Daming Military Empire

Chapter 138
The sun was shining for several consecutive days, and the ice and snow in Liaodong were melting faster and faster. It was estimated that the road surface would thaw in only a day or two, and both Daming and Houjin took action.

On Zhu Cijiong's side, he has led the first regiment of the Imperial Guards to Zunhua, and the food and grass raised from all over the country have been sent over in a steady stream. Zunhua city is full of hillocks piled up with food and grass, and more than [-] bandit captives are in the Tianxiong Army's camp. Under the supervision, hurry up to make the trolley.

If all the food and grass for the 60 army were in horse-drawn carts, it would take many times to pull them back and forth. When Huang Taiji cut off the food road, it would be a big trouble.These bandits and captives would eventually go to Liaodong to farm anyway, and carts were an indispensable agricultural tool for them. After transporting the grain, they would let them use it by themselves, and they were not afraid of wasting materials.

There is no need for Huang Taiji to prepare any trolleys. The Mongolian grasslands are short of food, but there is a big granary in Liaodong. As soon as the ice and snow melt, let the Baylors under his command lead them to the cities they are in charge of.

Huang Taiji and even Zhu Cijiong did not expect that this would be about a hundred miles away from Dingliao Youwei. In a huge forest, Mao Wenlong, a lunatic, was leading an army of [-] to cut down trees and build siege equipment. !

For the convenience of transportation, he only assembled the ladder, and did not assemble the other well rails, siege vehicles, etc., and it would not take much work to pull it to the Dingliao Youwei in a horse-drawn cart and assemble it. If you want to assemble it now, After the earth thawed, the muddy road, the heavy well fence, and the siege engine may not be able to push the Dingliao Youwei for a few days.

At noon three days later, the ice and snow on the road had completely melted, and the siege equipment was almost ready. Lieutenant Chen Jisheng led an army of [-] and appeared in front of Mao Wenlong on time with food, grass and supplies. Mao Wenlong patted him on the shoulder in relief. , said hard work, and then directly waved his hand, the Jinglan and the spare parts of the siege vehicle were loaded at a high speed, and the ladder was lifted up by a group of ten people, and the army continued to move forward!

When Mao Wenlong arrived not far from the south of Dingliao Youwei, it was already dark. Amin on the city wall was not surprised to see the Ming army in the dark below. He had expected that Mao Wenlong would come to sneak attack. Strange.He didn't panic, just said calmly: "Notify Da Khan immediately, stay alert at night, and be careful of their sneak attack."

After finishing speaking, he immediately turned around and went down the city wall, not even interested in taking a second look!
Mao Wenlong's performance here was also very ordinary, but he set up a camp about three or four miles away from the southern city wall, buried the pot to cook food, and rested immediately after eating, without any abnormal behavior.

Amin was determined. He guessed that Mao Wenlong was just here to deal with an errand, and he would not attack the city desperately. When the reinforcements arrived, he would withdraw to Pidao. He did this every time before, and his teeth itch with hatred. , but there was nothing he could do about it.

If he saw the densely packed ladders and carts of logs of Mao Wenlong's rear army, he probably wouldn't think so. Unfortunately, it was too dark and the opponent was too far away, so he didn't notice these at all.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, A Min, who was still asleep, was woken up by Niu Lu, who was guarding the city. Before he got up, there was already a lot of noise outside.

"Master Dutong is bad. The west wall is surrounded by the Ming army. They are building siege equipment, and the speed is so fast."

"Master Dutong is bad. The east wall is surrounded by the Ming army. They are also building siege equipment. The speed is ridiculously fast."

"Master Dutong is bad. The Ming army in the south is also building siege equipment, and the speed is really ridiculous."

Amin got dressed in a hurry, and ran outside the door, and the three cows immediately surrounded him, yelling non-stop.

He roared angrily: "What's the noise? I've never seen a siege machine before. How fast can it be?"

The three cows shrank back in shock, and one of them replied a little more courageously: "Master Dutong, it's really fast, like a sand tower, it rises up in a whiz."

