Of course, Yuan Chonghuan knew that Jiannu would have reinforcements, but he didn't expect that Jiannu's reinforcements were as many as 160,000, in his opinion, Huang Taiji could make up 100,000 horses, like the kind of "rabble" mixed with the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and 50,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry was enough to beat them!

He has made "proper arrangements" for Huang Taiji's reinforcements, and there is no need to worry too much about it, what he is most concerned about is the battle situation in Haizhou City, seeing that the trench one hundred and fifty steps away was filled, he immediately used the first killer move, that is, five thousand musketeers.

The height of the city wall of Haizhou City is about one zhang and three zhang, he specially ordered two hundred siege vehicles about one zhang high, standing on the roof of the car, he can completely aim at the Jiannu on the city wall to shoot, so that he can protect the foot soldiers who climb the city wall or fill the trench, this Qi Yuangong once told him, he thinks it is very reasonable, so today he wants to try.

With his order, the trench-filled foot soldiers quickly retreated with ordinary siege engines, and then, two thousand musketeers pushed a hundred siege engines out of the infantry formation and rushed towards the city walls.

"Boom boom" a burst of artillery roar, another siege vehicle was shot, fortunately the musketeers were not under the siege vehicle, so there were no casualties, the musketeers who were bombed siege vehicles quickly scattered to both sides, helping other squads, pushing the siege vehicles to continue to rush forward, after two rounds of shells, paid the price of three siege vehicles and more than ten casualties, two thousand musketeers finally rushed to a position about two hundred steps away from the city wall, they did not push the siege vehicles to continue to rush forward, but lined up in a row, quickly climbed on the siege vehicles, Remove the musket from your shoulder, load, aim, shoot, and all in one go.

"Bang Bang Bang" A burst of gunfire rang out, and nearly 2,000 bullets rained down on the defenders on the city wall.

Strange things happened, the defenders on the city wall did not suffer any casualties!

They were all heavy infantry, and as long as they raised their arms to block their faces, the musket bullets would not hurt them at all!

Zu Zepu, who was in charge of commanding the musketeers at the front, was dumbfounded, what was going on, the rounds of guns went down, and no one on the opposite wall fell!

However, at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, because Yuan Chonghuan commanded the foot soldiers to carry the sacks directly, and he could only command the musketeers, shoot non-stop, and suppress the artillery and archers on the city wall.

The roar of the artillery on the city wall gradually became intermittent, and the arrows became sparse, and it seemed that the suppression effect was very good, but the ammunition of the two thousand musketeers was rapidly consumed, and in less than a quarter of an hour, five guns, and ten thousand rounds of ammunition were fired, and Zu Zepu could not order the standard-bearers to play the flag to stop the attack, and then commanded the two thousand musketeers to retreat.

As soon as he returned to the infantry formation, Yuan Chonghuan hit his horse to meet him, and said angrily: "What's the matter, why did you withdraw after such a while?" ”

Zu Zepu said helplessly: "My lord, there is no way, the Jiannu on the city wall are all wearing heavy armor, as long as they cover their faces with their arms, the bullets will not hurt at all, and the last general can only let his subordinates greet them in the face, so that they dare not free their hands to fire cannons and arrows, and the 10,000 rounds of ammunition will soon be consumed." ”

Bullets are nothing, although the military factories in Liaodong can't make the latest flintlock pistol, making ammunition is still not a problem, so the Liaodong Army is not short of bullets, nor is it short of gunpowder, but it takes time to load the guns, besides, the two thousand musketeers didn't bring extra ammunition when they went up, so they had to withdraw the five-shot guns they carried with them after they finished shooting.

How can this work, a quarter of an hour, it is enough for the soldiers to fill the soil to run back and forth, if it is delayed like this, how many days will it take for the remaining trenches to be filled, Yuan Chonghuan thought about it, and yelled at Zu Zepu: "Five thousand musketeers, two hundred siege vehicles, and all the ammunition, you bring them all for me at once, let them take turns to shoot, take turns to load ammunition, no matter what, you must suppress the Jiannu on the city wall, today, all the trenches under the city wall must be filled!" ”

When Zu Zepu heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Immediately afterward, he returned to the camp of the musketeers and ordered all the musketeers, with all the ammunition, to rush forward with two hundred siege engines.

Soon there was a roar of artillery on the city wall again, this time five siege vehicles were shot, and the casualties of the musketeers also reached more than 40 people, but Zu Zepu didn't care about these at all, he still rushed forward with the remaining musketeers and siege vehicles, lined up about two hundred paces in front of the city wall, and launched non-stop fire on the city wall.

