Early in the morning, a group of bannermen left the barracks, walked on the streets of Liaoyang, and walked towards the Dongcheng Tower.

"The slave has seen the master." A man dressed as a Han army officer stood at the entrance of the street, shouting with a smile on his face and shouting the flag officer headed by him.

"It's Qian Guang, you were on duty last night?" Muto, the flag officer, asked without stopping.

"Back to the master, the little one has been on the night shift recently." The messenger named Qian Guang replied respectfully.

Since the siege of the city by the Ming army, in order to prevent chaos, Amin ordered a curfew to be imposed in the whole city, and the people in the city were forbidden to go out at night, because there were too few banners in the city, and the curfew was taken care of by the Han army officers in Liaoyang City.

Muto nodded, ignored him, and led his men straight to the wall.

On the city wall, just after handing over to the flag keeper of the night vigil, he heard the faint sound of drums in the direction of the Ming army camp in the distance outside the city. Muto sighed, knowing that the Ming army's daily siege was about to begin again.

For the siege of the Ming army, the bannermen of Liaoyang City have long been accustomed to it, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, it seems to be a siege, but it seems to be like playing.

Every morning, after breakfast, the Ming army would leave the camp on time, and after the formation, they would drive to Liaoyang City, but they would always stop and clamor outside a stone's throw away, and for five or six days, the Ming army did not even touch the edge of the city wall.

Because the Ming army was far away from the city wall, bows and arrows could not be shot, and the bannermen on the city wall had no way to take them. A general once suggested to Bel Amin to go out of the city to attack the Ming army, but Amin was worried that it was a ploy of the Ming army, and wanted to lure Qiding out of the city, so he vetoed the suggestion to go out of the city.

However, the Ming army did not do nothing, at least one hundred and fifty steps from the city wall, a mountain of earth was piled up. In this ice and snow day, it is cold and freezing, and it is difficult to dig up the ice and snow every day for the Ming army.

So he watched the earth mountain become higher day by day, and soon it was level with the city wall, during which Amin was impatient, and once took advantage of the night to send troops out of the city to destroy the earth mountain, but the Ming army poured water on it when the army retreated during the day, and the night's work was frozen hard, and it was very difficult to destroy. Three days ago, when the flag Ding again took advantage of the night to destroy the earth mountain, suddenly attacked by the Ming army, I don't know when, the Ming army actually took advantage of the night to ambush around the earth mountain, out of the city of 500 flag Ding was shot nearly 100 people, since then Amin never sent troops out of the city to destroy.

After the earth mountain and the city wall were flush, the Ming army no longer bluffed when attacking the city, but transported artillery to the earth mountain, and then bombarded Liaoyang City with artillery.

The Hongyi cannon was too stupid, and he was afraid of being snatched away by Jiannu, so Zhou Yuji did not take it to Liaoyang City, but used small artillery such as the Franc machine to attack the city wall.

The power of the Franc cannon was much smaller than that of the Hongyi cannon, but even so, the wall near the earth mountain was shattered by the bombardment, and the bannermen on the wall had to hide behind the female wall to avoid the shelling.

However, at most, the Franc machine gave some blows and casualties to the flagmen on the city wall, and it was almost impossible to rely on the Franc machine artillery to collapse the city wall.

Every morning, the Ming army would drive outside Liaoyang City, transport artillery up the earth mountain, and then bombard Liaoyang City, and there would be no other action, and then in the afternoon, the Ming army would withdraw. Such a siege of the city turned out to be like acting.

But even so, it put great pressure on the people in the city.

At this moment, in Liaoyang City, the population is far beyond usual, in addition to the banner Ding and his family, there are sixty or seventy thousand Han people, most of them are the original Liaoyang defenders, and now part of them are incorporated into the Han army flag, and some of them are used as coats for the masters of the banner people, for example, the Han army officer Qian Guang was a Liaoyang guard ten years ago.

In addition, when they heard that the Ming army was attacking, they withdrew from the surrounding villages into the city, and the total population of Liaoyang City at this moment was as much as 150,000 or 60,000.

For a period of time, the Ming army attacked the city in Liaodong, slaughtering and looting, and the news had already spread to the city of Liaoyang. Bel Amin and Derge were defeated one after another, the Great Khan Huang Taiji led the main force of the Eight Banners to the territory of the Ming Kingdom and did not return, Jianzhou was captured by the Ming army, the city of Hetuara was slaughtered, and the people of the entire Liaoyang City were panicked.

Fortunately, the Eight Banners system is a soldier for all people, and the degree of organization is extremely high. In addition, the feud between the Eight Banners and the Ming Army is as deep as the sea, all the bannermen and their families know that once the city is breached, everyone will not end well, and the whole city is mobilized, in addition to more than 10,000 Qiding regular troops, more than 20,000 Hannu clothed and clothed, plus tens of thousands of young and strong women who can transport food and bricks, the city defense force is still very strong. The Ming army outside the city now has only more than 30,000 people, and with the strength of the guards of Liaoyang City, in the eyes of everyone in the city, it is no problem to hold the city.

