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Chapter 530 Tongguan Battle (5) ([-]rd)

The use of strong bulls on the battlefield is not Zhu Yousong's original creation.According to legend, Yang Liulang in the Northern Song Dynasty fought against the Liao Dynasty. He used to fight against the Liao Dynasty.

Today Zhu Yousong had an idea and also used the bull soldiers.He was also inspired by the wonderful pens written by netizens in the online novels before time travel. Since it is difficult to handle the human charge, let Niu Chongfeng do it. .

Zhu Yousong ordered people to divide the 3000 cows into four batches, the first three batches were [-] head each, and the fourth batch was [-] head. They were released in four days in total.The generals under him didn't dare to be happy, they were very suspicious, could this move work?But dare not disobey the order.

At the third watch of the night, three thousand oxen were pulled out from the barracks. Their tails had already been treated, that is, they were all smeared with oil and wet wax.

After igniting, [-] fierce oxen rushed towards these fortresses like crazy, and a Ming army waved flags and shouted behind them, beat drums to cheer, and created a momentum of charging and falling into battle.

The Dashun army in the fortress saw that the Ming army finally couldn't hold back and started a large-scale charge, hahaha, it was prepared for them, come if you are not afraid of death!

A centurion was in charge of each fort, and there was also a deputy. Under their command, when the horn sounded, more than 100 Dashun troops immediately took action.A hundred fortresses are 1 troops. They moved quickly, and as night fell, they all quickly entered a fighting state.

They looked at the distance through the window, the overwhelming torches were shaking, the shouts of the Ming army were loud, and countless animals were rushing forward.

"Fire the arrows!" When they were within the shooting range, the general of the Dashun army gave an order, and fired ten thousand arrows with his bow and crossbow.

In an instant, the arrows flowed like rain, filling the night sky.Bulls that fell to the ground with arrows were everywhere, and some of them were shot into hedgehogs.But a cow has four legs, weighs several hundred catties, has a strong physique, rough skin and thick flesh, so it can withstand more than a human.

Therefore, as long as there are no dead cows, they continue to rush forward. Countless cows are full of arrows, but they still rush forward.

Because of the darkness, the light of the torches was limited after all. The Dashun army in the fortress couldn't see clearly at first, thinking that the Ming army was coming too fiercely, so they just kept shooting wildly.

But when the distance got closer, they realized that they had been tricked.It turned out that there was not a single Ming army who charged against them, but all brave and fearless cattle.

After yelling that they were fooled, the Dashun army quickly issued an order to stop shooting arrows.They thought that the Ming army was wasting their bows and arrows in this way, so they came up with such a strange trick.Of course they can’t be fooled. Since you dare not charge, let these beasts charge. Anyway, cows don’t know how to climb ladders to attack a city, and they won’t even be able to pass the moat. Consumes stamina and bows.

In this way, on the first night, nearly a thousand cattle broke through the first line of defense, which was the hundred fortresses, in the rainy flow of arrows.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army on the top of the Tongguan city didn't know what was going on inside. The tossing on the castle side was so fierce, of course the top of the city had to report.

Thinking that the Ming army was about to attack the city on a large scale, they lit up torches one after another, and tens of thousands of troops on the top of the city would stand ready.

Not only Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, but also Gao Yigong and the three generals personally commanded here. After Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying got their rewards with Niu Jinxing, they got up from the bed and climbed to the top of the city.

At this time, thousands of oxen came rushing from a distance, and the fire on the oxen's tail hadn't been burnt out yet. The torches, the smoke played a very good role in blocking the sight of the Dashun army in the distance, making them unable to see the reality.

Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, and his wife Gao Guiying all have high IQs.In addition, the three chief generals at the head of the city are not ordinary people.For a moment they were puzzled, how did these Ming troops break through the impenetrable defense line of a hundred fortresses so quickly?It seemed incredible to them.

"Fire!" The commander of the artillery battalion of the Dashun Army saw that the charging "Ming Army" had reached the range of the cannon, and immediately ordered to fire.

All of a sudden, guns were fired from the top of the city, and the smoke was filled with gunpowder, which was deafening.In the flickering flames, with the sound of explosions one after another, countless cows were blown to pieces.

But despite the fierce artillery fire on the top of the city, there were still a lot of bullocks rushing to the bank of the moat with smoke and fire.Plop, plop, many crazy cows rushed into the moat, and the waves in the moat rose and fell one after another.

"Fire arrows! Push logs, throw stones!"

Because the distance was too short, the cannons couldn't play a role, so the Dashun Army had to start using bows and arrows and other things to defend the city.

But soon they felt that something was wrong. With the light of the torches at the top of the city and the fire below the city, Li Zicheng and others could see clearly that the ones who came were all cattle, and there was no one. They had been fooled and wasted a lot. Bows and ammo!
Li Guo and others hurriedly issued an order to stop firing cannons, stop shooting arrows, and stop throwing stones and rolling logs.Because none of these rushing cattle could cross the moat, except for dying on the bank, they all swam away along the moat.

Then there was no more movement, thinking that Zhu Yousong's men would charge behind the herd of cattle, catching them off guard, but waiting until dawn, there was nothing going on behind them.

"This stupid king is too cunning!" Li Zicheng threw down such a sentence angrily, and took the queen's wife Gao Guiying and the adviser Niu Jinxing to the city to sleep.

During the day, the camp of the Ming army was still as calm as water, and there was nothing wrong with each other.

The next night, after the third watch, Zhu Yousong released another [-] bulls and sent thousands of horses and horses, but they only shouted behind and did not charge.

The generals of the Dashun Army in the fortress were busy again for a while. After this violent arrow rain, the soldiers on the top of Tongguan City fired their cannons first and then their arrows.I stayed on until dawn, and when I saw another group of cows, I fought against them again, so I was not discouraged.

After dawn, the Ming army was safe again, and the Ming camp returned to calm.On the night of the third day, the procedure was still the same after the third watch.

This time, the Dashun army in the fort and defending the city were exhausted and scolded their mothers.And the most important thing is that in the past three days, more than half of the bows and arrows in the fortress were used up, and a lot of the artillery shells, bows and arrows on the top of the city were also used up to defend the city.

But Li Zicheng and others are not fools, they seem to have realized Zhu Yousong's intentions, the Ming army will really attack the city soon, so they dare not rest during the day, and quickly order the generals to cut wood and transport stones, and rush to make bows and arrows. Transport to the top of the city and into the fortress.The nearby trees and rocks were quickly used up, and the distant ones were too late. The tile-roofed buildings in the city were demolished, and the bricks, tiles, stones, and wood were transported to the top of the city to defend the city.

In this way, for the past three days, these Dashun army generals had to fight the mangniu at night, and they had to prepare military supplies during the day, which made them exhausted.

Li Zicheng saw that this was not a solution. Who knows when the Ming army will really come to attack the city, and how long the bull fight will last at night. No one can tell. Rest, take turns to guard, and take turns to defend the city and keep the fort.

In this way, the number of troops they put into battle was reduced a lot. On the fourth day, this was the day when Li Zicheng had just adjusted his strategic deployment. After the third watch, Zhu Yousong released the last thousand cows.

The earth-shattering yelling and killing behind the cattle started again, much louder than the previous few days. The [-] Ming troops who had prepared long ago held bows and arrows, shields, and carried ladders and other siege objects. It's just shouting, but overwhelmingly rushing towards Tongguan City.

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