On the morning of November 2, seeing that the soldiers and civilians inside and outside Zunhua had no intention of surrendering, the Houjin army sent hundreds of people to make a tentative attack from the east, west, and north.

The east and west sides of Zunhua City are the main population residential areas of the outer city, as well as the commercial area and warehouse area. The south side of the outer city of Zunhua is close to the Shahe River, and the place is narrow and wet, so it is mainly an area inhabited by poor people and coolies. The north and northwest of Zunhua City, because the place belongs to the sunny slope, is a place where the generals in the army and the big families in the city like to build other courtyards.

Although the Houjin army did not attack Zunhua City immediately after breaking through, it left some time for the soldiers and civilians in Zunhua City to build fortifications outside the city. But if you want to organize the 70,000 or 80,000 young and strong people outside the city, and the same number of old and weak people in the city, the time of the past few days has obviously been a bit rushed.

When Houjin began to send troops to attack, the barricades outside Zunhua City were only eighty percent of the two areas in the west and north. Because the southern region is small, it is not easy for the Houjin army to deploy here, so about half of it is completed. In the eastern area, because there are two small fortresses guarding it, it only blocks the entrance and exit to the alley, keeping the Dongmen Avenue unblocked.

The officers and troops guarding Zunhua City probably hoped to induce Hou Jin's army to attack Zunhua City from the east. However, the generals of the Later Jin also saw that the east was a trap, so they only arranged dozens of cavalry feints in the east. The real focus of the offensive was again placed on the west and north sides.

The momentum created by hundreds of cavalry is an irresistible fear for ordinary civilians. If it weren't for the walls and barricades standing in front of these improvised civilians, it is estimated that these civilians, armed with only a crude spear, would have scattered and fled.

And for the attacking Houjin cavalry, these barricades with furniture and earthen walls, which are less than half a person's height, and the dozens of militiamen shivering behind the barricades, are simply an appetizer.

It was obviously impossible to attack Zunhua City, which had a wall more than three zhang high, with cavalry. Therefore, Houjin's tentative attack today is just to test the defensive configuration of Zunhua City. By the way, show the military might of Houjin and suppress the morale of the defenders of Zunhua City.

Zunhua four gates, with the east and west sides of the official road is the widest, enough to accommodate 10 horses in parallel. The north and south sides were just ordinary streets, and there was a protruding Guancheng as a garrison, so the Houjin army attacking from the north did not charge with cavalry, but used the Jianzhou Jurchens' most effective foot bow to shoot at close range.

Although the sergeants who had arranged to lead the civilians had prepared door panels to fend off Houjin's fire, Houjin's marksman, who was wearing heavy armor and approached the barricades 30 paces, was able to use precise aiming. Except for a few militiamen who had fled into the houses on both sides, the first barricade of the northern street, which stopped in front of the archers of the Golden Steps, killed 29 people.

Immediately after clearing the militia behind the first barricade, the foot archers dropped their bows and arrows, took their swords and shields, climbed over the barricades, and rushed into the houses on either side. Most of these dwellings, built on both sides of the avenue, have no front yards, only a thin wooden wall or earthen wall.

In this era, people with a little status would stay away from the avenue to avoid the noise of pedestrians, cars and horses. Therefore, most of these houses rushed into by Houjin are two-way structures, a few are three-way structures, and there is a small courtyard behind them. Originally, there were many ambushes in these houses, but when these heavily armored Tartars stormed the room, the sergeants who were in ambush were massacred.

Although many sergeants had firearms in their hands, in such a small space, the probability of accidentally injuring their own people was probably even greater if they wanted to aim and shoot the Houjin soldiers who rushed into the room quickly. And after a little hesitation, they didn't even have a chance to shoot.

The Houjin soldiers who rushed into the room, regardless of the shields in their hands, forcibly knocked away several soldiers who surrounded them, and then rushed into the corner with the largest number of people in the room without hesitation and slashed them. Although the Houjin soldiers who followed him did not hold shields, they were all wearing heavy armor, and they tightly guarded the back of the Houjin soldiers who rushed in first, preventing the Ming people in the room from attacking the shield soldiers from behind.

Although there were only 3-5 Houjin soldiers rushing into each room, they quickly controlled the situation, and soon a Ming man's wail sounded in the houses on both sides behind the first barricade. Except for a few clever Ming people, they quickly exited the room and fled to the backyard, and then fled over the wall, and after fleeing, only 2 or 30 of the hundreds of militiamen and dozens of sergeants who guarded the place finally escaped.

On the north side, Houjin tried to attack the men and horses, broke through the first barricade, and after clearing the Ming army and Ming people in the houses on both sides, he launched an attack on the second barricade without stopping.

The militia guarding behind the second barricade saw the fate of the first barricade guard, and had already hid in time in the houses on both sides, but this time they directly sealed the door after entering, and then stood at the window facing the street and shot at the Houjin soldiers who had climbed over the barricade.

