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After the battle that began four days ago, after yesterday's thunderous and thrilling battle, whether it was the Ming army under the city or the Tartar soldiers and horses at the head of the city, they were not so excited. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After breakfast, the army began to pull out the camp, and when the camp was pulled, there was a cavalry showing up from the west side of the Naturalization City, after all, the departure of the camp was relatively chaotic, and it was the easiest time to take advantage of the loopholes.

But the Ming army obviously won't let them get into this loophole, the garrison is heavily guarded, and seeing that there is no chance, this Tartar cavalry has disappeared, and it looks like it should have retreated to the city.

The horse team was guarding the two wings of the car array, and the brigade slowly approached the city, and the Ming army's probe horses were also constantly running back and forth, reporting the scene seen from the city to Wang Tong.

Nothing new, nothing more than the gathering of soldiers and the intense preparations in the city, which were expected and had little effect on the actions of the army.

It would take two hours to march to the city, and halfway through the city you could see a large number of cattle moving in the distance, and the Naturalization City was the place where the Tartar forces were most concentrated, and in winter, many tribes placed their herds here, and it was easier to obtain supplies from the city, and it was also possible to trade.

After such a big battle, the Naturalization City closed its doors and guarded itself, and it could not take care of other tribes, and these tribes naturally had to leave far away.

But this is also a matter of luck, the tribe can't survive this winter without livestock, so it can only be carried, but if it is carried, it is not fast, and it is easy to be caught up by the cavalry of the Ming army.

Having said that, in yesterday's battle, the various tribes around Naturalization City did not expect the Ming army to achieve such a big victory, and many people even sent warriors from the tribe as support, and after the results of the battle came out, it was too late to do anything, and it was easy to drive the livestock to get lost at night, and even the entire tribe was scattered.

Seeing the Ming army rushing directly to the city of Guihua, these surrounding tribes were relieved, although they may have only seen the big city of Guihua City in their lives, but they also knew that the time it would take to capture a city was not calculated in days, but a long time.

Since the Ming army is going to attack the city, there is no energy to take care of them for the time being, so it is right to leave as soon as possible by taking this opportunity.

The Ming army brigade did not march fast, in fact, it was able to reach today's degree, and thanks to yesterday's battle, the city of Guihua and the city of the Ming Dynasty are very similar.

With the city as the center, surrounded by fields and rivers, nearly 200,000 Han Chinese farmers cultivated, and the foundation of the Al-Ta tribe over the other Mongolian tribes was here.

The fields have ridges, these ridges are soft, and there are ditches, and it is very inconvenient for the cart to travel on it, but yesterday a large force of cavalry lined up to fight, and the trampling of thousands of war horses made this field a lot smoother, and the cart was also convenient.

Like the city of the Ming Dynasty, not all the inhabitants lived in the city, and the outer side of the city wall set aside an area for defense, and outside of this, it was a residential area.

This kind of area is much worse than the city, not necessarily dilapidated, but very messy, there are no regulations, even the Ming Dynasty's Jingshi and Nanjing are like this, not to mention the naturalized city built by the Tartars.

Outside the city are mostly shacks made of mud and hay, and in the area between these shacks, you can often see inexplicable open space, which is also square, but after a little thought, I can understand that it is a tent area, and outside the city is naturally a place where the Han people and the Mongolian poor live.

When the army comes, these people will not stay in this area stupidly, some will run to the city, and some will defect to other tribes.

During the period when the cavalry of the Ming army galloped on horseback, they stopped their horses from time to time, and a team of more than a dozen soldiers, staring in front of them with shields, rushed in to check to see if there were any Tartar soldiers lurking in them.

But there was nothing out of the ordinary, except for some old people who didn't have time or strength to escape, there was no one else hiding here.

Although the extension of the city is a messy building, the city itself is still very complete, and there are deep ditches around the city walls, which bring in river water as a moat when the weather is warm, and empty the river water during the season when it is about to freeze, and it directly becomes a moat.

From the trench outward, an area of 200 paces is completely empty, and the inhabitants are not allowed to build houses or any buildings, and this area is used to defend the city in battle.

Needless to say, the city gate is a suspension bridge suspended by thick iron cables, and at this time, the suspension bridge is naturally pulled up, and if you want to attack the edge of the city wall, you must cross the wide and deep trench, but at this time, rushing to the edge of the trench, it will definitely be covered by the long-range fire on the city.

Walking in the residential areas outside the city, the movement of the army is getting slower and slower, and the leader who walks in the forefront has been eyeing the distance between the team and the city.

When there were still about five hundred paces, the message reached Wang Tong's side, the order was issued, the whole army stopped, and the people in the army were all familiar with the errands, took down the materials, and built a watchtower on the van.

