Liu Juntao looked at the Warat soldiers who were being deployed in the city, with a sneer on his face, and asked Liu Zi'an beside him, "Is the situation clear?" ”

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "General rest assured!" Before our army went north, the Investigation Department had already found out the situation of the gates and key passes in various parts of Gyeonggi! ”

"Well, let's talk about it."

Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice: "General, the terrain of this Juyong Pass is dangerous, there are high mountains on both sides of the Guancheng, and there is only a water vein in the middle, which runs through the entire Guancheng in a north-south direction. When the Juyongguan Guancheng was built, at the intersection of the Great Wall and the river, there was a double-hole round arch water gate, and the water gate was equipped with a sluice tower and a sluice gate inside, so as to control the amount of water inside and outside the gate, and open the sluice gate in the flood season to discharge the flood; In the dry season, the river water is reserved for the use of the city. The piers of the water gate are pointed in the north and south, which is conducive to reducing the force of the flood on the water gate, preventing damage and prolonging the service time. ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "In other words, this water gate is the weakness of Juyong Pass!" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Zi'an continued: "General, the exploration department has prepared ships, and the bridge can be built at any time for the army to enter the city. ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's get started! ”

Therefore, Liu Juntao began to dispatch troops, and in this battle, the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks joined the artillery team to attack the South Pass of Juyong Pass, so as to contain the attention of the Wara army.

And Zhang Xiaojun led the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to guard the rear of the army, responsible for guarding and preventing Warat reinforcements from arriving.

The left and right battalions of the Yushan Town Guard were responsible for attacking the water gate of Nanguan and breaking into the city with all their might.

The Iron Cavalry Battalion of the Yushan Town Guard led by Zhou Zongsheng was on standby in the Chinese army and used as a reserve, and it was needed from time to time in the north.

After some rectification, Liu Juntao ordered all the soldiers to enter the position and prepare to attack the south pass of Juyong Pass!

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao to see that everything was ready, so he gave an order, and the twenty gunners lit their torches one after another and raised the red flag in front of the army.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao immediately shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The fierce artillery fire rang out in an instant, and the city wall of Juyong Pass and Nanguan suddenly flew with rubble and gunsmoke.

The Varat soldiers who were bending their bows and arrows at the head of the city screamed and screamed, and many of the Tartars were hit by the cannons, and they were instantly torn apart, and the city was covered with blood and flying limbs and broken arms.

At the same time, thousands of bird-gunners in the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks and Qibing Barracks were also lined up, and they were on standby behind the artillery array, and after the shelling was over, they immediately advanced to the city, preparing to suppress the Tartar soldiers on the city.

Liu Juntao, on the other hand, waited with the rest of the Chinese army and the two battalions, two miles away from the head of Nanguancheng, to prevent the Warat soldiers and horses from using the artillery in Guancheng.

However, Liu Juntao looked at the head of Nanguan City, those Tartar soldiers who were constantly baptized by artillery fire, and he was also relieved in his heart, at this time, the artillery team had been bombarded for half an hour, and it still did not reduce the artillery and horses of Wara to fire back, which means that there were no captured Ming gunners in the Wara army!

In this way, Liu Juntao completely relieved his mind and ordered the artillery team to fire with all his might.

If this artillery bombardment can break through the city gate or collapse the city wall in one fell swoop, then the effort of blowing up the water gate is not necessary, and the army can attack the gate in the blink of an eye!

"Reload! Hurry up! ”

"Compacted! Ready, set! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The artillery fire of the Ming army lasted for a whole hour, until there was no longer a figure in sight on the head of Nanguan City, Liu Juntao ordered to stop the shelling, and those gunners immediately cleaned the chambers of the guns together with the baggage soldiers, and put on linen cloths stained with cold water to cool down the artillery, so as to prepare for the next shelling.

At the same time, Liu Juntao waved his hand, and thousands of bird-gunned men from the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qibing Barracks stepped forward in formation, trotting forward, advancing until they were eighty steps away from the city wall, and then began to shoot in turns.

