As soon as it was dawn the next day, the war drums in the Qing army camp were beating vigorously, and the mournful horns spread throughout the camp.

Nearly 10,000 Mongolian bannermen were very reluctant to come out of the camp and slowly assembled outside Taiyuan City.

The army of the Qing Dynasty, after all, the Han army accounted for the majority, if Dolgon might not have looked down on them before, but now he couldn't help but pay a little attention to the feelings of the Han army.

Dolgon sent the Mongols to attack the city, in addition to this, mainly because he couldn't afford to delay, the Han army fought for two months and did not take Taiyuan, and it would not be too effective to continue fighting, he had to send the elite to take Taiyuan City quickly, because Wang Yan had already arrived in Henan.

Jiang Xiang stood on the ruined Taiyuan City, watching the movement of the Qing army, he saw nearly 10,000 Mongolian soldiers walking out of the camp, listening to the sound of the horn, only to feel that the air suddenly became tense.

"What about the other three?" Jiang Xiang asked.

"Guogong, there are Qing troops gathered, but the main attack should be here!" Liu Qian pointed to the assembled Mongols, and he was also shocked that the attacking men and horses had changed.

Jiang Xiang immediately turned around and ordered, "Ring the alarm bell and prepare for war!" ”

The alarm bell in the city rang, 10,000 rebels quickly deployed on the city walls, and thousands of civilians were also in their respective places.

Taiyuan has been besieged for two months, the defenders in the city have experienced many defenses, they have enough experience, they know how to deal with it without orders, everything is in order, and they are not panicked, but Jiang Xiang's eyes are full of melancholy, Taiyuan City is not short of money and food, but it lacks equipment.

Dolgon came to Taiyuan only one day, and the next day he asked the Qing army to launch a large-scale attack, with more than 100 siege towers of 100 ladders and more than 10 siege towers, which were like a tide rolling towards Taiyuan City under the support of soldiers.

Three thousand Mongols with shields held aloft and scimitars in their hands, followed by nearly seven thousand archers, who took cover, in the 'Boom! Boom! Boom! To the beat of the drums, they stepped on the drum and marched forward.

The siege of the city suffered heavy casualties and was not flattering, and it was always done by the green battalion, although the Mongols were dissatisfied, but they still had to carry the equipment slowly.

10,000 horses spread out in the wilderness, and hundreds of people followed behind each ladder and siege tower, and the battle has been fought until now, the Qing army is also a little numb to the siege, and the Mongols are too lazy to howl, so they bow their heads and advance to the city wall.

Although the Mongols had not attacked Taiyuan, they saw that the Green Camp and the Han Banner had attacked several times, and they advanced to half a mile away from the city, and immediately rushed wildly, and suddenly a shower of stones fell from the head of the city.

More than a hundred boulders roared down from the sky, rolling in the crowd of Mongol soldiers, flesh and blood flying, and screams resounded throughout the field.

A siege tower was hit in the waist, the plank was broken, the sawdust was splashed, the tower body was broken and fell down directly, and the surrounding soldiers immediately scattered, and another ladder was hit by the wooden wheel, the bearing was broken, and the ladder was crooked, lying on the ground and could no longer move.

The siege battle was the most tragic, killed by arrows, killed by guns, that was an easy way to die, and the terrible thing was to be flattened by stones, poured with boiling oil, and poured with gold juice, and then the death was ugly.

The Mongols didn't want to attack the city, so they wanted to run back, but Dolgon personally supervised the battle, and they couldn't even be inferior to the green battalion, so the Mongols could only brave the stone bullets and charge forward, and as the army advanced, the archers on both sides broke out into fierce fire, and the battle quickly became fierce.

The defenders fired arrows downward on both sides of the battlements of the city wall, and nearly 7,000 Mongol archers lined up under the city in nine rows and took turns throwing them at the head of the city.

