Emperor Zhen Chongzhen has never advocated that Wenchen, who sits in the front-line supervisor, interfere in the operational command of the front-line generals, so he also does not want to interfere with Ma Shilong's command.

Originally, in history, after Mangui died outside Beijing, it was Ma Shilong who succeeded Mangui in commanding all the Qinwang people outside the city, and later Ma Shilong commanded the Qinwang army to fight steadily and steadily, and his performance when he recovered the lost cities all the way was also impeccable.

But this time, after all, the stakes are high, and Emperor Chongzhen is still worried that Ma Shilong and Qian Yuan will not be able to hold their breath and scare away Huang Taiji, who has not yet shown up and is as cunning as a fox.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's worries were unnecessary, and when he sent Deng Tianhe to hurry to the Watergate Great Wall to deliver the edict, the vanguard of the Mongol soldiers had already rushed into the cannon range of the Watergate Wall.

Ma Shilong did not give the order to open fire, and there was no sound on the city except for the sound of the wind blowing the flags.

The surface of the Wenyu River, where the water gate is located, is relatively open, so it crosses the river, and the Great Wall on the water that cuts off the Wenyu River is more than 1,200 steps.

On top of this dam-like barrage wall, the eastern and western sections are separated not far from each other, and there is a double-hole round arched water gate.

Above the water gate is a wide platform, on which are built with garrison enemy platforms and arrow towers.

At this moment, on the northern side of the Great Wall on the water, there are also a number of cannons densely placed, including the Hongyi cannon weighing about 4,000 catties, and the improved Franco cannon weighing 7 or 800 catties, with a total of 120 guns.

In the middle of the gaps in these cannons, rows lined up the musketeers, grenadiers, and wolf-milling pikemen of the First Guards town.

Under such a tight defense, Ma Shilong, like Emperor Chongzhen, was not afraid of the Tartars attacking the city at all, on the contrary, he was also worried that the Tartars would not attack.

Ma Shilong is not a fierce general like Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, who dares to charge into battle in the midst of thousands of troops and take the head of the enemy's generals, but a relatively conservative Confucian general.

Since following Emperor Chongzhen to Juyong Pass, Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of the 3,000 battalions, and Jiang Yingzhao, the chief soldier of the five military battalions, have asked for war many times to recover the lost territory of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, but Ma Shilong did not ask for a battle out of the pass, but strongly advocated relying on the Guancheng of Juyong Pass to fight.

The First Town of the Guards also had several battalions of cavalry, but he insisted that firearms should be the main battle equipment of the Guards, and advocated that in the face of the enemy's almost all cavalry, relying on strong fortifications to defend and counterattack was the most correct way for the Guards to fight at present.

Emperor Chongzhen recognized his style of playing with his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, so there is a war scene that seems to be very dull and boring now.

Deng Tianhe, who conveyed the emperor's message, had just arrived on a platform on the Great Wall of Watergate, when he saw Ma Shilong, who was wearing a helmet and armor and holding the red background golden dragon flag of the first town of the Guards, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Musket battalion!" Preparation! ”

Ma Shilong's words landed, and there was a sound of brushing on the city wall, which was the sound of the musket leaving his shoulder, and the sound of the muzzle rushing up and turning to the flat-ended muzzle rushing forward and rubbing against the iron plate armor.

The musketeers in the first row standing at the head of the city instantly pointed their guns downwards and aimed at the Mongol soldiers who were running and approaching with a shouting ladder.

Soon, the vanguard of the Mongol soldiers under the city was getting closer and closer, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps—

As the Mongol soldiers approached the city walls, arrows from Mongol bows soon fell on the top of the city, clanging against the iron helmets and plate armor of the officers and men of the first town of the Guards.

At this moment, Deng Tianhe, who was shuttling through the crowd and walking briskly towards Ma Shilong, heard Ma Shilong shouting loudly: "All of them!" Fire! Fire! Fire yourself! ”

Immediately afterward, the sound of thumping muskets was heard incessantly, and the city was filled with a choking white smoke.

The city was densely packed with rushing crowds, and the musketeers at the head of the city did not need to aim at all, only to shoot, and then take a few steps back to give up their position, and then reload their ammunition and then fill the position.

Rounds of gunfire continued to resound on the relatively open ice surface of the Wenyu River.

And those Mongol soldiers who had already approached the city wall with the ladder and were about to erect the ladder to the head of the city fell in an instant.

The Mongol soldiers, who were out of the range of muskets, continued to rush forward under the threat of Shangguan's saber, and fell to the ice under the city one after another, either being hit by the vital point and dying on the spot, or being hit in the limbs or abdomen and falling to the ground in pain.

