Heiyunlong took the remnants of his troops and fled with his two sons. Fortunately, the Mongols did not pursue them, but chose to consolidate the city wall first.
The father and son first returned home to pick up the family papers, took the gold and silver with them, and then went straight to Wenchang Pavilion.
Wenchang Pavilion is located in the center of Zhangjiakou Fort. It is surrounded by open spaces on all sides, and four avenues in the southeast, northwest and four directions lead to the four directions. Zhangjiakou Fort is divided into four parts.
Wenchang Pavilion is not large in area, but its base is extremely solid and is built with strips of stone on all sides.
On the high platform, a three-story pavilion is more like a city tower or a watchtower. It is a dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Hei Yunlong had just brought people to Wenchang Pavilion. He immediately counted the number of people. After counting, he found that there were only 87 servants, three private soldiers, and 57 veterans of the guard.
Hei Yunlong not only let out a long sigh, but also thought that all his family wealth was gone.
Hei Minglian comforted him and said, "Dad, the green hills are here, so we don't have to worry about running out of firewood. We will just stay here and wait for the Beijing camp to come back. We have done a good job in defending our territory. As long as we keep our official positions, we can recruit as many people as we want."
Hei Mingxiao also said: "Dad, if you put up the recruiting flag, are you afraid that there will be no people to eat food? Now that the refugees are everywhere, how many soldiers will be needed? The first thing to do is to keep the family papers. If you are captured, you will be taken to the grassland.
Life would be worse than death."
The father and son were lamenting when they heard the soldiers reporting back and forth.
"Sir, Sir Wang Fen has also come with his family records and a hundred remaining soldiers. He is down below and asks to come in to assist you in guarding Wenchang Pavilion."
Hei Yunlong and the other three looked at each other. These guys are very quick at seeing opportunities.
As soon as I arrived here, before my butt was warmed up, they were chasing me, and they came with family papers and gold and silver coins.
"Dad, I think we should let them come up. After all, we only have 150 people left. With 100 more people, we can be more confident in holding this place. Our supplies are prepared for 500 people. It should be enough.
Use it. Besides, the money and food donated by those profiteers before are also here."
"Dad, it's better to let them in. When the time comes, we can still have a witness if we stick to Zhangjiakou."
Heiyunlong pondered for a moment and said, "Let them come up."
The Wenchang Pavilion in this time and space is different from the one in later generations. It is a 30-meter-square stone platform with a five-story pavilion-style building standing on a 15-meter-high base.
Different from the all-wood high attic, this attic is basically made of masonry, with a hilltop roof covered with gray glazed tiles. It is very similar to the clock tower in the imperial capital.
Here you can overlook the entire Zhangjiakou Fort. It is the commanding height of the whole city.
The reason why An Sanxi ordered to stop the pursuit is because now the only way to get up to the city wall is by twenty simple ladders set up on the city wall. Many of them are damaged. It is very inconvenient to go up and down. This small city is not big, but the city wall is smaller than
The Forbidden City is still high.
The Shanxi merchants in the city are powerful. According to the information from the intelligence office, they are very well-equipped and their servants are not afraid of death. They are all veterans who have been fighting with Mongolian horse thieves to protect the camel caravans for many years.
What is needed now is to control this section of the city wall first, rather than blindly expand the results. If the Shanxi merchants make a big counterattack and are driven down again, the fight will be in vain.
"Now the first battalion of the first regiment has gone up. The second and third battalions of the first regiment are preparing to go up the city wall. The other two battalions are setting up defenses on the outside. The second, third and fourth regiments are surrounding the other three walls. We still have five more in hand.
Regiment. Be the general reserve team. Our goal should be to kill and injure Shanxi merchants’ effective forces as much as possible.”
"Instead of rushing to expand the results, wait until the Shanxi merchants' power is almost exhausted. It is naturally time for us to pick the fruits."
"Now I order all five regiments to mobilize, immediately pull down the remaining walls on the outside, and use these adobes to build a slope up to the city wall. This will make it easier to transport supplies and troops up the city wall." An Sanxi ordered.
After receiving the order, the 3,600 men of the fifth regiment immediately took action. They demolished the remaining ruins, wood, bricks, etc. after burning the houses. They transported them to the north city wall and piled them up. They built a sloping horse path.
