The Ming army has besieged Gaizhou City for a few days, what is the situation on Huang Taiji's side, and what is he going to do? Huang Taiji's plan can be summed up as: no plan! If he had to say that he had any plans, it would be: wait and see. So, why did he think that?

First of all, the Ming army had 250,000 horses between Haizhou Wei and Gaizhou Wei, and he Haizhou now only had 120,000 horses, if he insisted on attacking, then at least 20,000 people would be left to defend the city, which means that he would take up to 100,000 people to rescue.

Whether the Ming army wants to attack the city, or wants to encircle the point to send reinforcements, he can't be sure, if it wants to encircle the point and send reinforcements, then it will be dangerous for him to rush over with 100,000 people. I don't know if his 100,000 army can pass through Sancha River Fort, even if it passes, the 150,000 army in front is blocked, and the 100,000 army in the back is surrounded again, then his 100,000 troops are in danger of being wiped out, so he is a little afraid to go.

Then, this reckless Gurtai is a bit special, if it is Daishan and Beile are surrounded, even if he is unwilling, he has to lead the army out for a turn, and even has to tentatively attack the Sancha River Fort, if he doesn't react at all, then his subordinates should be cold. But this Mang Gurtai is different, Huang Taiji does not deal with him, this is known to everyone, even if he is motionless, no one under him will say anything, it is almost impossible for him to take risks to save Mang Gurtai.

Finally, and most importantly, he didn't think that Mang Gurtai needed to be saved, and although the two didn't deal with each other, he was still very confident about Mang Gurtai's ability. If it weren't for the fact that the Ming army had muskets and artillery, he would even think that Mang Gurtai could go out of the city and defeat the 150,000 Ming army! Now even if the Ming army has muskets and artillery, Mang Gurtai is not a vegetarian, plus he also has artillery, it is almost impossible for the 150,000 Ming army to capture Gaizhou City.

Is it impossible? Sun Chengzong didn't think so, he was so eager for this victory, under his constant supervision, forty-five earthen slopes were built in nine days, and countless siege ladders and wells were built, and it was enough for all the 150,000 troops to participate in the attack.

During this time, Sun Chengzong even made a plan for the siege of the city, and for a battlefield veteran like Mang Gurtai, only by constantly attacking and attacking him could not breathe, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong. If you use the tactics of adding fuel and stop and stop, it is possible that more than a month will be slowly consumed by him.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong decided to put half of the men and horses into the onslaught on the first day, if it doesn't work, the other half of the men and horses will attack on the second day, if it doesn't work, send all the uninjured on the third day, if it doesn't work, then hell!

In any case, this battle is inevitable.

Early in the morning of the tenth day, at the beginning of the morning, it was still that dirt slope, Zhu Cijiong looked at the nearly 100,000 troops in front of him and the forty-five cannons on the earth slope, took a deep breath, and then ordered in a low and firm voice: "Start, attack." ”

The master of the Jinyi guard behind him immediately waved the order flag in his hand, and immediately remembered the rumbling drum beat below, and the Ming army in front shouted in unison: "Rush." "Carrying the ladder, pushing the well like a tide to Gaizhou City.

As soon as they rushed to the middle of the gap on the dirt slope, the cannon on the dirt slope rang out, and a row of solid bullets smashed towards the city wall, and some of the Houjin soldiers who were not in a hurry were immediately smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, but at the same time the city wall also remembered the roar, a cannonball just smashed on the head of a team of soldiers carrying a ladder, and immediately blood was splashed, and the group of soldiers was like being hit by a train, spraying blood to both sides.

The cannon kept roaring, and the well gradually approached the city wall, and when they reached the city wall about two hundred paces in front of the city wall, the elite of the Beijing camp who pushed the well below immediately stopped, and quickly climbed to the top of the well wall, and soon they climbed to the top of the well wall, and they did not need to be commanded, they immediately took the flintlock pistol off their backs and began to shoot in turn. The Liaodong Army, which attacked in the first wave, took the opportunity to put the ladder on the city wall and climbed up one after another.

At this time, the Houjin soldiers on the city wall have fallen a lot, hit by cannonballs, hit by flintlock guns, countless, but they did not take a step back, some raised their shields, some drew bows, and some people hid behind shields, lifting rolling stones and sassalwood and throwing them down, under the city wall, the ladder was immediately a blur of flesh and blood.

Zhu Cijiong stood on the small earthen bag and held a telescope, nervously looking at the battle situation on the city wall, watching the flesh and blood of the Houjin soldiers being hit by shells and bullets, he actually felt his blood boiling, and he couldn't wait to rush forward; Seeing the rows of Ming soldiers being hit by rolling stones and sassal logs, and falling to the ground with blood, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and it was a little difficult to breathe.

Under the cover of artillery and flintlock guns, the Ming army finally boarded the city wall, but was soon stabbed down by countless spears, or cut down by countless big knives, and attacked for nearly an hour, the first wave of 30,000 Liaodong troops were almost half of the casualties, and they had not yet gained a firm foothold on the city wall!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't bear to see it, and his fresh lives dissipated in front of his eyes, these are all Ming soldiers, they sacrificed their lives and forgot to die for the country, for the nation, and for the people; In the face of the enemy's artillery fire, swords and guns, they marched forward bravely and without hesitation. They are the real warriors, they are the most respectable people, I don't know when it started, two lines of hot tears welled up from his eyes, and his vision slowly blurred.

