On February 5, the forward of the Haoge Department of the Zhenglan Banner arrived at the foot of the Iron Mountain City, and saw that the Ming army in the city was well defended, and the forward quickly cut off the ice between the Iron Mountain and the Dongjiang River, and surrounded the Iron Mountain, and on the third day, Hao Ge personally led the rear army to arrive......

Iron Mountain or Phi Dao first?

Haoge hesitated, he stood more than 800 steps away, surrounded by the well-arrayed Baipenya Lama camp and Zhongjia Lazhangjing and Niulu, Haoge carefully looked at the garrison of the Ming army in Tieshan, and the generals of the Ming army on the city tower also gathered on the enemy tower, pointing at him.

A Jia Lazhangjing beside Haoge pointed to the ice and said: "Master, Nag and they were trying to attack Phi Dao that day, seeing that they broke through the two ice walls built on Phi Dao, Shen Shikui's department did not support the retreat to defend the island, but I didn't expect that at this critical moment, the guerrilla battalion and the Guanglu Ming army suddenly killed from behind, cutting off Nag's back road, our warriors couldn't ride horses on the ice, and Nagli died in battle under the attack of the Ming army on both sides, and my left flank was almost completely annihilated, losing 500 vests and more than 1,000 infantry armor......

There was silence around En, and a Niu Lu Zhangjing scolded angrily: "Han dog is really cunning! ”

Seeing that Haoge's face was gloomy and uncertain, Nagjia Lazhangjing said: "Master, there are 3,000 Ming troops stationed in Tieshan, and the broken city wall has been repaired by them, and they have also taken advantage of the cold to pour water to reinforce, according to the report of the sentinel cavalry, in the past few days, a large number of Dongjiang people have pushed grain into the city to assist in defense."

Hauge looked towards the head of the city, the figures on the city wall swayed, countless swarthy cannon barrels stretched out from the battlements, and there were fiery guerrilla battalion firecrackers and black pikemen on the head of the city, Hauge knew that this was the soldiers of the Lushun Yang Bo guerrilla battalion. Their armor was more tightly protected than the white fangs of the three-layer iron armor, even their faces were wrapped, and some people with swords and guns also patrolled the city. It is said that the iron-clad blades on their bodies were captured from the left flank, and Hauge hated it with hatred at the thought of this.

Angry to angry, Haoge is also a little difficult, this iron mountain is really not easy to fight after the Ming army rushed to repair, hit the bar, gold juice, and reject all kinds of city defense equipment. Even an ice wall was poured under the city, and the Ming army took advantage of the severe cold to pour this ice wall like the Great Wall, wrapping Tieshan City tightly. There are also countless thistles buried deep in the ice in front of the ice wall, and individual soldiers must carefully pay attention to their feet when walking, and the first step in the siege of the city is to pull out these obstacles, but to remove these obstacles, they must first face the firearms attack at the head of the city. This was a huge blow to the morale of the besieging soldiers. Moreover, there are still many figures of the Ming army flashing behind the ice wall, and it is obvious that there are many people in ambush there.

Haoge had a black face and did not express his opinion, it seems that Phi Dao has mobilized a lot of people, plus there is a guerrilla battalion stationed in Iron Mountain, and if you want to fight down, you have to fill in at least a few thousand lives to go in, even if you insist on going your own way, there must be a lot of opposition in the flag.

"How's the situation at Phi Dao?" Hauge asked. Another difficulty in attacking Iron Mountain is that it is constantly facing the threat of Phi Dao. It is said that the guerrilla battalion has been stationed on Phi Dao, and this Ming army will definitely not sit idly by and let Tieshan besiege itself without help.

"Since the Ming army defeated Nag's left flank, it has retreated to the island, and the sentinel reports that the island is calm at present, and there is no clue, but due to the blockade, the news of the inner line has not yet been sent." A supervisor of the fine work Meler Zhangjing bowed.

"Let's go, let's see," Hauge said, waving his hand

Everyone didn't dare to persuade them, so everyone dismounted together and marched towards Phi Island under the protection of the White Swing Tooth Camp......

With Nag's experience, Hauge and the others did not dare to repeat the mistake of crossing the ice, and only used a clairvoyant mirror to look at the opposite shore from a distance, Phi Island was lifeless, and there was no movement, but everyone knew that as long as the soldiers and horses stepped on the ice, the opposite side would definitely ambush the troops......

The news of Azig's defeat in Jinzhou had reached Shenyang, and Huang Taiji was shocked and sent someone to rush to Yue Tuohaoge's department, saying that he must be cautious and not careless when encountering the Yang Bo guerrilla camp of the Ming Kingdom.

