One day later, Jiang Wan also arrived at Pyongyang City - bringing thirty three-pound cannons produced by Tieshan City.
Tang Ruowang's workshop was still producing three-pound cannon every day. However, even with Tang Ruowang's guidance, the newly established artillery team could only barely make up the thirty three-pound cannons.
Even if there are five people in a gun crew, only one person controls the firing of the artillery, and the other people are only under the command of this person, reluctantly completing the series of tasks from charging, firing, to clearing the barrel.
To put it bluntly, this seemingly mighty and majestic artillery team can, at best, shoot out artillery shells under orders.
As for accuracy and speed, don’t be too demanding.
However, when he saw Jiang Wan coming into the city with so many cannons, Li Zicheng couldn't stop laughing. With these cannons on top of the city, he wouldn't let the Tatars bring thousands more people.
It's in my eyes.
"The artillery team is not for you!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Besides, if we plan to place it at the top of the city, why would I put so much effort into putting every cannon on a cannon truck?"
"Are these cannons intended for field use?"
Li Zicheng was shocked. What kind of operation was this? If he left the fortified city undefended and went to fight with the powerful Tatar cavalry in the field, wouldn't this be pitting his own shortcomings against the other's strengths?
"A few days ago, I ordered the two battalions of Pidao's Huwei Camp and Huben Camp to dispatch their troops across the sea and directly attack Zhenjiang Fort!"
Li Zicheng's face became serious: "That big military fortress on the border of Tatar Korea?"
Jiang Wan nodded: "Now it seems that Feng Wanli is progressing smoothly. The Tatars who besieged Pyongyang City have left, which means that Feng Wanli has arrived at Zhenjiang Fort. If this artillery team is to be used, it should be used under Zhenjiang Fort!"
"If the Tatars return to support, can the two battalions withstand the Zhenjiang Fort defenders and the Tatar troops?" Li Zicheng became worried: "They don't have a tall and strong city wall like Pyongyang to hold on to. If they wait until
If they have been defeated by the Tatars when we go to support them, Commander, the situation will be difficult to deal with!"
Jiang Wan stood on the top of the city, looking up somewhere to the north, but in his heart he missed the communication method that was so close to the world in later generations. Otherwise, he would know what happened at Zhenjiang Fort in Pyongyang.
It's clear.
But now, except for hoping that Feng Wanli would strictly follow his orders and not make any rash advances or make his own decisions, he had no other way to direct the battle under Zhenjiang Fort.
"The entire army will rest for two days!" He lowered his head and said, "When the scouts confirm that the Tatar troops have arrived at Zhenjiang Fort, we will immediately send troops to join forces with Feng Wanli!"
Under the Zhenjiang Fort.
Daur stood at the top of the city, looking at the Ming army below the city, his face so dark that it looked like he was about to drip.
The trenches of the Ming army under the city expanded a lot overnight, and from the first trench to now there are three trenches, surrounding Zhenjiang Fort. Between each trench and the trench, there are enough
A distance of ten or twenty steps, looking over from the top of the city, although you can't see carefully how deep these trenches are, you can already clearly see that the Ming army in the trenches can easily move between the trenches.
Went back and forth.
The soil excavated from the trench was piled in front of the trench by the Ming army to form a long low wall. In Daouer's eyes, there were already two such low walls.
Except for the south side of the military fort, these two low walls almost surrounded the military fort.
The ditch and the low wall in the south were not enclosed. This was the result of Daouer's fight with the Ming army regardless of casualties. It was precisely because of the battle between the trench and the low wall with the Ming army in the past few days that Daouer will Ming.
The guy leading the army hated him to the core.
This extremely vicious fighting method must have been thought up by a vicious person. If he catches that wise general, he will not kill him. He will definitely use a knife to cut off this guy's human flesh piece by piece.
Come down and let him howl for a month before dying, so that he can relieve the hatred in his heart.
On the first day, he sent out nearly a hundred cavalry.
Yes, it was nearly a hundred cavalry. He did not intend to rely on these nearly a hundred cavalry to defeat the Ming army in the south. However, in Daouer's plan, his cavalry should be like a pendant.
The Ming army's line was penetrated, and then when the Ming army's brigade rushed towards them, they easily returned to the city.
This was his first fight with this Ming army.
The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.
The trench that had just started could not stop the cavalry from leaping forward. His cavalry also dug a gap in the Ming army as he wished. However, when the cavalry wanted to return to the city, they suddenly found that they were in
Surrounded by the Ming army, neither distance nor speed was enough for their horses to once again cross the ditch where countless spears had been erected.
Daul looked at his subordinates at the top of the city. One by one, they were knocked off their horses by the spears of the Ming army, and then drowned in the crowd. Until the last figure disappeared among the enemies, he did not issue any further rescue orders.
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Countless Ming troops have already come from both wings, and I don’t know how many bows and crossbows are pointing in this direction at this moment. At this time, if I leave the city, I will almost kill the Ming troops.
On the first day, the Hou Jin army that left the city was completely destroyed.
The next day, a second trench appeared in Daouer's sight. This time, he did not send cavalry out of the city. Instead, he ordered a large number of archers to cover the city, and then sent several small teams to harass the opponent.
This time, his tactics worked, and the Ming army had to stop their excavations and begin to retreat.
As long as the men and horses he harassed did not get close to the trench and stayed within the shooting range of his own bows and arrows, then the Ming army would basically not be able to complete the excavation.
The Ming army also dispatched archers to shoot with his men and horses. However, compared with them who were good at mounted archery, the Ming army's archers were far inferior to them in terms of level and quality of bows and arrows.
I dare not say that they can directly defeat the Ming army's archers. At least, as long as his raiding team is outside the city, the Ming army's archers can only prevent the raiding team from approaching. Anyone who wants to kill or injure him will be invincible.
Still difficult.
This made Daouer feel very distressed for the hundreds of cavalry sent out yesterday. Even though they were not the elite of his banner, they were still his few troops in this military fort. Just because of his wrong judgment, these hundreds of people were destroyed.
They were all buried outside the city.
If they were used today, these hundreds of men could at least kill and injure hundreds of Ming armies! Horsemanship and archery were unparalleled, not just the good men of Houjin, these dead cavalrymen of the Eight Banners of Mongolia could also be excellent in cavalry and archery.
of.
On the third day, the high-spirited Daur once again prepared to send people to attack the Ming army.
However, he suddenly discovered that last night, the Ming army had advanced the trench a lot in the dark. His harassing men and horses could only prevent the Ming army from digging trenches during the day. At night, the Ming army could dig trenches.
People were doing whatever they wanted outside the city, but he could only watch helplessly and did not dare to send anyone out.
Therefore, during the day, the defenders harassed or destroyed the ditch walls of the Ming army, and at night, the Ming army repaired or expanded the ditch walls.
The two sides were locked in an extremely boring tug-of-war near the city gate.
Zhenjiang Fort only has the ability to compete with the Ming army at this city gate. Daouer can only watch from the top of the city that the ditch walls in the other three directions of the military fort are getting longer, deeper and deeper.