Chapter 26: Fight to the Death

In the early morning of the next day, the east had just turned white, and smoke had already drifted out of the camp.

The news was reported to Wu Sangui as soon as possible.

Wu Sangui was sure that Jianyu would attack within half an hour, so he immediately summoned the general and the general of Qiannei and others to issue military orders one by one.

"The reinforcements arrived at noon, and this morning, you don't have to worry about gunpowder and arrows, and greet me desperately, I want to see how unafraid of death Jianyu is." Wu Sangui said resolutely.

"Really? Total Soldiers! We still have reinforcements! A thousand surprises.

"It's the Flying Dragon Army of the Holy One, one of them enters the city to guard, and the other goes around to the rear of Jianyu to raid, and it will definitely be able to defeat Jianyu today!" Wu Sangui said loudly that all the officers under his command were in high spirits.

The support in the city was said by Chongzhen himself, and the raid after the circle was indeed compiled by Wu Sangui, although there was a suspicion of false transmission of the holy decree, but in order to encourage morale, it had to be so.

The officers quickly delivered the good news to all the soldiers, and there was a burst of chanting from within the city.

The fear in his heart was diluted a lot, because everyone knew that Jianyu was not the same as a thief.

If the thieves invade the city, they can still surrender and save their lives.

If the Jianlu were allowed to storm the city, everyone would be slaughtered.

Not to mention that this is a war between different races, just to say that Dolgon was almost besieged yesterday, and the Jianju will not give up.

Wu Sangui looked at the excited soldiers, and he couldn't get excited at all.

Although he believes in Chongzhen very much now, he has concerns about whether the reinforcements can arrive on time.

The thought of the city's defenders and the scarcity of armaments made him panic.

Build a large camp.

A group of generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Dolgon, who sat at the top of the seat, looked tired, and it was clear that he had been injured when he jumped off the wall yesterday.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the backbone represented by Aobai, Abatai and others were full of righteous indignation.

They were greatly annoyed by Wu Sangui's invitation to enter the urn.

At the end of this day and night, they all held their breath and vowed to rush into Shanhaiguan.

slaughtered the whole city.

At this time, they are competing for the first attack, and they are all red-faced.

"Okay, don't fight." Dolgon spoke slowly, and the tent was silent for a moment, and he looked around and spoke:

"Prince Su and Prince Yu have been gone for a day and a night, and there is no news, I am worried that they have been ambushed."

Abatai hurriedly said: "Regent, the two princes have led the army for many years, and they both have the style of famous generals, so it will be fine, you don't have to worry too much." ”

You don't have to say these words of comfort. The so-called Chuang army is just a rabble, and it was consumed by Wu Sangui for two days, and the sharpness has been lost, it stands to reason that Prince Su and they should have annihilated Li Chuang a long time ago, and the class teacher is back.

Yesterday we fought fiercely with Wu Sangui for a whole day, and if Prince Su and his team returned to the division, they would inevitably take the initiative to attack from the Guannei, forming a two-sided attack.

But they haven't been seen yet. I'm mostly pessimistic. ”

"Regent......" Abatai listened to Dorgon's words and wanted to be relieved, but he didn't know what to say.

Dolgon waved his hand and continued: "If Prince Su and they are really ambushed, with the 30,000 elite horsemen in their hands, they will definitely be able to drag down the Ming army.

But for the sake of absolute safety, today's attack, the generals must do their best.

The first is not to give the defenders in the city a chance to go out for reinforcements.

The second is to break the city as soon as possible, let's go west, help Prince Su and them break the siege and fight back! ”

Dolgon understood what he said, and all the generals clasped their fists together and shouted, "Today will break the city, avenge yesterday's revenge, and relieve the danger of Prince Su and Prince Yu."

On the wall of Shanhaiguan, Zhu Youjian looked at the energetic soldiers and was very pleased.

I am also very satisfied with Wu Sangui's deployment.

Looking at the sun that had just risen, he knew that the real test would begin soon.

Sure enough, before the sun could all rise above the horizon, the horn sounded, and a group of soldiers came out of the battle and slaughtered towards Shanhaiguan.

