Since the enemy refuses to be fooled, it is better to take the initiative to attack by yourself!

Huang Taiji, who had figured it out, had confidence again, and immediately ordered his generals to attack the city in turn.

At the head of the city, the siege engines of the Tartars rushed forward quickly, and the elite cavalry and infantry quickly rushed to the southern wall under the cover of each other, and the soldiers on the city, under the command of the officers, set up their guns and shot at the enemy below.

"No! Can't fight like that! Zhu Guoan, who personally supervised the battle, frowned, and when he saw that the other party's attack was very small but still unhindered, he suddenly became anxious, "Someone!" Aim your guns at the Tartar cavalry and shoot him two shots first! ”

At the head of the city, it was the heavy city defense cannon that Ye Fu distributed to the city security brigade.

These city defense guns are the ship-borne guns used in Europe for ships, with large muzzles, long firing ranges, and naturally great power of shells.

Through the processing and transformation of the dangerous mountain arsenal, the power is quite amazing.

With Zhu Guoan's order, the four cannons on the side of the city wall erupted tongues of fire almost at the same time.

Huge cannonballs were quickly thrown down the walls in a parabolic line, smashing into the enemy's formation.

The moment the cannonball touched the ground, it shattered, and a sea of fire suddenly ignited below.

Seeing the disaster of the Tartar soldiers, Zhu Guoan's eyes were full of excitement!

"Good! That's it! Zhu Guoan waved his fist.

The Tartar soldiers, who did not expect the power of artillery, were naturally frightened, and the catastrophe they suffered as a result made them think of retreating.

Huang Taiji, who was supervising the battle behind him, was naturally shocked, but as the commander of the battle, he must not allow his troops to escape under such a threat.

He personally led the overseer team forward, killed a group of cowards who turned around and ran back, and promised a batch of rewards, before finally stabilizing the morale of the army.

I have to say that the combat effectiveness of the Tatar soldiers in this era is stronger than that of the Ming army.

Even with the help of artillery, the Tartars' forces were greatly frustrated, and the offensive slowed down slightly. But under the city, the Tartars reacted on the spot, but they quickly discovered the weakness of the Ming army.

There is a big difference between the artillery used to defend the city and the artillery used in the field.

Field artillery, divided into various classes. As the most basic tactical unit of the Dangerous Mountain Army, within a battalion, there are artillery pieces of various sizes at all levels. These guns are divided into different uses according to their power, and when added together, they can easily control the rhythm of the entire battlefield.

However, although the caliber of the city defense cannon is single, although the power is huge, there are only four in the end, and the time required for loading and aiming is relatively long.

Taking advantage of the gap between loading and aiming, the Tartar cavalry quickly advanced under the city, and the siege vehicles quickly advanced under the city walls under the cover of the infantry.

Seeing that the Tartar soldiers had begun to climb the city wall, Zhu Guoan was already prepared!

He immediately ordered his soldiers to gas the torches, and set fire to the oil-soaked vines that had been prepared to hang densely on the city wall.

For a moment, the Tartar soldiers who climbed up were each ignited by the fire and fell from the siege engine. Even the siege engines with wooden ones were ignited by the oil and burned with the wind. Seeing that it is absolutely impossible to use it again, and it takes too much time to prepare again.

The Tartar soldiers, who had lost the siege vehicles, almost lost the ability to attack the city, and under the shock of the artillery fire on the head of the city, the advantage of the cavalry could not be developed for a while.

Seeing that night was falling, Huang Taiji had to order a temporary withdrawal of troops.

"Han people are always more conceited." At the battle meeting, Huang Taiji deduced, "Since they have the advantage during the day, at night, they must find an opportunity to come to the night attack." For us, their night raid is our best chance! Tonight, we must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and we must not give the enemy a chance, let alone let go of the fleeting fighters! ”

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When Huang Taiji outside the city was making small calculations, at the battle meeting in the city, the security brigade was also arguing fiercely with the third town about whether to go out of the city and attack at night.

Zhu Guoan said: "Although the Tartar was damaged in the daytime battle, it did not hurt the muscles and bones!" It is very unwise to go out of the city and attack at night. If we fall into the enemy's trap, we will inevitably suffer unnecessary heavy losses. Why do you need to do things that don't outweigh the losses? ”

"However, in such a good situation, wouldn't it be a waste of time to pursue without taking advantage of the victory?" Dou Xiangguang said.

The third town didn't have its turn to fight, and it was itchy to see it during the day. Asking for war at this time is also Dou Xiangguang's hope that he can give himself a chance to show. After all, in the previous battle, Third Town did not do well.

Lin Yaochong compared the two, and then said: "It's not okay to waste an opportunity, but fighting at will is also something that adults strictly order to stop." I'm here~~"

He said, still hesitant.

What Ye Fu ordered not to do, he didn't dare to do it easily. But if you don't do it, it's really like Dou Xiangguang said, unwilling!

After thinking about it, he suddenly heard a voice, "My lord, can you say a few words about your humble position?" ”

Lin Yaochong looked over and saw that the person who spoke was the new artillery battalion manager of the Third Town, Kong Youde.

He remembered that the previous promotion of Kong Youde was reported to Ye Fu, and Ye Fu immediately appointed Kong Youde to a real position, and specially wrote to tell him to do things well. Such special treatment made Lin Yaochong have to look up at the other party.

He said, "Since you have something to say, then say it." ”

Kong Youde thanked Lin Yaochong, and then said: "Back to the words of the wing chief, after listening to the words of a few adults just now, I have some small superficial opinions. I think that a rash night attack is of course a disobedience to the orders of the adults, and it is very easy to make mistakes, but it is a good strategy to arrange at night and lure the enemy in. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. Lin Yaochong commanded.

Kong Youde immediately said his thoughts, "I think that tonight, the Tartars once seized the loophole in our army's artillery defending the city and caused damage to our army. The third town is different from the defending army, and the advantage is undoubtedly in the coordinated use of various types of artillery! The Tartars had never seen large-scale infantry and artillery coordination, and had limited knowledge of the power of artillery. Moreover, it is probably certain that we will organize a night attack at night. Therefore, he thought that why not use a small force to make a sneak attack at night. And quietly arranged artillery arrays on the east and west sides of the city. As soon as the Tartars find out that I am attacking the troops, they will inevitably pursue them, and when the time comes, the artillery will fire in unison, and he will be caught off guard. Then, the infantry was used to harvest the heads and consolidate the victory. This is a humble opinion, please decide with the winged commander. ”

Lin Yaochong listened, and only felt that this method was indeed feasible.