Chapter 126: The Fall of Fengji Fort 4

"Li Bingcheng, hmph, just because he dares to show off his might in front of Ben Khan, who will clean him up." Nurhachi said contemptuously.

"Father Khan, the son is willing to be ashamed, ask for the permission of Father Khan." Four Bel Abahai said.

"Okay, you take Sakhalian with you and teach him how to fight."

"Mask"

Abahai turned around and left, without dragging the mud and water, and then a trumpet sounded, and a group of people shouted horses and neighed at the white flag, and each Niu Lu sent a hundred cavalry, plus five hundred of Abahai's own soldiers. Rushing out of the big formation, he came to the opposite side of Li Bingcheng's army formation, and lined up the formation.

The two sides looked at each other across the 150 or 60 meters of ice. Li Bingcheng is thin and tall, about 1.8 meters tall, very dark, with a thin face, thick eyebrows, and prominent eyebrow bones, giving people a weird feeling.

"My lord, on the other side is the sea of the four beyl abahai, who is also a famous warrior. Be careful," the lieutenant reminded.

"Hmph, I know him, tell the brothers not to fight, we have 3,000 people, covered in iron and can hit a few nails, more than 20,000 people on the opposite side, more than 9,000 cavalry, I don't know how many people and horses around, retreat is also a dead end, fight a battle first, regardless of win or lose, return to Fengji Fort, and bombard them with artillery."

Abahai turned back to Sakhalian and said, "Give me the bow"

Sakhalian handed him a 15-force horned bow, Abahai took the arrow, pulled the string, and completed it in one go, a carved arrow was castrated like a rainbow, and Li Bingcheng's general army flag fell in response. The white flag military array suddenly burst into cheers.

"Follow me, on the left side of the guard." Abahai turned back to Sakhalian and shouted, "The whole army will kill them all." ”

"Mask"

The cavalry with the white flag rushed all the way. Bring up large clouds of snow mist.

The iron cavalry of Fengji Fort was not afraid and also rushed over.

When the cavalry on both sides rushed to seventy meters, the cavalry of Fengjibao lit the three-eyed gun one after another, after a burst of gunsmoke, dozens of people fell off the horse on the opposite side of the Zhengbai flag, at this time the distance has been narrowed to more than forty meters, the Fengjibao iron cavalry picked up the tail of the three-eyed gun, and waved the heavy three-eyed gun as a mace, this distance was fleeting, and the white flag was released arrows one after another.

Although the accuracy of firing arrows within 50 meters of the Eight Banners is extremely high. But Li Bingcheng is a chicken thief, at this time the sun is behind him, the eight banners are illuminated by the sun, it is not easy to aim, at the same time they rushed to the front of the eight banners to release the arrows, put three eyes, three shots in a row knocked down the front row of knights who were about to release arrows, the formation was chaotic, many arrows missed, at the same time a large area of gunpowder smoke is rising, the wind is blowing to the side of the eight banners, and the person on the opposite side can not be seen clearly. Not to mention a shot in the eye.

The distance of forty meters is fleeting, the two sides collide together, the iron cavalry of Fengjibao is the old foundation left by Li Chengliang, perennial melee with the Mongolian cavalry, extremely rich combat experience, and its own heavy armor, the triple armor of the Eight Banners can not bear the three-eyed gun, neither side has taken advantage, hard confrontation, each has more than 100 people fell off the horse, rushed over.

Li Bingcheng ordered Chang Chong to go back and go directly to the fort, since the other party is a hard stubble, he has not taken advantage, he will never love to fight, Li Bingcheng is a veteran, and he has been fighting with Mongolia all the year round, and he will fight if he wins, and he will leave if he can't win. In Liaodong, he is a rare general with military talent and a clear mind.

Fengji Fort people killed back again, directly chiseled through the formation of the white flag, once again through the formation, both sides and each fell more than 100 people, Fengji Fort suspension bridge put down, the team of men and horses accelerated away, the rest of the cavalry continued to turn around and shoot heavy arrows, their archery skills are also accurate, the white flag did not dare to chase too tightly, seeing that they have entered Fengji Fort, the drawbridge pulled up again.

Abba dropped his chest and did not shoot through, an arrow stuck in the armor, sighed, scolded the old fox, and stopped the pursuit, after all, they all knew that Fengji Fort was a fortified city.

Nurhachi watched for a while and ordered the whole army to advance and block the only gate of Fengji Fort. Prepare for the siege. Fengji Fort was built on the hillside on three sides, and the front was rocky, so it was impossible to show troops at all, and the siege weapons could not get in, and at most the ladder could not be resisted. The terrain is rugged and very difficult to walk. The only thing suitable for combat is the 500-meter wall on the front.

This short 500-meter city wall has tower-like forts at both ends, and a horse face sticks out of the city wall every 50 meters about 20 meters outside the city wall. The horse face on both sides of the middle gate stretches out more than 50 meters, and the arrow tower made of stone masonry is also built at the top, and the door is opened on the west side, forming a small urn city.

Six large Luzon bronze cannons and nearly 100 large and small Francophone cannons transported from Beijing covered the city walls and horse faces. There are also three rows of 30 stone throwers on the inside of the city wall. It can throw 30 pounds of stones, bricks and even ice bombs up to 150 meters. All of them belong to the towed lever stone thrower. The weight of this kind of catapult can range from a few catties to hundreds of catties, and the maximum range can be three or four hundred meters. The whole process is quite brief, and a skilled team can fire 5-6 times per minute. Its structure is also relatively simple, and it can even be improvised on the battlefield, so it is very easy to promote. This kind of stone thrower can load ten bricks at a time and throw them out at one time.

With an order, the Eight Banners Red Tooth Warriors drove the slave Aha to carry straw bags of soil and rushed up to fill the moat. The guns were fired in turn, and the small-caliber Furlong cannon could quickly reload the guns, and the firing speed was extremely fast, and the stone throwers were constantly throwing bricks and stones.

A large number of slaves were knocked down by bricks falling from the sky, broken in two by about half a pound of Franco-cannonballs, and swept down a large area by the blowout shotguns. Soon the slaves broke down and fled in all directions, and the Red Tooth Warrior rushed up and stabbed them with spears, driving them back.

After a dozen times of repeated tug-of-war in the morning, and thousands of slaves were killed and wounded, the moats were all filled. In the afternoon, the Eight Banners began to push the shield cart and slowly attack the fort wall. Because Fengji Fort is not very high, about ten meters, the combination of shield car and cloud ladder can basically directly step on the cloud ladder obliquely forward to kick the city.

Li Bingcheng saw that the shield cart and the ladder were coming up, and ordered six Luzon large bronze cannons to fire freely, and with a burst of roar, these two or three ton big guys opened fire one after another, and after entering the effective direct firing distance of 300 meters, the 18-pound shell accurately hit the shield car in front, and the shield car was torn apart, and the surrounding personnel fell one by one.

The general Ji Buhada, who was commanding on the shield car, was directly hit by a spherical bullet, which directly turned into a blood mist, and then the spherical bullet jumped several times and pulled out a bloody alley, directly penetrating the array of the Houjin army before slowly stopping.