Not far from him, another soldier was hit in the back, and the sack on his back effectively resisted part of the kinetic energy, but the crossbow arrow was thick and long, and the outside was wrapped in a thick iron sheet, plus the round ball at the tip, the weight was considerable, and under the action of the huge kinetic energy blessing external gravity, a huge impact was formed. The sack on the soldier's back was smashed, and in the dust, the crossbow arrows smashed on his back, breaking his tendons and breaking on the spot, and his entire back collapsed, and there were bloody bone stubble stabbing out of his chest.

If it was a crossbow bolt that fired directly, although it was extremely powerful, it could not cause much casualties to this scattered formation, because they fired straight down. However, this kind of iron ball crossbow arrow, which is similar to the effect of a curved cannon, has an excellent effect, and a dense rain of bullets smashed over, and it is impossible to dodge at all.

Can only resist hard!

After a round of shooting, the formation of the Ming army was like being gnawed by a dog, and a large piece was missing.

This round of shooting caused at least more than 200 casualties!

It's just one round.

Because a lot of crossbow arrows killed more than one person.

But the avant-garde of the Jingo and the avant-garde of the government army deserved to be the elite of the Jingwei, the elite soldiers selected from the armies from all over the country back then, were attacked on such a large scale, and after a short period of panic, they were still silent, gritting their teeth, carrying the sacks on their backs, and rushing towards the direction of the moat.

All this was seen by many Jurchen generals on the city wall, and Erle and Ze muttered: "These Han people are still men." ”

"The more heroic and fearless they are, the greater the threat to us!" Amin replied lightly, and then gave a loud order: "All bed crossbows, continue to wind and fire!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly lowered the huge crossbow arrows into the groove, then shook their brackets, pulled the bowstrings, and prepared to fire.

However, from the time the arrow is loaded to the time it is fired, this process takes about a minute and a half of time equivalent to that of later generations - this is actually a very good number, in this era, the bed crossbow is equivalent to the later generations of cannons of this level of weapons, think of the pitiful rate of fire of later generations of artillery can know how valuable the wisdom of the ancients is.

One and a half minutes, ninety seconds, a healthy adult can run a distance of five hundred meters during this time, and the elite soldiers of the Ming army carry sandbags on their backs, so the speed is naturally slower, but they also use this time to run a distance of about three hundred meters.

At a distance of six hundred meters from the walls and four hundred meters from the moat, they suffered a second blow from the bed crossbow.

This round of blows caused hundreds of casualties.

The Ming army was still advancing tenaciously and silently, and Amin just kept ordering arrows and firing with a blank face! The Jurchen soldiers at the head of the city were tired and sweating profusely, and they did not dare to pause in their hands, repeating the same movements over and over again.

When they were still a hundred meters from the moat, the Ming soldiers were again subjected to a third round of fire, but this time they rushed closer, so the number of killed and wounded was less.

Finally arrived at the river, the guards of the Jinwu avant-garde and the avant-garde of the government army were relieved, and hurriedly threw the sacks in their hands into the river, and tens of thousands of sacks were thrown into the moat that was more than 20 meters wide and did not know how deep, and the sacks were instantly swallowed by the river, and the river was flooded with large areas of earthy yellow.

The Ming sergeant who threw down the sack turned around and ran, of course, suffered several rounds of blows on the way back.

After they returned, the soldiers of the second team of the vanguard of the government army and the vanguard of the Jinwu guard, who had been prepared for a long time, set off again with sacks, and what awaited them was a tragic journey of death.

The denser the formation, the more conducive it is for the Jurchens on the city wall to kill, and their own losses will be heavier, as the two generals who have fought old battles, Jia Henian and Wan Shicheng understand this very well, so they divided the troops into two echelons, the first team finished and the second team set off. Try to scatter the formation as much as possible, which can also effectively reduce casualties, and can also give the soldiers more time to rest.

Wan Shicheng and Jia Henian counted the casualties of the withdrawn soldiers, and the casualties made their hearts ache, and in this short round trip, more than 800 people were killed in the battle of the two guards, and more than 200 people were seriously injured.

In other words, this round made Yicheng's soldiers lose their combat effectiveness.

"Ahh Jia Henian squeezed out a vicious roar from his chest, and he slammed his fist on his thigh, saying, "Lao Wan, it can't go on like this!" Who knows how many times it will take this moat to be filled? I'm afraid that I won't be able to fill all of us in it! ”

Wan Shicheng was also irritable, they fought horses for half their lives, and they saw a lot of life and death, but they had never fought such an aggrieved battle, and they couldn't do anything after being beaten, so they could only watch their soldiers being killed like pigs and sheep.

But there is no way, since the military order is given, there is only one mind, otherwise, it is their head that will land!

He smiled miserably: "There is no way, when the soldiers and horses of our two guards are exhausted, he will have nothing to say!" ”

Time is going by step by step, half an hour is about to come, and under the desperate struggle of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jinwu avant-garde and the avant-garde of the government army, one section of the moat has been filled with a soil slope about 100 meters long and about 15 meters wide, and there is still a distance of five meters, and it can reach the opposite bank.

