There were shouts, neighs of horses, screams, wails, shouts and curses. The pursuing Jiannu soldiers outside the city suffered heavy casualties under this extremely fierce attack, and they completely lost contact with the cavalry that rushed into the city.
The two or three hundred Jiannu cavalrymen who rushed into the city were now also enveloped in rain of bullets and sea of fire.
Guangning City is the first city outside Shanhaiguan. It serves as an outer barrier to the mountains and seas. It was built by Commander Ye Xing in the third year of Xuande.
The city had gates on the east, west, and south sides, and a basilica. In the middle of the north wall was a tall city platform, with corner platforms protruding from the wall at the four corners.
There are horse paths on the south side of the east gate, the north side of the west gate, both sides of the south gate and the four corners of the city. The outer skin of the city wall is based on stone strips and built in seven layers, with blue bricks stacked on top, and the core of the wall is rammed earth.
The east gate is called Dingyuan, the south gate is called Guangding, and the west gate is called Yongwang. There is no gate in the north wall and the city wall is completely closed.
The west gate's urn is as high as the city wall, and the urn circle is more than 40 meters long. The gate is built with blue bricks in the six-square and six-horizontal arch method, and the seams are filled with white lime.
The upper part of the city wall is divided into two parapets, the outer one is about 1.5 meters high and is equipped with battlements and shooting holes; the inner one is about 0.8 meters high, mainly to prevent the safe passage of people. The middle passage is two to three meters wide and is very spacious, which is convenient for personnel exchanges and material transportation.
At this point, the Jiannu cavalry was trapped inside the city wall. Surrounding them were countless Ming troops, who were commanding the enemy from a high position, firing arrows and three-pointed spears at them, as dense as raindrops, hammering them down head-on.
Boom, boom, boom! The three Portuguese cannons in front of them sprayed countless projectiles, fireworks filled the air, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and completely shattered the Jiannu's attempt to chase the Ming cavalry out of the city.
Behind the three falconets, the spearmen formation let their own cavalry pass and quickly closed together. The spear tips, as dense as a forest, pointed forward, and the sharp blades flashed coldly under the light, which was terrifying.
The falconet gunner changed the sub-guns as quickly as possible, without even looking at the enemy situation in front of him. He just fired and continued until all five sub-guns were used up.
The white smoke was so thick that it blocked out all sight, and no human figures could be seen. All that could be heard were the neighing of war horses and their inhuman screams.
They carried the artillery and retreated to both sides, and the spear formation moved forward, with wide-open eyes staring nervously at the front.
"Stop!" Xiong Tingbi appeared on the city gate tower with a stern face and raised his hand to issue an order.
The noise gradually died down, and the Jiannu outside the city were driven back, leaving behind hundreds of corpses. There were even more corpses at the city gate, where the corpses of people and horses piled up together, raising the ground by more than a foot.
The cold wind blew up the smoke, irritating the nostrils of the Ming army. Some people hurriedly covered their nostrils to stifle their sneezes.
The smoke gradually dissipated, blurring the view at first, then becoming clearer. What appeared before the Ming army was a tragic scene of blood and flesh strewn across the ground, like a ghoul.
Inside the city wall, bloody corpses were everywhere, with people and horses piled high on top of each other. Those who had survived by chance let out agonizing cries that made one's scalp swell and the hairs on their backs stand on end.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... A bunch of arrows shot out and shot a Jiannu who had just climbed up from his horse and was about to raise his head to make some heroic speeches into a pile of ashes.
A warhorse staggered and stood up on its front legs, let out a tragic cry, and fell powerlessly into a pool of blood.
"What a pity for these fine horses." Xiong Tingbi shook his head and sighed compassionately. He immediately issued another order, "Close the city gates and strengthen the city defenses."
After saying that, he turned around and walked forward with his personal soldiers to observe the situation of the enemy outside the city.
Teams of Ming army swordsmen and axemen entered the city wall, chopped off heads without mercy, and threw them into large baskets by the pigtails.
"Ouch--" A swordsman slipped and fell to the ground. When he got up, his body was covered in bruises, causing a burst of laughter.
The leading officer couldn't help but purse his lips and scolded, "Look at your lack of ambition. You were frightened by a dead person and fell down?"
"How can that be? This isn't the first time." The executioner shook off the blood on his hands and kicked the dead man on the head in anger. "Damn it! He's still not honest even after death. You've made a fool of yourself."
There was another burst of laughter, and the bloody work became easy.
This is the transformation from physical to will. The ferocious and brutal Jiannu are also made of flesh and blood. They can be beaten to death, or even die in a cowardly way.
After this battle, the soldiers in Guangning City have become a brave army. However, the Jiannu should also attack with all their strength in order to achieve their goal!
Xiong Tingbi stood on the city gate tower, stroking his beard and squinting his eyes at the killing field below the city, wondering whether he should also freeze the city in ice or continue to work on the emperor's craft.
Before the siege, Xiong Tingbi ordered soldiers and able-bodied civilians to go outside the city and cut down trees. Putting aside the emperor's skill, they also needed to stockpile enough firewood for the siege.
The Jiannu cavalry in the distance were unwilling to retreat, but they were helpless in front of the tall city walls.
Inside and outside the city walls, Jinyiwei Captain Ma Chengfei and twenty or thirty riders were queuing up to receive their rewards with smiles on their faces.
Two hundred taels of silver is enough to buy a small courtyard in a remote place in the capital, marry a wife, and have some money left to do a small business.
Although going out of the city to lure the enemy was a life-threatening undertaking, it was worth it. Doing it once could almost arrange my future life.
They were all desperate criminals, and they were all good riders and even good with bows and arrows. However, not everyone could earn these two hundred taels of silver.
But even though they were wearing double armor and riding two horses, some people were still injured and bleeding.
Ma Wu limped along with his companions to receive the reward, preferring to be at the end because a trembling arrow was stuck diagonally on his buttock.
"Yo, yo, yo!" Ma Chengfei was very fond of this comrade-in-arms with the same surname. He walked over with the silver in his hand, looked around with a smile, and made a clicking sound.
Ma Wu rolled his eyes, showing no respect for Ma Chengfei's status as a captain. He cursed angrily, "Damn it! That arrow was so well-placed! It slipped through the gap in the armor and bit me."
Ma Chengfei pretended to be curious and stretched out his finger as if to pull out the arrow shaft. Ma Wu was so frightened that he quickly turned sideways and grimaced in pain again.
"Give-grubber." Ma Chengfei said disdainfully, "How can you be short of silver? Can't you treat the arrow wound first?"
Ma Wu chuckled and said, "It feels good to hold it in your hand. This little flesh wound is nothing to me."
As he was speaking, an officer and several soldiers came over, carrying several large pieces of bloody horse meat. They said with a smile, "The governor has rewarded you warriors with a few jars of wine and this hundred pounds of horse meat."
Ma Chengfei laughed heartily and said casually, "Thank you, Lord Jinglüe, for the wine and meat."
As he spoke, he called out to his companions, "Brothers, let's go, grab some wine and some meat, and have fun. If there's not enough wine, I'll buy more."
"Brother is generous." "Brother is straightforward." "Let's go, let's go! I can't stand the alcohol in my stomach any longer."
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