[188] Mongol reinforcements

War is sweet for those who have not experienced it. Wu Keshan is such a person, he has not participated in any decent war, although Wu Keshan has a decent uniform. A tall horse, covered in snow-white with no stray hair, and a gold-studded saddle, stirrups, and bridle. A suit of armor that glistens in the sun, a saber with four-colored gems on the hilt.

He had come here solely because of Zilharang's words. Zilharang was ordered to go to Mongolia to lobby, and the first tribe to arrive was Korqin. After boasting about the new atmosphere of the Qing Dynasty and the wisdom and martial arts of Haoge, coupled with the persuasion of Bumu Butai's father Zaisang Buhe, Tushetu Khan Oba, who was dedicated to being friends with the Qing Dynasty, sent 20,000 elite horsemen led by Wu Keshan to Jianzhou to help.

How do you know that as soon as the Mongolian cavalry passed through the Guangshun Pass, they encountered the Jiannu people who fled from the Hetuala area, and learned from their mouths the news of the defeat of Haoge and the siege of Hetuala.

The fleeing Jiannu people said that the emperor had sent soldiers and horses from all over the country, but less than three of the ten Eight Banners Army had returned from Hetuala. And the Han Aha who was originally obedient now all rose up to rebel, and killed Jiannu when they saw it, they had no choice but to flee in the direction of Mongolia.

Zilharang gasped, since it was the strength of the whole country, it included its own blue flag. Wu Keshan was very excited, because he had admired the great Genghis Khan since he was a child, and dreamed that one day he could bend his bow and shoot eagles like Genghis Khan.

"Prince Zheng, there are our Mongolian iron horsemen here~~ Protect the Southern Barbarian Son and leave no armor!" Wu Keshan smiled confidently and patted the saber on his waist at the same time.

Zierharang smiled bitterly and said, "Prince Zhuoliketu, this Song Southern barbarian is scheming, and his soldiers, horses, and firearms in Dengzhou Town are very sophisticated, so you can't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Wu Keshan laughed and said, "What's the use of firearms? Genghis Khan back then~~" Wu Keshan originally wanted to say that Genghis Khan didn't have firearms and defeated the Jin and Song kingdoms back then, but thinking of the relationship between the Jin State and the Qing Dynasty, Wu Keshan swallowed the words back and changed his words: "Altan Khan didn't have firearms before, and he didn't defeat the Ming army with many powerful firearms, and even the emperor was captured?" ”

Zierharang said with a smile: "This time and that time, and the firearms of the Song Southern Barbarians are different from the previous Ming army, in short, we must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Wu Keshan still didn't care, so the two led the Mongol army to continue to advance towards Hetuala.

After arriving at the northwest corner of Hetuala, thirty miles away, Zilharang took a few Mongolian eagle archers to Hetuara to inquire about the news.

"Huh~~~ It's only been more than a month, and Xingjing has expanded so much?" Zilharang saw from afar an extra ring of walls around Hetuala, "Huh? Wrong! When Zilharang got closer, he found that the banners of the Ming army were flying on those barriers.

"Could it be that Xingjing has already been captured?" Zilharang's heart pounded.

So, Jierharang climbed the Zaotu Mountain near Xingjing to observe, and finally found that the military flag of Jiannu was found in the large area of banners.

"It's okay~It's okay~" Zilharang's heart hanging in his throat returned to his chest, "Huh? Zilharang's gaze was drawn to a place in the southwestern corner of Hetuala. It is a place where hills and rivers are intertwined, and the terrain is dangerous and complex. There, the Ming army's encirclement network did not seem to be complete, and there were many witnesses who looked like people struggling to carry sandbags, stones, and logs.

Zilharang smiled: "Where is the terrain of Xingjing that I am familiar with?" With a smile he returned to the camp with confidence.

After returning to the camp, Jierharang said to Wu Keshan: "There is a place in the southwest corner of Xingjing, the terrain is dangerous, and it is impossible to build a wall, so as long as we break through from where, we can meet with His Majesty the Emperor in the city, or even join the inside and outside, and annihilate the southern barbarians." ”

Wu Keshan said disdainfully: "Why use this kind of scheme? The southern barbarians' fortress is not as tall and strong as my Guleyan, and my Mongol warriors can completely go down with a single blow. ”

"Prince Zhuo Liktu~" Zierharang said: "It is necessary for this king to remind the prince again, the artillery of the southern barbarians is very powerful!" ”

"Hmm~~~" Wu Keshan suppressed his anger and was noncommittal.

At this moment, a Mongolian scout came to report that someone had found artillery nearby, which should have been abandoned by the Ming army.

"Are you sure it's the artillery discarded by the Southern Barbarians?" Wu Keshan asked excitedly, "How many?" ”

The scout replied: "Thirty or forty cannons, hundreds of small cannons~~"

"Prince Zheng, did you hear that? The Southern Barbarians discarded so much artillery~~ There must be no artillery in their army now! Wu Keshan raised his head proudly.

Zilharang was not at ease, so he personally went to check the place where the artillery was found, and sure enough, he found many artillery pieces engraved with the words "made in Dengzhou", and the number was very considerable. However, the bolt eyes were nailed and could no longer be used. "The Southern Barbarians have besieged the city for many days, and it is already the end of the strong crossbow, maybe they can really go down with one blow?" Zilharang muttered.

