"Uncle, if you come half an hour later, you will have to collect the body for me!"
In the open space dozens of feet away behind the city wall, Cao Bianjiao and the soldiers from the Yulei Camp, White Pole Soldiers, Warrior Camp, and Shanhaiguan Guarding the City Wall were stuffing horse meat and dry food into their mouths, and drinking... wine. .
The sergeants had streams of water flowing down their armor and clothes.
Chifeng is extremely rough.
"It's like this, you kid can't even keep your mouth shut!"
Seeing Cao Bianjiao gobbling up the food, Cao Wenzhao felt a trace of distress in his eyes and said angrily.
Then he said with full praise: "You are a man, you have not disgraced my Cao family!"
With their small number of people and the thin walls of Longjing Pass, it would be very difficult to hold off the elite Jiannu forces for three or four hours.
If they had arrived half an hour later, Jiannu would have probably broken through the blockade.
Six hundred Yulei Battalion sergeants also entered the battle, but they were all culled sporadically into the city to build slave sergeants. The pressure was minimal, and more than a hundred people were lost.
Only about a thousand of the three thousand soldiers with white poles were left at this moment. Most of the white pole spears in their hands were broken, and everyone was almost injured.
Sun Jian led the 5,000 Shanhaiguan reinforcements with less than 2,000 people intact. At this moment, except for the gap of more than ten feet that was destroyed by Jian Nu, the crenellations of other city walls have basically collapsed.
The city wall is also full of cracks and is crumbling. It is estimated that it will not be able to withstand several attacks.
The long knives in the hands of the sergeants had been chopped to the point of losing their blades, and more were directly broken. They were fighting Jian Nu hand-to-hand with three-eyed fire blunderbuss.
There are more than 2,000 warrior battalions, currently the best. The sophisticated equipment, the quality of the sergeants, and the characteristics of cavalry attacks have allowed the warrior battalion to suffer less than 500 casualties.
Although the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, the casualties among the Jiannu slaves were even greater.
What's even more fortunate is that Longjing Pass is still in the hands of the Ming army.
"Bianjiao, tell me the specific situation of establishing slaves!"
"Uncle, according to the confessions of several senior Jiannu generals we captured, there were 65,000 Jiannu people entering the prison this time. Except for a few castles we recovered, the rest were occupied by Jiannu..."
Cao Bianjiao took a sip of wine and quickly reported the information he had.
After listening to the report, Cao Wenzhao frowned, and after a moment he said in a deep voice: "I just took a look. Although there are many dead outside the city, 80% of them are surrendered Ming troops. The death of the elite of Jiannu may be less than five." Thousands of people,
Calculating this, there should be about 35 to 40,000 Jiannu at this moment. Holding on until noon...it's a bit difficult! "
After Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, he looked at the crumbling city wall, his tone full of worry.
No matter how arrogant he is, no matter how confident he is in Tengxiang's left guard, he is facing 40,000 Jiannu cavalry. With less than 40,000 Ming infantry facing 40,000 cavalry, the result is obvious.
Once the city wall collapses, the consequences will be disastrous.
boom……
As if to confirm Cao Wenzhao's worries, a rumble came from the city wall. Everyone followed the sound and saw that the city wall was filled with dust.
A section of the city wall about four to five feet collapsed completely, and the cavalry charging outside the city could be vaguely seen.
"Bianjiao, you guys need to rest for two hours and wait for military orders at any time!"
After Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, he rushed towards the city wall.
The city wall is only that long, and there are 30,000 reinforcements, but there is no place for them to stand, so they might as well rest.
Looking at Cao Wenzhao leaving, Cao Bianjiao looked at the soldiers who stood up and said loudly: "We have nothing to do for a while, so hurry up and eat. After eating, go to bed. There will be a big battle in a while!"
After talking and stuffing a few more pieces of meat, he fell to the ground and went to sleep. After a while, the whole temporary resting place was filled with snoring, which was in sharp contrast to the sound of fighting outside the city.
