In fact, military formations, chariot camps, and cities are essentially the same thing. The meaning of their existence is to support the defense of the army against the enemy.
The city made of rammed earth and bricks is a permanent military formation. It is no different from a square formation composed of a team of armored soldiers. The only difference is that all maneuvers are eliminated and the defense points are full.
So the moment the siege army attacks the city, it means that a corner of the phalanx has been cut open. What awaits the city next will inevitably be expanded advantages and chaotic command, until the entire city defense system is torn to pieces.
From the moment the first Suzhou Battalion soldier climbed onto the city wall, the Gaotai City defenders centered on Yang Jiamo's location and spread like ripples to the surrounding areas. The furthest places where they spread were deserters.
Deserters everywhere.
At the same time that Milayin captured the two city gates inside and outside the Wengcheng on the south wall, the east wall of Gaotai, which was beyond the reach of Yang Jiamo, was the first to change.
Two hundred defenders marched towards the south wall to assist in the defense. Du Xianzhang, one of the two hundred gatekeepers, led several of his close associates to desert the team. He pretended to pass military orders and opened the two east gates without permission, took off his armor and galloped out.
Then there was a commotion in Dongcheng, and the reinforcements from Dongcheng who realized it later turned around one after another. Some took off their armor like Mr. Bai, and some simply ran out of the city wearing their armor.
What's more, they rushed to the stables in the east of the city, grabbed more than ten horses by one person, and fled the road.
Groups of deserters soon caused chaos among the defenders. In fact, many people did not really want to escape, but the long-term pressure of Gaotai City being besieged had already brought their spirits to the edge of collapse.
At this time, most people were just following the crowd. Everyone knew that there was a gap deliberately left outside the east gate by Wai San Que. They also knew that their hometown of Ganzhou City had surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion.
The world is so big that they have no way to escape.
But it seems that from the moment the marshal's army ascended to the city, there were dangerous wastelands outside Gaotai City, which were safer than inside the city.
Then the north gate was also declared open to the city. The city was opened from the inside by the people of Gaotai. They were the biggest losers in this war.
There were no civilians in Gaotai City itself. It was an acropolis that guarded thousands of households. However, after Yang Jiamo ordered the walls to be fortified and the fields cleared, there were hundreds of dissatisfied civilians in the city.
They were all common people living in Gaotai Chengguan, which was the closest to the city. They immediately responded to the commander-in-chief's order during the Jianbi Clearing Execution, burned and demolished their own courtyards, and transported wood and stone rations into the city.
These people were treated very well during the process of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. The sergeants were not rude when they were not in a hurry at the beginning. They used reason to move their emotions, and people were willing to obey.
To the people living near Gaotai, rebels are rebels, because their Ming Dynasty is not just the lofty emperor and powerful officials in the Forbidden City, but a ten-mile radius of Gaotai City Gate.
It is the land where every plant and tree, the neighbors, the soldiers and traders, the land where our ancestors have lived, grown old, sick and died for generations, their Ming Dynasty is here.
They are not happy if anyone wants to capture this place for any high-sounding reason.
But after being besieged in the city for a month, the rations they carried were exhausted, and the imperial reinforcements were far away. News of the fall of Ganzhou came one after another. The people hiding in the city could not bear the increasingly worse pressure of the war, and they could not accept fighting with the defenders. The ending of living and dying together.
This pressure finally reached its peak when the Suzhou Battalion attacked the city and the Dongcheng defenders opened the city to escape without permission. In the extremely chaotic situation in the city, hundreds of Gaotai people, together with the defenders who had lost their will to persevere, rushed through the north gate and walked along the Fleeing eastward on the south bank of the Black River.
They did not dare to run to the other side of the river. The eight hundred Chahar cavalry of Qututaiji were stationed on the other side. The defenders leaving the city in the west of the city were fighting with the Heshuote Mongolian soldiers of Mo Yujing. Only the east side was seemingly undefended. That's the way to survive.
Of course, even ordinary people, most people know that the east side is also a dead end, but there is a way... In order to defend the city, all the buildings that can be demolished in Gaotai City have been demolished, and there is no way to carry out street fighting with crooked doors, ramps, and roundabout ways. condition.
Once the city wall is occupied by the marshal's army, it basically means that the defense of the city has failed.
Yang Jiamo, who was stationed inside the south gate and commanded the city defense, was not aware of the problem at first. He wholeheartedly assigned soldiers to try to drive away the Suzhou camp and regain control of the city wall.
It wasn't until Hu Zhishen's soldiers swaggered into the city from the south gate, pushing two fire chariots and igniting the rockets fired wildly at the defenders, that Yang Jiamo realized that the south gate could no longer be defended.
It was at this time that he learned from Deputy Commander Ding, who had luckily escaped being stabbed by the tip of a knife, that Wang Xingshan, who had gone into battle wounded inside the south gate, had actually been captured alive!
What really broke down Yang Jiamo's psychological defense was the clatter of horse hooves on South Street.
