At the frontier positions, the mixed soldiers and horses of Tatar infantry and cavalry, escorted by thick shield formations, finally arrived in front of the eight fortifications two miles before Tumu Fortress.

No Tatar soldiers were willing to continue rushing forward because they all knew that this distance was basically within the range of the range of the Ming army's Folang cannon at the top of the city. As long as one round of artillery came down, I don't know how many officers and soldiers were suffering. It would be better to wait for the camp to issue the latest order first.

In other cases, the Tatars like to show off the limelight the most. Whenever they charge forward, they will first gain military achievements. However, when attacking Tumu Fort, the Tatars' mentality changed, and everyone is afraid of going up to die.

It seems that the city wall is low and the city block, which does not even have a moat, is stronger than Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanfu.

The Ming army had given up the first trench this time and retreated to the second trench, and it was quiet in front of it.

Yi Sima then led his horse to a high ground made of earth two miles away from the trench area. He looked at the fire from the torches in the hands of the Tatar soldiers in the distance, and reflected the city in the night like a giant beast, and it was impossible to see what the position of the Ming army was in.

The general attack order has not been issued for a long time because Yi Sima was a little upset in his heart when facing the city in the dark, and was unsure whether it was worth it to make a huge sacrifice.

"The National Master, why haven't he ordered the siege for a long time?" Just as Yi Simayin was riding on the horse and pondered and silent, Awulu appeared beside Yi Simayin on a horse.

When the two were parallel, Yi Sima saw the pretty face clearly with the help of the torch in the hand guard behind him.

Yi Sima seemed to have recovered her confidence and smiled faintly: "The enemy retreated very quickly. If I expected it, the soldiers and horses in the city have lost their ability to resist. Our army can successfully enter the city without leaving any chickens and dogs!"

A Wulu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The general is really a hero. Then I will go back to the camp and wait. Maybe I will return to the grand camp until dawn. I will return triumphantly. I will comfort the general's hard work!"

Yi Sima Yin did not feel that the Ming army had lost its ability to resist. He said this in front of A Wulu, because he wanted to maintain his dignity and to let A Wulu go back and wait.

A Wulu trusted Yisimayin's ability enough. After learning that the Ming army in front of him was fine, he rode back to the camp first. This was a hint for Yisimayin, allowing Yisimayin to feel the beauty in his heart at all times on this battlefield of blood and fire.

The battlefield is where men make achievements and need to work hard with their lives. When a battle is won, they should be immersed in the land of gentleness and enjoy the most beautiful tenderness. Yi Simayin is a person full of rationality in command and dispatch on weekdays, but a rational man is equally emotional. He hopes that the war will end soon and that he can temporarily have Awulu after going back.

"Attack!"

With Yi Sima's order, the Tatar soldiers and horses used their usual tricks again, driving the Ming army captives captured from the Xuanfu and the security guards to take out sacks filled with mud from the carriages they followed, and carried them back to the trenches ahead. They just had to throw sacks into the pit, and then fill them with logs. It would not take long for the trenches to be blocked to fill a road.

But this time I encountered trouble!

Just as the Ming army prisoners rushed into the trench with sacks, the dense rain of arrows in front suddenly shot over, and dozens of Ming army prisoners fell to the ground. The rest were so scared that they hurriedly threw down their things on their shoulders and crawled on the ground.

The Tatars had a solution to it, and immediately launched a trumpet with wooden boards in front, lined up in a row, slowly advancing forward to protect the safety of the Tatar soldiers.

"Bangbang"

At this moment, the cannons on the city tower began to roar. As the shells fell, balls of fire burst out in the darkness, countless pieces of steel were flying around, killing all lives within the explosion range.

"Boom boom"

As the violent explosions sounded one after another, the wooden boards used as shields were quickly torn into pieces. Due to the loss of the wooden boards, large rain of arrows was thrown into pieces. Together with the fragments of the shells, the Tatar soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

The sound of shell explosions from afar and the noise and roar of Tatar soldiers made Yi Sima Yin, who was watching the battle, look very ugly.

"Boom boom"

Amid the continuous explosions, although Yi Simayin could not see clearly what the battlefield ahead was, his heart was bleeding because most of the Tatars were wearing torches, and in this darkness, they undoubtedly became a living target of artillery. For him and the Tatar soldiers, this kind of killing was undoubtedly unacceptable, because until now, they had not even touched the enemy's face.

"The national division, the current direction is under the attack of Ming army artillery fire, and the attack is blocked!"

“The east of the city is blocked!

"The west of the city is blocked!"

The battle reports came one after another, and Yi Sima Yin ordered: "Order the attacking units to put out the torches immediately, find a place to hide on the spot... and then launch an attack after your eyes get used to the darkness!"

The Tatar soldiers were dizzy by this artillery fire. In fact, Yi Sima was not required to ask him to find a place to hide. What place is safer now than the trenches in front?

A large number of Tatars consciously threw away the torches in their hands and jumped directly into the trenches.

The trench was as high as three or four meters high. The Tatars rushed in, and many people were knocked out, but at least the tunnel could block the fragments of shells flying around. Unless the shells happened to fall into the tunnel, there was no need to worry about losing their lives in a mess.

When the Tatars came to their senses, they stood at the bottom of the pit, and were surprised to find that the trench was dug deep and wide, and the walls of the trench were very smooth, so they could not climb up at all.

As more and more Tatars rushed into the trench, officers such as centurions soon stood up and led the Tatars to charge towards the wings along the tunnel.

At this time, the danger of the trench was revealed. Seven or eight Ming soldiers were hiding at the corners, first with a row of crossbow arrows. There was no place to hide in the tunnel. The Tatars were not mentally prepared, and almost every arrow would take away a life. When the archers shot and retreated, the musket soldiers quickly filled the position, and the "bang bang bang" was a random shot. The Folangji musket was a shotgun, which had the power of killing within fifty steps, and suddenly more than a dozen Tatar soldiers fell down.

Many Tatars jumped into the trenches. When they saw their brothers die, they were furious and got up from the ground, waved their scimitars and killed them along the trench. As a result, just as they turned a corner, another row of crossbow arrows and bullets came, and a large area fell down again.

The Tatars suffered great casualties, but the victory was that there were many people and there were a group of people stepping on their robes and shouting and chasing them wildly.

However, as the battle continued, the Tatars who followed up learned to be smart. When they charged, they raised their shields and moved forward carefully. The casualties after that were not as big as they were at the beginning.

But soon the Tatars discovered a problem. There was no road ahead. The Ming army chasing seemed to disappear out of thin air, without a trace... The Tatars didn't know that there was a secret door disguised as a pit wall on the halfway they chased. Unfortunately, under the cover of this night, they had no way to discover it, so they could only find another way out.

Fortunately, the subsequent Tatars had already come with a ladder. When they climbed up the trench along the tunnel, there were rows of crossbow arrows and bullets coming towards them, and many people were killed on the spot.

More and more Tatars climbed onto the flat ground and rushed towards the trenches ahead.

"Boom boom"

With a dense sound of cannons, many folang cannon shells flew into the sky on the top of the city. After reaching the highest point, they smashed down at the Tatars with a roar. Countless black and red fireballs rose up on the ground, and sharp fragments flew in the air, passing through the flesh and blood of the Tatars.

Some Tatars were blown into two pieces in the waist, some were cut off their heads, some were cut off their limbs, and some were shot into hornet's nests.

Screams and wails were heard everywhere, and Tatar soldiers were flying everywhere.
Chapter completed!