"Take him." Liu Wei shouted calmly and vigorously. After his subordinates pulled the injured Sagittarius, Liu Wei snatched an axe, and without saying a word, he raised it high and swung it towards the Sagittarius' right arm. The axe blade chopped on the human bones and made a dull puff sound. When the arm was still connected to the last piece of muscles and bones in the human body, Liu Wei asked his subordinates to pull the broken arm with all their strength, and then he swung the last axe fiercely.

"One, two, let go!" Liu Wei issued an order. Several Qing soldiers let go at the same time. The broken arm immediately rushed into the shooting hole and disappeared in a blink of an eye. A scream came from outside the wall. The Ming army, who was dragging the broken arm, had just left the ladder, and kicked his legs on the wall in Chongqing with all their strength to drag the Qing army into the shooting hole, and then put a rope ring on him to block the fire point. Suddenly pulling the air caught the Ming army off guard and suddenly lost balance.

I wonder if the Ming army outside could catch the wall at a critical moment. Liu Wei couldn't take care of so many things and ordered his subordinates to use the bodies in this way in the future to fight back against the Ming army who wanted to pull the Qing army out of the wall.

Although the fierceness of the Ming army's offensive was far beyond his imagination, Li Guoying still did not intend to use the Han Eight Banners to participate in the war. If these reserve teams were exhausted, he would not only be unable to counterattack, but would even lose control of the battle situation. He could only watch the various fronts evolve on their own.

Li Guoying felt that fortunately, the two who were threatened the most were Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi. Although Liu Tichun's original offensive was very fierce, today the Qing army specially arranged defense against him, so the Yiling army failed to achieve good results. However, Liu Tichun played a constraining role in the southernmost section of the front line, attracting many Qing troops far away from Tongyuan Sect; He Zhen, who was located between Yuan Zongdi and Li Laiheng, his offensive was also blocked by the Qing army. He Zhen's equipment and combat effectiveness were not as good as Liu Tichun, not to mention compared with Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi. The worst was Dang Shousu, whose equipment was the worst among the Ming army, and he had never been under the name of Deng and had not been supplemented.

In the past two years, Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng have occupied a better territory, so they left their original military garrison to Dang Shousu, Ma Tengyun and others. However, the economic improvement in territory cannot immediately bring Dang Shousu and others a leap in combat effectiveness to Dang Shousu and others. This time, the army brought to Chongqing was essentially a Kuidong Army four years ago, which was no different from when Yuan Zongdi and Deng Ming first met.

Therefore, the battle at Jintangmen was going smoothly. Dang Shousu's troops tried to fill the trenches and approach the city walls, but were strongly suppressed by the Qing army in the battlements. Dang Shousu, who lacked long-range weapons, could only grit his teeth and hold on to the porters and the transportation line. Now the mountain road in front of Jintangmen was almost stained with blood from the Kuidong Army soldiers, without armor protection, the soldiers holding simple shields and the auxiliary soldiers carrying heavyweights they wanted to protect fell everywhere. The seriously injured could only slowly climb back to the position themselves, because no one dared to go forward to the open land to rescue them. The condescending Qing army ruthlessly attacked all morning. Those who rushed out of the shield formation to rescue their companions were all knocked down to the ground without falling to the ground.

"Thief, come and attack the city!"

The Qing army's ridicule came from the Jintang Gate Tower. Their archers stood beside the walls, as if they were playing a game, constantly mocking and insulting the Kuidong soldiers. Many Ming army officers who had been insulted before took the lead in charge, but not only did they fail to break through the trench, but were shot in front of Chongqing.

Dang Shousu in the distance was furious and almost smashed his teeth, but he was helpless with these arrogant enemies. This morning he lost many heroic subordinates and seemed unable to participate in the general attack.

After learning that Dingyuan Gate was in an emergency, Li Guoying immediately sent someone to Jintang Gate south of Tongyuan Gate to mobilize troops.

When Li Guoying's envoy arrived, Jintangmen immediately sent reinforcements to the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The guards believed that putting a large amount of troops in front of Dang Shousu was a waste. The guards of Jintangmen also reported to Li Guoying that the Kuidong Army in front of them had stopped the attack, and it can be believed that the war here had ended.

...

When Li Guoying learned that the Ming army had already climbed the city at the corner of the city wall of Dingyuan Gate, the soldiers of the two armies had begun to fight in close contact. Li Guoying was in a heavy mood. The Ming army had not yet been able to expand the breakthrough, but the subsequent consumption would become more intense. Li Guoying could only hope that before the Ming army was exhausted, the Qing army in Chongqing would not shed its own blood first.

Fortunately, the situation on Jintangmen is good, and He Zhen, who is located between Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, also performed poorly. It is reported that this person's troops are plucking the city walls - He Zhen, you have not even climbed the city top, and it is inefficient to pluck the walls. The walls in Chongqing are made of rocks, which are extremely heavy. Li Guoying thinks that He Zhen can't pick two stones a day. Since the other party has this leisure, let him pluck it away - can you still dig a big hole in the wall and drill it over?

The messenger from Dingyuan Gate also sent a rattle gun. Li Guoying weighed the special weapon and found that the quality of the gun rod was good and quite strong. No wonder it could be used to pull people and grab walls. The iron eagle claws on the gun head made Li Guoying even more worried. The manufacturing process of this gun head was not too difficult, but it used a lot of materials, which was more than ordinary iron gun heads.