There are a total of more than 3,000 heavy infantry on the city wall, 2,500 musketeers at a time, and the reloading guns and shots in turn can almost press them up, and the foot soldiers behind them began to carry sacks to fill the soil again, after a day of hard work, the remaining trenches in front of the city wall were finally filled in, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Yuan Chonghuan could only order, the whole army retreated to the camp to rest, and wait for tomorrow to start the real siege.

At the end of this day, although the casualties of the soldiers were not large, the consumption of bullets, shells and gunpowder was quite large, and the weight of grain and grass that 40,000 foot soldiers could carry was also quite limited.

Yuan Chonghuan thought so, but, until it was almost dark, he hadn't seen the carriage transporting ammunition!

What's going on here?

This is naturally Hong Chengchou is out of the moth again, because the pontoon bridge is broken again!

The pontoon bridge he built is simply like tofu scum, if it is said that it is excusable if the transport artillery is broken, how can it be broken to transport ammunition, Yuan Chonghuan is not a stupid hat, it is impossible for people to make the ammunition box into a thousand catties, loaded with ammunition, a box will be more than 100 catties, similar to a bag of grain, why is this pontoon bridge broken again?

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan already felt that something was wrong, but he didn't pay attention to this problem, he just sent a fast horse to urge Hong Chengchou to hurry up and send the ammunition over, and the next morning, he still gathered a large army early and prepared to launch an attack on Haizhou City.

He thought, it's just ammunition, it's only more than 50 miles in total, and if it wasn't delivered at night, can it still be delivered the next morning?

It really can't be delivered, because Hong Chengchou has started to play tricks to delay time again, and he is going to grind him for a few days!

Yuan Chonghuan didn't expect Hong Chengchou to dare to be so bold, he would already be a little anxious, because more than a month has passed, he hasn't even taken Haizhou City, there are many cities like Haizhou in Liaodong, Gaizhou City, Fuzhou City, Jinzhou City, Dingliao Right Guard, Dingliao Zhongzuowei, Fushun, Tieling, Liaohai, etc. are all about the same size as Haizhou City, and Liaoyang and Shenyang are even more Xiongcheng in the Ming Dynasty, if it drags on like this, it will be impossible to recover the entire Liaodong this year.

Therefore, he didn't want to delay for a moment, in the morning, he commanded the army to officially launch an attack on Haizhou City, this time, he invested 5,000 musketeers and 10,000 foot soldiers, he wanted to attack wildly, and take Haizhou City within three days!

Behind him, the 160,000 troops lined up in a neat phalanx, lined up along the official road to the north, extending out for more than ten miles, the formation was terrifying!

At the end of the hour, a horse galloped from the south, and the scout rode more than 100 steps away from Huang Taiji to restrain the war horse, jumped off the horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Huang Taiji, and said loudly: "Great Khan, the Ming army has begun to attack the city." ”

When Huang Taiji heard this, he asked lightly, "How many people?" ”

The scout then replied, "About fifteen thousand." ”

Huang Taiji nodded, waved his hand to order the detective to retreat, and then said loudly: "Abatai! ”

Seven Belle Abatai hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "The last general." ”

Huang Taiji immediately ordered: "Order you to lead 60,000 Mengyuan infantry soldiers first, and if you encounter interception by Guan Ning's iron cavalry, rush up directly and entangle them!" ”

This is to be a bait, Abatai sighed in his heart, this eighth brother is really ruthless to his own brother.

However, he didn't say anything, just said yes, and then beat his horse to the phalanx of Meng Yuan's foot soldiers, and with an order, he ran towards Haizhou City with 60,000 Meng Yuan foot soldiers.

After about half an hour, Huang Taiji raised his hand and shouted: "All cavalry, follow me!" ”

"Boom Boom" A thunderous hoof sounded, and 100,000 cavalry rushed towards Haizhou City like a torrent.

At this time, Haizhou Cheng's offensive and defensive battles were in full swing, 10,000 foot soldiers had begun to climb the city wall under the cover of musketeers, and the heavy armored infantry on the city wall also began to risk being shot, constantly lifting rolling stones, sassal wood, hot water, and hot oil to pour down, and the Ming soldiers suddenly suffered a large number of casualties, however, the heavy infantry on the city wall also had a lot of casualties, and the city defense facilities were also being consumed sharply by them, and both sides did not seem to get any bargains.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at all this from the binoculars, although his face was expressionless, but the corners of his eyes trembled, the so-called Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, this wave of foot soldiers is actually just to consume the city defense facilities and paralyze Jiannu, he still has a killer weapon that he has not used, he is thinking, when Hong Chengchou sends the ammunition over, he has enough ammunition on his side, and he is using a killer weapon to catch Jiannu off guard.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for the ammunition, but he waited for reinforcements from Jiannu.

