Under normal circumstances, Wanyan Zongwang should be standing in the city tower, and it is impossible for any Han soldiers to approach him.

But the tower had already been destroyed by artillery a few days ago.

Wanyan Zongwang only had more than 20 personal soldiers around him, and in the face of Zhang Di leading two or three hundred people to besiege him, he could still fight back out.

On the one hand, these golden soldiers belong to the top elite, and on the other hand, it also shows that Zhang Di's soldiers are too weak. Although they were all rebels who crawled out of the pile of dead back then, the armor has always been mainly leather armor, and only a few leaders can wear iron armor.

Zhang Di had more of his subordinates, but they were under the horse road and were arranged there as reserves.

The Jin soldiers on both sides were killed, Zhang Di was attacked left and right, and more than 200 soldiers around him were killed and injured in a blink of an eye.

But there was a large number of Ming troops nearby, and they continued to climb the city.

The soldiers of the Ming army, who were hiding behind the Xingnu Wall, took the opportunity to carry out many flying ladders and climbed at the same time in many places next to the friendly landing point.

The southern wall of the draft city, close to the east side of the urn city, has an area of about more than 20 meters long, which was soon completely occupied by the Ming army.

Four teams of Ming troops formed a long spear formation and repeatedly stabbed to the east.

The Jin soldiers here have all gone to rescue Yan Zongwang. The Jin soldiers guarding the women's wall had to deal with the Ming army who were climbing the ladder, and they also had to face the Ming army's gun array that was killing from the side.

Taking care of this and losing the other, not only was the flank continuously advanced, but several Ming troops successfully landed on the front.

Even more unlucky, their commander was killed by muskets!

More and more Jin soldiers turned around and fled, running towards the place where Wanyan Zongwang was besieged.

Wanyan Zongwang was horrified, pulled out his treasure knife and fought in person, and insisted on sticking to the female wall to kill Zhang Di's soldiers horizontally. Then, he immediately burrowed into the Jin soldiers further east, and fled all the way to the eastern wall before shouting: "Stop the enemy!" ”

The Jin soldiers placed in the city were fighting against Zhang Di's Han army in the city.

Zhang Di's troops in the city were even weaker, and more than 2,000 soldiers were defeated by hundreds of gold soldiers, and they fled towards the northern city in a swarm.

After hundreds of melee infantry landed in the city, the musketeers of the Ming army also began to ascend the city.

They did not wait for the commander's order to shoot freely at the Jin soldiers who were reinforcing the city along the horse road, and they also gave priority to the officers of the Jin soldiers.

With the subsequent arrival of the Ming army in the city, they soon occupied the forty or fifty-meter-long city wall.

Zhang Di was also rescued, with more than ten injuries all over his body, and he was about to turn into a bloody man. He took more than 200 soldiers who attacked Yan Zongwang, and only sixty or seventy people died at this time, and everyone was extremely injured.

The reason why these Hebei Han soldiers did not flee was purely because they stabbed the hornet's nest and were surrounded by groups and had nowhere to escape.

Zhang Di was helped by his cousin Zhang Hao, and was about to say something, when the oncoming general of the Ming army had already spoken: "Good man, rest against the wall first, and come after the military doctor!" ”

"Thank you." Zhang Di smiled miserably.

Wanyan Zongwang was so angry that he was already angry, and he roared: "Block the horse road!" ”

The horse path is a slope on the inner side of the city wall, with a staircase in the middle and a smooth ramp on both sides. Smooth ramps can be used to rush up the walls from inside the city, or they can be used to push some equipment up, and cavalry can use this thing to rush to the head of the city.

The Ming army has only captured a few tens of meters of the city wall now, as long as the horse road is blocked and the Ming army is not allowed to enter the city, the golden soldiers defending the city still have a chance to kill the Ming army back.

The Jin soldiers have fallen into a frenzy, and they have transferred all the troops in the city, and the other walls are completely ignored, anyway, the Ming army has been suppressed in the camp, and it is difficult to attack other places except the southern city wall.

