The sun has been high for several days, and the speed of ice and snow melting in Liaodong is getting faster and faster, and it is estimated that it will be a day or two before the road surface thaws, and Daming and Houjin have taken action.

On Zhu Cijiong's side, he has led the first army of the Praetorian Guard to Zunhua, and the grain and grass raised from all over the country have also been sent in a steady stream, and the city of Zunhua is full of small mountains of grain and grass, and more than 100,000 thieves and prisoners are stepping up to make trolleys under the supervision of the Tianxiong Army.

If the grain and grass of the 600,000 army are all used in horse-drawn carriages, I don't know how many times it will be pulled back and forth. Anyway, these thieves and prisoners are going to Liaodong to farm in the end, and the trolley is an indispensable agricultural tool for them, and they are directly allowed to use it after transporting the grain, and they are not afraid of wasting materials.

Huang Taiji doesn't need to prepare any trolleys here, the Mongolian steppe is already short of grain, but there is a big granary in Liaodong, so that the people and horses of the Mongolian tribes can make a full of food for the ghosts, he just needs to distribute the people and horses of each department, and when the ice and snow melt, let his Baylors lead them to the cities they are responsible for.

Huang Taiji and even Zhu Cijiong didn't expect that this would be about a hundred miles away from Dingliao's right guard, in a huge forest, Mao Wenlong, a madman, was cutting down trees and trees with an army of 50,000 and building siege equipment!

In order to facilitate transportation, he just assembled the ladder, and the other wells and siege vehicles were not assembled, and when the time came, it would not take much to pull the carriage to the vicinity of the Dingliao right guard and then assemble it, and it would be assembled now, the muddy road after the earth thawed, the cumbersome well and siege vehicles may not be able to push the Dingliao right guard for a few days.

Three days later, in the afternoon, the ice and snow on the road have completely melted, the siege equipment has been almost made, the deputy general Chen Jisheng led an army of 50,000, with grain, grass and baggage appeared in front of Mao Wenlong on time, Mao Wenlong patted his shoulder with relief, said hard work, and then directly waved his hand, the well and siege vehicles were loaded at a speed, and the ladder was carried up in a group of ten people, and the army continued to move forward!

When Mao Wenlong arrived not far south of the right guard of Dingliao, the sky was already dark, and Amin on the city wall was not surprised at all when he saw the black pressure Ming army below, he had long expected that Mao Wenlong would come to sneak attack, if he didn't come, it would be strange. He didn't have any panic, just calmly said: "Immediately inform the Great Khan, give me some energy at night, and be careful of their sneak attacks." ”

After saying that, he immediately turned around and went down the city wall, and he didn't even have the interest to take a second look!

Mao Wenlong's performance here was also very bland, but he set up camp about three or four miles away from the southern city wall, buried the pot to make rice, and rested directly after eating, without any abnormal behavior.

Amin was sure in his heart, he estimated that Mao Wenlong was just here to deal with an errand, and he would not attack the city with his life, and when the reinforcements arrived, he would withdraw to Phi Dao, he had done this every time before, and the hated people had itchy teeth, but there was no way to take him.

If he saw the dense ladders and carts of logs in Mao Wenlong's rear army, he probably wouldn't think so, but unfortunately the sky was too dark and the other party was too far away, so he didn't notice these at all.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was dawning, Amin who was still asleep was woken up by Niu Lu, who was guarding the city, and before he could get up, it was already noisy outside.

"Lord Dutong is not good, the western city wall is surrounded by the Ming army, and they are building siege equipment, so fast."

"Lord Dutong is not good, the eastern city wall is surrounded by the Ming army, and they are also building siege equipment, the speed is simply outrageous."

"Lord Dutong is not good, the Ming army in the south is also building siege equipment, and the speed is really ridiculously fast."

Amin hurriedly got dressed and ran outside the door, and the three Niu Lu immediately surrounded him, chirping crookedly.

