The morning star in the sky slowly dimmed, indicating that dawn was about to come. Jianlu, who was on duty at Anshan Posthouse, breathed a sigh of relief, and another night passed peacefully.
Since the Ming army suddenly increased its activities at night some time ago, the captives of Anshan Posthouse did not dare to neglect at all. Because now without their own scouting horses in the wild, they could not know the Ming army outside Anshan Posthouse.
activity status.
These Jianlu were all people with war experience. They knew that this situation was very unfavorable to them, and Ming troops might appear outside the city at some point.
Therefore, Jianlu were very vigilant during their shifts, and there was no such thing as being lazy or sleeping. They were always paying attention to the message from the beacon tower ahead.
Fortunately, there was no warning signal from the beacon tower, which gave them some peace of mind.
Then it was Jianlu's shift change time. Jianlu on the top of the city saw groups of companions coming out of the barracks in the city to take turns, and he couldn't help but think that he could go and have a good sleep in the warm quilt.
But at this moment, Jianlu, who had sharp ears, seemed to hear something moving outside the city. But it was far away and he couldn't hear it clearly. It was not bright yet, so he couldn't see very far away.
"Listen, did the Ming army stay at night and come to harass us again?" Jianlu, a sharp-eared man, asked his companions.
Jianlu next to him yawned and said helplessly: "The Ming army came to the posthouse at night, not just once or twice. A few days ago, the beacon warning was only
The Ming army just refused to take them in at night. For this reason, Gushan'erzhen also trained the people at the beacon tower."
"Yes, it surprised us all." Another Jianlu next to him heard this and sighed.
Jianlu, who had just yawned, concluded: "So, just watch the warning signal from the beacon tower now. If the Ming army troops attack, they will send the warning signal, and we don't need to be afraid."
Jianlu, who had sharp ears, nodded, and suddenly sighed and said: "When did our Dajin end up like this?"
When he said this, he ignited the emotions of the Jianlu who just interrupted, and he said angrily: "The Ming army is a coward. They can't defeat our big gold with open guns and swords, so they use some strange and cunning things."
Come out. If you have the guts, don’t use firearms. Try to fight face to face!"
When Jianlu, who had sharp ears, heard this, he nodded in agreement: "That's right, if you can't beat us, Dajin, you'll use crooked ways to win without using force!"
Jianlu, who yawned, looked at his two companions and knew that they were just like him. They were very afraid of the Ming army's firearms and hated the Ming army's firearms. But he was a sensible person and sighed.
: "Don't deceive yourself. Even if the Ming army doesn't use firearms to shoot, they have become very powerful in close combat. Don't you know?"
Several Jianlu sighed when they thought of the Ming army's three-man group fighting in close quarters. However, the Jianlu who complained just now still had an opinion: "If you have the ability, just fight alone. If you fight in close quarters, why should you form a formation?"
That’s a shameless performance!”
After hearing this, the yawning Jianlu looked at his companion and asked speechlessly: "Then do you think it is best for the Ming army to stand in front of you with bare hands, not allowed to resist, and let you kill them?"
Will you feel satisfied?"
When the complaining Jianlu heard this, he blushed a little, but still said firmly: "I'm just afraid that the Ming army wouldn't dare!"
When the Jianlu around heard this, they were all speechless. Just when the yawning Jianlu was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, his companions on duty had arrived, and no one cared about this companion who dared to think about anything anymore. He quickly handed over and returned to the camp.
went.
At this time, an earth-shattering sound suddenly sounded outside Anshan Posthouse. All the prisoners, no matter what they were doing, were stunned for a moment as if they had cast a body-fixing technique.
Suddenly, a Jianlu shouted: "Artillery, there are artillery outside the city." Before he could finish his words, he saw a corner of the archery tower at the head of the city falling down with a crash, and an iron egg hit it.
The force continued until it hit a house in the city and stopped making any movement.
The Jianlu who complained just now was hit on his foot by a piece of wood falling from the arrow tower, and he screamed like a pig: "The Red Yi Cannon is coming, the Red Yi Cannon is coming..."
"Boom, boom, boom." After a while, a continuous and earth-shattering sound sounded outside the city. The sound just now was just a test cannon. Now after adjusting the parameters of the artillery firing, the twenty Hongyi cannons began to roar.
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The commander-in-chief of Anshan Posthouse was Gushan Ezhen Turge, whom the Ming army was familiar with, or had a chance to fight with him. He was ambushed by the Ming army on the way to Niuzhuang Post. He was lucky and fled to the mountains.
After escaping from the mountain, neither Huang Taiji nor his master Duduo punished him. Because of the situation, what he did was a normal reaction. After all, no one knew where the Ming army's musketeers would be ambushing.
Speaking of which, the Ming army has used this method to cause Dai Jin to suffer losses many times. First, ordinary Ming troops were used as bait to lure Dai Jin to send troops to attack, and then the firearms troops hiding in the dark suddenly launched an attack. Think about it, Hauge
, Shuotuo, Duoduo and others all suffered from this, and the first two unlucky ones even risked their own lives.
However, Turg was no longer reused and was thrown into the small Anshan Inn.
At this time, Turg was sleeping hazily. The sudden sound of cannons frightened him so much that he almost fell out of bed.
"Come here, come here..." he shouted loudly as he got up quickly.
One of his personal guards rushed in from outside and shouted in panic: "The Ming Army...the Ming Army's Red Yi cannons, so many Red Yi cannons..."
Turg was now very frightened, and he didn't look like an ordinary person who just got up. Seeing that his guards were so panicked, he loudly reprimanded: "Why are you panic? The catapult will fight back."
In order to deal with the Ming army's artillery, Jianlu built a huge counterweight catapult and placed it under the city wall. Using the city wall as a cover, they could counterattack the Ming army.
Just as the guard was about to turn around and run out to deliver the order, Turg quickly stopped him and said: "Block the door, quickly block the door."
"Yes, yes, yes..." the guard agreed nonstop and ran out quickly.
Turg thought for a moment, then immediately called a personal guard and told him to quickly request support from Liaoyang.
Jianlu's efficiency was relatively high, and the order was quickly passed on. The catapults began to fight back, and Jianlu, who was responsible for blocking the door, also began to move the bags of sand and soil that had been prepared in advance.
It stands to reason that the foundation stone layer of Anshan Posthouse is two meters high, the brick layer is 7.5 meters high, the city wall is 7.5 meters thick, the base is eight meters wide, and the wall is ten meters high. It is enough to defend a general siege.
. But outside the city is the killer weapon of siege in this period, the Hongyi cannon. It is impossible to withstand this level of city wall alone.
Also, the catapults were made very large because they had to be thrown far. Although the city walls were used as cover, there was still a part that was not blocked by the city walls.
After the catapult threw the first few stone bombs, it was destroyed by the Ming army's artillery. The city gate was torn apart before it could be blocked.
Jianlu in Anshan Posthouse lost his soul when he saw this situation.