Daming pirates

Are you kidding me? You guys were the cause of this matter. Now they are naming you Gao Qiqian to kill you, but they are not trying to kill me, Cao Huachun. You brats are running back right now, patting your chests and asking for credit from the Lord.

, took over the guard from the east side of the city, it’s only been one day, and you can’t stand it any longer.

Now the Yu family army is concentrating its forces to attack Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen, and constantly harass Guangqumen, which just makes the three major battalions of the capital and the officers and soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion breathe a sigh of relief. Now you want them to take over your men and guard them.

Chaoyangmen is just a joke!

What are the virtues of the officers and soldiers of these three major battalions and the Yongwei Battalion? It is safer to use them to defend Chaoyang Gate, it is better to let the common people do it, and Cao Huachun did not dare to easily mobilize these officers and soldiers under his command, for fear that this might happen

Eryu Jiajun made a false move and changed places to attack the capital. It would be easy to send the troops to Gao Qiqian at that time, but it would be difficult to get them back again.

Therefore, Cao Huachun insisted that everyone should clear the door and take responsibility for everyone's affairs, so he flatly rejected Gao Qiqian's request.

Gao Qiqian had no choice but to transfer a group of officers and soldiers from Guangqumen, strengthen them to Chaoyangmen, and also inquire about the situation at Dongzhimen.

Dongzhimen was also attacked by the Yu Jiajun that day, but overall the Yu Jiajun's offensive was not too fierce there, nor was it like this here. They used cannons to blast the crenellations of the female wall on the city, most of which were hit.

On the city wall, a lot of city bricks collapsed, but the casualties of the officers and soldiers there were not serious.

Yang Guozhu also claimed that they killed hundreds of rebels that day and repelled several rebel attacks. After Gao Qiqian listened, he felt somewhat relieved about the guards at Dongzhimen and completely concluded that the Yu family

The main direction of the army's attack this time must be Chaoyang Gate, so he quickly thought of ways to mobilize troops and generals towards Chaoyang Gate in an attempt to defend Chaoyang Gate.

The next day, Yu Xiaotian once again launched a fierce offensive outside Chaoyang Gate. Under the cover of rifle and cannon fire, the new barracks went into battle again. According to Yu Xiaotian's request, three roads leading to the city wall were completely opened within half a day.

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At noon, the new battalion that had completed its mission was withdrawn to rest in the camp. A group of infantry who had been prepared immediately began to pass through the passages of the three moats and rushed towards the sheep and horse wall inside the city river.

At this time, the officers and soldiers who were stationed behind the Sheep and Horse Wall were frightened. They only resisted for a moment, then broke up and fled to both sides. Some officers and soldiers simply closed their eyes and simply threw themselves away.

The guy knelt on the ground and surrendered and was pulled down. If you surrender, you still have a way to live. If you don't surrender, you will continue to fight with the Yu family army. If you don't make it, you will be beaten to death.

The Yu Jiajun's offensive troops took down the Sheep and Horse Wall without much effort, but taking the Sheep and Horse Wall does not mean that they have opened a passage directly to the foot of the city wall.

This sheep and horse wall still prevented the Yu's army's siege equipment from approaching the city wall, so the engineer company immediately followed up and began digging holes frantically at the foot of the sheep and horse wall.

Under the crazy excavation of these miners-turned-engineers, large holes were immediately opened at the foot of the sheep and horse wall.

Immediately, a large number of explosive packets were brought up from behind and filled into these holes. Engineers blocked these holes, and then all the attacking troops were ordered to withdraw outside the moat.

A series of earth-shaking roars were heard from underground. A section of the Sheep-Horse Wall, which was more than a hundred meters long, suddenly arched upwards. Then earth and rocks rose into the sky, and gunpowder smoke and dust completely shrouded the city wall around Chaoyang Gate.

It's inside.

Including the people on the city wall, they all felt a violent vibration under their feet. After the dust and gunpowder smoke dissipated a little, they looked down again and saw that there were hundreds of sheep and horses on the wall about twenty steps down from the city wall.

A section of Duobu has been reduced to ruins.

This blasting operation completely destroyed this section of the sheep and horse wall. Engineers and infantry went into battle together, cleaning up the ruins on the ground like the wind, and dumped them into the moat. They took the opportunity to use these earthworks to widen the three passages a lot, which was a complete improvement.

Completely opened up the channel for Yu Jiajun to attack the city wall.

As soon as Shen Shi arrived in the afternoon, the Yu Jiajun's final general offensive order was issued. Dozens of improvised siege vehicles were pushed to the front of the two armies by a large number of Yu Jiajun, and began to rumble towards the city wall.

. Among these vehicles, ladder trucks are the main ones. After folding, the height is only about four or five meters, but after being raised with a rope, the height can reach almost more than three feet, which can just reach the upper part of the city wall.

There are also some cave-house vehicles. These vehicles mainly provide the attacking troops with a relatively safe place to attack at the foot of the city wall. They can also provide engineers with a safe place to destroy the foot of the city wall. As for other vehicles commonly used in sieges,

Not too many. Vehicles that attack city gates, such as rams, are not considered at all.

