Amid the sound of horses' hooves, a thousand Mongol cavalrymen galloped towards the city wall on their horses, and when they ran to a distance of more than two hundred meters from the city, all of them drew their bows.

Mongolians like short labor, which is commonly known as the horn bow, also known as the compound bow. This short bow is generally made of wood with horns embedded at both ends; The back of the bow is semicircular, and the middle gradually closes into a round grip, and the bowstring is stretched with cow tendons. The length of the arrow is about 100 centimeters; The shape of the arrow sickle is varied, mostly iron, but also bone, and the tail of the arrow shaft is decorated with three rows of eagle feathers.

The characteristics of the Mongolian bow and arrow are that the arrow is light and long-range, if it is equipped with an iron armor-piercing arrow will have a good penetrating power, coupled with the Mongolian unique method of "sabbath archery", the Mongols are indeed a very powerful army in the world, hundreds of years ago the Mongols conquered nearly half of the world with their unparalleled cavalry archery.

However, time has passed, today's Mongolians have been continuously attacked by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they have long ceased to be brave in the past, and today's Mongolians even have to use an iron pot with several families, not to mention the iron arrows on their arrows, except for the head or nobles, the arrows used by the Mongolians today are mostly made of bone, and the penetration and lethality are naturally greatly reduced.

"Prepare to shoot arrows!"

When the Mongol cavalry galloped to a distance of more than 100 meters from the city, the young Mongol Qianhu named Zhu Gutai gave a loud order, and then more than 1,000 Mongol cavalry suddenly turned around and began to run around the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Zhu Gutai's order, the Mongol cavalry loosened their bowstrings one after another, and arrows flew towards the city wall like a rain.

"Whoosh ......"

With the sound of breaking wind, arrows rained down on the city wall, and from time to time there were no hidden soldiers who were shot by the arrows and let out a miserable scream.

On the tower of the city gate, Sun Chengzong watched the Mongols keep shooting arrows into the city around the city wall and did not make a sound, still watching the Mongols' performance with a calm expression. On the contrary, Lu Zhijia, the deputy commander of the forward battalion on the side, was a little impatient, he stepped forward and hugged his fists and said to Sun Chengzong: "Supervisor, the Mongols are so rampant, you can order the defenders of the city to counterattack!" ”

Before Sun Chengzong could speak, Zhao Shujiao on the side shook his head and said, "No, although our arrows are still sufficient, we can't waste them indiscriminately." The Mongols are now besieging the city, and the speed is very fast, even if we fight back, it will be difficult to shoot them, and we can only waste arrows in vain. ”

Lu Zhijia was very depressed and smashed his fist on the guardrail, in fact, he didn't understand the truth of Zhao Shujiao, just now he was just angry and blurted out.

The evil of the siege cavalry lies in this, the advantage of the cavalry lies in their speed, once the cavalry runs around the city, the defenders on the city wall want to shoot the cavalry in high speed with bows and arrows It is very difficult, they can only waste precious arrows and the physical strength of the archers in vain, once the archers are exhausted and wait until the enemy outside the city attacks the city, the defender will have no power to fight back, which is also the main reason why Daishan let the Mongols take the lead.

However, although the siege cavalry is sharp, it cannot last, after all, the cavalry has to run, and the knights on the horse have to constantly shoot arrows at the city wall, which not only needs to consume horsepower, but also the physical consumption of the cavalry is also very large, so after continuously shooting more than ten rounds of arrow rain, Zhu Gutai had to lead the cavalry to retreat.

By the time the Mongol cavalry pulled it down, the northern wall of Jinzhou was already covered with arrows everywhere. After the defenders at the head of the city saw the Mongol cavalry retreating, they also took the opportunity to treat the wounded and check the equipment of the city defense, preparing to deal with the next round of attacks by the Houjin army.

When Zhu Gutai proudly led his army back to the Mongol army, what he saw was not appreciative eyes and approval, but the somewhat worried faces of Gulbush and Gol. Seeing such a situation, Zhu Gutai asked with some puzzlement: "Two Taiji, could it be that I didn't do well just now." ”

Taiji is the title of the Mongolian nobles given by the Later Jin, and the rank is the auxiliary prince, divided into four classes, from the first class Taiji to the fourth class Taiji, which is equivalent to the first rank official to the fourth rank official. As the first Mongolian nobles to take refuge in Houjin, Gulbush and Fugol were both named Yipintaiji by Nurhachi, so Zhu Gutai called them so.

