Chapter 65: The Bloody Battle of Zhaozhou

Zhu Yi gave an order, and the arrows rained down and the cannons roared.

Within a hundred steps of the city wall, it was suddenly covered in a bloody rain.

Only a few cannons can smash the shield carts, ladders, and other siege equipment of the tile spurs with a single shot. So more fist-sized shells were blocked by thick wooden shield carts.

The bows and arrows of the Varspur army can start to be thrown at the city.

It's just that Zhu Yi has been prepared for a long time.

He has installed a layer of wooden shelves on top of the city wall of Zhaozhou. It was paved with wooden planks, which almost artificially raised the city wall by half a zhang, and also provided an extra layer of protection for the soldiers on the city's head.

Therefore, only a few of these arrows rained down behind the female wall, and most of them were blocked.

And the firearms of the Watters did not play a role.

After all, the Tile Spur wasn't familiar with these things.

Sometimes you can only hear one ring.

The two sides fired at each other for half a day.

Within half a day, the thorns filled in the trenches and officially continued to push the siege equipment under the walls.

If the Han people are attacking the city, when the siege equipment advances to the corner of the city wall, the siege battle has already entered the second half. However, the Mongol thorns have always been bitter in the offensive and defensive battles of the city.

So they can only resort to the most brutal, ant-attached siege warfare.

At this moment, Zhu Yi took it out, the most powerful weapon in the defense of the city, even more useful than artillery, is the so-called ten thousand enemies.

It's a huge powder bag.

The outside is wrapped in an iron or ceramic shell.

There are dozens of catties, hundreds of catties, or a little smaller ten catties, twenty catties.

So, throw the city with a trebuchet, or just throw it with your hands.

One by one in the crowd, they exploded violently, and the smoke and dust swept countless people to the ground, especially the 10,000-strong enemy weighing more than 100 kilograms. Even the soldiers behind the shield cart may not be completely immune to the blast.

There were even one or two that smashed right next to the ladder.

The two-story ladder crashed to the ground in the midst of this explosion.

Where have the Jurchen tribes seen such a situation, they were immediately shocked.

They froze under the walls, not daring to advance, but not daring to retreat.

It's just that the soldiers are piled up under the city wall, and they are covered by the Ming army's firepower.

The Jurchen tribes retreated.

Seeing this, Zhu Yi immediately said, "Uncle Wang." ”

"Yes." saw more than 100 armor soldiers fall from the city wall, these are the team left by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, all of them are elites from a hundred.

Even though there were tens of thousands of soldiers under the city, they did not hesitate to hang the rope and jump down. The long knife and iron armor rushed over, and although there were not many people, the Jurchen departments did not have much morale.

After all, they are all used as cannon fodder.

was hit by the Ming army like this, with it

That is, it collapsed.

Immediately, Zhu Yi immediately called Jin and withdrew his troops.

After all, there are not many soldiers in the city at this moment, and every soldier, every citizen, even a woman, is very important. Therefore, the most important thing is to protect yourself.

The short assault of the Ming army was only to thwart the first wave of the Tile Spur offensive.

Seeing this, the tile thorn also withdrew his troops.

also rode a war horse first, a big banner behind him swaggered, looked at the female tribal leaders below, and signaled slightly, someone had immediately stepped forward, pulled these Jurchen leaders down, and corrected the Fa on the spot.

No matter how much they pleaded, they could not be shaken.

He just looked at Zhaozhou City and said, "It seems that Zhu Yong's son still has some ability." ”

Zhang Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you don't send me to spur the people of the headquarters, you will never be able to conquer this city. ”

He also frowned slightly.

The loss of the Tile Spur Headquarters in the past few years is not small, not to mention anything else, but also in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Tile Spur Headquarters can mobilize more than 100,000 people, and there are more subordinate troops with this number.

But now, only the more than 100,000 horses in the hands of Yexian are left.

The tile spur can't survive too much damage.

This small city in Zhaozhou has sufficient reserves, and it is not easy to conquer at all.

