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Chapter 349 Breaking the City - Too Simple
"Stop - raise your gun!" The officer ordered loudly, and the musketeers stopped, raised their guns, and pointed at the city.

"Fire!" As soon as the words fell, there was a roar, thick white smoke rose, and countless lead bullets roared and shot towards the top of the city.

It is an indisputable fact that muskets are more powerful than bows and arrows within range.In the case of the same armor protection, the lethality of lead bullets is definitely stronger than that of bows and arrows.

The advantage of the bow and arrow lies in its speed. A good shooter can shoot continuously in a very short period of time; while a musket can shoot two or three times a minute, which is almost the limit.

If it is fixed ammunition, the fastest and fastest can only reach five rounds.This is only theoretical, two or three rounds is the normal shooting speed of musketeers.

However, under reasonable tactical use, the elimination of bows and arrows by muskets is a historical trend, and it is a powerful weapon for farming peoples to defeat nomadic, fishing and hunting peoples.

The Chahar Department wanted the Ming army to see its own combat power, but the show failed, and the siege failed, which made it embarrassing;

Row after row of muskets fired, and the Ming army was advancing steadily.

The lead bullets fired hit the rammed-earth city wall, splashing dust and debris, coupled with the suppression of the bows and arrows of Zalut's department, the Horqin defenders on the city were unable to lift their heads.

The suppression of firepower was just the beginning. Now, the Ming army began to perform real siege techniques.

Holding their shields, a dozen or so Ming soldiers covered each other, and rushed forward carrying an iron cabinet.Judging by their appearance, this iron cabinet weighs at least one hundred and eighty catties.

Needless to say, the iron cabinet is naturally filled with granular gunpowder.Only with enough restraint can the gunpowder explode with great power.In addition to tunnel blasting, this kind of external blasting similar to explosives is also quite powerful.

The key is that the city built by the Horqin Ministry is not tall enough, nor strong enough.The city gate is very narrow, and the height is only a little over two meters.

According to the standards of the Central Plains, Gelejurgen City is equivalent to the level of a fortress, not even the county level.But on the grassland at that time, it was already a very big city.

Holding their shields and iron cabinets, the soldiers of the Ming army crossed the filled ditch, ran a distance of tens of meters, and got into the narrow city gate.

If you just put the iron cabinet on the ground and you're done, it's too technical.Don't underestimate this iron cabinet, there are Zhu Youxiao's instructions on it, and it has passed the test of the Gunpowder and Weapons Bureau!

Soldiers of the Ming army pressed the iron cabinet against the heavy gate and one side of the wall, took out a few thick and long iron chisels, swung a big hammer, and passed the thick iron ring welded on the corner of the iron cabinet to firmly fix the iron cabinet. firmly anchored to the ground.

Then, soldiers of the Ming army inserted a lead wire more than one meter long into a small hole at the bottom of the iron cabinet, and sprinkled a small bucket of gunpowder on the end of the lead wire to complete the work.

Raising the shield again, the soldiers of the Ming army went into battle lightly, um, retreated lightly, and ran back to their own camp.The Ming army's battle formation began to retreat until it was seven or eighty meters away.

"Let a certain family come!" Ma Chengfei held a big bow and took a long arrow wrapped in oil cotton with a smile. A soldier stepped forward and lit the arrow with a torch.

Ma Chengfei took a deep breath, drew his bow like a full moon, aimed at a puddle of gunpowder on the ground of the city gate, exhaled loudly, and shot it out.

The flaming arrow fell to the ground, ignited the gunpowder on the ground, a spark flashed, and a cloud of smoke rose.The fuse was ignited, with sparks flickering, and quickly rushed into the iron cabinet, and got into the cabinet.

A moment later, a deafening explosion sounded suddenly in full view.

A monster suddenly appeared in the city gate hole, its huge body could not be accommodated in the narrow place, broke through the earth wall, broke through the city gate, and got out again with a whimper.

The ground trembled violently, and the broken soil clods mixed with dust, wrapped in thick black smoke, rose into the air.The monster continued to expand rapidly, roaring and rushing into the air.

In the eyes of the Mongolian coalition forces and the Ming army full of shock and fear, the smoke and dust covered the wall of the city gate, and nothing could be seen clearly, except for the exclamation and screams coming from the smoke and dust, which came to the ears.

"Good guy—" Man Gui opened his wide mouth for a long time before closing it. He didn't know how to describe it, so he muttered with his big eyes.

Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu's throats twitched, they swallowed saliva at the same time, and then looked at each other, both of whom saw each other's shock.

Ma Chengfei squinted his eyes and looked ahead, turned his head slightly and asked Xiao Rongzhe: "Is one time enough?"

