Of course Zhong Jinwei also saw the catapults built by the captives outside the city. Although there were not many catapults, there were no weapons to restrain them at the top of the city.
If these six catapults hit each other in turn, the narrow defensive surface of Qingshui Mingyue Pass would make up for their numerical disadvantage.
Once these catapults start to attack, not only will the people be unable to gain a foothold on the city head, but they may also destroy the city head.
This grandma's Ming army has not repaired the city wall for a long time. You can see the peeling bricks on the outer wall. It is impossible for the builders outside the city not to see it. If they smashed it with huge rocks, they might even be able to create a gap for them.
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The Jianlu outside the city began to line up their catapults and make preparations before attacking the city, which made Zhong Jinwei very anxious.
He thought that he couldn't kill people in person, but his mind should be quite flexible. How to deal with such a catapult? He racked his brains to think of it.
Most people in later generations can only borrow money from movies and TV shows in this situation. As Zhong Jinwei thought about it, he was reminded of a way to borrow money to enter the current scene. However, it seems that only villains would use this method. This suggestion
The prisoner is cruel and cruel, so it probably won't work. But no matter what, you have to try.
Next to the catapults outside the city, Shuotuo looked at these catapults as if he were seeing the naked jade body of Bai Bai. He was extremely excited when he saw them. While admiring them, he reached out to touch them a few times.
With these catapults, we can directly smash open the turtle shell and kill all the village soldiers inside.[
A large group of Jianlu were looking for suitable stones around, and then transported them to the catapult.
Although there were not many stones nearby, they could not withstand the large number of Jianlu people. After a while, a small mountain of stones began to fall next to the catapult.
Shuotuo could not wait to collect enough stones, so he ordered an attack with catapults because the main force of the Ming army did not have much time left for him.
While Jianlu was busy with the catapult, a man suddenly appeared at the top of the city, causing the Jianlu archers not far from the city wall to scream in surprise.
Shuotuo heard something strange in the voice and looked over intently. He discovered that the man was Heshuo Beile who had fallen into the city, his own uncle, Aixinjueluo Amin.
He quickly ordered a halt to the catapults to attack the city, and then ran over on horseback.
The people at the top of the city had already been watching Jianlu's reaction. When they saw Shuotuo approaching, they shouted loudly: "Your Heshuobele is at the top of the city. If you are not afraid of him being smashed to death, just hit him as hard as you can."
There is no kindness for women on the battlefield. Either you die or I die. What's more, Amin himself is also a warrior, not an ordinary citizen. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan have no objection to the method that Zhong Jinwei came up with.
Shuotuo heard the voice of the Ming army shouting at the top of the city a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, so he didn't pay much attention and shouted in Jurchen dialect: "Uncle Amin."
He really couldn't do it if he didn't care about the life and death of Amin, one of the four Baylors, and just hit him. For a moment, he had no choice but to call Amin.
Zhong Jinwei heard the shouts from the people in the city, and he probably wanted to talk to Amin, so he said from behind Amin: "Let them not attack the city, it is best to surrender directly."
But he didn't hear Amin speak, only heard the sound of "wuwu". Yu Haijing on the side immediately woke up, reached over and took out the piece of cloth from Amin's mouth.
With a sound of "Bah", Amin spit out the dirt in his mouth. Then he didn't bother to scold the Ming army who stuffed the dirty cloth, and shouted to the people in Jurchen language: "Nephew Shuotuo, you
Do you think I can survive if I fall into the hands of the Ming army? Capture the city, kill all the Ming country soldiers, and avenge me, you will definitely"
Before he finished speaking, Yu Haijing, who understood Jurchen language, forced the dirty cloth back, and then said to Zhong Jinwei on the side: "This Tatar's bones are very hard, so let the Jianlu under the city ignore him and just attack the city.
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As soon as Shuotuo heard what Amin said, and the surrounding archers also heard it, he became concerned. Otherwise, if the Ming army surrounded him, the whole army would be annihilated.[
Since Amin was of no use, he was taken back into custody. Lu Xiangsheng ordered all Minzhuang to hide under the city wall, including Minzhuang in the city, where they could not be hit by stones. Only a few people were scattered at the top of the city.
Observe Jianlu's movements in one corner.