The arrows on both sides were like a dense rain, weaving a black arrow net in the sky, the Mongols suffered heavy casualties, and the defenders were also suppressed, there were many casualties, and people kept screaming for arrows.

In a dense rain of arrows, 3,000 Mongols approached the city walls with their weapons, and the battle began to heat up.

The city was full of rolling wood and stones, and it kept smashing down, and the oil canister smashed on the ladder and immediately ignited a raging fire.

The Mongols' bows and arrows suppressed the city, but there were too many archers, and the besieging troops were weak.

The battle did not last long, and in less than an hour, the Mongol archers ran out of arrows from the quiver, their arms were sore, and the city was suppressed by a rain of arrows, and the Mongols were immediately driven out of the city.

In terms of siege, the Mongols were no stronger than the Green Battalion, and even a little worse.

The result of the siege did not satisfy Dolgon, and the Mongols who besieged the city were not happy.

Since the Mongols and the Manchus got together, they rarely participated in this kind of costly siege warfare, except for the initial entrepreneurial stage.

In the siege, it has always been mainly the green battalion soldiers who are fighting, using them to consume the enemy's fresh army, and then the main force of Manmeng appears to collect military merits and benefits.

This time, Dolgon asked the Mongols to attack the city, and let the Mongols serve as consumables, which made the Mongols very dissatisfied.

In the early morning of the next day, the Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Darhan Zhuolik Batutun and a few Mongolian generals found Dolgon angrily, and said very dissatisfied: "Regent, I heard a news, today's siege is still to be the vanguard of the Eight Banners, yesterday we have killed 2,000 people, how many Mongolians are there, after three days of attack, we have to die a banner, does the regent want us to die until the last man?" ”

"Yes! Regent, such a thing as a siege has always been the vanguard of the Han army, and there are many of them! ”

Dolgon deeply felt the difficulties of the Qing Dynasty, this bandit group bound by interests, when the benefits that could be obtained were stretched, the internal cohesion was far less than it was back then.

Dol Roll was dealing with the official documents, and after listening to the words of a few people, he couldn't help but secretly hate in his heart, he defeated Jungar, and also gave this group of white-eyed wolves a lot of benefits, how long has it been, let them attack the city for a few days, and they are full of complaints.

Dolgon's face was gloomy, "This king knows very well about this matter, your wounded will be treated by this king, and you will continue to take the initiative in attacking the city today, this will not change, but this king will order the Han army to flag and cover your attack." ”

The Mongols attacked the city without discipline and follow-up preparations, which was reflected yesterday, but the Mongols also had the advantages of the Mongols, that is, they were brave and their soldiers were stronger than the Han banner.

Dolgon changed his strategy and decided to let the Han army use bows, arrows, firearms and other weapons to suppress the city, and let the Mongols charge ahead and take charge of the city, giving full play to their respective advantages.

Several Mongol generals, seeing that Dolgon was resolute, did not dare to disobey the order, but their unhappiness was directly expressed on everyone's faces.

Seeing this, Dolgon frowned, "You try your best to attack the city, whoever breaks through Taiyuan first, this king will allow him to plunder for a day first!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Regent!" When Darhan Drik Batutun heard this, his face became more pale, and he and several others took their leave to Dorgon.

They saluted and turned away, and Dolgon angrily threw the fold in his hand on the table, and shouted angrily outside the tent: "Let Kong Youde come to see this king!" ”

After a short time, Kong Youde came quickly, he turned over and dismounted, walked directly into the big tent, and saluted: "What does the regent command!" ”

"Today, you can send 10,000 horses, choose firecrackers and archers, and cooperate with the Mongolian Eight Banners to attack the city!"

Kong Youde was busy preparing to receive the order, but at this time, the curtain of the tent was provoked by Lou Qin, and he hurriedly walked into the tent and presented a military report to Dolgon, "Regent, Shang Kexi sent an eight-hundred-mile urgency, and the king thief sent troops to Ruzhou and went straight to Luoyang!" ”

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