At great risk, the observing soldiers of the garrison stationed above the city wall issued a warning, and the sharp bamboo whistle sounded throughout the city wall. Zhang Yin led the 500 defenders to climb the city wall as quickly as possible, facing the city wall that was already some distance away.
The Tatar soldiers and horses at thirty or forty paces fired a hail of arrows.
Cannons roared at the top of the city, and bows and arrows screamed in the air. The Tatar siege soldiers fell on their backs, and hundreds of them were killed or injured in an instant. But this did not stop them from attacking the city.
Before it was tea time, the Tatar soldiers swarmed to the bottom of the northern city wall. Braving the rolling rocks at the top of the city, hundreds of ladders were erected, dozens of which were long ladders with a length of more than four feet, which could be set up directly on the city wall.
On top of the city wall, other ladders and herringbone ladders were also erected on the outside of the city wall. The Tatar soldiers climbed on the ladders and began to wield hooks and hooks, and began to attack in their most unique and familiar way.
The battle above and below the city instantly became intense.
Before the war, Zhang Yin anticipated that the enemy would storm the city wall with a desperate attack. Zhang Yin formulated many countermeasures for this.
For example, a giant long wooden fork was made to deal with the enemy troops attacking the city with a ladder. A group of seven or eight people would use the long wooden fork to push the ladder away and overturn it, causing the Tatars on the ladder to fall together.
In advance, the boulders made of bluestones were tied with iron chains and placed on the inside of the battlements. Although they were damaged, dozens of them were still usable. At this moment, they were pushed down together, and the boulders swept across the outside of the city wall like a pendulum, clearing away the Tatar soldiers clinging to the outside of the city wall.
The Tatar soldiers swept away by these huge bluestones were either dead or injured. As they swung back and forth, the Tatar soldiers fell like ants one after another.
There is also a long hook sickle made, which is specially used to cut the ropes and wooden poles thrown by the Tatars. Once the ropes and long poles are cut, the opponent's hooks and long poles will lose their function.
Then there is the melee cleaning team led by Zhang Yin himself. The team of fifty people is dedicated to dealing with the Tatars climbing up the city and cleaning them up in time. These fifty people are all carefully selected elites with martial arts skills.
. Equipped with a sharp embroidered spring knife and high-quality armor, it forms an advantage in equipment and martial arts, and can effectively and quickly clear out the Tatar soldiers and horses who have boarded the city.
Under such circumstances, although the Tatar soldiers and horses attacking the North City rushed to the city wall in a very short period of time and launched a swarm siege, it even gave people the impression that they would soon completely break through the city wall, but it was
I was stuck on the last step.
Several places on the top of the city were breached, and hundreds of Tatar soldiers rushed up to the city wall, but they were quickly cleared away. Broken corpses sprayed with blood were thrown off the city wall and fell into the crowd of attackers.
One after another, the ladders were pushed by the tenacious defenders. The Tatar soldiers on the ladders screamed and fell down the ladders. Groups of Tatars who were climbing on the herringbone ladders and short ladders against the city wall were thrown down from the top of the city wall.
The bluestone pendulum was cleared. The Tatar soldier who was hit had broken muscles and fractures. He fell several feet away and fell heavily to the ground.
A large number of stones rained down from the top of the city. The stones thrown by the catapults now became the defensive weapons of the defenders. They were pushed by the defenders with their shields and fell in piles. They fell into pieces.
Although stones are harmful to Tatars
The soldiers could not cause huge damage, but the gravel and dust mixed in it spread under the city, shrouding the siege soldiers and horses, making them blind in the dust and smoke, making them cough violently and even unable to breathe.
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What frightened the Tatar soldiers even more was the ferocity of the defenders. This was felt most strongly by the Tatar soldiers who rushed to the city. The Ming soldiers who defended the city did not seem to care about life or death at all. Even if they were seriously injured, they would
They yelled loudly and slashed wildly. Even if their arms and legs were cut off, and their chests and abdomen were opened, the defenders who were covered in blood would still rush up to hug a defender and throw them to the bottom of the city together.
Those Ming soldiers who were hooked by hooks would use long knives to cut off their limbs to get out of control, dragging their bloody bodies to continue fighting. This scene shocked the Tatar soldiers.
The Tatars pride themselves on being ferocious and brave. They travel across the desert and the bitter cold. They are strong-willed and can endure great physical trauma and psychological torture. Therefore, in the large and small battles against the Ming army, the Tatars
Tartar people always maintain their psychological advantage,
It is believed that the Ming army only relied on solid city defenses to stop the Tatar attack. Otherwise, why would they have spent a lot of money and manpower to build a solid Great Wall in border towns? It was a symbol of cowardice and cowardice, and the Tatars did not need to build it at all.
Any strong city defense.
But today, these Ming army defenders at the head of Dushi City completely subverted their perception. The ferocity of these people exceeded their inherent impression and all the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses they had come into contact with.
The bloody battle continued, stalemate, blood and death shrouded the battlefield in the dusk, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. There were screams before death, the clash of weapons, and the roar of firearms everywhere.
