Boom boom boom——
The sound of drums was like a sudden downpour, making people excited.
In the thick fog, the Ming army shouted in unison: "The Ming army is mighty!"
"Kill the Jiannu and recover Liaodong!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will last forever!"
The sound waves climbed up the city wall and turned into an iron hammer, hitting the hearts of the Jiannu soldiers heavily.
The fog was so thick that the soldiers on the city wall could not see what was happening below.
The enemy is not scary. What is scary is that you don’t know where the enemy is, let alone when the enemy will rush up.
Fear began to spread among the Jiannu soldiers.
Shuosai was also a little scared, but the pride in his heart helped him overcome his fear.
He shouted to the people around him: "Hold your position, anyone who retreats without permission will be killed!"
The person who hears this sentence repeats it out loud to the people around them.
For a moment, the city wall was filled with noise.
Under the city wall, Liu Wenxiu was directing the artillery to move the cannons.
Taking advantage of the cover of thick fog, they moved the artillery directly to a place five meters away from the city wall.
In order to avoid making unnecessary noise, the artillery had to be moved by people throughout the process.
In order to find the right angle, the artillerymen even ran to the bottom of the city wall and measured the distance with their footsteps.
When everything was ready, Liu Wenxiu ordered people to blow the horn.
Woo!
The horn wailed.
The moment the horn sounded, all the artillerymen looked for obstacles to hide behind.
Some hid in earth pits, and some hid behind gunpowder boxes.
Others squatted on the ground holding shields, trying to curl up as tightly as possible.
Behind Liu Wenxiu, Dou Mingwang's siege troops heard the horn and began to move forward slowly.
"Send someone to tell the troops again," Dou Mingwang said to the herald officer, "Don't attack the city right away after raising the ladders. Retreat ten feet first and wait until the cannon fire stops before attacking the city."
"Yes," the messenger repeated to the dozens of messengers around him, and the messengers quickly disappeared into the thick fog.
The fog was too thick, and the flags usually used to send messages were no longer effective.
Orders could only be passed on by word of mouth.
By the time all the messengers returned, Dou Mingwang's troops had already arrived under the city wall.
"One, two, three, hard!"
With powerful slogans, more than a dozen ladders were pushed to the vicinity of the city wall.
"Kill!" The Ming army attacking the city shouted loudly and ran quickly to the rear.
They passed through the artillery positions before stopping to seek cover.
Although the Jiannu soldiers on the city wall could not see the Ming army, they saw that the ladders had been set up on the edge of the city wall.
"The Ming army is attacking, throw logs and stones!"
"Pour the kerosene!"
"Golden juice is coming!"
"Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!"
The Jiannu defenders on the city wall suddenly became busy.
At the beginning, there were no Ming troops below the city wall, and everything they did was in vain.
At this time, the Ming army artillery began to act.
They quickly came behind the artillery and lit the artillery fuse that had been loaded in advance.
boom!
Boom!
Angry tongues of flame spewed out from the pitch-black muzzle.
In order to maximize casualties, the Ming army used only hundred-bullet chain bullets.
Countless large and small bullets were thrown towards the city walls.
The defenders on the city wall were wasting their efforts on the empty ladders.
When the sound of artillery fire came, they had no time to react and were hit by a hail of bullets.
(The detonation speed of black powder is about 500 meters per second. The artillery at that time was all smoothbore cannons, and the maximum muzzle velocity of the shells was about 150 meters per second. In theory, you should hear the sound first and then be hit by the shells.)
The hundred-bullet bullets easily pierced through their armor, and the remaining power of the bullets penetrated their bodies.
More than a hundred Jiannu soldiers were beaten into sieves.
The soldiers standing behind them were also injured to varying degrees.
"ah!"
Screams instantly resounded all around.
"Kill! The Ming army is mighty!" Dou Mingwang led the way and rushed towards the ladder.
The soldiers behind him were faster than him and climbed up the ladders and attacked first.
The Jiannu soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy losses and had lost all their fighting spirit.
Shuose knew that the situation was irreversible and he could only resist symbolically for a few times before turning around and running away.
He first ran down the steps of the city wall, then jumped on his horse and ran towards the east gate.
He ordered the city gates to be opened and fled eastward with his remaining troops.
Most of Dou Mingwang's men were infantrymen. He knew he could not catch up with the Jiannu, so he informed Li Dingguo of the news as soon as possible.
Li Dingguo quickly chased after him.
Shuo Sai ran in front and Li Dingguo chased behind.
In the heavy fog, two cavalry units marched quickly.
After running for a while, Shuose was stopped by Gao Wengui who had ambushed him in advance.
"Kill!" After confirming that the other party was not a friendly force, Gao Wengui immediately killed them.
Shuosai hastily fought back and the two armies engaged in a tangle.
At first, Shuosai and the Eight Banners soldiers under his command could still hold out, but as Li Dingguo joined the battle, he was completely at a disadvantage.
"You won't be killed if you surrender!" Li Dingguo shouted.
"Don't kill me, I surrender!" Shuosai jumped off his horse, threw down his weapon and raised his hands high.
Seeing this, the soldiers around him also dismounted and surrendered.
The surrounding Ming troops rushed forward, took off their armor, tied them up and brought them in front of Li Dingguo.
At this time, Shuose had long lost its former glory.
He lowered his head with a bruised face and did not dare to look Li Dingguo in the eye.
"Kneel down quickly and pay homage to our general!" The soldier next to him kicked Shuo Se.
Shuo Sai couldn't believe that the person in front of him was Li Dingguo. He asked with a trembling voice: "You...you are General Li Dingguo?"
The soldier next to him kicked him again and said, "How dare you shout out our commander's name? Kneel down and confess your guilt!"
"No need," Li Dingguo waved his hand. He pointed the tip of his knife at Shuosai's nose while riding on his horse and asked, "Name?"
Shuo Se answered honestly: "My name is Shuo Se."
"Oh?" Li Dingguo was a little surprised, "Huang Taiji's fifth son?"
"Yes." Shuo Sai almost cried as he spoke: "Please, Lord Li, spare my life."
"No problem!" Li Dingguo smiled. "It's not difficult to spare your life, but you have to prove your worth."
Shuose's face instantly turned as pale as snow.
value?
How to prove this?
If I can't prove it, I will surely die.
Just when he thought he was in great danger, he suddenly remembered something.
Shuo Sai kowtowed to Li Dingguo in a hurry: "Sir, I know a top-secret piece of information."
"Tell me about it." Li Dingguo asked calmly.
What I just said was just a casual remark.
Shuosai was a relative of the Jiannu and his hands were stained with the blood of the Han people.
It was impossible not to kill him.
The reason I said that was just to obtain valuable information.
And in his opinion, Shuser knew very limited information.
Shuo Sai knelt on the ground and summoned up his courage to say, "There are spies from the Qing Dynasty within the Ping Liao army."
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