Chapter 317: Guarding the Pass (2)
It was already afternoon when Warat Khan took off Buhua and Taishi and led his troops to arrive outside Juyong Pass, and it was getting late, but it was still some time before it completely darkened.
At this time, all kinds of equipment needed by the Wara army have been built, and Totokhun Buhua is ready to lead the army to fight Juyong Guancheng to see how well Liu Juntao's troops can defend the city, so as to prepare for the follow-up war.
After the discussion with Totokh Buhua first, the two of them jointly sent troops to attack in this battle, taking turns to send troops to attack the city pass, each wave of 5,000 men and horses, and the Great Khan Tokhoff Buhua attacked first.
In this way, the casualties of the war can be evenly distributed to the greatest extent by first and without spending.
After a while, Tokhtobuhua mobilized an army of five thousand to assemble and reorganize at a distance of hundreds of paces in front of the large army.
At the same time, the 5,000-strong army was also equipped with fifty shield carts, three rushing carts, ten trebuchets, and dozens of ladders.
This level of equipment is already very luxurious for Warat, and it can also be seen that the mood of the detachment does not take off and the first at this time, in order to open up the back road, it is already a red eye!
"Woo~Woo~"
Suddenly, a trumpet sounded in the Wara army, and then the 5,000 army formed a formation and stepped forward to kill at Juyong Pass.
Under the cover of shield carts and shields, the Warat soldiers advanced step by step, and it was not long before they advanced to the first trench, which was a mile away from the head of Juyong Pass.
"Fill the trench!"
A 10,000-strong man roared, and the Warat soldiers behind him passed countless sandbags to each other, and under the cover of shield carts and shields, these countless sandbags were thrown into the first trench, and the 5,000-Wharat army coordinated very well, and it seemed that it had been carefully planned.
At the head of the city, Sun Xu, the commander who commanded the soldiers of the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks, saw this, and immediately shouted loudly: "Prepare for the artillery team!" Bombard the shield cart of the Tartars! ”
Because the 5,000 Warat army was a mile away from the city, the small trebuchets in the Wara army had insufficient range and were not deployed, so the Ming artillery could not find the target for a while, so they could only concentrate their firepower to bombard the shield vehicles in front of the formation.
"Calibrate the target! One mile and twenty-three steps! Put! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Twenty cannons roared at the same time, roaring incessantly over the head of Juyong Pass.
In the fierce smoke of gunpowder, twenty cannons roared across the sky, smashing fiercely into the army of 5,000 watts, and immediately smashed several flesh and blood pits and blood alleys in the military formation.
Moreover, in the midst of these rounds of shelling, three of the shield carts of the 5,000-watt army were concentrated, and they immediately turned into pieces of wood in the sky, constantly flying in the warat army, and the surrounding warat soldiers were concentrated one after another, screaming and falling to the ground without knowing whether they were alive or dead.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The artillery bombardment from the top of the city continued, and although the break between rounds was far greater than that of the birds, the army of Warat outside the city was still miserable.
As the shield carts were concentrated, as the three rushing carts were all destroyed, and as the number of Warat soldiers killed and wounded by artillery fire increased, the first wave of attacking Warat troops became more and more shaken, and the army's heart was moved!
In the rear of the Warat Chinese army, Tokh Buhua looked at the battle in front of him frowned, and his face became more and more ugly, although the casualties of his 5,000 army at this time were only more than 200 people at most, but the military spirit of the entire army had been hit hard, and it would collapse at any time.
At this time, the first trench had not yet been filled, at most more than half of it had been filled.
So, how much time would it take for the Navarat army to fill in two trenches, destroy a horse barrier, take down the horse barrier outside the city gates, and finally attack the city? How many casualties will there be?
I didn't dare to think about it anymore, I looked at the city with a frown, my eyes were almost on fire, and I said to the people around me: "Taishi, it seems that this Juyong Pass is very difficult to fight!" ”
He also nodded solemnly at first, and now it seems that Liu Juntao's troops are not only strong in field battles, but also good at city battles, which is not good news for Wara!