Amin was so angry that he kicked him on the ground and cursed: "You didn't wake up, did you? Can it be so fast?"

The other two Niu Lu continued to shrink back in fright, then nodded vigorously and said: "Really, really, Mr. Dutong, it's really that fast!"

Amin's face changed when he heard this, it is possible that one of them did not wake up, but it is absolutely impossible that the three did not wake up, it seemed that he was in serious trouble, he hurriedly shouted to the guard not far away: "Quick, prepare the horse, Come with me to see."

Soon, he came to the south wall, and he was stunned by the sight on the opposite side. The originally empty flat ground was densely packed with siege vehicles and well fences, and there were new siege vehicles and well fences. It keeps rising from the ground, just like a sand tower, it rises with a whoosh.

Niu Lu on the side carefully reminded: "There is no Ming army in the north, so send some people from the north to support?"

A Min took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "No, it's not yet determined which side they will attack, and it will be too late to adjust when they start attacking."

At this time, the siege equipment on the opposite side seemed to be almost ready, and they began to line up in rows. This is the time to attack the city. Amin hurriedly shouted: "Send the order, light the fire, hot water and hot oil, burn it, and lift the rolling stones and trees." Come under the arrow stack."

Which side will Mao Wenlong focus on?His order was to attack on three sides at the same time!
Seeing that the siege equipment in front was almost lined up, Mao Wenlong gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go and tell the soldiers who are attacking the city from three sides, the first climber, the top 1000 will be rewarded with [-] taels per person in addition to the reward from the court, and kill the enemy!" One, in addition to the reward from the imperial court, I will add another ten taels, don’t be afraid that you won’t get it if you die, I will send the silver to their relatives.”

The so-called "10 snowflake silver from Qingzhi county in three years", he has been the general soldier for more than ten years, and he still has several [-] taels of silver. , his greed is already considered rare.He was also afraid that the emperor would settle accounts in the fall, so he took the initiative to take part of it to motivate his soldiers. As long as he captured Dingliao Youwei in one fell swoop, he would be considered a great meritorious service. He estimated that the emperor would not bother with him about such a small matter.

After another quarter of an hour, Mao Wenlong reckoned that all three sides should be ready, so he didn't hesitate anymore, and shouted directly: "Beat the drums and attack the city."

"Dong dong dong dong" the deep sound of war drums resounded throughout the battlefield, and the siege army shouted in unison: "Come on." Then, rows of siege vehicles moved quickly towards the city wall.

The siege vehicles are divided into those for attacking the city wall and those for attacking the city gate. The one for attacking the city gate is the kind with a huge log in the middle of two rows of wheels, directly hitting the city gate.The siege of the city wall is a square wooden cage covered with cooked cowhide, and the middle is empty. Soldiers can drag the ladder to hide under it and push it to the city wall.

Mao Wenlong built all the siege walls this time. As for the siege gates, forget it. Generally, there are two large pots in front of the city gates, which are full of oil. The next fall, throwing a few more torches, the siege vehicle will be useless, and the people pushing the cart are probably almost dead.

Dingliao Youwei is not a big city, it doesn't even have a moat, so the siege vehicle quickly rushed under the city wall, and the Jinglan behind followed, and rows of archers began to shoot at the enemies on the city wall.The soldiers under the siege vehicle also began to erect ladders and leaned against the city wall.

The siege battle was officially started. As soon as the ladder reached the city wall, countless rolling stones and trees fell from it. Those who hid quickly could run back under the siege truck, and those who couldn't dodge were directly smashed with blood. .The archers on the well fence became more anxious, and screams came from the city wall from time to time. At this time, the Ming army began to climb towards the city wall with their shields on their shields.

In the distance, Mao Wenlong looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who were falling like dumplings, and his face felt pain. These were his subordinates who had been with him for more than ten years, and they just disappeared in front of him one by one. is fake.

Usually at this time, he should retreat. It was like this every time before. First try the heat. If the enemy defending the city is not good, he will step up the attack. If the enemy defending the city is too strong, he will withdraw Rest, and retreat immediately when the enemy's reinforcements arrive.

