Luo Feng, the commander of Datong, stood on the city wall and looked at the mighty Tatar cavalry in the distance with a solemn face.
"Bang the drum!" Luo Feng said solemnly. When the sergeant heard the order, the war drums thundered! Groups of sergeants climbed up the city wall, and the eight divine machine cannons extended out from the crenels, revealing the black barrels.
Sixty squatting tiger cannons were also brought over by the sergeant. Gunpowder bombs were allocated from the gunpowder magazine and boxes were moved to the city wall.
Instructor Huang Huaiji looked at the uneasy craftsmen beside him and grinned, showing some yellowed teeth: "We are afraid of birds. We have suffered a lot for this city. Damn it, it's hard to lay concrete slabs in the winter. Fortunately, the imperial court could think of it! Now that the city is built and the divine machine guns have been mounted on the city wall, are you still worried about their Tatar cavalry?" Craftsman Shen Ye looked at his calloused hands with bitterness.
Many craftsmen suffered a lot for this city. Building a concrete slab in the winter is a real hassle.
This is the Hetao. The winter is very cold, so it is not suitable for construction at all. This concrete pouring slab is picky about the temperature. The temperature is too low, and the water inside freezes. It is strange that it can be completed.
But the court said that the Hetao was crucial. If they occupied the Hetao, the Tatars would have no choice but to flee and look for other places with abundant water and grass.
Everyone understands these principles, but they cannot solve the problem of low-temperature freezing. In order to solve the problem of low-temperature construction, the craftsmen thought of countless ways, and finally resorted to
"Greenhouse" solution. Build sheds one by one, then use the stove to heat up and maintain the indoor temperature, then pour and shape them, and pull them out for direct use.
Fortunately, there are coal mines in the Hetao and it is easy to mine, which provides convenience. However, in order to ensure that the furnace does not go out and the temperature does not drop suddenly and affect the quality of the concrete slab, a dedicated person needs to be arranged to take care of the furnace day and night.
A winter and a spring passed. Relying on this inefficient method, the craftsmen built a large number of concrete slabs, and then simply assembled them to form a wall, and then filled in and built... In fact, this city was originally built. It was only half a month ago that it had a large scale and could carry people and cannons.
If the Tatars had come earlier, the Ming Dynasty would probably have had a battle with the Tatars in the wild. Xue Lu of Datong would not have given up on the city in the wild, and the Tatars would not have sat back and watched the Ming army build a complete city.
However, the Tatars migrated and brought countless flocks with them. The flocks slowed down the march, so that the Ming army repaired the city, transported the firearms, and stationed the army. Only then did Benya Shili and Arutai wander to the Hetao.
Looking at the city that suddenly appeared on the grassland, Arutai was in a daze. When he left here in early autumn last year, there was no city. There were no stones within a hundred miles nearby. The soil here was not suitable for building a city. Damn it. , how did the Ming army build the city?
"There are sergeants in the city. The number may not be less than a guard, or even more, and there are many firearms." Ha'er only reported after some reconnaissance.
Arutai gritted his teeth, firearms, this thing is a headache, the scene outside Weilu City is still vivid in his mind, is it going to happen again?
"Siege this city and let them starve to death!" Arutai ordered. Attacking is not a good option, being trapped is.
After all, this is an isolated city of the Ming army, deep within the Hetao. People in the city always need to eat, and logistics rely on transportation within the pass.
By trapping the city and focusing on the Ming army's logistics, the Tatars can be supplemented and the defenders in the city can be trapped.
At that time, the Tatars can easily enter the city and establish a foothold here. Benyasili agreed with Arutai's deployment and arranged for soldiers to besiege the city, a distance of one and a half miles outside the city.
Luo Feng on the city looked at the Tatar army camped outside the city, and looked at Qianhu Zhoutong aside: "Benya Shili, Arutai don't know how far our divine machine cannon can hit?" Zhou Tong He raised his right hand, followed his thumb to look at the Tatar army outside the city, and said with a grin: "They are giving us military merit. Damn, they finally have a chance to make a contribution!" Cang Lang - another Qianhu Yan Yin pulled out his sword, rubbed it on the crenel, and asked for an order: "Commander, give me the next order, let us lead the cavalry to charge them once. They are camping now, and their footing is unstable. We will definitely overwhelm them!" Luo Feng looked busy setting up camp, paying no attention to the Tatar tribe of the Ming army in the city. There was murderous intent in his eyes: "The imperial court specially approved a large amount of gunpowder ammunition for us. If we don't use it, we will use it in vain. Yan Yin, order a thousand fines to ride out of the city, Zhou Tong, prepare divine machine cannon support, don’t expose the Tiger Crouching Cannon for the time being!”
"Got the order!" Zhou Tong and Yan Yin each took the order. Luo Feng, a group of sergeants, was selected by Xue Lu and others to guard the isolated city. A big reason was that these people dared to fight, dared to fight, and were not afraid of death. More importantly, Luo Feng had experienced the wars in the late Hongwu period and had Brave and resourceful, he is by no means an ordinary man.