Ye Xian suddenly asked, "Hasn't the Ming army moved yet?" ”

As expected by the Ming Center, he has always had the intention of encircling the point to send reinforcements. Waiting for the Ming army to come to the aid in a big way, they ambushed most of the Ming army on the way.

This kind of war is also a little better than attacking Zhaozhou City. Because the tile spur itself is adapted to such a war.

Zhang Zongzhou said: "No. No news has come from any side. Haixi, Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Datong have all strengthened their vigilance, but there is no sign of sending troops. ”

also said first: "Zhu Qizhen -------" In the sigh of Ye Xian, he admired Zhu Qizhen's decision. When it is broken, it is broken. Extremely decisive. Jean was in a very awkward position.

Although he was unwilling, he had to grit his teeth and attack the city.

also said first: "Boyan's department, all the Jurchen departments are under your command." Don't be in a hurry, just attack step by step. ”

Zhang Zongzhou said: "The minister understands. ”

also said first: "Zhaozhou City, I will hand it over to you." ”

Zhang Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? ”

also said first: "Didn't the Ming army build a Songyin City?" I'll take a look. ”

Any action is determined by the strength of both sides.

Now the situation of Ming strong and weak is becoming more and more obvious.

However, in the face of the Ming army's seemingly impassive, but in fact aggressive offensive, it could only be used as the strategy of Shu against Wei, taking offense as defense.

Hindered by strength, but unable to attack, unable to defend.

But it can't be returned.

Without him, the strength of the tile spur was already weak, and once it lost this superficial offensive. After the Ming army marched out of the fortress, the grassland

I'm afraid that the upper departments will switch to the Ming army.

If you look at it from an outsider's point of view, you have also made a lot of moves, and you are afraid of the tiger and the wolf. Some of them are on the wrong track. It's not up to par, but with this card in your hand, what can you do first?

can only find a way, opportunistically, and look for the flaws of the Ming army.

Zhang Zongzhou understood Yexian's thoughts, and said: "The minister understands, he must deal with the matter here with the second prince." Even if it can't be overcome, it can besiege the Ming army. ”

"Bring the Ming army to the rescue."

also said first: "I can rest assured that the matter here will be handed over to you." ”

I also said that I would do it first, but after a few days, I took a large team of men and horses to the city of Songyin.

It's just that as soon as I looked at Songyin City first, I sighed.

In the face of the moat dug by the Ming army, this Songyin City, which has not yet been successfully built, is it a city, it is clearly an island, and the narrowest place, the moat that is as wide as Lixu, also looks like a natural danger.

Even if he had a million iron horsemen, it would be difficult for him to fly across.

He even sent a horse to Haixi first.

It was also found that Hercynian was also different from before.

Although it has only been a few months, hundreds of thousands of North Korean people have poured into Haixi, after all, it only takes a short sea route from North Korea to Haixi, and you can even come to Haixi without using a sea route.

So from last year to now.

Although these Koreans were not very loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they were even less able to integrate into the Watt Thorn side than the Ming Dynasty. So in this situation, if they want to ensure their right to life, they can only rely on the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, all parts of the DPRK were scattered in various tuntian points, and even defended the city in the city, and tens of thousands of Ming troops were drawn out.

In this case, I also want to go south to Haixi first. There are not enough troops in his hands.

At this moment, he also had a vague choice in his heart, whether to throw off Zhaozhou City, put his army, and break into Haixi in a desperate gamble.

If this battle is won, then the Ming army's operation in Haixi will be overthrown, and it will take several years for the Ming army to be able to operate to the current situation.

The Watts will have a chance to breathe.

But once defeated.

I can't do anything in the future.

The 100,000 army in his hands is his last capital. Once this capital is exhausted, he estimates that he will have to give up Mobei, and can only retreat to the Western Regions, north of the Tianshan Mountains.

That is, the habitat of the shingle spur.

It was a big gamble.

If you advance, you will win, and if you retreat, you will lose.

Even the efforts to get rid of his father all his life were all abandoned.

And a stalemate victory, for him, is also a defeat.

Without him, the tile spur cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty's finances are only in crisis, and this time if the troops are in vain. This year's winter grassland is a difficult season to survive.

How to choose?

I am also weighing it carefully.