South of Songshan City.
The Ming army had finished their meal before dawn.
At daybreak, tens of thousands of troops were ready to go.
"Surround Songshan City from the east, west and south! Attack the city from the east and west at the same time, and don't move the south!" Wang Yongji gave the order.
The military order was conveyed and the Ming army began to act.
After a round of bombardment, the attack was officially launched.
The shield car is in front and the ladder is behind.
Countless soldiers entered the battlefield with powerful steps.
At the sound of the horn.
The Ming troops in the east and west of the city launched a charge at the same time.
"Report!"
In the north of Songshan City, a scout came to Jirgalang and said, "Prince Zheng, the Ming army is attacking Songshan City! Yesterday, the Ming army attacked the city from three sides at the same time, but today they are only attacking the east and west sides. There is no movement in the south of the city. The reason is unknown!"
"Your Highness," Tunqi said, "Since the Ming army did not attack the south of the city, should we transfer the defenders on the south wall to the east and west of the city to share the defensive pressure of the defenders on the east and west sides?"
"Hahaha," Jirgalang suddenly laughed out loud.
"Why is your Majesty laughing?"
"I laugh at Wu Sangui's lack of strategy and Wang Yongji's lack of wisdom! How could such a despicable scheme deceive my eyes!" Jirgalang said with a smile.
"Please enlighten me, Your Highness!" Tunqi asked, clasping his fists.
"This is a trick of the Ming army!" Jirgalang explained with a smile: "The main attack direction of the Ming army is neither the east nor the west of the city, but the south of the city where there is no movement! If we transfer the garrison on the south wall away, we will fall into the Ming army's trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain!"
Tunqi suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is very resourceful and saw through the Ming army's tricks at a glance. I admire you!"
"Haha," Jirgalang continued to smile, "Wang Yongji underestimated me too much. I will teach him a lesson!"
After that, he said to the messenger: "Pass the order down, immediately send more people to the south wall, and double the amount of rolling logs and rocks, and prepare more gunpowder and shells. I want to use the enemy's trick against them and make sure that the Ming army attacking the city will never return!"
"Also," Jirgalang paused, "send a message to the Korean soldiers on the eastern front, asking them to pretend to cross the river to tie down the main force of the Ming army on the eastern front."
"Yes, sir." The messenger rushed away.
After the order was conveyed, the Eight Banners defenders in Songshan City immediately became busy.
They moved the spare logs and stones to the south city wall as quickly as possible, and also moved the reserved artillery and ammunition up as well.
Although these people's actions were very covert, they still revealed some clues.
At this time, shouts and cries of killing were heard from the east and west of the city.
Wang Yongji put down his clairvoyance and said to the messenger beside him, "Inform the troops in the south of the city to prepare for the siege!"
The command flag waved, and Wang Yongji said to the messenger again: "Send the order to Gao Yigong, light the fire."
The entrance to the tunnel.
The messenger came to Gao Yigong and said, "The central army has ordered us to light the fire."
"That's great!" Gao Yigong slapped his thigh happily, "I can't wait!"
He personally went to the entrance of the tunnel, took the fuse from the soldier next to him and aimed it at the fuse.
"three!"
Gao Yigong counted down for himself.
"two!"
"one!"
"ignition!"
As soon as the fuse touched the fuse, it was ignited and made a crackling sound.
White smoke spread and sparks quickly faded away.
Then there was a short but long wait...
After an unknown amount of time, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the tunnel.
Then the ground moved slightly.
boom--
Accompanied by a loud bang, the soil under the south wall of Songshan surged upward, as if something huge was about to break out of the ground.
The soldiers on the battlefield stopped fighting at the same time and looked around for the source of the sound.
The soldiers outside the battlefield were frightened by the violent explosion and looked in the direction where the sound came from with fear in their eyes.
As he took a breath, the shaking of the earth intensified.
The explosion caused by the gunpowder made the city walls tremble along with the earth.
The seemingly extremely solid southern wall of Matsuyama Castle was instantly covered in flying dust and stones.
Before the smoke and dust cleared, the city walls began to shake.
The shock wave generated by the explosion completely destroyed the tunnel, and the city wall above the tunnel sank along with the tunnel.
The Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall only felt that the sky was dark and the earth was spinning!
Without waiting for them to run away.
With a loud bang!
The city walls collapsed.
A huge wave of dust rushed towards us, and the dust and pungent smell of gunpowder made people lose their vision and other senses of taste.
“Cough cough cough!”
Amid countless coughs, bricks and rubble shot out from the dust and hit everything nearby.
Amid screams, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall fell down along with the wall.
Some people were buried on the spot and their whereabouts are unknown.
Some people had their limbs broken by the rubble and lay in the ruins wailing in pain.
There were also some people who were lucky enough not to be injured, but were shocked by what had just happened.
They stood in the ruins in a daze, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.
Not just them.
Except for those who knew the situation, everyone inside and outside the battlefield was shocked by what they saw.
"The sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers will last forever, and the Ming Dynasty will last forever!"
"Kill!" Huang Degong, holding a steel whip, led the vanguard and rushed towards the collapsed area.
“Kill!”
Countless Ming troops followed behind him and roared together.
These young soldiers gripped their weapons tightly, glared with angry eyes, took firm steps, and charged forward without hesitation.
When they arrived at the collapsed part of the city wall, the smoke and dust had dissipated somewhat.
Although it is still a bit pungent, it does not affect the vision.
While the Eight Banners soldiers were still not able to react, the Ming army climbed along the collapsed city wall into the city and attacked the wall that had not yet collapsed!
Meeting almost no resistance, the Ming army entered the city and captured the southern wall.
"Open the South Gate quickly!" Huang Degong shouted.
The capstan turned and the city gate opened wide.
The main force of the Ming army outside the city poured in from the city gate and expanded the battle line.
Looking at the Ming national flag flying on the city wall, Wang Yongji gave an order in a deep voice: "Send a message to Wu Sangui, and order him to send 5,000 elite cavalry to the north gate to pursue the fleeing Eight Banners soldiers! If you encounter enemy reinforcements, retreat immediately and do not pursue them too deeply!"
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