The dark crowd surged towards the wall of Jingan Fort, and the coated slaves clamored behind the crowd and slashed at the refugees who were left behind with their swords.
The refugees were running toward the ditch in a panic, with sparse arrows falling on their heads. They were thin (the strong ones had been knitted into jackets) and staggered. Many of them fell and were trampled into the soil by countless pairs of feet, never to stand again. Can't get up.
The people who finally rushed to the ditch threw the stones in their hands into the ditch. As soon as some people turned around, they were shot by bows and arrows from the city head. Their bodies rolled down the steep edge of the ditch and almost slipped into the ditch, causing a splash of water. Silently, it became part of the trench filling.
The trench-filling army kept coming back and forth, throwing stones and soil blocks into the trench. Although the Ming army at the top of the city continued to shoot arrows, there were too many people, and the trench that was originally not wide was filled up by the refugees at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Prepare the ladder! Prepare the shield car! Attack the pier!"
After the Battle of Saerhu, when the Jin army attacked such a fort, there was no need to climb the city, prepare ladder shield vehicles, or fill trenches. As long as the warriors circled around the fort, the Ming army inside the fort would Already frightened, he lowered the suspension bridge and surrendered.
Fei Yingwu guessed that the Ming army on the opposite side probably knew what would happen to him after the pier was captured, so he resisted to the death.
Even though the trenches have now been filled in, the Ming army in the fort continues to resist.
Fei Yingwu looked at the two flags fluttering on the pier and vowed that when the pier was captured, all the Ming troops in the fort would be executed in Ling Chi.
"Prepare the wolf fang! Prepare the gray bottle! Prepare the gold soup. The Tatar shield cart is coming!"
The commanders of each battalion shouted loudly on the pier. The archers at the crenellation had suffered all casualties and were completely suppressed by the golden archers from the opposite side.
The few fire gunmen in the fort are hidden behind the crenels. According to the battle plan, they will suddenly appear when the Zhenyi soldiers ascend the city and inflict heavy damage to the Tatars on the ladder.
Hidden behind the pier are two silent Franchise engines, which have been hidden here since the war.
This is the only firepower of Jingan Fort. The Ming army is planning to use it to bombard the dense military formation of Jiannu. The time is not yet ripe, so it has not been exposed.
Li Ketai and Jin Yinghe walked on the pier of Jingan Fort. They looked at Baoyi Aha who was rushing across the ditch, with uneasy expressions on their faces.
The pits dug behind the trench worked. The pack leader who rushed forward was stabbed to death by sharp bamboo sticks, and more people were stabbed by iron caltrops. Their equipment was rudimentary, and many people did not even have shoes. The sharp iron caltrops The insteps of their feet were pierced, and the dark red blood soaked the land of Liaodong.
"There are a large number of slave thieves, and the defense equipment is limited. The garrison master also pulled the artillery to Kaiyuan. I wonder how long we can resist?"
Li Ketai looked at the flood of wrapped Aha below, feeling worried.
This Tieling deputy general volunteered to guard Jingan Fort. Together with Jin Yinghe, he led 3,000 troops and planned to block the Jin army to the south of Kaiyuan, buying time for the main force of the Ming army to reinforce Kaiyuan city defense.
For the first time, Jin Yinghe realized that he might die in the Ming Dynasty and never be able to return to Seoul.
He knew that Xiang Lanqi came for revenge this time, with a fierce momentum. The Zhenyi armor had not yet been dispatched, but the wrapped Aha in front of him gave people a suffocating sense of oppression.
"General Li, when I was in Shenyang, I heard your name mentioned by the garrison master. After guarding Tieling for ten years, the Mongolian slaves did not dare to lock the pass. Even the master of economics praised the general for his extraordinary bravery and commendable loyalty. He is a rare person. The generals I met, this time with the help of the generals, the slaves and thieves will definitely be frightened!"
Li Ketai smiled slightly. The North Korean in front of him was obviously too optimistic.
