Just when Yi Sima was thinking hard about countermeasures, good news suddenly came from the front. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Report, my soldiers and horses in the south of the city have approached the city wall, and they are currently hitting the city gate with a crash car, and they will soon be able to enter the city!"

When the Tatar generals who were guarding Yismayin's side heard the news, they were excited, because in their impression, whenever the Ming Dynasty fortress was breached, no city could continue to hold on, and in the end, it was basically the end of the city's destruction.

When they learned that the southern part of the city had been broken, the Tatars took it for granted that the war was over...... The defeat of the Ming army was imminent.

A Tatar general stepped forward and asked: "National teacher, mobilize troops and horses, go to the south of the city, give the last general 2,000 cavalry, enough to break the city!" ”

The Tatar generals came out one after another to fight for merit, and even the city gates were broken, and if they were still in the rear, the final battle merit would not belong to them, and it may not even belong to the army under the command of Yismayin.

Because the soldiers and horses of the Yibu tribe were stationed twenty miles east of the city of Tumubao, if they received the news that the south of the city of Tumubao had broken through the city gate, the troops of the Yibu tribe would inevitably wave their troops to the south and join the battle circle.

"No!"

Ismain still seemed cautious.

The Tatar generals have always had a kind of blind worship of Ismayin, because in their eyes, the national teacher is a god who knows astronomy and geography and can even predict the future, but now even if the city gate is about to be broken, Ismayin is still afraid, which makes them feel extremely guilty.

Another general came out and asked, "National Teacher, if you don't attack the south of the city now, when will you wait?" ”

Ismain's expression was grim, and his gaze looked in the north and west directions of the city, which were the gates he had ordered to attack before.

For the fortified fortress cities such as Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou Fort, the city wall system is relatively perfect, and the city wall is used as the main defensive front.

However, the Tumu Fort was only a deserted fortress of the Ming people, and the defensive strength of different directions of the city wall varied greatly. Of the four walls, the east and south of the city are relatively intact, and the walls are one to two meters higher than the other directions.

On the one hand, Yi Sima felt weak about Shen Xi's maze in the south of the city, and on the other hand, because the city walls in the west and north of the city were seriously damaged, as long as they were killed under the city wall, all the barriers of the Ming army would be lost, and there was no need to risk falling into the trap to change the existing strategy.

"Continue to invest follow-up forces and increase the intensity of attacks in the west and north of the city. Pull out our artillery as well and carry out indiscriminate bombardment of the Ming army's defensive line. No matter how many people are sacrificed tonight, we must take the civil fort! ”

It didn't take long for the Tatar-controlled Franco-cannon to rain a dense barrage of shells on the Ming positions in the west and north of the city.

"Boom-"

One after another, the shells fell to the ground, and when they exploded, the air was filled with the whistling sound of the shells breaking through the air. Countless fireballs rose from the ground, violent explosions and tumbling flames, fused into dense walls of flames, and all the people who were shrouded in the walls of flames were all killed on the spot, and even blown to the ground.

Due to the poor skill of the gunners, many of the Tatars who were sticking to the second or third line of trench walls to avoid the rain of bows and arrows and guns in front of them also suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of their own artillery.

And the Ming army was also covered by this sudden wave of artillery fire, taking away dozens of lives.

For a time, due to the artillery of both sides, the entire front was covered with the mutilated corpses of soldiers on both sides.

The bursting brains, the splattered blood, the mutilated bodies, the charred limbs, and the burning corpses made the soldiers on both sides feel sick, and the filthy and tumbling heat air was filled with the pungent smell of gunsmoke, blood, and the smell of burnt burning.

"Ulala—"

The Tatars roared again like beasts, and the order to attack on all fronts was transmitted to the front.

The Tartar soldiers on the front line, taking advantage of the cover of artillery fire and ignoring the possible casualties of their own artillery fire, crossed the trench through ladders in the form of a group charge, and continued to pounce on the deep positions of the Ming army.