Xiao Rongzhe wanted to brag, but he still said in a low-key manner: "No, do it again, anyway, I brought three iron cabinets, and three hundred Thunderbolts!"

"Waste!" Ma Chengfei rolled his eyes, turned his head and said to the messenger beside him, "Go and tell Ang An, prepare to attack!"

The smoke gradually dissipated, from blurred to clear, and both the Ming army and the Mongolian coalition forces could see clearly.The city gate has been blown down and turned into a pile of ruins of clods and rubble, with clothes, knives, guns, bows and arrows buried among the ruins.

The sound of war drums rumbled, and Ang An woke up like a dream. His son Nuke was already brandishing a scimitar, howling and leading the troops to charge up.

The sudden thunder explosion not only collapsed the city gate, but also affected the nearby city wall, forming a gentle slope of nearly two feet, which could be climbed with bare hands.

More importantly, the defenders were stunned by the accident, and those who were closer to the explosion point were killed and injured, and lost their combat effectiveness.

The men and horses of Zarut's department swarmed up, bowing and shooting arrows with both wings, suppressing cover; the men and horses in the middle rushed to the front, abandoned their horses and walked, stepped on the broken soil and ruins, and rushed into the city.

The city was blasted open, and the defender's mentality collapsed at once.In addition, the Mongols believed in gods and Buddhas. After the thunderstorm, many people knelt down and prayed to the sky.

Moreover, although the internal struggles of the Mongols are cruel, the rule of "those who obey will be raised, and those who resist the enemy will be killed" is also the same rule.

After all, their war is not to slaughter a certain tribe, but to annex the tribe and expand the grassland where they can graze.

Therefore, once the city was broken, the soldiers of the Horqin tribe knew that they were defeated, but they just changed their leaders, and the same family would not fight to the end.

After a short battle, Nuke led the troops to defeat the defenders who tried to block them, and entered the city, which also meant that the end of the battle was only a matter of time, and the victory was irreversible.

The Extraordinary Minister Sirhunak Dulen's expression was a bit ugly. The headquarters had been attacked for two days and two nights, and the Ming army broke through the city in just an instant. This gap is really embarrassing.

Of course, the two-day and two-night siege cannot be said to be useless, at least it killed and wounded many defenders and exhausted them.But the facts are there, you can't explain that the army picked peaches opportunistically.

Fortunately, the Ming army was only capable of attacking cities, not relying on this to fight on the grasslands.Thinking of this, Du Len gained some self-consolation.

Now, even though the Ming army deliberately favored the Zalut tribe, allowing them to attack the city first through the gap, and the property they seized would naturally belong to them, but Du Leng was not very annoyed by this.

Speaking of Sirhunak Dulen, he is actually the leader of the Uziyet tribe, one of the five tribes in Nekhka.

At that time, the young Lin Dan Khan appointed Du Leng as the extraordinary minister in charge of [-] households on the left wing, and in exchange for the Nekhka League's closeness to the Khan Court.

Du Len was more loyal to Lin Danhan at first, but now he is very dissatisfied.The reason is very simple. Du Len opposed converting to the Red religion, which was the same as many nobles in the Eighth Battalion of Chahar.

In other words, the Chahar Ministry is facing the danger of splitting, but Lin Danhan doesn't know it yet.

For the nobles who believed in the Yellow Sect, there were only two places to leave the Chahar Department.One is Houjin, and the other is Mobei Wai Khalkha, who believes in the Yellow Sect.

If it was a year ago, Du Leng would have chosen to defect to Houjin (he did this in history); but now that Houjin has suffered setbacks and has been suppressed by the Ming army, wouldn't it be blind and self-defeating to defect to Houjin? perish?
It is a last resort to go to Mobei Wai Khalkha.On the one hand, the road is far away, on the other hand, it is very likely to be swallowed up by the tribe and become a powerless person.

But during this expedition, Du Len gradually had other ideas.

In particular, the Ming court pointed out that Dingzhou and Tuanshan Fort were the cities of Chahar and Neikhaerka respectively, and Neikhaerka had another opportunity to grow and develop.

You must know that trade with Ming Dynasty is the only channel for the Mongolian tribes to obtain supplies.If they are cut off, life will be difficult and supplies will be scarce.

The reason why the Tumed, Ordos, Yongshaobu and other tribes of right-wing Mongolia are rich is not only the land they occupy is rich in water and grass, but also the huge benefits gained from trading with the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the Chahar tribe moved to the west and then returned to the east was not to restore the direct trade with the Ming Dynasty, and no longer compete with other Mongolian tribes for the amount of rewards.

