readx; The large number of "wounded but not dead" caused by the failure of the first wave of attacks surprised Huang Taiji, but it did not shake his determination to attack the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info He believes that the reason why the Ming army was able to shoot so accurately was that there were too few troops to attack, and the archers in charge of shooting did not give enough cover to the besieging infantry.

In addition, Huang Taiji also learned about the fortification in front of the city wall from the mouth of the defeated soldiers. He didn't pay much attention to this, because in the past, this position should be a moat, and the trouble caused may be even greater.

So soon Huang Taiji was ready to launch a second wave of attacks. Of course, he was also very cunning, and he could vaguely guess that the Ming army might have reservations, so this wave of attacks was still tentative, and he was still reluctant to use the most elite Jurchen warriors. However, in terms of the investment of troops, it is still much stronger than the first wave of attacks.

First of all, he used five carts and three iron-wrapped cars. Although these siege equipment were made temporarily in Tongzhou, they were still enough to be used in actual combat because of their simple structure.

Secondly, the number of Han soldiers directly responsible for the siege increased from 3,000 to 6,000. In this entry operation, a total of 30,000 people came to the Han army banner, 3,000 or 4,000 people per banner, and these 6,000 people are already the total strength of the two flags of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Yellow Banner. The Zhenghuang Banner was still led by the commander Tong Yangzhen, and the Yellow Banner was commanded by another traitor general, Shi Tingzhu.

Both of them are traitors. The Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have "eight surnames", that is, eight surnames with prominent positions in the army, namely Tong Jia, Ma Jia, Guarjia, Qi Jia, Suo Xuanluo, Fucha, Nala and Niu Colu. These eight surnames have a large population, strong strength, and are married to each other, and they have a very high status in the Eight Banners system, even the Emperor Taiji and the owners of the banners, they also look up to them.

After many traitors surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, they also drew gourds to make a "Eight Surnames of the Han Army", and the surnames Tong and Shi were among them. These two surnames have both "cooperation" and "competition", usually you are hello, I am good, everyone is good, but when they go to the battlefield, they compete for merit and invite favor.

In order to stimulate his subordinates to work harder for themselves, Huang Taiji recently introduced a "flag raising" policy, that is, those who have made outstanding contributions can be carried into the Manchu Dynasty under the five banners, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty can carry the five banners under the Manchu Qing Dynasty into the upper three banners. The Han people are carried into the flag nationality, which is equivalent to having the same identity as the Manchus, which can be regarded as "turning over and being the master", so these traitors are all flocking to it.

Tong Yangzhen and Shi Tingzhu, two guys, have been fighting openly and secretly recently over who can be brought into the flag first. Just now, Tong Yangzhen grabbed the "jackpot" of the first wave of attacks, and Shi Tingzhu was quite angry in his heart; But in the blink of an eye, the Han army was defeated and returned with the Yellow Banner, and Shi Tingzhu secretly rejoiced, saying goodbye to you, Tong Yangzhen is really good at slapping horses, this is a battlefield, and the battle merits must be fought with real knives and guns!

Now Huang Taiji ordered the Han army to go out with the yellow flag and the yellow flag at the same time, which also meant that Tong Shi and the two would compete. These two Manchu eagle dogs immediately cheered up, brandished their swords brightly, and strictly ordered their subordinates to sacrifice their lives to attack for a while, and those who dared to retreat would be killed.

In addition to these 6,000 people, in order to further enhance the attack power, Huang Taiji also sent the Mongolian Yellow Banner. The eight banners of Mongolia are all cavalry, and there are a total of 20,000 horses and horses entering the customs this time, with an average of more than 2,000 per banner. Although their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Manchu Eight Banners, they far exceeded the Han Army Banners, especially the level of individual cavalry and archery, which was almost the same as that of the Jurchens.

