Lord of Ming Dynasty

The artillery of the Han Army Banner was pushed closer and closer, and the infantry of the Han Army Banner was also getting closer. At this time, the Hongyi Cannon also shifted its target and began to bombard the small artillery, infantry, and archers of the Han Army Banner.

Three hours later, the enemy had already begun to attack the city, and Zhang Qiang sent some captive soldiers to consume it.

It can be seen that the purpose of the Qing army is to consume those civilian husbands and countrymen, and their people have no intention of approaching at all.

In four hours, more than 2000 people were killed or injured by the Jinhua Rebel Army alone. The local villagers and peasants suffered even more. After all, they were on the attacking side. Facing the Jinhua Rebel Army defended by the city, they still suffered heavy losses due to their combat effectiveness.

At five o'clock, Min Zhuang was withdrawn to rest, and transferred to transport the wounded and supplies. The captive soldiers were sent up in large numbers to fight the enemy under the supervision of the rebel soldiers and Zhang Qiang's Jinhua rebel soldiers.

At six o'clock, the artillery fire from both sides gradually stopped, and the city walls were already full of soldiers from both sides. With the advantage of numbers, Xiangyong joined the battle with some Han army flag elites. Not high, the number of rebels and Jinhua rebels was too small, and some prisoners took the opportunity to rebel, which put the city in crisis.

The rebel soldiers can only defend the artillery and some key areas, while the Jinhua rebels are responsible for monitoring and attacking the enemy.

"Send the fifth and sixth battalions of firecrackers up." Zhang Qiang said to the guards beside him.

After a while, the firecrackers of the two battalions went up, holding inferior firecrackers, and fired violently at the enemy and the captured soldiers.

Shoot all enemies and captured soldiers on the wall indiscriminately.

The enemy panicked and jumped off the city wall one after another, wanting to return outside the city, but unfortunately, their speed was not as fast as the firecrackers.

In less than half an hour, the city wall on Zhang Qiang's side had been cleaned up. The gunmen of the fifth and sixth battalions, with the cooperation of the archers of the first battalion, swept along the city wall, and the enemy's attack was shattered.

The enemy retreated in all directions.

The enemy's artillery began to bombard the city wall again, and Zhang Qiang's elite troops turned to hide under the city wall again.

Chapter 121

At night, the enemy attacked the city again. This time there was no moat or barrier to fill in, and the enemy directly attacked the city wall.

The township braves were still pioneers, and the Han Army Banner joined in an hour after it was launched again.

This time, the enemy's cannons fired indiscriminately, which increased the casualties of the captive soldiers and some Jinhua rebel infantry.

The battle lasted all night. At the most dangerous time, Zhang Qiang still did not use the most elite firecrackers, but personally led the Jinhua Rebel infantry and Minzhuang to sweep the city wall and killed many enemies.

In the early morning, when the enemy launched the third large-scale attack, Zhang Qiang only had [-] captive soldiers in his hands, and the rebel army only had a few hundred people.

The rebels can only go to the city to help the people like Min Zhuang, or transfer the wounded, and patrol the streets.

Zhang Qiang's Jinhua rebel infantry went into battle, and the archers relied on the city wall to inflict a lot of damage on the enemy's Xiangyong and the large-scale attack of the Han army flag.

"Boom," Zhang Qiang felt that the city wall under his feet was about to collapse.

A guard hurried over, "My lord, Ximen, Ximen, the enemy has dug a tunnel and blown down a section of the city wall. Gu Qianhu is asking for reinforcements."

Zhang Qiang did not expect the enemy to have such a move, "Jin Qi, let the rebels and Min Zhuang build a parapet at a distance of 50 meters behind the city wall. You know, it is the kind we did in Jinhua Fucheng. In addition, order the third battalion to reinforce Ximen , the fifth battalion, and the sixth battalion are going to reinforce the east gate, I think the enemy will break the city in these two places."

The battalion here refers to Zhang Qiang's temporary small formation of musketeers, or musketeer troops, with two hundred households and 500 people as a battalion.

This is for the convenience of unified command and mobilization of troops. In some places, it is not necessary to send thousands of troops from a thousand households, but it is too small to send a hundred households. Therefore, two hundred households are combined to form a battalion.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, the east gate also boomed, and the city wall was blown down with a gap. The gap was 30 meters wide, and the lowest point that could allow the enemy to pass was ten meters wide. The enemy soldiers poured in like a tide, consuming With Zhang Qiang's troops.

Zhang Qiang was a little bit bitter. Every time he defended the city, he was defeated by the enemy. It seemed that he still didn't have the powerful aura of other traverser protagonists, and his golden finger was still too weak.