On the city wall, the birds and soldiers silently calculated the distance traveled by the captives and prepared for battle.

Backbite......

Bang bang bang......

With the sound of the bamboo whistle of Qianzong, the birds fired a volley, the white smoke was billowing, the buckshot was galloping, and the builders in the front row fell to the ground in pieces.

After the first row of bird-gun soldiers finished firing their guns, they quickly retreated, and the soldiers of the second row quickly stepped up.

Bang bang bang......

The Jianyu soldiers, who had just crossed the corpses of their companions, fell to the ground again in pieces.

Although there were heavy casualties, the soldiers were still rushing forward, not afraid of death at all.

After the third volley, the first platoon of birdmen had finished reloading their gunpowder and returned to their attacking positions to attack the siege captives.

The three-stage attack was first invented by Mu Wangye in the early Ming Dynasty when he conquered Yunnan, but unfortunately, it was not promoted in the national army.

In this war, Zhu Youjian taught this method to the soldiers, and it was very effective to use at this time.

Seeing pieces of Jianyu falling, Zhu Youjian and Wu Sangui were not happy.

This group of advance teams attacking the city was not the elite of Jianqing, most of them were slaves of the Han Eight Banners, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Korea, and their combat goal was not to attack the city, but to consume the resources and physical strength of the defenders.

This approach is the same as Li Zicheng's driving the hungry people to take the lead in the charge.

Zhu Youjian stared at the tide of Jianyu slave soldiers, knowing that even if they were killed by the Ming army, they would not dare to retreat.

Because their families are in Liaodong, once they are judged to be deserters, not only themselves, but also their families will be executed.

Although he suffered heavy casualties, Jianyu still rushed 60 steps below the city. The archers began to shoot, and the bird-slingers slowly withdrew from the battle, not because the range was too close to work, but because after five or six rounds of firing, the barrel was already piping hot.

If you keep shooting, there is a danger of exploding.

In the shouting of killing, there were already many Jianyu slaves carrying siege ladders to the bottom of the city, and slowly erected the ladders.

The defenders of the Ming army hurriedly used a four-meter-long bamboo pole to push the siege ladder forward until it toppled down.

At the same time, they began to throw down boulders and sassal trees.

These boulders and others were quietly out of the city last night and recovered, although there are not many, but they can still play a certain role.

Immediately afterwards, the bamboo tower of Jianyu was slowly pushed into the battlefield and gradually approached the city wall.

In the past two days, the soldiers have rushed out day and night.

The Dengcheng Bamboo Tower is 12 meters high, almost as high as the city wall, and the Jianyu on the Dengcheng Bamboo Tower can easily shoot the Ming soldiers on the city wall.

At the same time, when the Dengcheng Bamboo Tower was pushed to the edge of the city wall, the Jianyu soldiers could jump directly onto the city wall and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

The Jianyu under the city can also easily climb the city wall by climbing the bamboo tower of the city, thus opening the window of victory.

As soon as Wu Sangui saw the appearance of the Dengcheng Bamboo Tower, he immediately ordered the artillery team to open fire, and he wanted to destroy the Dengcheng Bamboo Tower at any cost, and he must not let it close to the city wall.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The cannons on the city gate fired in unison, and the huge cannonballs roared towards the bamboo tower of Dengcheng.

Several shells hit, blowing it up to the ground. More shots missed, and they fell into the enemy's ranks, and the flesh and blood of the bombardment flew sideways.

After a while, the few bamboo buildings in the city were scattered.

But the gunpowder consumed made Zhu Youjian feel distressed.

For a whole hour, no one climbed the city wall, and the morale of the army gradually declined.

Woowoowoo......

The trumpet sounded again.

A large number of soldiers in leather armor began to line up and rushed up quickly.

Zhu Youjian knew that Jianyu was starting to get serious.

Although these leather armor soldiers are inferior to the white armor soldiers in terms of combat power, they are definitely the elite infantry of Jianjiao. Now most of the Jianyu cavalry has entered the pass and been ambushed, and these elite infantry in front of them are the last trump card of Jianyu.

"Pass the order, shoot the leather armor soldiers at all costs!" Zhu Youjian ordered.