Chapter 1217: Soft Persimmon
Although Dayan Khan had a shameful mind in this sneak attack on Daning City, which was empty, he didn't want to meet Zhang Zhijie's army. After all, last time he led 40,000 iron cavalry to defeat, but this time he only had more than 20,000 troops in his hands.
Not only Dayan Khan, but the generals under his command were also relieved to see that there was no military formation under the city, which showed that Zhang Zhijie was indeed not in Daning City.
At this time, they have to look at Daning City again, like looking at a lamb to the slaughter. Daning City is not a heroic city like Xuanfu, which has been occupied by Duoyanwei for decades and is already somewhat dilapidated.
"Sure enough, without Zhang Zhijie, these Ming people will only shrink into the city!" Dayan Khan sneered.
"Great Khan, in my opinion, that Zhang Zhijie is nothing more than that! The original battle of Xuanfu Zhang Zhijie was just a fluke! This time the Great Khan attacked Daning City, and Zhang Zhijie was not exhausted by the Great Khan's schemes? ”
Dayan Khan nodded approvingly and said, "You're right! It is estimated that Zhang Zhijie and Agoura are still waiting for Ben Khan's army stupidly, and they don't know that Ben Khan's army has broken through Daning City! Ha ha...... ”
Ever since he knew that Zhang Zhijie would lead troops to help the Ira clan, Dayan Khan was a little anxious, but now he was able to avoid Zhang Zhijie's revenge on him, which completely relaxed Dayan Khan's anxiety for many days.
The first siege tactic handed down by Genghis Khan was intimidation, which first broke the morale of the defenders in the city. Dayan Khan waved his horsewhip and raised his voice: "Let the defenders in the city see the demeanor of our Mongolian iron cavalry!" ”
Dayan Khan's iron cavalry gradually began to gallop, ready to run around the city, I have to say that the scene of more than 20,000 iron horsemen galloping up is indeed terrifying, the ground is shaking, and the entire Daning City is trembling.
However, the army on the city wall was not timid, those musketeers had once struck the steppe iron cavalry in the wild, not to mention the danger of the city now! So they were very calm in their hearts, and they knew that these Tatars were intimidating.
But they did not feel afraid, but looked at the arrogance of these Tartars with some disdain, and felt sorry in their hearts, but it was a pity that the Governor was not there! If the Governor is here, and you Mongol Tartars are rampant?
The musketeers touched the bayonets at their waists and spat at the city, but unfortunately the bayonets of the laborers were not used! They just don't know if the muskets can be used, they turned their heads to look at the artillerymen who were busy and nervous, and they regretted it even more, not to mention the bayonets, even the muskets may not be able to be used!
But these artillerymen are going to be enjoyable, such a dense artillery, the governor is really a little crazy, I hope these Tartars can be strong, let the labor and management fire two shots!
The army under the city is gradually approaching, and the musketeers in the city are looking at the Mongolian iron cavalry under the city, and the artillery soldiers are fiery in their eyes.
Tian Shiyuan looked at the movements of the Mongolian cavalry under the city and knew that these Mongolian Tartars were planning to attack the city. Unexpectedly, Dayan Khan chose to attack Daning City, and the corners of Tian Shiyuan's mouth moved slightly and spit out two words, idiot!
Not to mention the dense artillery, arquebuses are condescending far beyond the range of Mongolian bows and arrows, and they only carry simple siege tools, why should these Mongol Tatars attack the city?
Dayan Khan didn't know the thoughts of the defenders of the city, and at this time he was proudly leading the army around the city, if he knew the thoughts of the defenders on the city wall, he would definitely vomit blood.
Dayan Khan's cavalry army resembled a long, winding serpent, with the head of the snake being the first to come within range of the artillery. Tian Shiyuan did not immediately order the cannon, but said calmly: "Wait a minute, don't rush to open the cannon, let them run for a while!" ”
Those artillerymen also understood what the chief soldier meant, and let more Mongolian Tatars enter the range of artillery, so that they could be ruthless with one shot!
The Mongolian iron cavalry galloped far around the city, but there was no movement on the city wall, no gunfire, no artillery, Dayan Khan was a little proud, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, these defenders in the city were probably frightened stupid.
This is how their great Genghis Khan attacked the city, intimidating, slaughtering the city, cutting off the water supply, using these to demoralize the defenders, and then attacking the city. The current intimidation has scared the defenders of the city stupidly, and it is believed that it will not be difficult to break through the city.
After all, the elite of the Ming army must have been taken away by Zhang Zhijie, and the rest are still those defenders, but they are still the wrecks of Xuanfu! When the city is broken, the city must be slaughtered! Thinking so, Dayan Khan passed on the order to slaughter the city.
It wasn't just Dayan Khan who thought so, but the cavalry too, and they also felt that the defenders in the city were stupid. The cavalry roared and looked at the city wall triumphantly.
It's just a pity that the distance is too far away, and they can't see the expressions of the defenders on the city walls clearly. The defenders on the city walls were not frightened silly, but quietly looked at the Mongol Tartars under the city as if they were fools.
The long cavalry queue circled the city almost from a distance, and Tian Shiyuan said in a deep voice: "It's time, prepare to fire!" ”
When the cavalry under the city was proud, countless artillery guns were fired in an instant, and the sky and the earth were quiet. The proud cavalry formation was blooming everywhere, countless severed limbs flew sideways, and in an instant, the dense cavalry formation was beaten with thousands of holes.
Even Dayan Khan, who had experienced the artillery bombardment under the city of Xuanfu, was shocked and dispossessed, and after being stunned, he galloped away into the distance with his personal guards in embarrassment.
More than 20,000 cavalry collapsed in an instant, scrambling into the distance, crowding each other like headless flies in an instant, colliding with each other, and the number of people who fell from their horses was unknown.
After another shelling of the city walls, the Mongol cavalrymen had fled from the range of the cannons. Although it was only two shellings, these Mongol cavalry suffered heavy losses, and what was even more terrible was the mental blow to them.
These cavalrymen fled to a distant place in a swarm, and at this time they looked back at Daning City and still had some palpitations, and even the establishment was chaotic. It was too sudden, and I was already triumphant, but I didn't expect countless artillery pieces to fire at once, and they were blinded at once.
Dayan Khan was also a little frightened, and at this time, he looked at Daning City in the distance, and his face was a little pale. He never dreamed that there would be so many artillery pieces in Daning City, which was too fucking crazy!
What I didn't expect was that the range of these artillery pieces was so far, and at this time, Dayan Khan was a little surprised, this is no longer Huadang's Daning City, this is Zhang Zhijie's Daning City. You can't use common sense to speculate on Zhang Zhijie! Just now, he actually entered the range of artillery in such a grand manner.
(End of chapter)