The city wall of Shenzhou City has turned into a piece of rice paper as thin as a cicada's wing. The Qing army mobilized a large number of Hongyi artillery for bombardment. Although Li Shiwei also deployed a large number of heavy artillery to fight back, the huge gap in military strength between the two sides made Dashun
The army can only be in a disadvantageous situation of being passively beaten.
The thin city wall was severely damaged, and the Manchurian artillery was like a scythe harvesting life, washing the city head hard. The defenders could hardly stand, and most of the battlements were bombed beyond saturation, and the soldiers were dying
, only a few tough warriors still stand in the smoke.
"boom!"
Li Weiqun heard another loud noise, and another Qing army's Hongyi cannon hit the city wall. He knew that several walls in Shenzhou City had collapsed, revealing a huge gap.
Although the coach Li Shiwei organized many soldiers to block the gap and intercept the assault of the Qing army's siege troops, Li Weiqun clearly realized that as the city wall was overwhelmed and the Dashun Army defenders were exhausted in strength and physical strength,
It is very likely that they will not be able to withstand the next wave of Qing assaults.
"kill!"
Li Weiqun's mind quickly flashed through the horrific scene of Shenzhou City being conquered by the enemy and the soldiers and civilians in the city being massacred. However, there was no slack in his hands or in his mouth. There was no sign of discouragement at all. Instead, he was fighting with other soldiers.
Like soldiers with swords and cards, they went to the line of fire and blocked the gaps in the city wall to stop the enemy.
In the cracks in the broken city wall, the density of troops on both sides was like a temple fair on New Year's Eve. There were so many people that it was almost impossible to tell the difference between ourselves and the enemy, because the soldiers could only see the flash of countless swords and the flow of blood in their eyes.
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How many brothers have died in the war?
Li Weiqun couldn't count them clearly, and he no longer had time to count them clearly.
Li Weiqun only knew that there were so many casualties among the defenders that he had nowhere to go. Because every road and every open space near the city wall had been covered with the corpses of Dashun Army brothers - and it was not completely covered.
One layer, but layer upon layer, covering it to a position higher than Li Weiqun's knees.
The smell of blood was so strong that it almost made him vomit!
Boom, another piece of gunpowder smoke rose up in the explosion. Li Weiqun's eardrums had long been accustomed to such dense and loud noises. His body had become numb, and the long knife in his hand was swung by instinct, even due to the excessive battle formation.
It was so dense that there was no room to swing it, so I could only stand the sword straight in front of me, and with the pushing of the soldiers from both armies, I would stab whoever I hit.
The battle at the gap has completely turned into a pushing match.
In such a density, in such a cramped space, all the leaping and leaping martial arts and bravery have lost the value of their existence.
Junhou... Is Li Suihou still really determined?
There were quite a lot of Han people in the main force attacking the city. Li Weiqun heard very clearly that some of the Qing soldiers had pigtails and some without pigtails, but the absolute majority of the enemies were speaking Chinese.
This fact undoubtedly caused great shock and confusion to Li Weiqun. Of course, he knew that there were many surrenders from the Ming army in the Qing army. But in Li Weiqun's view, those spineless cowards who bowed in front of foreigners were by no means brave Dashun soldiers.
The opponent of the general.
But this is not the case.
These cowards in Li Weiqun's eyes will rush forward risking their lives.
Even compared to the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers that Li Weiqun had fought against, the morale of these Han people and their fighting spirit were even more terrifying and even more awe-inspiring.
Is this really because of the corruption of the military and government in the Ming Dynasty, the morale of the officers and soldiers was depleted, and capable and ambitious officers and soldiers were forced to leave the imperial army and find another way out?
"The enemy is here again!"
Another group of Qing soldiers crossed the moat that had been filled in for a long time. They raised the ladder and climbed up the city wall against the clock. The Dashun army's defenders on the top of the city were repeatedly hit hard by the enemy's Hongyi artillery, and their strength had already been reduced.
Extremely inadequate, there was no way to drive the Manchus away at this time.
Li Weiqun, with his left and right forces at a loss, hurried back to the top of the city with dozens of soldiers from the rear. He was extremely nervous. With the current situation, every part of Shenzhou City was in danger and could be ravaged and trampled by the enemy at any time.
There is a danger of overturning.
But there are only so many troops, so what can he do?
Although the defenders responded calmly, the enemy was also fierce and violent. The soldiers set up muskets on the city wall to shoot, or fired arrows to fight back. The rain of muskets and arrows immediately killed a large number of Qing troops.
Arrows and stones were flying, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the entire battlefield seemed like a secret order destroyed by the storm. There were broken branches and leaves everywhere, and in more places there were bloody corpses.
"Concentrate your shooting!"
Li Weiqun finally coordinated an artillery piece from another front. The gunners and gunners gathered in one place, all the firepower was concentrated, and many Qing soldiers were shot to death in an instant.
