Chapter 57 A Strike

The reason why Dornon chose to attack Xiluo City instead of attacking the main city of Shanhaiguan, the North Wing City and Dongluo City, which were garrisoned by the Ming army under Wu Xiang, seems a little unreasonable. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army under Wu Xiang is obviously weaker than that of the Dazhong army guarding Xiluo City. It seems a little unwise for him to choose to attack Xiluo City.

But Dorgun is not a reckless man. There is a reason why he chose Xiluo City to launch a fierce attack. First of all, from the perspective of the location, the three Guanchengs of Shanhaiguan, the North Wing City and Dongluo City were built in the early years. After the continuous repair of Daming for so many years, it can now be said that the city is strong. The construction of Xiluo City has only begun in the past two years. Because of the financial embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan is not abundant. The main generals stationed here have been rotated frequently over the years, and no one is really willing to work hard to build Xiluo City. Therefore, Xiluo City is still a semi-finished product until today and has not completely improve all the buildings. Therefore, compared with the three cities that Wu Xiang is responsible for guarding, Xiluo City is obviously not as strong as the other three cities.

In addition, in terms of military strength, Wu Xiang is only responsible for the main city of Shanhaiguan and Dongluo City, the north wing city. The Ming army under his command is basically concentrated in these three cities. The defensive area is relatively small and the military strength is relatively sufficient. Therefore, although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is a little poor, the advantage of the military strength makes up for their disadvantage, compared with the Dazhong army town. In the defensive line, their defense area is much smaller, and the three cities just form a corner. If they attack any of them, they will be bombarded by the other two cities, so it is more difficult to attack. This is also the reason why Wu Xiang played a slippery head and handed over Xiluo City and South Wing City to Yan Chongxi to be responsible. He To a certain extent, he still wants to cherish the soldiers and preserve some of his own strength, which is also repreted.

Another very important reason is that Dorgan has found that the Ming army under Wu Xiang's command was not as bold as the Dazhong army. During this period, when he attacked the city, only the Dazhong army dared to go out of the city to counterattack. The Ming army only dared to be trapped in the city and did not dare to send troops out of the city to counterattack once, so Dorcong was worried that if he concentrated his troops to attack. In the case of the three cities guarded by the Ming army, it is not possible for the Dazhong army to interfere with it and attack his Jiannu army from the side.

Therefore, after combining various reasons, Dorcon made up his mind to concentrate his forces and firepower to attack Xiluo City, which not only shows that Dorcon is not a fool, but also shows that Dorkan is a very smart Jiannu.

Jiannu's action immediately attracted the attention of the defenders and the two armies. Once again, he immediately began to prepare for the deployment, transporting a large number of guard tools and weapons to the city wall, and was ready to deal with it.

This time, Dorgun was not in a hurry to send troops to attack, but first gathered all the cannons available in his hand and focused his fire on the city of Siro to launch the most violent shelling in history. Moreover, the shelling lasted almost an hour, and all kinds of shells hit Siro like hail. The area around the city.

The gunners of the Dazhong Army and the heavy artillery of the Ming army also immediately launched a counterattack. The artillery of the two sides did not stop for almost an hour. It can be said that they had their own losses, and even to some extent, the slaves lost a little more in the artillery battle.

But for the garrison of the Dazhong Army in Xiluo City, it can be described as a disaster. Under the fire of Jiannu, almost all the shells were concentrated in the cramped place of Xiluo City. Although Yan Chongxi has also mobilized people to strengthen Xiluo City every day these days, but this is only temporary. Sexual measures have not fundamentally changed the current situation that Silo City is not strong enough.

This time, Jiannu concentrated on artillery and shelled Xiluo City. After an hour, not only will the large and medium-sized soldiers defending the city suffered a lot of casualties, but also the walls in the north and east of Xiluo City were also bombarded by heavy artillery. The unfinished city bricks were almost peeled off, leaving only the rammed earthen walls below. And the rammed earthen wall was also under shelling and began to collapse. Some places have collapsed, and a gap has appeared.

Even Yan Chongxi himself, who was under the command of Xiluo City, was hit in the head by the stone provoked by the shelling. He was seriously injured and fainted under the wall. He was hurriedly robbed by his bodyguards and sent to the medical camp for rescue.

Yan Chongxi himself and the generals did not expect that Jiannu would change this style of play today. The density of shelling suffered in Silo City was so high that it was not well prepared mentally. Therefore, after the beginning of this battle, the situation in Silo City became very tense.

Luo Li was not with Yan Chongxi in Xiluo City, but he soon saw Jiannu's attempt, so he ordered his gunners under his command to fight back and support Xiluo City. It didn't take long for him to learn that Yan Chongxi's heavy artillery was injured and had been carried down for emergency treatment, so Luo Li did not shirk it and immediately. He handed over the matter at hand to his generals and rushed to Xiluo City to be stationed for defense in person.

