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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 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 two sides strangled each other, the Datong army has only retreated four meters on the earth-stone platform, and the price paid is more than [-] people killed in battle.

As for the Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the gap, thousands of them were killed and more than [-] 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 two fingers 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 were dropped by the Eight Banners soldiers who were climbing the earthen platform, finally couldn't bear it, and were blown to pieces 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 the defensive position was immediately transformed into a charge.

"Uh……"

Aobai's eyes widened, and then he 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 took full control of the gap in the city wall. The Manchu Qing had to reorganize an attack.

Chapter 451 [The Dream of the Red Chamber is gone]

Man Dahai with the red flag was also furious. Seeing the soldiers of the two red flags collapse in the gap in the city wall, he directly said to his eldest son, Chang Adai, "Go up, don't run back, even if you die, you will die in Gaizhou City!"

"Yes!"

Chang Adai shouted to the Eight Banners soldiers under his command: "All the cavalry follow me!"

It is the practice of the Eight Banners Army to use Manchurian cavalry to attack the city.Because they are infantry when they dismount, and each of them is the best of the best.

I saw more than [-] riders rushing out from various passages in the earthen walls and trenches, and followed Chang Adai straight to the gap in the city wall.

Hauge also ordered: "Gather the rout and rest. Turg and Chaohar, you two lead your troops and help the warriors with red flags at any time!"

"Yes!"

Turg and Chaohar knelt on one knee to take the order, and then summoned their troops to set off.

Turge and Chaohar are both Yebilong's elder brothers. Turge once recruited the Chahar tribe of Mongolia and attacked Daming and broke 67 counties in history.

While the brothers were fighting, Chang Adai's cavalry had already rushed out.

More than 3000 Manchurian cavalry, all wearing double armor, rushed to the city in a loose formation against the artillery fire of the Datong Army.

Since the trenches of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were too close to the city wall, these cavalry had already rushed to the city wall with only a hundred cavalry casualties.Those who were close to the gap in the city wall immediately dismounted and turned into infantry, carrying ladders and rushing towards the earth-stone platform.Those who are farther away from the gap are thrown towards the city with stabbing arrows on horseback.

"Boom boom boom!"

Another ten thousand enemies smashed down, but they couldn't stop the attack of these Alhachaoha battalions.

In order to guard against the heavy arrows of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Li Fuguo did not let soldiers guard the edge of the earth-stone platform.Chang Adai personally led the soldiers and climbed up the earth-stone platform along the wooden ladder against the bombing of outsiders and enemies.

"Collide!"

Li Fuguo gave an order, and the rattan players in the front row rushed forward together in a tight formation.

Aliha Chaoha Bing, who had just climbed up the earth-rock platform, was immediately knocked down by a row of rattan players.The earth-stone platform is only three meters high, and it is generally impossible to fall to death, but the elite Manchurians in double armor still fell to the ground and fell to the ground, becoming the target of grenadiers and firecrackers.

"shoot!"

At the same time, Aliha Chaoha's soldiers further back shot at the Datong Junteng player who had crashed to the edge of the earth-stone platform with heavy arrows.

"Back back!"

Li Fuguo hastily issued an order, but there were still four rattan cards with heavy arrows in their hands.

Taking advantage of this short gap, some Alhachaoha soldiers climbed up the earth-rock platform again, and strangled together with the rattan players and spearmen of the Datong Army.

After Chang Adai was knocked down, his bare hands had been wounded by shrapnel from the enemy, and he couldn't even hold a weapon firmly.His face was also bloody and his eyes were blinded by lime and chili powder. When he came back to his senses, Turg and Chaohar's troops had come to support him.

"Kill the barbarians!"

Turge and Chaohar brothers rushed to the earth-rock platform at the same time and strangled with Li Fuguo's defenders.

Chang Adai stood up unsteadily, and went to climb the wooden ladder again.

"boom!"

A bullet was shot from the left city wall and hit Chang Adai's right shoulder. This time, he couldn't hold the knife completely.

"kill!"

Chang Adai switched the saber to his left hand, and continued to charge forward with the soldiers.

This gap is only 12 meters wide, but the two warring parties gathered hundreds of people.Hit the back and squeeze forward, unable to swing the knife at all, but the enemy of thousands of people kept smashing into the crowd.

However, the number of outsiders falling down became less and less. In addition to insufficient ammunition, the enemy army was also using ladders to attack the city because of the walls on both sides of the gap, and some grenadiers had to take care of the enemies who climbed the city.