The horses without even saddles were galloping down the long street filled with ruins on both sides. Farther away, under the Bell and Drum Towers, there were people who didn't even have to wear armor and drove a dozen horses from the west of the city through the cross under the Bell and Drum Towers. Building, run towards the east city.
Before the southern wall of the frontal battle had completely fallen, the defenders on the west and east sides had already collapsed.
In fact, Ding Guodong's troops had not completely captured half of the city wall on the east side of the city gate tower until now. The defenders were very resolute in their defensive will and organized several counterattacks on the Ma Dao Trail.
Although Ding Guodong's troops have formed a strength advantage on the south city wall, the troops ascending the city lack light and heavy firepower. At most, they can only push the defenders off the city wall. As soon as they emerge on the horse path, they will be bombarded by pearl cannons and prisoner-killing cannons. Therefore, they have been reached a stalemate.
But the surrounding environment has changed dramatically with the stalemate between the two.
First, Hu Zhishen led the army into the city. His Suzhou Guards Banner soldiers were neither skilled nor strong, and they were very timid.
The seven or eight hundred people almost imitated the generals. Hu Zhishen did not dare to lead his troops to fight. He hid behind the general, the general hid behind the hundred, and the hundred hid behind the soldiers. The generals did not dare to take the lead, and the soldiers Of course, they will all show that they are cowards who dare not fight in close combat.
Horizontal formations spread out on top of the ruins of the city, holding three-eyed muskets and firing all at a distance of seventy or eighty steps. Even if the bullets hit the defenders, they would only make a sound.
However, even though they did nothing practical, the influx of seven to eight hundred people from the city gate still gave the defenders a sense of despair that the situation was over. Many generals who were originally under Wang Xingshan gave up their defense lines when they could not find Wang Xingshan. People in the Drum Tower were running away, and even those who didn't escape were shrinking towards Yang Jiamo's position.
The one who really dared to fight was Suzhou Battalion Deputy General Fengweizhen. As soon as he learned that Mi Layin had captured the South Gate, he ordered the artillery to fill up with powder, abandoned ammunition, vehicles and livestock, and pushed the lion cannon towards the city. The door bolted.
At the same time, Liu Chengzong of the Chinese Army was also dispatching troops, but he did not order the Huben Battalion to continue to attack the South Gate. The Suzhou Battalion fought well and put enough pressure on the Ming army at the South Gate. At this time, it was necessary Breakthrough is the other defensive direction.
Therefore, he sent General Qian Han Shipan to lead his troops in a circuitous route from the east of the city to the north of the city, and entered through whichever door was open.
As Beetail Needle led his troops into the south gate, the defenders who had shrunk around Yang Jiamo were faced with a disaster. Neither the Mila seal on the south gate nor Ding Guodong on the eastern section of the south wall could quickly break through and carry the enemy. The Ming army's defense line consisted of small cannons, muskets and even kerosene.
The two generals of Milayin led their troops to the city, and they were about to come into contact with Yang Jiamo's defenders at the base of the city wall. The defenders sprayed fire from the oil tank with a fire that was more than ten paces long. When it fell on the ground, it was like a fire. A line of defense that no one can get past.
They Suzhou soldiers are the ones who know the power of kerosene best. Even if their cotton armor is wet, it can only protect against the flames when the siege equipment burns.
But Bee Tail Needle’s soldiers are not afraid. His men are all old fools who split their troops into two groups to assassinate the Imperial Guard Khan. They have seen the big scene of several hundreds of troops charging into the formation of ten thousand troops at night. This can only be regarded as a big deal at best. Small scene.
The five centurions entered the city gate and pushed the lion cannons around like headless chickens, looking for where there were more defenders. To determine the direction, they would bang a few cannons a hundred steps away. It didn't matter what kerosene cabinet or fire tube you used. After knocking down the cannon, the finished artillery cart was pushed to the side and ignored. It charged towards the gap made by the cannon with its spear and sword and shield.
The defenders gathered around Yang Jiamo did not dare to be entangled by these reckless men. Several generals saw that the situation was over and asked Yang Jiamo to break out of the city... The defense line in the south of the city was broken, and the rear of the city in the north was in a mess. Even the grain inspector contacted If not, there is no point in defending the city. This battle cannot be fought.
However, Yang Jiamo refused to break out. He just divided his soldiers into three lines of defense and gathered more than a thousand soldiers to overlap and retreat to the north. He said: "Most of Gansu has been lost. If we can't hold the high platform, I, the chief military officer of Gansu, will have no chance of escaping." What’s the use?”
In fact, all the Ganzhou officers who are still with Yang Jiamo know that this is the truth. The high platform is an isolated city. Suzhou in the west and Ganzhou in the east have both surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion. Even if they break out, they will have nowhere to escape.
But even if death is imminent, it is difficult for many people to have a decisive heart until death is imminent.
Originally, the position could be stabilized by not retreating, but three lines of defense were set up, and more than a thousand people overlapped and retreated. None of the front lines of defense could withstand the attack of the Bee Tail Needle Lion Cannon, and Ding Guodong and Mi Layin could not be defended from the side. They took turns to attack, and even when they retreated to the Bell and Drum Tower, they caught up with Han Shipan and led the Huben Yingqian headquarters to rush in from the east gate.