"Dashuai, there is no return cannon at the head of the city!!" The soldiers on the watchtower reciprocated loudly, and the result of this lookout was needless to say, and the equipment as large as a trebuchet must have been placed at the head of the city.

Wang Tong nodded and said, "Let the captured Tartar captives push the cart to the city!" ”

The order was conveyed to the front by the heralds, and the prisoners in the queue were immediately pushed out, and the Tartar prisoners who were pushed out were wearing the uniforms of the Ming army, and there was no difference when looking down from the city walls.

The Tiger's musketeers and archers were in the forefront, and when the captives learned what they were going to do, some were indifferent, and some were struggling fiercely.

It's very simple to deal with such a struggle, the firecracker directly aimed at the head and fired, shooting at close range, as if he had smashed his head with a sledgehammer, blood splashed everywhere, and the scene was very amazing.

When the other captives saw this scene, they were immediately subdued, and the following scene could be seen at the head of the city of Guihua, but a group of people wearing Ming army uniforms arguing there was nothing more than coercing the people in the army to come forward.

With the threat of death, the captives did not dare to do anything, so they could only follow the instructions of the Ming army, push the cart and start marching towards the city, the fire gun can hit a hundred steps, the bow and arrow can have dozens of steps, the archer and the fire gun hand is to keep a distance behind to follow, the slightest abnormal movement, you can run away after killing.

After the front cart walked out for a while, the large convoy behind also followed slowly, and it seemed that the Ming army brigade was starting to walk towards the city.

Although the buildings on both sides are chaotic, the avenue leading directly to the city gate is still very spacious, enough for several carts to walk side by side, out of the area of the residential area, into the open space in front of the city, the Tartar prisoners pushing the carts forward in front of them are obviously a little panicked, someone wants to run, and the Ming archers and musketeers behind them are immediately shot.

The front dozen or so carts could only hesitate, but they did not stop and continued to move forward, only to walk out of the area of the building less than a few dozen steps, there was a sound of orders on the head of the city, and then, the front part of the Ming army array could clearly hear the movement in the city, it should be behind the city wall, the sound of ropes pulling and heavy objects falling from a high place.

After yesterday's battle, the soldiers of the Ming army are no strangers to this sound, this is the sound of stone maneuvering, sure enough, the whistling sound sounded immediately, several stone bullets were thrown out from behind the city wall, the angle was well grasped, and the stone bullets whistled and smashed into the marching large convoy.

As yesterday, the cart was shattered, the people behind the cart were smashed by stones, and the individual reacted quickly and wanted to run away, but also couldn't avoid the burst of broken wood, more than a dozen carts were smashed at once, and the rest of the people wanted to run away, but the fire soldiers and archers behind would not let them go, this trebuchet shot, and the slowly marching Ming army brigade immediately stopped, Wang Tong did not go up to the watchtower, nor was he in the carriage, he rode a horse in parallel with Yang Jin and others, and at this time it also stopped, Wang Tong said with a smile: " If we wait for our brigade to get under the city, and the trebuchets in the city shoot again, won't it kill more people, it seems that the Tartars don't want to entangle with us for too long, just wait for our army to run out of food and withdraw troops, what a beautiful thought! ”

Everyone laughed, Wang Tong raised his voice and said: "The thistle soldiers are out of the three battalions, and the people are all out, and all the houses about 400 steps away from the city are bulldozed, Tan Jian, you go 400 steps out to draw a white line, and those who cross the white line will be killed!" ”

Ordered, Yang Jin and the others were all obedient to orders, and when they went to arrange, the prison army Cai Nan stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Marshal, why don't you take prisoners, the thistle soldiers do the work of the people, they may not be peaceful!" ”

"What are the rules for the captives to do things, the time is urgent, and they can't afford to delay, besides, the captives give them some strength, and it will be of great use later."

The shacks with mud and hay as the main materials were not sturdy, and it was very easy to dismantle, the officers and soldiers of Jizhen hit with large logs, and the people transported the scattered civil wood, and the work of nearly 10,000 people, and the vacant land soon began to appear.

Tan Jian led the Huwei Army to draw a line at a distance of four hundred paces, sternly warning the approaching soldiers and people, although the Tartar garrison at the head of the city had been moving, they had never moved.

"Choose a smart and agile person to step forward, demolish in the direction of the city, stop every ten steps, and do not rush forward."

Wang Tong gave another order, and the noisy scene came to an end, and some people from all the armies stepped forward to work, and in the process of work, the horse team, the musketeers, and the artillery team all maintained a state of fighting at any time, and the cavalry on both sides of the naturalization city appeared several times, and they all shrank back.