() Jianlu’s harassment at night made the Ming army in Shanhaiguan very nervous for a while. However, soon, the Ming army reacted. The soldiers on duty dealt with Jianlu, and the others rested when they needed to and slept when they needed to.
, not affected at all.
If this Ming army were from another place, they might have spent the whole night fighting with the Jianlu, but this is Shanhaiguan, a place that has experienced many wars, and both the generals and soldiers have rich experience.
As dawn approached on the second day, the harassing Jianlu retreated, and it became quiet again in front of Shanhaiguan.
As soon as it dawned, Zhu Mei came to the watchtower in Shanhaiguan early to replace Xu Fuzuo, who was on duty at night, to monitor the war situation.
Just as Xu Fuzhuo was about to leave, he heard the thunder and thunder of war drums in the direction of Jianlu, and quickly came back to observe the enemy's situation with Zhu Mei.
I saw the gate of the Jianlu camp opened, and thousands of Jianlu on horseback came out, with the sound of hooves rumbling, heading straight for Shanhaiguan.
Zhu Mei quickly sent an order, if Jianlu comes to attack, you will fight back.
After the order was issued, Zhu Mei began to observe the enemy's situation again. Suddenly, Xu Fuzhuo pointed to the dirt slope in the distance: "Commander Zhu, please look, there is movement over there, and there are indeed artillery."
Zhu Mei took a look and saw that it was indeed an artillery piece. Jianlu took advantage of the cover of night to move the artillery piece to the slope. Now he lifted up the mat covering it and pushed it to the grooves in preparation for bombardment.
Zhu Mei looked at it, just smiled, and then said to Xu Fu: "As expected, I'll leave Jianlu's artillery to you. I'm here to watch the overall situation."
Xu Fuzou nodded, got off the archery tower, and walked towards the preset artillery position.
On the city wall closest to the Jianlu mound, there are five real Hongyi cannons and ten imitation Hongyi cannons.
The gunner had already received the order and had already aimed at the mound, so he had no choice but to give the order to fire.
After Xu Fuzu came to the position, he did not immediately order the artillery fire. He was waiting for Jianlu to fire first. Only in this way could Jianlu's artillery concentrate on the mound and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
The commander who greeted Zhu Yuanzhong raised his head and looked at the swarming Jianlu. He waved his hand and asked his soldiers to prepare. As soon as Jianlu entered the firing range of bows, arrows and muskets, he gave them a hard blow.
But soon, he was disappointed. The large army of Jianlu troops did not swarm forward. The closer they got to the pass, the sparser they became. They also did not dismount to attack the city. They just rode and fired arrows at the city wall within the range of the arrow.
And he was shouting loudly.
It is difficult to hit the captives who are running around like this. The commander-in-chief was hesitant about whether to teach the Tatars a lesson, so the order was sent to them. All the soldiers were to take cover and rest, and the lookout posts were enough to monitor the Tatars.
An artilleryman under the archery tower vaguely heard Zhu Mei on the archery tower saying: "I don't even bring a ladder to attack the city. I think this commander is easy to deceive."
The task given to the two Tatars under Zhenghong Banner was to supervise the artillerymen on the mound to fire cannons to bombard the city wall. At this time, they were fully armored, riding horses and standing behind the mound, yelling at the soldiers to hurry up and move the shells and gunpowder.
The leader of the attack was General Qian, who was sweating profusely and giving orders in the middle of winter.
He was sweating because he was frightened. Jianlu didn't know it. He knew it very well. He didn't know whether his artillery could hit the city wall accurately for this project, but the artillery at Shanhaiguan would definitely be able to hit it because the artillery in the pass was worse than Shanhaiguan.
of artillery.
So he had been standing in the corner of the mound, shooting at the blind spot and commanding. He just hoped that he could finish shooting the gunpowder and shells quickly, and then he could leave this damn mound.
Gunpowder and cannonballs were continuously transported up from the lower level of the mound for loading. When everything was finally ready, they quickly reported it to the builders behind the mound.
As soon as Fake heard the report, he took this opportunity to quickly return to the base of the archery tower in the camp behind him, report to the slave chief Taiji above, and pay homage to the wise and mighty Khan.
Huang Taiji looked at Shanhaiguan in the distance and found that the Ming army was not fooled by the feint attack. In desperation, he ordered an all-out attack, and at the same time, artillery bombarded Shanhaiguan.