In the early morning of this day, the Mongols poured into front of the Ming army's defense line like the rising tide of the sea, and suddenly countless horns sounded, and the Mongolian cavalry burst out with an earth-shattering roar and rushed up like a furious rush.

The Mongols who rushed in front of them were immediately stopped by traps and trenches, each of which was two and a half meters deep and five meters wide, and the two ditches were about ten meters apart, and between them were placed deer stakes made of sharpened wooden stakes; Immediately clinging to the second trench is a four-meter-high wall, behind which an arrow tower is built every 100 meters. The Ming army also dug a number of traps outside the trenches, which were filled with sharp tree stumps, and the holes were covered with weeds and branches.

Due to the haste of the attack, the Mongols could not approach the Ming army's camp at all, and had to retreat in a hurry. By noon, the Mongols launched a second attack. This time, they brought a large number of branches and filled them in the trenches. In this way, the Mongols crossed two trenches and went directly under the walls of the Ming army. However, here the Mongols were again blocked, and the walls of the Ming army were filled with sharp tree stumps, making it impossible to climb up. The Mongols, on the other hand, paid more than 1,000 casualties for this second failed attack.

"Cunning Nanban!" Wu Keshan then began to pay attention to Zilharang's advice. Although the Ming army lost its artillery, the muskets and crossbows still caused a lot of casualties to the Mongols.

Seeing that the assault was ineffective, Zilharang again suggested that he attack from the weak point of the Ming encirclement in the southwest corner.

That night, one of the most elite troops of Wu Keshan's faction detoured back to the southwest corner of the Ming army camp under the cover of night. At noon the next day, this strange army suddenly attacked the weakest section of the Ming army's defensive line, and at the same time, the main force of the Mongol reinforcements launched a general attack from all sides.

Boom~~~ A muffled sound like the sky and the earth cracking exploded in the southwest corner of the Ming army camp.

Zilharang didn't know where to get the gunpowder, and it blew a gap in the weakest link of the Ming army. The gravel and mud at the gap fell on both sides of the wall, forming a gentle slope about two meters high with a bulge in the middle, and although the potholed ruins could block the sprint of the horses, it could no longer stop the infantry from climbing, and the wall besieging Hetuara finally became a smooth road in front of Jiannu.

"Alashi~~" Before the smoke and dust dissipated, the three thousand elites of Korqin rushed towards the gap under the leadership of Zilharang, only to see countless Mongols gather into a wave of earthy yellow waves, sweeping towards the gap.

"Arrow~~"

"Put the gun~~" The officers of the Ming army on both sides of the gap shouted and commanded the Ming army to block the gap.

"Report to the army gate~" A pawn reported the battle situation to Song Youliang, "The Jiannu army has broken through the gap in the southwest corner~~"

"Okay~" Song Youliang shook his hand and shook off the red velvet cloak, "Let them go~"

"It's done~~" At the moment when Zilharang crossed the barrier, he could already see the Qing army flag at the head of Hetuala, but the scene in front of him quickly gave Zilharang a hard blow. Originally, there was a gap, and then there was a road that could only accommodate four people at a time. The two sides of the barrier were more than two meters high, and the Ming soldiers stood on the barrier, condescendingly sniping the Mongols with firearms and crossbows.

At this time, Zilharang was complaining, and Zilharang wanted to turn back, but found that the Mongolian soldiers behind him were pouring into the gap, and there was no way to turn back, and the only way was to continue to rush forward.

After letting go of Jierharang, the Ming army immediately used a large number of stones and sandbags to seal the gap, and before Wu Keshan arrived, the slope of more than two meters high was raised to three meters at once, and the slope was extremely high. Don't say that riding a horse, even on foot, it is difficult to climb up.

"Arashi~Alahi~~" Wu Keshan shouted in Mongolian, brandishing a bright saber, and rushed towards the road with the rolling flow of people, at this time he was dressed as a nobleman, which immediately attracted the attention of the snipers of the Ming army.

The Ming sniper raised his musket, aimed at Wu Keshan's face through a scope almost as long as the gun, and pulled the trigger~

"Stop~~" said that it was too late and that was fast, a small flag of the Ming army held up the sniper's musket, and with a bang, the bullet pierced the roof of the arrow tower.

"There is an order from the military gate~ This Mongolian chief must stay alive~!"

Attacking fortifications was not the strength of the Mongolian cavalry, Wu Keshan's Mongolian cavalry was shot by the Ming army's muskets and crossbows, and in desperation, Wu Keshan could only return in a huff and retreat outside the range of the Ming army's muskets.

"That face Mingren heard it~~ It's a hero, so he came out to fight with me!" Wu Keshan shouted loudly in Mongolian-accented Chinese.

"Who are you? ~”

"I am the Prince of Zhuo Liketu, Wu Keshan~!" Wu Keshan replied proudly.

"Haven't heard of it~~"

Wu Keshan seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, and in a fit of rage, he ordered his condor archers to shoot arrows in the Ming army camp, but because they were far away, they were itching through their boots at all. Wu Keshan had no choice but to camp nearby.

It is said that Zilharang, who had entered the city, finally met Hauge, but Hauge did not get up happy in the face of the arrival of these reinforcements. Because he didn't expect to be besieged in Hetuala, there was not much food in the city, and the rations of the original 30,000 people and 6,000 Eight Banner soldiers were still insufficient, and now there were more than 3,000 Mongols.