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  Chapter 452 450【Array of Oboi】

   "Boom boom boom!"

  The Eight Banners of Manchuria, which was preparing to shoot heavy arrows, was suddenly blown up by more than ten thousand enemies.

  Blowing up is an adjective, because it is less powerful, and it depends on the exploding shrapnel to hurt people. The most disgusting thing is that it is mixed with lime and chili noodles. Not only the Eight Banners soldiers who are shooting heavy arrows suffer, but even the follow-up troops climbing the ladder can't open their eyes.

   "Rush again!"

  Oboi covered his mouth and nose, stood behind the car and yelled.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   Just as Oboi reorganized his charge, the artillery on the city rang out again. It was Dorgon who suddenly invested a large number of troops on both sides of the north city wall. The Datong Army stopped firing just now, and it was also adjusting the shooting direction.

  The generals of the Qing army who often attacked the city under artillery fire were very keen to discover that the artillery of the Datong army seemed to be concentrated on the gap in the defense wall.

  So the Eight Banners soldiers gave up the chariot and ran quickly carrying a simple ladder.

  Because the tunnels of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had been dug very far ahead, when the Datong Army adjusted the artillery positions, thousands of Eight Banners soldiers had already rushed out of the artillery range. The artillery of the Datong Army can only hit the tail of the enemy troops.

   It was not the negligence of the defenders, but the method of tunneling and attacking the city worked. The tunneling work forty to fifty days before the Qing Dynasty was not for nothing.

  Of course, they rushed to the city so quickly, unable to carry real siege ladders.

  A real ladder, like a cart, has to be pushed, and the speed is not much faster than that of a cart.

   "Bang bang bang!"

  The angle of the artillery was unable to shoot, and the firecrackers on the city wall opened fire one after another.

   These Eight Banners soldiers rushed out of the artillery shooting range, but they were not really close to the city wall. They could not attack with rolling logs or falling rocks, and could only use firecrackers or bows and arrows.

  Paying the price of more than 300 people, thousands of firecrackers ran sideways, carrying simple wooden ladders to the vicinity of the gap in the city wall.

   Tens of thousands of enemies can't hit them, or in other words, these Eight Banners soldiers cover their mouths and noses and ignore the explosion of ten thousand enemies at all. Anyway, the explosion is not very powerful, and after wearing double armor, they are not afraid of shrapnel. As long as they can hold lime and chili noodles, at most they will be injured by shrapnel, and those who are killed on the spot are unlucky.

  Finally, the Eight Banners soldiers attacked the earth-stone platform where the city wall had collapsed, and the Eight Banners soldiers behind them also threw arrows.

   "Bang bang bang!"

   There was a volley of firecrackers head-on. With the cooperation of thousands of enemies, this round of Manchu offensive failed again, and the survivors who rushed up fled.

"kill!"

  Oboi hacked a rout soldier to death, led the charge with a limp leg, and climbed up as quickly as a normal person.

  The blunderbuss soldiers had retreated to reload their bombs, and the rattan players and pikemen quickly made up for it, poking at the enemy at the edge of the earth-rock platform.

  This position is very narrow and cannot accommodate many firecrackers. If all of them are replaced with flintlock guns, more can stand.

  The rattan players of the Datong Army squatted and raised their shields to protect their bodies. If they stood up, their legs would be cut off easily. The pikemen stuck behind them, stabbed their spears above the shield, and killed the Eight Banners soldiers who were trying to climb up.

  Oboi was shot twice in the body, but he dodged in time, and he was not hit vitally. After wearing the double armor, he even suffered only minor injuries.

   This guy was extremely fierce, seeing that he was about to be poked down, he even reached out and grabbed a rattan token, trying to drag the rattan token player down together.

  The rattan player had no choice but to give up the shield, and slashed at Oboi's left hand that was grabbing the shield.

  The **** and ring finger of Aobai's left hand were cut off on the spot, and his whole body fell from the simple wooden ladder.