The cavalry of the Azig Department fell for this, thinking that they could break the Ming formation, but as a result, they were killed in front of the formation, losing more than 800 cavalry, and the rest were defeated and scattered, and the rest of the guerrilla battalion was entangled every day in the area from Jinzhou to Xiuyan, and Yue Tuo had a hard time coping with it.

Others don't know, how can Hauge not know? Huang Taiji ordered him to take Tieshan and attack Phi Island, on the one hand, it is easy to make meritorious contributions on the side of Tieshan, and on the other hand, it is also the meaning of avoiding the head of the guerrilla battalion.

Zhenglan Banner suffered a lot in the hands of Yang Bo, Lushun, Changsheng Island, and Nag's left wing, more than 1,800 corpses were folded into a Jingguan, frozen in the ice wall, and a place was left for him in the middle, written in Manchu: "The tomb of Haugbele!" ”

The people below didn't dare to report it, but as the general in charge, how could Hauge not know? But he could only bury his anger deep in his heart and dare not show it in the slightest, so as not to fall for the Ming army's plan to lure the enemy, his identity is different, and countless people are waiting to see his jokes, so as to weaken the prestige of his father Khan......

That night, the lights in Haoge's tent were bright, and Haoge sent people to report to Shengjing while discussing how to attack Iron Mountain or Phi Island, and everyone under the tent was opposed to attacking Iron Mountain.

"Ten will attack it, the problem is that we have less than 10,000 people, and there are 3,000 Ming troops in the city, not to mention that we have to divide troops to guard against the Phi Island guerrilla battalion attack, if there are few soldiers, we can't beat it!" A Zhang Jing shook his head, and his words were fierce. This looting of North Korea, everyone in the flag made a small fortune, and many people were a little tired of the war, and they all wanted to go back and live the life of a rich man first.

Hauge got up anxiously and said: "Don't discuss it anymore, I am the Blue Flag Warrior who turned around and left when he saw the Ming Army, how will the other banners view us in the future?" ”

Seeing that these people were a little ashamed, Haoge said again: "I have sent a letter to my father Khan, and transferred Yue Tuo's troops to help me attack the city, these days, we will first use the looted Koreans and Han people to test, and then wait for Yue Tuo and a few Hongyi cannons to arrive and then attack with all their might, as long as the Phi Island guerrilla battalion dares to rescue, I will wait for him to come in ambush in the east and west of Tieshan." ”

Hearing that the master had arranged the law, everyone was convinced and said in unison: "Yes!" ”

……

Iron Mountain, Tan Yinghua inspected the city wall. Zhang Quan and the others followed him, and less than three miles north of Iron Mountain, the Tarnus laid a dense camp tent. It stretches for miles.

Tan Yinghua's face was calm, the Tatar slaves under the city were Haoge, the cubs of Huang Taiji, and he had changed from a deputy general of the Dongjiang River to a boss who led the vicious army to fight against the Tatar slaves, from this point alone, he Tan Yinghua could already be famous for a hundred years!

There is plenty of rice and grain in Tieshan City, and there are also a lot of frozen meat and other supplements. After the propaganda of the guerrilla battalion, the young men of Phi Dao joined the auxiliary army one after another, and there was food. There were equipment, and guerrilla battalions as reinforcements, and they all had high morale and just wanted to go into battle and fight the Tars. Avenge your blood as soon as possible.

Guanglu soldiers now saw that the Dongjiang soldiers who were originally a little in awe had come to test their nostrils to the sky. Tan Yinghua didn't understand, why was the same Ming army close to the guerrilla battalion so much more combative? The Guanglu soldiers are like this, and the same is true for the Shuangdao soldiers, no matter what, with these auxiliaries, Tieshan is impregnable, even if these auxiliaries throw stones at the city, they can kill many siege Tartar slaves. The city defense is strong, and the Tatar slaves should not risk attacking, and Tan Yinghua does not plan to go out of the city to fight. Yang Bo gave himself the task of holding on for ten days, and he thought that Yang Bo really underestimated him.

Unexpectedly, the next day, the Tatar slaves began to attack the Iron Mountain, they drove a lot of ragged Han and Koreans, no weapons, these people were carrying pieces of wooden planks, risking death to rush to the Iron Mountain City to fill in those iron thistles, Tan Yinghua did not have any hesitation, the firearms at the head of the city opened fire fiercely, and immediately left a corpse in the ground, the rest of the people saw that the situation was not good, threw away the planks and fled back, the city resounded with a cheer, the first attack of the Tar slaves was so easily repulsed.

However, as the Tartar slaves drove the crowd over again, there was no more cheering from the city, Zhang Quan refused to waste gunpowder and lead on these people, all the firearms were silent, and in just one day, the Tartars had already filled in most of the obstacles, and they would be able to attack the city at the latest, Tan Yinghua's original confidence began to waver a little......

