"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Bian Zhongliang, who was nervous and fell asleep when he was ugly, suddenly woke up from his sleep, and he shook his head: "Come on, what's going on outside?" ”

While speaking, Bian Zhongliang put on his clothes and rushed out the door with the guards.

When he got to the street, Bian Zhongliang found that the Ming army had not attacked the city of Shaliyuan, but the sky south of the city was unusually bright, and the sound of artillery was also coming from that direction.

"Not good! Go to the city! The Ming army is attacking the riverside camp! ”

Bian Zhongliang and his entourage hurriedly rushed to the city tower, and the deputy general Xu Chongde hurriedly came over to salute, and then said: "General, it's not good, the camp outside the city is over!" ”

Do you need to say this? The camp under the city has become a sea of fire, illuminating the outside of the city as if it were daylight, so Bian Zhongliang and the others can see the battle situation very clearly.

I saw more than ten Ming warships parked on the Jianing River, these ships had no masts and sails, and from a distance, it looked like a turtle shell covered on the ship, and there were several artillery guns spraying fire snakes on the side facing the camp, which was equivalent to dozens of artillery pieces attacking the camp at the same time.

Between the Ming army camp and the Shentong camp, there were also dozens of artillery pieces roaring, and under the attack from both sides, the Shentong camp was set into a sea of fire. And behind these guns there were also a large number of musketeers, which prevented the battalion troops from attacking or escaping from this direction.

And the other side of the camp could not escape, because the cavalry of the Ming army and the naval artillery on the water were eyeing each other.

Therefore, there was only one way for the Korean troops in the large camp to flee to the direction of the fortress of Shaliwon.

However, the Korean troops in the city did not dare to open the city gate and let their robes in, so they could only watch their robes die under bows and arrows and muskets. Bian Zhongliang, Xu Chongde and others in the city were all stunned and at a loss.

After a long time, someone whispered, "What kind of firearm is this?" It's terrible, how can we get through it? ”

This kind of depressing words did not arouse everyone's attention, because everyone has the same question in their hearts, can we fight such a Ming army?

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After dawn, the riverside camp was already in shambles, the fire was gradually extinguished, and only wisps of green smoke could be seen rising into the air, and the soldiers in the camp were either dead or became prisoners of the Ming army.

And these captives are now being driven by the Ming army and walking in the direction of the city wall. In the south, a siege and annihilation battle was being staged, Zhang Fu and Zhang Hantian joined forces to encircle and annihilate Xu Bao's 5,000 cavalry with 20,000 cavalry. The disparity in numbers, the city did not dare to reinforce, coupled with the terrifying scene of the artillery attack on the camp in the early morning, in less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Bao led the remaining 3,000 cavalry to lay down their arms and surrender. They were quickly seized of their weapons and joined the ranks of captives beneath the city.

Looking at the black and oppressive captives under the city, the sound of persuasion from the Ming army came from his ears, and all the generals turned pale and looked at the main general Bian Zhongliang in unison. Bian Zhongliang's face turned pale and red for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, as long as our army supports for three days, Your Majesty's army will arrive immediately, and although the enemy's artillery is terrifying, we have the city in hand, so there is no need to be afraid." ”

Speaking of this, Bian Zhongliang sighed: "You should know that the Ming army is here with the intention of destroying our Han, if you don't work hard, I'm afraid you can only become a slave of the Ming people." ”

The generals pursed their lips after hearing this, what is the use of His Majesty's army coming? Can it withstand such terrible artillery? However, Bian Zhongliang's last words did move some people, and the rest of the people were a little unimpressed, it was not that the Mongols had never been here before, and if they couldn't fight, it was okay to surrender.

Seeing that persuasion had no effect, Sheng Yong asked Xu Bao to be called.

After a short time, Xu Bao ran over, nodded and said, "General, are you looking for me?" ”

"Xu Bao, do you want to die or live?"

