The offensive and defensive battle in Boye City has reached its final and intense moment.
After He Luohui took over the command of the Qing army, the Qing army's siege tactics became more calm and orderly. Although the fierce resistance of the intruders, especially the repeated displays of heavy artillery troops commanded by Li Shiwei, the Qing army still paid a huge amount of money.
of casualties.
However, the Qing army under the command of He Luohui achieved much greater results than Bo, Tuo and Ashan.
Not only did the Eight Banners soldiers securely occupy several crenels on the city wall as bridgeheads, but the walls of Boye City were also broken by artillery in several places.
Although Gu Junen urgently organized civilians to dump ice water and took advantage of the severe cold weather to turn the water into ice and use ice walls to repair the damaged gaps in the city wall. However, the Qing army also stepped up its attack and successfully broke through several lines of defense. As a result, the Chuang army had to expand their defenses.
A large number of soldiers were mobilized from the top of the wall and moved to the gap to engage in fierce and repeated battles with the Eight Banners soldiers.
When the two armies were fighting at this juncture, it was not just that everyone was red-eyed. It was also that whoever took a step back would have the entire army annihilated and no one could survive.
Behind Gu Junen are the lives of soldiers and civilians in Boye City, but behind He Luohui are not the lives of thousands of Eight Banners disciples?
No matter how ferocious and violent these Manchurians have been since they entered the customs, when they return to Shengjing, they are still the backbone of the family, the fathers of their daughters, and the husbands of their wives. They also bear the responsibility of the family, nation and country.
A heavy sense of mission.
From a certain perspective, especially the older generation of officers in the Qing army, especially those Manchus who had struggled to survive in the villages of white mountains and black waters, for them, defeat was even more of an option.
path.
Didn’t the Manchus, under the miserable management of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji’s father and son, pay a huge price to establish their own country and escape the fate of struggling to survive in the bitter cold land of white mountains and black waters?
He Luohui kept an eye on the most vulnerable gap in Boye City's wall. All the temporarily frozen ice walls of the Chuang Army had been cleared by the Eight Banners soldiers. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Bo Hetuo:
"Master Fu Guo, the fighter plane has arrived."
Bo Hetuo wore a cloth mask all over his body, and replaced the spear in his hand with a waist knife that was more convenient for close combat. He nodded to He Luohui, and then immediately galloped his horse and rushed towards Boye City.
Behind Bo Hetuo is the last reserve force of the Qing army. Many of them, like the elite soldiers led by Aobai during the Battle of Dangshan, are also the most brave and decisive Baya Lajia soldiers in the Qing army.
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When the battle reached this point, He Luohui also felt that there was no need to retain any more troops.
Open that gap!
The Eight Banners soldiers surged forward, and Bo He Tuo took the lead. Although he was inferior to He Luo Hui in using troops, and even seemed a bit reckless and lacked stability, he far surpassed He Luo Hui in charging on the battlefield.
He was a famous warrior in the Qing army.
Bohetuo's martial arts skills were even better than Ashan's. As the auxiliary Duke of the Aisin Gioro family and the grandson of Nurhaci, Hengdao immediately rushed to the front line of the battlefield, which indeed made Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants feel extremely ashamed.
, and also greatly boosted the morale of the Eight Banners soldiers.
With several bangs, the artillery of the Chuang Army and the Qing Army hit the gap at the same time, and the soldiers from both sides who were fighting in a group were blown to the ground. Even Bo and Tuo's horses had a leg cut off by the cannonball, but he
Without waiting for a moment to catch his breath, he quickly got off the horse and used the sword in his hand to kill the invading soldiers and civilian defenders in front of him at a speed faster than arrows.
Bo and Tuo shouted wildly: "Reach into the city!"
Following Bo Hetuo's shouts, the most elite Baya Lajia soldiers in the Qing army, also known as white armor soldiers, followed up one after another. With their superhuman courage and martial arts, they quickly tore through the defense line of the Chuang army. The few infantry and soldiers of the Chuang army
The civilians simply could not withstand such a fierce offensive. Almost in an instant, the Qing army, led by Bo Hetuo, broke into the city in large numbers.
Gu Junen, who was patrolling the battle line near the city wall, discovered this horrifying scene in time. The infantry that broke into the city and defended the city relied only on some stragglers. Overall, they were much weaker than the Eight Banners soldiers. They all relied on Li Shiwei's artillery standard.
The fire blockade prevented the Qing army, which had a great advantage in military strength, from advancing even an inch.
But once the city wall is lost, the artillery can no longer exert its magical effect.
Then the fate of Boye City will be that the entire city's soldiers and civilians will go down the road of destruction together.
"The city is tight, and the defenders cannot be mobilized... Everyone in the Military Department, whether it is Jiyiwen or any other subordinate officer, everyone will follow me and block the gap!"
