500,000 Ming soldiers came to Shengjing City, which can be said to be not only in Huang Taiji's calculations, but also a bit unexpected by him. The reason why it is said that it was in his calculations was because he originally planned to lure the enemy deeper, let the Ming army divide his troops to guard the occupied city, and then defeat the main force of the Ming army in Shengjing in one fell swoop. To his surprise, the little emperor went crazy and mobilized people everywhere, and he transferred 200,000 more horses to defend the city, and the Ming army under Shengjing City reached 500,000!

Do you want to return it again? It's not impossible to retreat, but once Shengjing is lost, it means that the entire Liaodong is no longer in danger, and he can only return to Jianzhou and start over. In the face of such a rapid development momentum of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't know if there was any hope of starting over again after returning to Jianzhou, and the complex terrain near Jianzhou could only stop the Ming army for a while, who could guarantee that the Ming army would be blocked out of Jianzhou forever?

Therefore, it has come to this point, and it is no longer possible not to fight. Fortunately, he is not without a chance of winning, first of all, he has been crazy about casting red-coated cannons in the past few months, and has made more than 200 cannons, all of which are hidden in Shengjing City, just behind the city wall more than 200 steps away, and they have all adjusted the crosshairs, and the landing point of the cannonballs is exactly about 200 steps outside the city wall, where the Ming army stayed when they attacked the city.

He has been studying the siege tactics of the Ming army for a long time, they are nothing more than using the range advantage of muskets and artillery to suppress the archers on the city wall, and the artillery he can't reach, and once the siege soldiers rush to the city wall, they must stop firing, otherwise they will accidentally injure their own people, only the musket can cooperate with the siege soldiers, and rush all the way to the city wall.

Generally speaking, the role of muskets is stronger than artillery, because the time when climbing the city wall is the most dangerous time, as long as the stones and trees on it are continuous, it is difficult to climb up, he deliberately lost the left guard of Haizhou and Dingliao, just to paralyze the Ming army, as for now, hehe, he wants to see if the Ming army's muskets hit far or his artillery hit far!

This is the defensive aspect, and in the offensive aspect, he also came up with a corresponding countermeasure, that is, to cast simple plate armor, helmets and shields for the cavalry, the plate armor is a very thick cuirass, almost all the chest and abdomen of the cavalry are protected, he has tested it, the musket does not move at all, and the scattered shells of the artillery are difficult to break, only solid bullets can be smashed; The helmet is divided into two kinds, one for people and the other for horses, which is about the same strength as the cuirass, mainly to protect the heads of people and horses from fatal injuries; The shield is a round shield tied to the left arm, which can protect the face of a person and a horse. With this set of things, the muskets and artillery pose less threat to the cavalry, and when the time comes, while they are attacking the city, rush over from the side or behind in one fell swoop, hehe.

If the Ming army only comes two or three hundred thousand, Huang Taiji can guarantee that they will not return, if only three or four hundred thousand, Huang Taiji is still sure to defeat them, but now that 500,000 comes, he has no bottom in his heart, and it is really difficult to say whether the outcome is out.

What if I lose? He also thought of this, so before the Ming army came, he took the leaders of the Mongolian tribes to see the cannons he had hidden in the city, and tricked most of the Mongolian soldiers into Shengjing City to defend the city for him; And in the name of Teng place, let the fifteenth brother Duoduo bring all the Jurchen people in Shengjing City back to Jianzhou, that is to say, Shengjing is now a barracks, except for nearly 300,000 troops, there are no civilians, and most of them are Mongolian soldiers, and his Houjin soldiers are only 20,000 or 30,000.

He also arranged outside the city, he and Dolgon led 100,000 Houjin iron cavalry to hide on the left side, and Daishan and Azig led 100,000 Mongolian and Houjin mixed cavalry to hide on the right side, all equipped with plate armor, helmets and shields, just waiting for the Ming army to attack the city, immediately from the left and right sides of the sneak attack. If the sneak attack fails, he will lead the Houjin cavalry to quickly flee to Jianzhou, and as for Shengjing, leave it to the Mongol soldiers and the Ming army to fight!

