Jinzhou City.

Wu Sangui has besieged Jinzhou for half a month, and he has never seen Jianyu reinforcements, nor Mongolian soldiers to rescue him.

But Wu Sangui and Li Yutian didn't dare to slack off, and they still guarded against it.

Every day, people were sent to the city to shout, or to project letters to the city, urging the Han Eight Banners to surrender the city and return to the Ming Dynasty, but no one responded in Jinzhou City.

The megaphone "invented" by Zhu Youjian has been widely used.

The loud-voiced soldiers were selected and, escorted by a group of cavalry, went to the city every day.

Outside the range of the city's artillery and the defenders' bows and arrows, three or five people shouted together into the receiver of the loudspeaker.

Although the sound was not too far away, the defenders at the head of the city could hear it clearly.

In order to be vivid, there will even be a storytelling story about the wolf Juxu.

Day after day, the Han Eight Banners in the city actually listened carefully to the storyline, which was quite addictive.

When Dolgon found out, he was furious, killed several Han soldiers, and ordered the war drums to be moved to the city wall, and once the Ming army shouted, the drums were beaten on the city wall.

The angry Ming army under the city scolded.

During this period, Chongzhen ordered people to send military rations, horses, and several new weapons and means of transportation to enhance military strength and stabilize the morale of the army.

Until now, Wu Sangui was still amazed when he saw those things.

Recalling that half a month ago, when hundreds of grain transport officers came to the barracks in a four-wheeled carriage, they immediately attracted the onlookers of the non-commissioned officers.

Prior to this, the Ming Dynasty used two-wheeled carriages, and the two wheels were carried on the horses. The weight of the cart and the cargo rests on the wheels and the horses.

In addition to providing power, horses also have to bear weight, which is extremely depleting of horsepower.

Although it was known that the carriage could lighten the weight of the horse, it could barely turn and was inconvenient to use, so no one made it at all.

Now Chongzhen has specially designed the hinge, so that the four-wheeled carriage can also adjust the direction at will.

This greatly increases the horse's capacity, speed and agility.

With just one transport, the rations of the army for 3 months were solved. At the same time, the road loss is reduced by half.

Everyone in the Ming army praised it.

What surprised Wu Sangui even more was the second batch of escort teams.

There are no horses, it's all manpower!

A thousand soldiers rode on vehicles called "three-wheeled bicycles" to deliver large quantities of supplies, and when they arrived, they directly joined the battle as infantry.

These tricycles were also used as a means of transportation in the barracks, further saving manpower and horsepower.

Enables more people to join the battle sequence.

The materials sent for the second time not only included thousands of Chongzhen five-arrow crossbows, tens of thousands of arrow clips, and one hundred Chongzhen repeaters.

There are also two special tools called "skateboard" and "bicycle".

As long as the ground is flat in the army, the herald can use "skateboards" and "bicycles" to quickly go back and forth, which can be called mobile and flexible!

It not only saves a lot of horses and forage, but also improves the efficiency of the herald.

Now, Wu Sangui and Li Yutian praise Chongzhen Shengming every day, which has almost become a mantra.

Today is the day of the first attack planned by the Ming army. Wu Sangui directed the artillery to the front line, and the tricycle was loaded with ammunition.

Artillery supplies, which used to take more than half a day to be transported, were completed in a quarter of an hour.

According to Chongzhen's plan set in advance, in order not to waste the lives of soldiers, artillery bombardment and archery were the main means of attack in the early stage.

The previously captured artillery was pushed to the front of the formation, the angle was adjusted, and the soldiers began to reload with gunpowder and buckshot.

"Put!"

"Boom ......"

A military order, a cannon shot.

Buckshot bombarded the southern wall one-third of the way above the ground.

This was specially arranged by Zhu Youjian.

Such a bombardment is to deter the soldiers and civilians in the city, and second, to concentrate all the firepower and strive to collapse the city wall without spending a single soldier so that it can be attacked in the future.

Inside the city.

"Report ...... Regent, the Ming army outside the city has begun to bombard! "The pro-soldier came to report.

Dolgon, dressed in his usual clothes, sat in front of the window, watching the sound of the cannons.

"It sounds like it's a game, one shot at a time. It was not intended to be a siege. Is there any scheme? Dorgon muttered to himself.

The soldiers didn't know if Dolgon was talking to him, so he pondered for a while and said: "The Ming army is not in a hurry, always proofreading, and only bombards one city wall!" It's like training! ”

Dolgon smiled bitterly, what kind of training is this! It's a shock!

After three consecutive days, the Ming army bombarded rhythmically day and night, that is, the Jinzhou city wall was strong, so it did not collapse.

But the soldiers and civilians in the city are frightened day by day, and no one knows how long the Ming army can hold up with such a slow and methodical bombardment.

Wu Sangui was not in a hurry, and Chongzhen had to send tens of thousands of troops to support. Now the shelling is exactly what was going on before the big war.

On the fifth day, a clearly visible crack opened in the city wall, drawing cheers from the Ming army outside the city.

The people in the city were even more worried.

At night, in a corner, three people gathered together in the night and discussed something in a whisper.

"Did you hear that? Today, the south wall was blasted out of the crack by the Ming army! ”

"It's been spread a long time ago. We cannot hesitate any longer. If the Ming army invades, we will definitely die without a place to be buried. ”

"However, our numbers are too small, I am afraid that we will not be able to rush into the palace, let alone take the city gate."

"Don't think about rushing into the palace, the white-armored soldiers there are simply not something we can deal with. I think it is possible to break through from the east gate! ”

"How?"

"The captain of the East Gate squad is Dongqiang's brother-in-law, let Dongqiang ask him out tomorrow and find a way to let him do it with us!"

"Credible?"

"Dongqiang is a guarantee, it should be no problem."

"Go! If it happens, tomorrow, 170 of us will collectively go out to take the east gate, let the Ming army in, and try to be safe! ”

The next day.

Nearly 200 people reached the east gate of Jinzhou not far in the dark. Nervously waiting for the signal from the city.

It is said that Dongqiang's brother-in-law contacted more than a dozen soldiers of the Han Eight Banners at the city gate, ready to take his life while the garrison was asleep, and then took the city gate in one go.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, who were squatting in many hidden places, were extremely nervous, and many of them were sweating in their palms, and they did not dare to come out.

This kind of brain-losing work can only succeed, not fail.

Suddenly, a point of light lit up at the head of the city. Illuminated every three breaths. It flashed 6 times before stopping.

"The signal is coming, hurry, act!"

At this moment, under the east city gate, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the night, and nearly 200 people went straight to the city gate.

"Goo-goo...... Goo ......"

Someone sent a secret signal and waited for a response from the people in the tower.

After a few breaths, no one answered, and everyone felt that time had become extremely slow, and it was quite painful.

"Goo-goo...... Goo ......"

The code sounded again.

"Puff puff ......"

The agreed response did not come, but dense footsteps sounded around them, as if many people were moving quickly in the dark, not knowing friend or foe.

Immediately, dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the open space under the city gate.

A bearded soldier walked out.

The soldier named Dongqiang was overjoyed when he saw it.

"I said uncle, your battle is too big, such a high-profile will attract other defenders in the city, quickly put out the fire, and quickly open the city gate!" Dongqiang said hurriedly.

"Brother-in-law, if you don't fight such a big battle, you traitors can't be caught!" A gruff voice rang out.

"What! You ......" Dongqiang instantly understood, and immediately panicked, and stepped back several steps.