The defense line collapsed instantly and was penetrated one after another amidst the roar of cannons and shouts.
Unable to escape, Yang Jiamo finally led his troops to retreat to the northwest corner of the high platform. After many collapses and reorganizations, only a hundred or ten of his subordinates were left, forming two horizontal formations with their backs to the corners of the city wall.
The marshal's army slowly pressed forward and surrounded them from the city walls and inside the city. The two sides were separated by a hundred steps, with only a few large ponds in between. Ding Guodong, Mila Yin, Hu Zhishen and Fengweizhen were all at the front of the line, and no one could He did not order an attack, but watched Yang Jiamo reach the end of his rope from a distance.
Bee Tail Needle still has twelve lion cannons filled with powder in his hand. The cannons are lined up beside the pool. He is sure that one salvo will send all Yang Jiamo and his gang to the sky.
Ding Guodong was still full of anger, walking up and down in front of the formation with his knife in hand, glaring at Yang Jiamo from a distance. He had no way to pass because there were pools full of kerosene in the middle of them.
The Huben Battalion controlled the two southeastern city gates. Liu Chengzong then entered the city to clean up the mess left behind after the war. He captured 16 officers above 100, more than a thousand prisoners of surrender, more than 70 light artillery pieces of various types, and oil tank fire tubes. Twenty-two bodies, more than two thousand collars in armor, and more than four hundred war horses, donkeys and mules.
Then the war outside the west gate came to an end. Mo Yujing went to the city in person to report the results of the battle. General Luo Junjie from Ganzhou died in the battle. General Zhao Gui refused to surrender and was killed by an arrow during the breakout. The Mongolian brigade surrendered to the Ganzhou Army. More than a hundred; at the same time, Heshuote Baizong Alai and Obumu were killed, Qianzong Tuba was wounded, and Boduoerji of the general county was injured in three places.
To be honest, Liu Chengzong was confused when he heard the title of County Bo that he had conferred, but fortunately, the fierce name Chopped Chicken was enough to impress him, and he quickly figured out the process of Mo and Jingbu's battle.
Dorji Taiji is the sixth son of the national division Khan. Now he serves as a staff general in the Heshuo Special Battalion of the Tuntian Middle Brigade. His subordinates are almost all the original members of the Heshuo Special Department.
Qianzong Tuba's name does not sound very serious. This is because he is not a Mongolian feudal noble, but a warrior from the Tuba tribe. His identity is Zaisang, the chief steward of Dorji Taiji.
Tuba is the evolution of Dubo in the Tang Dynasty. It originally meant the name of a tribe. Its tribe had established a vassal relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and requested to send Tang officials to set up the Jiankun Dudu Mansion and incorporate it into the territory. It was nomadic in Tangnu Mountain, Altai Mountain and Between the Sayan Mountains, this area was also called Wenlianggai during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
Therefore, the full name is Tubawen Lianggai, which was later Tuva Ulianghai.
When Liu Chengzong arrived at the southwest corner of Gaotai, he ignored Yang Jiamo. He only met Ding Guodong and Milayin. The bravery and fearlessness of these two people during the siege made him attach great importance to them.
As for Hu Zhishen, who did not perform well enough, Liu Chengzong did not criticize him, which was expected.
Hu Zhishen is in this position to ensure the internal stability of the Suzhou Battalion. Ding Guodong Mi Layin can definitely defeat him. If these two people are appointed as generals, he will be the one to defeat the Suzhou Battalion.
Hu Zhishen cannot fight, but his role is to hold back the Ming army. If General Ding Mi fights against the Ming army, he can hold back the troops; when General Ding Mi attacks the Marshal's army, Hu Zhishen can still hold back the troops.
Are there any useless people in this world?
The one who really got criticized was the Bee Tail Needle. Liu Chengzong assigned him forty lion cannons. This guy broke into the city and threw twenty-eight of them. The cannons he threw were everywhere in Gaotai City, making it easy for the Huben camp to find them. There are still two cannons thrown away by him.
As for Yang Jiamo, Liu Chengzong asked his guards to stand by the pool and shouted loudly: "Commander Yang, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. You have few soldiers and few generals to stop me for more than a month. You have been loyal to me. Since you are unable to save your life, why not surrender to me and let Liangzhou go?" Wouldn’t it be a blessing for the world to have fewer people die?”
Yang Jiamo had been standing across the pond for a long time, with the last one hundred or so generals and servants around him. He didn't know what he was thinking. Hearing the shouts of the guards of the Marshal's Mansion, he cupped his hands expressionlessly across the pond, took out a fire stick and blew it. Throw into the pool.
Then flames shot up into the sky, and the sergeants of the Marshal's Army who were near the pool quickly moved out of the way. In the chaos, Liu Chengzong saw a figure resolutely stepped into the fire and sank into the pool.
Liu Chengzong turned back, walked more than ten steps, turned around, and saw a raging heat wave hitting his face. He clapped softly: "He who died well deserves to be considered a husband!"
Good evening!
(End of chapter)
