The Mongols were light cavalry, without heavy armor, and were reluctant to storm such a bayonet formation. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Arslen looked around, trying to find the opponent's weakness, but the opponent's strict military discipline and well-trained let him down, one after another companies formed a small hollow phalanx on the spot, covered with wide squares, compressing the space for cavalry charges, as far as the eye could see, all around were bayonets like a forest, like hedgehogs without a mouth.

Just as Arslen was at a loss, something even more desperate happened: the gates squeaked shut. Originally, it was obvious to the naked eye that the army of the blue flag was not far away, but as soon as this gate was closed, the Mongolian cavalry that had cut off the connection with the army became a turtle in the urn.

The Mongols were desperate, but the thick legs on the city wall were not easy.

He didn't fight the battle to defend the city, and during the battle of Hezhou, he once led a new army to face the 60,000 troops of the Liukou, and it was rumored that although the strength of the Tartars was much stronger than that of the Liukou, he was confident that he would not lose the castle by virtue of this fortress. The variable of the problem is that in order to save Ma Wei and the cavalry battalion, more than 1,000 Mongol soldiers should be brought in, and for the sake of safety, at least two infantry battalions must be deployed to besiege them, so as not to let them stir up a storm and join forces with the Tartars outside the city. As a result, there were only two infantry battalions left on the city walls, and they had to fight against tens of thousands of Tartar armies alone, and they had to be distracted by the battle inside the city.

Su looked at the Tartars who were getting closer and closer, and then looked back at the Mongolian cavalry trapped by several small phalanxes, and his heart became entangled: fighting on both sides is a taboo for soldiers, and these Mongols must be taken down first, and then they must go all out to deal with the army outside the city. But both on the wall and under the wall, there are people to command, and if you are not skilled, who will help you command the troops?

He quickly went through his mind and selected the right person: Ma Wei was the commander of the cavalry battalion, commanding the infantry was not his specialty, and the long-distance travel had exhausted his physical strength and energy, so it was obvious that he could not count on it at this time. The rest of the officers were all from the new army who participated in the Battle of Hezhou, and they had not received the military academy training of the Lingao headquarters system, and they were okay to carry out orders, but they lacked the ability to take charge on their own, and they did not have enough prestige, and they were not suitable candidates.

After thinking about it, the only person who could suppress the troops was Lin Weiye, the nominal commander-in-chief.

Su looked at Lin Weiye with thick legs, although he claimed to be a layman in the war, but there was no technical content in defending the city, and there was no problem for him to sit in and stabilize the army's heart, and besides, the long guns and short cannons in everyone's hands were all invented by him, and this castle was also designed by him, no one knew the performance of weapons and the defensive function of the castle better than him. That's it!

After making up his mind, Su Thick Legs said to Lin Weiye: "Lord Commander, the Mongolian soldiers who came in must be eliminated, I will go down to command, and you will be on the city wall." ”

Lin Weiye was stunned for a moment, then followed his line of sight to look at the Mongols who were already preparing to storm the infantry phalanx, understood the seriousness and urgency of the matter, gritted his teeth, and nodded: "I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run." Go ahead, I'll hold out here for a while. ”

After Su went down, Lin Weiye stared at the army outside the city, took a deep breath, relieved the tension in his heart, and then said to the soldiers: "Set up the mountain artillery, test fire a few rounds, and see if the other party has any cannons." "As long as the other party does not carry heavy weapons such as Hongyi cannons, he is still very confident in the defensive strength of the fortress, not to mention that he has no military talent, even if he puts a group of pigs on the city wall, he can resist for a while.

Abatai watched as Arslen's men stormed the castle, and soon after the gates were closed, but he never gave the order to storm the gates with all his might. Gaertu asked puzzledly: "Lord Belle, just now Arslen followed into the city, why didn't we rush?" This is the best opportunity. ”

Abatai stared at the strangely shaped castle and shook his head: "This gang of troops and this castle are very strange, don't act rashly until you figure it out, who knows if there are traps in the city?" The lives of my Dajin warriors are very precious and cannot be sent to death easily. ”

As the post-Jin Baylor, although he has the consciousness to eliminate those who dare to resist for Dajin, it does not mean that he wants to send his precious Niu Lu into the battlefield with unknown circumstances. He is the small banner master of the Zhenglan Banner, and he only has a total of 5 directly governed Niu Lu in his hands, which is the capital of his life in the Houjin regime, if he loses it for no reason, he will be even more unable to raise his head in front of Haoge's children and nephews. As for Arslen's life or death, he didn't care, anyway, these Mongols were people with white flags, and even if they were lost in it, it would be Dolgon's loss, and it would not be his turn to feel distressed.

Galtu also understood his intentions, so he suggested: "Since it is strange, why don't you let the Han army go up and test it?" ”

Abatai nodded: "Our people will press the formation, let the Han army rush for a while." ”

After the order was issued, more than 2,000 Han soldiers marched out of the ranks and slowly moved forward. Most of them were surrendered Ming troops, who were incorporated into the Altai command before leaving the customs, and the whips on their heads were still freshly shaved, many of them were not shaved clean, and there were still hair roots, and their scalps looked blue.

At this time, the Houjin had not yet formally formed the Eight Banners Han Army, although the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery unit under the command of the Eyu Tong Yang became a formal establishment, and the Han Army was a banner, and the flag was cyan, but the other Han troops still did not have temporary workers, and in the eyes of many Houjin nobles, they were just cannon fodder for consumption.

The Han army had just come out of the ranks, and there was movement on the opposite wall.

"Boom boom" There was a burst of cannons, and cannons opened fire from several convex corners, and the swarthy cannonballs drew an arc with the help of the height of the city wall and fell into the crowd of Han troops.

Although it is not a heavy artillery, this 6-pound iron ball still has good lethality. The cannonball passed through several Han soldiers and then bounced off the hard ground, continuing through the dense crowd and plowing a blood groove.

"There are cannons!" Abatai was a little surprised. Although it is a little different from the heavy Hongyi cannon that I have seen before, its lethality and range are not inferior at all. However, he did not intend to give up the tentative siege, these Han soldiers died when they died, as long as they could find the weaknesses of the other party, it was not a big deal to die hundreds or thousands of people.

On the city wall, seeing that the Han army continued to advance after a commotion after being bombarded, but did not launch a cannon counterattack, Lin Weiye was relieved. It seems that this Houjin army is a long-distance attack and does not carry artillery. As long as there are no heavy weapons, it is much less difficult to defend the city.

In the city, Su Thick Legs gave an order: "All of them, the soldiers in the first row stay still, and the soldiers in the second row are ready to shoot, raise the muzzle of their guns by two inches, and aim at the people on horseback." ”