Xu Bao was stunned for a moment, do you still need to ask? Why do I surrender if I want to die? hurriedly said: "General, of course the little one wants to live." ”

"Very well, these captives in the city are handed over to you to command, and there are captured armor and weapons, all equipped for your subordinates. Half an hour later, you're leading your men to attack the city! ”

"If you can't attack it, you will be executed! Those who retreat will be executed on the spot! Do you understand? ”

Xu Bao hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Of course, there is no problem for the little one to lead them to attack the city, but the general can use that kind of artillery and musket to cover us?" ”

Sheng Yong thought for a moment and said, "Yes, our army will cover you." ”

"Okay, General, just look at it!"

Looking at Xu Bao's back, Qu Neng said, "General, can these people work?" ”

"The number of our army is too small, and the emperor strictly ordered to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, so we can only try. If this trick works, we can continue to use these people to attack Kaesong and Seoul, which can not only greatly reduce the casualties of our army, but also increase the combat strength of our army. ”

"Yes, I hope it helps."

Zhang Hantian summoned the captives and ordered them to obey Xu Bao's orders, and attack the city of Shaliyuan after half an hour, with weapons and equipment all over there, at their disposal, and if they could not attack, they would all be executed.

Xu Bao is still very capable, and he ordered to receive the armor in order, and not to choose. After receiving them, the captives were divided into three groups, with the best armor coming first, and the armor coming second, which naturally caused a commotion, and some of the better armor repented. Xu Bao immediately pulled out his knife and pointed at the soldier who picked the head: "Do you want to die here, or die in the city?" ”

Looking at the bright steel knife, the soldier silently returned to the queue.

In the end, Xu Bao stood on the high platform and shouted: "Everyone, the Ming army is not letting us go to death, they will cover us." Also, don't think it's a bad thing to be a captive. Everyone should rejoice, because we are all still alive, do you think about the firearms of the Ming army, can flesh and blood resist? ”

"Fighting with the Ming army is a blessing we can't ask for, understand?"

Under Xu Bao's clever tongue, the morale of the captives improved a lot, and some even looked back at the muskets and artillery in the distance, sighed slightly, and their expressions were a little firmer.

Half an hour later, the captives who had not yet put on their armor were beheaded without hesitation, and the captives who had already put on their armor were executed. After the last scream, Xu Bao raised his sword: "Siege!" ”

Sheng Yong ordered the captives to push the Wugang chariot closer to the city wall, and at the same time ordered the mortar cannons to load the flowering shells and attack the city head. When they were not far from the city, they suppressed the city with muskets, and then ordered the captives to storm the city.

The lethality of the flowering bullet was much greater than that of stones and marbles, and the soldiers at the head of the city were killed and wounded, and their morale dropped rapidly, so the captives quickly attacked the city. For a while, soldiers who spoke the same language were killing each other, and Bian Zhongliang and others had the intention to appease them, but it had no effect. These people have been frightened by the Ming army, in their opinion, sooner or later, the city of Shali Yuan will be broken, and surrendering back is purely looking for death.

The captives charged three times in a row, but were all knocked down by the soldiers of the city. However, on the fourth occasion, Sheng Yong patted the grenadiers to assist them, and blew up the soldiers at the head of the city to cry wolf, and the captives took the opportunity to open the city gate......

Just after noon, the city of Shaliyuan was breached, Bian Zhongliang and more than a dozen generals died in the city, the defenders suffered more than 10,000 casualties, the remaining 20,000 people all surrendered, and the captives also suffered heavy casualties, only more than 3,000 remained.

Sheng Yong was overjoyed, he was not happy to break through the city, but he found a way to reduce the casualties of the Ming army, that is, to use the captive army. But he was not careless, but divided the more than 20,000 captives into four parts and handed them over to Xu Bao, Cao Yunyang, Ding Pucheng, Jin Feng and other four people to command, and did not allow them to become bigger.

After interrogating the prisoners, Sheng Yong learned that the 40,000 cavalry led by Li Fangyuan was coming at the same time, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly deployed, trying to solve Li Fangyuan in a battle, so that the process of conquering Korea could be greatly accelerated.