Chapter 343 Fierce Battle in Ningbo
Outside the city wall, nearly 10,000 soldiers of Ming soldiers were arranged in formation.
The officers from various departments and bureaus cheered their subordinates from time to time, explained the key points of siege, and assigned combat tasks.
"The general is here!" Suddenly someone shouted loudly in the military formation.
At this time, Zhao Ming was wearing armor and phoenix winged helmet. His helmet was red and riding a miscellaneous horse. He was surrounded by the generals of Donghai Town and inspecting the soldiers in various formations.
"Master!" Wherever he passed, officers and soldiers from all formations stopped talking, stood up straight, saluted with gaze, and said "Duke" or "Master".
Zhao Ming urged his horse to run between the various square formations, and raised his whip from time to time to inspire morale. But when he finished patrolling the troops, it was already dark.
At this time, Zhao Ming returned to the central army, and the Ming army's artillery formation began to roar.
In the dark night, Ming soldiers held torches and torches in their hands, like galaxies.
The Ming army's cannon formation was flashing, and a ball of flames spewed out from time to time in the darkness, making a rumbling roar.
The dynasty first pulled up his horse and stood in front of the military formation, staring at the city in the distance, and the nearly ten thousand Ming troops behind him were silent, waiting for the order to attack.
On the top of the city, Qing soldiers hid behind the battlements, or lowered their bodies and dragged the heavy wounded to move with difficulty. The city walls were filled with gravel and corpses.
At this time, another round of cannon fire broke out, and a section of the Dongcheng City Wall fell down, thick dust rose into the air, completely submerging that section of the city wall.
After several days of artillery bombardment, the Ming army's artillery kept pounding a section of the city wall for several days, and finally caused a large section of the city wall to collapse.
At this time, Wang Chaoxian, who was standing in front of the formation, immediately drew out his battle knife, waved his force forward, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"
After the military orders came, the Ming soldiers immediately rushed towards Ningbo City like a flood.
The Ming soldiers were in front of the shields and chariots. The soldiers were holding weapons and running wildly. The torches in the fields moved forward. The momentum was amazing, and the high morale made the guards frightened.
When Ma Degong saw the Ming army siege, he immediately roared, "Defense!"
When the two armies fight, either you die or I die. Especially for people like Ma Degong who have no way out, he betrayed Emperor Anzong of the Ming Dynasty. No matter who the Ming army lets go, he will not let him go. He can only fight with Zhao Ming.
On the top of the city, Qing army artillery roared and shells roared out. Musketeers and archers were looking for targets, preparing to attack the Ming soldiers approaching the city walls and destroy the Ming army's siege equipment.
The Ming army continued to bombard the city wall, and the Qing army was prepared for the collapse of the city wall.
Ma Degong saw that Qing army cannons lined up beside the battlements, with archers standing in front of the city walls, soldiers holding spears and swords and shields waiting for battle. He also saw dense Qing army climbing up from the back of the collapsed place, occupying a high place, and sneering on his face.
At this time, the Ming army's shouts were getting closer and closer. The shield car entered the range and approached the city wall. It immediately waved its sword and roared, "Let it go!"
"Castball!" Ming army officer roared loudly, reminding his subordinates.
I saw the flames flashing at the head of Ningbo city, and the shells drew a red line, roaring and hitting the ground, splashing out fluffy of soil, and the shells hit the shield cart, and the wood chips splashed and injured several people.
The Ming soldiers continued to charge, and the shield car stopped fifty steps outside the city wall. The Ming army musketeers hiding behind raised the muskets together amid the commands. Thousands of muskets pointed at the head of the city, and then "bang bang" and countless gun flames were sprayed out, and the projectiles were splashed at the head of the city wall, causing the battlements to shatter and gravel to splash. The Qing army archers beside the city wall wailed and fell to the ground, screaming and falling to the head of the city.
The Ming army's flintlock spearmen took advantage of the range and rate of fire of the musket. The first team finished shooting, the second team stepped forward, and the third team prepared to suppress the Qing army on the city.
At this time, a drum sounded, and nearly Qianming Army killers carried the long ladder and the trench bridge, rushed out of the shield wall, and rushed directly to the gap.
The Qing army on the city wall was suppressed by the Ming army's muskets. The soldiers did not dare to poke their heads out and squatted behind the wall to avoid musket shooting. Only sporadic arrows and muskets were fired.
The Ming soldiers who rushed to the front arrived at the moat. After the city wall collapsed, bricks and soil rolled into the river, filling half of the moat, making the wide moat narrow. The Ming army rolled down the long ladder, laying a layer of wooden boards, and stomping on the wooden boards with their swords, shields and hands, rushed into the smoke and dust at the collapse.
At this time, behind the city wall, there were Qing army archers on both sides of the collapsed place. Finally, they realized that the Qing army bent their bows behind the city wall, and the Qing army on both sides shot straight at them. Countless rockets shot at each other quickly, just like the rain of fire from the sky, and the scene was spectacular.
The Ming soldiers charged with shields, but some were still shot by rockets, falling on the road or rolling into the moat.
The Ming army muskets were able to suppress the archers who were aiming directly at the shooting beside the city wall, and the Qing army archers fell from the city one after another and did not dare to show their heads, but they had no choice but to use the Qing army who was shooting behind the city wall.
"Continue to rush! Thunderbolt hand!" Wang Chao first waved his sword and pointed angrily, and another thousand Ming troops joined the charge.
At this time, the Ming army in the forefront climbed the city wall along the collapsed messy rocks and mounds. They groped all the way and finally climbed up the top of the hill. But as soon as they poked their heads out, they saw the situation on the top of the hill, and stabbed the Ming soldiers who were the first to climb to the top of the hill to death, screaming and falling down the slope.
The Ming soldiers behind immediately swung their swords back, but found that the top of the slope was filled with dense Qing troops. At the same time, they also faced attacks from Qing troops on both sides of the gap, which was equivalent to being attacked by enemies on three sides.
For a moment, the Ming soldiers continued to roll down the slope, which made the horse happy.
At this moment, the second team of Ming army, the Ming army, rushed to the gap, and the thunderbolt hand rushed to the bottom of the city. They immediately took out the fire slit, then lit the grenade, and threw it towards the dense Qing soldiers on both sides of the collapsed place and on the back.
Ma Degong stood on the side of the collapsed place near the city gate, waving his knife and pointing angrily, "Shoot the arrow!"
The dense rockets shot towards the Ming army, and the arrows were inserted into the ground and shaking their tails, completely suppressing the climbing Ming army. At this moment, several grenades flashed with Mars drew arcs and landed on the city wall. There was a loud "boom" sound, and a ball of white light burst out. The Qing army standing on the wall shooting arrows was blown away directly, and many people were blown down the city wall by the air waves.
Ma Degong was so excited that he sat on the ground with a terror on his face, his face full of horror, and he roared anxiously: "It's a grenade, quickly fill the vacancy and block them!" At this time, the Ming soldiers roared and took the opportunity to rush up the earth slope and jumped onto the city walls on both sides. The soldiers on both sides pierced spears, swung their swords, and kept screaming and falling down.
For a moment, both sides of the slope were densely climbing upwards. The soldiers of the two armies fought endlessly in the collapse, and soldiers from both sides continued to fall down the slope.
At this time, when the collapsed place was in fierce battle, nearly a hundred small boats at the intersection of the Yinshui River and the Ningbo moat drove into the moat with the cover of the night and the shouts of killing in the East City.
Guo Zhong looked like a torch, staring at the city wall in the distance, pointed at one place, and whispered, "The water gate is ahead, the fire boat is igniting, rush it for me!"
Chapter completed!