Before Jiang Hao finished speaking, Yin Yu also found out what the problem was, and gasped. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The smoke and dust in front of it dissipated, even if you don't need to clairvoyance, you can see clearly, there are only a few huge gaps in the gate of Yanmen Pass, but the entire city gate is far from being blown open, and it can be seen from the sandbags and sassines that continue to roll down from these gaps, this city gate has been blocked from the inside. These sandbags, sasswoods, and rolling stones have even piled up a hill behind the city gate, and it is not so easy to climb over it.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the ladder car that rushed to the front was hit by two stones falling from the sky, and the whole collapsed, and more fireballs flew out of the city with a roar, falling into the queue of Ming soldiers who were charging forward under the pressure of black pressure. The flames rose, and the Ming soldiers continued to fall, but the rest of the Ming soldiers still gritted their teeth and continued to move forward.

There are constantly wooden rolling stones thrown down on the city wall, but where these throws appear, they will soon be taken care of by artillery and flying thunder cannons, and explosions will occur one after another on the city wall, and even the battlements of the city wall have been cut off a lot after so many shellings, and I didn't expect that there were Mongolian soldiers on the city wall to be able to launch a counterattack against the Ming army.

At this moment, the tenacious fighting spirit of the Mongols was awe-inspiring, but for the Ming army besieging the city, only by sending them all to hell could they survive on the battlefield. On the battlefield, only the completely dominant side can discuss what mercy is, and at this moment, all the Ming army thinks about is to kill all these Menggu Tartars.

"Rush to the top of the car!" The battle situation has been stalemate under the city gate, and Jiang Hao can't hold it back, so he rushes straight over, "With one blow, the whole army will press!" ”

The drums sounded again, and the artillery and flying thunder cannons roared desperately, and they even wanted to wipe the Yanmen Pass off the surface directly.

"General, the trebuchet of the Mongolian Tartars throwing stone bullets and fireballs should be located on the other side of the city, and throwing it here is already the maximum range of this trebuchet, compared to the position where it has started, there is a big deviation, and there are a lot of these trebuchets, otherwise it is impossible to throw so many stone bullets and fireballs at once・・・・・・ "An artillery brigade commander stood in front of Jiang Hao sweating profusely.

Jiang Hao frowned and said coldly, "It's simpler! ”

"We can only blindly shell forward now, and there is no way to find the location of the enemy's trebuchet, so it is difficult to suppress it, unless all the artillery and flying thunder cannons are moved forward, preferably in the area of the trench, so that the subordinates can roughly judge the direction according to the trajectory of the stone bullets and fireballs in the sky!" The brigade commander snorted and said quickly.

The movement of artillery and flying thunder cannons forward is actually not complicated, but in the current situation, there are still Mongolian soldiers defending on the fortress on both sides and the middle city wall, which is definitely a great threat to the artillery and flying thunder cannons that move to the vicinity of the city wall, because these firearms and gunners are treasures to the Ming Dynasty, and it is a bit ironic if they are killed by stone bullets or arrows.

"Okay, take your people, go up!" Jiang Hao immediately understood what the artillery brigade commander meant, and said without hesitation, "So-and-so, I will order the front-line musketeers and crossbowmen to cover with all their might." ”

After a pause, Jiang Hao turned his head to look at the herald beside him: "Tell the 3rd and 4th Brigades attacking on both sides to take the hillsides on both sides within a quarter of an hour at all costs, and at the same time concentrate crossbowmen and firecrackers to suppress the city head as much as possible!" ”

"No!" The herald did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly agreed.

"Brothers, rush up and chop up these dog mongrels!" On the hillside, Li Feng, the commander of the third brigade of the Tianwu Army, who had already killed the red eyes, was about to rush up along the narrow mountain road with the knife in his hand, and the guards around him tried to stop him, but they were all knocked away by Li Feng. Follow Lao Tzu! ”

The guards were also red-eyed at this time, looking at the nearby fortress and the bloody battle line between the two sides, they did not hesitate at all, and followed Li Feng's figure.

The Mongolian soldiers held spears in their hands and poked forward frantically, and if the blades in their hands were broken, they simply picked up the wooden rolling stones and smashed them down, and if they couldn't do anything, even any stone that could be used on the mountain would be moved.

Yanmen Pass is one of the best in the world, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight, even in the era of peace, a large number of city defense equipment will be prepared in the pass, but these are even some of the wooden rolling stones left over from the Northern Song Dynasty, but at this time it has become a killing weapon to seize the lives of the soldiers of the Ming army.

The debts left over from the defeat of Huaxia at that time need to be made up and repaid by these good men with their own blood, but all of them roared forward without hesitation.

