The things that Yu Dayou had to prepare were actually very simple, and they were often used in wars in the past, especially in naval battles, but after the muskets and artillery were available at this time, the Ming army rarely used them.

So, what is he going to prepare?

This thing is actually a rocket, that is, the front of the arrow is wrapped in an oilcloth, and then it is ignited, and then it is fired.

At this time, the Ming army's long-range attacks are basically muskets and artillery, not to mention rockets, and even the bow is rarely brought, 100,000 Ming troops, standing bows and arrows are only about four or five thousand, and there are tens of thousands of arrows, which are used to attack the city, which is far from enough, so he has to go back and prepare for preparation.

As for why he wanted to prepare the rocket, Yu Dayou didn't even need to explain, as soon as he said it, Yang Cong understood.

Because people's giant shields are all made of wood, as soon as the rocket is shot over, it is basically wasted, last time Yu Dayou used a rocket to break people's shield array, but at that time, the giant shield of the Tartar was not so much, and it was not so big, so four or five thousand longbows were enough.

At this time, the Ming army wants to buy some oilcloth or something, but it is very simple, if it really doesn't work, you can use the oil for stir-frying.

The imperial court is rich, and the logistics supply of the Ming army at this time is quite sufficient, even the oil for stir-frying vegetables is prepared according to the head, at least a few catties per person, which is enough to shoot rockets.

Problem, at this time, the Ming army really didn't carry any bows, 100,000 troops, not even 10,000 longbows, and the arrows were even more pitiful.

Fortunately, the railway has been repaired to the vicinity of Songshan Fort, and the arsenals of Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Taiyuan Town are bow losses.

It turned out that when muskets and artillery eliminated bow loss, Yang Cong didn't let people throw all the bow loss, after all, the number of muskets and artillery is limited at this time, and it is almost enough to equip more than 100,000 people, if something big happens, hundreds of thousands of troops need to be recruited, and the bow loss can still be equipped for ordinary soldiers.

Of course, Altan Khan didn't know that the Ming army was preparing rockets, and he just thought that the Ming army felt that tens of thousands of people were not enough to capture Songshan Fort, so he went back to find a way.

This rocket or something, it's not that he doesn't know, last time he also suffered a small loss under the rocket attack of the Ming army.

However, he didn't take it to heart, because at that time he was going to raid the Ming army, and he didn't prepare anything to extinguish the fire, but this time it was different, they were defending the city, cold water, sand, and a lot of things to extinguish the fire, so he was not afraid of the Ming army's rocket attack.

In his impression, the Ming army's bow is pitiful, at this time everyone has muskets and artillery, what bow is lost, at least, the bow is not the main long-range attack method of the Ming army, the last time the Ming army shot rockets, he found out, more than 100,000 Ming troops are also thousands of bows lost, if there is no preparation to extinguish the fire, it will indeed suffer a big loss, with the fire extinguishing thing is different, thousands of bows lost out of the rocket is not so terrifying.

There is another point more important, that is, they have the advantage of range as the defender of the city, if the Ming army rushes over and releases rockets, he can completely let the archers on the city wall fight back, there are more than a few thousand archers under his hands, if they shoot up, the Ming army is not an opponent at all, so he didn't worry about this at all.

He believes that the Ming army should go back to expand the army, because it is impossible for tens of thousands of Ming troops to capture Songshan Fort garrisoned by 50,000 horses, even if he does not need cavalry to assist him, if he wants to capture this Songshan Fort, he thinks, at least 200,000 horses.

The number of Ming troops was obviously less than 100,000, and they would definitely have to go back and expand their army.

Of course, it is also possible that the Ming army gave up, after all, 200,000 horses are not a joke, if there are heavy casualties during the siege, it will be troublesome.

He is also a manager, of course, he knows that when fighting, you can't just look at the immediate gains and losses, but also consider the overall success or failure.

Can't the Ming army take Songshan Fort?

This, even he doesn't believe it, if the Ming army really launches a ruthless attack, let alone a fortress garrisoned by 50,000 people, even if it is a city garrisoned by 100,000 people, they can take it down, like the Hongwu Dynasty and the Yongle Dynasty At that time, the Ming army could move to be a million army, more than 100,000 troops stationed in the capital, and more than 200,000 troops stationed in Qingyang were vulnerable in front of the Ming army, not to mention a small Songshan Fort.

The question is whether the Ming army will fight their lives to attack Songshan Fort.

He thinks that it is very likely that it will not, from the perspective of the commander, it is completely unnecessary to fight this battle, and it is not much of a loss for the Ming army to take Songshan Fort, so why bother to attack it?

In case, more than 100,000 casualties were killed and wounded in the siege battle, and the border army in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty was basically abolished.

The commander of the Ming army seemed to have similar thoughts to him, several days had passed, and he had not seen any increase in the Ming army, and there was no movement after the Ming army's fortress was repaired, and he was even ready to go back to the Khan Court to rest.

Anyway, the Ming army will not attack, what is the point of staying in this rocky pile of Songshan Fort?

Early in the morning, just after the hour, Altan Khan hadn't gotten up yet, and the guards outside suddenly came to report: "Report, Great Khan, the Ming army is here again!" ”

The Ming army is here again?

How can it be!

He got up in a daze, put on his armor under the service of his personal guards, and ran to the "city tower" to take a look, the Ming army, sure enough, came again!

The formation of the Ming army is still so scary, and the chariots and artillery carriages are still dense, and there are many of them that make people's scalps tingle.

However, Altan Khan did not have a panicked expression at all, and at this moment, his face was full of inexplicability.

Isn't this Ming army coach crazy?

The Ming army outside Songshan Fort is less than 100,000, and the number is almost exactly the same as last time, and there is no difference.

There are no more troops, what are you running here for, do you want to fire a few shots, scare people, and then go back to sleep?

He really couldn't understand what the Ming army was doing here, if he wanted to attack the city, he could attack it last time, anyway, the people and horses were the same last time and this time, so why bother running around.

Here, Altan Khan was still confused, and he didn't know why, Yu Dayou had already begun to arrange his troops over there.

He raised his binoculars, glanced at the situation in Songshan Fort slightly, and then ordered aloud: "Changsheng, you lead 8,000 chariots to defend the left and right, and let the Tartar cavalry raid." ”

Tang Kekuan still obeyed the order without hesitation, and then took the horse and led the troops.

However, this time there were significantly fewer chariots deployed on both flanks than last time, and it seemed that only half of the men and horses had gone.

At this time, the standard configuration of each tank of the Ming army is five people, and the standard configuration of each artillery vehicle is also five people, a group of five people, a team of ten people, each team can be equipped with two combat vehicles, can also be equipped with two artillery vehicles, and can also be equipped with a combat vehicle and an artillery vehicle, the form is flexible, and the formation changes are diverse.

Eight thousand chariots, that is, forty thousand horses, that is, almost forty thousand horses remained in the array.

Yu Dayou then ordered: "All the artillery wagons are lined up one mile away from the city wall, ready to bombard. ”

Under his order, nearly 20,000 horses and more than 4,000 artillery wagons went to set up the formation, and there were still more than 4,000 chariots and more than 20,000 chariots and soldiers left in the array.

At this time, he suddenly drew his saber and shouted, "Others, follow me." ”

With that, he directly beat his horse and slowly forced in the direction of Songshan Fort with the remaining chariots and soldiers.

Fortunately, Yang Cong is not here at this time, if Yang Cong is here, it is estimated that he will cry and laugh.

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