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  Chapter 696 693【The grenadier with the hammer】

   Early morning.

   Murima was covered in blood, standing on the wall of the inner city of Sarhu, and angrily scolded Tuhai outside: "You traitor, the goddess will punish you and kill you!"

  Tu Hai smiled and said, "The goddess only cares about Changbai Mountain, and I came from Beishan (outer Xing'an Mountains)."

  In the Jurchen mythology, the three sisters from heaven and earth descended to Buer Lake to take a bath. The youngest fairy ate the vermilion fruit sent by the sparrow, and gave birth to Bucuri, the ancestor of the Jurchen.

   In fact, this legend comes from the Heilongjiang River Basin and has a certain influence throughout the Northeast.

  Huang Taiji's contribution to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not only a comprehensive reform, which brought the Manchu Qing regime back to life. He even forcibly shaped the "Manchu". He ordered people to forcibly merge with the ancestors of Aixinjueluo according to myths and legends. The full name of Bucuri, the son of the goddess, the ancestor of Jurchen, and the mythical hero, has also become "Aixinjueluo Bucuri".

  Whether it is Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, or some savage Jurchen, they are all descendants of Bukuri, the son of the goddess.

  The Aixinjueluo family is the direct descendant of Bucuri. Other Jueluo families, such as Yiergenjueluo and Shushujueluo, are descendants of Bucuri. The Jurchen, who is not surnamed Jueluo, is a descendant of Bucuri who is more distantly related.

  Since they all have the same ancestor, they belong to the same race, called "Manchu"!

  The concept of Manchu, under Huang Taiji's deliberate propaganda, has gradually become the consensus of more and more Jurchens. If they keep winning in the military, then the fake Manchus will also become real Manchus, and finally become a real nation.

  Mulima was so angry that she cursed Tuhai in the name of a goddess.

  Tu Hai led his troops to dedicate the city last night. In the chaos, Murima abandoned the outer city and hurriedly fled to the inner city to defend.

   Now that the sky is bright, the Datong army has already occupied the outer city.

  In the inner city guarded by Murima, there are only more than 1,000 Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers left, and there are many soldiers' families.

  The inner city of Sarhu is in the shape of a diamond. The west wall is directly surrounded by river bank cliffs, and the east wall is made of rammed earth along the ridge. The inner city covers an area of ​​about 1,200 mu of land.

  Hu Dinggui's troops have dispersed to take over and occupy Hetuala, Mardun, Jiefan City and Gule City. At this moment, Li Zheng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Xiao Zongxian each led their troops to besiege three city walls, only the west city wall next to the cliff did not invest any troops.

   "All those who can move in the inner city, come and defend the city!"

  Mulima called the old and the weak, women and children, and said to them: "The Han people are very cruel. These southern barbarians will kill us all when they break through the city wall. If you don't want to die, you should try your best to defend the city!"

  The accident last night has scared these tartars out of their wits. If it weren't for the fear of being killed if they surrendered, it is estimated that even the officers and soldiers would surrender.

  After being intimidated by Murima, the remaining Tartars mustered up their courage and refused to listen to the Datong Army's persuasion to surrender. They stood on the inner city wall and prepared to risk their lives to defend it.

   "Stubborn!"

   Among the generals from Huangjia Town, Li Zheng is the one who likes to learn the most. Over the years, he has mastered the Four Books. He likes to learn from Guan Yu and read "Spring and Autumn". He also specially invites his husband to give him lectures.

  The outer city wall is not easy to bombard, but it is easier to set up forts if you want to bombard the inner city wall.

  The artillery of several divisions were all lifted to the south and fired at the south wall.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   Murima brought in the only few cannons in the inner city, all of which were set up on the south wall, and they confronted the artillery of the Datong Army.

   At the end of the day, the Datong Army lost four artillery pieces and nine artillerymen were killed or injured.

   Continue the next day.

  The bombardment lasted until the fifth day. The Datong Army lost a total of 13 artillery pieces, and more than 30 artillerymen were killed or injured. Finally, the southern city wall was blown down.

   "Siege!"

   Li Zheng ordered.

  This broken place, the ladder with hooks and baffles, it is difficult to move forward normally. Datong soldiers held large wooden shields to block arrows in the front row, while the soldiers in the back row carried ladders to cover them.

  The attacking troops at the gap are all melee infantry wearing three layers of armor.

   Attack on three sides.

  The women and children of the Tartars also went up to the city wall, and some stayed in the city to carry supplies.

  Golden juice, hot oil, etc., were originally stored in the outer city, and they are no longer needed at this time. Only in the past few days of shelling, the feces and urine just pulled out were boiled into golden juice and poured down.

  I saw the Tartar archers shoot arrows down, the Tartar spearmen overturned the ladder vigorously, and the Tartar women and children raised the golden juice and fell down.

"what!"

  The hot golden juice was poured on the Datong army who was besieging the city. Even if they were not scalded to death, the subsequent bacterial infection would be fatal.

  The non-Jianzhou Jurchens who surrendered with Tuhai were also asked to attack the city together. They bit the bullet and climbed the city wall, and the casualty rate was no less than that of the Datong Army, which can be regarded as a real desperation.

