The little prince of the Tatar Khan, Boyan Mengke, did his best to kill tens of thousands of elites in the Central Plains this time, and his ambition was quite not small, and he had the intention of breaking through the Great Wall and taking the Central Plains.

Originally, he even hit the idea of a fortified city like Datong, and felt that the strength of his soldiers and horses was enough to break through the Ming border fortress. It wasn't until Bohur's men and horses suffered a defeat under Datong City that he reined in a little and stopped being so rampant.

But after learning about the situation in the partial head pass, the little prince was full of confidence in breaking through this pass. Originally, from the news reported by Guanzhong, it can be seen that there are only thousands of defenders in it, and there are already problems in its Guancheng, if you can't even capture such a small pass, it will be too embarrassing.

However, the wave of attacks that took advantage of the situation yesterday was easily defused by the defenders of the city, not only did not attack the city, but lost a lot of soldiers and horses, which made the little prince and his generals feel angry for a while. After only one night's rest, the Mongolian army once again attacked with all its might towards the Biaotou Pass, this time with even more troops than before.

However, because the soldiers guarding the pass were watching today, their morale was greatly improved, and even if there were ten times as many enemies outside as they continued to attack, they did not have the slightest cowardice, and still continued to use bows and crossbows, wood and stones, fire oil and other defensive equipment to fight the enemy in accordance with the established strategy. Relying on the geographical advantage, they even killed the Mongolian people who rushed to the front of the moat several times, and made them pay a lot of price in hundreds of casualties.

Seeing this situation, the little prince was even more furious: "A small partial pass, can still stop my army for several days? Don't you forget, their walls are all in trouble, can't they be attacked by me and break through the walls? ”

The generals of the various departments under his command all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at them, and after a while, one of them spoke: "Great Khan, these Ming troops are the best at leaning on the city and defending, even if there are hidden dangers in this partial pass, they still have a geographical advantage. I thought it was a bit inappropriate to attack so strongly, but I had to think of something else. ”

The phrase "other ways ......" finally woke up the little prince, yes, all he wants is to break through this partial pass, so why not be obsessed with using soldiers and horses to break it? After a moment of thought, he looked at a subordinate in charge of logistics beside him: "Kanlda, have you brought our return artillery?" ”

Kanlda, who was named by name, suddenly lifted his spirits, and immediately replied: "Great Khan, this time you gave an order early in the morning, so we brought all the siege equipment such as the return cannons. It's just that the structure of those things is much more complex than that of the car, so it is difficult to build for a while. ”

"I'll give you more manpower, and you can build it for me as soon as possible. I'm going to use the return cannon to smash the wall of this partial pass, and kill the people on it!" The little prince's angry gaze was fixed on the defense line of the Great Wall standing like a mountain in front of him, and he ordered.

Na Kanlda didn't dare to bargain with his own Great Khan, so he immediately agreed: "We started assembling the return guns last night, and we must be able to put together four return guns this afternoon." ”

"That's enough. It's time for these southern barbarians to see the siege weapons used by my steppe tribes when they swept the world! The little prince immediately waved his hand and ordered his men to go and do it.

Kanlda really didn't say much, after noon, several strange shapes, like a huge lever on top of a giant cart, the front was pulled by manpower, and the rear was a large net bag The strange equipment was pulled by the Mongolian people one after another to a distance of about two hundred paces, and then lined up.

After seeing this thing, the defenders of the city obviously hesitated, and many soldiers began to ask each other: "What is that?" Why haven't you seen Tartars used in the past? ”

After several discussions, a voice answered the question solemnly: "That's a return cannon, I remember seeing his appearance in a book." But it was Zhengde, who had also been guarding the city all night, who recognized his identity.

"Returning to the artillery ......" made Ding Yueqian and Lei Ming and other generals with some insight change color: "That is the siege weapon used by the Tartars when they swept through the western countries, and Temujin and Kublai Khan relied on this thing to continuously break through the city." I didn't expect that a hundred years later, they would still be able to build such siege equipment. ”

"Actually, this thing is not complicated, as long as a craftsman knows a little bit about the art of mechanism, he can restore it. It is only because of the limited timber of the grassland that it has not been used by the Tartars to attack my Daming. I can't imagine that they even use this today, it seems that their hearts are not small. Zhengde's face also had a look of worry, but his eyes flashed with excitement: "I also want to see if this cannon is really as terrible as the legend says!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the return cannon in front of the battle was quickly launched. I saw that the lever in front of it was suddenly pulled by the boulder, and the net pocket that had been hanging low behind was bounced up high, and by the force of this flick, the countless gravel contained in the net fell like raindrops towards the head of the city.

