"Tianconghan, what should we do now?"
"Tianconghan, what should I do?"
Looking at the bridge piers that were quickly formed, the nonchalant Hoshina panicked.
Turubaihu Khan's forehead was already sweating, and he asked hurriedly.
Looking at the expressions of the two people, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy, but he was cursing in his heart.
Do I know what to do? The bridge piers were three feet in diameter and were fixed with iron rods and large nets. The stone bullets from the Hongyi cannon and trebuchets were of no use, and there were only three of them. How could he break it?
It's not that there are no solutions, such as sending people who are familiar with the properties of water to cut large nets and deploy sandbags, but the Ming army is not a fool, and they will die as many as they keep.
There are also the Ming army's underwater mines, underwater dragon king cannons, mixed river dragons, fire dragons out of water and other mines. These firearms are top secrets in the Ming army. If they existed, it would not be that firearms had not developed over the years.
Besides, they are a semi-nomadic people and they don’t even have a navy. What do they need these mines for?
After a moment of pause, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the bridge piers cannot be destroyed at present. There are only two ways to prevent them from crossing the river.
One is to prevent them from continuing to build bridge piers, and the other is to prevent them from building bridges.
At present, we first stop them from building bridge piers. If we can't stop them anymore, then we can only stop them from crossing the river. This is meaningless to you, right? "
"Tian Conghan, now that we've reached this point, don't ask us anymore, just give us the order!"
“So best!”
Listening to Yagyu Munenomi's words, Huang Taiji was shocked: "First, concentrate the trebuchets on the opponent's ships. Without the ships, they will not be able to continue building the bridge piers.
Second, they concentrated their arms with large barrels and attacked the Ming army's sergeants building bridge piers by the river. They lined up in three or five rows and took turns to attack without interruption, so that their sergeants could not take the lead.
Use the carriage to block the front to prevent the opponent from counterattacking with the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Third, if a ship is released upstream and hits their bridge pier or ship, what if it collapses? "
"Can!"
"feasible!"
"This is the best way to deal with it!"
Huang Taiji's strategy was unanimously agreed by the top leaders of the three parties. Groups of soldiers and horses moved into action, and the shore was densely covered with sergeants.
Stone bullets fell from the sky one after another, causing splashes of water or pieces of wood to explode.
Tongues of flames shot out from the shore, and the lead pieces made a whooshing sound in the air, covering the sergeants who were building the bridge piers.
Such intensive attacks were naturally seen by Chongzhen and Yuan Keli on the high platform in the distance.
Chongzhen put down the teacup and said calmly: "Yuan Aiqing, Jiannu's reaction is as you expected!"
"There are just a few methods. Do you really think that if you use the carriage to defend against our fire guns and tiger cannons in the Battle of Ningyuan, you think there is nothing we can do? How naive!"
Yuan Keli looked calm: "Send the order to attack with a ballistae, and transfer three hundred guns from the Tiger Crouching Artillery Battalion to wait on the shore, ready to attack at any time!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Your Majesty, Hauge and others are here!"
As soon as Yuan Keli gave the order, Li Ruolian stepped forward and reported in a low voice.
"Bring it up!"
Li Ruolian waved his hand towards the back, and more than ten people were escorted up, then kicked to the ground.
More than a dozen people were covered with bruises and were tortured all the way from Xinmin City.
Chongzhen looked at everyone, and then looked at the two people in the middle: "Hauge, last time I asked you to run away at Longjing Pass, how will you run this time?"
"Did you feel desperate when you were defending the city yesterday?"
"But do you think that is where my Ming Dynasty's confidence lies?"
"You're wrong. That's just a drop in the bucket of our preparations. It's a pity that you can't see it!"
Having said this, Chongzhen looked at Yuan Keli: "Yuan Aiqing, do you know the consequences of making your enemies feel the same hatred and then making them extremely frightened?"
"Your Majesty means to 'give' Hauge and others to Huang Taiji?"
"Yes, everyone says that Huang Taiji is a hero. Today I want to see if he is really a hero!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Yuan Keli immediately understood the meaning of the emperor's words and gave a few instructions to Cao Wenzhao.
A dozen people were dragged down, and a quarter of an hour later they were tied up and put on the boat, and rowed towards the river.
After the self-carrying formation and the large-armed barrel formation were set up by the river, the Ming army retreated. They thought the Ming army was thinking of countermeasures, but they didn't expect that they dared to send ships out to die.
"preparation……"
"Wait a moment!"
"Don't do it, don't do it!"
Suddenly there was a roar from the generals watching by the river. Everyone was startled by the roar and turned around to glare at Bao Chengxian who made the noise.
Bao Chengxian's face was full of panic. He pointed to the warship that had arrived in the middle of the river and said hurriedly: "Khan, there seems to be Hauge, Sahalian and others on that boat!"
"Yes, that's right, it's them!"
"The one next to him is the real Qi Buchenjing with a yellow flag and a large forehead. I know him!"
"Is the person at the stern of the boat Qixinlang Ma Mingpei?"
"Why are they here? Has Xinmin City been captured? How is this possible?"
…
As if fearing that the senior officials of Jiannu would not be able to recognize them, the Ming Army sergeants on the ship threw Hauge and others into the water. The dying people were awakened by the cold water and struggled.
But they were so tied up that they could only sink to the bottom, push hard on the bottom of the river, and then rush out of the water. After taking two breaths, they sank to the bottom again...
Repeatedly, after sinking to the bottom seven or eight times, the dirt on his face was finally washed away. This time, Jiannu's senior officials could see it more clearly.
Hauge and the others were so choked by the cold water that they sobered up a lot. They turned to look behind them, and then at Sergeant Dajin who was waiting for them on the opposite side. They instantly understood the purpose of the Ming army.
He began to struggle desperately, but in exchange he was thrown into the water again and soaked.
Huang Taiji and others' faces were gloomy, with fear and doubt in their eyes.
It is more than two hundred miles to get here from Xinmin City, which is still in Liaoze. Even if we travel day and night, it will take at least a day and a half.
They have received news that Sun Chuanting arrived at Xinmin City at noon yesterday. If calculated based on the distance, Xinmin City was captured in only two hours?
How did the Ming army do it?
Is there some secret weapon?
Or is it that someone rebelled and cooperated with others to open the city gate?
If it's the latter, that's fine. If it's the former, then this battle will be troublesome.
While everyone was thinking, Bao Chengxian shouted again: "Great Khan, the Ming army has started building bridge piers again!"
Sure enough, the Ming army began to build the bridge pier again, but Hauge and others were blocking the bridge pier. If they used fire blunderbuss and hug-type barrels to attack, Hauge and others would be dead.
But if they don't attack, they can't stop the Ming army from continuing to build bridge piers.
This is a dilemma.
The faces of the top leaders of Jiannu were gloomy, and the faces of Fuso's Hoshina Masayuki and the Mongolian tribesmen's Tulubaihu Khan were also extremely ugly, all waiting for Huang Taiji's decision.
