Chapter 135 Cannon Ash

This is the consequence of passive defense. If Jiannu did not come to attack, the defenders could only waste their lives. The scorching sun in late autumn was very vicious, and there would inevitably be heat stroke and reduce personnel. Fortunately, there is no shortage of water on the mountain, and there are several clear springs on the mountain.

There is a small river in the canyon. There was another heavy rain in the afternoon. After the heavy rain, the heat was slightly relieved, but it was still as hot as a big steamer. The Han army and the Mongolians at the foot of the mountain were not much better, and they took off their military uniforms and sat on the ground.

Gasping heavily.

The temperature suddenly dropped at night, and the cold autumn wind was shivering.

The temperature difference between morning and evening is extremely large, and can reach more than ten degrees. This is a typical late autumn weather in Liaodong.

The next day, early morning.

The front army of Jiannu finally launched an offensive, and the Han army was still the leader. The Han soldiers in the front row held a large shield, holding a short sword and a short axe, with standard equipment for attacking the mountain. Behind two or three thousand Han soldiers, they were holding a large bow.

The Mongolian archers, with about 3,000 people, and more than 5,000 soldiers attacking the mountain were all over the mountains, stepping on mud and gravel, but eight iron cannons were the first to fire, and the crooked shells hit the ground and along the hillside

He jumped and rolled on.

Three or four unlucky Han soldiers were hit by artillery shells, and even the big shield in their hands was smashed into pieces. Naturally, the people hiding behind the shield could not survive.

After a round of cannons, the Han army attacked the mountain tried to climb again, and the cannons on the mountain needed to be reloaded. Macheng and the generals had long been used to the weak fire rate of cannons, but they still had no gun ears and no photos of old generals.

Dealing with the scattered soldiers who attacked the mountain was like cannons hitting mosquitoes, and they were very powerless. The second round of cannons became much more accurate. Half of the eight cannons landed in the siege of the mountain, and they reaped twenty or thirty lives.

The Han army at the foot of the mountain was obviously a little surprised, and he could not have imagined that the cannons on the mountain could be fired so accurately.

Ma Cheng finally smiled, gun rules, this thing is really a weapon for cannon battles. It was an epoch-making invention and pioneered the precise attack of cannons. Ma Yi couldn't help but want to launch the eight new falcon cannons.

A few shots were stopped by Ma Cheng with a smile. Such a killing weapon could not be easily exposed. The Han army attacked the mountain and finally approached a turret on the hillside, but did not expect that there was a large circle suddenly

The wood was pushed out by the defenders, and the logs as thick as buckets jumped. As soon as it rained, the logs stained with water became heavier, smashing the Han army all over the mountains and rolling and crawling, and running away.

The Mongolian archers behind also formed groups, shouting and running faster than rabbits.

Amid the cheers, Jianlu attacked the mountain for the first time, leaving only two or three hundred Han soldiers' bodies on the hillside, most of which were smashed into pieces by the pounding wood. At night, Ma Cheng finally wrote a secret letter.

The letter was sent to Liaoyang in the name of the Admiral's Office, and for this reason, three precious pigeons had to be used. The letter clearly stated that Tieling is worry-free, please be careful and be careful, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and do not fall into the trap of slave chiefs.

On the second day, the Han army and the Mongolian army really launched a crazy attack.

Teams of Han and Mongolian troops, under the supervision of a small number of Eight Banners soldiers, sacrificed their lives to attack wildly. The defending army's earthen fort was used up and the logs were quickly used up. They hid behind the earthen wall and shot against the enemy soldiers, and then attacked them.

Then he retreated and the battle was at noon. More than a dozen earthen castles on the front line were successively captured, and only half of the five or six hundred soldiers of Kaiyuan returned. This was also helpless. This was destined to be a war of attrition. Of course, the attacking side suffered heavy casualties.

At least a thousand bodies of Han soldiers lay on the hillside.

Ding Wen pressed the handle of the knife in his hand and couldn't help but spit in a spit: "A traitor."

