Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 371 Tentative Offensive

The soldiers and horses walked slowly towards Yanmen Pass, and Xing Bingzhong also sent out the signal for help.

While asking for help, they also reduced the troops outside Yanmen Pass. For a while, the atmosphere in Yanmen Pass became tense.

After two full days of scorching sun, the road quickly dried up, Song Hu and the others were much faster, and finally arrived at a place about ten miles away from Yanmen Pass.

Originally, it didn't take so long, but it took so long because of the muddy road.

When Song Hu arrived at Yanmen Pass, Zhao Wen led the Chinese army with heavy weapons and Zizhong was not far from Dashikou.

"Report, the former army has now reached ten miles outside Yanmen Pass."

When Zhao Wen rode on the horse and marched slowly towards Dashikou, a group of messengers sent by Song Hu came to Zhao Wen's side.

"Haha, finally arrived at Yanmen Pass. Tell Song Hu, let him launch a tentative attack on Yanmen Pass first, and at the same time cover the entire Yanmen Pass, don't let anything approach Yanmen Pass, my Chinese army will arrive soon." Zhao Wen thugs Waving, looking at Yebushou who stopped in front of him.

Zhao Wen originally wanted Song Hu to attack Yanmen Pass directly, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.

The soldiers Song Hu led were all cavalry, and the weapons they carried were all light weapons. These light weapons were fine for dealing with some small passes or small county towns, but they were not enough to deal with Yanmen Pass.

After all, the city walls of Yanmen Pass are not comparable to those of ordinary county towns.

"Obey!" Ye Bushou cupped his fists at Zhao Wen, and then quickly walked towards Yanmen Pass.

"The order is passed on, the whole army must speed up, and must arrive at Yanmen Pass before the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."

Zhao Wen shouted loudly, waving the horsewhip in his hand, leading the Chinese army to gallop non-stop in the direction of Yanmen Pass.

Even if he doesn't accept it, he hastened his horse and delivered Zhao Wen's order to Song Hu as quickly as possible.

It was already late at night when Song Hu received Zhao Wen's order.

On the second day, Song Hu led the army to advance about five miles in the direction of Yanmen Pass.

In the process of advancing, Song Hu encountered several passes that were abandoned by the defenders of Yanmen Pass.

In order to save trouble, Song Hu directly ordered the soldiers to blow up all these passes.

The sound of the explosion spread far away in the wilderness, even in Yanmen Pass, the sound of the explosion could be faintly heard.

"Report, the rebels outside the pass are rushing towards Yanmen Pass, looking like they want to launch an attack!"

As soon as Xing Bingzhong walked out of the yamen, he met a night rushing over in a hurry.

Xing Bingzhong was shocked, he really didn't expect this group of soldiers and horses to attack so quickly.

Yesterday, Xing Bingzhong already knew that Song Hu's former army had stopped ten miles away from Yanmen Pass. At that time, he thought it would take at least two or three days before attacking him, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Upon hearing this, Xing Bingzhong hurriedly led a few guards towards Dongxing Pass.

Dongxing Pass is located to the east of Yanmen Pass, and it is the first pass attacked by Song Hu soldiers and horses.

Prior to this, Xing Bingzhong had already transferred back the defenders from the Yanmen Pass, roadside piers, and passes.

After these soldiers and horses were transferred back, most of them were placed on Dongxing Pass by Xing Bingzhong to guard against Song Hu's attack.

Song Hu led the soldiers and horses forward for five li and then stopped.

As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

Although Song Hu was still five miles away from Dongxing Pass, Xing Bingzhong could still see the tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together even if they were five miles away.

Looking at the soldiers and horses outside Dongxing Pass, Xing Bingzhong frowned tightly.

"Give me an order to pull out all the cannons, such as the red cannon and the Fran machine gun, and block the city gate with sand. From now on, no one is allowed to go down the city wall without my order."

Xing Bingzhong kept shouting on the city wall, and the orderly behind him kept passing on his orders.

The city wall at Dongxing Pass is about 12 meters high. It is built on the mountain, in the crevice of the mountain, with steep mountains on both sides. Only the front is a city wall built with blue bricks and stones.

There is a city gate on the front of the city wall. The city gate is a metal gate made of smelted iron, which is controlled by hinges on the city gate. There is also Wengcheng outside the city gate.

The terrain outside Dongxing Pass is rugged and not suitable for deploying troops.

If it is the era of cold weapons, it is not so easy to break through this level of barriers.

Tens of thousands of people will not die, don't even think about taking it down.

Because it was a tentative attack, Song Hu didn't push the whole army up, and only sent 200 people.