In addition, when the attack started after dawn, a battalion of new soldiers, mobilized by a group of craftsmen accompanying the army, harvested a large number of logs from nearby and transported them to the battlefield. Under the dispatch of the craftsmen, they were deployed on the spot.

More than 200 steps away from the city wall, a dozen tall towers made of wooden frames began to be built.

There are many people and strength. Although these towers, which are about ten meters high, are very simple in workmanship, they are built very quickly. In just half a day, more than a dozen towers were built by Yu Jiajun. All the wood joints were used in advance.

The prepared large iron nails were nailed together firmly, and then tied tightly with hemp rope to make it stronger.

On the top of the tower is a small platform that can be used by about ten soldiers to observe and shoot.

More than two hundred steps is a long distance for the army. Except for a small number of Hongyi artillery that can pose a direct threat to these high platforms, it is basically difficult for the rest of the artillery and artillery to destroy these high platforms.

However, the officers and soldiers no longer had any Hongyi cannons on hand. After two consecutive days of fierce bombardment by the Yu Jiajun, the numerous Hongyi cannons in the Chaoyangmen area had already turned into piles.

Scrap iron was destroyed on the gun emplacement.

Even the remaining large volleys of artillery did not dare to show their heads rashly at this moment. Once they did, they would definitely be subject to a fierce bombardment by the Yu family army. The officers and soldiers were so frightened that they would rather not fire the cannons than invite the cannons to fire at the city.

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Gao Qiqian was so anxious that he jumped up and down, but he didn't dare to go to the city wall easily to supervise the battle. He just rushed some of his eunuchs to the city wall and went to the city to supervise the battle on his behalf. He ordered the defenders to defend with all their strength and said nothing could be done to the Yu family's army.

Attack the city wall.

After more than a dozen high platforms were set up, a group of snipers and sharpshooters immediately climbed up. Everyone carried a second-generation Wolf Fang rifle with good accuracy. After standing on the high platform, they began to aim their guns at the city wall.

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The city wall of the capital is eight meters high, which is not quite three feet high, but these high platforms are ten meters high, which is two meters higher than the height of the city wall. It is almost equivalent to overlooking the front city wall from a high place. Standing on it, you can almost look at the top of the city wall.

The situation was clear at a glance, and now Coca-Cola destroyed these hundred and ten sharpshooters.

More than two hundred steps away, for them, it is the distance where they can effectively use their firepower, and they do not have to worry about being counterattacked by the army's muskets or crossbows on the city wall. Even if the army's artillery can pose a threat to them, but

At least there must be a chance.

Before the high platforms were built, if the officers and soldiers bombarded them desperately to prevent these high platforms from being erected, there would still be a chance. However, after they set up the high platforms and the snipers and sharpshooters boarded the high platforms, the officers and soldiers had no chance at all.

Soon the officers and soldiers also realized the threat these high platforms posed to them, so they quickly mobilized some remaining cannons to bombard these high platforms. Apart from the cannons, they really could not find anything that could destroy these high platforms.

Therefore, under the high-altitude and latent death order, the officers and soldiers had no choice but to risk their lives and re-erected several 500-pound general cannons and several Dalianzhu cannons (Big Fran cannons).

However, before they could adjust the cannons, the snipers on the high platform had already discovered their actions, and immediately under the instructions of the observers, they opened fire at the locations of several official cannons.

Before the officers and soldiers operating the cannon had time to get the cannon ready, they were knocked over against the city wall one by one, so heavy that they couldn't even lift their heads, let alone load the cannon and aim to fire it.

As long as any officers and soldiers dared to get close to these artillery pieces, they would immediately be subject to violent condescending fire from snipers. Therefore, the officers and soldiers could only stare at the dozens of high platforms more than 200 steps outside the city. There was nothing they could do.

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After these snipers suppressed the artillery on the city, they began to search for high-value targets on the city walls, especially those who were wearing armor or whose clothing was obviously different from other ordinary officers and soldiers. They were the targets of their attention.

In just a moment, several generals and a thousand generals were killed by the officers and soldiers on the city wall. A general who was in charge of military affairs here also had one of his legs broken. He screamed like a slaughtered pig and was killed.

The soldiers captured the city wall, and even the two eunuchs who lurked on the city to supervise the battle became targets of hunting because of their bright clothing. One was shot in the head on the spot, and the other was shot through the lower abdomen.

He died after a short while. Gao Qiqian was so frightened that he no longer dared to climb the city wall.

It was good this time. None of the officers on the city wall dared to show their heads. They were hiding tightly. Don't even think about letting them command the battle. Under such high-intensity firepower suppression, the officers and soldiers in the entire Chaoyangmen area

The defense system is now almost in danger of total collapse.

Gao Qi dived to this point and was really driven crazy. He sent people to carry several boxes of silver on the spot. Among them, there was actually a batch of silver coins that he had secretly hidden. They were placed directly on the inside of the city wall next to the horse road. Anyone who ordered to

If you go to the city to guard, you can immediately get five taels of silver.

(Special thanks to friend 700917 for the tip)