I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 592 Saarhu City is destroyed

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge mortar and Krug cannon shells fell on the city wall, like heavy hammers, hitting the city wall. The huge impact shook the feet of Du Du and others on the city wall, and they felt panicked.

The devastated city wall once again withstood three rounds of shelling by the Ming Army's Krug artillery, exposing several gaps in the already overwhelmed and crumbling city wall.But even so, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall were still unwilling to go down. Instead, they endured the choking smoke and shells and tried to block the gap.

Zhen Galu, Ga Duhun and others under the city wall looked at the collapsing city wall in the distance and the flag sent by Zhang Mingshi, and immediately understood that it was their turn to take the field.

On the side, the two commander-in-chiefs He Shun and He Xiong, who were the superior officers of the crowd, looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Heshun immediately took the lead, pulled the reins and jumped out of the horse, galloping in front of the four Jurchen military camps including Haixi and Haidong. Then he pulled the reins hard to make the horse stop suddenly.He shouted in Manchu to the [-] Ming Jurchen soldiers and horses in front of him:
"Listen, all Jurchen soldiers, Nurhachi is unruly, coercing our Jurchen tribes to fight against the Ming Dynasty, slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty, and plundering the population of other Jurchen tribes. The crimes are too numerous to list. Therefore, I, the Ming Dynasty, have gathered the heavenly troops here to attack Buchen. I He also abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, serving in front of the Ming army to fight against the rebellion of the imperial court.

Now that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have gathered here, the city of Sarhu is in dilapidated condition, and the officers and soldiers in the city are disheartened, so they gave us this opportunity to make meritorious deeds first.Now the city of Sarhu is right in front of you. The elites of the Eight Banners are gathered in the city, and Daishan, Dudu and others are also trapped in it.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty specially issued an edict, ordering us to break through Sarhu City and wipe out the Jianlu.He also promised that as long as he could defeat Jianlu, all the Jurchen soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who participated in this battle would be heavily rewarded! "

After Heshun finished speaking, he waved to Xitai and others behind him. Hearing this, Xitai and others also rode out of the queue, holding an edict and shouted to everyone:
"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has issued an edict that the Jurchen camps in Haixi and Haidong serve the country. On the day when the Jianlu are defeated, everyone will be rewarded with one hundred acres of land and given Han surnames. Anyone who can kill the Jianlu will be rewarded with more rewards for each person killed. Twenty acres of land.

Those who kill Niulu and Jia La'e Zhen of the Eight Banners will be rewarded with another 500 to 700 acres of land, an official position, [-] to [-] taels of silver, and their property, wife and daughter.

Those who capture Jianlu Beile and Beizi will be rewarded with a thousand acres of land, 5000 taels of silver, and an official position. Enyin will have a son to become an official; those who can capture or intercept Nurhaci, Daishan, and Dudu will be rewarded with five thousand acres of land. , 1 taels of silver, promoted to five levels! "

"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has an edict..." "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has an edict..."

As Xitai and others shouted the specific reward information several times in Manchu, everyone from the four major Jurchen camps, from the generals to the ordinary soldiers, could not sit still.

The city wall of Saarhu has been riddled with holes, so the difficulty will definitely be much lower than expected.Therefore, they are not afraid of being the main attacker, but have high morale.

But now that the various battalion commanders have made it clear about the rewards, such a generous reward also made a thought pop up in the minds of everyone present,
Kill the captives, earn land, make money, and become an official!

Now in their eyes, the former comrades who hurriedly acted on the opposite city wall, and the originally awe-inspiring Baile and Beizi all turned into achievements. Their eyes suddenly lost their fear, and instead felt a little eager to try.

Heshun looked at the reactions of everyone in front of him and nodded with satisfaction. A sentence suddenly came to his mind, military morale is available!
Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and shouted:
"Kill Jianlu, destroy Sarhu, get land, get money, and become an official."

"Kill Jianlu, destroy Sarhu, get land, get money, and become an official."

Heshun's words instantly ignited the emotions of the four Jurchen camps. Twenty thousand Jurchen soldiers followed Heshun, waving the swords and guns in their hands and roaring as hard as they could.

The swords and guns are like a forest, and the sound is like the sea. It seems that they are about to break into Saerhu and eat all the prisoners alive in the city.

Such a huge momentum made Dudu and others on the wall of Sarhu City feel frightened. They could really hear Heshun and others speaking in Manchu just now.But the more I heard it, the more desperate I became.

The rewards inside were heartbreaking even for them, not to mention those people on the opposite side. Even some soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but wonder if it was still too late to surrender.

Seeing that their morale was strong, the gentlemen below the city immediately turned their horses' heads and shouted to everyone:
"Kill me!"

Xitai, Tunbulu and others immediately took the order, and the four major Jurchen battalions used ladders to clear the way and immediately went to kill in the direction of Sarhu.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this time, the sound of artillery on both sides also sounded again. Zhang Mingshi once again ordered the Krug artillery battalion to load explosive shells and fire towards Zhongsarhu City to prevent Daishan from mobilizing reinforcements to the city wall.

The four battalions had a clear goal. They did not need to bother climbing the city wall. Instead, they divided their troops into six groups and charged straight towards the gap that had already been breached by the cannon.