At the city wall, Cao Wenzhao and Hou Shilu led their soldiers to attack with bows and arrows on the city wall, but the Jiannu cavalry was using the speed advantage of the cavalry to consume military supplies.
Defending the city was the easiest moment for the 30,000 Ming army, but slowly, this advantage was reduced.
A quarter of an hour later, a section of the city wall that was four to five feet collapsed.
Half an hour later, another section of the city wall collapsed.
…
Two hours later, most of the city wall had collapsed, and the battle to defend the city turned into a close-quarters battle.
Every breath, soldiers on both sides died.
"Go to the mountain pass and transfer the Crouching Tiger Artillery from Mang Gurtai. Attack by surprise and force the Ming army out."
Looking at the stalemate situation, Huang Taiji calmly issued a military order.
In just half an hour, fifty squatting tiger cannons that had been filled with ammunition were mixed with the cavalry and delivered within a few feet of the city wall.
Before the Ming army could escape, the lead from the Tiger Crouching Cannon sprayed out and enveloped the Ming army.
In just one salvo, more than a thousand soldiers were injured.
"Damn it!"
Cao Wenzhao shouted angrily: "Rush out and destroy the Crouching Tiger Cannon."
Looking at Jiannu who was still loading ammunition, the two Qianhu of Tengxiang's left guard rushed out of the gap with their subordinates.
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, waved his hand, and thousands of sergeants behind him rushed towards the location of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
This is what Jiannu wants. They are not afraid of you leaving the city, but they are afraid that you will not leave the city.
Cao Wenzhao and Hou Shilu naturally knew what Jian Nu was thinking, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Without destroying the Crouching Tiger Cannon, if Jiannu carried the Crouching Tiger Cannon forward, the Ming army would be unable to stop it, and Jiannu could easily enter the city.
Seeing his own soldiers being killed, even though Cao Wenzhao knew the emperor's intention, he still couldn't help but greet the emperor in his heart at this moment.
He even scolded Jingying to death.
At this moment in Beijing, letters of information were sent to Dong Nuan Pavilion.
On July 19, the warrior camp used fire to destroy 5,000 elites led by Dorgon, and Dorgon was captured;
On the same day, the Warrior Battalion and the White Pole Soldiers captured Hanerzhuang City, and Fan Wencheng was captured;
On July 20, Sun Zushou and Zhao Guangrui, deputy commander of the Santun Camp, used horse-repelling stake formations and firearms to kill nearly 5,000 enemy slaves, and Amin was captured;
On July 20, Chahar's 40,000-strong army raided Zhangjiakou and Datong Pingyuan Fort;
…
At Xu time on July 20th, Jiannu crossed the Luanhe River and began to attack Longjing Pass;
…
Letters of information were piled up on the Long Case, and Chongzhen also held a piece of information that had just been sent by Li Ruolian.
Looking at the contents of the information, Chongzhen smiled.
According to intelligence, the Beijing Camp led by Zhang Zhiji and the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army led by Sun Chuanting will arrive one hour ahead of schedule.
The Jiannu army has been besieged between Luanhe River and Longjing Pass.
Sun Chengzong also saw the information, with a smile on his lips: "Your Majesty, the heavenly furnace is complete, and the Jiannu coalition forces cannot escape this time!"
"You can definitely run, it's just a matter of how much!"
Chongzhen was very sober. There were so many mountains around him, he abandoned his horse on the mountain, and it was almost impossible to find someone in the vast forest.
After thinking for a while, Chongzhen looked at Li Ruolian and said, "Inform all officials of the seventh rank and above in Beijing and Gongsheng students of the Imperial Academy, as well as wealthy business owners and legitimate sons whose family assets exceed one hundred thousand taels of silver,
Let them gather in front of Guangqu Gate, and collect carriages in the city, waiting for my order! "
"Inform Teng Xiang's right guard to wait outside Guangqu Gate!"
