Chapter 393: Siege
"Now that this Ming Dog is finished, it's useless to keep it, Turg!" Without waiting for the Ming army to finish speaking, Azig couldn't wait to get up and shouted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hearing this, a tall Jurchen general dressed in full-body armor got up, it was the Jurchen Belle Turg, he naturally heard what Azig meant, and strode directly towards the Ming army.
Seeing this, the Ming army was so frightened that they kept retreating in horror.
"Jurchen grandfather, spare it... Spare the life of the slave..."
The fishy yellow liquid flowed all over the big tent, and the stench suddenly overflowed, causing the surrounding Jurchen generals to laugh at the same time, and even the Mongolian Eight Banner generals of the Koerling and other departments also scoffed.
Turg strode forward and picked up the Ming army like a chicken, and at this moment, Dolgon, who had been silent, suddenly said in a deep voice.
"Turk, have you forgotten what the Great Khan said!"
Hearing this, although Turg didn't turn his head, his steps stopped, his eyes staring at Azig, waiting for his words.
Azig stood up sharply, pointed at Dolgon, and said, "Dolgon! Are you the main general or the general, why do you repeatedly oppose the general!? ”
This time, Dolgon did not have any reservations, got up and looked directly at Azig, and snorted coldly: "If you want to disobey the orders of the Great Khan, Benbel has nothing to say!" ”
"You...!"
Azig temperament, Dolgon actually moved Huang Taiji out to suppress him, but after thinking about it, he really can't go against Huang Taiji now, and sat down sullenly with a cold snort, but looking at Dolgon's eyes was extremely cruel.
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On the same day, the Heshuo general Azig and Bel Dolgon, Turg, Mongolian Korling Taijiqiqi and others sacrificed flags in the camp.
The Jurchen tribe has always had the custom of sacrificing flags to go out to fight to stimulate morale and fight bravely, but at this time it was not the Ming soldiers who sacrificed the flag, but the people who were captured from some places.
On the afternoon of the third day, the flag sacrifice ceremony was completed, but the Jurchen army still did not move, even the Mongolian Eight Banners were not used, and Dolgon only ordered the herdsmen attached to Chahar and other departments to carry the recently built ladder to attack the city.
Even heavy equipment was not used, obviously to let these Mongols test the defense strength of the Ming army, which was also a common trick of the Later Jin army.
These Chahar and other herdsmen had a low status and a large number of people in the coalition army, and they were not only kept for them to eat, but also prone to conflict with the Jurchen soldiers, so using them as cannon fodder was naturally the best choice.
In order to prevent him from fleeing in fear of the battle, Dolgon ordered the Korling subordinate Taijiqicik to lead the Mongol Eight Banners to supervise the battle.
Most of these herdsmen belong to the western flank tribes such as Chahar, while Korling is a large tribe in the eastern flank, and it is also the first large Mongolian tribe to annex the Houjin.
After only listening to a few horns, a group of about 10,000 Mongolian herdsmen from the Houjin military camp rushed towards the settlement city with simple ladders.
Then I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the Mongolian light cavalry of about 10,000 horses galloped out of the camp, wearing simple leather armor and holding shining scimitars, lined up behind the herdsmen of Chahar and other tribes to supervise the battle, and the leader was naturally Qizik.
Those herdsmen were only holding scimitars, and they were not wearing armor, but mostly tattered felt hats and leather coats, but in the eyes of the Ming army defending the city, they were extremely fierce.
This is the Mongols, the Mongols besieged Datong a few years ago, this settlement was naturally not spared, the previous garrison was not able to resist and was punished, these Ming troops and people are still fresh in their memories, and they are also afraid of the Mongols.
As the city of a thousand households, the defense of the settlement is naturally much higher than that of the ordinary fort, in addition to a simple row of horses at the city gate, hundreds of artillery are also placed on the city.
The garrison Bao Bing calmly ordered the deployment of defenses, and looked at the Mongols attacking by the tide outside the city, and suddenly shouted: "Cannon!" Shoot these Mongols! ”
After Bao Bing's order, there was a loud thunder in the settlement city, and hundreds of artillery pieces fired hot lead projectiles and flew towards the Mongols.
However, less than 200 of these hundreds of guns were actually fired, and the rest were either damaged because they had not been used for a long time, or they could not be fired because the shells were not properly stored and had become wet, and even worse, there were explosions, and casualties had already occurred before the battle was engaged.
Even the lead bullets fired were incomparable with the salvo fired by the Yongan Army's vehicle and artillery battalions, and the low hit rate was terrifying.
Although each lead bullet that fell on the Mongols could bring out a bloody path, causing a sudden scream among the Mongols, the impact on the entire battlefield was really minimal, and the screams were muffled by the Mongols' exuberant shouts of killing.
Then the second salvo was even more unbearable, the gunners had not fired for at least several years, had long forgotten all about how to load the projectiles, and filled them indiscriminately in a panic, and fired the guns without pouring cold water to warm them.
As a result, several loud noises were heard in the city, and at least dozens of artillery at the battlements were blown up, causing many casualties among the officers and soldiers defending the city and the people.
When the Mongols had already crossed the horses and carried the ladder to the city, the fastest gunner only fired two shots, which was really not a pain in the bones for more than 10,000 Mongols.
Qi Sheng, the head of Qian, was responsible for guarding the urn city, and when he saw that the Mongolian ladder had been set up on the urn city, Qi Sheng took out his waist knife and yelled.
"Brothers, it's time to swear to the death for the country, and you will be killed!"
After that, he rushed towards the Mongols who had just climbed the city wall with a team of family members, all of whom were people with some fists and feet at hand, and the equipment and treatment were also the best.
Qi Sheng led these people to the front to reduce casualties, and at the same time brought the morale of the rest of the defending officers and soldiers and the people bravely, but the Mongols suffered heavy casualties.
A Mongol jumped on the head of the city with a scimitar, viciously slashed a citizen to death, laughed, as if remembering the life of his future after breaking the city.
At this moment, a Qi Sheng family man rushed over with a steel knife and slashed at the Mongolian herdsman, who also had some brute strength, and raised his knife to parry the past without thinking about it.
At this time, seeing that he had been deceived, he roared and kicked over, causing the Mongolian to be unstable and scream again and again.
Then this Ding bent down, supported the Mongolian feet with his hands, roared vigorously, and actually took him directly out of the city.
Seeing that the next Mongol with a scimitar was about to ascend the city, another family member arrived and knocked down the ladder, and the seven or eight Mongols on the ladder were carried away by a miserable howl.
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Outside the city, the camp of the Houjin army.
Dolgon didn't seem to hear the shouts of murder looming outside the city, and still sat in the tent with a blank face, as if waiting for some news.
The weather was cold, but Fan Wencheng was sitting on a wooden chair with a small folding fan in his hand and constantly fanning, and he frowned slightly when he listened to the shouts and killings outside.
Azig couldn't bear the silence any longer, and was about to get up to speak, when a Mongolian Taiji dressed in steppe light leather armor entered the account in a panic.
This person is the Chahar Department Taiji Ukeshan who is in charge of the siege, and this Ukeshan entered the big tent with a disgraced face, and there are blood stains on his body.
"Baylor, General Heshuo Yangwu, the slave department has suffered heavy casualties, please send more soldiers, horses and equipment to attack the city!"
Azig stomped to his feet, pointed at Ukshan and yelled, "Rubbish! More than 10,000 people can't take a small town guarded by thousands of pigs and sheep!? ”
"Come on, cut it for General Ben!"
Hearing this, Wu Keshan took a few steps back in horror, his hands kept waving, and he clasped his head again and again.
"The general spares his life!"