As a result, more people poured out of Jianlu's camp again. These people brought the basic tools for siege, ladders.
Erdenbu looked at the troops carrying ladders to attack the city, wondering in his mind which banner would attack the city first, or who would attack Shanhaiguan first, or whether the artillery would destroy the city wall first.
Zhu Mei watched the Jianlu swarming on the archery tower. When they reached the distance of the arrow, some strong Jianlu raised their large shields to form several shield walls to cover the archers in the Jianlu.
Advance the wall.
Not far behind them, there were many Jianlu sword and shield men gathered beside each ladder, ready to attack the city after the sharp archers in front suppressed the Ming army on the wall.
Zhu Mei nodded, and it looked like they were attacking the city. So, he ordered the Ming troops on the wall to fight back according to the orders of their superiors.
Xu Fuzou didn't care about the rest of the situation on the battlefield. With Zhu Mei here and defending at Shanhaiguan, there would be no surprises at all.
He just stared at the mound in the distance, wondering why there was no movement even though he should have been beaten.
Xu Fuzou didn't know the reason, but if he knew, he would still laugh to death.
These gunners who surrendered to the Jianlu were as well aware of the fact that they were within the attack range of Shanhaiguan artillery as their President Qian. Therefore, not only their President Qian was nervous, but they themselves were also nervous. They had the same thoughts as President Qian.
, use up gunpowder and cannonballs as soon as possible, and you can exit the battlefield early.
But the more nervous you are, the worse it will be. When you are ready, you will be sweating. Then you will wait for the slave chief's order to start lighting the fire.
After Jianlu began an all-out attack on the city, the order to open fire finally came down.
Mr. Qian quickly ordered the gunners to light fire and blast the city wall, only to hear a "boom, boom" sound that echoed throughout the battlefield.
Xu Fuzou looked at the mound in astonishment. A huge black mushroom cloud emerged, and then the mound disappeared.
A large circle of land centered on the mound sank in, and everything that was on it flew into the sky.
All the people on the battlefield, whether they were Jianlu or Ming soldiers, were attracted by the loud noise. They stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the mound.
The Jianlu soldiers didn't wake up when they saw the mushroom cloud, but the Ming army defending Shanhaiguan, which had been exposed to gunpowder for a long time, knew it and laughed happily at the moment, retribution, retribution.
The previous commander-in-chief still remembered what he promised Zhu Yuanzhong, so he took advantage of Guan Xia Jianlu's astonishment and ordered him to be beaten severely.
All of a sudden, bows and arrows were flying randomly, guns and cannons were firing, and the Jianlu who were close to the city wall were knocked to the ground.
Under the attack of the Ming army, the Jianlu prisoners in Guanxia passively either attacked or retreated, not knowing what to do for a while.
Huang Taiji was on the archery tower of his camp, dumbfounded. This first shot overturned his artillery position, or overturned himself.
Is it because the surrendered Ming army gunner surrendered because he was determined to die, or because some accident happened and ended up like this? He doesn't want to pursue it, and he doesn't have to pursue it. All he knows now is that the plan to attack Shanhaiguan is probably ruined.
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The other Jianlu leaders standing next to Huang Taiji looked at their big sweat to see how he would deal with it.
Huang Taiji was very conflicted. If he ordered the retreat like this, he would be acting like a child's play. He happily ran for hundreds of miles, confidently preparing to take Shanhaiguan, and then "bombed" the city before he even started the real siege.
"His trump card was blown away. Can this battle still be fought?"
But if you don't order a retreat, the arrow is already on the string and you force it back, it will really damage your reputation.
Huang Taiji was considered a hero. He only hesitated for a moment before making a decision and ordered the troops to retreat.
When the Ming army in Shanhaiguan heard the sound of Jianlu's clanging, they responded with the roar of artillery, and the rest of the infantry hissed at the Jianlu who retreated in embarrassment.
Xu Fuzou changed his usual demeanor, and spit at the foot of the city wall with a "poof" sound. Nainai, I prepared a pot, but the bottom of the pot broke on its own, which made me work in vain for a while.
Zhu Mei was on the archery tower, watching the retreating Jianlu, and was already drafting in her mind how to report the victory to the capital.
He knew that if the first attempt to build a captive army failed, there would be no chance to attack the city again later.
Huang Taiji, with a sullen face and without saying a word, went down from the archery tower and returned to his tent, leaving only the other Jianlu leaders looking at each other. After a while, his soldiers sent an order to hold a military meeting.