It seems that it is not an option to compete with the Qing army. In fact, the Qing army does not have many troops. The real strength is the original Ming's troops. The Tartars are using Ming's soldiers to beat him.

After attacking for such a long time, the real Han army flag, that is, half Tartars, only invested 7000 people, but Xiangyong and Minfu invested more than 2 people. Maybe he has already consumed a lot of these cannon fodder. But the enemy still has many elites.

What is even more hateful is the Portuguese. If it weren't for their artillery, firecrackers, and sent soldiers, they wouldn't have lost so many elite firecrackers. Then today's battle would be easy. When he frees up, Be sure to give the Portuguese a bit of a hard time.

Now, he has to face the enemy's attack and invest more elite troops.

At noon, the enemy's forces that rushed into the city were repulsed, and the remaining three thousand captives were escorted to reinforce the city wall. Zhang Qiang's soldiers were still facing the enemy's artillery fire on the city wall. The enemy's elite siege.

This time Zhang Cunren seems not to take down his Pingnan County, and he is not going to withdraw his troops.

In the afternoon, Zhang Qiang discovered that Fan Shaozu's soldiers had also joined the siege team.

The west gate guarded by Gu Yuesheng was crumbling, so Zhang Qiang had to invest in the newly formed infantry unit of the two battalions again, and the gunners of the third and second battalions were transferred to face the enemy's attack.

A battalion of gunners was placed at the north gate to support them.

Below the south gate wall is a battalion of musketeers, and another battalion defends Emperor Longwu in the county government.

At night, the North Gate was also attacked, and the attacking party was under the banner of Liu Liangzuo's troops from Yanping Mansion.

In the "booming" flames, the Portuguese red cannons finally blasted open the south gate, and thousands of Han army flags rushed towards the gate of the south gate.

Zhang Qiang has fallen into a demonic barrier, and only mechanical fighting remains.

Thousands of elite enemy soldiers poured into the south gate, and he had to lead the remaining elite infantry to fight with the enemy. Even the Minzhuang and rebels who transported the wounded also joined the battle.

The Musketeer Battalion leaned on the parapet and fired freely.

Jump out from time to time and counterattack with the long sword inserted in the muzzle.

At dawn, Zhang Cunren was still on the previous mountain, watching the battle with a telescope, and proudly said to Hu Maozhen: "Master Hu, in front of our superior Qing forces, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it is just some heads that are temporarily stored in them." Just a walking dead on your shoulders."

Hu Maozhen flattered: "Your Excellency is wise and well commanded. I wish you the best of luck in capturing the puppet emperor and making new achievements. You will be promoted the next day. You will be an official in the capital and you will be admitted to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister. It's just around the corner."

"Report,"

A messenger ran over, "Report to the governor, Zhang Zongbing reminded him that a false cavalry force broke out from the city and fled into the wilderness."

Hu Maozhen's expression changed, and he asked nervously, "How many troops are there?"

The messenger said: "Five hundred cavalry."

"Oh——" Hu Maozhen touched his forehead, and Zhang Cunren said: "It's okay, there are only five hundred cavalry, even if we have no cavalry to send out to pursue, but it is expected that they will not be able to make waves. It's no big deal."

Hu Maozhen immediately became nervous again, and asked, "Have you ever checked it out?"

The messenger said: "Master Zhang captured several deserters from the enemy army, and learned from them that the puppet emperor did not escape, and was still protected by hundreds of gunfire soldiers in the county government."

Zhang Cunren said: "Master Hu, it seems that our attack strength is not enough. Lead your troops and attack the city. Don't get entangled with the enemy. Take down the county government for me."

Hu Maozhen said: "My lord, when I go, there are only [-] battalions of troops left around you, which is enough. If these [-] cavalry suddenly attack, your safety will be in danger, my lord."

"It doesn't matter, even if they come at me, this thousand supervisor battalion is not a vegetarian. Besides, there is also an artillery battalion, and there are [-] Portuguese musketeers that can be mobilized."

"Even if this is not enough, wouldn't he, Fan Shaozu, send troops here?"

On the other side, Fan Shaozu was drinking tea leisurely, put down his teacup, and said to the staff beside him: "This battle is very boring."

The aide said: "Your Excellency is wise, let the governor Zhang Cunren consume the enemy's troops. After they have consumed the enemy's troops, you can send someone to tell him how to dig a tunnel. After he digs a tunnel to attack the city, we will send troops to take advantage of the fire. Is this credit, of course there is an adult, don’t ask for full credit, but ask for no faults, if you can get some credit, you won’t be impeached by him, and you will lose the battle and shrink back.”