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"That's right, these are not civilians, they are Tartar soldiers! We are not driving civilians to fight, we are driving prisoners of war to fight,"

Wang Tingchen said with a smile, "Besides, we don't have much rations for the army. How can there be food for these prisoners?"

Wang Tingchen really didn't make excuses. Today's Eight Banners Army has degenerated into a combination of soldiers and farmers, and they can't tell the difference between soldiers and civilians.

Let these Tartar civilians take up arms, and they can be transformed into Tartar soldiers one after another.

Wang Yaochen thought for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I agree, but I will report it truthfully. We will receive the punishment from the imperial court together when the time comes."

"Good brother!" Wang Tingchen laughed happily.

These prisoners of war, or Tartar civilians, were captured from various villages in the north, and they robbed them of food as supplies.The number of people is not large, and the total number of men, women, old and children is less than 3000, but adult men account for more than one-third.

According to Wang Tingchen's idea, all the old and weak women and children were driven out to fight.But he was stopped by Wang Yaochen, who was only allowed to drive away the adult men.

"Listen all of you, you Tartars, I don't know how much blood is on your hands," Wang Tingchen went to the prisoner-of-war camp in person, "Now I give you a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your sins, and follow our army to attack the city. After the battle, not only will your lives be spared, I can also settle down and divide the fields for you!"

The weapons were quickly distributed, each with a stick in his hand.

If you don't fight, you have to fight, and there are knives and guns pointing behind you.The soldiers of the Datong Army had no sympathy for this, and wished to kill all these prisoners, because they had blood feuds with each other.

city ​​wall.

what is that? " Dolji wondered.

Lensai used binoculars to observe for a while, and then said angrily, "That's our clansman!"

The siege began soon, and the servants of Yehe's and Huifa's tribes reluctantly charged again.Datong soldiers also set off in a small number of formations.These are feint attack troops, and the main thing is to let the cannon fodder go to death, but the feint attack may become a real attack at any time.

"kill!"

Outside the two city walls, there were loud shouts of killing, mainly from Datong soldiers.

The Tartar Qing Zhuang held a wooden stick and carried a simple wooden ladder, and moved forward timidly.There were also a few who wanted to turn around and escape, but were executed on the spot by the Datong army in charge of the formation.

"Remember, if you make meritorious deeds and make atonement, you will be exonerated if you break through the city!"

More than a thousand Tartars were young and strong, and rushed forward with their heads sullen.

Gao Li asked: "Beizi, do you want these tribesmen to climb up? They were forced to attack the city, and they will definitely turn against them after they reach the city wall."

Leng Saiyi asked back: "How do you know that there are no Nanmanzi hidden inside? Even if there is no Nanmanzi hidden, what should we do if these people panicked and disturbed the deployment of the city's defenses after they boarded the city?"

Gao Li was speechless.

"Fire the arrows!" Leng Saiyi ordered.

The Eight Banners Army guarding the city could only shoot arrows at their clansmen.A gust of rain came, and the young and strong Tartars who were running ahead turned around in fright and fled back.

"Bang bang bang!"

In the cavalry division, a small number of dragoons were deployed, and they immediately fired at the rout.In fact, the angle is slightly upward, and I don't want to kill them.

Just forcing them to attack the city again.

With arrows in front and bullets behind them, these Tartars were young and strong, forced to run back and forth like swarms of headless flies.

It's not a matter of left and right, and finally someone carried the ladder and continued to rush.After capturing the city, they still have a chance to survive, and they continue to consume like this,

Sooner or later they all died under the city walls.

"Golden juice!"

"The log!"

The hot oil had been exhausted, and at this moment the golden juice and the log were thrown down, once again crushing the young and strong attacking Tartars.

On the other side, Wang Fuchen led his troops among the soldiers of Ye He's tribe, and also started the first round of feint attack.Their weapons and equipment were obviously more sophisticated, so Len Saiyi mobilized elites to focus on defending this section of the city wall, and the number of bows and arrows was obviously more.

In one morning, hundreds of people died, and the siege made no progress.

Continue in the afternoon, still the same, the battle situation has not changed at all.

That night, cannons sounded outside the city, and many torches were lit.