"First row! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"The second row is coming forward! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

At this time, the Warat soldiers on the head of Nanguan City just took a breath and were about to re-arm, and then ushered in a more violent shooting, the fierce shooting of thousands of birds in the two battalions was not only powerful, but also without any interval and continuously, crackling and constantly bursting on the head of Nanguan City, and the Warat soldiers who were not hiding were like falling leaves, and fell down a large piece!

It's just a stick of incense, and there is no sign of any life activity on the head of Nanguan City, and some are only the roar of the Ming army's fierce firearms.

However, Liu Juntao did not let the two battalions of long knife hands and bird gunners go to the city to fight, although there was no sign of the Wara soldiers on the city at this time, Liu Juntao knew very well in his heart that those Wara soldiers must have sharpened their knives in the Tibetan soldier cave under the city.

So, Liu Juntao said to the herald beside him: "Order Chen Ziping, the commander of the left battalion of the Yushan Town Guard, and Chang Hongdao, the acting commander of the right battalion, to start acting immediately!" At the same time, order the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and Qi Barracks to suppress the city head and contain the Wara troops! ”

"Order!"

It didn't take long for Chen Ziping and Chang Hongdao, who had received the order, to start action, and according to the plan that had been discussed in advance, the two sent a hundred mine-throwers to come to Juyongguan outside the water gate by boat, and deployed a large number of earth-shaking thunderbolts in place.

At this time, there was no trace of the Warat soldiers near the Water Gate, and all the surrounding Warat soldiers and horses had been transferred to the Nanguan area to garrison in order to deal with the fierce attack of the Ming army.

At the same time, Chang Hongdao also commanded the two battalions of heavy troops in time and began to erect the bridge to prepare for the army to enter the city.

At this moment, Liu Juntao saw a rain of arrows rising in the sky above Nanguan Guancheng, and he crossed the Guancheng and fell towards the bird's hand.

Liu Juntao had already sent the heavy soldiers and long knives of the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks and Odd Barracks in advance to step forward with shields, and at this time, all the soldiers had already raised their shields and formed a "tortoiseshell array" to cover the fire gun horizontal array.

But even so, in the face of the rain of arrows from the Warat army, more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning slightly, and looked at the movement on the side of the water gate, according to the planned time, the water gate should have exploded at this time!

Liu Juntao just wanted to send someone to inquire, but suddenly heard a loud noise from the side of the water gate, as if the earth shook together, and the war horses of the soldiers of the Chinese military department also raised their heads and made a commotion, and all the soldiers looked over with some horror.

Rao is Liu Juntao's soldiers are good at firearms, and they have all seen the great power of various firearms, but this is the first time that such a huge noise has been encountered today.

The soldiers of the Ming army are like this, and the soldiers and horses in Nanguan Pass are even more unbearable, many soldiers and horses are overly frightened, and even many people are scared to death on the spot.

At the same time, the area around the water gate of Guancheng turned into ruins and ruins in the smoke of gunpowder, and countless large and small stones rushed into the sky, and then smashed heavily on the ground, splashing countless smoke and dust.

At this time, the water gate of Guancheng has disappeared, and a huge gap has appeared in the entire city defense of Juyong Pass in an instant!

Commander Chen Ziping and acting commander Chang Hongdao were both in good spirits when they saw this, and immediately commanded more than 6,000 soldiers from the two battalions that had already been assembled and ready to rush into the city along the bridge of the ship.

There were no soldiers and horses stationed around this water gate, and when the random soldiers rushed into the city, they did not encounter any obstacles.

It wasn't until almost all the soldiers of the left and right battalions of the Yushan Town Guard rushed into the city and were reorganizing the formation that the Warat soldiers and horses in the city appeared, but the strength was only a few hundred people.

Seeing this, Chen Ziping and Chang Hongdao roared almost in unison: "Fire!" ”

The bird-gunners who had already formed the formation immediately opened fire, and the hundreds of Warat soldiers immediately fell to the roar of the birds.

"Long Knife Hand! Come on! ”

More than 2,000 long swordsmen and baggage soldiers roared and rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, they slaughtered the remaining Warat soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also issued an order for a general attack, and the Warat soldiers and horses in Juyong Pass only lasted less than an hour before the whole army was annihilated.