Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 714: siege the city

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Liu Guangbi, the admiral of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, decisively refused the last chance given by Zhou Shixiang. He pulled out a long sword and pointed at the city with the tip of the sword, swearing to live and die together with Ji'an.

The Taiping Army’s letter of persuasion was shot in four cities at the same time, and there were no less than dozens of letters. Many Qing soldiers and defenders of the city saw the content of the letter. The gentry was shaken by this. Liu Guangbi asked Ji'an commander Yang Wenyuan and the prefect Lu Guoxiao and others to threaten the gentry and defenders of the city.

When the Qing army entered Jiangxi, they slaughtered cities in Nanchang, Ganzhou and other places, killing more than a million Han people, so that the Ganjiang River changed color. The prefect, Lu Guoxiao, and others repeatedly preached the majesty of the Manchurian army, and threatened the gentry with the massacres in Nanchang and Ganzhou. As a result, the gentry were frightened and feared that the Qing army would really slaughter the city in the future. Xie Shou, definitely can't let the Taiping bandits enter the city, otherwise he will be in trouble every day. In order to motivate the young men to work hard, the gentry generously donated their money and promised great rewards, which made all the young men regain their courage.

Liu Guangbi also talked with the gentry. Since the Taiping invaders entered Jiangxi, dozens of prefectures and counties have been lost, and countless officials have been martyred. Therefore, it is only necessary for the gentry in the city to make concerted efforts to defend Ji'an, and wait for the arrival of the Great Moslem Manchurian soldiers in the future. Officials in various places reward gentry with each other. This move made the gentry stick to the heart of defending the city, and Qi Zhi said that he would live and die together with the Qing soldiers.

The persuasion to surrender failed, as expected, if the Qing army was willing to surrender, the door would have been opened a few days ago, why is it today. Zhou Shixiang ordered the surrendering troops to attack the city. The drums sounded, and the Taiping army in red uniforms walked out of the camp gate. More than 4,000 surrendering troops were also brought under the city in batches, and weapons were distributed to prepare to attack the city.

A cannon was pushed out of the canopy, and with an order, a cannon shot fell on the city wall. The artillery of the Taiping Army did not have much accuracy, but they were all aimed at the city, either on the tower, on the battlements, or directly on the city wall. As soon as the huge solid iron ball hit the ground, a piece of rubble was thrown up. Some unfortunate Qing soldiers were either killed on the spot by cannonballs, or were smashed by gravel at their key points. The passages on the city wall were full of scattered flesh and blood. , puddles of blood covered with fallen masonry fragments.

Liu Guangbi gritted his teeth and huddled in the city gate tower, listening to the sound of cannons whistling above the city, he estimated that there were no less than a hundred Taiping artillery guns outside the city, otherwise they would not be able to hit such a momentum. The Qing army in the city either hid behind the battlements against the wall, or lay on the ground, but those young men who had just arrived in the city were inexperienced, so they were so frightened that they were screaming and running around, and many people became unlucky ghosts. .

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The soldiers were driven towards the city wall of Ji'an. They were very conscious and knew that the value of their existence was to attack the city as cannon fodder, but they also knew that as long as they survived, they would no longer be cannon fodder. It was transformed into a member of the Taiping Army. This point, regardless of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is affirmed, and it is also the only opportunity and benefit for these surrendered troops to sacrifice their lives for this. Back then, almost all of these people had been driven by the Qing army as cannon fodder to attack the city, and if they did it today, they were all too familiar with it.

More than 4,000 soldiers rushed to the city wall of Ji'an in a swarm. Some were carrying a ladder that was just built, some were pushing a simple shield car, some were holding a large shield on their head, and some were just brought from the Taiping Army. His bow and arrow kept shooting towards the city head to cover his own ascent to the city and hit the city gate.

Although the Taiping army surrounded Ji'an on all sides, the main attack was only on the southern side of the city. Fortunately, when the Qing army attacked Ji'an, they drove the people to fill the moat outside the city, so these soldiers could directly approach the city wall, otherwise there was a moat across the city, and most of them would even touch the city wall. Before long, he died tragically by the moat.