It was still the old way of fighting, the Tartars rushed into the trenches, raised their shields and long knives, divided into left and right wings and approached forward, no matter how many people died, they were still forward, forward, and forward.

The number of Ming troops on the front line was far less than the charging Tartar army, and the Ming army consciously preserved its strength and retreated, and the Tartars finally used the tactics of crowds to successfully approach the bottom of the Tumubao city.

Now it is already midnight, Yi Sima heard the emergency report ahead, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the eight trenches outside the city are successfully crossed, then the Ming army's fortifications as a barrier will be useless, and the next step is only to attack the city, then the destruction of the Ming army will be a sure thing.

"Woo-"

In the desolate sound of the horn, the fire inside and outside the city of Tumu Fort was everywhere, and no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that the defenders were unable to support it any longer.

Even in the darkness of the night, smoke could be seen rising from beneath the walls of the fort, and Ismain did not know how the ignition was burned, and the walls seemed to be shooting arrows of fire at the city.

"No, could it be that there is a large amount of gunpowder buried under the city wall, otherwise why would the Ming army do this?"

Yi Sima felt a chill in his vest, and he did not have a clear idea of the amount of gunpowder stored in the civil fort, and even the specific number of soldiers and horses in the city was only a guess.

There were light horsemen who came quickly, and they directly reported without dismounting: "National Division, the south of the city was counterattacked by the enemy, the city gate was lost and lost, and more than 400 horsemen who entered the city could not break out of the encirclement, please send reinforcements from the national division!" ”

Almost two hours have passed since the battle, and the Mongol cavalry, on which the Tatars relied to dominate the world, has not played a role from beginning to end.

The defensive position of the Ming army outside the city seriously affected the play of the cavalry, and the Tatars advanced almost with flesh and blood, and after realizing that the Ming army seemed to consciously abandon the position, the Tatars of all walks of life were afraid of trouble, and saw that the Ming army no longer resisted, and simply gave up the seizure of the trenches section by section, but directly filled a road with sandbags and logs, or built bridges with planks and ladders to cross the trenches.

But when they approached the bottom of the city, the Tatars found that even if there were only dilapidated walls in front of them, they could not do it in one blow, because the Tatars could only pass through the narrow passages that were filled in or made of planks and ladders, and could not form a scale effect, which was more similar to the tactics of refueling, and many times the soldiers and horses in front had already been killed under the city, and the follow-up troops were still a mile or two apart.

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In the civil fort, Shen Xi was commanding the battle at the head of the city south of the city, he was surrounded by a thick shield array, and the arrows of the Tatars kept flying over his head and around him, even if the soldiers felt that the position of the commander of the Chinese army was too dangerous, and strongly asked Shen Xi to retreat to the city wall to hide, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted on the front line.

"My lord, the Tartars are attacking the city with a ladder in the north of the city!"

"Lord Shen, there are Tartars in the west of the city who have entered the city gate, and they have been repelled by our army's platoon!"

"My lord, there are too many Tartar bows and arrows in the east of the city, and our artillery fire has been suppressed......"

Shen Xi, as the defending side, is in a state of attacking the city from all sides, and at the same time, he has to react on the spot to different messages from different directions, if any of the links are not accurate enough, then the Ming army is likely to be wiped out in this battle.

According to different information, the key to Shen Xi's processing is to control the rhythm. In the face of the Tatar attack regardless of attrition, in order to preserve his strength, he had to order the officers and soldiers to temporarily abandon the outer defense of the fortress and attract the Tatars closer to the city, so that even if he only had 8,000 men and horses in his hands, but with the blessing of fortifications and firearms, he could create tens of thousands of losses for the opponent.

"The artillery continues to bombard, no matter how many people are hit, first stabilize the defense of the city wall, once a certain section of the city wall is lost, or the Tatars attack the city in large numbers, the officers and soldiers immediately withdraw from the city wall to their positions in the city, and at the same time fire blue fireworks warning ......"

