712 is born from the same root, so why not be in a hurry

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After dawn on October 4, with the order of Azig, the Han army was inlaid with blue and red flags, and more than 30,000 Qing soldiers immediately began intense preparations for the siege.

The Tatar cavalry led by Azig, except for a small number of people who participated in the siege command, the rest of the brigade was still supervising the battle behind.

At the same time, the Tartars drove the captured Han craftsmen and young men to continue to cut wood and quarry stones in the surrounding area to make siege tools.

After last night's overnight rush to work, the Tartars had five more building cars in their hands, and together with the undamaged exposure yesterday, the number of Tartars' building cars reached twelve.

"Siege the city!"

After Azig gave the order, the countless Qing soldiers of the Han army with red and blue flags carried the ladder, pushed the shield cart and the building cart, and rushed towards the Yanmen Pass.

"The Tartars have begun to attack the city, and the brethren have all gone up to the wall!"

When the gate was closed, the guards saw that outside the gate, a group of Qing soldiers wearing various colors of armor rushed from a distance with a roar, and the defenders on the city wall shouted loudly.

After Lu Xiangsheng arrived at Yanmen Pass, he was always on guard against the Tartars' second attack, so in the face of the Tartars' second attack after dawn, the defenders in the pass gathered very quickly.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng appointed Hao Qiang as the chief general of Yanmen Pass, Guan Ling went to the east city wall to take charge of the command of the Ming army, and Qi Wei was temporarily sent to the west city wall.

In addition to the main city pass, there are several kilometers of siege on the east and west wings, and there are several other big stone gates, many small stone gates, enemy towers, beacon towers, walled forts, trenches, and secret gates outside the siege.

Generally speaking, the defense system of Yanmen Pass is perfect, and it is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, in addition to the main Guancheng needs Hao Qiang and Lu Xiangsheng to sit in person, the siege of the two wings also needs to be commanded.

Moreover, since the siege on both flanks was all built on the mountain, the Tartar shield carts and building carts could not be pushed up at all, and it was even more difficult to attack.

Qi Wei's White Dragon Army was still in Daizhou at this time, and Lu Xiangsheng didn't let him come over, so Qi Wei could only temporarily command the Ming army in the western section.

At this moment, Qi Wei looked at the city wall, and those nervous Ming soldiers and soldiers kept cheering them up: "Don't panic, everyone, when the tartars come, the gunners, archers, and musketeers will obey my command, and they will be defeated!"

The Tartars actually have nothing to be afraid of, they are all two shoulders against one head, and the Tartars who will follow Lord Li to kill outside the pass, the severed heads can be piled up into a small mountain.

We are now relying on the city walls again, and the most powerful cavalry of the Tartars cannot come up, so we are afraid of him. ”

"Yes, General Qi is right. Tartars are also people, and they were not repelled by us yesterday, brothers, don't be afraid. ”

After hearing Qi Wei's shout, a deputy general of the Ming army who followed behind Qi Wei also shouted loudly towards the surrounding Ming soldiers.

Qi Wei glanced back at this general, nodded at him slightly, and felt that this person was good.

Sure enough, after hearing Qi Wei's encouragement, the tension of the Ming soldiers on the city wall was obviously relaxed a lot.

Boom Boom!

At this time, the Tartar artillery began to bombard their side, and solid iron bullets fell one after another, causing many Ming soldiers to shout in horror.

For the artillery of the Tartars, these Ming soldiers were even more afraid.

Although, there are not many people who can really be hit by these solid iron bullets that fall down.

But every unlucky soldier who suffered such a bullet was very miserable.

The momentum of the Tatar artillery mainly hit the morale of the Ming army.

"Crouch down and hide behind the walls, and the enemy's shells won't hit you."

Qi Wei shouted loudly, and at the same time made a demonstration, ran behind a city wall, half-squatted, and hid behind.

"The enemy is coming, everyone is steady, the gunner is ready, the flower shell is released!"

Seeing the Qing soldiers below approaching the city wall, Qi Wei commanded the Ming army on the city wall and began to attack.

The flowering bombs of the Ming Army are actually the explosive bombs of the White Dragon Army, basically there is no difference, and even these explosive bombs in Lu Xiangsheng's army were purchased by Lu Xiangsheng from the White Dragon Army at a super low price.

Mainly those flowering bullets produced by the Imperial Firearms Bureau, Lu Xiangsheng really didn't dare to use them.

Sometimes, after the cannon is fired, the flowering shells that are fired out do not even explode, and some even explode directly in the breech.

Lu Xiangsheng also thought about rectifying the Ministry of Imperial Works, especially the Firearms Bureau, but there were too many noble interests involved.

If Lu Xiangsheng wants to reform, it will damage the interests of many people, and it will be resisted by many court ministers, nobles, and eunuchs, and Lu Xiangsheng will be helpless in the end.

Since Lu Xiangsheng sat as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he found that what he had to do every day was to accompany Chongzhen and a group of court ministers to argue in the court.

Other things are basically impossible to do, and every time Lu Xiangsheng wants to carry out a reform, he will be opposed by many ministers.

Gradually, Lu Xiangsheng found that even if he became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he was still powerless to change many things.