   "Shhhhhh!"

  The Manchu and Qing archers behind shot heavy arrows obliquely upwards from close range.

  In an instant, there were more than a dozen spears with arrows in their hands, and a few heavy arrows from the Qing Dynasty even shot through the rattan badge of the Datong Army.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   More than 200,000 enemy bombs were thrown down again, and they were thrown at the Eight Banners soldiers gathered in the rear. The gunfire soldiers also moved to the city wall and shot at the Eight Banners soldiers below.

  At the same time, the Han army banner firecrackers of the Wuzhenchao Ha camp also shot at the Datong army on the earth-stone platform.

   Until now, this place has finally turned into a flesh and blood mill, and the number of casualties on both sides has skyrocketed.

  After being shot out of the gap by heavy arrows and firecrackers, the Eight Banners soldiers in the front row took the opportunity to rush up the earth and rock platform, and the offensive and defensive sides fought together in complete melee.

  However, the death rate in close combat has become smaller. Everyone is armored, and the enemy cannot be hacked to death even after half a day. On the contrary, it is firecrackers and tens of thousands of enemies, which have been causing damage to the enemy's follow-up troops. The enemy's stabbing arrows are also constantly thrown, and they can always hit a few Datong troops in the rear.

   The east and west walls were also at the same time a siege battle broke out.

  The Eight Banners soldiers pushed the carts and ladders, and soon approached the city wall. They were not bombarded badly by the artillery, because most of the artillery was transferred to Beicheng.

  …

  The reinforcements of Li Zheng, Xiao Zongxian, and Lu Xiangsheng have already approached the Manchu camp.

   But it is difficult to attack, it is all circles of ditches and earthen walls.

   This is not because Dorgon has learned to be obedient and fights sternly, but it has always been the case in the Qing Dynasty. Huang Taiji especially likes to do this. Once he feels that the city cannot be broken quickly, he builds his camp to be impenetrable. Many times, it turns into reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty to attack his camp, turning the siege into a camp defense against the reinforcements.

  After hundreds of casualties, Li Zheng stopped the attack decisively, saying: "You can't attack hard like this, otherwise there will be heavy casualties, and you may not be able to attack."

  Lu Xiangsheng said: "In the huge Gaizhou City, it is impossible for the Tatars to dig trenches and build earthen walls everywhere in just two months. Even so, the enemy army is storming the city, and it is impossible to fortify everywhere."

Xiao Zongxian analyzed: "Our army has already attacked the enemy camp in the north, and there must be heavy troops defending the north. The east of the city is one of their withdrawal channels, and there must be heavy troops. Going to the south of the city is of little use. Just guarding the city. How about the west of the city?"

  Li Zheng said: "In order to prevent us from coming to aid from the sea, the Tartars built many forts along the river and coast in the west of the city. I am afraid they are also heavily guarded!"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "Sea ships can only go to the mouth of the Daqing River, and if they sail further inside, they will run aground. The Qing army built artillery shells to prevent us from using small boats to transport grain into the city from the Daqing River. We will not take the Daqing River, but Land in the north of the Daqing River. When you see the ditches and earthen walls, occupy them, and also occupy the Tartar forts along the river. There will be no way to prevent more than 20,000 people from attacking there!"

   "But we can't block the Tartars' retreat if we go around," Xiao Zongxian said. "As long as the casualties are not too heavy, the Tartars can retreat calmly."

Li Zheng supported Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion and said: "You can't become a big fat man with one bite. This battle is not for annihilating the Tartars. As long as we defend Gaizhou, we will win. Moreover, even if the Tartars want to leave after being defeated, they must leave something behind." If we don't feed us, can the army of Tartars go away?"

   Of course, the troops left behind are the rear troops, which must be done if the army wants to evacuate.

   Li Zheng belongs to the coach of the reinforcements. Since he has made a decision, he must execute it.

   Circled from the sea to the north, the reinforcements camped for several days, left after more than a hundred casualties, and they had to circle from the sea again.

