Huang Taiji was watching intently when he saw dozens more iron claws dropped from the city, each with four sharp iron hooks, tied with iron chains, dropped from the crenels, specifically aimed at the Mongolians who gathered in groups of hedgehogs. soldiers.
Every time the warriors in the city throw it, they will hit three or five people.
This thing is very terrifying, it is not light in weight, and it is thrown from a high position. The Mongolians only wear leather robes, or at most add leather armor. There's no way to stop this thing.
This thing is similar to the "grab" of eighteen kinds of weapons. The tip of the iron hook like an eagle's claw can directly hook people. It can even drag the commanding officers to the city wall and capture them.
Fan Wencheng whispered: "Great Khan, this thing is called a flying hook. It has four sharp claw hooks, tied with iron chains, and then connected with ropes. When the enemy rushes to the bottom of the city wall and prepares to climb the ladder, it will surprise them. , throwing it at the enemy group, killing and injuring several people at one time."
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "The Ma family was one of the four major generals in Liaodong back then, and they really have something. When I was young, I often heard my father mention General Ma Gui, and my father also admired him very much."
A Mongolian centurion's shoulder blade was pierced by a flying steel hook. He screamed and was lifted up by the strong men on the city. He kicked his limbs wildly in fear and kept screaming. But couldn't break free.
As soon as the bowstring sounded, a carved feather arrow hit his neck. The huge shovel-shaped arrow cut off most of his neck, leaving a little skin on his head hanging around his neck.
Obai looked around at the frightened Mongolians and shouted: "Whatever you are looking at, let me climb the city. Hurry up. Whoever dares to cower will suffer the consequences."
The surrounding Mongols, seeing how fierce the Zhenghuang Banner cavalry supervising the battle were, continued to climb up the city.
Jiannu's iron-headed heavy cavalry circled the city one after another, shouting, and at the same time fired at the battlements with heavy bows and arrows. Cover the Mongols climbing the city. The large archers of the Mongolian infantry also used projectile methods, constantly firing arrows from behind.
The battle on the top of the city has entered a fever pitch, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties. In order to block the enemies who were climbing the city, it was impossible for them not to show their heads. And the outcrops may be called by bows and arrows.
Ma Dengyun was very anxious when he saw that seven to eight hundred people had been carried down just one hour after the war started. This casualty is not small, but there is no choice but to die.
Seeing the defenders suppressing the crenel, the Mongols blew the horns again, carried the ladders, and the second wave rushed up like a tide. This time, they hooked the steel hooks on the ladders to the battlements, and then began to climb up desperately.
There was a panic at the top of the city. Some officers and soldiers took the risk to lean out and shoot with three-eyed blunderbuss and four-eyed blunderbuss, but were shot to death by bows and arrows.
"Let Yaksha Lei go, hurry up." Ma Dengyun yelled.
Huang Taiji looked at this time, more than 30,000 people carrying ladders, densely packed on the city wall, and felt relieved. The casualties in this siege were considerable. He didn't want this place to turn into a meat grinder.
If you can't open up the situation here, don't even think about entering the level later.
He knew clearly that the 150,000 troops outside the pass were in this area. Apart from the Beijing camp, these people are the essence of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. He believed that as long as these people were defeated, the Great Wall would not be able to stop them at all.
Amin said with a smile: "It seems that Madeng Yun has no choice. This time we can enter the city."
Li Yongfang laughed along without saying a word. Even if he had different opinions, he would not speak out.
Before Amin could stop laughing, he saw a lot of wooden supports erected on the top of the city. They were a little confused and didn't know what these were.
Then, there was a roaring sound, and the thick logs, covered with half-foot-long steel nails, were pushed down from the battlements. This thing probably weighs a thousand pounds.
These things are called Yaksha Lei, also known as "staying with guests".
This kind of city defense weapon uses rollers made of wood one foot in diameter and more than one foot long. The surroundings were densely nailed with "reverse nails", with the nail heads protruding 5 inches from the wood surface. Two-foot wheels were installed at both ends of the rolling wood, and then tied with iron ropes to connect to the winch.
When the Mongols gathered under the city, they would push it down from the city and smash it into the enemy group. Then they would turn the winch and retract the Yaksha Ring, which would have a continuous effect.
Continue to crush the enemy.
The city wall in the direction of Huang Taiji was suddenly densely packed with Yaksha Lei being thrown down. The Mongolians who originally climbed up the ladders on the city wall had their bones broken and their tendons broken by the smashing, and blood spurted from their mouths. They and the ladders were all smashed into a mess.
The situation reversed almost instantly. Just now, they were about to enter the city. In the blink of an eye, these ladders were cleared. People were smashed into meat pies and ladders were broken into pieces. There were pieces of meat and mutilated limbs everywhere under the city wall, and rivers of blood flowed for a while.
Dorgon felt nauseated after seeing it and almost vomited it out. After all, he is young and has not experienced many battles. He has never experienced such a cruel siege battle. Compare it with the cities of Ming Dynasty. The siege warfare in the Manchurian Unification War was simply not worth mentioning.
Amin suddenly became a little angry and cursed: "Wait until I go into the city and cut Madengyun into pieces."
Huang Taiji ignored Amin and looked at the sky. The days were short in winter and it would get dark here at four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Retreat. Come back and make corrections first. That's it for today." After saying that, he got off Lu's car and went back to the main tent.
The others looked at each other and left. With the fight like this today, morale is already ruined. Fighting harder will only increase casualties. No matter who it is, they will feel afraid when they see the city wall in front of them dyed bright red. Simply withdraw your troops and stop fighting.
Dorgon looked at Azig, shook his head gently, and signaled them not to talk. They have already taken credit for their achievements, so there is no need to add to it.
In the Wuying Hall, Chongzhen and the ministers were still looking at the sand table late at night.
I have to say that the Yang family's sand table is much easier to use than the map. The entire Great Wall is a thousand miles inside and outside, and the terrain, water flows, deserts, walls, swamps, mountains, valleys, roads, cities, villages and towns are all clearly visible.
"According to the latest battle report, Chifeng City has been besieged for five days. Can Ma Dengyun hold it?" Chongzhen felt a little unsure. He looked at the ministers.
"Your Majesty, at present, the decision of the Ministry of War is correct. Now the army of more than 200,000 slaves is pinned down on the snow outside Chifeng City. It is winter now, the climate there is very cold, and many people and animals are freezing to death. No Keeping the house warm is not pleasant in the wilderness, so it is a good way to tire them out."
Li Banghua looked around and saw everyone nodding, and continued: "Looking at the battle report now, although Ma Dengyun suffered heavy casualties, he had repelled dozens of attacks by Jiannu. The most dangerous part of defending the city is the first ten days. If the first ten days If Tian can persist, the offensive and defensive battles can be protracted. In such severe cold weather, the Jiannu troops will be severely reduced and they will definitely retreat."
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