At least Muto has absolute confidence to hold Liaoyang.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Cannonballs continued to shoot from the dirt hills, causing the city to be torn and debris scattered.

Muto huddled under the female wall and held a shield to cover himself, laughing arrogantly in the sound of cannons: "The cowardly dog will only fire cannons from a distance, and he will not even dare to approach the edge of the city wall!" When the Great Khan comes back, he will kill the Ming Dog cleanly! ”

"The Great Khan is coming back soon, Minggou doesn't have a few days to live!" The other bannermen also ignored the artillery fire of the Ming army and shouted one after another.

In the propaganda, the main force of the Eight Banners Army attacked the city in the territory of the Ming Kingdom and fought all the way to the city of Beijing, so frightened that the Ming army did not even dare to go out of the Beijing gate, and as for the loss of the main force of the Eight Banners, it was silent.

Therefore, in the eyes of the remaining bannermen, the Ming army's ability to attack Liaodong is to exploit the loophole of the expedition of the main force of the Eight Banners, and once the main force returns, it will be the end of the Ming army.

They have absolute confidence in this. After all, the Eight Banners are invincible, but it's not just talking!

However, today, the Ming army's siege of the city seems to be different, the artillery bombardment on the mountain has been in the morning, and at noon, the Ming army, which has been lining up to rest, actually rushed to the city wall with a clamour.

In the eyes of Muto and others, this time it was mostly a bluff, who knew that more than a dozen siege ladders appeared in the column of the Ming army besieging the city. This kind of ladder is not a simple ladder, but a tall ladder cart, with wheels at the bottom to push, a shield to cover the soldiers behind, and a winch and a grappling hook to ensure that the ladder rises and grabs the battlements of the city wall.

It seems that it is going to be true, it turns out that the bluff of the Ming army some time ago is taking the opportunity to build siege equipment! From Muto to Amin, they all understood.

There is a moat outside Liaoyang City, but in the cold winter, the river water has long been frozen for more than three feet, and it cannot stop it at all.

Soon, the Ming army clamored to approach the moat, and the bannermen and archers on the city wall released arrows one after another, most of the arrows were blocked by shields and armor, but there were still Ming soldiers who fell to the ground from time to time.

"Shoot!" On the city wall, Amin gave an order, and hundreds of rockets flew out at the same time, cutting through a graceful arc, shooting like countless meteors towards the slow-moving ladder cart outside the city.

In an instant, dozens of rockets were shot at each of the more than a dozen ladder trucks, and the head of the rockets was cotton cloth soaked in fire oil, which quickly set the ladder truck on fire.

Before approaching the city wall, more than a dozen ladder cars were lit and became huge torches, and the Ming soldiers around the cars shouted to flee the train, and the Ming army besieging the city quickly retreated like a tide.

The seemingly massive siege ended again, causing the soldiers of the Eight Banners on the city wall to laugh.

As if annoyed and angry, the artillery on the earth mountain roared again, firing cannonballs into the city one after another, venting the impotent fury of the Ming army.

"Just like that, I still want to capture Liaoyang, Minggou is a dream." Elley laughed.

Amin said, "Don't be careless. ”

Erli said disapprenously: "The Ming army outside the city must have also heard the news that the Great Khan is coming back, and tried to capture Liaoyang before the Great Khan returns, but it was just a pipe dream. There are still 11,000 bannermen in Liaoyang City, plus the mobilized clothed soldiers, young and strong women, and the garrison force is as many as 50,000, how many Ming troops are there outside the city? Amma, if you want me to say that we should simply take advantage of the Ming army's siege to get out of the city, kill them by surprise, maybe we can defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop! ”

Amin shook his head: "When the Ming army attacked the city, they only sent part of their troops, but most of the troops were carefully guarded on the sidelines, Ama knew that their thoughts were to lure us out of the city to attack, so as to avoid the brutal siege battle." Why, then, did they do what they wanted?

Erli, what we have to do now is not to defeat the Ming army, but to hold Liaoyang, as long as we can hold until the Great Khan returns with his troops, then it will be the time for the army to counterattack! ”

Elley pursed her lips secretly and didn't say anything more, but in her heart she was very dissatisfied with Amin's decision.

Ama is old after all, too cowardly, and Dajin still needs to rely on young people to support it! Elley said secretly.

Telling Elli to stand guard on the city wall, Amin went down to the city and returned to the palace.

At noon, the drums sounded again, and a banner man hurriedly came to report that the Ming army was attacking the city wall again.

Attacking the city twice in one day, the performance of the Ming army today is really abnormal. Amin stepped onto his horse and hurried towards the city wall.

"Amma, it seems that the Ming army is really coming this time." Elley ushered in and reported hurriedly.

