Chapter 130: The Fall of Fengji Fort 8
Dai Shan's heart was thinking quickly, saying that old children, little children. People tend to be childish when they get old. After Ama went from his second uncle Shuerhaqi and eldest brother Chu Ying, his temperament changed a lot, and he no longer had the heroism and determination of his youth, but became sentimental, always reminiscing and in a daze. He may be reflecting on what he is doing this life for. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Amma, the brothers and generals have not gathered, and the people are tired, only the sons and daughters with the men and horses digging the wall are complete, and the sons will go back, take Fengji Fort, and give Ama and the brothers their anger." ”
Nurhachi showed a satisfied expression and stroked his head with his hand, and Daishan quickly lowered his head to facilitate his father Khan's stroke. "Okay, boss, you can think so, you can know that you care about your brother, my father is very pleased, your brothers are of the same heart, and my father can rest assured."
"For the father, return to you the 25 oxen of the red flag, plus the 24 ox records of your son with the red flag, the number of ox records of your father and son is second only to that of the father, as a brother and father, you must be loving and tolerant of your subordinates. To the clothed slave Aha should be sympathetic to the subordinates, and to be kind to Nikan (Han Chinese)".
Speaking of this, Nurhachi began to digress, "Ben Khan has always been kind to Nikan, you must understand Ben Khan's intentions, you must not abuse, beat, scold and kill, your mother-in-law must be diligent in weaving, after Nikan has handed over all the grain, you must give Nikan clothes, you must give rations at any time, if Ben Khan receives Nikan's complaint and is abused, transfer Nikan from the unkind family to the benevolent family, cough cough" Nurhachi bent down and coughed.
The princes and generals had a bitter look on their faces, and when they heard the old Khan king coughing, they hurriedly persuaded him: "The Khan King is good at protecting his noble body, he didn't sleep well all night last night, so he should rest early" Fei Yingdong hurriedly took a sable fur and put it on the old Khan King, and everyone hurried to the newly erected big tent. After all, Nurhachi was old and less energetic than before, yawning, and left with everyone.
Dai Shan hurriedly ordered the two red flags to be pulled out and attacked Fengji Fort, so as not to cause changes later. Abahai watched as the centaurs gathered in the distance. Sighing, Daishan father and son took the iron bucket operated by the two red flags, and waited for his father Khan to say a word and took it back.
Li Xin watched from the head of the city as Jiannu began to attack again, and continued to dig in the siege vehicle. Li Xin turned his head and went down the city wall, there were many small jars and water tanks buried behind the city, many soldiers were listening, and now more than 1,000 blacksmiths, carpenters, grooms, and miscellaneous servants in the city were distributed weapons, and Li Xin had more than 3,500 people in his hands. This time, Li Xin is the biggest official in the city, he manages everything in an orderly manner, the cauldron is boiling hot water, and he is waiting for Jiannu to dig an opening and dump it.
"My lord, there's a hole in the ground that is loose, and it's almost dug through," a soldier named Erdonkey came running to report.
Li Xin hurriedly followed. Everyone gathered around the field, holding shields, holding knives and guns, and waited nervously.
Suddenly, a hole collapsed into the ground, and the ground in the fortress was about three meters higher than the outside of the wall. If you dig straight from outside the city, the ground will collapse. Before Jiannu could get out of the hole, a large inverted bell-shaped copper pot that came out of the temple was mounted on a temporary wooden shelf with four wheels, filled with boiling water poured in by the cauldron, and poured into the hole in the ground.
"Ah~" A scream came, and the Jiannu in the tunnel was scalded. A group of blacksmiths wheeled with long-handled axes, and there was a burst of slashing, and suddenly the Jiannu who were crowded at the entrance of the cave were hacked to death, and the triple armor could not bear the blunt weapon and slammed it. The hole was also blocked. The people inside hurriedly dragged the corpse back, and rushed out with a shield and a short knife.
In a hurry, everyone shoveled down the burning fire directly with a shovel. The entire hole was covered with burning wood, and the smell of burnt flesh permeated the air, and the flags below were screaming as they were burned. When the flag-takers crushed the burning wood with earth and rushed up again, a gunpowder bag with a burning fuse was held against a bamboo pole and stabbed into the tunnel. Then, there was a loud bang.
The confined space amplified the power of gunpowder, and the shock wave emerged from the hole on one side, and more rushed out from the tunnel, and one after another siege vehicles outside were directly overturned by the air wave, revealing the people inside. The tunnels and the line of siege engines were blown up. Heavy losses.
However, there are already more than 2,000 Jiannu who have touched the bottom of the city wall through the siege vehicles, and they are using long ladder ants to attack the city. It was only a matter of time before the city was breached.
Li Xin ordered more than 100 cannons to be removed from the city wall, Jiannu has arrived under the city wall, and the cannons can no longer be fired, so prepare for street fighting. He handed over the city wall to his deputy, and he supervised the construction of the barricades and the installation of the Franco cannon, and the general military palace was located on the north wall, which was the highest place in the mountain city, overlooking the whole city.
Li Xin moved the big tent of the Chinese army here, and moved all the ordnance, gunpowder, projectiles, grain and grass materials. Taking advantage of the gradually rising terrain, the barricades were constructed, and more than 1,000 three-eyed guns, long-fire guns, and even 100 Lumi guns were found in the warehouse. Fengji Fort, as a strategic location, Xiong Tingbi hoarded a large amount of arms.
A dozen intact stone throwers were also moved behind the fort. I prepare for incendiary artillery.
Li Xin instructed the migrant workers to demolish the houses near the city wall in the city, build a fort at the highest point, and install six large Luzon bronze artillery carriages of two to three thousand catties on a large grinding plate, which can be tilted and rotated. The gunpowder in the powder magazine, which was used to deal with the enemy soldiers in the street fighting, was also compacted in jars, and was buried in hidden places such as barricades. In the end, the rest were piled up in the fort, and according to the instructions of the marshal, the cannon was finally blown up and martyred, and I don't know what happened to the brothers who rushed out, Li Xin was a little melancholy.
There was a constant sound of explosions ahead, and the defenders threw gunpowder packets into the tunnel. The front has been hit to a fever pitch, due to too many "holes", plus gunpowder to blow up the tunnel. The city wall began to collapse in a large area, and the two Niu Lu of Zhenghongqi boarded the city wall, looking at the red flag fluttering at the head of the city, Dai Shan breathed a sigh of relief, the dead bodies were everywhere in the city, after all, it was Li Chengliang's old foundation, and he could still fight.
Dai Shan led the generals of the Red Banner to climb the city tower, and saw that the remnants of the Ming army had retreated, and the vicinity of the city wall had been demolished, revealing a large open space, and the houses and streets in the distance were densely covered with barricades, some were furniture, some were building constructions, and some did not know what kind of messy things they were. In the various gaps, small Furlong cannons protruded. The muzzle of the black hole and looking at the dense layers of barricades, Dai Shan gasped.