Zhenjiang Fort, as time passed, Mao Wenlong's face became more and more gloomy.

Due to the poor news, he has not waited for any reinforcements until now, and he has not even received any supplies.

If it weren't for the large amount of supplies seized from the surrendered forts, perhaps he would have had the intention of escaping.

He once proposed to Wang Shaoxun to defend Zhenjiang Fort together, but Wang Shaoxun put forward a shameless request to share the credit for conquering Zhenjiang Fort, of course Mao Wenlong could not agree, so he refused him on the spot without hesitation.

What surprised him was that the bandits kept sending all kinds of reinforcements at such a critical juncture.

Among them were not only firecrackers, but also crossbowmen, and the elite of their soldiers surprised Mao Wenlong.

If you don't know the situation, you might think they are the family of some of the general soldiers.

However, this also moved Mao Wenlong very much, and sure enough, he decided to give the big boss he had never met a big official position.

Lu Yan is also constantly making various defensive preparations for Zhenjiang Fort.

Since Zhenjiang Fort is north to Zhendong Mountain and east to the Love River, the enemy can only launch a large-scale attack from the west and south.

Therefore, Lü Yan focused his defense on both the west and south sides.

Thirteen forts were built on each side of the two walls, with an average of one cannon every 20 meters, and it is believed that this density of fire will definitely surprise the Jurchens.

Mao Wenlong also ordered the organization of manpower to start digging trenches, and finally they dug three trenches.

Fortunately, Zhenjiang Fort is very small, the amount of this project is not too large, and after recruiting a large number of people, this project was finally completed as scheduled.

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On August 25, the first year of the Apocalypse, Huang Taiji, Amin and Tong Yangxing finally arrived at Zhenjiang Fort.

Unlike in history, they did not bring an army of 5,000, but a total of about 7,000 elite soldiers.

Of course, Mao Wenlong's men are much stronger than in history.

Lu Yan alone has 50 Iron Eagle Warriors, 50 Cowardly Xue, 100 Trapping Camp Soldiers, 100 Qi Family Army Bird Warriors and 500 Yue Family Army God Arm Crossbowmen.

In addition, there were more than 160 English gunners and 25 English spearmen, which were really strong.

Mao Wenlong's subordinates are not weak, in addition to his subordinates, more than 800 recruits and recruits, there are more than 1,000 people such as Xu Jingbai and Chen Liangce.

Although the morale of this army was low and the source of troops was complicated, Lu Yan believed that as long as they played normally, they would definitely be able to win this battle.

All they need is morale and confidence.

After coming to Zhenjiang Fort, Huang Taiji, Amin and Tong Yangxing ordered the soldiers to start camping, and they took their own soldiers to observe the terrain.

Zhenjiang Fort is now surrounded by water on one side, mountains on one side, and ditches on three sides, and the trenches are densely covered with a large number of sharpened bamboo sticks, and the defense is really tight to the extreme.

In addition to this, there were some wet quilts hanging on the head of the city, and wet quilts were the most economical way to defend against arrows.

Both the Jurchens and the Mongols had no shortage of skilled archers, and once they shot a large number of arrows at the head of the city, the head of the city would rain arrows, causing a large number of casualties to the soldiers at the head of the city.

On the contrary, with a quilt, the effect will be much better.

In addition to this, they also vaguely noticed that there were some cannons at the head of the city.

However, they didn't pay attention to these cannons, and they didn't know how many cannons they had captured in previous wars with the Ming army, and the threat posed to them by these cannons was even worse than that of firecrackers.

Seeing the enemy's arrangement, Huang Taiji and the others' faces were a little heavy.

"Looks like the enemy is very well prepared."

Huang Taiji's face was slightly solemn.

As they marched, they found that many civilians had fled either to the nearby mountains or to North Korea, although they were not fortified and clear.

Because Lu Yan knew from his memory that after conquering Zhenjiang Fort, the Jurchens carried out a massacre in this area.

In order to avoid this situation, he sent people everywhere to let the wind go, and the Jurchens were about to carry out a massacre and kill all the people who dared to surrender.

After learning the news, the people were of course very panicked.

Coupled with Mao Wenlong's mobilization, many people fled their homes with their families.

This caused a lot of difficulties for the Jurchens, at least it was impossible to get food to the people, at least it needed to be transported from the dock fort dozens of miles away.

"They're just soft eggs that hide in turtle shells."

Amin said disdainfully.

They pointed at the defenses of Zhenjiang Fort, but they didn't know that they had completely put themselves in danger.

At this time, on Zhenjiang Fort, Mao Wenlong and his subordinates were already fully dressed in battle, waiting for the Jurchens at the head of the city.

Seeing those Jurchens observing the city defense of Zhenjiang Fort so aggressively, it made Grenwell feel a little strange, were they stupid? So many people dared to enter the range of Hongyi's cannon, so he said to Lu Yan: "My lord, the enemy has entered the effective range of our cannon, do you want us to shoot them with artillery?" ”

Lu Yan shook his head and motioned to Grenwell to ask Mao Wenlong for instructions.

Only then did Grenwell remember that Mao Wenlong was the highest military attache here, and it was Lu Yan's turn to call the shots.

So he asked Mao Wenlong again for instructions, Mao Wenlong thought about it, and then said: "Then let's fight, give them a dismount first, and kill their prestige well." Remember, you must be accurate, and I will remember you if you do a good job. ”

Grenwell nodded, and ordered the artillerymen to prepare to fire.

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Tong Yangxing, they were still pointing at the defense of Zhenjiang Fort.