And the price paid is that the two guards of the government army and the Jinwu avant-garde combined, with more than 5,000 casualties!

And that's just before the war!

The Ming Northern Expeditionary Army had already suffered so many casualties before even Xishenwei's city wall could be touched.

With such heavy casualties, not only did Jia Henian and Wan Shicheng drip blood in their hearts, but even the generals who watched from the cart were all eyelids jumping, and their hearts were extremely worried. A moat is so difficult to fill, they can already foresee that what will happen under this Xishen Acropolis must be a tragic tug-of-war!

Xu Pengju suddenly stretched out his hand, and fiercely slammed the lever made of pure gold in front of him, startling all the generals.

I only heard Xu Pengju say in a cold voice: "If it weren't for Lian Zining's escort of the logistics baggage rear army that had not arrived for a long time and delayed the fighters, our army did not have bed crossbows, trebuchets and other powerful machinery, why would the soldiers have suffered so many casualties?" The second fang, it really deserves to be killed! ”

When he said this, everyone couldn't help but pout, and secretly scolded this Xu Dashuai in their hearts that it was really not a thing.

The logistics of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army, all the giant machinery for long-range attacks such as trebuchets and bed crossbows, as well as the siege equipment such as goose carts, building carts, and ladders were all escorted by Wu Yijun. In this way, the heavy casualties in the attack on Xishenwei are indeed the responsibility of the Wuyi Army. But the problem is that you, Xu Dashuai, put Wu Yijun aside at the beginning, and he didn't give them credit to get the credit, and everyone saw it in their eyes, and their hearts were bright! Okay, now that Wu Yijun is very knowledgeable, he doesn't come to get involved in this matter at all, and you blame others?

Besides, now that the Wu Yi Army is so close to the army, a note will be passed over, and it will be different to fight again? It is clear that he wants to fabricate charges, and he does it so high-sounding.

What is it!

However, everyone already knew Xu Pengju's surname, so naturally no one dared to speak.

Xu Peng glanced at everyone, nodded with satisfaction, and said in a loud voice: "Secretary, record, Ben Shuai wants to impeach Lian Zining!" ”

"There is a member of the presidential company of the Wu Yi Army, who is responsible for escorting the logistics burden, is slow to act, failed to arrive in time, and joins the army, resulting in the delay of the fighter plane, my Ming soldiers fought bloodily under the Xishen Guard, but because of the company, there is no equipment, only to fight to the death with flesh and blood, in order to repay the court, to repay the king. The company's move ......"

Before the words fell, he heard a loud bang, like the galloping sound of ten thousand horses, instantly drowned out his words, and everyone looked in surprise at the place where the voice came from.

However, I saw that the large piece of dam that had been built out of the moat had now disappeared for the most part, and only near the south bank was that there was a lone three or four meters wide.

It turns out that this moat is not stagnant water, but a wide ditch dug from the Songhua River to the Azov River, and the Songhua River has a large amount of water and a high water level, so the water flow is from west to east, because this is the place where the Songhua River and the Azov River converge, so the amount of water is very large, and the flow rate is also very fast. The 20-meter-wide moat was compressed to 5 meters, creating a gap in the embankment, which caused the water to the west of the embankment to increase and the water level to rise. Finally, the embankment, which was only made of sacks, could no longer withstand the pressure and was blown away!

Xu Pengju's face immediately turned pale.

Jia Henian and Wan Shicheng glanced at each other, and they both saw that the other side was like dirt.

The embankment was already piled up with human life, but it was washed away, how can another embankment be built? Do you really want to wipe out the two bathrooms here?

That's when something more serious happened.

The reason why the soldiers of the previous two guards were able to persist in rushing forward despite such heavy casualties was because they had a belief in their hearts that we could fill this moat and we could complete the military order! We can open a Yangguan road for the robe behind us!

And at the moment when the embankment was washed away, the belief that had kept them going all along, collapsed with a bang!

Some of the charging soldiers shouted, and they dropped the sacks in their hands and ran back in the direction of their own formation.

The deserters of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty finally appeared, and they were still among the Jingwei who were known for their elite and good warfare, or among the Jinwu avant-garde and the avant-garde of the government army, which were outstanding in the Jingwei!

Wan Shicheng and Jia Henian were dumbfounded, not because they had poor adaptability, but because they had never encountered such a thing in their military careers!

But there was no need for them to make a decision, Xu Pengju helped them make a decision, and when he saw the deserter, his face was already extremely difficult to see, and he waved his hand and shouted categorically: "Xu An, go and kill them all!" Behead for public display! ”

"Yes, sir!" Xu An, the head of the Wei Mansion, who had been standing behind him, answered, got out of the cart, and after a while, a group of hundreds of elite cavalry rushed out of the array. Straight to the deserters, these were actually wearing rotten silver plate armor, wearing red cloaks, and even the war horses were wearing armor.

They soon rushed into the ranks of those routs, and without hesitation, they brandished their sabers and slashed and slaughtered, and the soldiers of the two guards were all stunned, but they were killed and wounded in hundreds.

