Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1068 Bloody battle in Guazhou
Chechnya is bound to win Guazhou. If the Hexi Corridor is not cleared, he will not be able to complete the tasks assigned to him by Baturhui, and even affect the Junggar Ministry's entry into the Guanzhong.

If he can't even take down a Guazhou city, what use is he for, how can he inherit the Zhungeer tribe, and how can he restore the glory of Great Mongolia.

Chechen gave an order, and another wave of Mongolian soldiers roared and charged, approaching the city wall.

At this time, although the siege tower was defeated, the siege ladder and climbing ladder were close to the city wall. A climbing ladder was erected, and the brave Mongols climbed up with a machete in their hands, The first soldier immediately cut off the rope that was pulling the baffle, and the stones on the baffle immediately slid down, knocking the Mongol who had climbed halfway off the ladder.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Jin Army did not have time to secretly rejoice. Suddenly an arrow hit him from the bottom of the city, hitting him in the throat, and the soldiers immediately fell from the top of the city.

At this time, more and more Mongols flocked to the city. Standing behind the shield chariot, they began to bend their bows and set arrows, throwing arrows towards the top of the city, and some aimed directly at them and killed them.

Unlike the Han people, these Mongols have been good at archery since they were young. They can shoot down birds that fly in the sky. It is really easy to shoot people. Almost all of them are marksmen.This is one of the horrors of nomads. They are almost born warriors who are good at fighting, but Han soldiers need to go through battles and years of training to reach this level.

The Mongols below the city began to shoot at the city, and the soldiers of the Golden Army immediately suffered casualties.

The Mongolian soldiers who flocked to the bottom of the city took advantage of the opportunity and immediately climbed up the ladder and the climbing ladder. Two golden soldiers just stabbed a Mongolian soldier down the city wall with long spears, and one of the golden soldiers was shot by an arrow. An arrow fell to the top of the city.

The Mongols had many soldiers and horses, and everyone was good at shooting. They quickly suppressed the city wall, and the Mongol soldiers began to attack the city.

"Fire guns! Bows and arrows!"

When Zhang Sheng saw a Mongolian soldier jumping up to the top of the wall, his eyes turned red and he let out a scream.

While shouting, he suddenly took a few steps forward, and the sword swept across like a whirlwind. A Mongolian soldier who had just jumped onto the top of the wall was chopped down, and a stream of blood spurted out. The body of the Mongolian soldier holding the scimitar fell heavily. Then, the head bounced high, landed on the city and rolled a few steps before coming to rest.

The golden soldiers on the city heard his call, and a row of musketmen immediately rushed to the wall and fired a row of bird guns down the city. Holding a piece of log, they slammed into the barb of the climbing ladder hanging on the city wall. They didn't hit it a few times, and the barb fell off. Another team of soldiers pushed it with a long pole, and the Mongolian soldiers who had climbed halfway screamed. Falling backwards with the ladder.

Their counterattack, coupled with the thunder that fell into the Mongolian arrow formation from time to time, gradually regained a little advantage in the city.

Seeing this, Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment Jiang Jianxun rushed to his side, grabbed him, and said anxiously: "Junmen, the Mongols are digging the city!"

Zhang Sheng was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly looked down the city, and he saw the Mongolian bridal chambers connected together, like a huge earth dragon, winding until it reached the foot of the city wall.

Cave carts are generally only used to facilitate soldiers approaching the city wall, and to defend the city from bows, arrows, and cannon stones, but Zhang Sheng's face changed drastically when he saw it.

At this time, the Mongols' cave was close to the corner of the wall, but the people inside did not come out. The cave was close to the root of the wall and entered the blind spot of the defenders' shooting on the city, and few people noticed it.

Zhang Sheng looked down, and arrows flew past his head from time to time, and a sharp arrow even shot off his helmet, which made him withdraw his head quickly in shock.

He had already seen very clearly just now that the Mongolian burrow was like an earthworm, its head was digging the soil frantically under the city, its body was responsible for transporting it, and its tail dumped the soil.

The whole process is like a big earthworm eating the city wall and then pulling it down.

Zhang Sheng was shocked when he saw it. Under the city wall, there were at least seven or eight large earthworms eating away at the city wall of Guazhou at the same time.

Sure enough, he was digging a city. The city walls of Guazhou are not as good as those in the Central Plains. If he digs a big city in the Central Plains for a month, he may not be able to dig it down. But Guazhou City is different. It was abandoned by the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. The weathering is serious, and it will definitely collapse after a few digs.

The Mongols lacked artillery. If they had artillery, they would directly blast the city, and Chechnya would not have thought of this trick.

Zhang Sheng immediately became anxious, "Quickly prepare boiling water, kerosene, and thunder to prevent them from continuing to dig the city."

On the top of the city, the two armies competed fiercely. The Mongols' siege towers were restrained by artillery, and dozens of Mongols' siege towers had been destroyed everywhere.

The Chechens commanded the Mongols to continue to replenish their equipment and troops. The artillery group of the Golden Army counterattacked with all their strength.

Although the Mongols had complete siege equipment, the Jin army also had many means of defense.

Above and below the city, there are dead soldiers of the two armies everywhere, and in the open field outside the city, there are Mongolian soldiers falling to the ground and burning chariots everywhere.The sandbags on the city wall and the artillery were also covered with the corpses of the Jin army with arrows inserted.

Jiang Jianxun pushed aside the two corpses lying on the wall, waved his hands back, and several soldiers immediately poured a pot of boiling oil down, lit it and threw a torch, and the wall and the cavern that dug the city immediately ignited. The fire was raging.

A few Mongolian soldiers immediately threw off the burning blankets and cowhide, and ran out of it, but within two steps, the sound of gunfire from the city, and several people were shot in the back and fell down immediately.

Seeing this, more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers immediately stepped forward holding their shields, dragged the burning cave house with a hook and sickle gun, and immediately filled it with another one to continue digging.

At the top of the city, several soldiers put four thunderbolts into a bamboo basket, ignited them one by one, and then fell to the top of the city.

"Boom!" There were several huge explosions in a row, and the two bridal chambers were overturned directly. All the Mongolian soldiers inside were shocked to death, and all of them bled to death from their seven orifices.

Seeing this, Zhang Sheng and others were immediately overjoyed, but at this moment, the city wall of Guazhou shook for a while, and the soldiers were shocked, and they set him up and hurriedly retreated to both sides of the shaking city wall.

Before they retreated, a section of the city wall about five feet long shook a few times and collapsed instantly.

The Mongolian army and the Jin army who were fighting were all stunned by this sudden change, and stopped their movements.

There was silence on the battlefield, but it was only for a moment, but at the same time, shouts broke out from both sides.

Immediately, a group of Mongolian soldiers brandished their scimitars, screamed with excitement, and began to climb the collapsed city wall.

Sun Kewang, who was behind the city wall, was also taken aback by this earth-shattering movement. When he realized it, he drew his knife sharply and shouted angrily, "Guards, follow the lonely king to block the gap!"

The Jin army behind the city wall reacted, immediately drew out his sword, and climbed towards the collapsed place. The Jin army and the Mongolian soldiers climbed from two slopes, and soon collided with each other.

(End of this chapter)