These 200 people jumped off their horses and slowly pushed towards Dongxing Pass with 56 Chong, 56 Half and 40 fire.

Xing Bingzhong looked at the soldiers of the former army who were slowly coming towards this side, and shouted to the orderly behind him: "Send the order, let all the soldiers get ready, and open fire immediately after entering the attack range of the artillery."

The two hundred soldiers were led by a thousand households named Wang Tiewa. He was walking in the front with a 56 Chong, his eyes fixed on the Dongxing Pass in front of him.

The defenders at Dongxing Pass also stared at these soldiers, and did not despise them because of their small number.

"Order the artillery to load me!"

Xing Bingzhong squinted his eyes at the approaching former soldiers, and hurriedly urged the orderly beside him.

The orderly also hastily passed on the order.

There are a total of three Hongyi cannons and ten Flang cannons on Dongxing Pass.

When Xing Bingzhong's order was passed on, the gunner manipulating the artillery hurriedly loaded ammunition into the artillery.

Wang Tiewa looked at the red-clothed cannon and the Franc cannon protruding from the city wall with a binoculars, then turned around, and shouted at the soldier holding 40 fire behind him: "Aim at the red-clothed cannon and the Franco machine gun on the city wall." Franc cannon, let me destroy these cannons first."

As soon as the words fell, about 40 soldiers carrying [-] fire rushed out and walked in the forefront.

The distance between the two kept getting closer, and when there was only one mile left, the soldiers carrying 40 guns began to load ammunition.

The defenders on the city wall had already loaded their ammunition at this time and aimed at the more than 200 soldiers outside the city.

"Fire!"

Xing Bingzhong on the city wall rushed to the side of the artillery. He looked at the soldiers outside the city and roared.

The soldiers manipulating the artillery hurriedly ignited the fuze on the artillery.

"Chi Chi!" The fuze ignited.

Soldiers carrying 40 fire outside the city also aimed at the red-clothed cannons and Franc cannons on the city wall.

Wang Tiezhu put down the binoculars and shouted, "Fire!"

"Chi la chi la!"

A round of rockets flew towards the city wall with a whistling sound.

Almost at the same time, the closed artillery of Yanmen also opened fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

The red-clothed cannon and the Franc machine gun roared at the same time, firing the solid shells inside.

The solid shells flew towards the two hundred soldiers with a whistling sound.

The red-clothed cannons of this era are not very accurate, and Wang Tiewa's formation is relatively scattered, so the first shelling did not hit these soldiers.

At the same time, the rockets fired by the 40 fire fell on the city wall.

"Bang bang bang!"

The rockets kept exploding, and several rockets landed directly behind the red cannon. The violent explosion instantly ignited the gunpowder piled behind the red cannon.

In the violent explosion, the red cannon was blasted into the air.

The barrel of the red cannon also began to twist at this time.

After a few breaths, the cannon in red fell heavily on the city wall, smashing a few unlucky people on the city wall to pieces.

In addition to the red cannon, the Fran cannon on the city wall was also under the attack of 40 fire.

Just one round of shelling destroyed more than half of the artillery on the city wall.

In the previous explosion, Xing Bingzhong was pressed down by several guards behind him. Because Xing Bingzhong was still some distance away from the red cannon, he was not affected by the explosion.

When the explosion was over, Xing Bingzhong stood up with a look of embarrassment.

Just when he stood up, Xing Bingzhong heard the scream again.

"Get down!" Xing Bingzhong yelled, and hurriedly curled up under the crenel of the city wall.

"Chi la chi la!"

Another round of rockets landed on the city wall with a shrill howl.

"Bang bang bang!"

Explosions followed one after another, and each explosion could take the lives of soldiers.

"Don't stop the fire, continue bombing!" Wang Tiewa said expressionlessly, watching the constant explosions above the city.

Soldiers carrying 40 fire kept attacking the top of the city, and rockets kept pouring towards the city wall of Dongxing Pass.

Under the blow beyond time and space, even the most elite soldiers could not withstand such a blow.

The defenders on the top of the city began to panic. If they did not retreat, they might collapse.

Xing Bingzhong squatted behind the crenel, his heart was in a mess.

"There is no way to go on like this. Quickly withdraw, first withdraw."

Xing Bingzhong yelled at the soldiers on the city wall, and then rushed down under the protection of his personal guards.

After receiving the order to retreat, the defenders on the top of the city hurriedly withdrew to the bottom of the city under the arrangement of their respective officers.

Some soldiers were so frightened by the artillery fire that they had no time to retreat from the stairs, so they jumped off the city wall.

Of course, few of these soldiers could stand up after jumping.

