Huang Taiji was watching intently when he saw dozens more iron claws dropped from the city, each with four sharp iron hooks, tied with iron chains, dropped from the crenels, specifically aimed at the Mongolians who gathered in groups of hedgehogs.
soldiers.
Every time the strong men on the city threw it, they would hit three or five people.
This thing is very terrifying. It is not light in weight, and it is thrown from a high position. The Mongolians only wear leather robes, or at most add leather armor. There is no way to stop this thing.
This thing is similar to the "catch" of eighteen kinds of weapons. The tip of the iron hook is like an eagle's claw, which can directly hook people. It can even pull the commanding officer to the city wall and make him prisoner.
Fan Wencheng whispered: "Great Khan, this thing is called a flying hook. It has four sharp claw hooks, which are tied with iron chains and then connected with ropes. When the enemy rushes to the bottom of the city wall and prepares to climb the ladder, it will surprise them.
, throw yourself at the enemy group, and you can kill and injure several people at one time."
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "The Ma family was one of the four major generals in Liaodong back then, and they really have something. When I was young, I often heard my father mention General Ma Gui, and my father also admired him very much."
A Mongolian centurion had his shoulder blade pierced by a flying steel hook. He screamed and was lifted up by the strong men on the city. His limbs kicked around in fear and he kept screaming. But he couldn't break free.
As soon as the bowstring sounded, a carved feather arrow hit his neck. The huge shovel-shaped arrow cut off most of his neck, leaving a little skin on his head hanging around his neck.
Obai looked around at the frightened Mongolians and shouted: "Whatever you are looking at, let me crawl into the city. Hurry up. Whoever dares to cower will suffer the consequences."
The surrounding Mongols, seeing how fierce the Zhenghuang Banner cavalry supervising the battle were, continued to climb up the city.
The iron-headed heavy cavalrymen who built the slaves circled the city and shouted, and at the same time they kept shooting at the battlements with heavy bows and arrows to cover the Mongols climbing the city. The Mongolian infantry archers also used projectiles to keep firing arrows from behind.
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The battle on the top of the city has become intense, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties. In order to block the enemies who are climbing the city, it is impossible for them not to show their heads. And if they show their heads, they may be targeted by bows and arrows.
Ma Dengyun was very anxious when he saw that seven to eight hundred people had been carried down just one hour after the battle started. The casualties were not small, but he had no choice but to carry them to death.
Seeing the defenders holding down the battlements, the Mongols blew the horns again and carried the ladders. A second wave rushed up like a tide. This time, they hooked the steel hooks on the ladders to the battlements.
, and then began to climb up desperately.
There was a panic at the top of the city. Some officers and soldiers took the risk to lean out and shoot with three-eyed muskets and four-eyed guns, but were shot to death by bows and arrows.
"Let the Yaksha beat, hurry up." Ma Dengyun yelled.
Huang Taiji looked at this time, more than 30,000 people carrying ladders, densely packed on the city wall, and felt relieved. The casualties in this siege were not small. He did not want this place to become a meat grinder.
If you can't open up the situation here, don't even think about entering the level later.
He clearly knew that the 150,000 troops outside the pass were all in this area. Except for the Beijing camp, these people were the essence of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. He believed that as long as these people were defeated, the Great Wall would not be able to stop them at all.
Amin said with a smile: "It seems that Madeng Yun has no choice. This time we can enter the city."
Li Yongfang laughed along and said nothing. Even if he had different opinions, he would not speak out.
Before Amin could stop laughing, they saw a lot of wooden supports erected on the top of the city. They were a little confused and didn't know what these were.
Then, there was a roaring sound, and the thick logs, covered with half-foot-long steel nails, were pushed down from the battlements. This thing probably weighed a thousand kilograms.
These things are called Yaksha Lei, also known as "staying with guests".
This kind of city defense weapon uses a piece of wood with a diameter of one foot and a length of more than one foot as a roller. The surrounding area is densely nailed with "reverse nails", and the nail heads protrude 5 inches from the wood surface. Directly mounted rollers are installed at both ends of the roller.
The two-foot wheels are then tied with iron ropes and connected to the winch.
When the Mongols gathered under the city, they would push it down from the city, smash it into the enemy group, and then use the winch to retract the Yaksha Ring, which could continuously crush the enemy.
The city wall in the direction of Huang Taiji was suddenly densely packed with Yakshas who were thrown down. The Mongolians who originally climbed up the ladder along the city wall had their bones broken and tendons broken by the smashing, blood spurted from the mouth, and even the ladders were thrown down.
Everything was smashed into a mess.
The situation reversed almost instantly. Just now, we were about to climb onto the city. In the blink of an eye, these ladders were cleared. People were smashed into meat pies, and the ladders were broken into pieces. Minced meat and stumps were everywhere under the city wall.
Time flows like a river of blood.
Dorgon felt nauseous and almost vomited. After all, he was young and had experienced few battles. He had never experienced such a cruel siege battle. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's city, during the Manchurian Unification War.
The siege warfare is simply not worth mentioning.
Amin suddenly became a little angry and cursed: "Wait until I rush into the city and cut Madeng Yun's five horses into pieces."
Huang Taiji ignored Amin and looked at the sky. The days were short in winter and it would get dark here at four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Retreat, come back and make some corrections first. That's it for today." After saying that, he got off Lu's car and went back to the main tent.
The others looked at each other and all left. After today's fight, morale was already ruined. Fighting harder would only increase casualties. No matter who it was, they would feel afraid when they saw that the city wall in front was dyed bright red.
Simply withdraw your troops and stop fighting.
Dorgon looked at Azig, shook his head gently, and signaled them not to talk. They already had the credit, so there was no need to add to it.
In the Wuying Hall, Chongzhen and the ministers were still looking at the sand table late at night.
I have to say that the Yang family's sand table is much easier to use than the map. The entire Great Wall is a thousand miles inside and outside, and the terrain, water flows, deserts, neighbors, swamps, mountains, valleys, roads, cities, villages and towns are all clear.
"According to the latest battle report, Chifeng City has been besieged for five days. Can Ma Dengyun hold it?" Chongzhen felt a little unsure. He looked at his ministers.
"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the decision of the Ministry of War is correct. Now more than 200,000 soldiers of the Jiannu Army are restrained on the snow outside Chifeng City. It is now severe winter, the climate there is very cold, and many people and animals are freezing to death. No
Keeping the house warm is not pleasant in the wilderness, so it is a good way to tire them out."
Li Banghua looked around and saw everyone nodding, and continued: "Looking at the battle report now, although Ma Dengyun suffered heavy casualties, he has repelled dozens of attacks by Jiannu. The most dangerous part of defending the city is the first ten days. If the first ten days
If we can hold on for a long time, we can make the offensive and defensive battle protracted. In such severe cold weather, the Jiannu troops will be severely reduced and they will definitely retreat."