Just as the besieging infantry was about to climb the city wall, a scout rode from the north and galloped wildly, knelt down on one knee not far from him and roared: "My lord, about ten miles to the north, Jiannu reinforcements have been found. ”

Yuan Chonghuan put down the binoculars and asked lightly, "How many people?" ”

The scout recklessly said, "About fifty or sixty thousand people, all foot soldiers." ”

Yuan Chonghuan pursed his lips, waved his hand to let the detective retreat, and then shouted: "Ancestor Dashou! ”

Zu Dashou hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The last general." ”

Yuan Chonghuan immediately ordered: "Order you to lead the Guanning Iron Cavalry to meet the Jiannu reinforcements, if you can annihilate it, you will annihilate it, if the enemy is defeated, you must not chase after it." ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he obeyed the order, beat his horse and came to the front of the Guangning Iron Cavalry Formation, waved his big hand, and then led 50,000 Iron Cavalry to the north and galloped away.

More than ten miles away, the horse galloped for about half an hour, and soon, Zu Dashou saw a large number of foot soldiers in the north of the black pressure was galloping towards Haizhou, and when he saw that the formation was not elite, he did not hesitate to pull out his saber, shouted "kill", and then slapped the horse's buttocks with the saber, and accelerated to rush forward.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang" A sound of drawing a knife sounded, and the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry behind him also pulled out his matching knife without hesitation, and rushed forward with a roar.

"Kill."

Fifty thousand people shouted in unison, and the whole world seemed to tremble.

Seeing the Ming cavalry rushing in the distance, Abatai gritted his teeth and shouted frantically: "Pikemen, follow me, the sword and shield men follow, and the archers release their arrows on the spot." ”

"Kill."

The 60,000 Mengyuan infantry soldiers also burst out with a wild roar, but the momentum was not as good as the 50,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, perhaps, they knew that they were just bait, so they seemed particularly unconfident.

Zu Dashou looked at the rapidly approaching Meng Yuan foot soldiers, and his eyes couldn't help flashing, the foot soldiers dared to hedge against the cavalry and look for death!

He swung his knife and split a few arrows, jumped on his horse, and rushed to the front of the Meng Yuan infantry formation, at this time the Meng Yuan infantry was also ruthless, they knew that if they did not listen to the order to retreat, it would be absolutely dead, so they all frantically raised the weapons in their hands and stiffened up with the Ming cavalry.

In the face of this gang of rabble, Zu Dashou didn't even let people throw guns, and directly led the army to rush into the enemy formation, he just rushed over more than ten Meng Yuan foot soldiers with a prancing horse, and then raised the knife to sweep, and the spear stabbed around became a wooden stick without a gun head, and then, he stretched out his arm and waved the knife, and countless broken arms and stumps flew up with blood flowers, dealing with these Meng Yuan foot soldiers, he was like chopping melons and vegetables.

After killing for a while, he was about to go to the enemy's main general Abatai to fight alone, when the whole land suddenly became entangled, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance rolled over like rolling thunder, and the might, I am afraid that there are not hundreds of thousands of cavalry.

How can it be!

He couldn't help but raise his eyes to look north, his eyes were full of darkness and oppression, and he couldn't see the edge at all!

Fooled!

He knew that this time he was afraid that he would fall for the evil of Jiannu, and they were not empty of troops at all, but wanted to take the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Liaodong Army!

50,000 cavalry against more than 100,000 cavalry and 50,000 or 60,000 foot soldiers, no matter how brave he is, he knows that he has no chance of winning at all, what should he do?

He thought for a while, and then shouted to his eldest son Zu Zerun, who was not far away: "Zerun quickly rushed out with his guards to inform Lord Yuan, we have fallen for the trick of Jiannu, Huang Taiji has gathered at least 150,000 horses to support, we can't resist at all, you quickly let Lord Yuan immediately withdraw the camp and retreat to Da Liaohe Fort, I can only resist for one hour at most!" ”

This means that he is going to fight to the death, Zu Zerun looked at the black Jiannu cavalry in front of him, and then looked deeply at his father, then gritted his teeth and rushed back with more than ten personal soldiers. end