Leng Saiyi successfully held on for two days and became more confident. He sneered and said, "It's another strategy for exhausting soldiers. Assuming that I haven't read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? The soldiers on the city are always on guard, and the soldiers in the city sleep well. !"

For two consecutive nights, the Datong Army was outside the city, just to prevent the defenders from resting.

Although Len Saiyi let the soldiers take turns defending the city, how could anyone in the city sleep?

The houses in the city are still being demolished one after another, and the logs can be used as rolling logs, door panels and the like for cooking golden juice.

The fire did not dare to stop for a moment, because the feint could turn into a real attack at any time.The manure was boiling in the pot, and the stench near the city wall was so strong that the defenders of the Tartars had been so smoked that they temporarily lost their sense of smell.

"These pots of golden juice are almost boiled dry, bring some more!"

"Nothing."

"If you don't have it, you can take someone to pee and shit, and pull it into the pot for me!"

Manure belongs to agricultural fertilizers and is usually packed in barrels. Some people transport it outside the city to sell it. It is impossible to have much stock in the city.For two consecutive days, the dung water has been boiled, even if it is not poured down, it will burn dry by itself after a long time.

"kill!"

The tiger squatting cannon suddenly stopped firing, and the Datong army shouted and charged, each of them holding several torches instead of weapons.Thousands of people feigned an attack, creating a night attack formation of thousands of people.

"The Southern Barbarians are attacking the city, hurry up and defend it!"

The Tartar defenders were terrified and shot arrows in the direction of the torch.The Eight Banners Army who were resting in the city were also called up one after another, and stopped resting to prepare to support the city wall at any time.

After a fuss, the Datong Army, who was in charge of the feint attack, retreated after barely getting into the range of the bow and arrow.

This situation has become the norm, basically every half an hour, exhausting the Tartar defenders.

If it is a serious city wall, they will definitely not be afraid.But the city wall here is too short, and you will climb up if you don't pay attention, so you must be vigilant at all times.

Gradually, the defenders no longer shoot arrows, they must save arrows, and at the same time save their own arms.Otherwise, a few more rounds of feints,

They were so tired that they couldn't even draw the arrow.

The Tartars took turns defending the city, and the Datong army took turns feinting to attack. Both sides couldn't sleep, and they kept doing this until dawn.

"what!"

A group of defenders yawned and left the city wall, letting friendly troops come over to change defense.

The tartar who switched defenses was also yawning.They didn't sleep well in the city. They leaned against the city wall and dozed off. As soon as they closed their eyes, they were woken up in a daze.

Moreover, they didn't sleep much the night before, and the Datong army fired every now and then.

After staying up for two nights and defending the city for two more days, I can't bear this fucking iron.There were already some Tartar defenders, so sleepy that they couldn't be woken up by shouting and killing, they leaned against the base of the wall and fell asleep directly.

The golden juice is not cooked very much, mainly because there are not so many raw materials, and it will be boiled dry soon after it has been burning.

The sky began to turn pale, and he could already see things at close range.

Wang Fuchen yawned and walked forward. He had slept all night.A thousand pioneer warriors were selected and planned to attack the city at dawn. These people didn't care about anything last night and rested in the camp with peace of mind.

Wang Fuchen led five hundred warriors and attacked from the northwest.

Lu Rui led five hundred warriors and attacked from the west.Fun Court

These 1000 people are all Xiao cavalry, all dressed in armor, and usually ride horses in close combat, but now they dismounted and ran to attack the city.

"kill!"

From a distance, friendly troops began to shout.

The sky is about to light up, and the visible distance is only a few meters away.The Datong army did not have torches, and the defenders could not observe the situation, but they quickly organized defense.

It's just that the Tartars defending the city didn't pay much attention, they were used to the Datong army's feint attack.

The archers didn't bother to nock their arrows, they just stood behind the arrow stack and waited.

The friendly army was still shouting from behind, but the warriors who really attacked all trot forward in silence, quickly approaching the city wall under the dark sky.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

After rushing to more than ten meters outside the city, the defenders vaguely noticed them, and then they shouted in panic.

The Tartar archers were in a hurry to set up their arrows and draw their bows, but there was no golden juice at all, only some logs were lifted up.

A thousand first-time warriors only brought more than a dozen sets of ladders.