So, he also said in a deep voice: "Great Khan, I think it's better to fight hard, and when the trench and horse rejection in front of Juyong Pass are breached, half of the battle will be won." When the time comes, I will send troops with the Great Khan, and we will take Juyong Pass at any cost, which is related to the life and death of our Warat! ”
Tokhtobu nodded heavily, and said hatefully: "My 300,000 troops are rampant in the north of the Ming Kingdom, and they have always won successive battles, and they are about to conquer Beijing City, why did the battle suddenly become so dangerous?" ”
"It's all this Liu Juntao, if it weren't for him, our army's casualties would have been reduced by at least thirty percent! Moreover, Juyong Pass will not necessarily be lost! ”
Hearing this, Totoku Buhua sighed and said, "Where did this Liu Juntao come from!" ”
Just as Tokhtobuhua and Yexian were talking, the soldiers and horses in front of the battle had almost filled the trench, and although there were still many potholes, they were already ready for the army to pass smoothly.
However, the Wara army also paid a lot of price, 50 shield cars were destroyed by the Ming army's artillery fire, 11 were destroyed, 3 rushing cars were all destroyed, and the 5,000 Wara army also suffered more than 300 casualties, and the morale of the army was low, and it was on the verge of collapse!
"Onward! Fill in the second trench! ”
The commander gave the order, and the army of nearly 5,000 people continued to advance, but this time the pace of advance was much slower than before.
At the same time, Sun Xu, the commander of the city, also gave an order to continue the shelling.
The second ditch was less than a mile away from the city, and it was barely within the firing range of the birds, but at this distance, the power of the birds was already very small, so Sun Xu did not order the thousands of birds on the city to open fire.
"Reload the artillery! Put! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
There was another continuous artillery bombardment, and the Varat army, which was filling the second trench, was bombarded again, and immediately wailed and the flames flew, and after several rounds of shelling, eight shield wagons were destroyed, and more than 100 Varat soldiers were killed on the spot.
At this moment, the remaining more than 4,000 watts of soldiers could no longer hold on, and many soldiers and horses in front of the formation turned around and fled, and then the chaotic array exposed the ten trebuchets in the array.
Liu Juntao, who had been supervising the battle at the head of the city, suddenly laughed, pointed to the outside of the city and said to Sun Xu: "Knock down those trebuchets for me!" ”
Sun Xu also laughed, and immediately commanded the artillery team to concentrate its firepower and attack the ten trebuchets in the Warat array with all their might.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
In the blink of an eye, all ten trebuchets in the Warat array were destroyed, and the remaining 4,000 Warat soldiers were even more panicked.
In the rear, Totoku Buhua and also sighed when he saw this, although the two of them understood that it was impossible for these five thousand soldiers and horses to kill under the city of Juyong Pass in one fell swoop, but they didn't expect to retreat after only filling in a trench, which was too fast!
Totobuhua looked at the defeated soldiers who had withdrawn, and said to Yexian: "Taishi, it's up to you next!" ”
He also looked up at the sky first, and saw that it was still early, so he said with a smile: "Don't worry, Great Khan, I will mobilize troops and horses to attack it!" ”
After a while, he first mobilized and assembled an army of 5,000 troops, which were also equipped with fifty shield carts, but did not carry rushing carts and trebuchets.
I also understood that in this round of attack, it was impossible for the 5,000 army to attack Juyong Pass, so there was no need for this rush and trebuchet to be sent as targets in vain, and these 5,000 watts of soldiers did not even carry a ladder.
"Woo~Woo~"
With the sound of a horn, the second wave of 5,000 watts of the army slowly ~ forward, launched a second round of attack.
At the head of the city, Sun Xu frowned slightly, at this time, the twenty artillery pieces on the head of the city had been firing for a while, and it was estimated that after a few more rounds of firing, it would stop to dissipate heat, and then the Wara army would be able to successfully fill in the second trench!
Liu Juntao didn't have any worries, but said to Sun Xu: "Stop firing the artillery, let the bird gunners prepare for battle." The second ditch, just give up! ”