Ma Cheng sneered, "Slaves are not that easy to be a slave. I don't know how many people will die for the Han army cannon fodder that is driven by Jianlu, nor how many people will live to the day of their wealth. With a light wave, the two battalions' chiefs were empty-handed.

Then, they formed two dense long bow formations from high in front of the two armies. With a long range, they shot randomly, and the Han army hiding in the fort and the Mongolian army shot with their head-to-head rats, and ten rounds of arrows were shot.

Even the Eight Banners soldiers who were supervising the battle could not resist it. They were fled down the mountain by the defeated soldiers. A large number of civilians carried logs and large pieces of rolling stones reoccupied more than a dozen earthen castles.

Within a few days, the tug-of-war repeated three times, and the Han army, which suffered heavy casualties, was finally exhausted. The Mongols implemented their nature of being lazy and ill-fated and retreated to the camp ten miles away. The total number of Han army was roughly 20,000.

More than 3,000 corpses were still placed in front of the formation. The dead bodies a few days ago had begun to decay, forcing Macheng to send Min Zhuang to dispose of these corpses at night.

The offensive stopped, but the Yellow Dragon flag remained motionless.

A few days later, it rained again and the weather turned cold. The Han artillery team came late, but they did not dare to get too close. They only dared to dig earth and set up artillery seven or eight miles away. Ma Cheng laughed,

It is difficult for these Han troops to be brought from Fushun New City to Tielingwei, there is a Hun River and a Qing River in the middle. I don’t know how these siege cannons weighing two or three thousand kilograms were transported. The Han army set up big cannons

Then he started to bombard the shells, and of course he could not hit anything when firing seven or eight miles away.

Two days later, the enemy camp ten miles away suddenly burst into a shocking cheer. The cheers lasted for a long time, causing the defenders of Tieling to stand up from the fort, looking at the crazy enemy camp ten miles away in shock.

The captor seemed to be crazy, and he could still hear howling like wild beasts from ten miles away.

Ma Cheng's color changed. Half an hour later, the yellow dragon flag suddenly moved. Jiannu's front army and the central army slowly pressed up until the range of the defending cannons five or six miles away. Ma Cheng was ecstatic and looked at him.

Ma Yi, who was also ecstatic, sneaked away, loaded the eight new falcon cannons, and repeatedly debugged them. The muzzle was almost tilted to forty-five degrees, aiming at the Huanglong flag that was parked six miles away.

In front of the two armies, Jiannu's front army suddenly made way for a passage. The defenders on the mountain watched a group of hundreds of cavalry dragging a bunch of Ming generals with a bunch of tied flowers to the foot of the mountain for only one or two miles.

In the distance, when the horse was turned over and dismounted, the string of bright generals was strung together by ropes, with nearly a hundred people. The defenders on the mountain suddenly burst into an uproar and a noise. Ma Cheng was furious, and the military and legal teams in the back formation flocked out,

Several soldiers who were loudly dragged out, and the sword light flashed and the heads fell to the ground. The noise was suppressed, and the battalions and battalions and team officials were also angry and angrily, and they smashed the scabbards and smashed the heads and faces.

No wonder the soldiers were noisy. Nearly a hundred Ming army generals were tied into a string with ropes, which was really amazing.

The fierce white-armored soldiers shouted for a while before kicking down a string of Ming generals and beheading one by one. Nearly a hundred Ming generals had to cut them for a long time.

There was still a Ming man tremblingly and chanting loudly: "The fake Ming general Chen Ce, beheaded!"

"Hou Shilu, the general of the pseudo-Ming, beheaded!"

"Pseudo Ming general Zhu Wanliang, behead!"

The heads of Ming generals fell to the ground, but the generals killed six, and the rest were all deputy generals, generals, guerrillas and other generals. More than a hundred Ming generals cut off for half an hour and led the defenders on the mountain.

I was shocked, but the military law team kept walking through the fortresses, but still could not save the sluggish morale. Jiannu would not lose his conscience. The front and middle troops were clamoring, and the horns were heard.
Chapter completed!