When the battle on the Great Wall of Juyongguan Water Gate began, Huang Taiji, who was riding a group of pure white high-headed horses, finally appeared in the valley north of Jundumen under heavy protection.

As soon as Huang Taiji arrived at this place, he saw the twelve bright yellow dragon flags symbolizing the great tomorrow standing at the head of the Yongsheng Gate in Juyongguan a few miles away, and knew that the great tomorrow who dared to humiliate himself was there.

This feeling makes Huang Taiji very uncomfortable, a person who is high up and controls everything, and it seems that he especially does not want to see in front of him, there is a person who discriminates and insults himself but he is powerless.

Although the cannons that the Ming army used to see did not sound at the head of the city made him feel strange, he also felt that this was not an opportunity for him.

As long as it's fast enough! Ruthless enough!

As soon as Huang Taiji arrived at this place, he immediately said to Sun Degong, who arrived at about the same time: "Sun Degong, quickly divide Wuzhen Chaoha into two teams, one team will be led by you to attack the water gate along the river, and the other team will be handed over to Alancha and let him take it to bombard the military capital gate!" ”

Sun Degong obeyed the order and left.

Huang Taiji said to Yue Tuo and the others again: "My Dajin Kingdom attacked the Ming Dynasty, and success or failure is in one fell swoop!" If we win this battle, our Dajin Kingdom will be able to complete its work in one battle! Today I have come to this point, so don't wait to be suspicious!

"You are in front of the red flag, I am in the back, there is no order from me, the Mongolian departments are retreating, you can kill if you are wearing the red flag, if you are back with the red flag, I will not show mercy!"

"Hesitate, kill! Those who retreat without permission, kill! ”

Yue Tuo received the will with a serious face, and lowered the guards around him and galloped back to the red flag formation.

Soon, the twenty Niu Lu horseback infantry with red flags dismounted one after another, under the command of Yue Tuo's half-brother Ma Zhan, they were also divided into six thousand teams, some carrying the ladders transported with the army, and some holding swords and shields, cooperating with each other, following behind Sun Degong's Wuzhen Chaoha artillery team, and running forward quickly.

Yue Tuo personally followed closely behind with fifteen Niu Lu's cavalry, all of whom were armed with strong bows and crossbows, ready to provide long-range support for the Red Banner infantry to attack the city.

This is the traditional way of attacking cities and fortifications for many years.

This time, however, they were of little use.

By the time Sun Degong arrived not far from the Great Wall of Watergate with half of Wuzhenchaoha's artillery, the Mongol soldiers, who had suffered heavy casualties, had already retreated beyond the range of the muskets at the head of the city.

Dolzidarhan Jinong is urgently discussing countermeasures with several leaders of the southern tribes of the desert who have retreated alive, such as Zhaisangpo Buda Yaqi of the Maoming Anbu, Yierdence Ling of the Haoqi Division, Taiji Sailing Abahai of the Dorot Division, and Batma Dular Zhaisang of the Urad Division.

I only heard the leader of the Haozit tribe, Yierdenze, say in a huff: "Lord Jinong! The Jurchens treated us like this, and they were even more cruel and ruthless than Lin Dan Khan! If we lose all our subordinates and we follow the Jurchens, what will be left in the end?! ”

After saying this, Ildentze turned to the others and said, "It's not that you didn't see it! The sharpness of the Han people's muskets is definitely not what it used to be! How can such a fortified city be taken by us in a hurry!?

"Now that Sonomutaiji, Badasi Jaisang, and Zitat Cherbey Zaisan have died here, are you also going to die here?!"

When Ilden Zeling said this, he cursed to himself.

At this time, the grizzled Maoming Abe Zhai Sampo Buda Yaqi said: "None of us wants to die here, but in this situation, what can we do?!" ”

After Bobudayaqi said this, everyone shook their heads and sighed, regretting that they had surrendered to the Jurchens in a daze.

While everyone was discussing this, Majan came to a distance of hundreds of paces below the city with a brigade of infantry with red flags, followed closely behind Sun Degong's artillery team, urging Sun Degong to erect artillery, and shouting for the Mongols led by Dorzidarhan to continue the siege of the city.

Dolzidarhan had no choice but to say to the leaders of the Mongol tribes around him: "You are reluctant, try to attack again, if it doesn't work, I will go to talk to the Jurchen nobles!" ”

When Yildentze and the others saw Dolzidarhan Jinong say this, several people looked at each other and turned their heads away.

Soon the Mongols, who had been repelled by the musket battalion of the Guards at the head of the city, again raised the ladder and rushed over.

And the Guards musketeers, who had been resting for a while, shot again with a bang.

The grenadiers, standing behind the rows of musketeers, took advantage of the time for the musketeers to retreat and reload, throwing lit grenades and fiery grenades into the crowd below.