Chitu Khan was furious, his men were a bunch of trash.
He beheaded the two captains who had escaped and immediately calmed the frightened troops.
"Reorganize your manpower immediately and use the second wave of trucks to attack me again." Butu Khan roared angrily.
He had always believed that there were only about 2,000 people in the city, but now that he had ten times the number of troops, he could surely defeat them as long as he was willing to sacrifice his life.
He was familiar with military books and knew that the Han people's art of war said: "The method of using troops is to surround an enemy ten times, attack it five times, and divide it if it is doubled. If the enemy is small, it can be fought, if it is small, it can be escaped, and if it is weak, it can be avoided."
(Excerpted from "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Planning and Attack")
Now it is a situation where one's own side has ten times the enemy's strength, and it is standard to besiege the city and attack it.
Early the next morning, a large number of Khalkhas launched another attack pushing improvised four-story carts. These carts were very crude.
After all, time was tight, and they didn't have very good carpenters. They were all slave craftsmen brought by the army. These people came from a variety of sources, some were plundered Han people, some were Semu people from the Western Regions, and some were simply other Mongolian prisoners.
They didn't even peel off the bark, but just nailed the frame hastily with large iron nails.
Iron nails in this era were not cheap, and the Mongols were short of iron. Quatu Khan spent a lot of money on this.
Fifteen carts, with one-meter-diameter logs underneath and solid wooden wheels sawn horizontally, were pushed forward slowly by hundreds of people, making a tooth-wrenching crunching sound.
Because time was tight, and their carpenters didn't know how to do mortise and tenon joints, the building was just a four-story log frame. The empty surroundings could only be nailed up with wet cowhide to protect against arrows and muskets.
The stairs between each floor are not floor ladders, but simple wall-climbing ladders. If you are not careful, you may fall down with your legs in the air, get your crotch stuck, and crush your balls.
Yang Fan took a telescope and looked at it for a while, then said: "They will come up soon and use the wolf fang beater and yaksha beater, just in time to train to defend the city."
The so-called wolf fang beater is a weapon hung on the city wall.
It consists of hundreds of mace steel nails placed on a wooden board.
When the enemy reaches the designated position, the mechanism is triggered to cause the wolf fangs to slam down, causing large-scale damage to the enemy. The weapon can be used continuously, effectively preventing the enemy from climbing the city.
The Yasha Lei is also a weapon that can be used repeatedly to defend the city.
This is a consumable rolling weapon, a rolling log inlaid with sharp wolf teeth in the middle. Through the kinetic energy of rolling down the slope of the enemy's ladder, it causes continuous, line-wide damage to the enemy.
This thing is made of hardwood logs with a diameter of one foot, and its weight is very heavy. Coupled with the two-foot-long steel drill that is driven through it, it is even heavier.
When the enemy's ladder was set up and one after another climbed up the long ladder, they suddenly threw Yaksha down.
This thing has shafts at both ends with a hemp rope, and can roll down the ladder. If it hits the bottom, you can use a winch to recover the rope and pull the Yaksha Ring back to its original position. When the enemy comes up again, use the potential energy to smash it down again.
, used repeatedly.
The Yasha Lei uses the weight, the sharp head of the steel drill, and the sharp triangular blade to knock down all enemies on a ladder.
He even broke two long timbers of the ladder, completely scrapping a ladder.
Under the Yaksha's beating, the human body was as fragile as a pile of meat patties. All the bones and tendons were broken by the smash, and the whole place was filled with wailing misery.
Yaksha was used in every dynasty, and almost every time it caused a major blow to the enemy troops attacking the city.
The two thousand cavalry division defenders on the city wall opened a small corner of the hanging door and fired firecrackers and arrows downwards. The area they exposed was very small, so it was difficult to spot them from below the city.
Even if it is discovered, it will be difficult to hit. After all, if it raises a small angle, it is almost impossible to hit it when shooting from the ground. The angle is not right. Moreover, the hanging door is floating in the wind without any force, and it also affects the upward view from below.
Yang Fan's good muskets were all given to the Jinshan front line, while the cavalry division and the Us Tibetan army were given obsolete firearms.
The Ming Dynasty's three-eyed blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, Japanese iron cannons and large barrels were captured, and even the Lumi blunderbuss captured in Zhangjiawan. The bows and arrows were also Mongolian cavalry bows captured in Mobei.
However, most of the cavalry divisions are Mongolian, and they were all surrendered soldiers recruited from the Battle of Monan.
Yang Fan is still in the inspection period for them and will not give them good weapons.
The herdsmen have joined the collective animal husbandry team and have families, cattle and sheep. The loyalty of these people can be guaranteed. As for the former tribal cavalry and petty officers who have been recruited, Yang Fan will continue to inspect them.
Therefore, the equipment given to them is only slightly stronger than before.
Bang bang bang! As the smoke filled the air, shots were fired from the corners of the hanging houses on the top of the city. Lead bullets flew towards the Khalkhas who were attacking the city.
Chirp! Chirp! The lead bullet made a sharp sound because of its special shape.
As the lead bullets were shot out, some of the Khalkha people on the opposite side were shot from time to time. They wailed and rolled to the ground, screaming in pain.
However, no one stopped to rescue them. They were all rushing towards the city wall.
At this time, the key to reducing casualties lies in the speed of engaging the enemy.
This time, because their carriage was one level higher than the city wall, and the top platform of the four-story carriage was surrounded by crenellations made of wooden boards, they immediately had an advantage in shooting.
They stopped just thirty meters outside the city wall and shot arrows at the city wall. From this distance, the iron juice could not be splashed on them.
Butu Khan's eyes were narrow and flashing. He was an experienced leader. He soon found a way to solve the problem.
That is to use the advantage of the building cart to be higher than the city wall, and use bows and arrows to attack the defenders on the city wall. They can't show their heads and can only hide at the base of the wall and cannot move.
"Okay, now that they're suppressed, you push up the long ladder and the trebuchet immediately. Then bombard them with stone bullets. Then wait for an opportunity to climb the city." Quetu Khan roared.
This time, fifteen carriages were parked thirty meters away, and they kept shooting condescendingly at the platform on the city wall with their big bows.
These Khalkha people are very accurate in their archery skills, which is also their special skill.
For a time, it caused a lot of trouble to the defense on the city wall. People moved around with shields and pot lids on their backs.
Everyone else hid under the wall and did not dare to show their heads.
"Shoot with them with muskets," the officers shouted. They asked the soldiers to stretch out muskets and crossbows from the corner of the building and shoot at the top of the building.
"Shoot them with rockets and burn the buildings and trucks."
The defenders on the city wall began to fight back. It was too uncomfortable to be beaten like this.
The fire-starting materials used by the defenders were much better than those of the Khalkhas. Their adhesive was a mixture of crude oil and animal hair. Sugar was also added to make it more sticky. Once it was lit, it could not be extinguished by water.
A large number of rockets flew past, and they were nailed to the building cart thirty meters away. At this distance, both sides were Mongolians, and their arrow skills were similar, so they could basically hit each other.
In the blink of an eye, the building car opposite was filled with rockets.