Siege warfare has become a positional battle!

The site of the fierce battle was on the small section of the city wall to the south, with the Jin soldiers in array on both sides and the Ming army in array in the middle.

Although the Ming army had fewer troops, the Jin soldiers could not give full play to their superiority, and more Jin soldiers could only stand in the back row and shoot indiscriminately.

The 210 artillery pieces in the camp of the Ming army were all aimed at the walls on both sides of the city where they ascended. If the golden soldiers inside and outside the city dare to go around and kill the siege position under the city, they will inevitably be fired by a large number of artillery 100-meter salvos.

Aware of the loss of a section of the city wall, Yan Yan's mother also began to go crazy after besieging the camp outside.

While he had a large number of infantry attack the chariot formation, he sent four lily Zha Meng'an to mix in, which was to use the Tiefu Tu horse as an infantry.

Don't think it's outrageous, Hezha Meng'an does this a lot.

The most typical is the first attack on the Song Dynasty, the Song general Shi Yao led 2,000 heavy infantry, and after tens of thousands of friendly troops all fled, they still lined up in line and continued to fight. Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan tart lazy led 6,000 cavalry, repeatedly riding and charging without moving, and the cavalry of the Jin State, including Hezha Meng'an, all dismounted and fought on foot to annihilate the 2,000 heavy infantry of the Song State.

Speaking of this time and space, Shi Yao is nowhere to be found, and the two thousand Song heavy infantry under his command do not know where to go.

Perhaps when he was in Shaanxi, he was generously gifted to Zhu Ming by Gao Yu.

"Your Highness, there is an abnormal movement of the golden soldiers on the east side!"

Zhu Ming, who was standing on the high platform, picked up the binoculars and soon saw Hezha Meng'an mixed in the infantry, those iron cans were too conspicuous.

Zhu Ming ordered: "Musketeers go over!" ”

There were only more than 4,000 musketeers who were engaged in the siege, and nearly 2,000 were by Zhu Ming's side.

The musketeers received the order and immediately rode out of the passage in the camp.

Wearing heavy armor and carrying blunt instruments such as shovels and iron rods, the four lilies had gathered together outside the formation.

The weapons of the Ming army near and far were ineffective against them.

The men were already close to the van, smashing the spears stuck in the van, and detaching their men to untie the chains.

Immediately after, they stepped forward and rushed forward with the spears of the Ming army.

Nearly two thousand musketeers, armed with guns that had long been reloaded, dismounted and gathered behind the melee soldiers.

"Raise the gun!"

The herald of the musketeers raises the command flag.

And the commander of this group of infantry, followed with the order: "Volt! ”

"Woohoo!"

The squad leaders blew their whistles.

The Ming troops in front of them crouched one after another, raising their spears outward, the tail of the spear on the ground, and the head of the spear pointing diagonally upward.

In the face of the erected guns, Baihe Zha Meng'an was still rushing forward, and some people even held the spear and smashed the gun shaft of the Ming army with a blunt object.

"First row, put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Bullets flew over the heads of friendly soldiers, and they were fired at Hezha Meng'an less than ten meters away, and some bullets even broke the barrels of the Ming soldiers who were standing diagonally.

"Second row, put!"

The musketeers in the front row, after firing a shot, immediately crouched down to reload their ammunition, and the musketeers in the second row fired another volley.

"Third row, put!"

The four lilies that no one can do are Zha Meng'an, and they are shot one after another and fall, and the sporadic survivors turn around and flee.

The Jin soldiers were terrified, and the elite infantry who followed behind Hezha Meng'an were also frightened by the musket fire and retreated.

"Cavalry pursuit!"

Li Yanxian took the opportunity to divide five hundred horsemen, passed through the troop transport channel, and rushed out along the gap in the chariot formation that was destroyed by Hezha Meng'an.

The order flag beside Wanyan Yanmu waved continuously, and Jin Guobu, who was in reserve, rode over to resist it, preventing the Ming cavalry from taking the opportunity to break down the entire western front.