Since Lin Danhan didn't dare to start a war with the Ming court in order to cut off the mutual market trade.Can Neikalkha get the asylum of the Ming court, so that Lin Danhan dare not do it easily?
With these complex thoughts in mind, Du Lengjue's performance should satisfy the Ming army and get the Ming court's favor and care.

And he is also one of the five divisions of Neikalkha, and he may be able to establish a relationship with the Ming army through the Jalut division.

The whole army of Zarut has entered the city, but he has not opened the other gates to let the allied troops in.Apparently, they wanted to rob more cattle and sheep, and gather more Horqin's followers.

At the same time, the Zalut Department is also very concerned about arresting the nobles of the Horqin Department.These nobles will be handed over to the Ming army, which is also a previous agreement with the Ming army.

Du Len was not in a hurry, anyway, he had already completed Lin Danhan's task.The collapse of the Horqin Clan is a foregone conclusion, as long as Oba is captured, or his head is taken, it is enough to do business.

And the Zhalut tribe will not do too much, snatch all the Horqin tribes and property in the city, and leave some for the Mongolian Khan, even though it is only in name.

In fact, it was useless to be anxious, the Ming army was still in formation, and two thousand musketeers surrounded the gap in the city gate.The troops of the Chahar Department, who were stunned by the shock just now, really didn't dare to rush over casually.

When there was a deafening explosion at the city gate, and the ground and city walls were trembling, Wu Keshan was following his father's order to house his two younger sisters in the house.

The so-called resettlement is hiding. There is a cellar in the house, which is very hidden.Of course, this is for outsiders. If someone inside the house informs, it will definitely not be hidden.

Wu Keshan only took his loyal servant Darhan with him. Although he was old, Darhan ran through Fushun, Shenyang and other horse markets when he was young. He was very smart and could speak some Chinese. That was before the Jurchen rebellion.

"Brother, why do you want me and my sister to hide?" 15-year-old Hai Lanzhu blinked her big eyes and asked worriedly, "Is it because the city can't be defended anymore? What about father, mother and you?"

The 11-year-old Bumbutai pulled Wu Keshan's sleeve and refused to let go. He begged, "Brother, you should hide in too! Let Darhan find his father and mother."

Wu Keshan forced a smile and said: "The city wall is strong, so it's not easy to be breached. I asked you to hide just in case. It's okay, you hide first, and I'll call my father and mother."

Darhan knew that the situation was not good, and Wu Keshan secretly stuffed some gold, silver, pearls and jade into his leather pocket, which was put in temporarily, apparently to ask him to take good care of the two ladies as much as possible.

He also knew why Zaisang Buhe didn't hide with his whole family. As an important figure in the Horqin tribe, he must be indispensable in the search and arrest after the city was broken, and it would be very strict.

At that time, this not-so-secret cellar will most likely be exposed, and no one will be able to escape.

Therefore, Darhan also helped coax the two girls into the cellar.Just when Darhan got halfway into his body, a loud noise came to his ears, and the ground trembled, shaking Darhan off the ladder all at once.

Wu Keshan looked in shock at the direction of the loud noise, and a thick black smoke was rising.

Could it be——Wu Keshan didn't have time to think about it, bent down to cover the cellar, and hurriedly placed some sundries on it, and ran out anxiously to find his father.

The cellar was pitch black, Hai Lanzhu hugged her younger sister Bumbutai, felt her trembling, and hurried to comfort her in a low voice.

She is old, and from her brother's behavior, she can roughly guess that the situation outside is critical.Hiding her and the younger sister in the cellar is not as simple as what the elder brother said.

"Darhan, you came back with your brother, do you know the situation of the city defense?" Hai Lanzhu comforted the younger sister before thinking of asking Darhan.

Darhan's old arms and legs hurt a lot from the fall, but luckily no bones were broken, so he sat on the ground grinning and rubbing his legs.

Hearing Hai Lanzhu's question, he hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "There are many enemies outside the city, including Chahar, Neikalkha, and the Ming army."

"Han army?!" Bumbutai interjected, "Aren't they very cowardly, they can't even defeat the Jurchens, have they lost Liaodong?"

Darhan let out a hesitation, and after a long silence he opened his mouth and said: "That happened in the past. Over the past year or so, many clansmen who fought with the Jurchens and wanted to make a fortune escaped, and they also talked about some things. The Jurchens even After losing the battle, the situation is not good, and even the people who followed them died a lot."

After a pause, Darhan sighed, "Da Ming is very big; the population is huge..."

A burst of shouts and exclamations came in from outside, mixed with the sound of heavy footsteps, the clang of weapons clashing, and powerful shouts and hissing screams.

Darhan hurriedly let out a "shh" and closed his mouth tightly.

Hai Lanzhu and Bumbutai huddled together in fright, trembling.

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(End of this chapter)