Zhou Shixiang allowed the surrendered army to attack the city, and only ordered the artillery to fire continuously to suppress the Qing army on the city. The first town, the main force of the siege, was ordered to stand by on the spot, and when the surrendered army arrived at the city, it was time to move again. Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry have been hanging behind the descending army. As a deterrent, once they find that the descending army has turned around or is slow to advance, they will slash and kill. The descendants had no choice but to spread their legs and run forward, hoping not to be hit by the artillery fire and arrows at the head of the city.

On the top of the city, Yang Wenyuan, the chief soldier of Ji'an, who was lying behind the crenel, found that the Taiping army had actually driven down soldiers to attack the city. The gunners of the Qing army have been waiting, and they have not received the order to fire. There are more than 20 artillery pieces on Ji'an City, and the gunners responsible for firing the artillery are all Liu Guangbi's elite supervisors. The opportunity finally came to the Manchu soldiers coming from the north.

Yang Wenyuan was angry that the Taiping army drove the Qing army to attack the city, but he was not at all soft on these soldiers. Finally, the descending troops entered the range of the artillery, and Yang Wenyuan slapped his hand on the battlement and ordered to fire. Hearing the order, the gunner immediately took the already-ready, burning torch in his hand, and burned it against the lead of the fire letter that exposed the medicine chamber.

"boom!"

More than a dozen artillery pieces erupted with rage, and the shells roared out of the gun barrels, flying towards the descending soldiers rushing in the distance. The shrill sound of the cannon was very piercing, the shells fell on the ground, and the screams rose and fell. Many soldiers were directly hit by the cannon, and their bodies were blown into pieces. The soldiers who were not killed on the spot only wished they could die early, and they rolled on the ground in pain, screaming mournfully. In the places that had been bombed by artillery shells, the wreckage of cloud ladders and shield trucks could be seen everywhere, and the corpses of people were one by one, and blood was everywhere.

The sudden attack of artillery made the advance of the descendants stagnant. Witnessing the tragic situation in front of them, many of the descendants were trembling with fear, but the Taiping cavalry in the rear did not hesitate to move forward. The man slashed dozens of heads with a knife in the Chinese language, so that the stunned soldiers no longer dared to hesitate, and they continued to charge forward in fear. Although the artillery fire on the city was terrible, the consequences of not rushing were even more terrible. While the cannons at the head of the city were busy changing and reloading, the descendants rushed forward into Lixu again. The cannons on the city fired again, and there was another scream.

After discovering the location of the Qing army artillery on the city, the artillery of the Taiping Army quickly adjusted the artillery position under the guidance of those white staff officers. After a round of shelling, the Qing army's artillery was blown over three times, scaring the Qing army gunners like hell. .

The war drums urging the offensive were beating loudly, and the Mongolian soldiers supervising the formation did not care about the lives of those descending soldiers. As long as there was a slight stagnation in the front, they rushed forward like wolves to chop and kill. Under the pressure of the Taiping cavalry overseeing the battle, the descendants had to continue to rush towards the city. On the top of the city, the artillery and bows and arrows of the Qing army kept firing. After paying hundreds of casualties, the descendants approached the city wall, and the ladders were set up one by one. Armored Qing soldiers hurried up the city with big swords in their hands.

The Qing army on the city frantically shot and killed those former companions. One by one, the soldiers fell from the cloud ladder, and soon there were corpses under the city. The descendants were crying and shouting, or gritted their teeth and said nothing.

On the top of the city, the guns of the Taiping Army and the guns of the Qing Army were soaring back and forth.

After half an hour of fierce battle, the Taiping Army's main camp, the red flag was raised, and immediately thousands of red-armored Taiping soldiers rushed towards Ji'an City. At the forefront of the team were 300 soldiers with red stars embroidered on their shoulders. , they are holding in their hands a new type of fire gun that has just been issued, which is called a flintlock gun in the military.

After discovering that the Taiping army had begun to attack the city, the Qing Admiral Liu Guangbi hurriedly dispatched his own soldiers to the top of the city, while carrying a dozen boxes of silver to the top of the city, ordering that regardless of the military or civilians, anyone who killed an enemy could get silver from the box. a handful. People die for wealth, birds die for food, money can make ghosts grind the mill, looking at the dazzling silver ingots, the morale of the young soldiers of the Qing Dynasty defending the city is high.

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