The Datong army defending the gap was squeezed back a little bit, and several rattan players accidentally fell down and were trampled to death by the Eight Banners soldiers.

"Boom boom boom!"

Chang Adai, who was injured all over his body, was hit by a piece of shrapnel in the throat.

Blood gushed out of his mouth, and the son of the banner owner with the red flag finally died on the battlefield.He didn't even fall because there were people in all directions, and the corpse was pushed on and kept going.

The Datong Army was also affected by the lime and chili noodles blasted by the Ten Thousand Enemies, and was blown by the wind. Both sides closed their eyes and kept coughing.

Hu Dinggui personally came to the city wall on the left side of the gap, regardless of the enemy troops who were climbing the ladder, gathered hundreds of gunners, and fired guns at Alihachaoha soldiers who were gathered together.

"Three hits!"

"Raise the gun!"

"put!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Immediately, two or three hundred and eight banner soldiers were shot, and two Datong soldiers who defended the gap were also killed by mistake.This is still to shoot towards the outside as much as possible, more towards the follow-up troops outside the city, otherwise there will be more friendly troops who will be accidentally injured.

There were still countless Eight Banners soldiers rushing up, and the gap was already unevenly piled up by corpses.The Eight Banners Army rushed forward stepping on the corpse, looking condescending, and some of them stretched out their arms and held their knives in their backhands to cut their throats.

However, the firecrackers and tens of thousands of enemies in the city continued to cause casualties to the Eight Banners soldiers.The Eight Banners soldiers couldn't get in, so it was only a matter of time before they retreated here.

"kill!"

On the east side of the city wall, there was a sudden shout of killing.

However, too many troops were invested in the north city wall. As long as farmers, soldiers and common people were used to defend the east city wall, Dorgon commanded two white flags and two yellow flags to attack the city wall.

The regular soldiers of the Datong Army fought bravely, but some farmers and soldiers formed by the Liaodong people turned around and fled in fright.They have only trained for two or three months, and they have been enslaved by the Tartars for a long time, so they always have a fear of the Tartars in their hearts.

Liu Dazhang shouted vigorously: "Don't run away, don't run away, if you run away, you will be a slave to the Tartars! I don't want to be a slave, kill me!"

Jin Guozhen shouted in Korean: "Don't you want your surname? Don't you want your land? Do you want your wife? My wife is pregnant. For my wife and children, hurry up and do my best! Zhao Bodhisattva bless you!"

"Bodhisattva Zhao bless you!"

These Liaodong peasants and soldiers didn't say anything about farming and eating, but they all shouted "Bless Zhao Bodhisattva".It was as if God was possessed, except for a few cowards, most of the fleeing peasants and soldiers returned.

Pan Hui, who was organizing and leading women to deliver supplies to the guards, picked up the pole with her big belly: "Sisters, men are working hard, and we women are not afraid of death. If you don't want to be captured by the Tartars, you can kill the enemy with me." !"

Pan Hui is a young lady from a Hunan gentry family, and her husband is Yang Ye, the commander-in-chief of the artillery who died unexpectedly.

She originally stayed with the pregnant woman, but after hearing that her husband was killed in battle, she came out with tears in her eyes to organize women to help.

Carrying poles and clubs, hundreds of women climbed the towers to join the battle.Seeing this, many people put down their transportation work and rushed to the city wall together.

Seeing this, Liu Dazhang shouted: "Protect the woman, don't let the woman be killed by the Tartars!"

"kill!"

Regardless of whether they have participated in the training of farmers and soldiers, the young and strong people defending the city rushed towards the Eight Banners soldiers with red eyes.

Because those women who came to support were all the wives of the soldiers and civilians who defended the city.

Darhan led his troops to attack the city wall, and the soldiers under his command were killed one after another, but he steadfastly held on to the female wall at the ladder to cover more Eight Banners soldiers climbing up the city wall.

This guy is Nurhachi's son-in-law. During the bloody battle of Dalinghe, more than 500 Ming troops went out to fight in the city, and Darhan led 80 people to defeat the Ming army.When attacking the Zalut tribe of Mongolia, Darhan chased him alone and captured the tribe's Taiji (the crown prince or the king's younger brother).

Darhan originally belonged to the Xianglan Banner, and Dorgon adjusted the Eight Banners troops to get the titan Darhan under his command.

Now, Darhan is sent to attack the city again!

