Chapter 737: The Battle of the Great Wall (2)
At the same time as 100,000 Tartars attacked the Great Wall, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who had been plagued in Yanchi County all night also gathered at dawn to attack several walled forts in the southwest of the Great Wall; In the face of powerful attacking soldiers and horses, I was busy all night last night. The Ming defenders, who dug a pit in the middle of the mountain road and built fortifications on the hills on both sides, launched a fierce resistance.
The sound of shouting and killing resounded in the wide valley of nearly two miles, arrows flew sideways, and fire guns exploded, which was also a hot scene. After a pit was dug in the middle of the valley, the Tartar attacking soldiers had to choose to bypass the pit and pass down the slopes on both sides. This happened to enter the range of the Ming army's bows and arrows and the more than 100 firearms guards left behind, although there were not many troops, but the crowding of the formation still caused heavy losses to the Tartar soldiers and horses, and the speed of the passage was also greatly affected.
The bald man still doesn't know what happened in the Tartar camp last night, according to his estimate, an hour is enough to tear the pass of the Great Wall, and the army will start hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army defending the city, he is eager to participate in this battle in person, he wants to take this great annihilation war as the end of the attack on the Ming Dynasty, and when he returns to the grassland, he can maintain his image of being brave and invincible, otherwise he will be said to be rescued by others, and he can't afford to lose face.
At first, he planned not to entangle with these small forces and directly lead his troops to Guò, but now it seems that the situation is unlikely. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, it's better to take the walled fort honestly, otherwise if it is dragged for two or three hours, and dragged to the Ming army brigade to bite the tail, then it will be a big deal.
The Tartar soldiers and horses who changed their strategy began to attack the forts on both sides, which was an attack without suspense, the number of people on both sides was too different, and the Ming army's forts were full of less than a thousand people, and they quickly could not hold on under the attack of the Tartar soldiers. Seven or eight hundred remnants of the army retreated to the walled fort in the rear, and took down the bald and fierce orders one by one, and compressed all these nasty ghosts to the pass of the Great Wall, so as not to cause chaos on the road.
After paying more than 2,000 casualties, the bald can achieve the goal, the southeast of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty five walled forts to take four of the large, the army has approached the inside of the Great Wall, the Great Wall from the earth-shattering shouting sound has been clearly heard.
But what made Bald Meng wonder was that he didn't hear the roar of the Condor cannon, it stands to reason that it should be the rumbling of the cannon, and he used Hai Dongqing to send back an edict to teach Urus how to attack the pass of the Great Wall, that is, he asked him to bombard first, and then attack. Listening to the shouts of killing now, it is obvious that they are already attacking the Great Wall, but there is not even a single place of smoke on the Great Wall, let alone any signs of collapse, which is a bit strange.
Under the urging of the bald man, his generals attacked desperately, and captured the last walled fort in front of him, standing on the top of the walled fort and looking at the battlefield of the Great Wall, the bald man couldn't help frowning. The dense Ming soldiers on the Great Wall are methodically shooting arrows down to smash the rolling stones, although the situation on the side of the Great Wall is not visible, but there is no figure on the city wall that their own people attack and fight, indicating that they have been busy for almost two hours, and Urus has no choice but to help the Ming army's Great Wall defense line.
"This stupid man, a stupid donkey who can only eat and bark, is not a horse on the grassland at all, an army of 100,000, dozens of Condor cannons in his hands, and he can't even break a small wall." The bald man scolded angrily.
Tulu on the side echoed: "That is, although my brother is smart, he is all smart, I really don't know what he is doing, it can't be done on purpose, doesn't my brother want to save his father Khan?" ”
Glancing at the bald and fierce eyebrows, he ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately attack the north of the Ming army and let them suffer from the enemy, I don't believe that the army of more than 100,000 people can't take this small wall." ”
The horn sounded leisurely, resounding between the valleys, and the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the bald and fierce soldiers and horses launched an attack on the Great Wall from the back; The Ming army on the Great Wall had already known the news of the arrival of the bald army, and the more than 2,000 Ming troops who had returned to the city wall had already told Xu Tai the news, Xu Tai was anxious, but there was nothing to do. The seemingly rock-solid walls of the Great Wall were also guarded by the Ming army in an orderly manner, and in the past two hours, the 100,000 Tartar soldiers led by Urus suffered heavy casualties, and they did not even climb up the city. But in fact, Xu Tai knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for less than 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend this place, because the arrows had been exhausted, and the rolling wood and stones piled up at the head of the city had almost been consumed.
To add insult to injury, now that the bald and fierce soldiers and horses are also attacking from the belly, the Ming army at the head of the city will have to divide a small half to deal with the attack from behind, and the already stretched defense line will definitely have holes.
