Chapter 54: Bloody War
The power of the grenade is very weak compared to the artillery.
But in the tide of soldiers who smashed into the Han Eight Banners under the city, in an explosion, the Han Eight Banners desperately attacked the city to deter them.
The offensive of the Han Eight Banners weakened slightly, and for the defenders of the city, they finally had a chance to breathe.
Realign your defenses.
The defenders of the city also took the opportunity to push one-third of the city ladder down the city, but even so, it still paid a lot of casualties, after the Han Eight Banners was the Mongolian cavalry who dismounted, the other side continued to rain arrows, whenever someone showed his head and desperately went to overthrow the ladder, there was a rain of arrows covered, after the arrow, the city wall was planted.
Compared with the Ming army, the new army has a great advantage, that is, they know very well who they are fighting for and for whom they are dying.
Relatives are behind him, the Yanmen Gate is broken, and the wives and children will also be bullied by the Houjin, especially the day before yesterday, after watching the Houjin brutally slaughter the people of the Ming Dynasty, these people aroused the resentment of the same enemy in their hearts.
Although the people are not related to them, they have the same blood.
After a long time, after the Houjindu team killed dozens of people in a row, the Han Eight Banners organized an attack on the city again.
Above and below the city, there are all figures who are struggling to fight, for their own purposes, for their own responsibilities and missions.
But the defense of Yanmen Pass is becoming more and more difficult.
Tang Sanxian continued to save the scene with his own soldiers, but there were too many people on the other side.
Although the city wall was not very long, it was attacked by enemy soldiers in several places, and they had to be forced to fight and drive the enemy off the wall.
In the dark, although the artillery continued to bombard into the distance, Huang Taiji cunningly dispersed and transferred the artillery, and the battle lasted for more than an hour, but more than a dozen artillery pieces were damaged in Houjin, and the opponent's explosion did not exceed 20.
On the contrary, it was said that it was difficult to transfer the artillery in the city, and seven or eight guns were directly smashed by the enemy's shells.
Although Houjin's artillery could not explode, every time it hit the city, several people would be killed or wounded.
Although the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty attacked the city wall, Houjin obviously did not care about the life or death of these Han soldiers, and smashed them as they were, regardless of the enemy and me.
The war went on, but the Forces nouvelles were losing and wounding every minute and every second.
After a long fight, everyone was a little tired.
Tang Sanxian had no choice but to let everyone start pouring the oil into the city.
As soon as the war began, the fire oil that was prepared to be left for the Jurchen Tartars was forced to come in handy.
The oil was poured into the city, and then the torches were thrown down.
In an instant, the fire was raging, and it began to burn on the corpses of the Han Eight Banners and the city below.
In the midst of the fire, the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls instantly sounded, and one after another the Han soldiers with the fire shadow began to run wildly or roll on the ground.
The tragic scene fell in the eyes of the new army in the city, and there was a happy relief.
These traitors, the scum of the Han people, deserve to die and have no place to be buried.
As a result, Houjin's offensive suddenly stopped, and the sea of fire under the city was difficult to extinguish for a while.
Tang Sanxian immediately commanded everyone, seized the opportunity, and began to adjust the range of the artillery, aiming at the enemy soldiers about 200 meters below the city and starting to shoot, and at the same time using flintlock guns to strafe within 100 meters of the city.
The artillery roared, and the guns shook loudly.
Suddenly, the Houjin army within 200 meters was suppressed.
The new army, which is superior in firepower, finally began to suppress Houjin.
After that, Jin could only return fire with artillery, or with a bow and arrow in the chaos.
Half an hour later, the fire became smaller.
But in a short period of time, more than half of the 200-meter Houjin army was killed or wounded.
The terrain under the city is narrow, and there are a lot of soldiers in the back of the gold pile, and often every shot will hit the target.
The 15,000 Han and Eight Banners were not even enough for 5,000 people, and the Mongolian cavalry suffered many casualties.
The figures under the city began to thin out.
The fire is on fire.
Huang Taiji finally sent his Jurchens to join the siege team.
Twelve thousand people joined, plus less than 10,000 Han Eight Banners and Mongolian mixed brigades.
