On the morning of May 29, the seventh year of Qi tomorrow (AD 1627), Huang Taiji led the Jurchen army to attack Jinzhou City again.
Since Ma Xiaoquan and others had already predicted Huang Taiji's arrival, their arrival did not cause too much panic. The Ming army prepared defensive measures step by step and waited for the Jurchen army.
At this time, the Jurchen army was no better than in early May. They had been exhausted after more than 20 days of back and forth attacks. Huang Taiji and the tribal leaders were filled with deep reluctance. They could not figure out how many of them they had.
Obviously there were many more troops than the Ming Dynasty, but they failed to defeat Jinzhou, and they also failed to defeat Ningyuan.
In fact, not only Huang Taiji and the tribal leaders, but also every Jurchen soldier felt this way.
On the wall of Jinzhou City, Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and looked at the movements of the Jurchen Army in the distance with the telescope he brought from the capital. Beside him, Ji Yong, the eunuch overseeing the army, nodded his toes and said anxiously: "Master Deacon, let me take a look, let me
Let me take a look~~"
Lisa's father bought this telescope from outside when he was doing business. He gave it to Ma Xiaoquan at that time. Ma Xiaoquan kept it hidden at home and didn't use it much. This time the family moved to Liaodong and finally used it.
"Here, take it and look at it, slow down, don't break it~ This thing is precious~"
Ji Yong licked his lips, carefully put the telescope in front of his right eye, closed his left eye, and tried hard to watch the movements of the Jurchen army in front.
"This thing is really clear~~" Ji Yong sighed in admiration, "Those yellow guys did a really good job~"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "It's a good thing you've seen me in the capital, otherwise you wouldn't have to use it, haha~"
Ji Yong put down the telescope, rubbed his eyes, and said: "Master Deacon, the Jurchen Army is not far from Jinzhou City~"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Then let me tell General Zhao. The Jurchen army has not conquered Ningyuan, so it must be at the end of its attack on Jinzhou. But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. We still have to be careful. In this regard, we must also
Please ask Eunuch Ji to remind you."
Ji Yong nodded: "Easy to say, easy to say~"
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Not far ahead, the Jurchen army had already set up camp. Facing Jinzhou, which was still a fortified city, Huang Taiji didn't say it on his face, but he actually had no idea in his heart.
"Great Khan, this is our last chance. If we cannot capture Jinzhou, our food and grass will not be enough to support us~"
Huang Taiji nodded and said humbly: "I understand this. Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's fight as hard as we can~"
"Yes~"
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At the command, the Jurchen cavalry screamed, waved their sabers and attacked Jinzhou.
Jinzhou's defense was much smaller than that of Ningyuan. There were basically not many Ming troops stationed for defense outside the city. Therefore, Jinzhou was soon surrounded by the Jurchen army.
Huang Taiji's purpose is very clear, which is to surround Jinzhou City and create a situation in which you have no way to retreat, thus psychologically disintegrating the Ming army.
This strategy was very effective to a certain extent. At least at the beginning, the Ming army was indeed panicked.
Afterwards, Zhao led Jiao, Ji Yong and Ma Xiaoquan in three groups to encourage the soldiers and told them that our food and grass in Jinzhou was much more than what the Jurchens had hoarded. There were so many people and so many mouths that they would definitely retreat in less than ten days.
As long as they defend well, they will definitely survive. Besides, Ningyuan has already won the battle. It won't be long before Ningyuan will send reinforcements to rescue Jinzhou.
After experiencing the last Jinzhou defense battle, Ma Xiaoquan and others had a high prestige among the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou. What they said was believed by the soldiers and civilians. In this way, Huang Taiji's first strategy was broken by several people.
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Huang Taiji also knew that this strategy would not work, so he ordered an attack on the city to increase deterrence.
The previous sieges made Huang Taiji realize the power of the Ming army's artillery. In the process of going back and forth, he also ordered people to make weapons similar to thunderbolts.
Approaching Jinzhou City, Huang Taiji ordered people to throw the gun into the city.
Rumbling sounds continued, and the Ming troops on the city were killed and injured.
The Ming army also used thunderbolt bombs to fight back. Compared with the Jurchen army's guns, the thunderbolt bombs were more powerful and easier to use. Coupled with the geographical advantage, the thunderbolt bombs thrown by the Ming army were more effective than the Jurchen army's guns.
Too many.
Huang Taiji was not a fool. Seeing how powerful the thunderbolts were, he said angrily: "If you put on the bow, you will definitely suppress the Ming army on the city wall~"
Immediately, the Jurchen army's crossbowmen opened their bows and nocked arrows, and fired arrows at the city wall.
The arrows shot by the foot-bow crossbow are much more powerful than the arrows shot by pulling the bowstring by hand, and the suppressing force is also stronger. Some arrows even shot directly into the bricks of the city wall, making a cracking sound.
"Retreat, retreat~~" Ma Xiaoquan gave the order while dragging an injured Ming soldier back.
