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Chapter 101 The Movement of the Ming Army

While talking here, I saw a lot of things pushed out from the gate of Jianlu camp.When Hu Guang saw it, he recognized that it was a ladder car.

In fact, this ladder car is not just a simple ladder to put on the car, it is very large, and many people can be hidden under it, or it can be used to attack the city, or to hide from the archers and shoot arrows at the top of the city.

In addition to the ladder carts, there are also rows of Jianlu, four or five of whom are carrying the simple ladders that are simple to make. Compared with the ones seen yesterday, today’s simple ladders have metal reflections on the top. , apparently also added a hook for hooking the city wall.Jianlu, who was carrying a simple ladder, was on both sides of the ladder cart, and followed them out. This number is a bit too much.

After the ladder car was gone, three crash cars were also seen.This ramming car is actually a huge wooden stake with an iron head on it, which is suspended from the car and can be swung back and forth to hit the city wall or gate.The roof is a pointed roof-like covering, covered with wet hides to prevent the fire from burning.When these siege machines all reached the front positions of the three phalanxes, it looked quite spectacular.

It can be seen that Jianlu must have made a lot of preparations, and really wanted to attack the city in one go.

Hu Guang looked back and saw the Hongyi cannon and the general cannon were pushed by the soldiers from both sides of the city wall on the head of the capital city, and they were concentrated in the area where the moat was filled. In addition, there were messengers running past from time to time , talking loudly, it is obvious that Man Gui is taking countermeasures.

Hu Guang looked relieved, but when he looked up again to the outside of the city, he saw a cavalry army galloping out of the Jianlu camp and coming to the front of the phalanx.It can be seen from the flag that this is the slave chief who came out.

The sound of drums outside the city suddenly stopped, as if the world was quieted down.Then I saw the slave chief Huang Taiji driving a horse to patrol the phalanx, and at the same time talking loudly, the specific content could not be heard clearly because it was too far away.But every time Huang Taiji finished speaking, Jianlu in the phalanx screamed excitedly.You can also guess it with your toes. It is estimated that there is some kind of reward for attacking the city.

At the head of the city, yesterday, all the soldiers defending the city were pale or numb.But now, they are basically not affected by Jianlu outside the city. They are busy listening to the military orders and preparing various defense equipment. This is a manifestation of the different morale.

After a while, Jianlu's war drums sounded again, and thousands of Jianlu chanted their chant, and the sound shook the whole field and resounded throughout the capital.Countless people marched together, pushing the siege equipment, and began to march towards the city wall.

Jianlu's real siege battle finally officially kicked off.

At the same time, Governor Ma Shilong's West Road Ming Army also saw the important town of Zunhua that once belonged to the Ming Dynasty.Watching the Jianlu on the top of the city start martial law, the army stopped.

In this large army, most of them were old and weak soldiers in ragged clothes. They huddled together to resist the severe cold.At first glance, this is not an army, but a team of refugees with knives and guns.Of course, this has to exclude those servants who are furious in brocade clothes.

Those generals were all surrounded by Prime Minister Ma Shilong. No one wanted to take the lead. They told their difficulties one by one, saying that the important town of Zunhua was too difficult to fight.

Ma Shilong didn't make things difficult for them, so he ordered to set up camp, facing Zunhua far away, as if the well water does not violate the river water.

On the way from Shanhaiguan to Changli, the chief general Zu Dashou had just heard the report sent by the forward Cao Wenzhao, and then ordered: "Go back and tell Cao Wenzhao to keep his speed, and don't alarm the Jianlu army. Waiting for this commander to arrive with the chariot battalion, the chariot battalion and the cavalry army will advance side by side, that is the safest move!"

"Yes, Marshal!" The messenger replied, then hesitated a bit, and reminded: "Jianlu is in a hurry to attack the city. My master is worried that Changli won't be able to hold on to the arrival of the army!"

When Zu Dashou heard this, he immediately frowned, and shouted sharply: "Cao Wenzhao dares to jeopardize this commander's arrangement, watch out for his head!"

When the messenger heard this, he didn't dare to say any more, so he quickly agreed and galloped away.

He Kegang kept paying attention, and only then frowned and said, "If the city breaks down, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

"The primary purpose of this commander is to ensure undefeated!" Zu Dashou replied solemnly, "The second is to defeat the Jianlu, it is best to kill and injure a large number of Jianlu, and the last is to save Changli. This order cannot be reversed, otherwise go back How to explain to elder Ge?"

"..." He Kegang was silent when he heard this.

Zu Dashou saw that he had no objection, so he drove his horse and continued to move forward. At the same time, he looked at the marching team and said: "If our army can reach Changli when Jianlu just attacked Changli, and attack its rear at this time, then the commander will have With full confidence, we will severely damage this army!"

In troubled times, life is as cheap as a dog!He Kegang sighed in his heart after hearing this, but he didn't persuade Zu Dashou anymore.After all, for them, as Zu Dashou said, the primary and secondary cannot be messed up.

If you win, hello, hello, hello, everyone, even if Changli falls, it is not the responsibility of the Guan Ning army, we can only blame Changli for his bad luck, and not being able to persist until reinforcements arrive;
If Guan Ning's army loses too much, not only will they not be able to make meritorious service, but they may even be imprisoned for this, and it is not certain whether they will be able to stand up in the future.Even saving Chang Li is useless, after all, the Guan Ning Army is the root cause.

It is naturally impossible for Hu Guang to know about their thoughts.At this time, he was staring at the movement of Jianlu outside the city.

In the distance, Jianlu cavalry troops leaped over the slow-moving infantry and rushed towards the capital in a scattered formation, screaming and screaming. In the dust, these Jianlu cavalry troops began to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

Naturally, this kind of archery can't be accurate. It's nothing more than disrupting the defense of the city and putting pressure on the Ming army on the city.

"Without the command of the commander-in-chief, you must not fight back!" On the top of the city, the stern shouts of Man Gui's family Ding resounded one after another.

However, this order was only aimed at ordinary soldiers, and some soldiers who were wearing armor and protected well were scattered around the battlements, looking outside, and suddenly shot an arrow.Of course, there are also a small number of gunners, and they aim at the outside, shooting coldly at a relatively slow speed.

Hu Guang could see from the top of the city that the shooting of these soldiers was probably one out of ten.You know, those Jian captives outside the city galloped by on horseback, and the hit rate is already very good.Obviously, these soldiers should be the sharpshooters and gunfire sharpshooters selected by Mangui from the city.

The confrontation between the two sides began with them.

In the distance, Jianlu's phalanx was getting closer and closer, and gradually, new changes began to take place.

One after another, the carts were pushed to the front, as if forming a moving city wall with spaces, and the speed seemed to be advancing at an accelerated rate.And those Jianlu archers hid in groups behind the chariots, and waited to get close to the city wall and began to suppress the top of the city.

　Thanks to His Majesty King Urilk, Changman, and Huanfeng Xiyang for their rewards!Thanks!
　　
　
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