On the four city walls, Shenxi has set up sixteen main defense points, and there are four on each side of the city wall, and once the city wall is lost, a blue fireworks notice will be issued.

The reason why the Tatar soldiers and horses outside the city went smoothly was that the Ming officers and soldiers in front of them all hid in hidden caves between the trenches at this time. Once the signal is detected, the ambushed men and horses will move to block the Tatars' follow-up troops, first launching a surprise attack with mines and earth-shaking mines, and then using bows and arrows and firearms to fire waves, so that the Tatars cannot look at each other.

At the same time, due to the mixing of the enemy and the enemy, the attacking Tatar army was in the majority, and the opponent's artillery could no longer exert its might, while the Ming army had five scruples and only had to shoot at the Tatars exposed to the fire.

Since the start of the war, it has been three hours, the small civil fort is full of fire, Shen Xi can feel that there are Tatar soldiers and horses everywhere, if it is not for the soldiers in the city who have no way to retreat, I am afraid that many people have become deserters at this time.

"Ah......h

Just when Shen Xi lost his mind slightly, one of the guards beside him was shot by a stray arrow, and the arrow shot directly into his neck, and the person fell directly.

Immediately, the shield array blocked the small gap, and even the shield soldiers were shocked, after all, the dead people happened to them, and they died under their own eyes.

The Tatar soldiers and horses launched several rounds of attacks from the south of the city, and after perceiving that the artillery offensive of the Ming army was quite fierce, they chose to temporarily withdraw their troops.

The previous battle was extremely fierce, and the more than 400 Tatar cavalry who entered the city were first caught in traps and tripping ropes, and then underwent the baptism of a platoon, and when they jumped down the tunnel, they stepped on thistles, and finally all of them were killed.

The south of the city is the weak link in the defense of the civil fort, and Shenxi went to the head of the city precisely to boost the morale of the army when there is a shortage of soldiers and horses.

With Shen Xi here, the Ming army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and not a single soldier flinched, because of this, with the reinforcements of 400 firearms, the total number was only 1,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 20 artillery pieces, and it successfully blocked the offensive of 4,000 or 5,000 Tatar soldiers and horses.

"My lord, the thief army has withdrawn!"

The scout brought the news to Shen Xi, but Shen Xi could already see all this clearly through the telescope.

There were fires everywhere outside the city fortress, and at the same time, in order to deter the enemy army, buried mines were detonated from time to time, bursting out with more dazzling light, so it was not difficult for Shen Xi to grasp the enemy's movements.

Shen Xi ordered in a deep voice: "Continue to hold on, this official will take people to the north of the city now!" ”

Before, there was a cloud ladder attack in the north of the city, but at that time it was the most critical time in the south of the city, he had to stay and defend, and now that the battle in the south of the city is over for the time being, he will go to the north of the city with the fire gun soldiers non-stop and continue to command a new round of war.

Shen Xi walked quickly to the north of the city, walking through the tunnels in the city, and the pattern of these tunnels could be said to be completely memorized in his mind.

"My lord, there are flying horses in the west of the city to kill in the city!"

Shen Xi hadn't taken a few steps before he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the Tatar cavalry came to the city through the narrow aisle, first assembled in a group, and then attacked the civil fort from the west gate that had just been broken open with a ramming car.

Shen Xi shouted: "There are not many Tartar cavalry, don't panic, the heads of the cities must not relax, continue to open fire!" ”

At this time, it will take at least a quarter of an hour for Shen Xi to pass orders to the four city walls, and the efficiency of such orders is obviously not high, after all, the use of fireworks can only convey some simple offensive and defensive orders, which are all conventions, and it is too late to change them temporarily.

"What a bad luck!"

Shen Xi was rushing in the direction of the north of the city, and he was careful not to encounter the Tatar cavalry that had entered the city like headless flies.

After all, the fortifications outside the city withstood the attack of a large number of cavalry, and the Tatar cavalry inside the city could not pose much threat in the face of traps and tunnels in all directions.