Amin didn't say anything, and looked outside the city by holding on to the battlement, and saw countless Ming troops slowly approaching Liaoyang City, carrying hundreds of ladders in the Ming army's array, no longer stupid ladder cars, but ladders several zhang long.

On the city wall, the arrows of the Eight Banners archers rained down, and under the city wall, hundreds of Ming army gunners fired at the city head under the cover of shield soldiers.

Arrows rained down, and the Ming soldiers besieging the city fell to the ground one after another, and from time to time some bannermen were shot by Ming archers and fell crookedly at the battlement. forced Amin to divide some archers to suppress the Ming army.

The Ming army was attacking like a tide, completely ignoring the casualties, and in the shouting, one after another cloud ladders were set up on the city wall, and the Ming soldiers climbed along the cloud ladders.

The clothed soldiers were dispatched to the city wall, throwing brick and lime bottles down, and the Ming soldiers who climbed one by one were smashed down the ladder by the bricks and stones, and fell to the city with a scream.

The strong women in the city also mobilized, carrying bricks, stones and wood to the city, and the entire Liaoyang City seemed to be mobilized to deal with the siege of the Ming army.

The siege was particularly fierce as soon as it began, and people were killed at every turn. Of course, the Ming soldiers on the besieging side suffered more casualties, but the Eight Banners and the clothed soldiers who defended the city were not much better, and the Ming army had a large number of guns, plus more than 20 artillery pieces on the earth mountain, which also brought great casualties to the defenders on the city wall.

The tragic siege battle lasted for more than an hour, and it was not until near evening that the Ming army slowly retreated.

Inside and outside the moat under the city wall, there were corpses of the Ming army everywhere, and in an afternoon of siege, the Ming army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties.

Under the fire of the Ming army's guns and artillery, the loss of Jiannu was also three or four hundred, and the same number of strong women were injured by artillery projectiles.

After arranging for the treatment of casualties, recruiting strong men to rest at night at the battlements of the broken city wall, and leaving the soldiers who were on vigil, Amin dragged his tired body back to the palace.

......

The camp of the Ming army in the south of the city, the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Bianjiao sat on the top, and Zhou Yuji sat on the side, because Cao Bianjiao was appointed by Lu Xiangsheng as the temporary commander.

"It's too tragic, at the end of the day, there are nearly 1,000 casualties, and the total strength of our army is only more than 30,000 people, if it goes on like this, it won't last long at all." Cao Bianjiao sighed.

"But it's all worth it, isn't it?" Zhou Yuji said with a smile.

Cao Bianjiao also laughed: "Of course it's worth it, at least let's practice how to attack the city." ”

Whether it is Cao Bianjiao or Zhou Yuji, they are very young, and this battle of Liaodong is the first time they have commanded their troops. Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Yuji are both generations of military families, they are no strangers to fighting, and they also know some siege tactics. But knowing is knowing, but I have never experienced it before.

Oh, Cao Bianjiao has attacked the city, or he attacked Luoyang when he accompanied Lu Xiangsheng to crusade against King Fu's rebellion, but compared with the battle in front of him, attacking Luoyang is more like child's play.

Since the troops surrounded Liaoyang, they naturally couldn't wait, so they naturally had to try a siege war, although they knew that they might not be able to defeat Liaoyang.

"It would be nice to bring in the Hongyi cannon." Zhou Yuji sighed.

When attacking Lushun Jinzhou, Zhou Yuji used the Hongyi cannon to break through the city wall, but the Hongyi cannon was too stupid and kept on the sea boat, and the army was far away from the coast after passing Haizhou, and the Hongyi cannon was not transported to Liaoyang with the army.

Of course, the most important reason for not carrying the Hongyi cannon with the army was that he was worried that the cannon would be captured by Jiannu, at least during the Battle of Haizhou, Zhou Yuji had little confidence that he could defeat Jiannu and attack Liaoyang City.

However, it is a little late to regret it, now that the cannon is far away at sea, and the main force of Jiannu will return soon, it is too late to be temporarily dispatched.

"Why do you have to have artillery to siege a city?" Cao Bianjiao said with a smile, "As long as everything goes according to your and my plan, the breakthrough of the city will be within a few days." ”

"I hope everything is as you and I wish!" Zhou Yuji also laughed.

According to the prior plan, Tian Ergeng's Jinyi Wei secret agents had already entered Liaoyang City with the people who had retreated from Jiannu, and had been in the city for many days.

The Ming army invaded Liaodong, Jiannu was defeated one after another, and tens of thousands of Han slaves in Liaoyang City were clothed, and there must be those who have a heart for the Ming Dynasty. No matter how strong the city defense is, once it is opened from the inside, it is easy to break through!

The reason why Liaoyang is storming today is that training troops is only a purpose, and the most important purpose is to send a signal to the Jinyi secret agents in the city, and the time has come!

ps: I'm sorry, I got up at five o'clock this morning and wrote a chapter. I don't dare to guarantee whether there is anything else today.