On the contrary, it was the leader who led the army to fight against the Tartars this time, which made him lose the depression of the court.

"Shoot the arrows, fire!"

The Qing soldiers outside the city still followed the siege method of yesterday, and after the artillery bombardment, they relied on Mongolian archers and musketeers on the building carts to attack the Ming soldiers on the city walls.

After all, although the Tartars had a lot of artillery in their hands, they also had a limited number of shells.

Moreover, although the performance of the artillery in the hands of the Tartars has improved a lot, it is impossible to blast through the wall of Yanmen Pass.

In fact, the shelling of the Tartars was far less threatening than the archers and musketeers, especially the musketeers on the ten large building cars, which were the biggest threat to the Ming army.

Bang bang bang!

On the city wall, the Ming army's musketeers and archers fired at each other's archers and musketeers of the Qing army, and they all suppressed each other's firepower.

And the remaining more Ming soldiers were guarding the battlements of the city wall, defending against the Qing soldiers who tried to climb the city wall through the ladder.

"Grenadier, throw a thunderball." Hao Qiang wandered around the city wall and shouted loudly.

Thundered!

Soon, dozens of bombardiers threw the ignited thunderbolts (that is, the iron-shelled mines of the White Dragon Army) into the general area designated by Hao Qiang.

That place gathered the most Qing soldiers, and it was also the place where the Qing army attacked the most, and Hao Qiang used iron-shelled mines to rescue the emergency.

"Rolling wood and stones, let people bring more rolling wood and stones."

"Quick, pour the gold juice, what are you rubbing!"

"Here, come here, transfer fifty more people here."

"You guys, carry these wounded soldiers down, don't you see blocking the aisle!"

Hao Qiang's busy wandering Yanmen Gate was closed, commanding the Ming army, and the sound of killing and screaming enveloped Yanmen Pass.

Lu Xiangsheng does not need to be in command of the city wall, but he also needs to control the battlefield situation at all times.

At this time, he was standing on the main tower of Yanmen Pass, using the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to observe the siege of the Tartars outside the city.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's face was gloomy, and through the clairvoyant mirror, he could see more clearly the siege of the Qing soldiers.

"These Qing soldiers' siege methods are indeed very methodical, and the Qing soldiers are indeed brave, Guan Ling was not wrong yesterday!"

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng said in a low voice.

Finally, by witnessing the siege of the Tartars today, Lu Xiangsheng knew that he was wrong to blame Guan Ling yesterday.

The fierce offensive and defensive battles continued at the Yanmen Pass.

The offensive of the Qing army was indeed fierce, but the defense of the Ming army guarding the pass was also tenacious, and the Qing army had to attack the city wall several times, but they were all beaten down by the Ming army.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng heard a fierce shouting and killing sound from the left, and it didn't seem to be far away, and he felt like he was looking over.

I saw that a few hundred meters away from the west of his main city, there were Qing soldiers on a city wall who killed the city wall.

"Damn, it's only been half an hour, how can you let the Qing soldiers kill the city wall."

Lu Xiangsheng's face was not good-looking, and he said coldly.

"Don't worry, General, General Hao has already sent someone over, and he will drive the Tartars down."

A chief guard in the back who was responsible for protecting Lu Xiangsheng's safety comforted Lu Xiangsheng.

Sure enough, just after this group of Qing soldiers had just killed the city wall, Hao Qiang also reflected it, and he personally brought a team of elite Ming army to support him.

"Kill!"

Hao Qiang held his long-pole war knife in both hands and rushed towards the Qing soldiers who had killed the city wall.

By the time Hao Qiang led people to kill him, this small section of the city wall had all fallen into the hands of the Qing soldiers, and the corpses of dozens of Ming soldiers had fallen on the city wall.

The number of Qing soldiers who rushed to the city wall was actually not much, only about 20 people.

At this time, these 20 or so Qing soldiers set up a formation and guarded the two battlements behind them, because there were two ladders there, and Qing soldiers were climbing up.

The twenty or so Qing soldiers who had already climbed the city wall, led by a military commander, were placed against the city wall in a semicircular defensive formation.

Instead of attacking around, they chose to hold on to this hard-won corner of the wall, cover more of their companions behind, and ascend through the ladder.

Twenty or so Qing soldiers, outside the semicircular defensive formation, were seven or eight sword and shield soldiers, who held shields and blocked the front.

Behind them were pikemen, all with hideous faces, looking at Hao Qiang's side and leading people to kill.

"Keep the formation, hold here, kill!"

When Hao Qiang led the people to kill, he clearly heard the shouting of the military commander behind the Qing soldiers, he spoke Chinese.

Poof! Poof!

The elite of the Ming army led by Hao Qiang rushed into the formation of this small group of Tartars, and the sound of swords and guns stabbing into the body was so familiar.

Hao Qiang actually knew before that most of these Qing soldiers were traitors under the Tartars, which could be seen through their banners.

However, it is one thing to know, and it is another thing to see and hear these Qing soldiers who speak Chinese, but stand on opposite sides of them and fight them face to face.

At this moment, Hao Qiang felt a trace of sadness in his heart.

"It's the same root, why be in a hurry to fry each other!" Hao Qiang let out a soft sigh in his heart.

(End of chapter)