Gulbush didn't explain anything, and said directly: "Zhu Gutai, although the momentum of your siege just now seemed huge, it was actually not very lethal to the Ming army, and we were afraid that Da Baylor would be dissatisfied." ”

"Big Baylor is not satisfied?" Zhu Gutai frowned, and said very dissatisfied: "Taiji, you also saw it just now, I led the Erlang people to kill the Ming army at the head of the city and didn't even dare to show their heads, so if Da Beile is not satisfied, then what can I do?" We are all descendants of Genghis Khan, and we are only good at fighting on horseback, so we can't get off our horses and climb the city wall ourselves, right? ”

Gulbush and Fugol glanced at each other and were a little worried, although the battle just now seemed to be very lively, it was almost useless except for killing and injuring a few Ming soldiers, and Dai Shan was afraid that he would scold them.

While they were worried, one of Goshkhatsema came running and when he arrived, he conveyed Daishan's words, telling Gulbush and Ngorgor to go to him at once.

Gulbush and Gol had no choice but to follow Goshha to the front of the Houjin army behind. The Great Array of the Later Jin Dynasty is different from the Mongol army, and now the Later Jin Dynasty is in the limelight and the soldiers are strong. After the 12,000 Houjin army was lined up, it was dense and could not be seen at a glance, these Houjin troops were divided into three parts: left, center, and right, and each of the left and right parts had a Meler Zhangjing commander, and in the left and right armies, the two red gold-edged Daxu were raised and erected in the air by a long pole more than ten meters high.

There were 3,000 soldiers and horses under this dajiu, and in the middle of these two daqi was the other, the larger dajiu, and since Dai Shan was the great beyler, and he was now the eldest son of Nurhachi, and a strong contender for the next Great Khan, he had the right to use yellow as his own dajiu.

Dai Shan's face is embroidered with intricate dragon patterns and inlaid with golden-yellow gold threads with red edges. Behind this big silk is a team holding a satin embroidered flat gold dragon moire umbrella, this satin embroidered flat gold dragon moire umbrella is dyed colorful, looks very gorgeous, there are ten smaller golden dragon moire umbrellas behind the satin embroidered flat gold dragon moire umbrella, and there are long tassels behind the golden dragon curtain.

Standing under the big bow is the commander of the army, Houjin's big Belle Daishan. Next to him stood dozens of Bayala wearing fine silver armor, which is commonly known as the white armor soldiers, these Bayala were wearing three layers of heavy armor, with long heavy knives hanging from their waists, and their faces were fierce, at first glance, they were veterans of the rest of the battle, and they were also the most elite soldiers in the Houjin army.

After coming to the bottom of this big curdle, looking at the middle-aged man standing under the big curd, who was well-dressed in thick scale armor inlaid with yellow-orange-orange copper nails, and had a majestic face, Gulbush and Golgol both showed a look of fear in their eyes. Before and after coming to Dai Shan, the two hurriedly dismounted and quickly came to Dai Shan, knelt down in front of Dai Shan, and said loudly: "Gulbush (Gorgol) of the Kolco tribe to meet Big Baylor!" ”

After the two finished speaking, Dai Shan did not let the two of them get up as usual, but squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, time passed little by little, and the hearts of the two became more and more nervous, and after a while, they heard Dai Shan's somewhat slender voice sound, "You all get up!" ”

"Thank you, Big Baylor!" When Gulbush and Golgol heard this, they quickly stood up as if they were amnesty, and after glancing at each other, they found that beads of sweat were oozing from each other's foreheads, and the majesty of this great Baylor became more and more powerful.

Dai Shan is 42 years old this year, the second son of Nurhachi, and he and his elder brother Chu Ying were both born to Nurhachi's concubine (original wife) and the first generation of Dafujin Tong Jia (known as Hahana Zaqing). In the 40th year of Wanli (1612), after Zhu Ying was given to Nurhachi to die, he succeeded Zhu Ying and became Nurhachi's first successor. Nurhachi even said: "After I am a hundred years old, my young sons and Dafujin will be handed over to the eldest brother (referring to Shan) for adoption." "For a while, it can be said that the good is in the limelight.

It's just that the good times didn't last long, in 1620 (the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven), Dai Shan was too harsh to his two sons Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo, who was found by Nurhachi and was furious, and publicly abolished Dai Shan's crown prince, because Dai Shan was still excited, he quickly knelt down to Nurhachi to admit his mistake, so although Nurhachi abolished his position as prince, he still retained the title of Great Baylor, and his position is currently the highest among all Baylors.

