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"General, it's bad. Jiulian City has been breached by the Qin army. General! General!"
The soldiers under his command shouted "General" in panic, which made Tushan feel that he had been really tricked, and that the trick was taken from behind.
In his anxiety, he slapped him and said, "Tell me, where did the Qin army cross the river from? How many troops did they have to attack Jiuliancheng?"
"General, I don't know, but the whole city is filled with shouts of killing. The Qin army... the Qin army..."
"Damn it!" Tushan was furious. He kicked the ignorant subordinate to the ground and yelled to a Niulu Zhangjing, "Lalag! The Qin army attacked Jiuliancheng by surprise. There must not be many troops coming. You must take 500 troops back immediately and take Jiuliancheng back for me no matter what. Otherwise, I will kill you!"
"twitter!"
Lalag quickly gathered 500 men and marched back to Jiulian City with torches.
On the east bank of Huaziwo, the Qin army, which was making a great show of force, saw from afar a huge fire coming out of Jiuliancheng on the opposite bank, and heard bursts of explosions.
Ningyuan lost no time in ordering an increase in the intensity of the crossing, and the feint became a real crossing. Hundreds of boats, large and small, rushed to cross the river, shouting. Tushan led the Qing army to guard the riverside, constantly shooting arrows into the river, and the arrows rained down on the river surface;
Tushan also prepared some fireboats, which were lowered downstream, like huge torches, lighting up the river. These fireboats were connected in pairs with ropes underwater. Once the Qin army ship was caught by the underwater ropes, two fireboats would clamp over and set the Qin army ship on fire.
"Concentrate the thunder bombs and blow up the ship! Blow up the ship!" The Qin generals on the ship kept shouting;
The soldiers followed the order and threw strings of thunder bombs at the fireboats. The Qing army's fireboats were not big, so eight or seven thunder bombs thrown at the same time could often blow the fireboats into pieces.
Boom! Boom! Boom! With the sound of explosions one after another, flames burst out on the river surface. There were scattered wooden boards everywhere, some of which were still on fire or with smoke rising... ...
Chirp, chirp, chirp! Under the command of Captain Li Da Gong, ten rockets on several nearby boats were fired one after another. The tail flames of the shells cut through the night sky and fell heavily on the riverbank on the west bank. Boom! Boom! Boom... In the fierce explosion, balls of fire rose up, which were obviously particularly dazzling in the night, and the huge explosion was deafening.
The Qing army hid on the side of the river bank. Not many were killed, but they were frightened by the shocking momentum of the rockets. Shrapnel flew on the river bank, and the flying mud and rocks almost buried the Qing army hiding on the side of the river bank.
Hundreds of Qing soldiers were so frightened by the raging artillery fire that some dared not raise their heads, while others screamed and ran away. Tushan was also pale, but as the commander, he knew that if he could not defend the Yalu River, the Qin army would enter Liaodong like a no-man's land, and he would never be able to stop them.
"Hold on! Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy!" Tushan swung his sword. With a "Puff!" sound, he cut off the head of a running soldier and screamed ferociously, "Shoot! Shoot!"
No matter how hysterically he screamed, there were not many Qing soldiers who dared to show their heads and shoot arrows. The Qin army's boat quickly approached the shore, and the soldiers kept shouting and rushing to the embankment...
Jiulian City was already in chaos due to An Congjun's 100 troops. There were tens of thousands of civilians and merchants in the city, including Han, Korean, Mongolian, and Jurchen people. An Congjun knew that he had few people and the more chaos in the city, the better it would be for him. Therefore, he deliberately set several fires to make the city more chaotic. The whole city was full of flames and screams. Many civilians fled to the outside of the city with their families.
Tai Ge and his men were frightened by the killing and fled out of the city among the people. An Congjun had no time to chase him and hurriedly gathered his troops and retreated to the south gate.
"Quick, lay out the chevaux de frise and the city walls. As long as we hold the south gate, we will win. Hurry, the enemy will come back soon."
Under the command of An Congjun, the 100 Qin soldiers were very busy and sweaty...
But Jiuliancheng was too close to Huaziwo, and the chevaux de frise had not been set up yet, so Lalag came back with 500 Qing soldiers. Each Qing soldier held a torch and rushed towards the South Gate like a sea of fire. The rumbling sound of horse hooves shook the city gate slightly, and mud and dust fell down.
The Qing army's cavalry roared as they passed through the gate, throwing torches onto the city wall like a rain of fire. Then the bowstrings started to snap, and arrows came like locusts, hitting the top of the city wall with a crackling sound.
"Bomb it! Quickly..." An Cong'an personally lit a thunder bomb and threw it down with all his might. The Qin army hiding under the city walls also lit thunder bombs and threw them out.