Under Darhan's fighting, more and more Eight Banners soldiers climbed up.On his left is the Datong army, and on the right is the peasant army. This guy carries the Datong army by himself and lets the friendly army fight with the peasant soldiers.

Seeing the collapse of the peasants and soldiers one after another, who knows that there are people who keep boosting morale, shouting and fighting back.

Some farmers and soldiers with red eyes dropped their weapons and risked their lives to save because of their inferior equipment.Two or three peasant soldiers threw down an Eight Banners soldier, and then hugged and wrestled on the city wall.

"Get out, get out!"

Wu Huapu hissed, the dragoons under his command had temporarily been turned into musketeers, and were in charge of the other sections of the city wall.

Upon receiving a warning here, Wu Huapu immediately led a team to support him. The muskets were loaded and the bayonets were loaded, but they were stopped by a large number of people rushing up.Especially those women, who have no combat effectiveness in fighting, instead block the reinforcement channels.

Fortunately, I don't need his help.

The crazy fighting will of the peasants and soldiers made the Eight Banners soldiers who were fighting feel terrified.The Eight Banners soldiers who were close to the female wall were even hugged by the peasants and soldiers, and they jumped over the female wall together and fell to their deaths.

Darhan, a titan, was covered in multiple wounds, and in the end he was no match for four with two fists.

After the soldiers around him died, they were pushed against the female wall with several long guns, and then they were stabbed severely in the throat.

At the gap in the city wall, the soldiers of the Eight Banners couldn't withstand the ten thousand enemies and the shooting of firecrackers, and finally retreated to the camp with lost troops.

On this day alone, more than 500 Manchus were killed and countless wounded.On the side of the Datong Army, more than 100 regular soldiers died in battle, and more than [-] farmers, soldiers and civilians died.

Such astonishing casualties made the nobles of the Eight Banners unable to sit still, clamoring to withdraw their troops.

A few thousand more deaths would have already hurt Man Qing!

That night, five watch days.

The vanguard of the reinforcements landed on the seashore on the west side of the battlefield by boat.There were not many people, just over 2000, but Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian all came, and only Li Zheng stayed to control the large army.

When the sky was about to turn gray, they had already circled behind the Manqing Fort along the river.

"kill!"

Lu Xiangsheng and Xiao Zongxian each led more than a thousand people to raid the river bank fort.

Man Qing obviously did not expect the enemy to rush out from behind, and the artillerymen were killed one by one.

The person in charge of this section of the fort was Dorgon's confidant, the artillery general Cao Zhenyan who was born in Baoyi, the great-great-grandfather of Cao Xueqin.

Cao Zhenyan woke up from his dream, saw several forts fall, and immediately said to his son, "Run away!"

Cao Xi, who was Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather, drew his sword and shouted, "Father, the Regent treats my Cao family with such kindness as a mountain. How can I escape at this moment?"

"If your grandfather had been loyal to Daming, our Cao family would have been gone long ago. At this time, life-saving is the most important thing!" Cao Zhenyan felt that his son was mentally retarded.

Cao Xi was reprimanded, and the father and son were loyal to an agreement, and all the remaining artillerymen withdrew from the fort.

"Don't let any one go, kill!"

Lu Xiangsheng led hundreds of cavalry, and had already blocked the escape route of Cao's father and son.

Most of the enemies here are artillery, but where are they better than cavalry?

Cao Zhenyan immediately knelt down and begged to surrender. Just as he knelt down, he saw his son drawing his sword and rushing towards the Datong army. He shouted anxiously: "Nizi, come back quickly!"

Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse and shot the young and vigorous Cao Xi to death.

Seeing this tragic situation in the early morning light, Cao Zhenyan knelt down and slumped there, holding back his tears and shouting: "Please surrender!"

Chapter 452 [Encircling Wei and Rescuing Zhao]

The Manchu and Qing positions in the west of the city were garrisoned by Daishan's Zhenghong Banner and Jierhalang's partially Xianglan Banner, and the rest were Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Army Eight Banners.

Daishan was old and didn't sleep very deeply. He heard the sound and immediately went out of the tent to check.

Jierhalang came here on horseback and said to Daishan, "The Nanman raided the fort along the river, and the fort over there was lost, and the Wuzhenchaoha battalion near the fort was also defeated."

"How many enemy troops are there?" Daishan asked.

Jierhalang said: "It's not clear yet, but there shouldn't be many, otherwise the enemy would have killed them long ago."

Dai Shan said: "Organize a counterattack immediately and drive those southern barbarians into the sea!"