The dense fire net destroyed the courage of the Manchus. The group of warriors who desperately climbed up the city wall suddenly collapsed. Many people cried, shouted randomly, and even dropped their weapons, trying to climb up the ladder behind them.
Escape back.
But the Qing army was indeed advancing but not retreating, and they had no way back.
"Kill them all!"
Zhou Chang shouted loudly, and the defenders regained their courage, picked up their swords and spears and surrounded them. The Manchus, who had lost their will to fight, could only hold on to a small circle at this time, and Ashan looked miserable.
, but he was unwilling to sit back and wait for death. After roaring angrily, he took the initiative to charge towards the defenders.
But at this time, one man's bravery could no longer have any effect. Four spears pierced Ashan's body at the same time. Ashan kept vomiting blood from his mouth, but his body was still moving forward desperately. He cut it off with the saber in his hand.
A spear penetrated his chest, and he managed to take a step forward, but was immediately pushed away by the remaining three spears.
Then the soldier Zhou Chang picked up a waist knife from the ground. He rushed forward quickly, took advantage of Ah Shan's difficulty in moving his hands and feet, and cut Ah Shan's head with all his strength.
Zhou Chang raised Ashan's head high above his head and shouted: "The king of the captives has been given the head, and the army will be victorious!"
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the surrounding Chuang army all cheered and screamed wildly. Everyone was shouting the sentence "The king of the captives is given the head, and the army of the rebels will be victorious". Although Ashan was not a "king of the captives", this
The head of a famous Qing army general greatly boosted the morale of the Chuang army.
All the soldiers fought back together and immediately cleared the Qing soldiers on the city wall. Li Weiqun then hurriedly asked Zhou Chang to hand Ashan's head to Cao Benrong. He said to Cao Benrong:
"The captors are attacking the city, and the people in the city are in chaos. Now is the time to borrow the captor king's head to strengthen the people's hearts. You can quickly take the captor king's head to patrol around the city to encourage people!"
Cao Benrong quickly nodded in agreement, took Ah Shan's head, and immediately stepped down the city wall with several civilians. He raised Ah Shan's head in both hands and ran towards the streets of the city while asking the civilians to shout with him, "The king of the captives has beheaded him."
, the phrase "the army will be victorious".
The place where Cao Benrong passed attracted the attention of countless people, and more and more people gathered. When everyone knew that this was a senior general of the Qing army who was killed by the intruders, they also started to shout wildly. Everyone was shouting loudly,
The sound resounded throughout the city, and the small Boye City was immediately submerged in the ocean of joy.
Outside the city, Bo Hetuo and He Luohui were directing the siege. Both of them were worried. Ah Shan almost broke through the city wall, but failed again at the last moment!
Bohetuo looked up to the sky and sighed, almost crying: "We are finished, the Qing Dynasty is finished, it is finished! How will things end? How could the heavy responsibility Ama gave me become like this? Ah! Ama also
It’s over!”
He Luohui quickly stopped Bo Hetuo and covered his mouth to stop him from talking nonsense like he was mad. He carefully analyzed the battle situation and found that although Ashan failed to attack the city wall this time, the elite vanguard troops of the Qing army were again defeated.
There were many casualties, but careful calculation showed that there were only a few hundred casualties.
The Qing army has a total strength of 9,000 troops, and the number of troops that can be used to attack the city is still 8,000.
Although the defenders in the city successfully blocked two fierce Qing offensives, they also paid a considerable price.
In particular, the city wall itself was repeatedly bombarded by artillery from both sides, and it still looked increasingly overwhelmed. He Luohui concluded that the Qing army was suffering, but the bandits would not be any better off.
The fall of Boye City is not far away.
"The advantage is still on our side, Duke Fu, please calm down!" He Luohui shook his head at Bo Hetuo's performance, "Now that the heavy snow has stopped, the weather will only change for the better. The weather has changed.
This is very beneficial to our attack on the city. If we drag it on, the advantage will only become more and more favorable to our side."
"Drag it down? What if the main force of thieves comes over if you drag it down? We are not going to be doomed yet! Why don't we retreat now and join forces with my Ama? There is still something to be done!"