Dorgun has been staring at the shelling effect of Xiluo City from afar. When he saw that the city wall of Xiluo City had begun to collapse, Dorgong laughed wildly and shouted that Li Shutai, Liu Zhiyuan and Wu Shoujin, the owners of the three flags of the Han army, personally led their troops to launch the last attack on Xiluo City, in order to make contributions in the first battle and fight it first. Silo City, and then expand the results.

The three traitors had no choice but to go to their army and roar and begin to command their subordinates to launch attacks. At this time, these Han troops actually did not want to work for Jiannu, but they had no choice. After all, their families were still controlled by Jiannu outside the gate, and they would be killed if they did not fight. And it had to involve their families, so they had no choice but to be ordered to attack.

A batch of heavy carts were pushed out by the construction slave army and arranged at the front of the front line. Driven by countless soldiers, they covered more slave soldiers and began to attack Xiluo City.

Although the garrison's artillery kept bombarding them, and from time to time, the car would be hit by shells and turned into pieces and flew around. The slaves who pushed the car were killed and injured, under the supervision of the three big traitors, these Han soldiers could only continue to move forward helplessly and constantly supplemented towards the gap. The chariot, restore the defense line of the chariot.

Moreover, after the cannons of the Jiannu army collapsed part of the city wall of Xiluo City, they turned to shell the defenders on both wings, trying to suppress the artillery fire of the defenders. At this time, the artillery battle between the two sides had reached the level of incandescent. The gunners on both sides almost tried their best to constantly load ammunition. The other party bombarded.

In terms of the speed of shelling, the defenders, especially the gunners of the Dazhong army, have an absolute advantage. Their complete medicine package plays a decisive role, so that the speed of loading shells is much faster than that of the Jiannu army. Therefore, in the short artillery battle, the Dazhong army can overwhelm the Jiannu army.

But there is a problem with the artillery at this time, that is, after firing, the gun barrel will soon overheat, which will cause the spontaneous combustion of gunpowder. Therefore, after the shelling for a period of time, both sides have to let the cannon rest and cool down before loading and firing again. In this way, After fighting for more than an hour, the fire had to stop, otherwise the consequences would be very serious.

At this time, there was a phenomenon of cannon bombardment on both sides, which killed and injured many gunners. As a last resort, the defenders had to order to temporarily turn off the fire and wait for the artillery to cool down.

Seeing that the garrison's gunfire became sparse, a large number of slaves took this opportunity to push the chariot crazily, covering more slave soldiers and began to approach Xiluo City. This time, Dorgon and Duoduo also made a big decision, and did not hesitate to strengthen the Ge Bushxian camp in the two white flags under their command. Among the attacking soldiers and horses, one is to act as an archer to cover the Han army's attack, and the other is to play the role of supervising the war and supervising the attack of these Han soldiers in the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion. Once someone refuses to work hard, they will shoot them on the spot.

In addition to the flag generals of the Han army of the Three Banners, the two Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners of Mongolia were also strengthened into the offensive team, forming an echelon attack formation. Even the North Korean firemen transferred from North Korea were driven to the offensive team, including the Qing Zhuang among the captured Han people who were also killed as a follower. Order to push the cart or lift the shield to cover the attack.

In a word, Dorgoon made up his mind. No matter how much it costs, he will take Silo City. He will open a gap on the Shanhaiguan defense line and let the Huang Taiji behind him see that he is not a wine bag and rice bag. In the Qing Dynasty, his three Dorcon brothers are also famous figures, and no one is allowed to despise them.

The attacking Jiannu rushed towards Xiluo City like a locust. Seeing that the artillery could no longer stop their attack, the firemen began to climb the wall and began to fire at the attacking Jiannu under the city. Even Wu Xiang had already noticed Jiannu's idea and did not hesitate to take out the bottom of the box. The rockets, mounted on the wall, began to ignite, and fired at the slave soldiers outside the city.

A row of muskets went down, and a clump of rockets were fired down. The Jiannu soldiers would be very dead and injured, but their car and big shield also blocked a lot of bullets, which successfully covered the attack of the Jiannu army.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the defenders also began to aim and shoot non-stop. The Jiannu soldiers were very frightened. If they were not careful, they would be knocked to the ground with a bullet. They could only lie behind the car and walk forward step by step. The soldiers behind them tried their best to stick behind the big shield, or He simply raised a shield to cover his upper body and crawled forward like a turtle.

As the distance got closer, Jiannu also began to fight back against the defenders in the city. They used all kinds of firearms, bows and arrows in their hands to lean out from behind the car and opened fire on the city.

(Wow! A lot of rewards today! Special thanks to the unhappy coward, the East Palace, and the three intoxicating brothers for their rewards! Thank you for the cold wind!)