Benya Shili and Arutai entered the tent. They had just ordered cow dung and were preparing to make some food when they heard a commotion outside the tent. A sergeant hurriedly ran over: "No, the Ming army has rushed out of the city!" Arutai The stage jumped up, it was evil. He brought more than 30,000 elite cavalry and many tribesmen with a huge momentum. The Ming army dared to jump out and provoke a small city hanging outside?
"Get ready to fight!" Arutai ordered immediately. But, it's too late. The distance of one and a half miles does not take long at all for the cavalry.
Those guys who set up tents were still spinning their hammers when they saw a group of cavalry charging towards them. In panic, they pulled up their horses. As soon as they got on the horses, the cavalry was already approaching. If you want to resist, your own horses The horse didn't start running at all. The horse just reached its top speed. They clashed twice, and it was a moment of life and death!
No one could have imagined that in a small city, faced with a large number of cavalry and the main force of the Tatar army, they would come out and launch an attack.
The Tatars who responded hastily were no match for the Ming army. Many of them were killed before they even had time to mount their horses!
Yan Yin screamed and charged, killing the Tatar army into chaos. Just as he was about to fight, there was a sound of gold from behind, and then he reluctantly withdrew his troops and returned.
At this time, the main force of the Tatars finally reacted and began to outflank Yan Yin's cavalry from both sides, hoping to cut off Yan Yin's cavalry from returning to the city. However, these Tatar cavalry had just formed a formation and had not yet caught Yan Yin's cavalry. I heard a sound like thunder!
"No, retreat quickly!" The chasing cavalry heard the noise and understood what it was. A black iron ball flew out of the sky. This thing can kill people.
The Tatar cavalry saw that the situation was not right and quickly reined in their horses to dodge. Boom! Bursts of sound exploded, and the huge sound spread far across the grassland.
The Tatar cavalry had just retreated. They watched the smoke dissipate with fear, and Yan Yin's cavalry appeared in their eyes!
Yan Yin led the cavalry and made a comeback. This group of cavalry who originally wanted to pursue them directly became the targets of the pursuit. In addition, they were worried about the damage caused by gunpowder bullets and had no intention of fighting. They were overwhelmed by Yan Yin and his men again!
Benya lost his mind and Arutai did not dare to step forward and stood in the distance watching this embarrassing scene. As soon as we arrived, more than 300 cavalrymen lost their lives and more than 700 were injured. It was a great shame and humiliation!
"Retreat three miles!" Arutai looked at the city in the distance and closed the city gate. The sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty was flying high, and under the sun and moon flag, there were the Ming army with bright armor and the terrifying Godly cannon!
I had to retreat, the distance of this divine machine gun seemed a bit far. Seeing that his morale was low, Benya discussed countermeasures with Arutai, proposing to use bows and arrows to suppress the Ming army, suppress the Ming army's magical cannon, and then look for opportunities to break through the city and completely eliminate the Ming army in the city.
Arutai drank mare's milk and said with some helplessness: "I'm afraid this city will not be opened so easily. If we attack the city, our losses will probably be even greater. Now we are guarding the outside and strengthening the security. The Ming army is not very good." We may succeed again." Benya said worriedly: "If the Ming army transports the divine machine cannon outside the city, wouldn't we be in danger?" Arutai sneered: "If they really transport the divine machine cannon to This is a good thing coming from outside the city. You must know that this thing is very heavy and easy to transport out, but it is too difficult to take it back." Benya thought for a moment, and it was indeed true, but he still felt a little uneasy: "If we can't break the city early and have been waiting here for the Ming army's reinforcements and logistics, I'm afraid something will happen. It's better to leave the Hetao and turn to the northeast." Seeing this, Shi Nie Gan also persuaded Arutai: "Go northeast to Luqu. The area around the river is more beneficial to us. With the Harawen Mountain as a barrier to the east, the Ming army will not threaten us so easily. Oara is also in the west. We can rest for a period of time and hear about Duoyanwei’s response to the Ming Dynasty. If the court is dissatisfied, maybe we can take advantage of it. It is better than staying in Hetao." Arutai glared: "It is indeed good to go to Luqu River, but everyone, you can see clearly that not far away is the Ming army's city. Before, there was no city here! If we abandon the Hetao now and go to the northeast, in less than two years, the Ming army's cities will be all over the Hetao, and they will control the entire Hetao without spending a single soldier!" Benya Shili disagreed. It’s not that the Hetao was never lost, but the Ming army’s cavalry suffered too much and could only shrink within the Great Wall, allowing the Tatars to occupy the Hetao.
Although the water and plants here are abundant, there is also a problem, that is, it is too close to the Ming army. On the line between Datong and Hequ, heavy Ming troops were deployed. If the main force of the Ming army came out of the pass, even if the Tatars could block it, they would suffer a lot of losses. It would not be worth sacrificing a single person here.
But Arutai insisted on staying in Hetao, and Benyasili was not qualified to make decisions at all. For seven consecutive days, there was no movement from the Ming army in the city or the Tatars outside the city. People in the city should eat and sleep, and people outside the city should herd sheep and walk horses.
But on the night of the eighth day, when the sky was darkening, things changed. Luo Feng thought that it was too dark today and should set off some fireworks, so he took out all the squatting cannons in the city and placed them two miles away from the Tatar army formation, and started a wonderful fireworks show with horseshoes. Vocal music...