In the first barricade, the attacking Houjin soldiers were almost unharmed, but in the second barricade, in the face of this two-sided firearm firearm, the Houjin soldiers finally suffered casualties.

Since Huang Taiji personally pressed the formation in the north, before hearing the order to collect troops from the rear, these Jurchen Tartars from the two yellow flags did not dare to retreat like this, so they could only slam their heads into the gates of the houses on both sides.

The temporarily blocked door was not so strong after all, and after more than 10 casualties paid by the Tartars, one of the doors was finally knocked down. Except for a few sergeants in the room who reacted quickly and fired a volley directly at the door, repelling an attack by the Houjin soldiers, most of the houses were declared lost as soon as the Houjin soldiers rushed in.

However, due to the effective resistance of the Ming people behind the second barricade, the Hou Jin soldiers, who had rushed into the houses on both sides like mad dogs, slowed down a little and paid attention to protecting themselves from being targeted and shot by the Ming people's firearms. These Houjin soldiers slowed down their attack slightly, and they allowed half of the Ming people behind the second barricade to escape.

When the heavily armored Houjin soldiers rushed to the backyard, most of the unarmored Ming people had already climbed over the courtyard wall more than one person high, and one or two of the brave ones climbed on the wall and fired a shot at the Houjin soldiers who rushed into the backyard before leaving. Some of the enraged Houjin soldiers followed over the courtyard wall without hesitation, but these people never returned.

Breaking the second barricade on the street of the north gate of the Ming people, Houjin killed 17 people on the spot, 13 people were seriously injured, and more than 20 people were slightly injured, basically losing the combat effectiveness of a Niu Lu.

There is a barricade every hundred steps on the street of the north gate, and the Houjin general who led the army only counted the remaining 9 barricades, and immediately hesitated, if he continued to fight, the 5 Niu Lu he brought was estimated to be not enough to fill in. Although he broke through two barricades, killed at least 3 or 4 hundred Ming people, and captured dozens of Ming people, most of these people were obviously just civilians, and it was obviously not cost-effective to use his subordinates to fight with the people of the Ming people.

When the Houjin general was undecided, the sound of the horn of the troops was heard behind him, which finally relieved him and ordered the prisoners to carry their wounded and corpses back first. Before leaving, the Later Jin general ordered the houses on either side to be set on fire so that they would not be used by the Ming people again, and destroyed the two barricades that had been captured.

In the west of Zunhua, on the official road leading to the west gate of Zunhua City, there are 23 barricades. The tentative attack of the Houjin soldiers in the west was attacked by the Red Banner Mel Zhangjing Hongnika with 5 Niu Lu.

Hongnika is an old man next to Daishan, although his talent is mediocre, but he is very trusted by Daishan. When he saw the barricades set up by the Ming people, and the militia behind the barricades that were completely civilian, he did not hesitate to order a direct attack with cavalry.

In Hongnika's view, these barricades and militias were just used by the Ming army to block the direct attack of the Houjin army. Fighting offensive and defensive battles with these civilians is really a shame for the golden soldiers.

At the height of the barricade, it was easy to cross it on horseback, and the street was so wide that it was suitable for cavalry galloping. Once the cavalry crossed the barricades, the militiamen were expected to scatter and flee, even if they did not flee, they would be killed by their own cavalry. Before he crossed the barricades and rushed directly to the west gate, these militiamen and the wealth of the dwellings in this area became completely his trophies.

The two red flags now need a large number of dingkou to cultivate land and cut down trees, and these Han Chinese are obviously the best laborers, so Honnika does not want to kill and injure too many civilians, he needs these people to be brought back as slaves under the Ox Record.

Honnika's order was apparently supported by a few of his subordinates, and many of the cavalrymen with red flags even removed their iron armor and wore only light leather armor for the assault. In their view, the biggest problem in this battle is to cross more than half a man's barricade, rather than to fight civilians who are not even able to hold their weapons.

As for whether there would be ambushes in the houses on both sides of the street, they didn't even think about it. In the minds of these Jurchen cavalrymen, these houses should be full of cloth and belongings and beautiful ladies, not soldiers.

Disperse the militia in the streets, and then loot the houses on both sides of the streets, which is the battle plan they are now thinking about in their heads. Hongnika himself took 2 Niu Lu to press the formation, and then ordered 3 Niu Lu about 130 people to attack in 3 sequences.

Honnika's order was simple: the first Niu Lu should go forward, all the way through the barricades; the second Niu Lu drove and killed the militia behind the barricades who did not surrender; The third Niu Lu collected the prisoners and was responsible for receiving the two Niu Lu in front.

This battle plan was simple and clear, and before he could react, a Niu Lu who rushed to the front had already broken through three barricades in a row and rushed through the ambush circle he had set up.

At this time, Wednesday Wei could only put his heart sideways, not caring about the destruction of the rear barricades by this Niu Lu, but using all his thoughts on the two Niu Lu who came in later.