Under the city of Beijing, the artillery battle between the two armies lasted for nearly three days.Under the fierce bombardment of the Ming army's artillery fire, the city tower of Chaoyangmen was completely collapsed by artillery, and the bricks of the city wall were peeled off in many places.However, Beijing is Beijing, and hundreds of heavy artillery pieces have been smashed, but they are still standing.In the three-day artillery battle, the gunners of the Qing army at the head of the city suffered heavy losses, and the artillery of the Ming army outside the city was also smashed by the Qing army.At the time of the artillery battle between the two sides, the people outside the city had already dug trenches outside Chaoyangmen, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, and Gaocheng Gate, and completed the preparations before the siege.At the same time, a large number of shield carts, flying bridges, long ladders and moat bridges were also made in the camp of the Ming army.In the third year of the Yongli calendar, on the 17th day of April, early in the morning.After a full meal, the various units of the Ming army began to pour out of the camp and lined up.The vanguard troops, numbering thousands, carrying muskets on their backs and sticking spurs, entered the trenches in advance.Thousands of musketeers came to the trench only a hundred paces away from the moat, stretched out their muskets, and aimed them at the head and gate of the city to prevent the Qing army from leaving the city and protect the mortars that were about to arrive under the city.At this time, the soldiers who participated in the siege of the city set up a formation three miles away from the city wall and outside the range of the city's heavy artillery, preparing to gnaw down the city of Beijing.The troops involved in the attack this time were mainly feudal soldiers, with Gao Yigong attacking Xizhimen, Yuan Zongdi attacking Gaochengmen, Jin Shenghuan attacking Dongzhimen, Li Dingguo attacking Chaoyangmen, and the Ming army only providing artillery and musketeers to support the city's head.Of course, if the war goes well and there is a possibility of breaking the city, then Zhao Ming will not hesitate to invest all the army.Although this was a tentative attack, the Ming army showed the determination to break the city directly with one drum.Attacking Beijing and recovering the capital of the Ming Dynasty was a glorious battle, and the feudal lords did not consider the above, whether Zhao Ming used them as cannon fodder again, whether he took the opportunity to consume dissidents, and they all gladly accepted the task of attacking the city.Zhao Ming did have this idea, but the feudal lords had no evidence and asked too much, but instead became warlords like them, wanting to preserve their strength.In the various formations, the officers cheered up their subordinates from time to time and preached the honor of recovering Beijing, and the officers and men also blushed one by one, and were aroused to fight boundlessly.At this time, Zhao Ming was wearing golden armor, leading many generals, beating horses to inspect the various formations, and wherever he passed, the generals and soldiers saluted one after another, "The regent is a thousand years old!"
”Zhao Ming raised his horsewhip from time to time, signaled to the soldiers, and shouted: "Recover Shenjing!"
”"Regent Chitose!"
Countless voices responded.Wherever Zhao Ming went, there was an earth-shattering cheer, and the soldiers raised their weapons high, and then put them down, and the entire battlefield made people's blood boil.Zhao Ming enjoyed everything in front of him, at this moment, he was supported by all the soldiers.Whether it is the forbidden army of the imperial court or the local feudal soldiers, they all clearly know that it is the mighty man in front of them who will lead them to the city of Beijing and complete a major event that will be recorded in history forever.At this time, Wang Shuang came on a horse, caught up with Zhao Ming, who was still waving in the formation, and hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, the mortar is already in place!"
”When the army was arrayed, the heavy mortars, which had been pulled by mules, entered the artillery array under the city along the trench and raised the corresponding flag.When Zhao Ming heard this, he turned his head and glanced at it, and the artillery array waved the flag, and then he clamped the horse's belly, urged the war horse, and accelerated the inspection of each formation, and then returned to the banner of the Chinese army."
Ask the ministries if they are ready?"
Zhao Ming rode proudly on the horse and gave the order loudly.After a few beats of the war drums of the Chinese army, I saw the flags waving in each formation, indicating that they were ready."
Your Highness, all ministries have responded!"
Wang Shuang hugged his fists.Zhao Ming immediately waved his hand, "Then let's start!"
”The drums of war were beating rapidly, the flag of the Chinese army's artillery battalion was the first to wave, the Ming army's red-coated artillery was the first to fire, and hundreds of huge cannons roared, shooting shells and smashing the city wall.When the heavy artillery began to bombard, Li Dingguo immediately stepped forward, pulled out his matching knife, swung forward violently, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"
”As soon as the military order was given, nearly 10,000 soldiers carried long ladders and flying bridges, entered the trench, and advanced along the trench to the city wall.At the head of the city, Azig took advantage of the interval between the red-clothed cannons, leaned out half of his body, looked outside the city wall, and saw that the body of the Ming army was completely hidden in the trench, and the Qing army on the city could only see the iron helmet in the ditch, and could not see the body of the Ming soldiers at all.That is to say, the artillery in the city can hardly hit the Ming army, unless it is lucky to go to the shit and fall right in the trench, but the "zigzag" trench is not a vertical, even if the cannonball falls into the trench, it cannot be smashed through a line of soldiers with one cannon.Azig slammed his fist into the battlement.At this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the trench below the city.The defenders saw a thick cloud of white smoke rising from the trench, and a huge cannonball was thrown into the sky, and then quickly fell."
Mortar!"
The Qing army in the city suddenly let out bursts of exclamations, revealing an extremely frightened look.Compared with the Hongyi cannon, the mortar cannon was more feared by the Qing army, although the Hongyi cannon was powerful, most of the time the cannonballs were fired directly, and most of the cannonballs that came directly were blocked by the city wall.Therefore, the Hongyi cannon is mainly to destroy the city wall, and the killing and injury of the soldiers is limited, but the mortar cannon is different, he is projectile, and the cannonball can draw an arc and directly sit at the head of the city, or behind the city, and the city wall cannot be prevented at all.In addition, most of the mortars of the Ming army fired flowering shells.These shells landed at the top of the city, exploded without shelter, and instantly swept across a section of the city wall, killing and injuring all the soldiers around the explosion.Therefore, the Qing army was particularly afraid of the Ming army's mortars.At this time, with the loud noise under the city, the Qing army looked up and saw the falling cannonballs, getting bigger and bigger!"
Get down!"
The old flag man who had suffered the loss of the mortar cannon suddenly roared wildly and fell down with his head in his hands!
The guards immediately pressed Azig under him, but he was fat, and there was another layer of guards on top of him, like a hill piled up on the city wall.At the moment when the guards knocked him down, cannonballs whizzed past the city, and before they could come to their senses, they heard a loud noise!
The shells fell into the city and exploded in the streets, and immediately white light burst out, thick smoke billowed out, and waves of air tossed over the green tiles.Before everyone had time to rejoice, a few more fell on the top of the city, and the air wave generated by the explosion immediately lifted down the wall and slammed the soldiers who did not have time to squat down.Azig pushed away, and the guards pressed against him found that the flesh and blood behind him were already blurred.At this time, a burst of shouting and killing suddenly broke out outside the city, and as soon as the mortar cannon was fired, the Ming army in the trench jumped up and rushed out of the trench with the flying bridge.In a moment, the flying bridge was built on the moat, and the Ming soldiers carried a long ladder to pass, erecting ladders under the city, and the soldiers were like ants, all over the city.Seeing this, Azig immediately roared angrily, "Archer, release the arrows!"
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