   "Your Highness, the enemy army has withdrawn, do you want to pursue it?" Suksaha asked.

  Dorgon shook his head: "Don't chase, just concentrate on attacking the city. The enemy army in the north must not be able to attack, so they pretended to withdraw to lure us to pursue."

  …

  The battle in the north of the city was mainly in charge of the two blue flags and the bordered red flags, while the remaining Eight Banners troops attacked the east and west of the city.

  The fighting was the most intense here, and the casualties were the heaviest.

Ye Bilong, Nurhachi's grandson and Hauge's confidant, said: "Your Majesty, you can't continue fighting like this. There was a lot of fighting on both sides of the east and west. In fact, not many people were killed. Only our side is dangerous. Man Dahai knows the pros and cons, and has never No matter how hard you work, only the warriors of our two blue flags are fighting desperately. This is Dorgon using the hands of Nanman to deliberately weaken the strength of the two blue flags!"

  Haug waved his hand and said: "Since you are on the battlefield, you should use your full strength and don't get involved in the internal grievances of the Eight Banners."

  Ye Bilong said in a hurry: "We are using all our strength, but Mandahai with the red flag is attacking the same city wall as us. Did the soldiers with the red flag use all their strength? Tough battles are fought with two blue flags!"

"Don't talk nonsense," Hauge scolded, "you are too confused to fight well. When is it? Nanmanzi has three cities in Liaodong. If you don't make any effort to capture Gaizhou today, how many days will it be?" We won't even be able to keep Shengjing in 2019!"

  Ye Bilong hesitated to speak, so he could only back away silently.

   Withdrew to his brother, Chao Hal said: "Brother Sixteen, you know the prince's temper, no matter how much you try to persuade him, it will be useless."

  Ye Bilong sighed and said: "Brother Thirteen, even though you say that, but... the two blue flags can't stand such a fight."

  According to the original historical trajectory, Chao Hal should have died in the siege of Jinzhou, but he is still alive and well now. He and Ye Bilong are half brothers, Ye Bilong is Nurhachi's grandson, and Chao Haer's mother is another person.

  The father of the two was very good at giving birth, and gave birth to sixteen sons in total, and several of them died fighting for the Qing Dynasty.

  Ebilong's waist knife is very famous, and it was still there until the end of Qing Dynasty. As an imperial envoy to conquer the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xianfeng bestowed Ye Bilong with a strong waist knife, and the tooth plate attached to the handle of the knife was engraved with the words "Shen Feng Holds Victory". Qianlong sent Fu Heng to pacify Jinchuan, and he also bestowed this sword on the expedition.

   While the two brothers were whispering, Man Dahai's soldiers with red flags were ordered by Dorgon to step up their attack.

  Man Dahai didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he had to send troops to push the carts and ladders, and ran to the north city wall to attack the city. The pressure on Haoge's two blue flags suddenly dropped.

  At the gap in the city wall, corpses have piled up into mountains.

  Since the strangulation of the two sides, the Datong Army has only retreated four meters on the earth and stone platform, and the price paid is more than 300 people killed in battle.

  As for the Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the gap, thousands of them were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. Most of the wounded were blown out by the enemy.

  Oboi, the number one warrior in Manchuria, became lame even though his leg injury healed. Now, with **** cut off on his left hand and seven or eight wounds on his body, they are still fighting there.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   Another ten thousand bombs fell down, and the Eight Banners soldiers who were climbing the earthen platform finally couldn't bear it, and were blown up on the spot.

"kill!"

  The Datong officer who led the team to guard the gap was called Li Fuguo. He took the opportunity to order a counterattack, and immediately changed from defensive to charge.

"Uh…"

  Aobai stared wide-eyed, then fell on his back and was stabbed in the throat by Li Fuguo.

  The Eight Banners soldiers at Tushitai were killed back, and the Datong Army once again fully grasped the gap in the city wall. The Manchu Qing had to organize a new attack.

  (end of this chapter)