Huang Taiji's two backhands are well hidden, Zhu Cijiong didn't guess it, Sun Chengzong didn't guess it, but whether he guessed it or not, this Shengjing must be defeated, so after the 500,000 army arrived in Shengjing City, Zhu Cijiong issued an order to start building siege equipment, and immediately attacked the city after it was built.

Anyway, haven't all siege equipment been built in Haizhou, and the ready-made ones used by the left guards in Dingliao have been made, why did they go to Shengjing and build them again? There is really no way about this, because Shengjing is a lot taller than the city walls of Haizhou and Dingliao Zhongzuowei, and the height of the original well and cloud ladder is not enough, and it is okay to see that thing short, if it is to be lengthened, it is more troublesome than making a new one, and the strength cannot be guaranteed, so it is better to make a new one.

The Ming army had a total of 500,000 troops, but only 200,000 people directly attacked the city, and the siege equipment of 500,000 people and 200,000 people was still very fast, and it was basically built in five days.

On the sixth day, the weather is clear, the blue sky is cloudless, it is a rare good weather, the Ming army began to assemble when it came, and the formation has been set up when it arrives, and the goal is directly aimed at Shengjing City, and a big war that determines the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty is about to kick off. This is a great war destined to go down in history, and the direct participation of nearly one million troops on both sides is quite rare in the history of the world, and it is no exaggeration to say that this will be a great war!

The Ming army was still in a similar formation as when attacking Haizhou, at the front, 300 618 howitzers were lined up, on the left and right were the Qin army and the Dongjiang army pushing the well and siege vehicles ready to charge at any time, in the middle was the 50,000 musketeers of the first regiment of the Praetorian Guard Army waiting for them, and then behind was the Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong who was guarded by the Praetorian Guards, and the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army were lined up outside the large camp on the left and right rear sides, and did not participate in the siege.

As soon as the hour arrived, the artillery of the Ming army began to roar, "boom boom", "boom boom", "boom boom" rows of solid bullets smashed into the city wall south of Shengjing, and the arrow battlements on the city wall slowly became incomplete.

A strange scene appeared, the Ming army continued to bombard for nearly two hours, the bombardment was in full swing, and there was no reaction at all from the Houjin side, there was no cavalry sneak attack, no artillery fire back, not even a scolding formation, they seemed to have given up treatment, whatever you wanted, just don't move!

Seeing that the arrow stacks on the city wall were about to be flattened, Zhu Cijiong's face showed a hesitant look, whether to attack the city directly, this time to attack the city, Huang Taiji will definitely come to sneak attack, will the Guan Ning army and the Tianxiong army on both sides block it?

Finding that Zhu Cijiong was hesitant there, Sun Chengzong stepped forward and said excitedly: "The emperor can rest assured, no matter how many conspiracies and tricks are useless in the face of absolute strength, Huang Taiji is smart this time but he was mistaken by cleverness, he has repeatedly tried tricks to lure the enemy, but he ignores that the root of the battle is to kill and injure the enemy, and now my Ming 500,000 troops are gathered here unscathed, even if he has a thousand calculations, it is useless." ”

Zhu Cijiong still asked a little hesitantly, "Really?" ”

Sun Chengzong replied confidently: "As long as we don't mess up, Huang Taiji will definitely be defeated!" ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he thought about it, and decisively ordered: "Spread my message, let Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, and Mao Wenlong all remember their responsibilities and leave other legions alone, if there is a problem on that road, I will naturally send the Chinese army to support, and they just do their own thing." ”

The heralds of the four brocade guards quickly lined up and rushed towards the large formation of the four legions.

Half an hour later, the arrow stacks on the city wall were finally flattened, Zhu Cijiong slowly put down the binoculars, stood up, took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "Beat the drum, march, and start the siege." ”

The low drum sound of "Dong Dong Dong" resounded throughout the battlefield, and the siege troops of the Qin Army and the Dongjiang Army poured out from both sides with the well and siege vehicles, and after a while, they lined up in formation, and then, Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong waved their hands forward almost at the same time, and shouted: "Rush." "Rush."

