513 Stuck in a dilemma
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With this sound, as if a conditioned reflex, the soldiers of the Heavenly Army immediately took action in accordance with the regulations.
The trebuchet immediately fired an earth-made incendiary bomb, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Army, who were hiding in the dark to rest, immediately hid under the anti-arrow shed and began to shoot arrows and release guns.
It was only at this time that the soldiers of the Heavenly Army, who looked outside the city, realized that something was wrong. Only a handful of the captives were running along the city as fast as they could. Occasionally, a mine will detonate.
If you are unlucky, the first thunder you step on is blown over; If you were lucky, when the thunder exploded, she had already run some distance and narrowly avoided it.
Fortunately, there are still regulations for the Heavenly Army, and when the alarm gong sounds, it is a large-scale attack by Jianyu. Therefore, when the company commanders in charge of the police gong at the head of each city saw this situation, they did not ring the police gong, but only asked the officers and men of the Heavenly Army to shoot the "humanoid minesweeper" within close line of sight.
After calling the Heavenly Army to react, those who did not die in the "humanoid minesweepers" retreated. But after a while, something similar happened again.
It was not until after dawn that Jian Yu collected his troops and responded. And on the side of the Heavenly Army, Hu Kuan also stepped on the head of the city early to understand what happened.
Liu Daneng was on duty in the second half of the night, his face was grim, and he told Hu Kuan: "Jianyu should know that we are laying mines, so he only sends a small number of horsemen to step on mines." It is estimated that there are only about 30% of the thunder left in the ground outside the city, and there are only about 20 corpses left in the Jianyu, which seems to be all Mongolian Jianyu. ”
When Hu Kuan heard this, he frowned and didn't speak. As expected, Jian Yu is really cunning. Difficult to deal with. Once the trick of calling the Heavenly Army was known to them, they came up with a way to crack it.
If there are no mines, what will happen to the defense at night in the future? Hu Kuan closed his eyes when he thought about it, imagining that he was the slave chief Emperor Taiji, how should he attack Guihua City as the best?
At this moment, other high-ranking generals called the Heavenly Army arrived. Liu Daneng also told them about the situation. For a moment, the land at the head of the city was quiet.
After a while, Hu Kuan opened his eyes, looked around, and asked in a deep voice: "Right now, the Jianyu is watching, and we can't make up for the thunder." Even if we make up the thunder, we have no way to solve it by using this method. Which of you has any way to wait until the mines outside the city are broken. Is there a way to effectively defend against night attacks by Jianqiang? ”
Without a moat to block and no mines to delay, the captives can quickly rush to the city and attack the city. But the effective methods have been thought of before, but they have all been cracked by Jianyu, what should I do?
These high-ranking generals called the Heavenly Army all came from the bottom. Because of this, they have a common shortcoming, that is, they have little knowledge. There aren't many things you can refer to.
Several generals thought about it for a long time but did not come up with it, so they decided to step up patrols. In case of movement, throw torches outward, and shoot the Jianyu cavalry who stepped on the thunder in time.
Despite these coping methods, the group of people could no longer be as optimistic as before, and invisibly affected their generals, and then affected their soldiers.
It was late in the evening. The soldiers in the Naturalized City have lost the relaxed and contemptuous mood of Jianjiao. Everyone's expression was very grim, although they were not afraid of Jianyu, but they were uncertain about the future victory.
Hu Kuan saw it in his eyes, although he said some morale-boosting words, it didn't have much effect. He understood. I'm afraid that many of the soldiers who are resting tonight will not have a good rest.
At this time, he suddenly thought that it would be good if his second brother was here. With his ability, with his eloquence, he will certainly be able to solve the problem at hand.
Late that night, Huang Taiji's personal guards, according to his own orders, woke him up on time and went out of the camp to check the situation.
The Mongol cavalry had already been thundering outside the city of Naturalization, presided over by Azig, one of the eight great beylers. When he saw Huang Taiji coming out, he said to him: "Great Khan, almost an hour has passed now, and this explosion sound is only occasional, and it is estimated that it may be about the same!" ”
Huang Taiji was in a good mood when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is very good, what other means do you have to call the Heavenly Army?" ”
"Great Khan, if you want me to say, don't fight during the day. Wait until tomorrow night, a night attack will be done, destroy this naturalization city, and slaughter those rabbit cubs! Azig said hatefully.
Speaking of which, Huang Taiji originally didn't think that this method would be easy to use. Judging from the current effect, in just two nights, the mines buried outside the Naturalization City should have almost been detonated. If you look at it this way, it is true that the night raid will reduce some casualties.
He immediately nodded and said, "Then inform Nan Daying tomorrow and agree to attack Guihua City at night late tomorrow." However, it is important to note that a long dragon should not rush over during the siege to prevent it from being burned by the fire pot. ”
"Of course, each cow is separated by a distance." Thinking that he would be able to avenge his men tomorrow night, Azig was in a better mood and immediately replied.
Huang Taiji nodded, listened for a while, and didn't hear a single explosion, so he said again in a good mood: "But everything must be prepared with both hands, and the siege equipment such as the shield car still has to be continued." By the way, you also have to build some cars to protect against fire pots, which can be used day and night. ”
Azig withdrew his gaze from the Naturalization City in the distance, turned his head to look at Huang Taiji, thinking that he had a lot to say today, and it seemed that he was in a good mood!
Of course, he was in a good mood at this time, anyway, the sedan chair carried people, and he immediately echoed: "It's still the Great Khan who thinks thoughtfully, this time this is called the Heavenly Army will definitely be over!" ”
"Haha!" Huang Taiji smiled, then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head back to the camp, and there was no point in looking at it any further.
When the sun shone on the Naturalization City the next day, a group of high-ranking generals called the Heavenly Army stood at the head of the city, all of them silent.
Last night, no matter how well prepared, Jianyu already knew the method of exchanging a small number of horsemen for mine explosions, and he detonated all the mines with human lives.
So, what about tonight? With such a large number of prisoners and strong combat power, even if it weren't for tonight, if a night attack was launched tomorrow night or the night after, the battle would be hard.
The walls of this naturalized city are still a little shorter than those in the gate. If the Jianyu raids, they will definitely break through the city wall, and at that time, it may be necessary to exchange human lives for human lives.
In desperation, Hu Kuan and others also loaded the small Franc cannon with scattered shells and used it to clear the scene when the city wall was broken through by Jianjiao at night.
In the afternoon, when Hu and his generals were inspecting the city, they suddenly noticed that the sentinels of the Jianlunan camp outside the city had moved, as if they had discovered something, and began to move westward.
Hu Kuan picked up the telescope and observed, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. (To be continued.) )