As a professional army, Zhu Youxiao not only spent a lot of money and food to build the Yulin Army, he was also extremely dedicated.
The Shenji Battalion was originally a regularized firearms unit.
But before Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, he was also very bad.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the entire battalion, not to mention artillery, just muskets, and more than half of the soldiers have never even touched them.
When Zhu Youxiao learned about this situation when reorganizing the Beijing army, he simply personally formulated and popularized a combat system that combined contemporary and later generations.
First of all, when it comes to issuing orders, there are prescribed professional terms and flags to coordinate the entire army and deliver the fastest and most accurate strikes.
When conditions are sufficient, there will also be an attack system with artillery firing in rotation, which is the same as the three-stage attack created by Wang Muying of Qianning back then, except that the muskets were changed to artillery.
Such changes are naturally made to not give the enemy any chance to breathe. In short, it is a non-stop bombing and pure firepower to suppress you.
The main artillery of the Ming army, the Fo Lang machine gun, happened to have this combination of two cannons. One artillery can fire two shots in a very short period of time.
So as long as this time is slightly extended and the artillery is divided into two batches, this means that the Ming army can achieve four rounds of bombing in one cycle.
The Folan cannon is extremely suitable for such a combat system.
It has been two years since the Shenji Battalion was rebuilt. Three days of small training and ten days of one training continue to this day. The sergeants are already familiar with this relatively rigid tactical system.
At this time, Jiannu, who was guarding the city, was in a difficult situation. They had never experienced such a battle.
We also fought dozens of battles with the Ming army, not to mention being bombarded continuously.
Even artillery, they had only seen it when attacking big cities like Liaoyang and Shenyang.
In an unprepared situation, Jiannu was unable to deal with it for the moment. Those who survived on the wall were able to calm down and hide behind the wall at first.
But the Ming army's artillery showed no sign of stopping.
In addition, the flag leader Du Du had just escaped from death and had not yet reacted. The Jian Nu who defended the city had no command. Under the bombardment of the Ming army's artillery, chaos broke out soon.
The first round of bombing by the Ming army lasted for a quarter of an hour.
At this time, Salhu Pass was already riddled with holes in the bombings. There was even a large gap in one place. Only two people could easily climb to the top of the pass wall by relaying.
The wooden pass gate was already in pieces and falling apart, and the middle gate was wide open, as if welcoming the Ming army to enter the pass.
Before the two sides fought head-on, the casualties of the Jiannu slaves had already reached over a thousand people.
Li Rusong raised his telescope and looked at the wall. Jiannu, who had been waiting for him a quarter of an hour ago, could no longer be seen.
Chen Guang, who was beside him, naturally saw all this and laughed a few times and said:
"Your Majesty's method is really effective. Our army's artillery fire was like mercury pouring down the ground. Jiannu couldn't resist it at all."
"It's a pity that they didn't carry heavy artillery this time, otherwise this mere Saarhu Pass would have collapsed long ago."
Then he said to Li Rusong:
"General, after this shelling, Jiannu must have lost his nerve. This is a great opportunity to attack the city, so that the front army can attack quickly."
However, Li Rusong did not go up. He put down his telescope and said calmly:
"No, the soldiers of Taishan Camp are all heavily armored and cannot climb. They can only enter through the city gate. If Jiannu had been prepared, our army's casualties would inevitably increase."
"Most of the sergeants in the Taishan Battalion were soldiers of the former Baigan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers. They were the elites of the Yulin army. They were all capable soldiers on the battlefield. How could they die in vain?"
"Set up the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Divine Fire Flying Crow towards the city gate, then fire a few rounds at me to clear the obstacles for my siege troops."
Both the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Divine Fire Flying Crow can cross the city wall and directly attack the rear of Jiannu.
Although it is not as powerful as the Folan cannon, without the protection of the city wall, it is difficult to withstand it with just the cloth armor on the body.
"Load the gunpowder on the Fo Lang machine gun, wait for the military order, and prepare for the second round of attack."
"Instruct Qin Bangping, the sergeants of Taishan Battalion advance slowly, pay attention to protection, and stand ready fifty steps away from the pass."
"Both wing troops, be prepared to receive support."
Several soldiers left in response. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Guang suddenly asked:
"Could it be that the general wants to attract the remaining soldiers of Jiannu to the wall?"
"Yes, there are probably not many Jian slaves alive on the wall at this time. After experiencing such a bombardment, the Jian slaves must have lingering fears and may not stand on top and let our troops bombard them like they did just now."
"Letting the Taishan Battalion advance is just to create the illusion of attacking the city. When the remaining soldiers of the Jiannu gather again, our army will shell again, and we will definitely achieve the same effect again."
Things were just as Li Rusong expected.
After the Ming army's shelling stopped, Du Du was still frightened when he saw corpses lying around and wailing everywhere.
At this time, he had the idea of abandoning the border and withdrawing his troops.
The Ming army had so many artillery pieces that the roar of the artillery never stopped.
If the fight continues like this, even if all the people he wears with the white flag are dead, he may not be able to defend Sarhu Pass, and his status in Daijin will definitely plummet.
"Master, the Ming army has marched."
While he was deep in thought, a voice suddenly sounded.
Du Du woke up instantly and quickly walked to the wall and looked outside. Sure enough, the Ming army in front was slowly approaching the pass.
At this time, he could only put aside the idea of abandoning the border and withdrawing his troops.
Because it was obviously too late to deploy a retreat at this time. Once there was an unrest, the Ming army would pursue them from behind, and the entire army would be annihilated.
He, who is familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, would not make such a mistake.
However, in a hurry, he did nothing more than mobilize troops to go up the wall, clean up the casualties and soldiers, and defend the city.
But when he saw that the Ming army that wanted to attack the city stopped and was attacked by artillery again, he didn't even have the chance to regret it.
After nearly half a quarter of an hour of non-stop bombing, the morale of Jiannu's army had already dropped to freezing point, and many people went to the city one after another in order to survive.
The huge gap that had appeared after the first round of shelling was specially bombarded by the Ming army, and now it was like flat ground.
Li Rusong felt that the time had come and immediately ordered:
"Stop the shelling."
"The Taishan Battalion entered from the pass. The troops on both wings lined up and climbed over the pass wall. All those who were not our soldiers were killed and no one was spared."
"As fierce as a tiger, where is the power of the tiger?"
"The humble general is here."
Upon hearing their name, the two men immediately drove their horses forward. Li Rusong turned the horse's head and said:
"After the pass is broken, you two will each lead a thousand cavalry to chase down Jiannu and defeat his troops along the way, but don't go too deep."
"Follow orders."
The siege order has been issued, and it all depends on when the Taishan Battalion soldiers in charge of the main attack will break the city.
After Qin Bangping received the military order to attack, he immediately pulled out the long sword in his waist and shouted:
"The shield soldiers are in front, march forward in formation."