He yelled angrily: "What's the noise, I haven't seen the siege equipment, how fast can it be?" ”

The three Niu Lu shrank back in fright, and one of them replied a little bolder: "Lord Dutong, it's really fast, it's like a sand tower, and it gets up with a whoosh." ”

Amin was so angry, he kicked him directly to the ground and scolded: "Didn't you wake up so much, can you be so fast?" ”

The other two Niu Lu continued to shrink back in fright, and then nodded vigorously: "Really, really, Lord Dutong, it's really that fast!" ”

Amin's face changed when he heard this, it was possible for one to not wake up, it was absolutely impossible for three to not wake up, it seemed that he was in big trouble, he hurriedly shouted to the guards not far away: "Quick, prepare the horse, come with me to have a look." ”

Soon, he came to the southern city wall, and the scene on the opposite side stunned him, the originally empty flat ground was already densely packed with siege engines and wells, and there were new siege engines and wells constantly rising from the ground, it was really like a sand tower, and it was up with a swish.

Niu Lu on the side cautiously reminded: "There is no Ming army in the north, so send some people from the north to support?" ”

Amin took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "No, it's not clear which side they will attack yet, and it's too late to adjust when they start attacking." ”

At this time, the siege equipment on the opposite side seemed to be almost made, and began to line up in a row, this is about to attack the city, Amin hurriedly shouted: "Order, light the hot water, hot oil, and bring the rolling stones and trees to the bottom of the arrow stacks." ”

Which side will Mao Wenlong focus on? His order was to storm on three sides at once!

Seeing that the siege equipment in front of him was almost lined up, Mao Wenlong gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go and tell the soldiers who are attacking the city on three sides, the first to board, in addition to the reward of the imperial court, I will reward each other with a thousand taels, and kill one enemy, in addition to the reward of the imperial court, I will add another ten taels, don't be afraid that you will not receive it if you die, I will send a lot of silver to their relatives." ”

The so-called 'three years of Qingzhi County's 100,000 snowflakes of silver', he has been a general soldier for more than ten years, and there are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, not that he deliberately falsely reported his military exploits and risked receiving food and salary, the atmosphere at the end of the Ming Dynasty was like this, and he was already greedy. He was also afraid that the emperor would settle accounts after the autumn, so he simply took the initiative to take out a part of it to motivate his soldiers, as long as he captured the right guard of Dingliao in one fell swoop, he would be considered a great merit, and he estimated that the emperor would not bother with him anymore.

After another quarter of an hour, Mao Wenlong estimated that all three sides should be ready, he no longer hesitated, and shouted directly: "Beat the drum, attack the city." ”

The low drums of war resounded throughout the battlefield, and the besieging Ming army shouted in unison: "Rush." Then, rows of siege engines quickly moved towards the walls.

This siege vehicle is divided into those attacking the city wall and those attacking the city gate, and the siege gate is the kind of one with a huge log in the middle of the two rows of wheels, and it is directly on the city gate. The siege of the city wall was a boxy wooden cage, covered with cooked cowhide, with an empty middle, and soldiers could drag a ladder to hide underneath and push towards the wall.

Mao Wenlong built this time is all to attack the city wall, as for the siege gate, or forget it, generally there will be two cauldrons in front of the city gate tower, which is full of oil, as soon as you pass the siege car, the hot oil is poured down, and then throw a few torches, the siege vehicle will be wasted, and the person pushing the cart is estimated to be almost dead.

The right guard of Dingliao was not a big city, and there was not even a moat, so the siege vehicles quickly rushed under the city wall, and the wells behind also followed, and rows of archers began to shoot at the enemy on the city wall. The soldiers under the siege engine also began to erect ladders and lean towards the city walls.

The siege battle is officially started, as soon as the ladder leans against the city wall, countless rolling stones and trees are smashed down on it, and those who hide quickly can run back to the bottom of the siege vehicle, and those who can't dodge are directly splashed with blood. The rain of arrows from the archers on the well became more urgent, and screams were heard from time to time on the city wall, and at this time the Ming army began to climb towards the city wall with their shields on their heads.

Mao Wenlong, who was in the distance, looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who fell like dumplings, and his face ached, this is all his subordinates who have been with him for more than ten years, and they dissipated in front of him one by one, saying that he was not distressed was false.

