Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi are both charging generals who can kill enemy generals among thousands of troops. However, the battle between the two armies is a team battle. With a considerable amount of troops, the Ming army cannot defeat the Qing army at all, let alone the Qing army. Crossing the river and landing, no matter how Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi charged, they were blocked by the Qing army. They didn't even charge forward after several attempts!
At this time, Qingzhou City has reached its most intense moment, with flames raging outside the four gates and the sound of killings shaking the sky. Qingzhou City is like a frying pan being placed on a fire. The people and defenders in the city are suffering from heartbreaking pain.
The Qing army's long-range suppression with bows and arrows caused great damage to the defenders and allowed their troops to rush to the city easily. However, it was not that easy to break the city in a short time.
The artillery of the defenders on the city had not been turned off, which also caused great trouble to the Qing army behind the formation. Moreover, there were rocks and obstacles outside each city gate, and the siege vehicles could not get close for a while, not to mention that the top of the city gate was full of obstacles. In the most heavily defended place, the rocks were thrown down, not to mention the cannon fodder and the flesh and blood of the Qing army, the siege vehicles were smashed to pieces...
Except for the city entrance and the city walls, the places where the Qing troops set up ladders were the most tragic places. On the city were rocks like rain, golden soup poured down, and below the city there was a mess of blood and flesh, and the smell of meat overflowed...
Although the Qing army lacked equipment, it had many troops, great momentum, high morale and strong attack power. However, although the defenders on the city suffered heavy casualties, they were panicked and not chaotic. Logically speaking, the defenders were mostly rural warriors with no experience. How could they be so stable?
Not all sects have Dinghai Shenzhen!
The north and south gates were the areas where the Qing army had the strongest attacks, but Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu each led their brothers to take charge. Both battalions were veterans of hundreds of battles, with strong combat experience and strong psychological quality!
As for the east and west gates, in addition to the Song brothers and sisters, there are also Li Shiyuan's 800 veteran drivers and novices such as Xiang Yong. This is not their first time defending the city. The last time they fought against the Tatars, although their experience is not as good as that of the Dongchang two battalions. But he was still calm enough to deal with the situation at hand.
The two armies in Beiyang River were still fighting, and the battle was raging outside Qingzhou City. However, a few miles away from the Qing army in Ximen, the little eunuch on the hillside had a clear view of the battle on both sides of the southwest, with a solemn face and said nothing.
Behind him, in the mountain road at the foot of the land, Duan Wuhu had already led three thousand officers and soldiers out of the mountain col. It was only a few miles away from the mountain pass. He only needed an order from the little eunuch to immediately rush out of the city and cause a chrysanthemum change for the Qing army outside the southwest gate. Become a sunflower!
Hou Ling!
Unexpectedly, Chang Yu did not give the order to send troops out of the mountain, but asked Kuang Ren to send an order for the troops to rest on the spot in the narrow mountain road and wait for the order!
At such a critical moment in Qingzhou City, he actually wanted to die without saving anything!
Li Muxian panted and climbed halfway up the mountain to Chang Yu. He didn't have time to say anything and looked at the distant Qingzhou City in flames of war and couldn't help but sigh. It was the first time for him to overlook the siege of the city like this. The visual impact was too great.
"Why doesn't the factory governor send troops? Qingzhou City is in danger!" Li Muchian said in a deep voice.
Chang Yu sneered: "Don't just watch the fun, look at the secrets!" After saying that, he handed the telescope to him. Li Muchian was stunned and took the telescope and looked at it for a while before exhaling.
At first glance, Qingzhou City seems to be in danger with the sounds of fighting and killing all around. However, if you look closely, you will find that the Qing army's formation is huge, the atmosphere is exaggerated to the extreme, and its attack power is such that the defenders on the city cannot lift their heads. However, it is No real results.
Although the soldiers rushed to the city gate, the siege vehicles could not get close to the city gate and even several of them had been smashed to pieces. If you look carefully, there are really few escalators leaning against the city wall. They are sparse. For example, there are only thirty-four in the west. That's it, the defenders on the city could still cope even if they were suppressed by the Qing army's firepower.