When they approached the city wall against the rain of arrows, more than 20 people had been shot down.Several people used a wooden pole to push the person in front to accelerate the charge. The junction of the wooden pole and the waist was a shaped groove design.

"The log!"

Many rolling logs were lifted and smashed down, and more than a dozen Datong soldiers were hit on the spot.

Arrows were still being shot, and Datong soldiers were shot to death one after another.

After Wang Fuchen got close to the city wall, he stepped on the city wall and ran up with the push of the wooden pole.The city wall is not straight, but has a certain slope, and there are wooden poles behind it, so it is easy to run up.

Who made the walls here less than three meters?

"Your mother..."

When Wang Fuchen was about to climb the city wall, there happened to be a rolling log there.Although he was not hit straight on, the edge of the log rubbed against his arm, and he lost his balance instantly and fell down.

Lu Rui from another section of the city wall also fell, but was stabbed by a spear. Fortunately, he was protected by armor.

At that time, Lu Rui's subordinate, a battalion commander named Han Shouxin, successfully rushed to the city wall.

In an instant, three spears stabbed towards Han Shouxin.

Relying on his armor, this person slashed vigorously with his waist knife, and bought time for the follow-up allies with his life.

"kill!"

Farther away from the city wall, there was a loud shout of killing, and countless Datong troops entered the field of view of the defenders. This time, the whole army was really attacking the city.

Chapter 684 [Blood Battle]

Han Shouxin, who was the first to ascend the city, was already in a desperate situation.

I can't tell how many injuries he suffered, but he was bleeding all over.He couldn't grab the knife anymore, and he couldn't even stand still. Another spear stabbed Han Shouxin, and Han Shouxin fell backwards.

This shot didn't pierce through Jiaqing, and Han Shouxin lost his strength and fell down.

His face was covered with blood, and his smile was a bit ferocious, because he saw it with his corner of the eye, and two more friendly troops successfully boarded the city.

A spear pierced Han Shouxin's throat, and Han Shouxin twisted his body to dodge.But he was too tired and lost a lot of blood, so he just avoided the vital points,

The point of the gun still pierced a wound on his neck.

The Tartar defenders seemed to be using him to vent their anger.

Another spear came, aiming at Han Shouxin's face.He raised his hand to cover it, the tip of the gun pierced his palm, and pierced his cheekbone fiercely.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in the calf.

However, the Datong soldiers next to him occupied more space. Under the push of the Tartar defenders, someone stepped on Han Shouxin's shin.

Immediately afterwards, Han Shouxin's stomach was stepped on again.

The defenders couldn't care less about killing him, they were all dealing with other Datong troops, and Han Shouxin didn't even know how he passed out.

Lu Rui fell all over the place, and finally boarded the city at this moment.A total of more than 30 people came up to his side, but half of them have fallen down at this moment.Facing the siege of the Tazi defenders, they all relied on their armor to hold on, and tried their best to delay the follow-up troops to come up.

This is a standard cold weapon siege battle!

"Hold on, hold on, all go to the city wall!" Leng Saiyi shouted vigorously, he wanted to fight himself, but was blocked and couldn't get through.

"Bei Zi, there are so many savages!"

Len Saiyi squeezed to the female wall, his scalp felt numb all of a sudden, the Datong army launched a general attack, and countless soldiers were approaching the city wall.

"Let the arrows, let the arrows go!"

For each section of the city wall in several households, there are Datong soldiers who are pushed towards the city by wooden poles.At the same time, along with countless wooden ladders, more and more soldiers climbed up the ladders.

Datong soldiers were constantly shot by bows and arrows, soldiers were constantly hit by rolling logs, and wooden ladders were constantly pushed down.

Even if the cavalry division captures the city, it will inevitably pay huge casualties.

To be honest, it's kind of not worth it.

A broken city consumes the lives of many cavalry, and it is not easy to train these cavalry.The best trained dragoons are only a few in the cavalry division,

There are more cavalry who are proficient in bows and horses, and cavalry who can charge through the wall as if they are dead.

The reason why Wang Tingchen made up his mind to do this was that the Tartar defenders in the city belonged to the only elite infantry left in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Don't look at the front line of Sarhu, the Manchus garrisoned tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but they were basically recruits in the past few years. No matter their morale, martial arts or equipment, they were not as good as the veterans taken away by Mandahai.