Originating in the jungle deep in the Changbai Mountains, the Later Jin Dynasty has a natural barbarism in both culture and political system. Nurhachi's name means wild boar skin in Manchu. Just look at the name, they were basically uncivilized savages.

But it was this barbarism that gave their army greater combat effectiveness.

Of course, this kind of combat power is relative to the decaying Ming Dynasty. In fact, if the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin Dynasty met those strong armies with names and surnames in Chinese history, they would not be beaten out of. That is, ten points at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the **** of the Ming Dynasty has reached the extreme. will be entered by a group of savages in the Central Plains.

Lu Xiao had never underestimated the wild boar skins, but he didn't overestimate them either. The three thousand elites he selected were carefully selected by Lu Xiao from the elites in the army, and a large number of martial arts masters were mixed in with them. These people got together and received discipline training from Lu Xiao's loyal and brave guards. Eventually, this particular army was formed.

It was not easy to sneak up on the Tartar's lair from behind. Because in the depths of the northeast, there are jungles and deep mountains everywhere. Even if Lu Xiao has life experience here, it is still difficult to accurately find Hetuara in the mountains and forests.

Fortunately, Lu Xiao's subordinates are all first-class masters, and they have traveled for more than half a month. Lu Xiao and others cleaned up more than a dozen small villages in the Qing Dynasty along the way. Eventually, I saw Hetuara not far away.

Hetuara is built on a hill that runs east-west. The cliffs are rugged, surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The terrain of the city is high in the south and low in the north, and there are high walls built around it. It is a real military town.

Under normal circumstances, there is almost no possibility for 3,000 people to break this city. Because around the city, a large number of Manchu elites were stationed. With the trend of cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is difficult to really break through from the periphery.

But now the situation is different. In order to conquer the south, Huang Taiji extracted a large number of Manchu elites. According to Lu Xiao's intelligence, the current Hetuala. The defenders did not exceed 10,000 people.

But even so, it's still a headache.

The population of Hetuara at this time, more than 100,000 people, was well-deserved as the largest city in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It's just that because of Lu Xiao's complete blockade, the number of Han merchants who can now enter the city has shrunk rapidly. So the whole city became a little silent.

After a day of waiting, the scout came back to report.

"Back to my lord, the defenders around the city are basically flawless. But the defenders were not numerous. In particular, the defenders of the outer city were mostly lazy and lazy, and their patrols were not very serious. There was an interval of more than a quarter of an hour between the two patrols. ”

"A quarter of an hour." Lu Xiao silently calculated in his heart. Then I drew a simple map underground.

"Hetuara is on high ground, so it's hard for us to get close and not be spotted. So, we have to clear part of the other person's vision first. There was only this small valley in the perimeter, which could avoid the view of the defenders. How about the defense of the walls closest to this valley? ”

"Lord Hui, there seems to be a temple behind this. This section of the wall is not guarded much, about thirty people. ”

"Temple, that's here. At night, the temple should be extremely sparsely populated. Jin Yichuan, you and I each take a scout team of thirty people, set off on the third watch tonight, and sneak in through the night. I'm in charge of the walls, and you're in charge of the temples. I have only one request, to end the battle as soon as possible, and not to alarm the guards of the surrounding walls. ”

"Understood."

"Very well, now we are all resting. Three watches to do it. ”

.............

He Heli regretted it, he really shouldn't have tried to strangle that cavalry regiment. He expected the other party to seduce him again and enter the trap. Therefore, I have been guarding carefully.

But it didn't work. When he saw the musket team of the Ming army, he almost laughed out loud. During the Battle of Sarhu, he killed an unknown number of musketeers. The muskets of these soldiers were not very useful, and they were not as powerful as their Manchu bows and arrows.

It is said that this Ming army's firearm is particularly powerful. But how powerful can this thing be?

However, the next second, he couldn't laugh out loud. Because a piece of rubble hit him in the head.

In fact, there were some coincidences that the artillery battalion commanded by Lu Xiangsheng took advantage of the longer range of the improved artillery to fire a salvo from afar. This kind of salvo is actually relying on luck to kill and injure the enemy and disrupt the enemy's formation.

But sometimes, luck comes, and you can't stop it. Flying rubble, a catapult actually hit He Heli in the crowd accurately. It can only be said that on the battlefield, bullets and shells can be called equal. Historically, Nurhachi was also hit by a stray bullet that flew from nowhere. As a result, the root of the disease hangs up.

The Tartar cavalry that was charging suddenly became confused. But the cavalry charge was not something that could be stopped casually. So they ended up facing the full fire of the Loyal Guards artillery battalion.

Because of the importance attached to the Tartars, Lu Xiangsheng mobilized all the firepower in this battle. 200 Tiger Cannons, plus 100 red-coated cannons, plus 2,000 musketeers......

On the other side, the two teams led by Lu Xiao and Jin Yichuan successfully infiltrated under the city wall under the cover of night.

The walls of the outer city are not very high, only more than four meters. Lu Xiao and the others set up a human ladder and directly sent Lu Xiao to the city wall. In the darkness, a Manchu soldier heard the movement and came over. But before he could see what was happening. A crossbow bolt fired, stabbing him in the throat with precision.

Lu Xiao rushed over before he even fell to the ground. Helped his body and made him fall to the ground slowly. Next, he quickly changed into the armor of a soldier and took on the patrol of this section of the city wall in his place.

Not far away, other soldiers walked nearby, saw someone patrolling on this side, and walked directly to the other side. Lu Xiao's scout team successfully climbed the city wall.

In the darkness of the night, one Tartar after another was slit by skilled scouts. Then they quickly changed their tartar armor and re-established the section of the wall.

At the same time, Jing Yichuan also led another team to cross the city wall where Lu Xiao and the others were located and entered the temple below. After a few faint sounds, the temple fell into an absolute silence.

"Signal."

In the dark, Lu Xiao gave an order in a low voice. Several scouts immediately used their lit fire folds, clasped them between their hands, and flashed a few times in the direction of the valley.

In the darkness, a large number of Ming soldiers began to approach quickly.

On the fourth watch, 3,000 soldiers had successfully crossed the city walls and hid in the temple below.

"There is a team of people in the Horse Mansion, the armor factory, the arrow factory, and the warehouse. The rest of me went with me to the inner city. Hurry up and let this city burn!! ”