The general on the Han banner side is Sun Degong.
Now he is the actual commander-in-chief, and all the soldiers and horses of the Han army banner who came to Gaizhou this time were under his command.
Since the First World War in Guangning, he betrayed the governor Wang Huazhen as a traitor and took refuge in Daijin at that time. Since then, he has been loyal to Daijin.
"Listen, all of you. Whichever group of troops attacks Tangchi Fort first, I will allow him to be the first to select the spoils from Tangchi Fort." Sun Degong looked around at the several Han flag generals in front of him, and then said , "For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, fight bravely to capture Tangchi Fort and attack!"
As the order to attack came out, the various units of the Han Army Banner, which were already ready to go, launched an attack on Tangchi Fort according to the original arrangement.
Tangchi Fort is not a big city, and naturally it cannot be said to have high walls. However, as a military fortress in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty still put a lot of thought into the construction of Tangchi Fort. Compared with other military fortresses far away from the border, Much stronger.
There are thousands of Han soldiers under the banner, so it is naturally impossible for them to charge in a swarm.
The various units of the Han army flag were divided into gradients and rushed towards Tangchi Fort in different orders.
In order to capture Tangchi Fort, Han Banner prepared a car crash and a ladder.
Crashes and ladders can not only be used for siege, but also for defense to resist the damage caused by Tangchi Fort to the Han army's flag soldiers.
As the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Hauge would naturally not fight on the front line for a Tangchi Fort.
He stood at a higher place in the back, staring at the situation on the battlefield.
The two fists were clenched tightly, and the nails on them dug into the palms of the hands, leaving white marks on the palms of the hands.
This battle was related to the power struggle between him and Daishan in the army. Only by taking Tangchi Fort could he have the opportunity to persuade Daishan to send troops to attack Gaizhou City.
From the beginning to the end, his goal was Gaizhou City. Tangchi Fort was just a stumbling block on his way to Gaizhou City. In his opinion, he could kick it away with just a few steps.
I have to say that Sun Degong is still somewhat capable.
Under his command, the Han Army Flag teams dispersed one after another, led by a capable fighting team of the Han Army Flag. Not only did everyone wear armor, but a dozen of them even wore several layers of armor on their bodies. Those Baya La soldiers of the Jurchen Eight Banners are not bad at all.
The tiger-character flag soldiers in Tangchi Fort used fire cannons to continuously shoot at the Han army flag soldiers near the fort wall, preventing the enemy from approaching Tangchi Fort.
The artillery team in the fort is currently targeting the Qing army's artillery, and it is difficult to pose much threat to the attacking Han army flag soldiers in a short period of time.
"Captain, the enemy is too spread out. Should we let our people find targets and fire their guns on their own?" Deputy Captain Jiang Cheng came to the side of Captain Qin Anpu.
Qin Anpu exposed half of his head to take a look at the attacking enemy troops, and said, "Push up our squatting tiger cannons, and wait for the enemy to get close and give them a hard blow."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now." Jiang Cheng turned around and ran away.
A battalion of Tiger Character Banners has at least four cannons, which does not include the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Because the Tiger Crouching Cannon is light and easy to carry, each Tiger Banner soldier brigade will be equipped with a large number of Tiger Crouching Cannon to assist in fire fighting.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon's range is not as good as those of field cannons, and its power is also a bit worse. But when equipped with iron sand and iron beads, its power is much better than that of a fire blunderbuss. It is just that it is not as convenient as a fire blunderbuss in terms of reloading.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon is also a type of cannon, and each cannon is equipped with two gunners.
As Jiang Cheng finished conveying the order to the Tiger Crouching Cannon gunners, each Tiger Crouching Cannon was ready to fire at any time, just waiting for the enemy to approach.
boom! boom! boom!
The gunmen of the Tiger Flag kept firing at the invading enemy troops.
Although not every gun can hit the enemy, from time to time an enemy will be hit by the gun and fall to the ground.
In just a few dozen steps, the enemy lost fifty or sixty people.
Compared with the thousands of Han military flags, the loss of these dozens of people is not large, but when divided into a single Han military flag team, the number is very large.
The Han army flag team rushing at the front was Sun Degong's most capable elite. Sun Degong usually felt distressed when one Sun Degong was lost. Seeing dozens of people fall down like this, Sun Degong's molars squeaked loudly after he gritted his teeth.
But he didn't dare let people go back.
Without Hauge's order, even if all the people under the Han banner died, he would not dare to issue an order to withdraw them.
boom! boom! boom!
A series of cannon shots suddenly sounded from the wall of Tangchi Fort.
"It's a cannon!"
Sun Degong's expression changed, and he immediately realized that the defenders actually had a batch of cannon hidden in the fort.
However, he soon discovered that they were all tiger crouching cannons.
But when he saw that the area closest to Tangchi Fort was empty, he felt his heart tighten, as if someone had caught him.
Just now, there were a few soldiers with nearly a hundred Han army flags in that empty area. As the defenders in the fort opened fire, all the people here were gone, or in other words, they were all lying on the ground.
He realized that he could no longer fight like this, otherwise all the elite members of the Han Army Flag would be lost here in Tangchi Fort.
However, when he was about to go to Hauge to discuss withdrawing his troops, Hauge came forward on his own initiative.
"Quick, we are arranging a troop to attack. The tiger thieves in Tangchi Fort have already fired. It will take time for them to fire a second shot. They will take advantage of this gap to attack immediately." Hauge's face looked a little excited because of his excitement. flushed.
In his eyes, this was a good opportunity to capture Tangchi Fort.
Sun Degong opened his mouth, but did not say the final words of retreat. He had no choice but to follow Hauge's request and once again order the Han army to increase the intensity of the attack on Tangchi Fort.
There was a big difference in the number of the defenders in Tangchi Fort and the invading Qing army. Even the Han flag soldiers and horses attacking Tangchi Fort were several times more numerous than the defenders in the fort.
The artillery team in Tangchi Fort had moved several cannons to help defend the city, but in the end it was only a drop in the bucket in the face of the Han army's flag soldiers who were attacking like waves.
During the gap when the Tiger Crouching Cannon was reloaded, some soldiers of the Han Army rushed to the wall of Tangchi Fort, set up a ladder and began to climb. Not far away, there were archers shooting arrows into the fort at any time.
"If you lose ten thousand enemies, you will lose ten thousand enemies." Qin Anpu shouted loudly.
The ten thousand enemies he talks about are the grenades developed by the Tiger Flag Workshop. They are larger in size, heavier, and less effective in throwing, but they are very convenient for defending the city, and their power is pretty good, so the Tiger Flag The army is equipped with a lot of them.
The defenders here at Tangchi Fort are a detachment of the Tiger Banner Marine Division, and are naturally equipped with some ten thousand enemies.
There is a lead on Ten Thousand Enemies.
The soldiers in the fort lit the fuse, held it in their hands for a while, and then threw it toward the enemy outside the fort wall.
Because of the lead problem, there is no guarantee that every one of the 10,000 enemies thrown will explode on top of the enemy's head. Some of the 10,000 enemies have to sink a little further toward the ground before exploding.