In the camp tent that could not be seen, Haoge sat in his luxurious gold-roofed tent, full of generals and officials were deliberating, there was nothing to be proud of, most of them were reporting the number of the various banners and the number of the cloth auxiliaries, the only good news was that the Yue Tuo Department had sent three thousand foot armor, one thousand horse armor to decompress the eight Hongyi cannons, and it would take a few days to meet under the Iron Mountain City.

In addition to the Yue Tuo Department, there are about 800 Korean mercenaries, although they can't fight, it is good to use them for logistics, if these people are also counted, there are more than 15,000 men and horses besieging Tieshan.

Today, Hauge did not participate in the siege of the city, he personally sat in the Chinese army, the main task was to supervise the construction of siege equipment, and again sent people to contact the king of the Yi dynasty, asking the Korean to provide food and craftsmen.

"Today, our department has lost about 100 people, including more than 30 armored warriors, more than 50 bannermen, and more than 20 seriously injured, most of them were hit by the fire guns at the head of the city during the war...... "A Niu Lu Zhangjing cautiously reported, he peeked at Haoge, fortunately the master was not angry.

Hauge had nothing to be angry about, this little damage was not in his heart, but the clothes had lost a lot, and when they heard the firearms fire, these people scattered, and in order to demonstrate, the warlords beheaded a lot of people, but under the threat of death, these coats finally filled the obstacles on the ice.

Although these slaves are not good at fighting, they are an indispensable supplement to the Eight Banners, they are responsible for miscellaneous labor, cannon fodder, logistics, talking about buying trenches, digging the city wall and other most tiring and hardest things, because their families are in the rear, they do not dare to flee, and there is no pity for the loss, as long as the Eight Banners are strong, these slaves will have as many as they want.

After a day of temptation, the slaves lost nearly a thousand, and effectively consumed the firearms and ammunition reserves of the Ming army in Tieshan City, but this Ming army was quite cunning, and soon detected his intentions, no matter how to fill the obstacles under the city, the Ming army insisted on not letting go of a shot, and Hauge also knew the plan of the Ming army, which was waiting for him to attack the city.

Hauge snorted coldly, the siege must be attacked, but it needs to wait for all kinds of equipment to be ready before the general attack, and he can't withstand the consumption of the tug-of-war, and when Yue Tuo's department arrives, he hopes to knock down the iron mountain with the support of the red-coated cannon.

At present, Haoge's soldiers and horses have surrounded the Iron Mountain, and the sentry cavalry has blocked the ice between the Iron Mountain on Phi Island, and they have not received any news of the Iron Mountain, and they do not know what the situation of the Iron Mountain is under the attack of the Tarnus.

"Idle, the Tatar army is pressing. How is it good? Zong Yuanfang named Yang Bo first.

Yang Bo shook his head and said: "Don't worry, my lord, there is no problem for Tieshan to hold on for more than ten days after a few days of emergency repairs, and my original plan was to lure the Tatar slaves to storm Phi Island." Drain their elite in the standoff, but for now it seems that the plan is going to change. ”

Shang Kexi said: "Do we want to take the initiative?" ”

Zong Yuanfang also asked with concern: "Yes, anyway, the sea is frozen, the original moat has become a smooth road, and the initiative is also in the hands of our family, either sneak attack or open attack." Why not? ”

Yang Bo smiled slightly, Zong Yuanfang also exercised his courage, and actually dared to talk about taking the initiative in front of more than 10,000 Tartar slaves. The prestige of the guerrilla battalion apparently inspired the confidence of others as well.

"Don't worry, my lord, let Tan Yinghua deal with them first, and wait for the slave chief to lose his sharpness under Tieshan City. That's when it's time for us to fight back. Yang Bodao

Shang Kexi asked a little unwillingly: "Are we just sitting here and watching?" ”

Yang Bo laughed and said, "Of course not. Let's threaten the Tartar slaves in Xuanzhou, whether the slave chief Hauge saves it or not? If Xuanzhou is captured by us, the flank of his army will be directly exposed to the blow of Xuanzhou, but if the troops are divided, what will Tieshan do? Can't be surrounded by fewer people? ”

Zong Yuanfang was a little surprised: "Xuanzhou? There are currently more than 2,000 Tartar slaves in Xuanzhou, and it is enough to defend the city. This time, the slave chief is eyeing the side? ”

Yang Bo glanced at Zong Yuanfang with some surprise. Unexpectedly, he was already quite discerning, and he analyzed the battle situation.

"Don't worry, adults. I have already sent a fine work to infiltrate Xuanzhou, as long as the rumors are spread, the guerrilla battalion chooses to land and attack on a certain night, they will naturally ask the slave chief for help," Yang Bo said with a relaxed face.

