Winning a big victory at a very small cost, and it was a frontal attack on the Mongol iron cavalry in the field, this was definitely higher than the previous victory in the first battle and the night attack on the enemy camp, after all, those two battles were arranged by the cavalry troops, and out of the sight of the large army, it could not be compared with this kind of personal experience.

The morale of the Ming army was high, and they built siege equipment overnight. Twenty pontoons were built from bamboo rafts and sheepskin pontoons. It was then mounted on a cart that connected the front and back, ready to be erected during the siege. At dawn. Ready to stop, the Ming army slaughtered cattle and sheep, feasted a full meal, and then raced against time to recuperate. Under the leadership of the officers, they rumbled out of the camp and stood by in three formations from the east, west, and south sides of Jinong City.

The cavalry went out earlier, roaming around the perimeter of the battlefield in case the Mongol army came to interfere with the siege.

Seeing this scene, the Mongols on Jinong City knew that the Ming army was about to attack the city. Seeing the black oppressive army outside the city gathering more and more, and thinking of the nightmarish defeat they saw yesterday, they couldn't help but turn pale, and tightly held the bow and arrow in their hands, all of them suddenly worried about their fate.

"Jinong is here......" I don't know who shouted, and the Mongolian troops at the head of the city followed the prestige. I saw Noyan Dara wearing a dazzling military uniform, accompanied by a pair of children, appear in front of everyone.

Seeing the more or less hesitation in the sunlight looking at him, Noyandara coughed lightly and said: "Warriors of Ordos, we are facing an unprecedented crisis, and the 100,000 well-equipped Ming army is about to attack our city. If Jinong falls, we will be forced to leave our homeland and have nowhere to return from, or be annexed by other tribes, and our wives and children will become their slaves. Or die out and turn into a white bone ...... that no one can reined in," Speaking of this, he was also a little emotional, and raised his voice: "So we have no way back, only by holding Jinong City, and waiting for Altan Khan's reinforcements to come, our Ordos Department can survive this crisis: otherwise, we will completely lose the Ordos grassland and become a lost dog!" Are you willing to become a lost dog? ”

"I don't want to ......," the crowd responded.

"It's too quiet." Noyandala said loudly, "I'll ask again, do you agree?" ”

"No!" This time the answer was much louder.

"I won't say yes either!" Noyandara pulled out the dagger at her waist and slashed her fingers with her backhand. He put blood on his forehead and said: "I, the son of Gumbilk, a descendant of the Golden Family, and the son of Mongol Jinnong, I swear to the heavens that the city is in the people, and the city is dead, and I will never abandon my homeland and live alone!" ”

This mobilization was very successful, and the Mongolian warriors could not help but look at this Jinong, who had always been weak, with admiration, "The Mongols are the most convinced of heroes and heroes." Since you can do it without retreating, then these people, naturally there is no reason for them to waver. So the Mongols at the head of the city followed Jinong's example, pierced their fingers and pointed blood on their foreheads, and swore to live and die with Jinong City!

The peerless pearl of the Ordos Department, the beloved Zhong Jin Beiji, and Jinong's second son Zhehe Taiji. He also personally held the wine bag and poured mare's milk wine for the warriors. The Mongol soldiers saw their noble princess break up her pigtails and tie her long black hair with a man's leather crown. It looks neat and neat. She wore a flaming red cloak on her shoulders, wore half of her white soft armor, and tied a wide silver belt around her waist, outlining her slender waist and long legs. Under the morning light, a beautiful face became more and more white and vivid, and the bright eyes flashed with an unwavering light, which made every Mongolian warrior can't help but have a blood rush. Secretly swear to protect her beloved princess even if she gives her life!

"Defend your homeland!" Everyone picked up the wine bowls, drank them all, and then threw them into the city and shouted in unison: "Fight to the death!" ”

One "one" one

Today, the four battalions of infantry of the Qijia Army and the 20,000 infantry of Yulin and Yansui with a total of 44,000 people are the main attackers, and the heavy battalion is responsible for carrying wood and stone and pushing siege equipment, and the artillery unit is naturally responsible for suppressing the defense of the city head and providing fire support. Standing on the high platform erected, Qi Ji glanced at the tense and busy troops like an ant colony, and some sad emotions surged in his heart...... Although it is said that one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", but he is not a war maniac, on the contrary, he hopes to bring as many of his soldiers home as possible to reduce the tragedy of "poor and uncertain riverside bones, like people in deep dreams."

