Xie Ming

Chapter 203 Siege!

Ajige ordered the army of nearly 10,000 Han soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty to arrive at the north gate of Baoding Prefecture, and then selected more than 2,000 people to start attacking the city!
Amid deafening shouts and cries of killing, the enemy soldiers rushed within two hundred steps!
Xiao Jingchuan raised his left arm high and ordered the soldiers on the northern part of the city to wait with their bows ready!

"One hundred and fifty steps!"

"One hundred and fifty steps! One hundred and fifty steps!"

Changting gave the warning, and the soldiers on both sides followed suit to pass on the message.

"Hold on! Everyone hold on!" Xiao Lang shouted again!
"One hundred steps!"

"One hundred steps! One hundred steps!"

Report again in the long court!

At the same time, the archers in the rear formation of the enemy soldiers under the city had already begun to shoot arrows!
Whoosh whoosh!
The enemy's arrows flew everywhere, shooting upward and soaring into the battlements of the city wall!
Although the attackers had a very bad angle, they could not withstand the dense rain of arrows. In an instant, soldiers on the city wall were killed or injured.

"Hold on! Everyone, hold on!" Xiao Lang hurriedly said after seeing the situation.

"Fifty steps!"

"Fifty steps!, Fifty steps!"

"General, fifty steps!"

As the enemy soldiers got closer, the sound of shouting and killing was overwhelming. Even though Chang Ting was facing Xiao Lang beside him, he had to shout loudly.

"Fire arrows!"

"Shoot! Shoot!"

Xiao Jingchuan stood beside the parapet, motionless!
In order to ensure the accuracy of the arrow, he was willing to brave the enemy's rain of arrows and wait fifty steps before giving the order to shoot!
In a short time, the news of the shooting spread all over the northern section of the city wall.

Swish swish!
Hundreds of arrows were shot out!
Shoot down from the sky!

Because the distance is very close, the power and accuracy of the arrows are greater.

After one round of volleys, the attacking soldiers below were in great distress and fell to the ground.

"Draw the bow and shoot again!" Xiao Lang roared at the top of his lungs.

Hearing his words, the soldiers of Peizhong's army on the city wall became more agile.

Arrows rain down!

At the North Gate, the more than 2,000 Han army flag soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty had suffered heavy losses before they even reached the edge of the trench.

Hundreds of people were shot dead or injured!
The sword and shield infantrymen in the front army saw the situation and hurriedly raised their shields to resist.

The archers behind were not so lucky and suffered heavy casualties in a short period of time.

"Firearms ready!"

Following Xiao Lang's order, two assault teams of the enemy soldiers in front had already arrived near the trench with trench bridges on their shoulders!

"Precise shooting!"

"Kill the soldiers in front of the trench for me!" Xiao Lang crouched beside the battlement of the city wall with half of his head exposed. He stared at the situation on the battlefield and shouted orders according to the battle situation.

Changting beside him also shouted at the top of his voice, conveying the order amid the chaotic and noisy sound waves!
Bang bang bang!
Boom!

After the rain of arrows, the power of guns and bullets is revealed again!
At a distance of thirty or forty steps, firearms showed their power!

Almost in an instant, the enemy soldiers who had just reached the trench and were preparing to build a bridge were all killed and knocked down!
The soldiers who had surrendered to the Qing Han army at the back were horrified when they saw the firepower of the defenders!

How can I have the courage to charge again?

So these soldiers, led by a few people, began to retreat wildly like birds and beasts!

During the return journey, there was another round of rain of arrows from the city!
After these people retreated to one hundred and fifty steps away, after counting, less than half were left!

Not far to the north of the city gate!
Ajige was in charge of the central army. When he saw this scene, he was so angry!

He was so angry that the flesh on his face was trembling. He hurriedly ordered another fierce general under his command, Le Ge, to lead a law enforcement team to rush to the front of the battle!

Ajige naturally knew that these soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty had weak fighting power and low morale.

But what Ajige had never expected was that in less than a quarter of an hour, more than half of his first round of 2,000 soldiers were lost in such a confused manner!
The casualties were so huge and so fast, which was beyond their expectations!

At this moment, in order to stop the defeated soldiers from escaping and breaking up their own formation, Ajige had to hastily order the deputy general Lege in the army to lead the law enforcement team in person!

Two hundred steps away from the north gate, these Jiannu law enforcement teams lined up in a horizontal row!
The retreating soldiers rushed towards them in panic.

Immediately, Leger led the law enforcement team to draw their swords and attack!

Amid the wailing sounds, the soldiers fleeing backwards were killed one by one in front of the battle line, like chopping melons and vegetables!

These surrendered Qing soldiers who came out as scouts were unable to advance or retreat when they saw this situation.

For a moment, there was really no way to escape!
He could only wander back and forth within a hundred steps in front of the pass.

"Your Highness!" "Seeing that the other party is responding so carefully, I'm afraid they have made preparations long ago!"

"It's not that we hastily assembled an army to go up to the city to intercept it!"

"In my humble opinion, the other party probably had a plan in advance!"

"With such a small number of people and no siege equipment, it will be difficult to capture the city!"

Wu Sangui made suggestions and plans.

Upon hearing this, Ajige, who was sitting in the center, flicked his whip and snorted coldly.

"Gailinga (Manchu: fuck it!)"

Immediately after he finished cursing, he looked vicious and spat on the ground in front of the horse.

"Barton?!"

"Where is Balton?!"

Ajige looked down and became furious, shouting for help.

"Your Majesty!"

"Barton is here!" Seeing the situation, Barton hurriedly replied.

"Where is the logistics artillery team now?!"

"When will the Red Barbarian Cannon be transported here?!"

Obviously, the head coach Ajige is ready to take real action!

"Your Majesty!"

"That old bastard Li Zicheng is running too fast!"

"Our Red Barbarian cannons, as well as other siege equipment such as battering rams, chariots, trench bridges, battering rams, trench-filling vehicles, and battering rams, have all been left behind in pursuit of speed!"

"At present, they are probably still speeding up transportation in the Laishui-Yixian area!"

"I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the city of Baoding for a while!"

Barton reported back timidly.

Upon hearing this, Ajige's temper flared up and he got furious.

One of the whips came down and hit Barton!
"Waste! Waste!"

"Without our fucking siege weapons, how can we get our main force to move forward?!"

Ajige scolded and whipped again!

"My lord!"

"We chased them from Yi County this morning, and we brought more than 50 small-caliber tiger squat cannons with us!"

"Bombarding the city wall may not have much effect!"

"However, when attacking a city, adding some firepower to suppress it is still feasible!"

Barton was a big and strong man. When Ajige's whip hit him, he neither dodged nor shouted, but just talked about another way.

"Humph!"

After saying this, Ajige snorted coldly, threw away the horsewhip, and just stopped, thinking about something in his mind.

"Damn it! No more waiting!"

"Barton, pass the order down!"

"All Han army flag soldiers, attack the city in echelons!"

"Don't let these bastards guarding the city have a chance to catch their breath!"

"Wu Guogui, go and lead our troops to find some wood nearby to cut down trees and build ladders and trench bridges!"

"For use by these Han army flag soldiers!"

"Spread the word, the first person to reach the summit will receive a generous reward!"

"I still don't believe it. It's just Baoding Prefecture. Without the Red Cannon, I can't pry it open?!"

Ajige cursed and issued orders.

"Whoo!"

"Yeah!" Baltong and Wu Guogui accepted the order and hurried to make the arrangements.

(End of this chapter)