to one person... As long as the city is destroyed, everything will be yours!"
After He Luohui urged the battle, the Eight Banners soldiers slowly lost their fear of attacking the city. They immediately had countless fantasies and desires about the baggage of the invading army behind the city wall. How much gold, silver and women were there?
Everything is waiting for their blade to be harvested!
"Concentrate our forces and fight in!"
The Qing army went south to attack the small Boye City with all its strength. Bohetuo was bound to win. With nine thousand Qing troops attacking a small county town that lacked soldiers to defend it, there was no possibility that it could not be captured!
The heavy snow has lightened a lot and the sky is getting clearer. The morning sun shows extra warmth and shines on the Manchu warriors, making them feel warm and comfortable.
The wall of Boye City in the distance seems to be a thin piece of paper, crumbling, and it will fall into pieces if you poke it hard with your finger.
Bohetuo is confident that he can win this small town.