Wang Yuan's original plan was to attack the right acropolis of Dongsheng in a roundabout way, so that the Ordos Department would have no city to rely on. At the same time, this city is used as a base to control the reinforcements of the Tumut Department that may come to the aid of Er.

Unexpectedly, halfway along the Yellow River, Yuan Da suddenly sent a messenger to come. It is said that Bansheng City has been captured by him, and he is currently rushing to Tutuo City, and the remnants of the Tumut tribe have gathered in Tutuo City.

The plan did not change quickly, Wang Yuan immediately changed the target of the attack, and went straight down the Yellow River to kill the city.

There, it was the city of the Ming Dynasty East Shengwei, and the East won the left Acropolis!

Grain and artillery were transported by boat, and where the river was fast, the slender man was allowed to pull it away. It's only 300 miles in total, and it's only a few days away. Because he sent 3,000 horsemen in advance to attack the Ordos grassland, and cut off the northward movement of the Eight White Chambers, Wang Yuan's main force has never been discovered.

When he came to the city, Wang Yuan still had 27,000 firecrackers, 3,000 artillery troops, 1,500 cavalry in the border town, 5,000 charioteers, and more than 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the rest of the troops were all thrown out as bait or harassment.

"Ruoxu, you're finally here!" Yuan Da rode his horse and galloped to it.

Wang Yuan asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Yuan Da said: "In the city, there are the widows and eldest sons of the old generals, and there are about six or seven thousand cavalry. For the past two days, they have been chasing, and I have run, and I have beaten them so that they have no temper, and now the Tumut cavalry does not dare to go out of the city. ”

"How are the firecracker cavalry fighting?" Wang Yuan asked.

Yuan Da said with a smile: "At the beginning, the accuracy was not enough, three thousand cavalry fired a salvo, and thirty zhang (close to 100 meters) was released, and forty or fifty enemies could be hit." After a few more fights, I will be familiar, and now I can put over seventy or eighty at a time. This is fucking amazing, seventy or eighty at a time, hundreds more times, those Mongolian cavalry can't do anything with me. ”

"That's good." Wang Yuan was very happy.

Under the city, nearly 400 field artillery pieces were lined up there.

Yuan Da's scalp tingled when he saw it: "Why are there so many artillery?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty spent 600,000 taels of silver to let the craftsmen of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, Fujian, Guangdong, and the five provinces cast cannons together. In order to quickly cast cannons, steelmaking and cannon casting have been thoroughly spread in the five provinces. ”

Zhu Houzhao also has no choice, the efficiency of the official weapons bureau is too low, and the quality is not good. He simply disclosed the artillery manufacturing technology, let the people come together to cast the cannons, and then placed orders for high-price purchases.

The Tumut troops in the city watched the Ming army outside in a dead silence.

Yuan Da's 3,000 musket cavalry played them around, and now the other party has increased countless troops to attack the city, so they can only nest in the city and defend it.

Because there is an urn city in the proper city, it is useless to directly bombard the city gate. Nearly 400 guns, all aimed at the same section of the wall, just waiting for the order to open fire together.

5,000 chariot soldiers, pushing wheelbarrows, built a barrier against horses with iron chains, and protected their musketeers and artillerymen.

After the rifled guns came out, the Ming army's formation was reformed again, most of the melee infantry soldiers were canceled, and a hollow formation was formed when encountering the Mongolian cavalry.

"Ready!"

"Ignition!"

The Ming army was equipped with eight artillery pieces for each field artillery, and also arranged seven auxiliary soldiers to perform their own duties during transportation and combat.

"Boom, boom!"

Nearly 400 artillery pieces fired in a salvo, and although they were all light and small cannons, the huge sound was still deafening, and many of their trained horses were shocked.

Countless iron bullets smashed into the city walls, leaving dents and clusters of dirt splinters.

More than thirty of the Mongol soldiers standing on that section of the wall were torn apart by shells. Many other shells smashed into the city, and I don't know how many unlucky people were killed, and many holes were smashed into the roof.

Wang Yuan sighed and said, "Light artillery, it's still not strong enough to siege the city." A volley passed, and the city wall did not move. ”

This city was built with rammed earth, the city wall is high and thick, and the iron bullet smashed on the wall, which is almost the same as smashing on the ground, and Zhu Yuanzhang can only be blamed for building the city wall too strong.

The fart didn't move at all, and the Mongolian soldiers guarding the city probably wanted to scold their mother when they heard this. Nearly 400 shells had just hit, and they felt that the walls under their feet were shaking, and it was as if they had been hit by an earthquake.

"Come again!"

Wang Yuan suddenly said to Yuan Da: "Take your cavalry to the north, first, to prevent the enemy from escaping from the northern city, and second, to attract them to take the initiative to leave the city." If you stay here, the Tumut cavalry will not dare to go out of the city and charge into battle. ”

Yuan Da could only leave and lead the cavalry to wait outside the northern city.

"Boom, boom!"

The second round of artillery salvos.

After adjusting the angle, more shells hit the city wall, and no Mongolian defenders dared to stand on the wall.

"Boom, boom!"

The third round of artillery salvos, thick rammed earth walls, and small cracks have appeared in some places.

It is estimated that there will be ten more rounds of salvos, which should be able to blast out a big rift, and I am afraid that it will have to continue to blast out the gap directly.

"Kill it!"

The Tumut cavalry in the city did not dare to let Wang Yuan bombard the city wall.

Seeing the headache of Yuan Da's cavalry, he had already run to Beicheng. They rushed to the outside of the city to form a formation, and more than 6,000 cavalry circled the flank of the Ming army.

The Ming army had already laid out a hollow phalanx.

On the outermost periphery, there are 5,000 chariots, which are chained to slow down the charge of the enemy cavalry.

On the second floor, there are 9,000 rifled spearmen.

On the third, fourth and fifth floors, there were 18,000 smoothbore gunners.

In the middle, there were artillery units and more than 1,000 cavalry, and there were tens of thousands of auxiliaries gathered by hedgehogs, and the rest of the auxiliaries remained on the ship.

The Tumut cavalry originally wanted to charge around the flank, but after going around, they found that the formation of the Ming army was the same no matter where it was. They didn't care so much, more than 6,000 cavalry rushed directly, as long as they hit the chariot defense, they could rush into the Ming infantry array.

They were the first cavalry in this world to face the Hollow Array!

"Bang bang bang!"

The first row of rifled guns, volleys from long ranges. Second row of smoothbore guns, salvo at close range. Third Row......

Before the third platoon could be punched out, more than 6,000 Tumut cavalry collapsed. Only a few brave warriors, who were lucky enough to die and were not afraid of death, rushed to the chariot defense circle on horseback, only to be blocked by chains and chariots. The rest of the cavalry scattered and fled, not returning to the city at all, running as far as they could, just wanting to leave this terrible battlefield as soon as possible.

Yuan Da immediately pursued with cavalry, and the 1,500 cavalry from the border town brought by Wang Yuan also rushed out of the hollow array with knives and chased wildly.

"Persuade me to surrender." Wang Yuan said.

A leopard soldier who could speak Mongolian immediately ran to the city and shouted.

The defenders of the city were already frightened, neither surrendered nor resisted, and allowed the artillery to bombard the walls.

Wang Yuan also said: "Tell them that if they don't surrender, they will slaughter the city!" ”

The soldier took advantage of the interval between the shelling and shouted again.

Finally, the gates opened.

The widow of the old general, took her eldest son out of the city and asked for surrender. The city was occupied by Wang Yuan, and if the Ordos Department wanted to escape from the Hetao, this most critical ferry port was also occupied by the Ming army.