The order flag waved, and the Ming army in the front row immediately burst out with a shout that rushed to the sky: "Rush ...... Ah......h

Rows of wells and siege engines quickly pushed forward, and soon the wells reached the attack position, and groups of musketeers began to climb up the wells.

At this moment, the roar of artillery suddenly sounded in Shengjing City, "Boom, boom, boom", a row of scattered bullets accurately covered the Ming army's well, and the musketeers who were crawling towards the well were suddenly killed and wounded.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of thunderous horse hooves sounded on the left and right sides of the Ming army, and countless cavalry appeared on both sides, frantically rushing towards the Ming army's large array.

Zhu Cijiong was so frightened by this sudden attack that the telescope in his hand almost fell to the ground, with a panicked expression on his face, he kept scanning the surroundings, and cold sweat flowed out. At this time, Sun Chengzong came out again, came to Zhu Cijiong, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, don't panic, believe them, it's okay." ”

Sure enough, Sun Chengzong's words fell, and the besieging troops reacted first, Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong ordered almost at the same time, so that the follow-up musketeers rushed forward and pushed the well forward twenty or thirty steps, "boom, boom, boom" The roar of artillery sounded again in Shengjing City, but this time, all fell in the original position of the well, and the musketeers of the Ming army had nothing to do and continued to climb up the well.

The artillery of the battalions on both sides of the Ming army also began to roar, and the Houjin cavalry rushing over on both sides began to fall in rows, and the defensive effect of plate armor and helmets was not as good as Huang Taiji imagined.

In the roar of artillery, Zhu Cijiong finally came to his senses, he stood up and shouted: "Sun Yuanhua, where is the enemy's artillery?" ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly ran forward and bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, Jiannu's artillery is about two hundred steps behind the city wall. ”

Zhu Cijiong immediately issued an order: "Pass on my command, all the Type 618 howitzers in the front row will stop firing, move forward 200 steps, and then keep the current angle to fire a round of solid bullets. ”

The herald of Jinyiwei immediately rushed away, and Zhu Cijiong said to Sun Yuanhua again: "Chuyang, pay attention to the landing point, see how much the deviation is, and then notify them to adjust the angle." ”

The situation on the battlefield is changing instantly, and Zhu Cijiong can only keep an eye on the artillery, and he has no time to care about the situation in other places.

At this time, the cavalry on both sides had already rushed through the artillery attack area, rushing to a place about two hundred steps away from the Ming troops on both sides, and the musketeers of the Ming army began to shoot in waves, and the strange thing was that the Houjin cavalry did not fall a few!

Lu Xiangsheng quickly saw the problem from the telescope, the Houjin cavalry had plate armor on their chests, so they naturally couldn't be killed, so he decisively ordered: "Shoot half-kneeling, hit the horse's legs." ”

The command flag waved, and the rows of musketeers began to shoot on their knees, and then the golden cavalry finally became chaotic, and the rows of war horses fell, and the speed of the charge slowed down.

Cao Wenzhao's side was half a beat slower, Guan Ningjun's flintlock pistol was only equipped last month, and he had not yet participated in the actual battle, and when he reacted, the enemy's cavalry was less than a hundred paces away from the spearmen in the front row. He decisively ordered: "The musketeers will take bayonets, the pikemen will come forward to protect, and the cavalry will copy up from the left and right sides." ”

There was a wave of the order flag, and the two armies collided together, and suddenly sparks splashed everywhere, and blood rushed wildly.

They are facing the 100,000 Hou Jin Tie Cavalry, these 100,000 cavalry can be said to be the trump card in the hands of Huang Taiji, at this time let them rush through the artillery array and gun array to kill in front of them, Guan Ningjun naturally fell into bad luck, countless musketeers died tragically under the iron hooves, and the spearmen behind gradually showed a state of exhaustion.

Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao immediately led the last 10,000 reserve cavalry to rush forward and fought desperately with the Houjin Iron Cavalry, which was able to withstand the enemy's crazy offensive.