The cavalry of the Ming army chased out and killed nearly 1,000 people, and Li Yanxian ordered to blow the trumpet and retreat, and safely withdraw the 500 horsemen sent out before the Jin Guobu cavalry closed the siege.

"Haha, kill hard!"

This time, it was not Yan Ping who led the cavalry to battle, but Luo Ruming, another cavalry general under Li Yanxian.

The van car was closed again, and there were still the corpses of the four lily Zha Meng'an in front of the formation - those who were lucky not to be shot, on the way to turn around and escape, they were also chased by the Ming army's horsemen, and smashed to death with a blunt weapon.

The battle in the city continues.

Those guards who did not change into new-style infantry armor also wore seventy or eighty pounds of heavy armor, and climbed the ladder one after another from the section of the city wall occupied by friendly troops.

Gradually, the main front-row combat force of the Ming army became these heavy infantry. The pikemen hid behind them, stabbing through the gaps between the heavy infantry, repeatedly stabbing outwards to assist the heavy infantry in their attacks.

More Jin soldiers were transferred, climbed the city wall from both sides of the Ming army, and gathered in formations to fight positional battles.

The musketeers on the city walls, protected in the middle by friendly troops on both sides, continued to shoot at the golden soldiers in the city who had not yet reached the wall.

However, the 200 musketeers in the watchtower car were pushed with people and carts, and slowly advanced towards the battle zone on both sides. Below them, there were also Ming troops pushing the Xingnu wall to protect them from rushing from the root of the city wall.

Liu is undefeated...... Well, Liu Jizhong loaded his ammunition and was pushed by friendly forces to ride away.

Seeing that he was almost at the position, he pulled out the small flag in the car and waved it at the cart soldier below.

Twenty meters away, the city wall was densely packed with enemy troops, and Liu Jizhong could hit it with his eyes closed!

Soon his eyes lit up and he saw Jerumawu in command.

It is very conspicuous, not only is it better equipped, but it is also protected by personal soldiers.

Raise your gun, aim.

"Bang ......"

There were at least ten musketeers, aiming at the head of Jerumawu.

"Damn it, it's slow!"

Before Liu Jizhong could shoot, Yelu Ma Wu had already fallen, and even four of his own soldiers around him had also fallen together.

"Knock and Snatch ......"

A swallowtail-shaped armor-piercing arrow was fired, inserted into the outer skin of the watchtower, and shook violently under the firing port.

Liu Jizhong hurriedly searched for this enemy archer, but it was difficult to find in a short time, so he simply aimed at a herald who was waving a command flag.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and someone fell.

But it was the herald who immediately turned around and ran away after giving the military order, and the bullet hit the auxiliary car by mistake.

Yeluma was killed in a daze, causing great confusion to the Jin soldiers defending the city, and the heavy infantry of the Ming army, with the cooperation of the pikemen, took the opportunity to advance more than ten meters away.

Kong Yanzhou's troops were also sent up, but they did not engage in battle, but stood on the outside of the road with their guns raised.

Two bullets flew, and it was the musketeers on the ramparts who were firing. These musketeers were much worse off, and they were originally aiming at Kong Yanzhou, but they missed and killed his own soldiers.

Kong Yanzhou was shocked, and he didn't care about any military orders, he even climbed off the road and fled, and his subordinates also fled.

Later, the Ming army climbed the city wall and found that there was no room for combat, so they ran to carry the sassaga wood and built it into a number of small high platforms that were one person high.

They called in some musketeers, stood on the wooden platform behind the friendly troops, and condescendingly opened fire on the golden soldiers on the opposite side.

"Ahh

As soon as one of the musketeers stood up, a golden soldier's arrow was thrown at him, and it fell into his eye socket by mistake.

The guy covered his eyes and stepped back, and another musketeer stepped up to continue.