Lin Hu had already reached the city wall at this time. All 500 people in his battalion had gone up to the city. In today's battle, more than 500 enemies were killed, and the entire battalion suffered less than 100 casualties. Thirty of them were killed.
Many people were injured. More than 20 people were seriously injured.
Lin Hu knew that now was the most dangerous moment. Shanxi merchants could counterattack at any time. After all, a section of the city wall was lost.
In this operation, the cavalry troops were all cavalry or camel cavalry. They did not have any siege weapons. Now the Shanxi merchants have blocked the city gates with stones. Such a strong city cannot be opened with camel cannon.
Fortunately, Commander An Sanxi caught him by surprise and attacked him unprepared.
The main attack was on the north city wall without a city gate. The enemy was caught off guard. There were only more than 800 troops defending here and the equipment was very poor. Therefore, the north city wall was captured in one fell swoop.
Now on the other three city walls, there are more than a thousand servants of Shanxi merchants on each side, and they are very well equipped and have a large number of firearms.
Today, when the battle for the city wall was intense, I used a telescope to look at it from the watchtower of the headquarters.
It was clearly seen that in various Shanxi merchants' compounds in the city, a large number of servants were being organized, and then went up to the city to set up defenses from the other three sides. In their mansions, many manhole covers were opened, and the underground warehouses were exposed first.
A large number of firearms were taken out and distributed among their servants.
What An Sanxi saw himself were the Crouching Tiger Cannon, the No. 3 General Cannon, and the Frankie Cannon. Almost all the fire guns were matchlock guns, and there was no fire door gun at all. There were bird guns, and heavy matchlocks such as the Turtle Dove Gun.
Guns. We even saw Japanese iron cannons and some obviously European style matchlock guns.
Not only were they numerous in number and experienced in combat, but they also had sufficient ammunition and food. Their mansions were filled with warehouses, and barrels of gunpowder were moved out of the cellars.
Today, the reason why Heiyunlong was on the North City Wall did not get the support of the business group. The main reason is that the leaders of the business group did not expect that An Sanxi's attack direction today would be the North City Wall.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The north city wall is the highest and has no city gates. The middle position is the Jade Emperor Pavilion. The terrain outside the city wall is also complicated. Although the moat is dry, it is deeper than the other three sides.
No matter how you look at it, the main attack direction should be to the east and south where the city gates are. What I didn't expect was that these Tatars were so powerful in combat that they were attacked in a short time and the city was broken.
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The Jade Emperor Pavilion is the tallest building on the north city wall, and it has now become Lin Hu's headquarters. Now Lin Hu is waiting for the arrival of the regiment leader and the second and third battalions.
The Shanxi merchants did not expect that the officers and soldiers would collapse so quickly.
They originally thought that Zhangjiakou was a fortified city and would have to defend it for a few days. They were busy arming their own servants first, completing the formation, and making all preparations before going to the city to defend.
However, soon the news came that the North City Wall had been lost. Although the residences of Shanxi merchants were all in Nancheng, this was enough to scare them to pieces.
"Hei Yunlong actually took the remaining soldiers and ran into the turtle shell in Wenchang Pavilion. It seems that we can only rely on ourselves." Jin Liangyu cursed.
Soon, the eight big shopkeepers gathered in Fan's Mansion to discuss countermeasures. This time, no one was shirking. Because the officers and soldiers had been defeated miserably, they retreated to the Wenchang Pavilion in the center of the city to hold on, making it clear that they only cared about themselves and ignored the business groups in the city.
The eight shopkeepers had no choice but to scold them. Now they could only rely on themselves.
It's a pity that the food donated before is all in Wenchang Pavilion. It's a great advantage for this dog official.
If the whole city fell, they could rely on a strong fortress and sufficient food to wait until reinforcements arrived. It was a good calculation.
"Everyone, what do you think now?" Fan Yongdou asked with his hands raised.
"If you have any other comments, please let me know."
"If we don't fight, the city will be broken. Taking back the north wall, especially the Jade Emperor Pavilion, will pose too great a threat to the city. If they bring the artillery up and bombard the city, it will be all over."
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