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The biggest use of these captured men is to fill trenches.
As long as the moat is filled in, their mission will be completed.
At this moment, part of the river section has been filled with sandbags, but Joluo Bahana is not in a hurry.
He wanted to wait for Shi Tingzhu's Han army to set up a red flag and attack first.
Joluo Bahana thought so, how could Shi Tingzhu not have his own little plan?
Whether it is the Manchu Eight Banners or the Han Eight Banners, the number of flag soldiers directly determines Gushan Ezhen's status.
If the more than 2,000 Han soldiers with red flags Shi Tingzhu brought this time were seriously damaged, then his status in the Eight Banners would also decline.
Respecting the strong is a principle that all bannermen must follow, even the regent is no exception.
To be disrespectful, the reason why the regent can sit in the Forbidden City and issue orders on behalf of the emperor is because he and the three brothers Duduo and Azige have the largest and strongest flag soldiers.
Shi Tingzhu was determined to preserve his strength, but it was a pity that the Han army flag he commanded was incomparable in importance to the Manchu army flag with its roots in Zhengmiaohong.
Since most of the strong men filling the trenches were dead, it was natural for the Han bannermen to launch the charge first, so that the losses of the Manchurian bannermen could be minimized.
Of course, Joluo Bahana would not wait until the Shiting Pillars had completely attacked the city before sending troops to attack the city.
As long as the soldiers with red flags of the Han army diverted the attention of the defenders in the west of the city, he would order the warriors of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner to attack the city.
Launch a fierce attack on the north gate.
The low sound of the conch trumpet sounded, and the bannermen of the Han army with red flags carried simple ladders and sandbags and rushed across the moat, leaning towards the bottom of the city wall.
In the process, they were violently shot by the Ming army at the top of the city.
The locust-like feather arrows were shot down one after another, and the Han army's flag soldiers with red flags raised their shields to block them.
Most of the arrows fell to the ground after being blocked, but some stray arrows still hit the arms and thighs of the flag soldiers.
The armor equipment of the Han army flag is not as good as that of the Manchu army flag, but it is definitely much better than the strong men without armor.
These stray arrows did not cause fatal injuries to the Qing soldiers, and some brave flag soldiers even pulled out the arrows directly.
He Rong, the deputy general at the head of Xicheng City, saw this scene and shouted: "What are you still doing?
Quickly prepare rolling logs and stones.
How is the golden juice burning?
Move the iron pots to the crenels.
As soon as the Tatars climb up, they will I'll pour it down" As the former commander of the Huai'an governor's Biao camp, He Rong still had certain ability to command troops.
But he had never organized a city defense battle before, even if he was only responsible for one side of the city wall, so he was a little panicked at this moment.
Under the urging of the soldiers from the governor's Biao camp, the rural soldiers moved the rolling logs and stones to the edge of the crenellation, and only waited for the general's order to smash them down.
The weapons arsenal in Dezhou City is still very sufficient, so every rural soldier is assigned a set of cotton armor, a waist knife, a long spear, and a pair of double spears.
These weapons and equipment may not be conspicuous among the frontier troops, but to the Huai'an rural soldiers who use wooden spears, they are definitely top-notch items.
They were both excited and nervous at the moment, and they poked their heads out of the crenels from time to time, wanting to see with their own eyes what the ferocious Tatars in General Qin's mouth looked like.
At the top of the city, the banner soldiers of the Han army with red flags had already set up more than a dozen simple ladders on the west city wall and began to attack the city.
At the same time, a dozen strong Qing soldiers rushed toward the west city gate holding a newly cut log.
"What are you still doing?
Hurry and throw the rolling logs and rocks."
Seeing that these country soldiers were still in a daze, He Rong felt very angry.
It would be extremely difficult for the Qing soldiers to attack the city.
Although there are many rural soldiers, they are all new recruits.
Qing soldiers only need to kill dozens of people at the top of the city to cause great panic.
At that time, even if he led the veterans of Governor Biao Camp to suppress him, he might not be able to control the situation.
So what He Rong has to do is to prevent a Tatar from climbing the city.
Although the rural soldiers lacked combat experience, they were better at obeying orders.
Working in pairs, they lifted up the rolling logs and stones piled up next to the crenels, and threw them at the Qing soldiers climbing up the ladder. puff A Han army soldier with a red flag was climbing headlong when a stone the size of a millstone fell from the sky and hit him on the chest.
The flag soldier could clearly hear the sound of his ribs breaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out of Lao Gao, and then his body went limp and fell down the ladder.
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Compared with the stone, the rolling wood is obviously more useful.
A rolling log crashed down from the top of the city, sweeping away the Qing soldiers on the three ladders.
These Qing soldiers fell down like scattered mung beans wailing.
"Haha, smash them, smash these Tartars to death."
The effect of rolling wood and stones is obvious.
The first round of fierce offensive of the Han army with red flag was suppressed.
But He Rong was not excited at all.
He knew that the Qing army would never be so fragile, and there would be a more fierce offensive waiting for them.
Sure enough, after a short rest, the Qing army launched another round of offensive.
At this time, the wooden logs and stones prepared at the top of the city were almost used up.
On the one hand, He Rong ordered the soldiers to rush to the city to carry it, and on the other hand, he ordered his soldiers to pour the cooked gold juice into the pot.
The so-called gold juice does not refer to gold in a molten state, but dung juice.
After boiling the dung juice, it was poured from the top of the city.
Anyone who was poured on it would have their skin and flesh ripped open and their bodies blistered.
Because there are many bacteria in the fecal juice, even if the enemy soldiers who are poured on it do not die immediately, they will definitely die of infection.
This is where golden juice is more powerful than boiling oil.
At this moment, the Ming army poured down pots of boiling golden juice, which undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to the Qing troops attacking the city.
Many soldiers of the Qing Dynasty screamed when they were burned, and their faces were covered with yellow and white things.
They were in a very embarrassed state.
However, the amount of gold juice was limited, so after pouring it, the Ming army had to pour boiling oil instead.
Pots of boiling oil were poured down, and a stinging sound was heard immediately, followed by the smell of burning human flesh.
A large number of Qing soldiers who had almost climbed to the top of the city were doused and fell straight down into a pulp.
Shi Tingzhu, who was supervising the battle on a small mound not far away, turned pale when he saw this.
The Qing Dynasty has never been good at siege warfare, and in Liaodong they mostly focused on sieges.
Compared to attacking the city with force, using space is a better choice.
As long as internal agents are deployed in the city in advance and allow them to spread rumors and create panic when the Qing army attacks the city, it can greatly shake the morale of the defending army.
If they can take advantage of the chaos to open a city gate, the city will be destroyed. .
This trick has proven successful over and over again, and it is natural that Shi Tingzhu would not know it.
But this time their expedition to Shandong was too hasty and they did not have time to arrange their arrival in Dezhou City.
And judging from the fact that the gates of Dezhou City are closed, the defenders in the city seem to have been prepared very early.
This battle is a bit difficult to fight
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