"If you can kill as many Jiannu as you can, that's good. If you can defend it, then defend it. If you can't, then that's all!"
Jin Yinghe raised his head and looked at the Liao Town deputy general in surprise. If Jingan Fort was lost, Kaiyuan would have to face Jiannu.
As Baoyi Aha began to push the shield cart to attack the pier, groups of strong men from Liao Town also climbed onto the city wall.
They set up large pots on the piers, with sewage and feces mixed in the pots. Firewood burned brightly under the pots, and soon pots of golden juice were boiled.
Jin Yinghe held his nose and walked across the pier. The complete strategy of the Celestial Empire to defend the city was an eye-opener for him today.
At this time, all the Ming army archers on the archery tower had suffered casualties, and the coated soldiers who had lost their suppression quickly advanced to the bottom of the city wall.
Bao Yi, who was full of fighting spirit, was armed with heavy knives and spears, and followed the collision and separation vehicles. While avoiding the stones thrown down from the pier, he fired back with bows and arrows.
Dozens of ladders were set up on the city wall, and the brave men in the suit climbed up to the pier with a sword in their teeth.
The packer below the ladder shouted loudly and struck the shield with his sword, making a neat and powerful sound.
Fei Yingwu looked at Baoyi Aha, who was about to attack the city, with a proud look on his face. He turned around and said to a Baya:
"I have already said that to deal with Liu Zhaosun, a blue flag is enough. The Great Khan insisted on asking the other four flags to come and mix it up, so that the warriors should stop shooting arrows. When Bao Yi climbs to the top of the city, rush in and capture Liu Zhaosun alive!"
If Liu Zhaosun can be caught this time, he must be skinned.
"Heshuo Baylor, look!!"
Just as Ba Yala was about to open his mouth to echo, he suddenly heard a shrill howl coming from the front.
I saw a piece of golden stuff suddenly splashed down from the pier of the Ming Army, reflecting dazzling light in the sun.
The coated Aha who was climbing the city wall was splashed and immediately let out a miserable howl that was not like a human voice. Many of them did not carry shields. At this moment, their whole bodies were smoldering, and they rolled and fell from the ladder.
The gunman hidden behind the crenel raised his gun and shot at the mess of wrappings. With the crackling sound of the gun, the pier was quickly shrouded in smoke.
The golden soldiers from the opposite side fired some light arrows that were not accurate, many of which hit Baoyi Aha.
"Tell Master, don't shoot arrows! Our people are still on the ladder!"
Cao Zhongqing was so lucky that he did not participate in the first wave of siege. Instead, he stood under the ladder and shouted for support. When the Ming army's gold juice was poured down, he ducked in time. When the Ming army's gunfire sounded, he had already hid behind the trench.
Of course, the masters would not give up the great opportunity to kill the Ming army gunners because of the lives of a few wrapped Aha.
Cao Zhongqing's response was a denser wave of arrow rain.
When the smoke dissipated, the surviving wrapping slaves had no time to rejoice. Barrels of tung oil poured down from the pier. The wrappings below had nowhere to hide, and their heads and bodies were covered with tung oil.
Fei Yingwu and Nabar Yala looked at each other. The two Jurchens' faces were ashen. When the Great Khan attacked Qinghe, he did not see such tenacious resistance from the Ming army.
The torches were thrown down from the crenels, and the city suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The coated slaves were like rats that broke into the fire, scurrying around. Many people were wrapped in flames, and the money rat tails on the back of their heads were spitting out tongues of fire. They looked quite scary. .
Some panicked Baoyi Aha, in desperation, turned around and rushed towards the Zhenyi armored soldiers who were supervising the battle behind the trench. They were immediately killed by their masters with heavy swords and spears.
Fei Yingwu gritted his teeth. In the fire attack just now, Baoyi had suffered at least more than a hundred casualties. Even the siege ladders and shield vehicles were burned by the Ming army. All the surrounding trees that could be cut down were cut down by the Ming army. He wanted to I don’t know how long it will take to organize such an attack again.
