Just after that time, Yue Tuo, the prince of the puppet Qing Dynasty, led more than 7,000 Manchurian and Han troops to arrive in the west of Laizhou City.

Thousands of iron horsemen rolled in, and the momentum was naturally earth-shattering.

Ao Bei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward with a few Niu Lu to greet him.

"How's the enemy?"

Yue Tuo sat on his horse, pointed to Laizhou City not far in front of him, and asked in a deep voice.

Ao Bei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Master, after the slave arrived in Laizhou, he went to the suburbs, but found nothing, the thief should have moved all the people into the city, so he didn't know their reality. ”

"Humph! If you don't find the people, you can't do anything? ”

Yue Tuo drank a word, and the horse galloped towards a dirt slope near the west gate.

The more than 100 Goshha who followed Yue Tuo and a group of Manchu and Mongolian generals followed one after another, and Ao Bei's heart tightened, and he also ran over.

The Qing army was approaching the city, and it was impossible for the Jingbei army not to know that when Yue Tuo was climbing the soil slope, Li Xingzhi took the civil and military officers of the Jingbei Army to the west of Laizhou City.

The generals looked intently, only to see that a three-zhang high red flag was erected on the soil slope, and there was a regimental dragon king flag of the same height next to the big curtain.

Prince An's Yue Tuojin helmet and golden armor stood under the two flags of the generals, surrounded by dozens of Manchurian and Han generals behind him, all of them with top helmets, wearing armor, and their majesty was dignified.

There are hundreds of people standing on the left side of the soil slope with red flags, they are dressed in heavy cotton armor, the light red base is inlaid with copper nails, and the end is murderous, and at a glance you know that they are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles.

"The prestige of the Prince of Manchuria is really extraordinary, and he actually used two royal flags, and Abatai is far inferior to Yue Tuoyan!"

Li Xingzhi on the city wall couldn't help but praise.

In fact, he didn't know that the big banner representing the owner of the red flag was an embroidered dragon, but the gilded king's flag was an embroidered python, but the color was similar, and it was far away from the city wall, so he couldn't see any difference.

Li Xingzhi was observing the Qing army under the city, and Yue Tuo and a group of Manchu and Han Mongolian generals were also observing the city defense of Lae.

At this time, whether it was Yue Tuo or Taana and other Manchu generals, they were scolding their mothers, and they had all the eighteen generations of Kong Youde's ancestors in their hearts.

This is what you said about Laizhou City that was crippled by you? Although this city wall is not as big as Jinan, but it is more than three zhang high, the battlement, the horse face, the urn city, the arrow tower are all available, according to the time, the Laiden general army arrived in Laizhou for half a month at most, how the city wall is so strict.

Tong Tulai suggested: "General, the Ming thief city wall is strong, and we don't have siege equipment, so the slave thinks it's better to arrange for the soldiers to rest and recuperate first, and then attack the city after the equipment is rectified tomorrow." ”

Mongolian Ezhen Sonomu sneered: "In the battle of the Jiaolai River, the thieves fled in the wilderness, and their courage was lost, we are now taking advantage of the victory to attack, with the bravery of our Mongolian soldiers, even if their walls are strong, can they block the thunderous blow of our army?" Tong Dutong is so timid, isn't he afraid of the thief? ”

"You...... Since you are so brave, then you Mongols will attack first! ”

Tong Tulai's face turned red, and he directly scolded Sonomu, although in the Eight Banners Army, the status of the Mongolian soldiers is higher than that of the Han Army, but after all, they are all Manchurian dogs, everyone is a dog, why is Lao Tzu crushed by you.

"Okay, don't quarrel, Tong Tulai is right, it's getting late now, if our siege is frustrated, it will increase the morale of the thieves, Tong will lead you to arrange manpower to build siege equipment overnight, and attack the city tomorrow."

Yue Tuo is not a brainless reckless man like Sonomu, how can he attack the city without a cloud ladder? Without shield carts, how to cover the arrival of the army in the city? Wouldn't the siege now be a living target for the thieves?

"Wow!"

Prince Cheng spoke, and a group of Manchu, Mongolian and Han army generals dared to speak, and bowed down one by one to receive the order.

Only Tong Tulai slandered in his heart, why is it the Han army flag to build a pontoon bridge, and it is also the Han army flag to build equipment, Lao Tzu is damned, of course, he never dared to say this, so he had to follow the loud command.

The equipment used in the siege is nothing more than shield carts, ladders, trebuchets, and wells, and the principle of these equipment is not complicated, except for trebuchets, other equipment is also easy to build.

Take the ladder as an example, Tong Tulai doesn't want to build a complicated ladder car, there are a lot of bamboos on the mountains around here, so he can directly cut those thick bamboos to make a simple ladder, and then put some iron nails on the top of the ladder.

The shield car, also known as the brand car, is to use thick wood to cover a layer of cowhide, a layer of iron, as a mobile fortification, when the attack, will let the infantry and cavalry hide behind this kind of shield car.

Yue Tuo came lightly, cowhide and iron naturally no, but this is not difficult Tong Tulai, with bamboo instead, one layer is not enough, just use two layers, to be honest in Tong Tulai's opinion, the effect of this bamboo is much better than cowhide and iron sheets, both light and tough.

There are a lot of bamboos on Tianqi Mountain, and it is not difficult to build these instruments, and Tong Tulai even ordered someone to build a well with bamboo.

rushed to the car, Tong Tulai didn't plan to build it at all, after all, no one knew whether the thieves in the city had blocked the city gate.

Tong Guoen played a trick this time, in addition to the fire and artillery soldiers, he took out all the more than 4,000 Han troops under his department to build equipment, we are fortunate to have suffered all night, you become a prince can't let Lao Tzu's soldiers take the lead.

The meaning of Lord Dutong is obvious, and the soldiers of the Han army banner are naturally well understood, so the Han army is very hard-working.

At dawn the next day, Tong Tulai had built 120 ladders, 40 shield carts, 10 pairs of shafts, and 20 trebuchets.

Yue Tuo is very satisfied with the progress of the Han army flag to build siege equipment, as for only the Han army can participate in the siege, Yue Tuo doesn't care at all, the Han army needs to rest, then use the Mongols, anyway, the Han army flag and the Mongolian army flag are our Qing Dynasty minions, who to use is not to use.

"Woo, woo, woo......!"

The desolate sound of the horn spread at the west gate of Laizhou City, and the drums and cannons of Prince Cheng of the Qing Dynasty shook the heavens and the earth.

With the continuous forward tilt of the Yuetuo Wang Banner, the two Mongolian soldiers of Niu Lu took the lead, and they pushed the simple shield cart and carried the cloud ladder that had just been made to the west of Laizhou City.

As soon as the Mongol soldiers moved, the Han army also followed closely with firearms.

At the same time as the Han army, there were also Manchurian archers from Niu Lu, but they climbed up the well one after another.

"Trebuchets attack the walls of the thieves! Gunners fire fire. ”

Prince Cheng Yue Tuo on the high slope drew his sword and roared, the Qing army's tactics were still old-fashioned, and the firepower covered the siege of the city.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

This was the roar of artillery, and the Jingbei Army, which had a large general's cannon, actually took the lead in firing, and their target was the trebuchet position of the Qing army.

It's just that the Jingbei Army in the city obviously did not adjust the artillery position, and the seven or eight cannons either crossed the trebuchet position and smashed in front of the advancing Mongol soldiers, or smashed into the open space not far from the trebuchet.