Yanmen Pass is not only the middle of the city, but also includes the gentle slope that extends out on both sides, if the gentle slope that extends outward is captured, it is likely to threaten the main body of the city wall, so in the previous construction of the gate, in addition to building the horse face that extends outward to take care of the flanks as much as possible, a large number of moats and fortresses are also set up on the gentle slope on both sides, but most of them are still in the form of wooden fence walls. It's just that with the progress and popularization of firearms in the Ming army, the Mongols also made a lot of changes to these outer camps.

All the trenches that were actually only hindering were deepened and widened in imitation of the practice of the Illumination Army on the banks of the Qinshui River, and even learned from the Ming army to dig a lot of holes in them, so that they could avoid arrows and even artillery shelling, and those camps that originally used wooden fences as barriers were all replaced with stones, making them out-and-out fortresses, even if the shells or explosives bags fired by ordinary artillery or flying thunder cannons hit them, it was difficult to cause great damage. Unless it's a fluke that gets in through the cracks of these fortresses.

If Ye Yingwu was here, he might feel that he had greatly advanced the firearms technology and brought what changes he had brought to this era, because the defense method of this trench and fortress surrounded by layers and acting as barriers to each other was close to the trench system built hundreds of years later in another time and space, and even the trench system used in World War II was almost at this level.

Of course, there are still many deficiencies in the trench system that the Mongols have figured out by themselves, but the process of creating things from scratch is always the most important and crucial.

In other words, the war thinking of the entire era has advanced for hundreds of years because of Ye Yingwu's promotion, for the cold weapon era, hundreds of years is inconspicuous compared to its length of thousands of years, but for the firearms age, it also means that it is changing with each passing day, and it also means a crushing advantage. In the future, when the Mongols or the Ming army faced the Westerners, the level of war between the two sides could only be described as a "cliff", of course, these are all later words.

This is also why these fortresses, which do not seem to be outstanding, can bring so much trouble to the Tianwu army, and why the Mongolian army in Yanmen Pass is still defending to the death. After all, there is such a barrier, and they have a lot of support in their hearts, as long as the Ming army is struggling in front of these fortresses, the Mongolian soldiers in this Yanmen Pass will still have high morale!

An arrow almost touched Li Feng's cheek, leaving a long blood mark on his face, but fortunately, it was not deep, and the guards next to him quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Feng ignored it, and even the pace under his feet did not change in the slightest.

"Brigadier Commander!" A herald rushed up from behind panting, if it weren't for a few sword and shield men to protect him, I'm afraid he would have died in the hands of rocks and arrows, "Brigade commander, the general urgently ordered, at all costs, take the mountain within a quarter of an hour!" ”

Li Feng's pupils shrank slightly, and he looked at the line of soldiers who were getting closer and closer. In the bloody battle that had been fought for nearly an hour before, in fact, the 3rd Brigade had only taken the outermost trench defense line of the fortress, and was now fighting back and forth with the Mongol Tartars outside the fortresses, and the two sides were in a stalemate, and every time a soldier fell, someone immediately came up from behind, until one side could not bear the pressure of death or everyone fell on this not very large mountain.

Taking the mountain within a quarter of an hour, Li Feng knew what this meant, which meant that it was very likely that the Third Brigade would really have to explain everything here. But Li Feng knew that it was absolutely impossible for Jiang Hao to give meaningless orders, and since he had already spoken, even if he made a big sacrifice, he would have to lay down this mountain.

For the Tianwu Army, it has been a long time since such a hard battle, and since the Northern Expedition, the Tianwu Army is undoubtedly the main force that has attacked the most smoothly. But this does not mean that the pride and fighting spirit in the bones of the soldiers of the Tianwu Army have been exhausted, this is an army that followed Ye Yingwu all the way from the wind and rain in Macheng, the heavy snow in Xiangyang, and the wind in Heluo, this is the trump card of the Ming Dynasty, this is an army made of steel, with invincible combat power and the courage to turn the sky!

They are never afraid of sacrifice, let alone desperate.

It's time to re-show the world the invincibility of the Tianwu Army, as a veteran who has experienced the Battle of Xiangyang and a brigade commander with great military achievements, Li Feng knows what kind of order he should give at this time.

"The whole army is attacked, no reserves are left, even the fire head army will be on top of Lao Tzu!" Li Feng finally made up his mind, and the guards around him had already raised the prepared general flag and pointed forward sharply. In the battle of the Ming army, this action represents only one meaning - the whole army will attack until death!

Countless soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the Ming Army rushed upwards like madmen, rows of soldiers seemed to be waves surging from the sky, and even the firehead soldiers followed the army with burning sticks or kitchen knives, while crossbowmen and musketeers shot at the chests of the Mongols. As for Li Feng's flag, it has been flying at the forefront of the team.

Although he is already middle-aged, when he is in this battlefield where the sounds of killing, roaring, and roaring are mixed, looking at the charging figures and flipped flags all over the mountains, the blood in Li Feng's chest that has been unconsciously calmed for too long rolls and rushes, turning into endless killing intent!