The surviving Baoyi were frightened by the hellish scene in front of them and fled back like crazy. Most of them were shot dead by their masters before they could escape.
Cao Zhongqing crossed the burning shield chariot, looked angrily at the Ming army on the pier, and shouted loudly:
"Master, fire your arrows! Shoot these smart dogs to death!"
A moment later, the arrow rain once again covered the Ming Army's pier. After three rounds of arrow rain, almost all the Ming Army gunners on the pier were shot to death. Some people had more than a dozen arrow feathers inserted into their bodies and were pinned to the crenellations.
Under the urging of Erbeile Amin, the Fran machine gun finally arrived.
Cao Zhongqing and more than a hundred surviving soldiers pushed twelve French cannons and slowly advanced towards Jingan Fort.
Baoyi kept moving the corpses in front of him to clear the way for the artillery to move forward.
"I'll fire the cannon later and kill you Southern Barbarians!"
Looking forward from Cao Zhongqing's position, one can see the remaining Ming army gunmen on the pier loading fire cannons, and some strong men of the Liao people who were injured by arrows are crawling on the ground, and their screams can be vaguely heard.
Cao Zhongqing didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said viciously to the Liao people at the top of the city:
"If you eat everything inside and out, if you don't help fight the Southern Barbarians, and if you make an enemy of Dajin, I will kill you later!"
After Cao Zhongqing finished speaking, he turned around and shouted at the Bao Yi who was pushing the cannon around him:
"You lazy dogs, hurry up! If you delay the master's important work, I will chop you up!"
The men in charge raised their heads and glared at Cao Zhongqing. One of them, a stocky one, simply moved his hand away from the artillery cart, walked up to Cao Zhongqing, and looked at him, his face trembling slightly.
"What? I made a mistake?"
Cao Zhongqing suddenly pulled out his sword, waiting for the bagman to take another step forward, and he would kill him.
At this time, a horse soldier with a blue flag came up from the rear. He was originally a Tang horse and wanted to convey the military information to his master. Seeing that the two soldiers were not working well, he came over and hit Cao Zhongqing hard on the face with his whip. superior:
"You dog slave, if you dare to be lazy again, I will chop you up and feed you to the dogs!"
Cao Zhongqing was suddenly whipped by his master, and felt quite aggrieved. He just hugged his face and smiled in apology.
At this moment, a French cannon in front was already in position, crossed the trench, and came to a position less than 300 steps away from the pier.
A group of Houjin artillerymen composed of surrendered gunners from the Ming army hurried from the rear, gesticulated in front of the French cannon, and finally the gunner lit the fuse.
There was a loud bang, and the pier seemed to have been hit by a giant, shaking visible to the naked eye. The surviving Ming troops on the pier's archery tower fell like fallen leaves.
Then, several other Franchise guns also sounded one after another. The wooden archery tower was crackled by cannonballs, and sawdust flew everywhere. Those Ming soldiers who were not dead for a while were hit by the flying sawdust. Their whole bodies were like hedgehogs, struggling and twisting painfully on the ground. move.
Several recalcitrant Ming soldiers finally suffered a nervous breakdown. They threw away their muskets and bows and arrows, jumped directly from the archery tower, broke their legs, and wailed on the ground.
The coated soldiers in the front row lifted up the unburnt ladders from the ground and put them directly on the arrow tower as if they were on fire. They climbed up in two or three steps. They brandished heavy swords and spears, walked among the bricks and rubble, and moved Those Ming soldiers who were not dead were all hacked to death.
A team of coats climbed down from the city wall and lowered the drawbridge from the inside.
Fei Yingwu looked at the blue-inlaid flag rising on the pier, raised his whip and pointed it to the northwest, and ordered the six thousand Zhenyi soldiers behind him:
"Enter the city! The Great Khan has ordered that no chickens or dogs be left behind!"
