When Yuan Chonghuan came to the North City Gate, Jiannu's sheep had already walked back and forth outside the North City Gate, removing all the mines in front of him. ↑，

Watching the Jurchens carry back the injured and dead goats one by one, Yuan Chonghuan can be regarded as having gained a lot of knowledge, and it seems that Mang Gurtai's mare's milk wine has not been drunk enough, and the alcohol has not burned his brain.

"Commander." Du Wenhuan greeted him, "Jiannu is not worried about the casualties of the sheep, it is estimated that it will not take a morning for all the mines outside the city to be removed." ”

"Hmm." Yuan Chonghuan's eyes kept staring at the flock of sheep under the city, "It seems that Mang Gurtai really plans to attack the North City Gate, when will the artillery be deployed in place?" ”

"Commander, it is very troublesome to load and unload the artillery, and it will be installed and debugged, and it is estimated that the installation will be completed in the afternoon." Du Wenhuan regretted it, knowing that Mang Gurtai was going to attack the north city gate, he should have moved the artillery over earlier, and there was no need to rush it temporarily.

"Wen Huan, after Jiannu finishes clearing mines, he will definitely attack the north city gate and let the soldiers speed up. The artillery that was transported first should be installed first, so that not a single gun can be used at that time. Yuan Chonghuan saw that there were not many Jiannu soldiers outside the city, so he asked the observers around him: "How many cavalry are there in Jiannu?" ”

"Commander Hui, according to the visual inspection of his subordinates, there are about two hundred soldiers, but I don't know if there are ambushes nearby."

"Ambush? There is an unobstructed view of the outside of the city, and there are our rangers, how can there be any ambushes? Yuan Chonghuan calculated, "It seems that Jiannu will attack the city on a large scale in the afternoon or tomorrow." ”

"Commander, do you want to use the Tiger Cannon to fire a few shots first to delay the demining of Jiannu?" Du Wenhuan was still worried that the artillery would not be installed in time.

"Fire? What is the goal? Is it these flocks? The minions don't care about the casualties of the sheep - they were going to kill them for food. ”

Du Wenhuan looked at the city, there were only a few soldiers who drove the sheep, even if they used the tiger cannon, they might not be able to fight, although there were two hundred Jiannu cavalry, but they were all thousands of steps away, and the tiger cannon couldn't reach it at all. He could only shake his head and watch as the sheep detonated one mine after another.

The sheep were also frightened by the sound of the mines and the fire, and the scattered sheep kept fleeing the flock and were driven back by the soldiers behind.

The large open space outside the north city gate has been trampled by the sheep over and over again, and there should be no mines, but the distance of a hundred steps close to the city wall, the sheep have not yet stepped on it.

The gunners of the Ming army at the head of the city had long been prepared, and once the sheep came into range of the flintlock pistols, they would shoot the Jiannu soldiers who drove the sheep behind, and without the driving and command of the soldiers, the sheep would never be able to clear mines.

Near noon, the sheep finally came to the city driven by several Jiannu soldiers.

The gunners kept an eye on the Jiannu soldiers behind the flock, and the flintlock muskets had already found their own targets.

When the sheep had just entered a hundred paces or so from the city wall, the Jiannu soldiers behind jerked the flock, and the sheep were frightened, and under the leadership of the head sheep, they automatically divided into two columns and separated along the city wall to the left and right.

The gunners at the head of the city were furious: these slaves were cunning enough.

Several gunmen took aim at the Jiannu soldiers behind the flock.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The bullets of the flintlock pistol whistled down the city, and a Jiannu soldier was shot in the right arm, and the horsewhip in his hand fell to the ground.

He pulled the reins with his left hand, quickly turned the horse's head, and fled as if flying.

The other Jiannu soldiers, too, also fell off their horses' heads and quickly fled from the range of their flintlock pistols, allowing the sheep to trample under the city.

"Commander, Jiannu has also learned to be cunning." Du Wenhuan frowned.

"Wen Huan, you say, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Yuan Chonghuan was not shocked.

Du Wenhuan was shocked in his heart: "Is the commander saying that Jiannu is also afraid of our firearms?" ”

"Yes, Wen Huan, you see, Jiannu encountered the Ming army before, even if they were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, they would not retreat, and the current Jiannu soldiers also knew that they were afraid, tell me, what is going on?"

"Commander, I see." Du Wenhuan's brows relaxed, "The power of the new firearms of the Ming Dynasty has already caused a shadow in the hearts of the Jiannu soldiers, so they are scared ......"

Yuan Chonghuan nodded: "The new army of the Ming Dynasty has established a psychological advantage over Jiannu. With the large population and army of the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the country, the day when Jiannu will be completely defeated is not far away. ”

Du Wenhuan thought that after the Ming New Army arrived in Liaodong, the victories were one after another, and in just two months, three cities had been occupied in a row, the red flag was exterminated, and the Zhenglan Banner was also hit hard.

He felt infinite emotion in his heart, but he couldn't understand for a while, why the army of the Ming Dynasty was so strong, was it because of Yuan Chonghuan or Emperor Zhu Youzhen?

The sheep under the city are scattered and fled by the mines, but new mines are constantly triggered.