More importantly, when Li Guoying and Yuan Zongdi were fighting in Zhong County, the other party did not take out such a weapon. Just observe the scratching rifle, and those with a little experience would know that it is not suitable for field battles; but scratching rifle is good for siege. Whether it is to grab the city, hook the guards, or use it to dig the shooting holes, they are very useful weapons. In Li Guoying's view, a good weapon is powerful and quick to take effect, and can immediately lose its combat effectiveness. In field battles, the scratching rifle cannot be compared with the long spear because it does not have a forward blade, but the pulling back during siege makes it much more powerful than ordinary swords and guns; and scratching rifle has a deterrent effect. According to the report from Dingyuan Gate, under the threat of such an iron hook, the officers and veterans of the Qing army dare not approach the city wall and the shooting holes, resulting in the Ming army finding an opportunity to climb the city wall.

The casualties reported by Dingyuan Gate were quite large, but it did not make Li Guoying feel unacceptable. It seemed that the damage caused by scratching the gun was not as good as that of Li Laiheng's strong bow and crossbow. But watching his companion be hurt to death, watching the face and limbs be torn off his body, this visual impact is much stronger than seeing a companion being nailed to the wall by a crossbow arrow.

Li Guoying waved the gun in his hand and found that this weapon was not easy to master. According to the mailing report, the Ming army could use this thing to jump up and down on the wall, and he used an iron hook to hook people. This means that Yuan Zongdi had enough financial resources to build a special weapon for his subordinates, which was specifically used for battles in the city walls. Moreover, this weapon was not a simple product, and its materials and labor were not inferior to those of excellent swords and guns.

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After occupying a section of the city wall, Yuan Zongdi's subordinates began to demolish the city wall. Duke Jingguo is a veteran who has been in the battlefield. He knew that the battlefield changes rapidly and may undergo earth-shaking changes at any time. Therefore, he took steady steps to ensure that any battlefield advantage obtained can be maintained.

While ordering the wall to be demolished, Yuan Zongdi did not forget to teach the officers around him, and let them watch the battlefield while listening to his lectures: "When King Chuang attacked the city, his first contribution was not to the first person to climb the city wall, but to the first person to demolish the city wall. Why? Because the person who climbed the city wall might be thinking about the things in the warehouse and would rush down desperately. If he was beaten to death, he would have no effect on the army. If the city wall was taken back by the enemy's counterattack, everything would have to start over. Even if he only demolished a battlement, the next time this section of the city wall would have a less barrier; even if only one brick was demolished, it would be better than not moving at all. King Chuang established such rules to prevent the people who climbed the city from advancing, but to consider the entire army and be willing to clear obstacles for the army."

Today is just the first day of the full-scale attack. Yuan Zongdi believed that Li Guoying should still have some strength in his hands. At least he had not seen the appearance of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, so Yuan Zongdi not only kept a large number of reserves in his hands, but also formulated an offensive plan step by step. Today, as long as Yuan Zongdi could dismantle all the battlements of this section of the city wall and plug the shooting holes into the goal, then when he attacked again tomorrow, there would be no big difference between this section of the city wall and the earthen encirclement. If the Ming army could peel off all the bricks (it would be easy to peel the surface of the city wall from top to bottom) and turn this section of Chongqing city wall into an earthen wall, the advantage of the defenders would be almost lost - although it was difficult to dig the tunnel, Yuan Zongdi knew that the earthen wall could still be blown up.

After the Ming army demolished more than a dozen battlements, an emergency signal was suddenly sent on the city wall. Seeing this, Yuan Zongdi hurriedly sent someone to ask, and learned that his subordinates had discovered enemy reinforcements and were holding colorful flags.

Now the Ming army did not have much psychological barrier to the Eight Banners. Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and Deng Ming, who both defeated the Eight Banners troops within a few years. The second was Li Laiheng, who followed Deng Ming to ambush the Eight Banners troops in Nanjing. Yuan Zongdi's subordinates were very nervous. When they saw these colorful flags, they hurriedly called the police and then nervously began to prepare for the war.

On the contrary, their head coach laughed. After Yuan Zongdi learned that the Eight Banners had finally appeared, he couldn't help but say to the people around him: "Li Guoying didn't know the determination and strength of our army at all, so he hurriedly sent the Eight Banners. He had already lost this battle. Well, we can seize the city gate in three days and take Chongqing in five days."

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The report sent to Deng Ming happened to be recorded here. This was an escort officer who transported grain to the Kuidong Army. When Yuan Zongdi was very moved, he asked Yuan Zongdi to sign for it. After hearing this, the officer reported it to the authorities of Xuzhou and Chengdu, and finally wrote it on a report sent to Deng Ming.

After reading this report, Deng Ming also felt that the situation in Chongqing was developing in a direction that was conducive to the Ming army. However, when he raised his head, he saw Zhao Tianba frowning and couldn't help but ask: "What do Brother Zhao think?"

"In Baoning, Li Guoying once made the Green Camp soldiers dress up as Eight Banners soldiers," Zhao Tianba recalled the painful past in Xiying: "When the King of Shu saw it, he thought Li Guoying had no soldiers at all, so he relaxed his guard."
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