Li Weiqun knew very well that when shooting a man, shoot a horse first, and to capture a thief first, capture the king. He also directed the gunners to shoot at the Qing army supervising general behind the battle formation. After a boom, the cannon opened fire, and the blunderbuss continued to shoot, killing him immediately.
He shot and wounded several Qing army officers, causing the enemy to briefly retreat in confusion.
Continuous bombardment and cannon fire finally succeeded in driving back a group of Qing troops who had climbed to the top of the city. The Qing troops standing outside the moat were also affected, causing many angry Dashun army defenders to be killed and wounded. The enemy
They were bombarded by the guns and artillery of the defenders and were unable to stand. They retreated one after another. They even had to leave many wounded soldiers on the city wall and were captured by Li Weiqun.
"Kill, kill them all! We can't keep them!"
Li Weiqun was hit by several arrows. This section of the city wall was the same as his body, making the Qing army's arrows sting like a hedgehog. At present, the number of troops in the city was very limited, and in such a fierce battle, there were countless casualties.
There was simply no extra manpower to guard the prisoners.
Moreover, the huge casualties also filled the hearts of the defenders with anger. Not only Li Weiqun was shot and wounded, but basically everyone else was injured. Everyone unanimously agreed with Li Weiqun's opinion. After he gave the order, he immediately
Some soldiers swooped up with daggers in hand and killed the prisoners left behind by the Qing army at the top of the city one by one by wiping their necks.
Li Weiqun's eyes were red. He had long forgotten the military laws formulated by Li Laiheng and the rule that prisoners of war should not be massacred wantonly.
How could the burning fire of the city have no room for his thinking and kindness?
He didn't know how long Shenzhou City could hold on. From the beginning of the war to now, in just one day, Shenzhou City, which was defended by thousands of people, was almost at the end of its rope.
The defenders were exhausted. Although Li Weiqun managed to hold on to this section of the city wall, more parts of the city wall were breached and attacked by the enemy.
In particular, there were several gaps in the city wall that were battlegrounds for both sides! They had long been turned into a mill of flesh and blood. More than a thousand elite members of the Dashun army were killed or injured. It is said that even several lieutenants of the coach Li Shiwei had been killed in the battle.
As the night grew dark, although Dashun's army barely defended the city wall of Shenzhou City, the enemy's offensive did not weaken due to the change in the sky. On the contrary, its troop strength continued to increase. The morale of the defenders was almost on the verge of collapse.
Everyone looked around and could see countless familiar faces falling forever, and there were wreckage everywhere after being bombarded by the saturated firepower of the red barbarian artillery.
Shenzhou City was buried in gunpowder smoke, and the nose could only smell two smells, one was the smell of bloody corpses, and the other was the pungent smell of gunpowder.
Li Wei's group strength was exhausted. He leaned on the wall of the city tower, and his whole body slowly slipped as if his backbone had been extracted. Looking from the top of the city to the bottom of the city, the braids of the Eight Banners soldiers were like an ugly quagmire, with some beating in the distance.
With the lights and vague shouts, it was impossible to figure out the direction and distance. I could only imagine that the enemy was continuing to increase its strength.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
He knew that Li Laiheng used Zhending as his most important defensive stronghold, and most of the Dashun Army's troops in North Zhili were concentrated near Zhending.
Will Li Laiheng come to rescue Shenzhou City?
Li Weiqun looked at the city that was almost about to be conquered by the enemy and could only smile bitterly. If he were the coach, considering the importance of Zhending and Jingxing, he would definitely not leave Zhending easily to rescue Shenzhou.
The purpose of Huang Taiji's siege and reinforcements was obvious. Even Li Weiqun himself believed that Li Laiheng had to take the overall situation into consideration and that the defenders must not move lightly.
And the 10,000 people in Shenzhou.
Destined to become an outpost victim before the decisive battle between Shun and Qing.
"Junhou..."
A few years ago, Li Weiqun was just an ordinary villager in the Huangma Mountains. He even wanted to have a full meal. He still remembered that after Guo Junzhen led the intruders into the Huangma Mountains, he stood in front of the village.
After the recruitment flag was raised, he joined Guo Shuai's army because he was attracted by Chuangjun's fragrant rice.
Although he was illiterate at that time, he was very righteous and upright. Later, he was fortunate enough to be selected by Li Laiheng and became the first batch of students at Chu Chuang Suiying Academy.
A few years have passed, and Li Weiqun has grown from a hungry villager struggling to survive to a senior officer in the Dashun Army today.
Such a big change in his life seemed to be due to Li Laiheng's imprudent arrangement.
Li Weiqun leaned on the battlements and looked at the Qing soldiers rushing into the gap in the Shenzhou City wall like a flood from Huguang. He could no longer laugh.