Looking at Gulbush and Fuguoer, who were standing in front of him with some trepidation, Dai Shan snorted softly, these two guys are so groveling, and they are soft in a battle, where is there still the shadow of the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry in the world back then, no wonder they will be enslaved by the Qing Dynasty.

With a light snort, Dai Shancai said: "I saw the battle you just had, what kind of battle did you fight?" Where did the Mongolian iron horsemen who swallowed the world go back then? A group of people fired thousands of arrows in unison and only killed a few rats that had no time to dodge, and if your ancestor Genghis Khan saw it, he would probably be angry to death. ”

"Hahaha......"

The Houjin generals next to Dai Shan all laughed when they heard this.

Even if Gulbush and Fugol were in good temper, they couldn't help but turn red with anger, and secretly said to themselves, when we Mongolians were popular and swallowed the world, you Jurchens didn't know where they were still fishing and hunting.

Seeing that the faces of Gulbush and Fugol gradually turned black, Dai Shan thought to himself, now that the Mongols have not been newly annexed for a long time, his father Khan attaches great importance to the Horqin tribe, and it is not good if he laughs too much and makes the other party resentful or even sue his father Khan.

Thinking of this, his face was a little kinder: "You have also seen the results of the battle, your cavalry shooting just now, even the Ming army was not injured, it disappointed me too much, our army will launch a strong attack later, the two of you led the soldiers and horses to suppress the Ming army at the head of the city with bows and arrows, do you understand?" ”

Hearing this, the faces of the two were bitter. It's a chore, it's not fun to play with the defenders, after all, the defenders themselves naturally occupy the advantage of geographical advantages, one shoots arrows from the top down, and the other attacks from the bottom up, and the fool knows who takes advantage. Moreover, this job is also the most hated, and the defenders at the head of the city must be the first to deal with them, and casualties are inevitable.

Seeing the embarrassed faces of the two, Dai Shan's face sank, "Why, we really good men can fight hard with the Ming army, can't you cover up?" ”

Hearing what Dai Shan said so seriously, Gulbush and Gol were startled, the two glanced at each other, and finally gritted their teeth: "No problem, we will definitely cover the warriors of Houjin to take the city." ”

Seeing that the two agreed, Dai Shan finally smiled: "That's good, in that case, let's start attacking the city!" ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

A bleak and high-pitched horn sounded, and an auxiliary soldier began to push the shield cart towards the city walls of Jinzhou. This time, Daishan did not retain any troops, but directly sent the main force and sent more than 80 shield cars that had been prepared.

The Shield Chevalier is not a high-tech weapon, it has been used in various countries throughout the ages, and although it is called differently, its actual function is to cover infantry attacks.

The shield cart, with several inches of thick planks and skin, cloth to cover the surface, and then pushed by the soldiers to approach the enemy, this kind of shield cart is extremely thick in appearance, in the era of cold weapons except for heavy long-range weapons such as bed crossbows, other bows and arrows have little effect on it, so it is also the most frequently used protective equipment in the battle against the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Houjin's auxiliaries pushing shield carts over, Sun Chengzong on the city wall also knew that the Jurchens were really coming.

"My lord, let's give the order to fight back!" Lu Zhijia, the deputy commander of the forward battalion on the side, asked anxiously.

This time, Sun Chengzong finally nodded, "Pass on the order of the superintendent, artillery shooting!" ”

"Artillery fire!"

Jinzhou, as an important town of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, naturally deployed artillery such a big killer, and soon the four Hongyi cannons and eight general cannons deployed on the north city wall began to roar, driven by the huge kinetic energy of gunpowder, one by one lead (cannonballs) shot towards the Houjin army below.

"Boom ......"

A cannonball weighing three catties hit a shield cart pushed forward by seven or eight auxiliary soldiers, and the seemingly heavy shield cart was suddenly smashed into pieces like a toy, and the eight auxiliary soldiers who were pushing the cart and more than 20 infantry soldiers hiding behind the shield cart were suddenly shocked by the huge kinetic energy and vomited blood, and the whole person flew out, and the sawdust flying everywhere hurt people like shrapnel.

Seeing that the first round of shooting achieved such good results, the Ming troops on the city wall all let out earth-shattering cheers.

Just as the Ming army was planning to continue to fire artillery, there was a faint whistle in the southwest direction, and then it seemed that a burst of fire began to sound......