CIATB Chapter 289 The Destruction of the Northwest Chuangjun
Chapter 289 The Destruction of the Northwest Chuangjun
Chapter 289 The Destruction of the Northwest Chuangjun
Soon, Zhang Yong's Ming army came to a field one mile away from Yumen Pass in a formation of infantry surrounding the artillery.
On both sides of the Ming army were about seven or eight thousand Mongolian cavalrymen from the Heshuot, Oirat and other departments holding spears, sabers, and carrying bows and arrows.
They took on the task of scouting and guarding the flanks of the Ming army.
After setting up a posture to attack the city on a large scale, the Ming army did not fire artillery or send a group of troops to attack the city in advance. Instead, they sent several officers and soldiers to the city gate to persuade them to surrender.
"Daming Dingyuan General Zhang Yong Xiaoyu Li Jin, Dang Shousu and others quickly surrendered to the city, but your soldiers and civilians will be spared, and the generals will not lose their glory and wealth. Otherwise, if they break through the city, no one will be left behind."
"The common people in the city have soldiers to guard the thieves. Those who do not support the thieves but help the officials and soldiers will be rewarded no matter what they do."
"Did the people on the top of the city hear it? Call your general out quickly." After finding that there was no response from the city wall, the few cavalry yelled again.
But at this moment, they didn't wait for a reply, but they waited for an arrow from Li Jin. Li Jin leaned out from the crenellation of the city wall, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot it in front of the horsemen.
"Get out of here, my Dashun army is all heroes, how can I commit myself to being a thief." Li Jin cursed.
He is Li Zicheng's nephew. Because he was born in a poor family, he has a very strong relationship with Li Zicheng. In addition, he also has a deep hatred for the government. It is almost impossible for him to surrender to the Ming army.
After seeing Li Jin's response, the knights who came to the city to persuade them to surrender turned their horses and went back to see Zhang Yong without saying a word.
After receiving the news that Li Jin refused to surrender and wanted to attack the emissary to persuade him to surrender, Zhang Yong was furious, and immediately ordered the army to launch more than [-] tiger squatting cannons and Frangji cannons.
Because the infrastructure in the northwest is backward, the surface is full of yellow sand, and the land is soft, heavy artillery cannot be transported. In addition, it is too far away from the Central Plains and it is difficult to supply, so the artillery in Zhang Yong's army is all these small-caliber artillery.
As the artillery was loaded, the commander gave an order, and more than thirty cannons roared like a god of death. The rumbling sound awakened the land that had been silent for hundreds of years.
The projectiles of the tiger squatting cannon and the Frangji cannon hit the city wall of Yumenguan, making a dull sound, and pieces of the city wall and city bricks fell down.
Because the military status of Yumen Pass was greatly reduced after the Tang Dynasty, the city walls here were in disrepair for a long time. The occasional repairs were only partial repairs. As for the quality of the city walls, the government never paid attention to it.
Anyway, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the power of the Han people has moved southward and shrunk to the Central Plains, and the Hexi Corridor and even the Western Regions can no longer attract the attention of the imperial court.
Soon, the more than [-] cannons fired several rounds of rapid firepower, hitting the Yumenguan city wall with potholes everywhere.
However, although Yumen Pass has been in disrepair for a long time, it is still too early to use artillery to blow down the city wall, because Zhang Yong's artillery is not the heavy red barbarian cannons of the former Tao Ding Army and Wu Wei Army, nor is it a rocket with a huge charge.
It is the tiger crouching guns and Flang machine cannons that are mainly anti-personnel. No matter how dilapidated the Yumen Pass is, it is a fool's dream to use these small-caliber artillery to blow it down.
Of course, Zhang Yong also knows this. It's not like he has never used artillery before, and he is relatively clear about the power of artillery.
The reason why Zhang Yong brought out the artillery today was actually just to dampen the morale of the intruders who were already in trouble. In the face of artillery fire, no one dared to guarantee that he would not die, not even the emperor and generals.
Therefore, after experiencing a round of artillery fire, many of the remaining intruders in Yumenguan City must be terrified and afraid of the powerful combat power of the Ming army.
"The whole army, attack." After the artillery stopped firing, Zhang Yong immediately ordered the soldiers of the three armies to carry the ladders and rush cars to attack Yumenguan City.
Although Yumen Pass is a pass, because of the terrain and climate in the northwest, it is actually easier to deal with than the cities in the Central Plains.
Because there is no moat with a depth of several meters and a wide water surface outside this pass, the soldiers can rush to the bottom of the city with siege equipment.
I saw the yellow sand outside the Yumen Pass filled the sky, and the strong wind rolled the endless yellow sand into the sky, as if the creator was watching the mutual killing of the lives he created.
Many soldiers had sand in their eyes, but they still rushed forward with their eyes closed.
The Chuangjun soldiers kept bending their bows and shooting arrows on the city wall. Even though their fingers were sore and weak, and their arm muscles were stiff, they still insisted on shooting at the Ming army on the ladder and under the city wall.
When the arrows were exhausted, he smashed his bow angrily on the head of the Ming army who climbed up from the ladder.
Some archers' arms were sore and weak, and they couldn't even hit the Ming army's head with their bows, so they gritted their teeth, hit the Ming army hard, and knocked them off the city wall.
Both sides knew that this battle would most likely be the last battle between the Ming army and the Chuang army in the northwest region. After this battle, there might be no more tragic battles.
Therefore, soldiers on both sides gritted their teeth and fought as if they were fighting for their lives.
The soldiers of the Ming Army climbed up the ladder one after another, even if more than half of the entire unit was killed in the battle, they did not retreat.
With the advantage of the Ming army several times that of the Chuang army and the advantages of weapons and equipment, a certain section of the city wall of Yumen Pass was soon captured by the Ming army.
Next, as if Pandora's box was opened, more and more sections of the city wall were planted with the banner of the Ming army.
Soon, after only one or two sticks of incense had passed, the Ming army used rams to knock open the wooden city gate, and then rushed under the city gate.
The Ming troops on both sides also used tall ladders to climb up, and fought bloody battles with Li Jin and Dang Shousu's guards on the city gate tower.
After an unknown amount of time, the shouts of killing on the city wall finally stopped, and the battle was decided.
Of course, the ending was that Zhang Yong defeated Li Jin, Dang Shousu and others' Chuangjun, but for this, the Ming army also paid a painful price of two to three thousand dead and nearly ten thousand wounded.
After Li Jin and Dang Shousu were killed on the upper floor of the city gate, the Chuangjun in the city gradually stopped resisting, and more and more Chuangjun lost the will to fight, dropped their weapons and armor, hugged He knelt on the ground and begged for surrender.
Regarding this, of course Zhang Yong wanted to kill them quickly, but when he thought that there were thousands of troops surrendering and their life and death should not be decided by him, Zhang Yong gave up.
Instead, he sent people to the capital to ask Zhu Cihong how to deal with the prisoners of the trespassing army.
After that, Zhang Yong's Ming army occupied Yumen Pass, attracted refugees here, and posted placards for civilians, temporarily stabilizing the area for hundreds of miles.
From this day onwards, the Chuangjun who failed to resist Jierhalang from northern Shaanxi and retreated to the northwest was officially declared annihilated. The mighty Li Zicheng peasant uprising has come to an end here.
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