With a "Whoosh~", an arrow was shot towards Ma Xiaoquan. Since his hands were pulling the person, there was no way to avoid it. Ma Xiaoquan could only grit his teeth and use his body to catch the arrow.
With a "Dang~" sound, the arrow hit Ma Xiaoquan's chest, which shocked him so much that he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then Ma Xiaoquan quickly fell down and cursed: "Damn, this is a crossbow.
Why is it so powerful that if it were an ordinary person, it wouldn't be able to penetrate it?"
Just as he was talking, a Ming army soldier beside him was shot in the neck by an arrow because he failed to dodge in time. The soldier was shot backwards for several meters. By the time he stopped, half of his neck flesh had been lifted.
For most of the time, arterial blood spurted out like water jets.
"Fuck your mother~~" Ma Xiaoquan was angry and decisively gave up on the soldier he was holding. Anyway, he had fainted, so at least he was no longer in any great danger for the time being.
Running to the thunderbolts, Ma Xiaoquan picked up one with his left hand, drew a fire stick with his right hand, lit the fuse, saw the opportunity, and threw the thunderbolts out.
"Boom~~" Thunderbolt bombs exploded among the crowd below the city, and broken limbs flew all over the sky.
On the Jurchen Army side, Surna and Cato saw Ma Xiaoquan on the city wall. They gritted their teeth and nodded to each other, then ordered the soldiers to bring the crossbow rack.
"Gatu Anda, let me cum~" Surna said, "I hate that Ma Xiaoquan so much!"
Cato hummed and said, "Okay~ Then I'll give you a shot!"
Immediately, a long spear was put on the crossbow stand by the Jurchen soldiers. Cato aimed his aim at Ma Xiaoquan on the city wall. Although he was constantly moving, the range of movement was not large. The spear fired by the crossbow stand
It's extremely fast. If you aim, you should be 80% sure of hitting it.
"I've got my sights right~" Cato said.
"Okay~~" Surna's Adam's apple moved up and down twice, and then he spit into the palm of his hand twice, rubbed his palms, supported the crossbow frame with both feet, and pulled the bow string of the crossbow frame hard with both hands.
Two Jurchen soldiers stepped forward to help Surna draw the bowstring. After making sure that the bowstring was fully drawn, Surna asked: "Gatu Anda, how about your aim~"
"Don't worry, we're definitely on target!"
"Okay!" Suerna hummed and narrowed his eyes slightly. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan on the wall, Suerna shouted and then loosened the bowstring.
With a "Boom~" sound, a spear was fired from the crossbow rack. The target of the spear was none other than Ma Xiaoquan.
In fact, as early as when Cato and Surna were playing with the crossbow rack, Ma Xiaoquan had already noticed that from a distance, the two men had indeed aimed at him.
"Damn it, you two stupid Jurchen thieves still want to attack me?"
Ma Xiaoquan secretly released the gravity field, but the range was not large, and it was only limited to a range of two meters around the body.
Ruan Longfei, the original user of gravity energy, once said that if the gravity field he can control is compressed into a smaller range, then just like gas, the concentration will be greater, and the gravitational influence in the field will naturally be stronger.
The spear penetrated the air and stabbed Ma Xiaoquan. It was about to hit Ma Xiaoquan, but in the next moment, the spear stopped two meters away from Ma Xiaoquan.
That's right, it just stopped.
"What's going on? Why did it stop?" Cato asked.
Suerna shook his head: "I don't know, what is that Ma Xiaoquan doing?"
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Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his right hand, jumped slightly, and grabbed the spear that was stopped in mid-air.
"Damn it, you actually stabbed me with this. If I hadn't been a bit capable, this shot would have been very tragic."
Narrowing his eyes, Ma Xiaoquan looked at Cato and Surna not far away. The two men were in a position that was just beyond the range of the red cannon and could not be reached by ordinary bows and arrows.
"Why don't we train a team with crossbows?" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head regretfully, "Well, in that case, I'll do it~"
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan held the spear in his hand and weighed it a few times.
"A Fei once said that the power of gravity is that the owner can temporarily change the gravity of an object. In this way, I can do this..."
Taking a deep breath, Ma Xiaoquan applied gravity energy to the spear. In an instant, there was no weight around the spear.
"Hmph, if you shoot me with that crossbow stand, then I will destroy your crossbow stand!"
Ma Xiaoquan took two steps back and made a preparation similar to the preparation before throwing a javelin in modern sports competitions. Then he raised the javelin and took two steps forward. After a loud shout, the spear left his hand.
At the same moment, another gun from Surna and Cato shot over again, almost "missing" the spear thrown by Ma Xiaoquan.
Like the previous shot, Gattusurna's shot again stopped two meters away from Ma Xiaoquan.
But the shotgun thrown by Ma Xiaoquan made an astonishing sound.
Cato and Surna reacted very quickly. After firing the second shot, they quickly ran away. In the next moment, the spear thrown by Ma Xiaoquan hit the crossbow stand squarely.
With a "crack" sound, the spear actually penetrated the body of the crossbow rack.