Boom! Boom! Boom! There was a chaotic sound of horse hooves and explosions below the city. Some Qing soldiers were unable to avoid the explosions and were blown to the ground, screaming in agony.
Lalag was greatly alarmed and ordered his Qing troops to rush out quickly, shooting arrows outside the range of the Qin army's grenade throwing, while sending troops to charge into the city from other gates.
Tai Ge managed to escape from the west gate. When he saw the reinforcements coming back, he was overjoyed. He immediately led the reinforcements up the city from the west gate and headed towards the south gate along the city wall.
There was a horse path beside each city gate. Jiulian City was a military stronghold, and the top of the city wall was three feet wide, which could accommodate several war horses running side by side. In order to save time, Brother Tai and his men rode directly to the city and rumbled towards the South Gate.
When they were almost at the south gate, Brother Tai shouted, "Get off your horses! Get off your horses! The Qin army has thunderbolts that scare horses easily! Get off your horses and fight on foot! Charge!"
This guy had been badly beaten to a pulp by the explosion earlier, but he was still very brave. When he got reinforcements, he immediately turned around and fought back. This was very rare.
In the night of fire, there were bursts of killing sounds on the city walls. After the Qing army dismounted, they rushed over densely, and a rain of arrows whistled up. The Qin army's thunder bombs had a limited throwing distance and could not reach the Qing army, so they could only fight back with bows and arrows.
There were many Qing soldiers, and arrows rained down. Puff! Blood splashed on An Congjun's face. He turned his head and saw that a powerful arrow had penetrated deeply into Wu Xiaohu's eye socket, exploding his eyeball. Blood gushed out like a fountain, and he fell backwards. His shrill screams made people's hearts numb.
"Rockets! Bomb them, bomb them!" An Congjun was furious. Brothers around him kept falling down after being shot by arrows. He grabbed a rocket launcher and shot it himself.
Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! Three consecutive sounds, three rockets were fired with dazzling tail flames, one of which missed and landed under the city, and two landed in the Qing army formation, boom! boom! Two balls of fire shot up into the sky, killing and injuring more than 20 Qing soldiers, with broken arms and limbs flying in the air, screaming and howling, and some people retreated back in fear... ..
"Charge!" An Congjun took the opportunity to roar and led the remaining Qin army in a counterattack. One by one, the Qin soldiers shouted and rushed out with their shields raised. Their agile figures were like a pack of wolves in the night.
"Shoot! Shoot quickly! Don't let them get close!" Brother Tai also shouted loudly. After hearing this, the Qing army drew their bows and shot arrows, trying their best to stop the Qin army from rushing closer.
Arrows hit the shields of the Qin army, making clanging sounds. Qin soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. The Qin soldiers who were lucky enough to avoid the rain of arrows gritted their teeth and ran away. When they were within 20 steps of the Qing army, they lit up the thunder bombs and threw them over. Boom boom boom... 20 to 30 thunder bombs exploded one after another, blowing the Qing soldiers on the top of the city into pieces.
Even the war horses behind were startled, neighing and charging wildly on the top of the city wall, some of them directly rushed over the parapet and fell down from the city wall. The sound of bangs and crashes continued to be heard from the bottom of the city, which was thrilling... ..
Just when An Congjun's army was slaughtering Taigo's troops who had rushed from the west gate and the entire army was on the verge of collapse, two hundred troops led by Lalag from the east gate also rushed to the south gate. For a moment, An Congjun and his army were attacked from both sides.
While wiping the blood off his face, the captain Wu Tongshan shouted anxiously, "General An, what should we do? What should we do?"
"You take twenty brothers and stay behind to block the enemy behind us, and the other brothers will follow me to kill the enemy in front. Kill!" An Congjun quickly came up with a countermeasure, and then led fifty or sixty Qin soldiers to continue to charge and kill.
The amazing Taige was not only not killed under the Qin army's bombardment, but he was even able to organize some Qing troops and fight to help retreat. He kept howling: "Everyone hold on, General Lala Ge is coming from behind, the Qin army is attacked from both sides and front, and can't hold on for long, everyone hold on, shoot, shoot quickly!"
Perhaps it was Lala Ge's attack from behind that gave the Qing army confidence. The Qing army, which was on the verge of collapse, slowly held on and shot a hail of arrows at An Congjun and his men.
An Congjun bent over, held the iron shield and rushed forward while shouting: "Charge, charge quickly! Otherwise we will all die..."
"Kill!" Dozens of Qin soldiers also knew that the final moment had come. On this wall, there was no way to retreat or escape. Only by defeating the enemy in front could they win a chance of survival. Otherwise, they would be overwhelmed by enemies that were several times their number. One by one, Qin Mu threw himself at the enemy and charged forward without hesitation, shouting and roaring...
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