Shaking his head, get rid of these untimely emotions" Qi Jiguang concentrated, raised a clairvoyant mirror and looked at the city, watching the enemy for a long time without saying a word.

"Yuan Jing, what's the matter, the mood is not too high?" The old general Liu Xian on the side was in high spirits, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, and said with a hearty smile: "The merits of Kefu Dongsheng." Doesn't it make you happy? ”

"Hey, Brother Weiming, don't blame me for raising his popularity." Qi Jiguang sighed lightly and said in a low voice: "I watched the Mongolian army in the city be busy. Prepare for war in an orderly manner, not like you will give up if you resist hastily. As he spoke, he put down the clairvoyant mirror, pointed to the opposite side and said: "Such a city with high walls and deep moats, if you can defend it and win people, and the soldiers use their lives, as long as there are 20,000 troops to defend the city in turn, it will be difficult for our army to break through." ”

Liu Xian was an excellent general in the southern and northern wars, and his experience and qualifications were even higher than Qi Jiguang's, especially during the Sichuan Rebellion. I don't know how much suffering the Qiang people have suffered. He naturally has a deep understanding of the way of attacking and defending the city. Hearing this, his face became serious, and he nodded, "Yes, I never imagined that the Mongols' city would have high walls, complete buildings, and a lot of war equipment. As long as we are determined to resist and defend the city, even if our army is ten times larger, if we don't prepare for half a month, we will not be able to break the city............ Saying that, he sighed and said, "It's a pity that our army's chariots and horses are all used to transport artillery and ammunition, and the grassland is not available, so we are in a hurry to build large-scale siege equipment...... If it weren't for the enemy's plan, I wouldn't approve of such a hasty siege. "We are now alone, surrounded by enemies!" , Qi Jiguang said firmly: "We must win Dongsheng as soon as possible and reach a preliminary battle plan." Otherwise, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous the situation will be! …… As he spoke, he said to the herald beside him, "Command the whole army." After the city is broken today, all the property obtained will be rewarded to the officers and soldiers! ……

The herald immediately passed the order down, causing a burst of excitement in the whole army!

As soon as the hour came, Qi Jiguang ordered the firing of the trumpet cannon. After three cannon shots that shook the sky, the Ming army's 80 Shenwei cannons and 500 general cannons began to fire from their backs............ Daming artillery unit trained in artillery. It's really extraordinary. The shells were concentrated on the turrets of the enemy towers in the area where they were preparing for the siege. The towers on the city made of civil engineering are the hiding places of the shooters of the Mongolian army, and they can shoot at the Ming army attacking the city at any time. These facilities have been carefully reinforced, and the resistance to artillery shells is still very strong, but the Ming army used huā shells in this round of shooting, as long as one fell into the enemy building, splashing shrapnel and iron nails, it would inflict heavy damage on the Mongolian army inside. Screams can be heard under the city.

The infantry of the Ming army took the opportunity to attack, and a hundred brave men with naked bodies, pushing the cart loaded with pontoon bridges, and there were comrades holding three layers of cowhide tents to cover the periphery, shouting and rushing towards Dongshengcheng. The Ulan Mulun River surrounds the city, is the natural moat of Dongsheng City, and the Mongols have deepened and widened it several times, if it is in the wet season, it is even difficult for the Ming army to cross this moat.

Fortunately, there was a preparation" The soldiers pushed the cart straight into the river, and even the people jumped down, and the river on the shore used all their strength to send the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank.

The Mongol army discovered the intention of the Ming army, and regardless of the flying artillery stones, they shot arrows down from the battlements, and returned fire with hundreds of old guns of various sizes that had been captured by the Ming army in the past. Although their marksmanship was terrible, and the range power of the cannon could not threaten the artillery of the Ming army, they were still capable of dealing with the Ming army on the moat.