There are constantly Ming soldiers falling, and there are soldiers coming up from behind, even if they are tired and can't even straighten their waists, even if their foreheads are sweaty, but they still move forward without fear, letting their blood stain the red land.

Red flags fluttered from fortress to fortress, and all the stubborn Mongol soldiers were swept out of the entire hillside.

Li Feng had a few more scars on his body, and looking at the corpses everywhere, he was also a little sad in his heart. People can't be resurrected after death, how can these good men sacrifice here for victory, how can it not make people's hearts ache?

And just opposite, the 4th Brigade also forced its way to the top of the mountain, and a red flag was equally proudly flying in the wind. Although it was one step faster than the Fourth Brigade, which had always been at odds with the Third Brigade, Li Feng and all the officers and soldiers of the Third Brigade at this time did not have a smile on their faces, but silently turned their heads to look at Yanmen Pass not far away.

The last barrier of Yanmen Pass has been taken, and the Mongol Tatars have no one to rely on.

Today's sacrifice must be paid in blood!

――――――――――――――――――-

Outside the Star Gorge, drums are pounding.

Rows and rows of Ming cavalry and foot soldiers lined up in a neat formation outside the Star Gorge. Above their heads, the red flag symbolizing the Ming Dynasty hunts and dances. And on the opposite side of these Ming army foot cavalry, the Mongolian Xiaobi Luo cavalry army led by Xili Jibu is also in line, these soldiers did not say that the Ming army is as strict as the pace queue training, so it is naturally impossible to stand straight like the Ming army foot cavalry, but after all, they are all soldiers who have survived a hundred battles, and this road is also bloody and fighting, so standing there can also vaguely feel the cold.

As the drums fell, the cavalry of the Ming army separated, allowing several of them to come out, and the first one was Liang Yanwu, the governor of Dunhuang who had officially become the leader of Hexi Province because of his meritorious service and pacification, and beside him, was Su Zhi, the prefect of Dunhuang Prefecture, and Ma Tingyou, the commander of the Ming Jinyi Guard. Daming sent such a combination is actually a helpless move, after all, there is a shortage of officials everywhere in Daming, and the only officials are busy dispatching grain and grass equipment, and there are no idlers at all, so they can only send these three people at the top of Hexi officialdom, after all, Liang Yanwu They are usually mainly responsible for strategic scheduling and arrangement, and now Daming has won a complete victory strategically, so it is reasonable to send the three of them to negotiate.

Needless to say, a Hexi province appeased, this battle broke out in Xingxing Gorge, which is counted as the land of Dunhuang Mansion, so Su Zhi has nothing to say when he came forward, plus Ma Tingyou, who played a monitoring role on behalf of the royal family, although there are only three people, but in this Hexi area, it is definitely the strongest lineup that Daming can come up with, and it definitely shows the importance of these small tribes, not to mention that Su Zhi and Ma Tingyou have not been in the Western Regions for a short time, and they are also familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, and Liang Yanwu is a good left arm and right arm when negotiating.

Although the Ming Dynasty sent such a negotiation combination, these small tribes also saw the strength of the Ming army, and knew that they were not the opponents of the Ming army at all, not to mention that they also saw the determination of the Ming army to sacrifice them just now to kill Haidu, and naturally understood what the Ming army's attitude towards themselves was, to say that they were not afraid of the Ming army's "capture the thief and capture the king first", and it was impossible to take advantage of the negotiation to take advantage of the negotiation, so they did not hesitate to put forward the conditions for negotiations outside the Star Gorge, And set up a shed outside the Star Gorge, after all, the two sides could not negotiate in the wind and sand, and if they went to the camp of the small tribes, they would naturally become the identity of the Ming Dynasty.

Da Ming agreed to this very key condition, which made these small tribal chiefs breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they also secretly guessed why Da Ming became so easy to talk after showing his toughness, but there were also some bold ones, and began to wonder if Da Ming was still dependent on himself for expressing kindness like this, and if so, maybe he could take the opportunity to knock on the bamboo.

So when Liang Yanwu and the three of them appeared, the leaders and chiefs of the small tribe who had been standing outside the shed for a long time had different eyes, but they all bowed their heads humbly, showing their respect for the strong.

Seeing Liang Yanwu and them approaching, Cyriji quickly took two or three steps forward, and did not bow down according to the etiquette of the Western Regions, but bowed to Liang Yanwu and the three of them in the style of the Central Plains: "Cyriji, the leader of the Cyriji Tribe, leads the tribes to greet the angels of the kingdom!" ”

The sound swirls around the Gobi with the wind.

In an instant, outside the entire Star Gorge, the corners of the eyes of all the Ming soldiers were a little moist.