Xu An was splashed with the blood of his robe, he raised a head in his hand high, and shouted with a hideous face: "The commander has an order, and those who flee will be killed!" This is what happens to those who dare to escape! ”

"The commander has an order, and those who flee will be killed!"

Hundreds of Wei Mansion generals shouted in unison.

The soldiers of the two guards all stopped their flight, and stared blankly at the knights who killed without blinking, with fear and anger in their eyes.

"What are you still doing! Why don't you hurry up and put on your sack, go back, and fill in the moat! Give you a chance to atone for your sins, otherwise, you will flee in front of the battle and violate military law, and you all deserve to die! Xu An's eyes widened, and he waved the saber in his hand and scolded angrily.

Finally, under the coercion of the sabers of these Wei Dukes, the soldiers of the two guards put on their sacks and embarked on the journey of death again.

"Xu Pengju, Lao Tzu's people, even if they violate military law, Lao Tzu will kill them, when will it be your turn! I don't share the sky with you! Jia Henian's eyes were split, and he gritted his teeth and scolded angrily.

Wan Shicheng on the side said: "He is powerful now, we can't afford to provoke him, our twenty-six guards are the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, when will it be his turn to point fingers?" When we return to the capital, let's go directly to the saint to hand over the fold! Let him not eat and walk around! ”

At this scene, the Jurchen generals on the city wall were first dumbfounded, and then burst into laughter.

Erle Heze smiled while patting the battlement: "These soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are also really interesting, this has not started a war with us, it is their own people who have done it first!" ”

Amin's eyes glanced around coldly, but all the generals who came into contact with his eyes were stunned and couldn't laugh anymore. Erle and Ze made him glare, laughed dryly, and touched his nose in embarrassment.

"Laughing? Laughing again? Amin sneered, "What's so funny? If there is a rout in the middle of the army, killing them on the spot is the best way, otherwise, where is the majesty of military law? Without the deterrence of military law, everyone will not fight to the death, and in the end the situation will be out of control! ”

"If it were me, I would do the same!" Amin glanced at them coldly and said, "After this incident, the next offensive of the Ming army must be extremely fierce, everyone, be ready to fight to the death!" ”

The situation has finally stabilized.

The soldiers of the two guards began to carry sacks to fill the moat again, and some generals offered plans to weave large baskets out of bamboo strips and wooden strips, and then filled the sacks into them, pushing the big baskets into the moat.

In this way, the progress is greatly strengthened.

Finally, by mid-hour, the moat had been filled in a section more than 200 meters long, which was enough for the army to advance.

Immediately, Xu Pengju ordered the Jinwu avant-garde and the pre-emptive guard of the government army to withdraw, and then the six guards of the left guard of Yulin, the right guard of Yulin, the left guard of the government army, the right guard of the government army, the front guard of the government army, and the rear guard of the government army were the main forces of the first batch of sieges.

This time it was not that he retaliated, but that the six guards of Jingwei were indeed the first in the sequence of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they were used as the main force of the first wave of attacks, and they also had the idea of taking down Xishenwei in one go.

The six guards, a total of 69,000 men, abandoned their horses and formed a huge infantry phalanx, ready to start the first wave of the offensive.

Xu Peng raised his hand, and behind him was a wrestler with an upper body waving a huge drumstick and beating the war drums.

His big car is actually more similar to a command car, the area on it is quite large, in addition to the place where everyone stands, there is also a big drum and a gong hanging in the back, each of which is responsible for someone.

Hearing the drums and advancing, Mingjin withdrew the troops, and the drums and gongs on this cart sounded, and the other gongs and drums in the team also followed along, conveying orders.

When the six guards of Jingwei lined up, the head of the Xishen Acropolis was already silent.

As far as the eyes of the Jurchen generals could see, they were full of the army of the Ming court, dozens of neatly arranged infantry phalanxes, full of murderous aura, standing opposite them, swords and guns like a forest, and the cold light was dazzling.

At a glance, it seems that even the horizon is covered by the Ming army.

The red armor and the red tassels on the helmet gathered into a sea of red, and the phalanx of soldiers that stretched for miles showed their strength and determination, and the majesty and majesty of the Baisheng Heroes were like a sledgehammer, which smashed into the hearts of the Jurchen soldiers at the head of the city.

The Jurchens have always been sparsely populated, and the total population of the Jianzhou Jurchen Department is only more than 500,000, and even if they try their best, they can only muster together an army of 100,000. When the number of troops in a country reaches 10 percent of its total population, the country's economy is on the verge of collapse, and if this figure reaches 20 percent, then this situation lasts for more than half a year, and the entire social order will collapse.

Although I fought with the Ming border army before, how could I have seen so many troops?

There are only two people whose expressions remain the same, one is Erle and Ze, he is still the same big grin, not afraid of heaven and earth, and the other is Amin, he has a calm face, just staring at the movement of the Ming army opposite.

I have to say that some people are born for big scenes, and the more critical and stressful the situation, the more calm and calm they are.

If such a person is an assassin, he is a top-notch cold-blooded killer.

If it is a general, it is a natural general.

(To be continued)