On the back of the city wall, there are large and small caves for hiding soldiers. When these soldiers retreated, they hurriedly hid in the caves for hiding soldiers.

Xing Bingzhong was standing in the cave for the soldiers on the back of the city wall, listening to the continuous sound of explosions, he was in a state of confusion.

"These people are really too powerful. What kind of firearms are they using and why are they so powerful?"

Xing Bingzhong frowned tightly, he really couldn't figure out why there was such a weapon in the world.

Every time the 40-fire rocket exploded, the city wall would shake slightly, and the hearts of the soldiers hiding in the caves would beat violently.

Yanmen Pass is located in an important throat, and it is a battleground for military strategists, so the imperial court is also very concerned about the construction of Yanmen Pass.

Almost every emperor will allocate funds to repair Yanmen Pass.

After more than 200 years of improvement in the Ming Dynasty, the entire Yanmen Pass has been repaired like an iron barrel.

The city wall of Dongxing Pass is very thick, and the building materials used are also the best building materials.

The outermost bricks are either green bricks mixed with glutinous rice juice, brown sugar water and egg whites or solid green bricks.

The rammed earth wrapped by the blue bricks is rammed earth mixed with glutinous rice juice, egg white and brown sugar water, and it is more than 30 meters thick.

Although such rammed earth costs a lot, its defensive effect is surprisingly superior.

Although the 40 fire is very powerful, it is not so easy to destroy the city wall when it falls on this kind of city wall.

Unless it is the 152mm cannon howitzer in Zhao Wen's hands, it is difficult to blast away the city wall of Dongxing Pass with 40 fire.

Song Hu held up his binoculars and looked at the rockets that exploded as Yanmen closed, his brows were tightly knit together.

"Send the order down, let them return, there is no need to waste shells."

Song Hu pointed to the soldiers in front and shouted to the orderly behind him.

The messenger bowed his hands at Song Hu, and then hurried towards Wang Tiewa.

At this time, Wang Tiewa held up the binoculars and looked at the ineffective bombing above the city, with a look of anger on her face.

Although he had already guessed this kind of result, but when he met this kind of result, he was full of resentment.

"My lord, the general has an order to withdraw the troops now." The messenger stopped in front of Wang Tiewa and shouted at Wang Tiewa.

Wang Tiewa sighed, and gave orders to the soldiers under his command to retreat.

When Wang Tiewa retreated with the soldiers, the explosion at Dongxing Pass stopped suddenly.

"The bombardment has stopped." Xing Tizhong walked out of the cave of the soldiers. He saw the explosion on the top of the city, and hurriedly said to Chuanlongbing: "Let Li Dou lead his men up to see if it is the city or not." Soldiers outside withdrew."

After a few breaths, Baihu Li Dou led his soldiers up the city wall carefully.

When he watched the two hundred soldiers outside the city begin to retreat towards the rear, his face was filled with excitement.

"My lord, the rebels have retreated." Li Dou lay on the city wall, shouting to Xing Tizhong below.

A trace of excitement flashed across Xing Tianzhong's face, but the excitement quickly disappeared.

Although the enemy has retreated now, who knows if they will attack again. If they continue to attack, how to defend at that time is also a problem.

Although their artillery just now didn't blast the city wall away again, the defenders couldn't stand still on the city wall.

The defenders are untenable, and it is only a matter of time before Dongxing Pass falls.Xing Tianzhong looked at the city wall and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Xing Tizhong called a messenger over, wrote another autographed letter, handed it to the messenger, and asked the messenger to take his own letter to Zhenwuwei not far away, and let Zhenwuwei The command envoy led the troops to help.

If there is no reinforcements, with today's level of attack, I am afraid that Dongxing Pass will fall in a short time.

After Dongxing Pass missed, half of the entire Yanmen Pass would be lost, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Although he had already sent a signal for help before, just in case, he had to ask someone to run again.

After Wang Tiewa returned to the team, Song Hu ordered to camp in place.

The camp tents were set up quickly, and it didn't take long for them to be set up.

After setting up the camp, all the generals in General Song Hu gathered in their big tent.

"About today's battle, do you have anything to say?" Song Hu sat on the main seat, looked around, and asked.

Wang Tiewa of Qianhu took the lead to stand up, "My lord, this Yanmen Pass is a famous dangerous pass in the world. The city is high, the pool is deep, and the city wall is extremely thick. When I led the attack today, I found that 40 fire rockets hit the city wall. The damage is really limited.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to want to blow away the city wall with 40 fire.If our soldiers also use ordinary methods to attack the city, they will use their own weaknesses to attack the other's strengths, wasting our firepower advantage. "

(End of this chapter)