Wanyan Xiyin didn't know when to enter the city, came to Wanyan Zongwang's side and said: "There are moats and barriers in the east and south of the Ming army camp, and there are vans blocking them on the west side. Just killed in the battle of the four lilies Zha Meng'an, they can't attack at all, and the Ming army also has firearms in the camp. I asked more than 1,000 foot soldiers to rush along the base of the city wall to the siege equipment of the Ming army, trying to attack and kill the besieging enemy from the rear, but they were crushed by artillery just halfway through. The outside of the city can't be moved, can the city still be guarded? ”

"Killed four lilies in battle?" Wanyan Zongwang was shocked.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Mother Yan was also forced to have no choice, he saw that the city wall was lost, and the soldiers under his command could not break the camp, so he let the four lily Zha Mengan dismount and fight. Who knew that Prince Zhu was cunning and left firearms in the camp. ”

At this moment, Wan Yan also rode back to the city: "If you can't move outside, I'm afraid the city is almost gone, so withdraw the army quickly." ”

"You can still fight in the city, but you can drive the enemy army down." Wanyan Zongwang said.

Wan Yan tart lazily pointed to the battle: "The Dajin warriors have been killed and have been retreating, and the front row is full of heavy armor soldiers. ”

Wanyan Zongwang said: "It's better to transfer the rest of the Hezha Meng'an to the city wall to fight on foot." ”

"You're crazy!"

Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Tart lazy exclaimed at the same time.

Wan Yan tart lazily said: "If it is delayed any longer, the Ming army will occupy the horse road, and when the time comes, rush down and open the city gate, how can you withdraw safely in the chaos?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang looked at the city wall where the battle was stalemate, and asked him to withdraw his troops.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "The Ming army has firearms, as well as heavy armor, if the army is fighting hard in the city and in the city, it is exactly what Prince Zhu wants." Will all the 20,000 cavalry of our army be transferred into the city to fight on foot? ”

"At the beginning of the Jurchen warriors, there were not so many cavalry, and they didn't start by foot combat?" Wanyan Zong said.

Wanyan Xiyin scolded angrily: "You are carried away by anger!" ”

Wan Yan tart lazily said: "While there is still fighting on the city wall, the troops should be withdrawn immediately." Otherwise, when the Ming army captures the draft city, the cavalry can withdraw safely, and how many infantry troops of all ethnic groups can withdraw? If there are too many casualties here, when they return to their hometowns, the commanders of all ethnic groups will probably be resentful and rebellious. ”

"Withdraw, what are you waiting for?" Wanyan Xiyin said.

Wan Yan tart lazily said: "Give up the draft city, lure the Ming army to pursue, and maybe use cavalry to defeat the enemy in the field." If you don't give the order, I'll leave with my own troops! ”

Wanyan Xiyin also turned around and left, probably wanting to lead his troops and horses to retreat.

Wanyan Zongwang is a marshal, but his prestige is far inferior to Wanyan Zonghan, and he has a cooperative relationship with Wanyan Tart and Wanyan Xiyin.

"Come back!"

Wanyan Zongwang held back the fire in his belly: "The withdrawal of the army must also be discussed, and they can't act separately, otherwise it will become a rout!" ”

Wan Yan tart lazily said: "After the Han army is broken, even if it is quickly routed, and the Han army scatters and flees, it can also block the pursuit of the Ming army." If the Ming army can still chase after them, let the Bohai soldiers and Khitan soldiers break off, and it will be better to control these two clans if they die more. ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "If the Ming army does not chase many soldiers and horses, or if the pursuit is chaotic, the Dajin cavalry can also take the opportunity to kill back, and this battle may be able to turn defeat into victory." ”

"Bang bang bang!"

The gunshots kept coming.

Wanyan Zong stared at those watchtowers, full of anger and didn't know how to vent it, he really couldn't think of a way to guard against firearms.

If the Ming army did not have firearms, how could Jin Bing fall into such a predicament. Even if the Ming army has three heads and six arms, it can't quickly capture the city wall!

Withdrawing can remove the main force, but how should it be fought in the future?

Can't deal with firearms, Jin Bing is always passive.

Wanyan Zongwang felt a burst of despair.

(End of chapter)