Usually at this time, he should retreat, every time he used to be like this, try the fire first, if the enemy defending the city is not good, he will step up the siege, if the enemy defending the city is too strong, he will withdraw and rest, and wait for the enemy's reinforcements to come, immediately retreat.

But this time, Mao Wenlong did not retreat, he stared at the city wall so deadly, without saying a word, half an hour later, the first batch of siege soldiers slowly decreased, the siege vehicle was full of wounded soldiers, and the outside of the siege vehicle was also full of corpses of the Ming army.

Mao Wenlong was ruthless and shouted: "On the second wave! ”

Rows of siege engines and wells moved towards the city wall, the first wave of wounded and tired soldiers slowly retreated and gave way to position, and the second wave of Ming troops began to desperately want to climb the city wall.

Amin on the city wall can't figure it out, you can just attack one side desperately, but the other two sides of Niu Lu sent people over to say that the Ming army was attacking too fiercely, and asked him to transfer troops to support, what kind of joke, storm on three sides, and go to the second wave, he couldn't help but scold: "This Mao Wenlong is crazy, how much benefit does the little emperor give him, such a desperate siege, go and let three thousand people be divided on the north city wall, one thousand on the east and west and one side of the south, hurry up." ”

Mao Wenlong was determined to take down the right guard of Dingliao in one go, he saw that the second wave of soldiers had slowly climbed the city wall, but the follow-up was weak, and he was soon beaten down again, and he couldn't help but stare at the scarlet eyes and shouted: "On the third wave!" ”

He prepared a total of three waves, 30,000 men on each wall, 10,000 in one wave, and the remaining 10,000 were gathered behind him as a maneuver.

As soon as the third wave went up, the enemy troops on the city wall were a little unable to resist, after all, there were only 5,000 people on each city wall, and there were only 6,000 people on each other plus 1,000 people, and the 30,000 enemies took turns to attack, and the hands of the slashers were soft, and the hot water and oil of the rolling stone and wood were almost used, and the arrows were almost gone, and it was already good to be able to withstand them.

Amin looked at the more and more Ming troops on the city wall, knowing that the general trend had gone, he began to contradict in his heart, according to Huang Taiji's meaning, it was to save the Jurchen people as much as possible, but he really hadn't done anything about abandoning the city and fleeing, should he retreat?

Chongzhen Dynasty at that time he retreated, Sun Chengzong led more than 100,000 troops to attack Zunhua when he fled, as a result of the return of Huang Taiji house arrest, until he died, never came out again.

Mao Wenlong didn't know that Amin had retreated, he watched his soldiers go up and down countless times, but he didn't take down the city wall, and he couldn't help but be anxious. Looking at the corpses lying under the city wall, a burst of blood surged into his head, and he directly snatched the Sun Moon Dragon Flag in the hands of the guards behind him, held it high, and shouted: "Brothers of the Dongjiang Army, the emperor is looking at us, rush with me." ”

Roaring, he directly held the sun and moon dragon flag and rushed to the city wall, the generals of the Ming army have full body armor, but not afraid of ordinary arrows, so the lead in the charge is very much, the back of the 10,000 Ming army saw that the main generals rushed up, naturally roared and followed.

The soldiers besieging the city were also attracted by the movement here, they saw the main general Mao Wenlong, and they saw the sun and moon dragon flag held high, the wounded soldiers didn't seem to feel the pain, one by one they got up and ran towards the ladder, the tired soldiers seemed to be full of strength again, and they slashed and slashed like crazy one by one.

Amin looked at all this in horror and was stunned for a moment, and then roared unwillingly: "Mingjin, withdraw." ”

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" resounded throughout the battlefield, and the Houjin soldiers also seemed to have suddenly come to their senses, leaving their opponents aside one by one, and running away.

Mao Wenlong climbed the city wall, looked at the Houjin soldiers who were frantically fleeing north, couldn't help but sigh, and said tiredly: "Order, send 5,000 people from each side of the east and west to occupy the north city wall, and then clean up the battlefield, don't chase it." ”

In this battle, the commander Mao Wenlong led 100,000 Dongjiang troops to fight for nearly two hours, and at a huge cost of more than 40,000 casualties, he quickly took the right guard of Dingliao and won the first place for the Ming army.