Early the next morning, while it was still dark, the new army lined up in Haizhou City and prepared to attack.
Sergeant Guan Ning looked at this friendly army with a complicated expression. Although they knew that the new army would come back, they were still a little disappointed because they were missing a group of companions at the gate of the siege city.
At the same time, they were worried about the new army. After all, they had not seen the combat effectiveness of the new army with their own eyes, and there were so many captives outside the city that it was a question whether the breakout could be successful.
Zhong Jinwei probably knew what they were thinking. He told Zu Dashou and He Kegang who came to see them off: "I won't show off my skills in defending the city. You are better than me. I only have one suggestion, let my four nephews have more time."
There is no need to hide their identity when they go out for a walk."
Zu Dashou and He Kegang naturally knew the meaning of Zhong Jinwei's words. They immediately clasped their fists and replied: "I will understand, sir. Please rest assured, Jianlu will not be able to capture Haizhou until the supplies are exhausted."
Zhong Jinwei nodded. He did not ask for anything such as saying that the supplies were exhausted and Jianlu could not be allowed to succeed.
Then he looked at the soldiers of Guan Ning who were paying attention to this side of the city, and said loudly: "Although there are many prisoners outside the city, I, the Marquis of Zhongxing, treat them like chickens and dogs. They can come when they want, and leave when they want.
What can the Jianlu do to me? All officers and men, please wait, I, the Marquis of Zhongxing, will kill another horseman another day."
After he finished speaking, he stopped talking nonsense. No matter what, the New Army still had to seize the time.
The gate of Haizhou City was opened, and the car camp covered the fusiliers in combat formation and began to leave the city. As for the mounts, they all stayed in Haizhou City.
The movement of the new army was immediately reported to Huang Taiji by Jianlu. He knew that there would be movement from the Ming army, but he did not expect to escape so soon. Because he already understood the entire war and knew about the Ming army's firearms unit.
There had been no rest for two days and two nights.
Ordnance such as Niutugang's catapults and carriages have long been deployed on this road, but due to time and manpower constraints, only half of the first trench has been dug. The ordnance transferred from Liaoyang and even Shengjing has not yet arrived.
Now he couldn't care less, so Huang Taiji ordered the prisoners in this direction to stand ready, and mobilized troops from other directions to prepare to surround the new army.
Zhong Jinwei had already seen Jianlu's arrangements clearly through his telescope, and he was already prepared for Jianlu's arrangements.
I saw the car camp advancing slowly and stopping outside the maximum attack range of the catapults. The vehicle carrying four Hongyi cannons was in front, and they immediately began to prepare to fire.
Of course, the rest of the Hongyi cannons were left to Haizhou City, and four of them were enough.
After some measurements, Gundesa directed his proud students to fire.
When Jianlu saw this situation, they had no choice but to make their catapults unable to reach the range of the Ming army's Hongyi artillery!
Huang Taiji was watching the formation from a distance. When he saw the movement of the Ming army, he knew something was going to be bad. Before he could order the catapults to retreat, he heard several loud "boom-boom-boom" noises, and one of the catapults collapsed.
, and many of the surrounding Jianlu were killed.
Seeing this situation, Guan Ning's army on the top of the city cheered together to cheer for the friendly forces.
"Great Khan, what should I do? How about my brother lead a charge?" Duduo gritted his teeth with hatred when he saw that his territory was occupied by the Ming army. Now that he saw how arrogant the Ming army was, he asked Huang Taiji for help.
Huang Taiji's face was livid, he shook his head and said: "The troops retreat and let the Ming army escape from the cover of Haizhou City."
When Jianlu's army received the order, the troops in the front of the new army began to retreat. The entire Jianlu army was like a cake that had been bitten by a big bite, sinking inward.
Under the command of generals at all levels, the new army maintained its previous camp and slowly advanced in coordination. It was like a person strolling among a group of enemies, ignoring the enemy as nothing.
Not long after, the new army arrived at the trench dug by Jianlu. The new soldiers, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately used the engineer shovel they brought with them to dig and fill the trench.
Huang Taiji looked at it from a distance, and his heart moved, and he immediately ordered Jianlu to send thousands of people to the rear to destroy the road and slow down the Ming army's advance.
Naturally, the new army would not ignore the unevenness and muddy road. They had already prepared some wooden planks and laid them under the wheels. After passing by, they would take out new planks and spread them forward.
Therefore, the trench dug by Jianlu did not take long, and the new army slowly advanced again.
Guan Ning's army on the top of the city watched the new army go away. At this time, they could only wish their friendly forces in their hearts.
About an hour later, Haizhou City was far behind and could no longer be seen.
Jianlu could no longer bear it and charged the new army from all directions.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Jianlu's movements, smiled scornfully, and watched Jianlu rush up without giving any orders.
The New Army has had this kind of training course for a long time, and generals at all levels have prepared step by step. When the Jianlu were within the range of the artillery, they would open fire. If they ran beyond the range of the artillery, they would open fire with their flintlock guns. They easily defeated the Jianlu.
Attack, and then start to move forward again.
Huang Taiji and other slave chiefs saw this scene from a distance and had no idea what to do. They did not expect that the Ming army had so many artillery and there were so many musketeers in the car camp. There were also various vehicles as cover, it was simply...
A moving fortress is like a hedgehog, there is no way to start.
This situation reminded Huang Taiji, who had read many Han Chinese books, of a similar battle in the past.
Li Ling, the grandson of the famous Western Han Dynasty general Li Guang, once led an army of 5,000 infantry. Relying on the cover of the chariot array and relying on sharp bows and crossbows, he managed to walk freely for several days and nights from the siege of tens of thousands of Xiongnu. However, the Xiongnu lost
There are many men and horses, but they can do nothing to the Han army.
Huang Taiji remembered that the Han army in history was finally defeated by the Huns because they had no reinforcements and ran out of bows and arrows. An idea immediately arose in his mind, which was to use up the Ming army's ammunition, and then they could
The Ming army was defeated.
But as soon as this thought came up, he sighed secretly. In history, the Han army persisted for several days, but this Ming army only needed one day to escape to Niuzhuangyi. How could it be possible for the Ming army to exhaust all the Ming troops in such a short period of time?
Army ammunition!
In fact, what Huang Taiji thought was similar. Zhong Jinwei also knew Li Ling's deeds in history. He felt sorry for Li Ling when he saw it. Therefore, how could Zhong Jinwei repeat the same mistake and be surrounded by the Jianlu army without bringing enough ammunition?
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Under the escort of Jianlu, the new army moved forward step by step. But Jianlu had no choice but to dig a hole in the ground and disgust the new army.
Even digging a hole is very difficult, because apart from the fact that the surface layer is easy to dig due to the melting of snow, the deeper soil layer is as hard as iron lumps, and it is not possible to dig deep in a short time.
None of the slave chiefs had a good look on their face, and they watched helplessly as the Ming army advanced like this.
Suddenly, Duduo reported to Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, my brother, please go out and use the old method to deal with this Ming army?"
Huang Taiji was stunned for a moment, then understood what Duduo meant. He shook his head first, then nodded and said: "Okay, let's treat it like a dead horse."