There are also a small number of Han people among the Mongolians below the city.
Each one of them moves like a rabbit and as fast as a falcon. They cover each other and their highly mobile movements make people look dazzled. It is impossible to see clearly their individual action routes.
"Set arrows, shoot them, shoot them to death." A hundred households shouted loudly.
His men were relatively miserable, with only forty-one soldiers. These soldiers were all old pawns. The youngest one was forty-one years old, and the oldest one was sixty-three years old.
As a result of eating empty wages, all the young people in the guard station who could run away. The rest have gone to other places and have no physical strength to do hard work or heavy work. They will probably starve to death. So, they simply stay here.
Just leave it to fate.
The warehouse of the guard station has already been starved to death by rats by the officers. The weapons and equipment have also been stolen and sold. This is the distribution center for trade with Mongolia. It is easier to take action.
These soldiers only have six bows and arrows. And they are all four-power soft bows. The bows used by the infantry are softer than the six-power cavalry bows. It is really speechless.
In fact, even having a good bow is of no use. The physical strength of these old pawns has long been severely weakened. Long-term hunger and heavy labor have long since emptied their bodies.
The four-power soft bow they could use was already at its limit. This was the result of a tough guy picking it out.
At this time, the city wall on the back was full of these guardsmen. Eight hundred households with more than 300 people filled the crenellations.
There are also two hundred elite servants under the leadership of Hei Ming Xiao Baihu and Hei Ming Lian Baihu to supervise the battle team. They will watch these people from behind, and those who do not fight hard and wait for opportunities to escape will directly implement military law.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! A series of arrows fell down.
The teams took turns taking cover in an S-shaped route, and the shield bearers raised makeshift shields made of pot lids.
Most of the missed arrows did not hit the target. These people moved too fast and staggered forward, not walking in a straight line. It was dizzying to watch.
Only a few arrows missed, and they were nailed to the shield.
A few bows and arrows also hit the soldiers behind the shields. However, these soldiers were staggered by the impact and continued to move forward.
Heiyunlong frowned tightly as he saw the arrows stuck in these Mongolian leather robes missing and still continuing to attack the advancing enemies.
There were more than seventy bows and arrows, but not many people were hit, only a dozen people. But these people, when they were hit by arrows, did not scream and fall down, but were stunned for a moment and continued to move forward.
Black Cloud Dragon Dark Lining, are these Tatars' leather robes equipped with dark armor, otherwise it shouldn't be like this. Although the four-strength bow is indeed stretched, there is no problem in shooting these people without protection. After all, the distance is already reached
Within seventy meters.
This distance is almost the direct shooting distance of the bow and arrow.
Bayar is from the Tumut tribe, and he followed Mu Qinglu to defect to Jebe. He was still a soldier last year, but during the process of forming the cavalry army, he was promoted and has now been promoted to squad leader.
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He led his team of thirty Mongolian and Han brothers, following the drill of cavalry dismounting for combat, and when they charged towards the city wall, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest.
An arrow with fluttering feathers disappeared and appeared on his leather robe.
In order to withstand the severe cold, they marched on camels in a snowstorm. They were provided with sufficient warm clothing. He also wore stab-proof military uniforms and cotton clothes and trousers under the Mongolian-style leather robes.
Although the arrow penetrated the leather robe, it was blocked by the anti-stab suit. The muzzle speed of the bow and arrow was too low, not to mention that it was a four-power soft bow and it still flew a distance of 70 meters.
In winter, the thick cotton clothes and trousers inside the stab-proof clothing played a great buffering role. Although the arrow accurately hit the heart, it did not cause blunt trauma.
At this location, even if there is no penetration, the huge inertia can still cause fractures and bruises. The shock wave can even cause cardiac arrest.
When Bayar was hit, he was shocked and thought it was over. But he quickly realized it. The legendary military uniform that can withstand stabbings and slashings with swords and guns really worked. The arrow missed and was blocked.
Already.
So he immediately became excited and shouted in half-baked Chinese: "Brothers, come on, our clothes can prevent arrows."
Soon the ten teams of the first attack wave arrived thirty meters outside the city wall. Here were the remains of burned-down residences. They hid among these ruins, and everyone found cover, waiting for the officers.
Order.
An Sanxi stood on a slope in the north of the city. A temporary platform was built here using wood and nails. It was fully ten meters high.
In addition, the height of the mound is about the same as the city wall. Standing on the platform, you can overlook the entire interior of Zhangjiakou Castle. Under the platform, artillery positions are being built on the left and right sides.
The soldiers packed sand and soil into sacks and built gun bunkers. Some camel cannons were removed and installed here. Camel cannons are large-caliber, short-barreled artillery with a range of about 500 meters.
This place is about 200 meters away from the city wall, which can just cover the city wall. It can even be fired at a high angle, and the camel cannon can be used as a mortar, and the shells can be easily fired into the city.
"What do you think of today's attack?" An Sanxi asked the surrounding battalion commanders with a detailed map and troop distribution map of Zhangjiakou Fort spread out on the table.
At this time, officers above the battalion level, except those who were performing tasks, were all here waiting for An Sanxi's dispatch. This time, five cavalry regiments were dispatched, totaling 25 battalions.
Misin said: "Report to the commander, if you give our battalion the task of attacking the northern city wall this time, I promise to take down the city wall in one morning."
An Sanxi used a pencil to mark the changes in the enemy forces in the city on the map. At the same time, he asked, "Why are you so confident?"
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"In this small castle, there are only more than 500 guardsmen. Except for 200 servants who can fight, the rest are all old men. They have no fighting ability at all. And the camp soldiers have drills every ten days. Discipline is slack and people are overstaffed.
We no longer have much fighting power. My subordinates feel that conquering this city will only take one morning."
"What do you think?" An Sanxi continued to ask without raising his head.
"Commander, my subordinates also think so. These people have little fighting ability."
"Their equipment is so poor and they have almost no training. They haven't received military pay for a year. It's surprising that soldiers can work hard."
"In other words, Heiyunlong has squeezed the two hundred servants raised by the military households, so it still has some fighting power. My subordinates estimate that as soon as we climb the city wall, they will flee in all directions."
An Sanxi threw down his pencil and sighed. "In the past two years, we have indeed won some victories and fought some tough battles. Many people fought bravely to kill the enemy and are now officers. However, we must not underestimate the enemy.