The Qing army has no wings and cannot fly up without a ladder. It is undoubtedly a dream to break through Qingzhou City with this siege ladder. To put it simply, the Qing army has the strength to break the city, but it is not enough!
Therefore, such a hasty siege was obviously a test, to test the strength of Qingzhou's defense and to put pressure on it.
In this case, there is no need for Chang Yu to expose the ambush in the mountains at this time.
But even if it was a test, Shang Kexi also used his strength. Wouldn't it be better for him to break the city in one fell swoop during the test? Therefore, the Qing army's offensive was fierce from beginning to end, which made the defenders on the city suffer. Great damage.
But when Shang Kexi found out the details of the defenders and found that he was fully capable of breaking the city but had insufficient strength, he ordered the withdrawal of the troops!
If we continue to fight, we will only increase our own casualties.
It takes at most two days to prepare everything, and the city will be broken within half a day! Fortunately, Geng Zhongming and Nikan looked relaxed, Qingzhou City and the others were determined.
At half past midnight (around 8 p.m.), the Qing troops withdrew. Jia Waixiong stood at the top of the city and watched the Qing troops retreating like a tide. He did not feel at all relaxed. He knew that a bigger storm would hit Qingzhou City at any time. A fatal blow!
Even he knew that the reason why the Qing army did not invade this wave was not because they lacked strength, but because they were not well prepared and there were too few ladders to climb the city. The target became too big and would be smashed as soon as it was reached. The guards on the city ladder were simply too busy.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour, but the Qing army failed to break through Qingzhou City. Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi on the Beiyang River did not break through Kong Youde's obstruction and succeeded in crossing the river. Seeing the Qing army retreating outside Qingzhou City, they immediately followed. After retreating for several miles, Kong Youde didn't have the guts to pursue him.
Halfway up the hillside in the west of the city, Chang Yu was lying on a huge rock, blowing the mountain breeze and looking at the night sky in a daze. Li Muxian was sitting cross-legged with a fly whisk next to him, looking like an immortal. Kuang Ren and other soldiers beside him were silently looking into the distance. In Qingzhou City, the three thousand officers and soldiers in the mountain road have been ordered to withdraw to the mountain col to rest.
The Qing army showed off its power and flaunted its power and then flew away, leaving Qingzhou City in a mess. There were at least a thousand corpses scattered under the city wall, but most likely they were cannon fodder.
The soldiers who defended the city wall were also miserable. A rough estimate of the dead was as many as four to five hundred people, and there were countless injured. But when they heard that the upper city was miserable, the families of the soldiers who died in the battle were filled with grief and indignation, holding their bodies and crying bitterly!
Dorgon, who was dozens of miles away, was very satisfied after receiving the battle report. He had already tested Qingzhou City's defensive strength and it was not worth mentioning. He just waited for everyone to have all the equipment to break the city at his fingertips.
The premise is that as long as the Ming army outside is blocked from approaching for reinforcements, Qingzhou City will not be able to fly away.
In the commander's tent, Dorgon couldn't help but raise a toast to Duo Duo. He stayed in Qingzhou City for at most two days, but the three brothers were supposed to congratulate each other in front of this fat man. However, Azig, the eldest brother, went to the imperial capital instead. Being a guest is a bit regretful.
"Isn't there something wrong with you that you haven't heard anything about Brother Twelve since he was captured?" Duduo raised his eyebrows. Dorgon was also surprised. It stands to reason that a Manchu prince captured by Mingting should have negotiated as a hostage. He even They all thought of words to respond, but there was no sound as to why, and they couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.
"No matter what, once the Qingzhou City is broken, we can exchange Old Twelve with King Heng as a pledge." Dorgon said with a wishful thinking: "Maybe we can also raise the price by the way."
Duduo laughed: "I don't know whether Brother Twelve is more valuable or King Heng is more valuable."
Dorgon chuckled, and then ordered the cannon fodder to work all night to make siege equipment, requiring that 500 siege ladders, eight siege vehicles, and several trebuchets be made by dusk the day after tomorrow at the latest...
Just imagine if there were hundreds of siege ladders erected on the Qingzhou city wall in the battle just now...