"Whoosh~"

A dense rain of arrows poured down from the city wall, hitting the shields of the Ming army with a bang.But this could not stop the Ming army from under the city. They took the lead in climbing to the gap in the city wall, and the entire scenery of Saarhu City was instantly visible to their eyes.

The fire filling the sky in the distance and the densely packed Jianlu soldiers in front of them made the soldiers at the front unable to react for a moment. Before they had time to shout, they were stabbed by Jianlu's spear and fell backward.But following closely behind, several more Ming troops rushed up.

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

The Ming army at the front was already red-eyed. When they saw the Jianlu soldiers holding spears in front of them, they immediately pounced on them. The Ming army behind them saw this and followed closely behind them, and quickly rushed in.The same is true at other gaps in the city wall. The anxious battle between the two armies is like two rivers meeting at the gap to see who can engulf whom.

"Set up a cloud ladder!"

The Ming army under the city wall was not idle either. Tunbulu and others saw that the fighting was getting anxious at the gap, so they immediately had people set up ladders to open up a new front.And the sound of shelling from both sides sounded again.When Zhang Mingshi saw this, he went all out. In order to be able to coordinate the attack of the army, he was now firing explosive shells into the city regardless of the cost. If Zhu Youxiao saw this scene, he would definitely sigh that Zhang Mingshi was really a master of infantry and artillery coordination.

The city walls of Saarhu were filled with shouts of killing, raging fires and explosions of shells in the city, fighting sounds in the gaps, arrow rain from the city walls and fights at the top of the ladders were repeated.

The Jianlu soldiers who had geographical advantages in several gaps kept beating down the Ming army. However, the Ming army was not afraid of death. Every time they were beaten down, followers would continue to come up. The number was endless and they could not be defeated no matter how hard they fought. over.

But this was not the case for the soldiers and horses who built the city. The fire, thick smoke, and Ming army artillery fire made it difficult for the reinforcements to pass through the fire to support them. Even if they walked from the east and west city walls, there were cave-ins as obstacles, doubling the difficulty.

As the Ming army attacked the city with ladders, the arrows originally fired at the gaps on the city wall became sparse and gradually stopped.

"Where is Daishan? Why haven't his reinforcements come yet? Do you want to watch the city wall be breached?"

Du Du, who was on the city wall, also went into battle in person. He slashed at a Ming soldier who jumped onto the city wall. Then, regardless of the blood all over his body, he pulled a messenger behind him and started questioning him crazily.

"The fire in the city is too big. The Ming army is still firing explosive bombs. Big Baylor's men have come in. Now they can only rescue through the city wall, so it's a little slow. I'm afraid I have to ask Baylor to hold on for a while. The fire channel will be opened soon. Got it!"

Du Du, who knocked down another Ming army who rushed up, was panting while holding a long knife stained with blood.When he heard this, he felt very desperate. Daishan really failed more than succeeded. At such a critical moment, he couldn't even send reinforcements.

"Daishan misled me!!"

"Go to him again and tell him that if he comes to save me, I will never let him go!!"

When the messenger heard this, he immediately turned around and left, not daring to stay any longer.Although Daishan was anxious, he had no choice but to save him at this time. Listening to Ximen's cry of killing, he could only let his men rush through the fire zone to the west side for rescue.

But even so, the number of people was very small. Rescue through the city wall was also very difficult because the city wall was small, the corridors were crowded, and there were many cave-ins.

"Report, Songguo Tuoer is really here to report that a road near the south city wall has been opened. Please also ask Lord Beile to send troops quickly!"

At this critical moment, a piece of good news reached Daishan's ears. Daishan was overjoyed when he heard it and immediately told him:
"Okay, immediately order two elite Red Flag soldiers to go to the west side. We must not let the Ming army break the city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw another messenger coming from the east on horseback. When he got in front of him, he quickly dismounted and panted:

"Inform Lord Beile, Buxha sent someone to report that the Khan has gathered his troops and will leave the city immediately. When the time comes, he will detour outside the city and attack the rear of the Ming army, and join forces with Lord Beile."

When Daishan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.There really is no end to the road, Saarhu City can be saved!

It's just that both the city's reinforcements and Nurhaci's reinforcements will take a certain amount of time to arrive.

Time waits for no one, with reinforcements becoming unsustainable and morale declining.Several gaps in the west city wall were attacked by the Ming army one after another. Finally, it became untenable and the Ming army rushed in!

"Saerhu City has been destroyed!"

"Fight in, rush with me!"

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were the first to break through the Jianlu siege and rush into Sarhu City were ecstatic. They immediately shouted regardless of the fire and smoke burning around them.

This voice was like a spell. The Ming army's morale was greatly boosted when they heard it. When the Jianlu soldiers and horses heard it, their faces suddenly changed and their morale plummeted.The morale of the defenders in the remaining gaps was completely depleted, and they were broken through by the Ming army one after another.

"Master Beile, the city wall is broken, we will cover your escape!"

The Jianlu officers and soldiers who were still fighting fiercely on the city wall also changed their expressions when they heard this. Many generals with white flags wanted to retreat to the city with Du Du and escape here without saying a word.

But Lord Beile was like a loudspeaker this time, and was immediately heard by the Ming soldiers who jumped on the city wall.

The Ming troops who jumped into the city wall were like hungry wolves, all staring at Du Du.

(End of this chapter)