Li Bingcheng looked at the army of slaves under the city and was thinking about whether to run away. He was just waiting to make a decision.
A General Manager Qian who was in charge of patrolling the city hurriedly came to report:
"General, we are surrounded, surrounded by Jian slaves on all sides!"
This was desperate news for Li Bingcheng and the Ming army defending the city. The frontal defense was already in danger.
Li Bingcheng was thinking about how to escape, but now he was surrounded? There is nowhere to run.
"Quick, get them all on top of me and stop the slaves!"
With no other choice, he could only hold on and hope that reinforcements from Liaoyang would arrive in time.
And the Jian Nu who were attacking the city below shouted one by one:
"Attack the city and kill all the Ming dogs!"
In order to break through the city as soon as possible, after the ladder was set up, Bagala, who was a slave, was the first to bear the brunt and jumped up. The Han military camp and Baoyi Aha were only given to them to step on!
The armored soldiers of Jiannu followed closely behind. In order to capture Fengji Fort, Huang Taiji spent a lot of money this time. Banners attacking the city were very rare in the history of Jianzhou wars.
"put!"
The Ming army on the top of the city also quickly aimed their muskets at Jiannu who was climbing up the ladder. Although the distance was very close, it was extremely difficult to break through their three layers of heavy armor.
What's more, these bagalas were armed with shields. Seeing that Jiannu was about to climb up, Li Bingcheng said loudly:
"Hurry up and use the heavy match rope!"
The heavy match rope is a magic weapon for dealing with heavy armor. If it hits the body with one shot, it will be injured even if it is not dead.
The Ming army quickly brought up the heavy match rope, placed it directly on the city wall and started firing from a high position.
Bang!
The heavy match rope is very powerful, and its sound is also quite loud. After a shot is fired, smoke billows from the muzzle.
But its shortcoming is really too big, that is, loading gunpowder is very troublesome. Unless you have enough heavy match ropes, it is impossible to rotate like other muskets!
If you want to defend the city, you definitely can't rely on heavy match ropes alone, and field combat and close combat are no match for Jiannu. It seems that the only way to do it is through Jiannu's ladder.
Without a ladder to climb, no matter how many people you have, what will happen if you can't reach the city?
Li Bingcheng quickly ordered his servants:
"Hurry up and bring all the kerosene up and pour it on the ladder!"
The first wave of Jiannu's attacks was repelled, but the other Jiannu would not give the Ming army a chance to breathe. One after another, they started climbing with shields.
This time, Jiannu learned to be smart. They will compete with you on speed. They know the shortcomings of heavy match ropes, and the Ming army's heavy match ropes are still being loaded with gunpowder.
"Quick, quick, get them all on me!"
But it was too late. As soon as a Ming army stepped forward, he was chopped to the ground by a white-armored soldier. The white-armored soldier jumped into the city.
The white-armored soldiers are all the elites of the slaves who fought in hundreds of battles. Each one of them followed the old slaves step by step and fought their way out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
There were holes in the city defense, and more and more Jiannu rushed up, and they hacked at the Ming army.
Although the Ming army was large in number, it was impossible to deploy on such a narrow tower. On the contrary, these elite slave slaves were brave and good at fighting, and the Ming army did not dare to fight against them.
More and more Jian slaves climbed up the city, and the Ming army began to become confused.
"Don't make a mess, don't make a mess. The pikemen and musketeers retreat quickly. The others will follow my general to kill the slaves!"
After Li Bingcheng finished speaking, he took the lead with his servants and fought with Jian Nu.
The white-armored soldiers of Jiannu rushed left and right among them, and they were about to open a gap. Li Bingcheng quickly asked his servants to block the gap. However, although these servants were not weak, they were still invincible against the white-armored soldiers.
"Can't hold it anymore, can't hold it anymore!"
"Run quickly, the city is broken!"
Some Ming soldiers had begun to collapse. They dropped their weapons and hid behind.
One person can sweep away ten, or ten can sweep away a hundred. As long as one person starts to flee, an army will quickly collapse!
This is especially true for the Ming army at this time. In this era of competition, the competition is not about who can fight or who is stronger, but who has the stronger psychological endurance and persists until the end.
After Li Bingcheng killed two defeated soldiers, he clenched his sword and roared:
"Anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"
But how could they care so much at this time? No one cared about him at all, and they all rushed towards the steps.
These people were frightened by Jiannu's formation. They could still fight in the city before, but now they saw that Jiannu was about to break the city, and their psychological defenses collapsed immediately.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Bingcheng could only run away with some of his servants. Jiannu quickly occupied the north of the city. After opening the city gate, Huang Taiji ordered Yue Tuo to lead the way into the city.
"General, if we run away like this, how can Taitai spare us?"
Li Bingcheng was shocked. Yes, if he lost such a key town, even if he escaped, the court would certainly punish him.
What's more, there are slave soldiers outside the city, so they may not be able to escape.
"But now that the morale of the army is shattered and the soldiers are fleeing in all directions, what should we do?"
These servants look at each other and see if there is any good solution, but they are not willing to give up just now, and they can still keep it.
"General, the slave-building army has entered the city!"
Li Bingcheng did not hesitate, and galloped away with more than a hundred people. Whether he was punished or not, let's rush out first.
Li Bingcheng gathered his defeated troops and headed south of the city. When he left the city, he gathered more than two thousand people again.
More than 3,000 Jianzhou soldiers outside the city had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the Ming army coming out, they quickly stepped forward to fight!
Li Bingcheng did not dare to entangle and quickly turned around and headed in the other direction, but Jiannu was hot in pursuit. The Ming army without horses was quickly overtaken.
They didn't have the courage to resist at this time and just ran forward. How could they possibly outrun the Jiannu cavalry?
Jiannu pursued them for more than ten miles and beheaded thousands of Ming troops before returning. If Huang Taiji had not given military orders in advance, they might have continued to pursue them.
In this way, Li Bingcheng fled to Liaoyang with the defeated generals with less than 500 cavalry.
In Fengji Fort, the slaves were extremely animalistic and set fire everywhere to search for supplies. Fortunately, the people had already moved away, otherwise it would have been another hell on earth.
After entering the city, Huang Taiji quickly ordered all ministries to count the battle losses. Most of the Han camp and wrapped slaves were killed or injured, more than 5,000 people.
There were more than a thousand casualties among the armored soldiers of the Eight Banners. Some of them were bombarded by the Ming army's artillery, and some were killed by the Ming army during the siege. Bagala's losses were not light, with two hundred killed in the battle. many.
Huang Taiji couldn't help but lament that the siege had indeed suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, he had cannon fodder to attack first, otherwise he might have destroyed the three flags.
But as long as Fengji Fort can be captured, this loss is worth it.
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