It came so suddenly, too quickly, that the soldiers of the city had only time to let out a cry of astonishment, and the stones had already fallen from the sky, and many of them were bleeding from their heads, and they hurried to avoid them.

Here in Zhengde, fortunately, Dong Qian and other guards hurriedly came to the rescue, and a few soldiers were protected by shields, so they were not injured, but they were inevitably frightened, and their ruddy faces suddenly became a little blue.

"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous here, let's go down to the city for a while." Seeing this, Dong Qian persuaded again.

Zhengde was unmoved: "This is a danger, but how can the soldiers leave." Since I have promised to advance and retreat with all the soldiers and defend the partial pass, there is no reason to break my word, and you have no jokes! ”

There was still a debate about whether Zhengde would stay or not, and Lei Ming over there couldn't take care of the emperor anymore, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Shieldman, hurry up and put up the plank for me." Where are the archers, the archers? Come over to Lao Tzu, shoot me out of the city, and shoot those dog-Tartars! ”

In the roar of thunder, the city head that had been somewhat chaotic finally became calm again, and the soldiers began to act according to his orders, and under the cover of the shield bearers, the crossbowmen leaned into the mouth of the city wall, and aimed at the return cannons outside the city and released their arrows.

But then, something surprising happened, the arrows fell to the ground when they were still some distance away from the return cannon, and the arrow that had been shot furthest was still a few feet away from the target. Not to mention what threat they pose to the enemy, not even half of their clothes are touched.

As early as when these return cannons were installed, Kanlda had already calculated that with the range of bows and arrows in the city today, two hundred paces away was an absolutely safe distance. And this distance is within the range of fire for the return gun, which has a very long range. In other words, as long as they are in this position, the Ming defenders in the city will only be passively beaten, and they will not pose the slightest threat to the Mongolian people at all.

After suddenly realizing this, the soldiers of the defenders in the city were even more panicked. The Mongolian people outside the city were in ecstasy, and the little prince laughed even more: "Well done, let those southern barbarians know that we are powerful." Canlda, teach them a hard lesson, and beat them to death! ”

As the Great Khan passed down the order, the return cannons in front were fired one after another, and the stones that had been stored and picked up from the vicinity in the morning continued to fire towards the city, until the city was in a mess, screaming continuously, and countless casualties were killed.

Although the tragic situation in the city cannot be fully seen due to the distance and height, judging from the state of the banners above that are constantly falling and no one stepping forward to help them up, we can see how embarrassed the defenders are at this time. Because the defenders can't even take care of their own safety at this time, let alone protect those flags.

Seeing this, the Mongolian people under the city laughed proudly, this time the cannon really deserved to be accompanied by Genghis Khan to sweep the East and West, the creation of the vast empire of the Great Yuan sharp weapon, as long as it came out, this city has completely lost the power to fight back.

At the head of the city, there were no less than 100 casualties in a short period of time, which was more than the loss of the confrontation between the two armies, which made the momentum of the defenders more and more depressed, and everyone did not know how to deal with it.

"What can I do? As long as the Tartars under the city fight for a few more rounds, I am afraid that our army will collapse and be defeated without a fight......" Thundering's heart has also fallen to the bottom.

After all, he is only a thousand generals, and he has no experience in leading the army alone to deal with such a strong enemy in the past. If he is in an advantageous situation, he can also make corresponding arrangements according to the battle situation. But now, with such a disadvantage, he is already a little overwhelmed.

Even he, the main general, was already distracted, not to mention those ordinary soldiers. One by one, they could only shrink against the wall, holding their shields, for fear that the stones that fell from the sky would hurt them.

"Your Majesty......" Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more critical, Dong Qian couldn't help but persuade again: "It's better to hurry up and go down to the city while the enemy is not killed......

"Shut up!" I didn't want Zhengde to stop drinking with a calm face and choked back his words. I saw that this Son of Heaven, who had never been very concerned before, actually lowered his head and frowned at this time, thinking about something, and there were words in his mouth: "There must be a way to break this return cannon, my Daming is not one of those weak states before, can the mere return cannon break my Great Wall?" Although the bow and arrow can't shoot them, it doesn't mean that other weapons can't reach them, and other weapons ......" Suddenly, a thought flashed in his heart, and he grabbed the thunder: "Is there any artillery in this city?" ”