Suddenly, the following remembered the sound of drums, the second wave of 30,000 Tianxiong army screamed and rushed up, at this time, the city wall has gathered sixty or seventy thousand Ming troops, the Houjin army on the city wall gradually showed its overwhelming momentum, and finally the Ming army gained a firm foothold on the city wall, and occupied more and more territory, the Ming army's artillery had to stop attacking, so as not to hurt their own people.

Seeing that victory was in sight, countless Houjin soldiers suddenly poured out on both sides, and the Ming army on the city wall was gradually compressed together, and if it went on like this, it wouldn't be long before they would be pressed down.

When Zhu Cijiong saw this, he couldn't help but say anxiously: "Quick, let all the 20,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion escorted below rush up to me, push the well and stick it to the city wall, and the musketeers put bayonets on the city wall and jump to the city wall for me." ”

The Jinyi guard and the master of Dongchang behind him can't help but look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do. This one was not arranged before the war, but the 20,000 elite of the Beijing battalion under the mountain package were responsible for protecting the emperor, and no one said that they would rush up too!

Zhu Cijiong saw that no one moved, so he remembered that there seemed to be no such link in the plan, and the general Jinyiwei and Dongchang masters were afraid that they would not be able to call the 20,000 elite of the Beijing camp below.

Who to send, one by one the entourage flashed through his mind, and soon he selected the most suitable candidate, and he immediately shouted: "Cao Huachun, you go to pass the decree." ”

Cao Huachun showed his unconditional loyalty to Zhu Cijiong at this time, and as soon as Zhu Cijiong's words fell, he flew down the dirt slope, leaving only his shrill voice in the air: "Miss Qin, protect the emperor." ”

Soon the elite of the Beijing camp below moved, and they rushed to the bottom of the well, some climbed up to give orders, and some pushed the well to the city wall.

It's close, it's close, it's up, Zhu Cijiong bit his mouth and stared at the Ming army on the city wall who was pressed and retreated to the edge of the city wall, shouting silently.

Finally, the Ming army on the city wall stood on the city wall with the support of the elite elite of the Beijing camp on the well and shot closely, and the well just approached the city wall, countless elite of the Beijing camp loaded bayonets, stepped on the guardrail, jumped on the city wall, the situation on the city wall immediately changed greatly, and the Ming army on the ladder and the Ming army on the well were guarded, and the Houjin army defending the city was chaotic, and the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand.

Zhu Cijiong was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when suddenly a group of people rushed out of the city gate tower at the north gate, and frantically pressed towards the section of the city wall occupied by the Ming army.

It's Mang Gurtai! Zhu Cijiong was so angry that he yelled: "Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming rushed up for me to kill Mang Gurtai." ”

He also can't help it, Cao Huachun, Qin Mingyue and Wang Zhengnan have never been to the battlefield, if there are only dozens or hundreds of people on the opposite side to let them go up, it is nothing, but this is a big battle of tens of thousands of people, people with no experience rush up, they may not be able to rush in front of Mang Gurtai and hang up, and now the two brothers Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming can go up to fight Mang Gurtai. Zhu Cijiong only knew that these two people were very fierce, how high their kung fu was, Zhu Cijiong really didn't know, he could only think that two should be fine if they hit one!

Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming heard Zhu Cijiong's roar, and they didn't say anything, they obeyed the order and flew down. In order to save time, they even swept directly to the war horses under the mountain, beat their horses and ran towards the city wall!

The speed of the war horses can be imagined, and in less than a stick of incense, they rushed to the city wall, and they did not dismount, but jumped directly into the saddle, and then went up, and then used a spear to put a little on the well next to it, and the whole person swept up the city wall.

The power of these two people was not weaker than that of Mang Gurtai, I saw that the two of them cooperated with each other and staggered forward, and the Houjin soldiers in front of them were like encountering a twelve-level typhoon, and they were picked up one by one and flew to both sides, and after a while, they rushed to the front of Mang Gurtai.

The two of them didn't say anything, raised their spears, and stabbed Mang Gurtai violently, and the stabbing Mang Gurtai was in a hurry, scolding them for being shameless.

In fact, these two brothers are not much worse than Mang Gurtai, even if they are one-on-one with Mang Gurtai, they will not necessarily lose, and the two of them will naturally be completely crushed together.

Soon Mang Gurtai couldn't support it, he was about to retreat, but Qin Yiming saw the opportunity, and raised the big knife in his hand with a shot, Qin Gongming comprehended, flashed up with a shot, and directly pierced Mang Gurtai's chest.

Mang Gultai clutched his chest in disbelief, then his eyes bulged and he slowly fell backwards.

The Houjin soldiers saw that the main generals were killed, and gradually lost their courage, and the Ming army still poured onto the city wall like ants, and slowly the Houjin soldiers were drowned in the sea of the Ming army.

In this battle, more than 30,000 Ming soldiers were killed, more than 10,000 were lightly wounded, and more than 20,000 were seriously wounded, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Houjin is not much better, the main general Mang Gurtai was killed, 35,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 people were directly killed, and the remaining 5,000 people were all ordered by Sun Chengzong to be cut down, used to pay tribute to the Ming soldiers who died in Liaodong over the years!

Zhu Cijiong is very in favor of this, because Houjin has a very bad habit of slaughtering the city at every turn, and many of these soldiers may have participated in the slaughter of the city.