Gu Junen also shouted and advanced quickly. He was dressed in armor, an iron helmet on his head, and holding a sword high. He hardly looked like a scholar at all.
In addition to civilian officials like Cao Benrong, the personnel in the Army Department originally included many veterans of the Breaking Army who were deployed by Li Laiheng. Many of these senior officers in the Breaking Army were from the Yuan Dynasty in northern Shaanxi, although many of them were
Because of his physical disability, he retired from the frontline combat team.
But at the critical moment of a deadly battle, their rich combat experience also played a big role. Under the leadership of such a group of veterans, even civil servants like Cao Benrong barely had some combat effectiveness.
Moreover, Gu Junen, regardless of the danger, fought on the front line of the battle as a scholar, which also set a great example for the scholars who joined the army!
Whether they are warriors or literati, everyone knows that once the city wall is breached, everyone in the small town of Boye will die.
Since you want to kill all the chickens and dogs, you might as well give your last breath and fight with the Hulu!
Cao Benrong mustered up his courage. He gritted his teeth, held the long knife tightly, closed his eyes, and rushed towards the gap in the battle line. It was just that the Manchurians moved faster. Cao Benrong did not take two steps to rush forward, but was killed by an Eight Banners soldier.
The soldier stabbed him to the ground with the end of his spear and almost died.
At the critical moment, it was Gu Junen who rushed forward. He held the opportunity for the Eight Banners soldiers to swing their spears, quickly rushed in front of the enemy, held the accessories in both hands, and stabbed the Eight Banners soldiers into the belly of the Eight Banners soldiers.
However, the Baya soldiers were all wearing multiple layers of armor. Gu Junen tried his best to penetrate the enemy's armor. Then the Manchus immediately counterattacked and slashed Gu Junen's body with two waist knives. He felt a strong sense of blood loss in his head.
His eyes turned black and he fell backward.
Upon seeing this, Cao Benrong rushed over, hugging the thighs of the Manchurian soldiers with both hands, and held the enemy back for a while. Then Li Shiwei finally arrived with a small group of soldiers drawn from the artillery, and blocked the enemy back.
The other side of the defense line.
"Sima! Sima, what's wrong with you? You're crazy! If a rich man can't sit down in court, why bother fighting to such an extent?"
Cao Benrong was deeply puzzled by Gu Junen's desperate efforts. Even if there was the danger of massacre, was it really necessary to go to such an extent? He simply didn't look like a scholar!
Gu Junen knew that Cao Benrong had not received any real tests or trials after joining the Chuang Army not long ago. He touched his neck and confirmed that his head was still there. The enemy's two swords also did not penetrate his armor. Gu Junen couldn't help but feel sorry for Bai Jiu in his heart.
The Ordnance Academy headed by He was grateful and admired.
After wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth, he asked Cao Benrong: "What kind of person do you think the commander is?"
Cao Benrong was stunned for a moment and replied hurriedly: "Your Majesty is naturally talented in both civil and military affairs."
Gu Junen shook his head and laughed and said: "It is Yuan Shao's talent that makes you cherish your life when doing great things, and forget about your life when you see small profits."
Cao Benrong was horrified and said: "What nonsense did Sima Cai say?"
"But you are the weak Yuan Shao!" Gu Junen continued to talk to himself. "How could Yuan Benchu, the weak person, know that he would not be able to become the elder of Peishang in twenty years? You did not have the genius of Taiyuan Young Master, but he died of hunger.
Raising an army and reaching this point today, isn’t it worthy of my lifetime’s achievements?”
Gu Junen struggled to get up. When he saw that even Li Shiwei was engaged in a hand-to-hand fight at the gap in the city wall, he laughed miserably and said: "If General Li dies, what's the use of our cannons? Who will control it? Cao Xinmu, let's replace General Li."
Come down! Now in the city, he is the son of a rich man!"
Cao Benrong sighed, clenched the handle of the knife tightly, and said helplessly: "I will die for Sima Yi now."
At this time, Gu Junen showed his usual wild and flamboyant look. Looking at the Qing army that stormed into the city, he said disdainfully:
"Your Majesty's troops will surely follow you. The Eastern captives have already entered the tomb cave and they don't know it yet. How stupid they are!"
Suddenly, Cao Benrong seemed to feel that he had seen an illusion. The Qing army that was violently charging into the formation seemed to have suddenly relaxed for a while?
He quickly rubbed his eyes, finally saw clearly, pointed outside the gap in the city wall and shouted: "Donglu... Donglu's flag has fallen!"
Gu Junen laughed wildly and said: "Today you will know my great talent! I, Gu Junen, am not a person who has gained fame in vain!"