Although the Ming army made a lot of arrangements, but these arrangements can only be regarded as crude in their eyes, and the defense of Liaoyang City and Shenyang City was much more powerful than this, and they were not beaten down by them.

Moreover, Zhenjiang Fort was too small to hold back their army.

The thought of this makes them feel relaxed.

"Your Excellency, I would like to appoint the last general as a pioneer in a moment. Mao Wenlong captured my brother and didn't take revenge, how did I face my deceased parents. The last general is willing to make a military order, not to break the city, and to be punished by military law. ”

Tong Yangxing said with a sad face.

"Don't worry, Tong Elu, how can a small fort stop our army."

Huang Taiji said with a smile on his face.

Dai Shan snorted coldly, and he didn't bother to care about Tong at all.

Although Tong Yangxing married a daughter of the clan, he was only a businessman before, and he didn't have much military merit at all, so how could he get into his eyes.

At this moment, a burst of fire and smoke suddenly erupted in the distance, and then a loud rumbling noise came.

They were all shocked when they saw this, how did the enemy open fire, they should be out of the range of the enemy's artillery.

I saw thirteen lead bullets flying at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and then slammed into the pro-soldier team.

The whistling cannonballs smashed the horses and the white-toothed soldiers straight through them, and then ran over them.

It rolled for a long distance before it stopped, and wherever the shells hit, both men and horses were crushed into a pile of pulp.

"Ahh

"Ahh

“……”

It wasn't until the shells stopped that the white-toothed soldiers reacted.

Looking at the horrific scene around them, some people let out a roar of shock and anger.

The horses were also neighing, so that the white-toothed soldiers had to desperately control their horses, and the scene was chaotic to the extreme.

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Tong Yang all felt a chill from their hearts, they really walked in front of the ghost gate just now.

Huang Taiji didn't say a word, turned the horse's head and ran away desperately.

"Retreat!"

Dai Shan was still righteous, but when he saw him roar, he chased after Huang Taiji.

Tong Yanghe and those white-toothed soldiers didn't say a word, they turned their horses around and ran.

Seeing those Jurchens fleeing in disarray, the city let out bursts of cheers.

"You fought really well just now, hurry up and give me a few more shots?"

Seeing this, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Grenwell shook his head, "My lord, this kind of cannon has a long range and great power, but it takes too long to reload, it takes at least two minutes. The rate of fire of the Eagle cannon was very fast, but the enemy's horses were too fast to reload. ”

Hongyi cannons are all front-loading guns, and the biggest disadvantage of this kind of artillery is that it has a slow firing speed, and it is very difficult to improve.

"It's a shame."

Mao Wenlong looked regretful.

But he soon learned that he was too greedy and that it was good to get off to a good start.

And looking at the posture of the enemy just now, maybe they also killed a few Jurchen officials.

"What the hell is going on? We should have been out of the enemy's range just now. ”

After running out of three miles and seeing that the enemy was no longer firing, Huang Taiji said angrily.

"Tong Yangxing, what the hell is going on? Why did the artillery of your Ming army hit so far all at once? Could it be that you kid knew but didn't say it, deliberately trying to kill us. ”

Amin also said viciously.

For Tong Yangxing, he doesn't know what respect is, and he always calls him by his name.

"I don't know, this may be the new artillery of the Ming army. If I knew, I would have reminded the two of them. And Lord Bellor, you think, I was there just now, and those shells don't have long eyes, maybe they will up. ”

Tong Yangxing said with a bitter face.

Amin thinks about it, too, Tong Yangxing has no reason to put himself in danger.

"How many people have we died, let's count the damage."

Huang Taiji said with a gloomy face.

"Yes, Lord Belle."

Soon the losses were counted, and in the shelling just now, they had twenty-six dead, and zero wounded, and even those who were rubbing that kind of shell did not want to survive.

After learning the news, both Huang Taiji and Dai Shan had ugly faces.

Those who followed them were all white tooth soldiers, that is, the elite of the Jurchen elite, who died so much at once, even they were distressed.

"Old eight, you see how to fight for a while, the enemy gave us a dismount as soon as we came, how can we return it."

Amin looked at Zhenjiang Fort in the distance, and an astonishing chill appeared in his eyes.

Huang Taiji didn't answer immediately, but kept thinking.

Now there are not many siege methods of the Jurchens, and there are three main ones.

One was to send the soldiers to the city with carts, and then the soldiers used axes to destroy the walls.

There is also a way to use ladders to get soldiers into the city, which is a rotten street, and Nurhachi does not advocate this method.

The last way is to put the dirt under the wall and build a dirt slope for the soldiers to rush up the slope.

The city wall of Zhenjiang Town is very low, and he estimates that the third method is the best to use, so he said: "The wall of Zhenjiang Fort is not high, it is only one zhang and six feet high. So I think we dig up the dirt and fill the trench with the dirt first. Then the archers took cover, put the earth under the city with fast horses, piled up a dirt slope, and then had people attack from the dirt slope. ”

"Okay, that's it. After a while, we must let those people know that we are powerful, and after conquering Zhenjiang Fort, we must slaughter the city to vent my anger. ”

Amin said with a sneer.

Huang Taiji nodded, the people of Zhenjiang Fort will definitely not be able to keep it, this **Hachi has already made a clear order.

With Huang Taiji's order, the soldiers immediately began to dig up the dirt and put it into sacks.

The craftsmen who accompanied the army also began to drive chariots, which would provide cover for the Jurchens. The Jurchens could either hide in it or hide behind it and shoot arrows at the city.

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