On the morning of February 8 in the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Today's atmosphere is a little tense, the Ming army defending the city suddenly found that the originally careless Tatar slaves suddenly poured out, in the countless long horn sounds, all the Tartar slaves of each battalion came out, they lined up in a neat formation outside the city, and the dense heads of people could not be seen at a glance!

Tan Yinghua stood on the enemy tower with a black face, his mood was extremely nervous, he had heard of the tragedy of the siege of Lushun, but he had never experienced it himself, and he never knew what it was, but he knew that soon the scene of Lushun would be repeated here,

"Okay?" Tan Yinghua asked himself.

"Okay, just get ready, wait for the Tartar slaves to come up and give them a ruthless" Zhang Quan loudly commanded a group of auxiliaries to move the iron pot filled with gold juice to the corner of the wall, unlike him who was worried, the faces of the soldiers in the guerrilla battalion were silent and orderly, Tan Yinghua was a little lucky, I heard that this Zhang Quan had experienced the siege of Lushun, and he had been sharing defensive experience with those Guanglu soldiers and auxiliaries in the past few days, Tan Yinghua felt that he had to study hard, the guerrilla battalion would eventually leave, and Phi Dao would still depend on him Tan Yinghua in the future.

At this moment, an observer ran over and said, "My lord, the big thing is not good, the banner with the red flag has been raised in the Tarnu array, and the Tatar has come to reinforcements!" ”

"What?"

Tan Yinghua was shocked, he looked down at the city for a moment, and sure enough, on the right side of the blue flag, a flag representing the red flag was flying, and there was a huge golden dragon flag in the middle!

"Another Lord Belle?" Zhang Quan also looked at it curiously.

However, what was even more shocking was still to come, as the formation of the Tatars separated, revealing several huge artillery pieces deployed in the Chinese army, although the distance was far away, but just looking at the size of the artillery was scary enough.

"Hongyi cannon?" Zhang Quan's face finally became serious, he snatched Tan Yinghua's clairvoyant mirror and looked at it carefully, Tan Yinghua was furious by his inhalation, and said, "What model?" How powerful? You can make it clear, huh? ”

Zhang Quan looked at it and said: "Back then, on the Golden Mountain, the Tartar slaves also erected more than a dozen of these cannons, which were beaten badly, and the most feared thing was that the iron fired by this kind of artillery jumped wildly, where it jumped, where it was all the way to flesh and blood, and Lord Xiang Zuolin Xiang died under this kind of artillery."

Tan Yinghua's face was uncertain, Zhang Quan put down the clairing mirror and said: "The Tartar slave this kind of Hongyi cannon, my Daming is also known as the Shenwei General Cannon, the weight is about 5,000 catties, and the solid iron is about 7 catties. ”

Tan Yinghua looked at the six-pounder cannons at the head of his city, and shook his head helplessly, I heard that the Hongyi cannon could hit Erli, and his own cannons couldn't hit them at all, if the Tatar slaves violently bombarded the city wall, I was afraid that Tieshan City would not last long.

Seeing Tan Yinghua's worried look, Zhang Quan smiled and said: "Lord Tan, don't worry, although the Tatar slaves have five, no, six Hongyi cannons, but this kind of cannon is not easy to load, and it will dissipate heat after firing a few rounds, so it is not a big threat to me, the only thing I am worried about is the morale of the defenders in the city." ”

Tan Yinghua nodded in agreement, the guerrilla battalion is naturally not afraid after being tested, but it is difficult to say about the Guanglu soldiers and the Dongjiang auxiliary troops.

Just as the two were discussing, a cannonball whistled and slammed into the outside of the city wall, and the whole wall seemed to shake, and the iron did not penetrate the city wall, but fell heavily to the ground, and the rubble flew, and everyone heard the loud sound of the cannonball firing in the distance.

"Hidden! All hidden! Tan Yinghua shouted anxiously, and at the same time, many veterans also urged the panicked soldiers to find cover, these people were experienced, and most of them were crouching under the base of the wall.

The second shell struck again, this time hitting the ice wall, directly shattering a section of the ice wall, seven or eight pounds of iron jumped around on the solid ice, and several soldiers who were ambushed behind the ice wall immediately broke their hands and feet, and screamed miserably.

Several auxiliaries carried the wounded back at the urging of the overseers, and when they saw the blood stains along the way, all of them turned pale.

"Lord Tan, you can't hold it outside the city, let them all go back to the city, right?" Zhang Quan saw a section of the collapsed ice wall and knew that the first line of fortification was no longer useful.

Just as the nervous evacuation was taking place, more shells came whizzing, and even the Tatars fired scattered shells with Hongyi cannons, which caused more casualties to the Ming army.

Seeing the Ming army jumping up from behind the ambushed ice wall in the clairvoyant mirror and retreating towards the city in panic, Hauge laughed.

"Order, the infantry armor begins to attack the city!" (To be continued......)