Cursing, shouting to kill...
Batu Munch stood at the back of the battlefield and watched all this with a frown, the muscles on his face twitching. He was shocked and angry at the same time. He thought the battle would end soon. However, after half an hour,
It was unimaginable that his soldiers and horses had not yet been able to break through Beicheng despite the situation. He didn't know why the Ming army's defenders had such fighting power, and he didn't know what went wrong.
"Great Khan, what do Commander Asbas in the south do for them? Until now, they have not conquered the southern city. The Ming army has deployed the main defenders in the north city. We have attracted so many main Ming army forces. It should be easy to conquer his side.
It’s the city, I really don’t know what tricks they are doing.”
The words of a captain reminded Batu Munch. Batu Munch also realized that something was wrong. Could it be that this Asbas was working hard but not putting in his efforts? He was afraid of killing too many of his soldiers and horses, so he didn't attack the city with all his strength?
Otherwise, how could this be the case?
So he immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Send an order to Asbath and order him to attack the city with all his strength. He must attack the south city within half an hour. Otherwise, he will be punished for delaying the military order."
…
Outside the south city, Asbas's troops had already launched a full-scale fierce attack. Although at first, Asbas's attack on the west side of the city tower did not seem to be full force. But after the attack on the east side of the city tower was blocked, thousands of men arrived.
Hal rushed to the battlefield on the west side of the tower angrily and criticized Asbath.
"Commander, the battle on the east wall of the city is fierce, and our soldiers and horses have suffered heavy casualties. However, the attack on the west side has been so delayed. How can we break the city? If the commander does not order a fierce attack, I will report this situation to you.
The Great Khan knows it. If the Commander-in-Chief does not want me to say something unpleasant to the Great Khan, please order an all-out attack."
Asbas looked angry when he heard this. Thousand-man Dahar was the leader of the third tribe of the Duoyan tribe, and it was Batu Monk who had placed his eyes and ears under him. This person had informed Batu Monk many times.
, who provided information, was someone Asbath had wanted to get rid of for a long time. Now that he came to blame the west side for the weak attack, he was actually doubting himself.
"Dahal, what are you talking about? How dare you speak to my father like this? Are there any rules anymore? You are responsible for attacking the east side of the city wall, how can you take care of the attack on the west side? If you have the ability, attack it
That's the city wall. Why are you complaining when you have no ability? Are you trying to scare people with the Great Khan?" Asbath's son Jida angrily yelled.
Dahal sneered and said: "Nephew Jida, is it your turn to interrupt when I'm talking to your father? You have no rules. I won't argue with you. If you don't attack with all your strength, this matter will
I will report the matter to the Great Khan. Also, nephew Jida, you were caught by the Ming army.
But you were released unscathed from the city. I'm afraid there's something fishy here. Why did Mingren let you back? Could it be that you promised something to Mingren? Did you keep the Khan and the rest of us in the dark?
?I also want to talk to the Great Khan about this matter and see what the Great Khan says."
Jida scolded angrily: "Dahar, you bitch, you are really unruly. Do you dare to spit on others?"
Dahar just sneered. Asbas said in a deep voice: "Jeda, don't be presumptuous. You are not afraid of the shadow when you are upright. Your uncle Dahar is suspicious, so just let him go. The Khan knows everything, so he won't
To wrongly accuse others. Daha
Er, I would like to advise you, don’t get carried away as a person, and don’t forget your roots. Remember that you are a member of the Duoyan tribe, and your roots are in the Duoyan tribe. If a person forgets his roots, he will be like a plant without roots, which will rot and die.
of."
Dahal sneered and said: "Commander, I am not your son, and I don't need to listen to what you are saying. We are fighting a siege now. I only need you to order a fierce attack. My soldiers and horses are dying, and I don't want to
You sit back and watch."
Dahar walked away with a puff of sleeves, and Jida cursed: "Abba, this bitch doesn't take you seriously anymore. With the strength of his sweating, sooner or later he will sit on Abba's neck and shit."
Urine."
Asbath frowned and said, "Stop talking and attack the city with all your strength. Being bitten by this dog is not good. I guess the sweat will send an order to punish you soon."
Jida said: "He has the ability, but why can't Beicheng be conquered? Does he have the nerve to question us?"
"Jedah, don't say another word. Send the order to attack fiercely." Asbath shouted.
When Batumengk's order arrived, the battle in the southern city had already reached fever pitch. Once an all-out attack on the city was launched, the situation in the southern city immediately became critical. Although the defenders were extremely brave, their strength was limited after all, and hundreds of them were
They were all wounded soldiers and improvised civilians. In addition, the battle line was too long, so we focused on one thing and lost the other.
The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce up and down the city wall. After seizing the city wall several times in succession, finally at the first watch, the Dahar troops who attacked the wall on the east side of the city tower successfully captured the southeast corner wall and gained a firm foothold.
The city wall defenders immediately launched several counterattacks, but after all failed, Zhang Yanling knew that the city's collapse was inevitable. This was actually the destined outcome.