Huang Taiji's specific tactical deployment for this wave of attacks was: the Han army flag as cannon fodder pushed the chariot first, and the archers hid behind the chariot to suppress the Ming army's firepower at the head of the city; The rest of the Han army still attacked the city and stormed the city gates with iron-clad carts. Of course, in order to deal with the fortifications in front of the city wall, these soldiers had to carry a bag of soil each, and when they arrived there, they buried the shooting holes with earth.

The Mongols, who followed behind, rode at a distance of fifty or sixty paces from the city wall and fired arrows at the head of the city. Because the Mongols were physically strong, even if they were farther away than the Han military flag, their attack power was not inferior. In case of breaking through the city gates, these cavalry rushed straight into the city, and the Manchu Eight Banners launched a general attack.

With the sound of piercing horns resounding across the land, the second wave of the Qing army's offensive began. The soldiers of the Han army banner pushed five huge chariots and slowly advanced, while the rest of the soldiers spread out as much as possible, forming a wide front, shouting and rushing towards the Taiping Gate. As the saying goes, there are 10,000 people, boundless, nearly 10,000 Qing troops attacked the city at the same time, and the momentum was really huge, and the first assistant Han Yi and the cabinet ministers Qian Longxi and Li Biao, who had just gone up to the city tower to persuade Zhu Youzhen to return to the Temple of Heaven, were all pale with fright.

Zhu Youzhen smiled casually at the three of them: "Don't worry, this is still a tentative attack by the Tartars." See their flags? This is the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, the Yellow Banner and the Mongolian Yellow Flag, and there is still no real Tartar, it is nothing more than a bluff. The three of them are here to watch the battle with their hearts, and if they win, you can tell the three ministers how to deal with the battle. ”

Xie Sheng hurriedly responded: "Obey!" Several adults, although the Tartars are still a feint attack this time, they have invested nearly 10,000 troops, and they cannot be underestimated. At the end of the day, we will prepare to carry out the second battle plan, please ask the Holy Lord for approval! ”

"Here you are the commander-in-chief, just give the order." Zhu Youzhen is an understatement.

Xie Sheng said to Zhou Yang: "Implement the No. 2 combat plan!" ”

Zhou Yang hurriedly took the order and left, but several ministers looked at each other, and said in their hearts, what is the "No. 2 combat plan"?

Seeing that the Qing army of the brigade rushed towards the Taiping Gate like a tide, and the distance was getting closer and closer, Shoufu Han Yi was a little anxious, and asked Xie Sheng loudly: "Isn't there a Hongyi cannon in the city, with a range of several miles, why don't you open artillery to bombard the enemy?" ”

Since Xie Sheng entered Beijing, he has been in command of the five military battalions and the Shenji battalion, and rarely deals with Wenchen. Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen immediately cheered him up and said: "General Xie is carrying out the battle plan, Lord Han don't be impatient!" ”

The emperor spoke, of course Han Yi didn't dare to ask, but he still couldn't figure it out, why didn't he use the powerful Hongyi cannon and watch the enemy approach?

Soon, the Han army banner pushed five carts up, only seventy or eighty steps away from the city wall, surrounded by black and yellow flags and yellow flag soldiers. At this time, Zhou Yangcai, the staff general who directly commanded the battle, roared and said: "Rapid-fire cannon!" ”

Under an order, the eight improved Franc machine guns on the head of the city, that is, the rapid-fire guns named by Zhu Youzhen himself, were in place, and the gunners had already loaded the guns into the barrels, and an officer of the Shenji Battalion shouted: "Prepare ~~~ put it!" ”

The fuse was immediately ignited, and the pulsing flames quickly crawled into the barrel. Zhu Youzhen saw that the three ministers were still stunned, so he smiled at them and said, "Cover your ears!" He covered his ears as he spoke.

Before a few people could react, they only heard several earth-shattering cannon sounds, and eight rapid-fire guns opened fire in unison. Han Yi was caught off guard, and he was shocked and sat on the ground!