No matter what Shuo Tuo was thinking in his heart, he looked very angry on the outside. After turning around the catapult position, he looked at Qingshui Mingyue Pass and ordered fiercely: "Smash it!"
Several huge rocks rose into the air and fell straight to Qingshui Mingyue Pass.
All the Jianlu outside the city looked excitedly at the trajectory of the boulder, expecting that the city would be smashed open and the Ming troops above would cry for their fathers and mothers.
However, they were disappointed. The first few stones all crossed Guancheng and fell into the city. But they heard the sound of stones hitting houses, and it seemed that there was a lot of movement. The power of this catapult was pretty good.
Shuotuo was watching the soldiers operating the catapults adjusting their strength and preparing to launch the second wave of launches. When a prisoner came from behind and came to Shuotuo's banner, he rolled his saddle and fell off his horse. He anxiously reported that the Ming army's cavalry was different from the previous ones.
It was different. He went against his usual cowardice and took the initiative to attack the rear army. Namtai strongly requested support, otherwise he would not be able to hold off the Ming army.
Shuotuo became irritated after hearing this. What he needs now is time. The Ming army at Qingshui Mingyue Pass has no power to fight back against the catapult. As long as there is enough time, they can break through the pass and kill all the local soldiers inside.
, go back outside the customs.
But from Namtai's continuous requests for help, he could clearly feel that the situation in the rear army was becoming increasingly tense.
Shuotuo looked at the city head and then at the catapult position. After hesitating for a while, he made a decision.
He called General Sarhuda of Xianglan Banner and said: "The Ming army in the rear is harassing me. I will return to support Namtai, and you will temporarily command the army here for me. When I defeated the Ming army and turned back, I failed to win the pass."
The city is also going to be destroyed, do you understand?"
When Shuotuo said the last word, his voice turned harsh.
"Yes, please don't worry Baylor." Shalhuda replied loudly while talking.
Shuotuo was quite reassured about Sarhuda. Not only was he extremely brave, but he was also a serious person.
He turned the horse's head after giving the order, but whether he could seize the pass was related to the safety of the entire army. Shuotuo turned back and said: "Your flag master is in the city. If you can save him, please save him. If you can't, please ask for mercy."
Renba, don’t be threatened by the Ming army!”
Sarhuda did not hesitate and agreed again.
Shuotuo thought he had nothing else to say, so he clamped his horse's belly and urged the horse to the resting place of Jianlu at the rear. He ordered more than 1,200 soldiers who had recovered their physical strength slightly. In fact, they were the soldiers who were originally stationed in Yongping.
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He looked at the nervous gathering of these soldiers, his brows still furrowed, thinking that the Ming army facing the rear army must be several times larger than his own. If they brought fewer people, they might not be able to have much effect.
Shuotuo turned his head and looked at Qingshui Mingyue Pass. He thought that the Ming troops in this city were just rural soldiers and there were not many in number. He didn't need to attack the city like before. He could only wait for the city to be broken and rush in through the gap.
It seems there is no need to keep so many people here.
After careful consideration in his mind, he selected more than 700 soldiers from the remaining soldiers, and then led nearly 2,000 Jianlu prisoners back to aid Namtai.
Minzhuang, who stayed at the top of the city to observe Jianlu's movements, quickly reported the situation of Jianlu. When Lu Xiangsheng heard about the situation, he took the initiative to touch a corner of the city to observe.
He found that there were only about a thousand prisoners outside the city, half of them were resting in the rear, and the others were operating and protecting catapults.
Lu Xiangsheng sighed inwardly. There were still too many Jianlu people left. In desperation, he had to go back to the hiding place and told Zhong Jinwei and Yan Yingyuan the situation.
Zhong Jinwei and Yan Yingyuan exchanged words after hearing this, and the three of them had no choice but to wait quietly for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.
Besides, Shuotuo saw traces of Namtai after running forty or fifty miles with the reinforcements.
He did not go to join them immediately, but found a high ground to observe the situation on the battlefield.
There were probably more than 3,000 people in Namtai, and they were held tightly by several times the Ming army, as if several big fish were fighting to eat a small fish.
Shuotuo had never seen this kind of situation where the Ming army was scrambling to fight with Dajin in the field.
He didn't think that the Ming army could change like this all at once. There must be a reason.
Shuotuo observed the situation on the battlefield carefully. After a while, he saw something fishy.