Again the mighty slaughter.
As soon as the desperate Jurchen soldiers approached the city, they led the rhythm of the siege.
The aura of bravery affected the surrounding Han and Mongol soldiers.
The intensity rises again.
Tang Sanxian did not dare to relax, and once again arranged heavy troops to fill in the weak parts of the city wall.
The ladder was erected again.
The Jurchen soldiers climbed the ladder and attacked, and the opponent flew onto the city wall in several places.
Flintlock pistols lose their effectiveness in melee combat.
Tang Sanxian began to rush up with his own soldiers and sword and shield hands, seeking to drive the Jurchen soldiers off the city wall.
But the Jurchens are indeed brave, often killing one person requires two or three casualties, and as soon as the other party delays, there will be a steady stream of Jurchens climbing the city ladder.
The positions of the war, began to move to the city walls.
The Jurchens continued to climb the city wall, and Tang Sanxian did not have three heads and six arms, and it was difficult to support the left and right.
Could it be that today's Yanmen Pass will be captured by Houjin.
Bloody eyes, when Tang Sanxian swung the knife hard, he remembered Mr. Qiji, and it was like what he had said: Yanmen Pass must be defended even if the last person dies in battle, and Tang Sanxian will not let Houjin step into the city when he dies!
The Jurchens were endless, and in half an hour, the city walls were already full of brave Jurchens.
The new army killed the enemy as they wished, but they had no choice but to lose their strength and retreat.
In the blink of an eye, the body of the pro-soldier blocked the waving battle knife, and the flying arms and sprayed blood made Tang Sanxian's face feel hot.
Can't wait any longer.
"Niu Shui, take people down the city wall, and the soldiers will follow me to resist the Jurchens and blow up the city wall for me!"
Tang Sanxian pulled the deputy general Niu Shui beside him, waved his knife and slashed the Jurchen soldiers in front of him, and roared loudly.
He Tang Sanxian is not a sinner.
Willing to die with the Houjin soldiers, otherwise today Yanmen Pass will be lost, Shanxi will be ruined, and he will respect Mr. in the smoke-free area.
The city wall was blown up, which Tang Sanxian had already prepared, and if he couldn't stop it, he would die with the Jurchens.
Tang Sanxian's life is not a pity, but Yanmen Pass cannot be taken by the Jurchens.
"General, I'll guard it, you bring people!" Niu Shui blocked the swinging sword and shouted without looking back.
The battle situation in the city was already chaotic, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of Jurchen soldiers.
The walls really can't stand it.
Tang Sanxian was about to push, but Niu Shui turned around and pushed back.
"Brothers, for the sake of the dead people, for the sake of our families, fight with me, don't let these beasts succeed!"
Niu Shui shouted and swung his knife and rushed forward again.
The pro-soldiers around him fought hard and gritted their teeth to meet the enemy.
Block with your body, bite with your teeth, don't let go of your hand, and use your bones to jam the war knife of the main Jurchen soldiers.
At this time, on the wall of Yanmen Pass, the Han people used their lives and blood to interpret their courage and blood.
The city of the Ming Dynasty can be lost, but the Yanmen Pass in Shanxi cannot be lost.
Tang Sanxian gritted his teeth, the blood in his mouth flowed from the corners of his mouth, and then he roared with red eyes: "Sons, wait for Tang Sanxian, we will still be brothers in the next life." ”
Turn around and wave.
The new army began to pour down the city, and behind them were comrades who had died in battle.
The Jurchens continued to attack the city walls, intending to go down to the city and open the city gates.
However, nearly 10,000 Jurchen soldiers were blocked at the staircase of the city wall by more than 1,000 personal soldiers, piling up their bodies and the corpses of their dead comrades.
After a stick of incense.
Niu Shui, who still had a hundred people left, had been forced to the top of the stairs.
Under the city, Tang Sanxian's tiger eyes were full of tears.
In the distance, a trace of belly white was revealed, and the sky was almost dawn, but the reinforcements had not yet come, and the city wall of Yanmen Pass was about to be broken by Houjin within a stone's reach.