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Chapter 303 Blocked Ancient City Pass

When the Ming army arrived at Gucheng Pass, Gong Aday was startled, "What should I do?"

As the war continued and time passed, the older generation of Qing generals died almost.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, only Daishan, Dorgon, Dodo, Ajige, Jirgalang and other few people were left.

Last November, after Daishan died of illness, another prince was missing from the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon and Jirgalang were going to take charge of Beijing. There were not many princes who could lead troops to fight in the Qing Dynasty, only Duoduo, Ajige and Haoge were left.

Among these three, Duoduo was the most capable person, with outstanding military achievements and an ever-winning general and spiritual pillar of Manchuria.

Therefore, when the Manchu generals heard that Duoduo was defeated, they were still very shocked and felt a little scared of the Ming army that defeated Duoduo.

He Luo's face was gloomy, "Don't panic, Ruijin can't hold on for long."

Gong Aday said in a deep voice: "But there are only five thousand troops in Gucheng Pass, so it may not be able to block Zhao Zamao!"

He Luo would ponder and say for a while: "Beizi, then please lead 5,000 troops to reinforce the ancient city gate. Be sure to break the city and buy time for me."

Gong Aday frowned, but nodded, and then pulled out his horse and left.

As soon as Gong Aday left, He Luohui's face became ferocious, and he suddenly shouted loudly, "Attack me!"

In the wilderness, the horn of the Qing army sounded. Nearly ten thousand soldiers carrying the stairs, pushing the ladders and rushing to the chariots, launched a charge in the wild. Thousands of elite flag soldiers rushed straight to the collapsed place of the city wall and crashed into the rolling smoke and dust.

At the top of the city, Zheng Chenggong drew his sword and pulled out his sheath, his fingers under his sword, and roared, "Det the gun, shoot me!"

The defenders were arrows like rain, and the projectiles shot from the combs were blowing a strong wind, and the Qing troops rushing in front rolled down one after another, but the Qing troops, which were densely packed with ants behind, still climbed towards the city wall along the messy rocks and mounds of soil in the collapsed place.

The Qing army was groping all the way, and a few soldiers were about to climb to the top when they stabbed towards each other with sharp spears. The Qing army was stabbed in the abdomen and chest and immediately rolled down screaming, but the Qing army behind immediately made up and began to fight fiercely with the defenders.

The Ming army side.

After learning that Duoduo was defeated, the Qing army stepped up its attack on Ruijin, and the city could no longer hold on for a long time.

Nearly two months ago, when Ruijin was besieged, Emperor Longwu sent two groups of troops to ask for help from Huguang and Zhejiang respectively.

At this time, the Ming army in Huguang divided into two groups, one from Changsha to the west, crossed the mountainous areas on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi, attacked Pingxiang, threatened Yuanzhou Prefecture, surrounded the retreat of the Qing army in southern Gansu, and entered southern Gansu from Chenzhou to rescue Ganzhou first, and then lifted the siege of Ruijin.

However, Jiangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan was a powerful character, and the best among the fourth generation of the Qing Dynasty, Luo Shuncheng County Prince Luke Dehun, was supervised by the battle. The reinforcements from Huguang were blocked by Jiangxi Qing army.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Longwu had to send someone again to ask for help.

He ordered Zhang Jiayu to contact the Ming army in Huguang to supervise the Western Route Army, and ordered Yang Wencong to contact the Zhejiang army and urged Zhu Yihai to rescue the siege.

After Yang Wencong broke through, he came to Fuzhou and stated the danger. Zhao Ming immediately led his troops to go first, running all the way to Tingzhou, and was blocked at the ancient city pass.

When the Qing army attacked Ruijin fiercely, the Ming army was also attacking Gucheng Pass.

The ancient city pass is located at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi, located in the east of Ruijin and west of Tingzhou, and guards the important road connecting the two places.

At this time, under the wall of the gate, the Ming soldiers attacked the fields, climbed the city ladder and built the city wall. At the foot of the city wall, the Ming soldiers were everywhere like ants.

Outside the city, Zhao Ming, who was wearing armor and a big red cloak, tightened the reins of the horse with his hands and stared at the Ming army's attack with a drowning look.

As a general who has experienced a long battle, not long after the siege battle began, Zhao Ming realized that today's attacks would probably not be able to attack the ancient city gate, but the situation was urgent, and he had to attack and showed the spirit of breaking the city gate.

Seeing that the siege did not make any progress, Zhao Ming waved his hand again, and the Central Army flag waved, and the Ming troops of the three departments were involved in the attack.

Zhao Ming watched the Ming army fall from time to time from time to time from climbing the city ladder, listened to the shouts of killing from the city wall, and looked coldly at the newly engaged Ming army and joined the cruel siege.

The battle took place from early morning to dusk, and corpses were piled up under the city wall. Although the Qing army occupied the territory on the city wall, it could not withstand the continuous attacks of the Ming army. The dead Qing army covered the city walls, and the Ming army finally occupied a section of the city walls.

At the close of the gate, the dynasty who was commanding the siege first hid behind the shield cart and shouted loudly, "Attack the ram!"

The Ming soldiers wearing iron armor immediately held a shield and held a giant tree, and rushed towards the city gate again and again. The Qing army at the top of the city rushed arrows, but could not stop the Ming army from hitting the city gate.

"Boom!" With every impact, the city gate was shaking, the city gate was shaking, and the bricks and soil on the city gate also fell down under the impact.

The Ming soldiers took more than ten steps back and rushed forward with a shout with giant trees in their arms. The Qing army behind the city gate was knocked up and down like waves.

At this time, seeing the city gate general being broken, a low horn suddenly came from the west of the ancient city pass. Qing reinforcements rushed to the ancient city pass before breaking through the pass.

Under the banner of the Daqi, Zhao Ming, who was supervising the battle, looked gloomy and waved his hand for a while, "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!"

That night, the Ming army camp was brightly lit in the ancient city gate. In the Ming army commander's tent, Zhao Mingzheng summoned all the generals to discuss matters.

Wang Chaoxian angrily threw his helmet on the seat, "If the Qingdog reinforcements had not arrived soon today, I would have closed the door."

Zhao Ming gave him a blank look, "I didn't take it before I took it. What's the use of complaining? Think about how to conquer tomorrow."

Xia Wanchun said: "Governor, the Qing army reinforcements have arrived, and it may be more difficult to attack tomorrow!"

Zhao Mingzhe was encouraged, "I am not worried about this. After all, the rear army is coming soon with artillery and equipment. I am still very confident in breaking this small ancient city pass. It is only a matter of time to break the pass. What I am worried about is that Your Majesty can't hold on!"

When everyone heard the words, they were silent. At this time, He Wencheng suddenly stepped out and said, "Governor, it is better for me to cross the mountains and inform Your Majesty, and inform the army that it has reached the ancient city. If Ruijin guards and knows that reinforcements are coming, morale will be greatly boosted. And Duke Yan and the surname of the country have both guarded Jiangyin. As long as the morale is not broken, they will stick to the army and break through the pass, there should be no problem."

Zhao Ming looked at He Wencheng, and after a while, hesitated: "This method is feasible. However, in order to prevent Ruijin from learning the outside world, the Qing army must have a very strict defense. If you go, it may be quite dangerous."

He Wencheng also knew the danger. He suddenly took off the square scarf on his head, revealing his hair that had not yet grown. He pointed to the hair he cut off when he came out of Ruijin for help last time, and smiled and said, "I'm the only thing to do."
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