But this time, Mao Wenlong did not retreat. He just stared at the city wall without saying a word. After half an hour, the first batch of soldiers who attacked the city gradually decreased, and the siege vehicles were full of wounded people. Soldiers, the corpses of the Ming army were also everywhere outside the siege vehicles.

Mao Wenlong was cruel and shouted: "The second wave!"

Another row of siege vehicles and wells moved towards the city wall. The wounded and tired soldiers of the first wave slowly retreated to make way for them. The second wave of Ming troops began to desperately try to climb the wall again. .

Amin on the city wall can't figure it out, you can attack one side desperately, but Niu Lu on the other two sides sent people to say that the Ming army attacked too fiercely, and asked him to send troops to support, what a joke , stormed three sides, and went to the second wave, he couldn't help but cursed: "This Mao Wenlong is crazy, how much benefit does the little emperor give him, such a desperate attack on the city, let 3000 people be separated from the north wall, east, west and south" One thousand per side, hurry up."

Mao Wenlong was determined to take down Dingliao Youwei with all his strength. He saw that the second wave of soldiers had slowly climbed up the city wall, but they were exhausted and were quickly beaten down again. He couldn't help but yelled with scarlet eyes: "On the third wave!"

He prepared three waves in total, 3 people on each wall, 1 people in one wave, and the remaining [-] people gathered behind him for maneuvering.

As soon as the third wave went up, the enemy troops on the city walls were a bit overwhelmed. After all, there were only 5000 people on each city wall, and if you add another thousand, it would only be 6000 people. They were attacked by [-] enemies in turn, and the hands of the slashers were soft. Well, the hot water and hot oil of Rolling Stone's wood are almost used up, and the arrows are almost gone, so it's not bad to be able to withstand it.

Amin looked at more and more Ming troops on the city wall, knowing that the general situation was over, he began to have conflicts in his heart. According to Huang Taiji's meaning, he wanted to preserve the Jurchen tribe as much as possible, but he had never done anything about abandoning the city and fleeing. Do not return it?
He retreated during the Chongzhen Dynasty. When Sun Chengzong led an army of more than [-] to storm Zunhua, he fled. As a result, he was put under house arrest by Huang Taiji as soon as he returned. He never came out again until his death.

Mao Wenlong didn't know that Amin was ready to quit. He watched his soldiers go up and down countless times, but they couldn't take down the city wall, so he couldn't help feeling anxious.Looking at the corpses lying under the city wall again, a burst of hot blood rushed to his forehead. He directly grabbed the sun and moon dragon flag in the hands of the guards behind him, held it up high, and shouted: "Brothers of the Dongjiang Army, the emperor is watching What about us, come with me."

Roar, he directly held the sun, moon and dragon flag and rushed down the city wall on horseback. The generals of the Ming army have full body armor and are not afraid of ordinary arrows, so many of them took the lead in charging. They all rushed up, naturally roaring and followed.

The soldiers attacking the city were also attracted by the movement here. They saw the general Mao Wenlong, and even saw the Sun Moon Dragon flag held high. The wounded soldiers seemed to feel no pain, and one by one got up and ran towards the ladder. The exhausted soldiers seemed to be full of strength again, and they slashed like crazy one by one.

Amin looked at all this in horror, and was stunned for a while, then he roared unwillingly: "Ming Jin, withdraw."

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!" the sound of Ming Jin resounded throughout the battlefield, and the Hou Jin soldiers seemed to suddenly regain their spirits, leaving their opponents aside and running away.

Mao Wenlong boarded the city wall, looked at the Houjin soldiers who were frantically fleeing to the north, he couldn't help but sighed, and said wearily: "Order, 5000 people from the east and west sides will be dispatched to occupy the northern city wall, and then clean the battlefield, don't chase."

In this battle, Admiral Mao Wenlong led one hundred thousand Dongjiang troops to fight fiercely for nearly two hours. At the huge cost of more than 4 casualties, he quickly took down Dingliao Youwei and won the first place for the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)