Looking at the casualties of the sheep, Yuan Chonghuan only smiled bitterly: "Originally, these mines were prepared for Jiannu, but now they have helped Jiannu, they eat mutton, and they don't even have to slaughter sheep." ”

Du Wenhuan was urging the soldiers transporting artillery: "Hurry, hurry up, after Jiannu clears the mines, it's time to attack the city." ”

"Yes, Throne." The soldiers replied, but they didn't even have time to look up, the new artillery of the Ming Dynasty was too heavy, and it was too difficult to transport, although the east city gate was only two miles away from the north city gate, but they had only installed twenty artillery pieces until now, and five artillery pieces had not been shipped, and fifteen of the artillery pieces that had been transported had not been installed.

Yuan Chonghuan was not in a hurry: "Our main weapon to kill the enemy is not artillery, but flintlock guns, artillery only slows down the speed of the enemy, increases the power of deterrence, and really kills the enemy, but there are not many." ”

Du Wenhuan realized from Yuan Chonghuan's words that fear is also one of the ways to fight the opponent, "Commander, if forty artillery pieces are fired in unison, plus more than a dozen tiger cannons, let alone killing the enemy, the sound alone can scare Jiannu's farts and pee." ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded, he came to Liaodong twice, and fought directly with Jiannu many times, today, for the first time, he felt for the first time that the Jiannu soldiers were already afraid of Daming.

"Hey, hey!"

The rhythmic sound of the soldiers transporting the artillery, who assisted the horses, had already transported the last five guns from the east gates.

The distance of the transport is not far, and the annoying thing is only loading and unloading.

Five artillery pieces were sent to different locations at the head of the city, waiting to be unloaded.

The ropes of the twenty horses were untied from their necks, and they shook their heads and tails as they roamed the city with ease.

More than a hundred unloaded soldiers were divided into five groups and stood on either side of the five guns. On each side of the gun, there were ten soldiers on each side, and they first removed the barrels, accessories, and other lighter objects, leaving only the heaviest base on the carriage.

The weight of the base was close to a thousand pounds, and twenty soldiers carried it on their shoulders and prepared using flat poles, iron bars, and protruding parts of the cannon body.

"One, two, three, up!" The leading soldier gave the order.

Twenty people worked together to lift the base of the artillery and hang it in the air. A soldier on the side quickly reversed the handlebars of the trailer and moved the wagon away from under the gun mount.

The two gunners came over, slightly rotated the base hanging in the air, and pointed the front end of the base in the direction outside the city, "The direction of the base is just right, now slowly lower the base." ”

Twenty soldiers bent their backs and slowly lowered the base to the ground. The gunners, who had been waiting for a long time, began to correct the position of the base, fixed it on the ground, and then installed the barrel and adjusted the gun.

The sweaty soldiers did not have time to eat, and at noon, there were still two artillery pieces that had not been finally loaded.

Mang Gurtai has arrived.

He brought all the 4,500 soldiers of the three Jiala of the rear army, plus the remaining 800 cavalry of the front army, to the city of Quang Ninh. Siege of the city, whether it can be captured or not, he must let the Ming army see the strength of the Jurchen cavalry again, and it is best that the Ming army can give up Guangning, so that when he goes back, he will have an explanation to Huang Taiji.

Countless siege ladders were piled up in front of Mang Gurtai, these ladders were so long and heavy that the cavalry could not transport them to the city at all, and Mang Gurtai ordered his soldiers to dismount and prepare to carry the ladders forward.

Behind the transports were the Mongol cavalry of three Jiala, and Mang Gurtai led only a few hundred of his own soldiers, supervising the battle at the back of the ranks.

"Commander, Jiannu is ready to attack." The observers saw that the soldiers of Jiannu had dismounted and were ready to carry the ladder for the siege.

"Blossom bullets, shoot." All forty artillery pieces were installed, and Yuan Chonghuan personally gave the order.

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

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Forty guns, the first wave of fire, the target was all ladders stacked together.

Mang Gurtai had never seen the new artillery of the Ming army, and thought that the artillery of the Ming army was a tiger cannon, with a range of less than 1,000 steps.

Several flowering bombs fell directly on the stacked ladders, blowing the ladders above to pieces, and sawdust flew around, obviously, many ladders were scrapped.

Several Jiannu soldiers who were about to carry the ladder were also blown up to the ground, and they couldn't even find a complete corpse.

Mang Gurtai was shocked, but he was used to the "accidents" of the Ming army, and he was not surprised to see it in his heart. He quickly woke up from the rumbling cannon: "Quick, separate the ladder." ”

One by one, the Jurchen soldiers were shocked by the flowering bullets, and their ear drums were like countless bees singing, and they desperately put their little fingers into their ears, hoping to catch these little bees.

The soldiers couldn't hear Mang Gurtai's words, and he danced for a while, until all the "little bees" in the soldiers' ears flew out, and he understood what Mang Gurtai meant.

The soldiers worked in small groups and lifted heavy ladders, and they did not stop, but rushed directly to the city.

After such a delay, the second wave of flowering bombs at the head of the city came again.

In the first wave of shelling, with the nature of debugging, the accuracy of the flowering shells was not high, and when the second wave of flowering shells was fired, the gunners had already adjusted the muzzles, and the artillery accuracy was obviously improved.