Xu Tai's fears were soon fulfilled, and after the division of the army, a vacuum appeared on the attack surface of the Tartars, which were about three miles wide, and the Tartars took the opportunity to put long hooks and ladders on the city wall, and a group of Tartar soldiers quickly attacked the head of the city and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army at the head of the city. Although the dozens of Tartars at the head of the city were quickly annihilated by the mobile manpower that came to the city, there were also Tartars in other places who began to emerge.
The bow and arrow are exhausted, the rolling wood and stones are exhausted, the Ming soldiers can only use their spears to stab the Tartar soldiers who climb up, the Tartar soldiers desperately grab the spears to borrow strength, and the Tartar soldiers standing on the ladder continue to throw the rope noose to scratch the hook and grab the Ming soldiers to pull down, for a time dozens of Ming soldiers were forced to pull out of the city wall and fall under the city by this strange attack method of the Tartars.
There was a tragic and chaotic situation everywhere, and although Xu Tai's eyes were red and he shouted loudly, he also knew that he was powerless. Xu Tai sighed in his heart: Lord Song, you don't have the ability to defend here, although you desperately destroyed the Tartar's Condor cannon, but the disparity in strength is too great, and you have tried your best.
"The Jinyi Guard Fire Battalion reinforces the rear, and the Lianwu Battalion assembles the No. 9, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15 beacon tower city wall sections, and abandons the No. 8, No. 10, and No. 12 city wall sections." A loud voice sounded over the city wall, Xu Tai turned his head in disbelief, and saw Song Nan's left arm wrapped in bandages, his head and face were covered with dust, but he was standing on the platform of the beacon tower behind him with great energy.
"Your Excellency, ......!" Xu Tai almost ran over crying and hugged Song Nan's thigh and cried.
"Don't you give the order yet? There are no steps to the city wall behind the section of the eight, ten, and twelfth, and it is okay to give up, and if the Tartars want to converge in one place, they need to seize the nine, eleven, thirteen, and fifteen prescriptions, otherwise they will jump off the city wall to gather their troops in one place? Just go. ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Tai agreed repeatedly, urging the guards around him to convey the order, and his heart suddenly changed from pessimistic and depressed to suddenly brightened, the burden on his shoulders was emptied at once, and the whole person was about to fly.
"I'm going to wash my face and change my clothes, I'm going to be a gray mouse." Song Nan's voice came from behind him.
The news of the appearance of the general of Zhenguo immediately boosted the low morale of the Ming army, and according to the order, the Ming army quickly shrank into four formations, stubbornly defending the four sections with the steps of the upper city wall behind them, and allowing the Tartar soldiers and horses to attack the city head from other sections.
Although there are many Tartar soldiers, the Great Wall is only ten or twenty zhang wide, unless all the Tartars are bamboo pole spirits, it is impossible for them to climb to the top of the city. Moreover, the Ming army that contracted the formation was at the height of the beacon tower, and the Great Wall was not a flat river, with a tilt angle of nearly 90 degrees, and the bluestone bricks were sliding amazingly, and the enemy was narrow, and suddenly they were staring at each other.
Song Nan put on his armor, washed the dust on his head and face, and appeared on the No. 11 beacon tower, looking at the thousands of Ming troops gathered together in front of him and behind him, and then at the Tartar soldiers who were densely packed and climbing up, and shouted: "How much gunpowder is there in the guard battalion?" ”
Hundreds of soldiers from the guard battalion around him said, "There are not many, there are still four or five left." ”
Song Nan scolded: "I tell you on weekdays, ammunition must be saved, it must be the joy of killing people just now, and it will never end when you start driving." Look at now, with so many live targets crowded here, how cool should this shot be? Isn't it more pleasant than you shooting a Tartar into the city? I'll settle accounts with you when I go back, and now I'll listen to me, and if you use up all your remaining ammunition, whoever misses three or five shots will automatically leave the guard camp when you go back." ”
The guards were speechless, but Lord Song's threat didn't have to worry, the Tartars were crowded in front, even the blind could shoot three or five with one shot, not to mention the trained guards.
"Boom, boom." Black smoke rose at the head of the city, and the power of the shotgun was only revealed in the dense crowd, and the shotgun formed a barrage in the square circle of Zhangxu, and the crowded Tartar soldiers had no way to dodge, and in the face of the overwhelming iron sand, they could only use their bodies to meet this fatal baptism.
The scene in front of them, even the soldiers of the Ming army couldn't help frowning and couldn't bear to look at it, rows of Tartar soldiers fell under the slope of the beacon tower like cutting leeks, and within the range of the musket guns, there was hardly anyone who could still stand. Hundreds of Tartar soldiers were rolling and moaning on the ground with blood and water, and behind them, the Tartars who were out of range stood in a daze, and suddenly let out a shout and retreated, squeezing the formation in the rear to the ground.
"It's miserable, it's miserable." Xu Tai's expression was sad, but his voice was joyful.