The cannons rained down into the water, splashing the sky with water, and the Ming warriors had nowhere to hide, and the casualties were very heavy. But the bravery of the Qi family's army was undoubtedly displayed at this moment, the front fell, and the back immediately made up, and no one retreated. And the soldiers holding three-tiered cowhide tents rushed to the pontoon bridge that had not yet reached the other side. Defend against the bridging warriors below...... This kind of defensive tent is made of three layers of cooked cowhide as the table, with a layer of iron sheet as the inside, and there are nine beams and eight pillars in the tent, "arrows and stones are thrown on it, and they are all bounced up" and cannot be entered. The casualties of the Ming army were reduced at once. The soldiers shouted the trumpet and exerted their strength to finally build the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank.

On the other side, the exhausted warriors of the Ming army. Leaping onto the riverbank, under the cover of a cowhide tent, he pulled out the two wooden stakes at the front of the pontoon, stood on the ground, and smashed them with a hammer. Hold the pontoon in place.

When the first pontoon bridge was erected, the second "third, fourth" was followed ...... Under a 200-zhang wide city wall on the west side. Eight pontoon bridges were erected. Nearly half of the total number of pontoons.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Ming army also changed, no longer bombarding the head of the city, but bombarding this section of the city wall with intensive firepower, where it hit, the stone and mud were shattered, the city wall collapsed, and its destructive power was far beyond the imagination of the Mongols.

At this time, the vanguard of the Ming army had already rushed across the pontoon bridge and launched an attack on the sheep and horse wall under the city...... The so-called sheep and horse wall is to build a circle of walls outside the moat, which can be used to resist the enemy, and it is convenient for the defenders of the city to kill and injure the opponent with arrows and stones. The Mongols were clearly very attentive to Dongsheng City. There is also such a set. The wall was six feet high and three feet thick. Straight to the edge of the moat. If it was the wet season, the Ming army would not be able to build a bridge.

But after all, it was an earthen wall, which had been eroded by the water over the years, and it was inevitable that there would be a hole in the base, so the Ming army used the tools in their hands to expand it and prepare to use explosives to blast it. Because the front wall was blown up by cannonballs, the Mongolian army could only shoot from both sides, but relying on the power of artillery, the Ming army still suffered heavy casualties. With the daredevils moving forward one after another, they finally dug a row of holes the size of watermelons. Immediately stuffed with explosives in iron barrels, lit with torches, and the daredevils retreated with both hands and feet.

At the moment when they just jumped into the water, the dazzling white light flashed, and earth-shattering explosions sounded one after another, and many Ming soldiers were directly knocked out......

But more people were prepared, and when the earth fell from the sky, they desperately got up. Rushed over the wall of sheep and horses, which had been blown to the ground, and rushed under the wall...... didn't abandon the ladder, there was no building car, so he rushed to the city with such a loud roar.

The Mongolian army in the city came back from the explosion, stared at the Ming army with only iron and silver hoes, and said in his heart Why don't these men even take a ladder, do they want to fly up? The city wall is three zhang high, even if it can be light, it can't go up, right? Besides, when was the Ming army so poor that they used farm tools to fight, could it be the militia?

The next moment, they got the "answer", only to see the Ming soldiers began to dig the root of the wall with a clanging clang, this is not an isolated phenomenon" but the collective behavior of all the Ming troops who rushed to the city.

The Meng army suddenly felt that the Ming army was whimsical. Could it be that such a city wall, which is three feet thick at the base, also wants to be blown up with explosives? Although the Mongols were not very proficient in gunpowder, they also knew that it was absolutely impossible. However, adhering to the principle that whatever the enemy insists, we must oppose, they desperately block it with rolling stones and boiling oil. This is also the moment of the greatest lethality to the siege troops, as soon as the basin of oil boils down, several Ming soldiers fell to the ground with a miserable howl, and went down one by one. It is a direct sweep.

The soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the bottom of the city, and the artillery fire naturally could no longer shoot at the city wall" and continued to suppress the city head, but the Mongolian army had the city wall to resist and did not need to expose too much. The boiling oil and wood can be poured down, so the artillery of the Ming army is better than nothing. Soon they shifted their target, ignoring the casualties of their own soldiers and continued to bombard the walls with heavy shells. Bombed outside the west city wall scorched and tender, crispy and delicious, at this time the three-layer cowhide tent of the Ming army finally arrived under the city. Under their cover, the follow-up soldiers dared to continue to press and desperately dig the foundation of the city wall. Mongols are shepherds and have been dealing with cowhides since childhood. With such a close distance, it is naturally impossible to be stumped by three layers of cowhide. They used human dung mixed with tung oil to fry and pour down, and the cowhide suddenly burned through the "iron sheet was also so hot that it was impossible to grasp, and the soldiers of the Ming army had to let go, and the tent fell violently, and the boiling oil splashed, pouring on the soldiers" When the skin was charred and rotten, howling and churning.

The Ming army had no choice but to retreat temporarily, but what was waiting for them was the ruthless blade of the warlord......

Looking at the soldiers who did not die in the rolling stones of the Mongolian army, but were killed by their comrades, Zhang Yuanxun, the commander of the infantry army who commanded the siege of the former enemy, was stunned, "There, there is his own nephew!" However, the situation on the battlefield did not allow him to waver in the slightest. Those who retreat without hearing the sound of gold are beheaded, "This is the iron rule of the Qi family's army, let alone in the most brutal siege battle!"

The second wave of the charge was immediately launched, "This time the Ming army added two layers of quilts soaked in the moat to the cowhide tent, and although it made it extremely heavy, it was able to hold on for a little longer under the deadly oil.

The soldiers of the Ming army howled like wild beasts. rushed to the city again, still digging frantically at the foot of the wall......

One "one" one "one One, one, one,

This crazy scene has long been seen in the eyes of the leader of the Mongolian army in the watchtower on the city, urging the soldiers to desperately block the attack, and on the other hand, they have speculated what kind of madness the Ming army is.

Just as they were talking, a female voice with a panic sounded: "We must be ready for the city wall to be breached!" ”

The leaders looked at it, it was Zhong Jin Beiji who spoke, since the invasion of the Ming army, this female doll in the eyes of everyone in the past, with her calm and calm and intelligent performance, has won the trust of the tribesmen, at least not like her uncles, who think she is a child talking nonsense.

"How is that possible?" Noyandara said: "The walls are so thick, except for earthquakes. There's nothing in this world that can make it collapse. ”

"Judging from yesterday's battle, the generals of the Ming army are extremely good. It's impossible to be stupid all of a sudden. Looking at their performance today, they have always had a clear purpose, and they will do whatever it takes to specialize in this section of the wall. So they must have a way. Zhong Jin glanced at a fat man beside him and said, "Uncle Dahaner." Who was in charge of repairing this section of the wall last year? "Last year, there was an earthquake in Shaanxi and Mongolia. Jinong City was damaged to the extent of Yi'an, "cracks appeared on three walls, and for this reason, Jinong City paid a lot of money and invited craftsmen from Hohhot City to repair it.

The fat man who was called Dahaner, when she said this, a terrible flash suddenly appeared in his heart, and at this time, he naturally couldn't hide it, and said with a pale face: "Yes, it is the person who was invited from Bansheng City." However, they were short of manpower, and they also found another construction team from Bansheng, and this section of the city wall was built by those people in Bansheng. ”

"If it's really a broken wall, you just wait to cut yourself!" The angry voice suddenly sounded, and everyone was obviously flustered.

"Now is not the time for an argument," Noyandara said quickly, "Hurry up and prepare countermeasures." Saying that, he looked at his daughter and said, "Zhong Jin, do you have a way?" ”

Seeing Zhong Jin nodded. He gave his sword to his daughter and said, "You are fully responsible." Which does not listen. Just kill it! ”

"Yes!" At this time, he couldn't take much care of it, Zhong Jin took the sword and rushed down to the city.

One, one, r, one, one,

After paying great sacrifices, the Ming army finally dug a pit nearly 100 zhang long, one foot wide and one foot deep at the waist of the western section of the city wall, and saw the camouflage city bricks wrapped in oil paper.

With a sharp axe, he chopped up the mud shells and oiled paper, and the dry black explosives poured out, just as they had been put in.