He Luohui raised his forehead and sighed: "How can the bandits confront the Ming people at Baigou River and go south easily? Even if they go south, the number of troops will definitely not be large. We only need to step up the attack on the city. Judging from the current situation in Boye City, there are only
We can capture it in one breath. When the time comes, we turn our troops around and attack from the north. All the bandits will be destroyed. What are you afraid of, Duke Fu?"
Bo Hetuo hesitated for a long time. Looking at He Luohui's confident look, he finally stabilized his position and gritted his teeth and said: "It's all up to you!"
"good!"
After He Luohui took over the command of the Qing army, he immediately adjusted the deployment of siege forces. His use of troops was much more delicate than that of Bo, Tuo and Ashan. After some careful adjustments by him, the Eight Banners soldiers were no longer fierce.
Instead of rushing to fight fiercely, they first collected the remaining wood from the ruins of residential houses and used some door panels to strengthen the Qing army's defense.
After making more complete preparations, He Luohui ordered the Qing army's third siege offensive to begin.
This attack showed a very different atmosphere from the beginning. The Qing army no longer rushed and fought regardless of casualties, but advanced carefully and paid attention to defense. They first approached the city wall with a small number of troops, attracting the intruders to fire
Later, after the first wave of artillery fire was completed, the main force quickly reached the city wall.
The intensity of the battle was even more intense than the previous one, and the strength of the Chuang army was indeed stretched.
Not only Cao Benrong and other civilian personnel of the Military Affairs Department have already picked up swords, guns, and armor, and rushed to the front line to fight with the enemy. Even Li Shiwei's artillery standard and Gu Junen have streamlined the number of artillery soldiers so as not to affect the firing of the artillery.
Under the circumstances, a considerable number of artillery soldiers were deployed to fill the gaps in the city wall defense line.
"Gu Sima, don't go any further!"
When Li Shiwei looked at Gu Junen, he almost wanted to rush to the city wall, so he quickly held his shoulders and advised him not to be too impulsive.
Gu Junen pulled down his helmet and placed it at the base of the bridge of his nose. He smiled at Li Shiwei and said: "Cannon firing is inseparable from generals, but there is a lack of a general at the top of the city to stabilize people's hearts. I, Gu Haozhi, have prided myself on being a wild genius all my life.
I have a good BMW, good riding and shooting, and I have also learned a lot of martial arts. Today, let me be the Liao Hua of Boye City!"
Li Shiwei quickly grabbed his sleeve and persuaded him: "Sima! You are a person that the commander-in-chief values and you are the future assistant and assistant of the army. How can you take such a risk? Let me go!"
"Commanding the artillery is a job that General Li insists on me to do, but I can't do it... In this regard, I am indeed not as versatile as Leshan."
Gu Junen shook his head, no longer caring about Li Shiwei's dissuasion, and led a group of military and civil servants who were armed and tough, and quickly rushed to the city wall for reinforcements.
Li Shiwei looked at Gu Junen's back as he climbed up the city wall, and couldn't help but sigh: "I originally thought Gu Sima was a shameless person who only wanted to gain fame and reputation. During this period of time, I worked with him and spent time together, and now I realized that he was a person who wanted to gain a great reputation after his death."
, a poisonous man who even uses his own life as a bargaining chip!"
"Although the commander-in-chief is not as open and honest as King Chuang in recruiting people, he can recruit a group of innocent and warm-hearted heroic generals in the world, but he can also recruit a group of people who will die in service."
The third wave of the Qing army's offensive under the command of He Luohui was fully launched, and the dust was billowing. Looking from a distance, how many people were there? I couldn't even count them.
Thousands of troops gathered in front of such a city would have the spirit of thousands of troops.
The Manchus advanced rapidly like a gust of wind and rain. Even the wounded in the first two failed sieges were shouting wildly, as if thousands of troops were approaching the city.
The sky was filled with gunpowder smoke, and Boye City was like a ship that sank in a violent storm, with the last remaining wreckage and a piece of wood. The old captain Gu Junen firmly controlled the last wreckage and resolutely resisted the wrath of nature.
The Chuang army will never surrender, and Boyecheng will resist to the end.
He Luohui wants to move forward, but Gu Junen will not let him succeed even if he pays the price of blood.