The Houjin cavalry steadily marched a mile away from the city, and then stopped in a whole formation.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Houjin began to cast cannons and ordered the red-clothed general.

The range of the cannon is as far as a mile.

Therefore, Zilharang stopped a mile away to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Ming army.

In the understanding of most people in the Later Jin Dynasty, although the artillery fire of the Ming army was sharp, it was powerful, varied, and lethal.

But the artillery firing mileage of the Ming army seems to be almost the same as that of the red-clothed general of Houjin.

So one mile is a safe distance.

This time, Zilharang also accompanied the army with twenty red-clothed generals.

After gradually realizing the power of artillery, Houjin also began to pay attention to the construction and training of artillery.

A mile away.

Zilharang began to mobilize artillery to move forward.

The Jurchen's style of play was different from that of the Ming army, which was mainly defensive in Liaodi, and set up cannons on the city to defend the city.

Later Jin's artillery began to move towards field warfare, because before Houjin and the Ming Dynasty, it was mainly offensive.

At this time, Zilharang transferred the artillery forward, just waiting for the cavalry to attack at the beginning, and then used artillery to cover the cavalry approaching the city, which was a mature Houjin siege method.

Bombarded the city with artillery, suppressed the city, and then covered the cavalry approaching the city, and finally the Han Eight Banners climbed the ladder to attack the city wall.

And two years ago.

Later Jin was not yet the case in the battle with the Ming army.

It is often based on besieging the city, cutting off its support, cutting off its food, surrendering to destroy morale, and then attacking the city, the reason why this is so is because the Jurchen troops are precious, and the Later Jin cannot afford to consume troops in the siege battle.

But at this time.

Zilharang changed his previous style of play.

There are many reasons, there is a fear of Tang Xidong, at this time Hou Jin has already predicted that Tang Xidong must be on the way to the north to transfer troops, so he needs to fight quickly.

In addition, after the Later Jin recruited many Mongols and Han Chinese to join the Eight Banners, their military strength was expanded, and these two ethnic groups were not their own people. Dead and wounded were not a pity, and Houjin dared to consume his troops in the siege battle.

A cannon rang out.

Houjin began to siege the city.

On the left and right flanks, the Golden Cavalry and the Mongol Cavalry launched an assault respectively.

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, as siege pawns, galloped closely behind.

The horses galloped, and the tremors of the earthquake could be faintly felt in the city.

Tensions began to rise.

In an instant, the cavalry rushed to a hundred meters and came down the city.

At this time, the Houjin artillery began to push the artillery forward, and after advancing thirty paces, began to adjust the artillery to prepare for the attack.

And in the city, Tang Sanxian's face was cold, but he was indifferent to everything under the city.

The cavalry galloped a hundred paces again, and the galloping speed of the war horse increased again under the acceleration.

And in the distance, a cannon rang out.

Houjin's artillery began to wield.

The first round of artillery, apparently, was to find the place where the shells landed.

The iron bullet smashed under the city, obviously not at a sufficient angle.

The cavalry charged again, and was already two hundred meters away.

After the gold artillery fired again.

This time it hit the base of the wall.

The walls shook, and the masonry and stone fell.

The soldiers of the city were unsteady on their feet.

But there was still no movement in the city.

Tang Sanxian took a deep breath and turned his eyes to look at the city, the corners of his mouth revealing a trace of ruthlessness.

Under the city, the cavalry was about to approach two hundred paces.

The cavalry at the front was already very fast, like a gallop.

The soldiers in the city were already able to drive to it, and the Mongol cavalry at the front of the gallop had begun to mount their bows and arrows, squinting and aiming, ready to shoot.

But at this very moment.

The front hooves of the war horse stepped into the air, and the cavalry immediately followed the horse into the trench that suddenly appeared.

The appearance of the trench was sudden, but the appearance of the trench apparently triggered a series of reactions.

Outside the Yanmen Gate, the outside of the city is expanded to the outside, and Yu is outside, the more open.

But at this time, the siege is the opposite, the closer it is, the narrower it becomes.

The narrow space made Houjin's cavalry unable to spread their formation, which felt very awkward.

At this time, the cavalry attacked, the speed was extremely fast, and after the first horse stumbled and fell into the trench, although the knights behind him pulled their horses one after another, they still could not escape the end of the ditch.

So dozens of horses were transferred into the trench one after another.

In the smoke and dust, the rear cannot see the front clearly, the war horse gallops, the front pulls the horse, and the trench is too wide to leap.

So a long trench appeared in front of him, after dozens of horses and knights fell into the trench.

The onslaught of the Jurchen cavalry was restricted, and although the onslaught was stopped, they were crowded in front of the trenches, unable to advance or retreat.

And in the city, Tang Sanxian smiled at the corner of his mouth.

That's the moment he was waiting for.

A lead line ignited all the way at the foot of the slope, towards the foot of the Jurchen cavalry.

Then, two in a row, two in a row.

Dozens of explosions rang out.

In the Jurchen cavalry array, mud splashed.

The war horses were blown into the air, and the knights went up to the sky one after another in various poses.

Countless screams and the neighing of war horses rang out.

Trenches plus mines.

It is the standard way of defending the city of the new army.

Smoke rose and blood spilled on the ground.

The horses were uneasy, the cavalry was difficult to resist, and there was a sudden chaos.

After a long time.

The smoke cleared, and the edges of the trenches were filled with piles of the remains of cavalry horses.

It is a gift that Tang Sanxian has prepared for a long time to Houjin.

Such a gift can only be given once, and it is obviously a bit heavy.

After the mine exploded, nearly 1,000 wings of Jurchen cavalry and Mongol cavalry were hit by the explosion and suffered casualties.

The tragic image unfolded before my eyes.

The cavalry behind them struggled to drive their horses back.

But there were too many people to return for a while.

Right now.

Behind the trench, in another ditch immediately alongside, a human head popped up.

At a cursory glance, there are thousands of people.

These people were ambushed in the trench by Tang Sanxian before the war.

I saw spears sticking out of the trench.

The next moment, there was a loud gunshot.

The fire is dazzling.

Bullets were fired at the cavalry entrenched on the other side beyond the trench.

Suddenly, the cavalry, which was difficult to move, became a target.

One by one, they fell to the ground or were taken off their horses by their horses.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

……

There was a constant shouting among the cavalry.

In the distance, Zilharang clenched his fists.

At this time, my heart was dripping blood.

Secretly repented, he should have thought of this scene a long time ago.

It's a pity that he is too anxious to attack the city.

Make a big mistake.

After a long time, the cavalry finally retreated.

One by one, they were embarrassed, and their morale plummeted.

Before the trenches, the cavalry lost almost two thousand.

Before attacking the city, one-tenth of the troops had been easily killed and wounded by the opponent.

The Houjin cavalry felt a defeat that they had never felt before.

"Banner master, Erlang has been frustrated, it is not appropriate to continue the attack at this time, it is better to return to the camp first, discuss the countermeasures to break the other party's trench, and then attack the city." Behind him, the Derg class whispered advice.

Speaking of which, Derge's identity is more expensive than Zilharang's, but at this time in the army, Zilharang's status as the leading general is higher.

Zilharang's face was ugly, but as a general with countless achievements, he was naturally not an impulsive person, so after a long time, he took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

So the Houjin cavalry, who came quickly, left in embarrassment.

Experience a big war.

Hou Jin saw the alternative style of play of the Shanxi New Army.

The confidence in Jierharang's heart to attack Yanmen Pass in one breath was also half cold.

A sense of urgency began to arise in my heart.