101 Movements of the Ming Army

While he was talking, he saw a lot of things launched in the gate of the camp. When Hu Guang saw it, he recognized that it was a ladder truck.

In fact, this ladder car is not simply put on the ladder on the car, the volume is very large, and it can hide a lot of people underneath, or it is used to attack the city, or it is used to shoot arrows at the head of the city by avoiding archers.

In addition to the ladder carts, there are also rows of builders, four or five carrying the kind of simple ladders that are simple to make, compared to the kind seen yesterday, the top of today's simple ladders, you can see the reflection of metal, apparently also added hooks to hook the city wall. The Jianyu carrying the simple ladder is on both sides of the ladder cart, following out, this number is a bit much.

After the ladder truck was finished, three crashing cars were also seen. The crash car was actually a huge wooden stake with an iron head on the pile, which hung from the car and could swing back and forth to crash into the city wall or gate. The roof is a pointed roof-like covering, covered with moist hides to prevent flames from burning out. When these siege machines all reached the front positions of the three phalanxes, it looked quite spectacular.

It can be seen that Jianyu must have made a lot of preparations, and he really wanted to attack the city in one go.

Hu Guang retracted his gaze and saw that on the head of the Jingshi City, the Hongyi cannons and the general's cannons were pushed by the soldiers from both sides of the city wall and concentrated in the area where the moat was filled.

Hu Guang was relieved, and when he looked up again at the outside of the city, he saw a cavalry army galloping out of the camp and coming to the front of the phalanx. As you can see from the flag, this is the slave chieftain coming out.

The drumming outside the city suddenly stopped, and it seemed to silence the world for a moment. Then I saw the slave chief Taiji driving his horse to inspect the phalanx, and at the same time he was saying something loudly, but the specific content was too far away to be heard. But after Huang Taiji finished speaking, he saw the Jianyu in the phalanx screaming excitedly. You can guess with your toes, and it's probably because you're going to attack the city and have something like that.

On the side of the city, yesterday, the guards of the city were all pale or numb. But now, it is basically not affected by the construction outside the city, listening to the military orders are busy, preparing all kinds of equipment to defend the city, which is a different manifestation of morale.

After a while, the war drums of Jianlu sounded again, and thousands of Jianlu shouted trumpets, and the sound shook all over the world, resounding through the Beijing Division. Countless people marched in unison, pushing siege equipment, and began to march in the direction of the city wall.

The real siege battle of Jianyu has finally officially kicked off.

At the same time, Governor Ma Shilong's Ming army on the West Road also saw the important town of Zunhua, which once belonged to the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that the siege began at the head of the city, the army stopped.

In this army, most of them were old and weak soldiers in ragged clothes, who shrunk into a group to resist the bitter cold, and when they saw that the army stopped, they all huddled together and sat around to keep warm. At first glance, this is an army, it is just a team of refugees with knives and guns. Of course, this has to eliminate those angry horses in brocade clothes.

Those generals all gathered around Prime Minister Ma Shilong, and no one was willing to take the lead, telling their difficulties one by one, saying that Zunhua was too difficult to fight.

Ma Shilong did not embarrass them, so he ordered to set up camp, which was far away from Zunhua, and it seemed that the well water did not interfere with the river water.

On the road from Shanhaiguan to Changli, the main general Zu Dashou had just listened to the messenger sent back by the forward Cao Wenzhao, and then ordered: "You go back and tell Cao Wenzhao, let him press the speed, and don't alarm the Jianyu army." When the commander arrives with the car battalion, the car battalion and the cavalry march together, it is a safe move! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" The messenger responded, and then hesitated a little, but still reminded: "The siege of Jianyu is very urgent, and my master is worried that Changli will not be able to hold on to the arrival of the army!" ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Cao Wenzhao dares to recklessly break Ben Shuai's arrangement, be careful of his head!" ”

When the messenger heard this, he did not dare to say any more, but hurriedly agreed, and galloped away.

He Kegang always paid attention to the side, and only then did he frown and say, "If the city is broken, it's not big, right?" ”

"The first purpose of this boss is to ensure that he is undefeated!" Zu Dashou replied solemnly, "The second is to defeat this Jianlu, it is best to kill and injure Jianlu in large numbers, and the last is to save Changli." This time the order must not be reversed, otherwise how will I explain to the elder when I go back? ”

"......" He Kegang was silent when he heard it.

Zu Dashou saw that he had no opinion, so he drove his horse to continue to advance, and at the same time looked at the marching team and said: "If our army can reach Changli when Jianyu just attacks Changli, and attacks its rear at this time, then Ben Shuai is fully sure that this Jianyu will be severely damaged!" ”

In troubled times, life is as cheap as a dog! He Kegang sighed in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't advise Zu Dashou anymore. After all, for them, as Zu Dashou said, the primary and secondary cannot be messed up.

If you win, then you are good, I am good, everyone is good, even if Changli falls, it is not the responsibility of the Guanning army, you can only blame Changli for his bad life, and he will not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements;

If the defeat and Guan Ningjun's losses are too large, not only will they not be able to make meritorious contributions, but it is even possible to go to prison for this, and it is not certain whether they can turn over in the future. Even if it is to save Changli, it is useless, after all, Guan Ningjun is the fundamental.

For these thoughts of theirs, Hu Guang naturally couldn't know. At this time, he was staring at the movement of the building outside the city.

I saw the Jianlu cavalry in the distance pass the slowly advancing foot soldiers, and galloped into a scattered formation and rushed towards the Jingshi, and in the dust, these Jianlu cavalry began to shoot arrows at the city.

This kind of archery naturally cannot be accurate, it is nothing more than disrupting the defense of the city head and putting pressure on the Ming army at the city head.

"Without the order of the commander, you must not fight back!" At the head of the city, the stern shouts of the Mangui family resounded one after another.

However, this order was only for ordinary soldiers, and some of the soldiers who wore armor and were in position for protection were scattered all over the battlements, and when they looked outside, they coldly placed an arrow. Of course, there are also a small number of musketeers, who are aiming at the outside, shooting colder shots at a slower pace.

Hu Guang could see at the top of the city that the shots of these soldiers were about one out of ten. You know, those captives outside the city are galloping by on horseback, and this hit rate is already very good. Obviously, these soldiers were supposed to be the sharpshooters and firearm marksmen that Mangui had selected from the city.

The battle between the two sides began with them.

In the distance, the phalanx of Jianyu got closer and closer, and gradually, new changes began to take place.

The carts were pushed to the front, as if forming a moving city wall with spaces, and the speed seemed to be speeding forward. The archers, on the other hand, hid in groups behind the chariots, and waited to get close to the city walls and begin to suppress the city.