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Chapter 291 Arrival

Qiantun Wei Ling Haoge was like a thorn in his throat.

As a pioneer, Haoge's responsibility is to clear the roads for the main army and eliminate hidden dangers. The so-called "breaking roads across mountains and building bridges across water" is not just a literal meaning.

However, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it is not enough to say how big the blow it will be. Although some generals were broken at first, the elite soldiers did not suffer much loss. As for the coating, they were originally cannon fodder.

After the setback, Haoge calmed down and had already made some mistakes.

The only guards in Qiantun have only 6,000 soldiers and only one mile of the city. Although the artillery is powerful, the comparison of overall strength is not enough to be planned.

He had 16,000 elite cavalry, 40,000 coats, 7,000 surrendered soldiers, and more than 60,000, which was ten times that of Qiantun Guard. Even if he had to fill in his lives, he believed that Qiantun Guard would not last long.

How much supplies are there for a small garrison?

How many days can the shells be fired? How many days can the guns be fired? How many days can the food be eaten?

The main army will arrive at least five or seven days. He believes that there is enough time to consume Qiantunwei's supplies to achieve victory.

But there is one premise, that is, Shanhaiguan will not come to provide assistance.

So Haoge quickly made adjustments and sent Wu Sangui to the west to guard against the movements of Shanhaiguan. He also used Turge to lead three thousand elite cavalry to assist him and take strict vigilance.

Haoge himself kept sending Baoyi to attack Qiantunwei and consumed Qiantunwei's material reserves.

Each time there are five hundred people, four attacks in one hour. According to his plan, every time he attacks the city, the Qiantun Guard will have to launch a round of artillery bombing, consuming 200 shells, and 800 shells in one hour. As for the musket bullets, there are countless.

In this way, Qiantun Guard will be unable to continue for up to three days.

He also made up his mind - every time the coat sent out, there were more than a hundred people who could come back, as many as dozens of people. He would lose more than a thousand people in one hour. He would take turns to attack in one day, and tens of thousands of coats would lose tens of thousands of coats in one twelve hours.

Forty thousand coats, last for up to four days.

Faced with Haoge's crazy attack, the Qiantun Guards were very happy at first, but later they became depressed.

It’s not because Haoge’s constant attack that his defense gradually became weak. The two soldiers took turns to rest and could easily defend.

The problem is that the corpses accumulated under the city.

Only three hours later, the corpses on the hillside outside Qiantun Aicheng had already leveled the slope!

If you watch it, it won’t take long to see the corpses under the city, and they will be as tired as the city wall!

After all, the attack surface of Qiantun Guard is too narrow, and the corpses are piled up, so it is easy to pile up.

As a last resort, three hours later, every time the Tartars attacked, troops were sent to move the body.

Cut off the head and push the body down the steep slopes on both sides to ensure smoothness on the front.

For the defenders, this was a small trouble. But for Haoge, it was a big trouble. Haoge had not noticed it at first, and was very happy to see the soldiers and horses in the city coming out to move the corpse. The more they urged Baoyi to attack, the more they would urge Baoyi to attack, under such circumstances, the firepower on the city would be greatly weakened to avoid hurting the comrades, and the Baoyi could attack more.

But the combat power of the soldiers who collected the corpse surprised Haoge. The firepower on the city was weakened, but the armored soldiers who came out to move the corpse were incredibly fierce.

While moving the corpse, these armored soldiers waited until Baoyi attacked and pulled out their short swords and killed them. The Baoyi wolf rushed to the dolphin and even dared to chase after him for a mile or two, showing off his might in front of the formation.

If Haoge sends a cavalry out to rush, the cannon formation on the top of the city will show its power.

Haoge felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. Looking at the armored soldiers who were showing off his power, he wished he could rush out and kill him himself.

Not long after, a fire broke out from left and right outside Qiantun Guard. The bodies almost filled the steep slopes on both sides, and the defenders had to pour tinder oil on them to burn the body.

The stench mixed with the fragrance of meat soared into the sky in the thick smoke, as if countless evil ghosts were struggling in the smoke and dust, so fierce!

Hauge's troubles came too.

It was already afternoon, and the Baoyi slaves went on one after another and lost five or six thousand corpses under the city. The Baoyi slaves were frightened. No matter how Haoge urged him or even killed a chicken to scare the monkey, the Baoyi was unwilling to attack again immediately.

As a last resort, Haoge could only temporarily hold back and plan to rest for a night, and wait until his morale will recover tomorrow before continuing to attack.

Haoge's tactics are completely filled with human lives. If it were just like this, there was nothing. As long as the effect was seen, the coats could not withstand Haoge's tyranny.

However, five or six thousand people died, but they could not even attack within ten feet of the city. Even an enemy soldier could not be killed or touched the city wall. In the eyes of the robbers, it was completely useless and lost their lives in vain.

It is natural that morale has dropped sharply.

At this time, in the evening, Ying Yi happened to arrive at Shanhaiguan.

Zhu Bingkun and others led generals to welcome them inside the pass.

"Greetings to you!"

A series of generals were wearing armor, holding a cap on their arms, and lined up under the city, beating their chests and slamming their heads.

Ying Yi turned over and dismounted and nodded: "No need to be polite."

Then he walked into the city and asked, "What's the situation?"

Zhu Bingkun and others followed each other and said, "Go back to the Lord, the war has begun on Qiantunwei."

He said: "At the end of the morning, Jiannu Haoge led his army to Qiantun Guard and immediately led his troops to attack. The cannon sounded twice every half hour, until half an hour ago."

Ying Yi nodded slightly: "What about the battle?"

Zhu Bingkun said: "According to the night of the investigation, Haoge first put the artillery array within the range because he did not know the range of our artillery. He was destroyed by the Qiantun Guards' defenders before he fired the cannon fodder. He then sent coated cannon fodder to attack the city. It seemed that he was trying to consume the reserves of the military supplies of the Qiantun Guards."

He also said: "For more than half an hour ago, the war report was not received. The Jiannu had stopped attacking. The Tartars attacked the city in one day without any achievements. The defenders were not injured."

Ying Yi knew it.

According to the excellent equipment of the army under his command, it is not so easy for the Tartars to easily attack the city walls when they lose heavy firepower support. Even if they attack the city or even attack the city head, the situation will not be too bad. Ying Yi does not believe that the Tartars have the ability to easily defeat the soldiers who are armed to the teeth.

He said: "Haoge attacked fiercely for a day, and it seems that he is indeed using his life to consume weapons and supplies. I just don't know if he can suppress his morale after repeated failures."

Zhu Bingkun smiled and said, "Your Majesty said so much. I think it's impossible. Otherwise, I won't stop siege."

Ying Yi nodded with a smile.

He asked, "What about the main force of the Tartars?"

Zhu Bingkun said: "According to the night scattered outside Jinzhou, the main force of the Tatars is about to reach Jinzhou."

"Have you ever discovered the Tartar troops? Can you expect the arrival time of the main Tartar forces?"
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