  The gap in the southern city wall.

  Melee soldiers in triple armor, holding a large wooden shield made temporarily, pushed forward bit by bit.

   Arrived at the gap, did not take the wooden ladder immediately. It was the grenadiers behind the shields, throwing tens of thousands of enemies towards the gap. The bombs fell over the wooden pier and fell on the gap, blowing up the Tartar defenders there for a while.

   "Build a ladder!"

   Outside the gap is a slope, and the gap is also nearly two meters high.

  The wooden ladder cannot be fixed, and has to be held down by someone. Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the bomb, the ladder was quickly put up, and the grenadier quickly climbed with a warhammer.

   The melee weapons of the grenadiers have also been changed. Like the emperor's plate armor guards, they all use the standard warhammers in the Ming army.

  This kind of warhammer has been tested for a long time, and it can survive forever, so there is a reason for it.

  The weight is not heavy, and it can break armor!

  The cavalry division attacked the city before. If a large number of this weapon is equipped, it will definitely save a lot of deaths. It's a pity that this kind of warhammer is not suitable for horse warfare, and it is impossible for cavalry to equip it in large quantities.

  The Grenadier, which has been replaced with a Warhammer weapon, obviously has new functions.

   In melee combat, throw the bomb first, and then charge with the hammer. They are all powerful and strong men, and they are covered with heavy armor. With the help of the chaos caused by the bombs, they smashed randomly with their warhammers, and it is easy to tear apart the enemy's formation.

   The tactics of the Datong Army have been learning from experience for improvement!

  With this tactic, the Ministry of War is already considering whether to increase the number of grenadiers in each division.

   I saw hundreds of burly grenadiers swarming towards the gap. The first few people who went up rushed into the pile of tartars with their war hammers, regardless of whether the friendly troops could keep up.

  Forty, forty, forty...all hammers.

   Before the Tazi soldiers recovered from the chaos of the explosion, they saw these fierce men rushing forward, subconsciously raising their weapons to fight.

  The grenadier in heavy armor raised his left arm to protect his neck, allowing the spear to stab his body and the waist knife to slash his body. They don't care, and smash the hammer at every opportunity.

  Being hit by a war hammer, even wearing armor, at least got bruises. If the strength is right and the location is right, the internal organs will be damaged, or the bones will be broken, or the brain will simply explode.

   More and more grenadiers rushed forward with their hammers in hand.

  The spearman also threw away the big wooden shield, followed up with the weapon, and from the air strike of the grenadier in front, he stabbed in with his gun vigorously.

"what!"

   There was a miserable cry, but it was three grenadiers and a tartar, who were drenched by the golden juice from above.

  Under the pain, the injured grenadier was still hitting people, even as if venting his pain, he increased his strength and crazily swung his hammer. They also wore three layers of armor, and were only partially burned. Except for the large area of ​​the face, the rest still had a chance to survive, and they might have to amputate their limbs.

   Immediately, the walls on both sides of the gap pushed down the stones crazily.

  These stones were obtained by demolishing houses, and there are many stone houses built of chaotic stones in the inner city.

   In an instant, more than a dozen grenadiers were killed and injured by falling rocks on the spot, and a few unlucky Tartars who got too close were also smashed.

   There are already Datong soldiers on the rest of the city walls, and they climbed up one after another to fight.

  For the Tartar general Murima, it can be said that the whole front is in a hurry at this time. His command ability is much better than that of Man Dahai's son, and he keeps dispatching reserve troops with unusual composure.

  Unfortunately, the troops he can mobilize are only more than a thousand Tartar soldiers, and the rest are all old and weak women and children in the city.

  Facing the gap in the southern city wall that was about to collapse, Murima had no choice but to bring his own soldiers to support him.

   Before Murima arrived, the Tartar defenders here were already defeated.

   First bombed, then hammered by a group of strong men, and occasionally stabbed with cold spears, how can the Tartar defenders withstand it?

   "No retreat, retreat is death!"

  Mulima, who came to support, was not the first to kill the Datong army, but hacked to death several Tartars.

   After being slashed by Murima for a while, a small number of Tartars were defeated and followed him to fight back again.

  However, the grenadiers had already occupied the gap at this time, and jumped into the city one after another, colliding with Murima's reinforcements head-on.

   Murima slashed the grenadier's shoulder with a knife, not even cutting through the first layer of armor. Then, he was hit by the hammer, narrowly avoiding the head, and was slammed on the left shoulder by the war hammer.

  Although the cotton armor counteracted the force, Murima was still in excruciating pain, feeling like the bones on her shoulder were about to break.

  The bones are not broken, and the cotton armor is better for defending against blunt weapons than the iron armor.

   When Murima made the second cut, the warhammer swept over. He quickly leaned back, avoiding the temple, but the cheekbone was hit by the hammer.

  This time the bones were really broken, half of the face collapsed, and one eyeball was smashed forward.

  Mulima's mind was dizzy, and her eyes were blank, but she still didn't faint, and barely supported her body so that she didn't fall down.

   "Boom!"

  The third hammer swung and hit Murima on the forehead, probably all the brains inside were broken.

  Mulima collapsed and went to the underworld to meet his brother Obai.

   Once the main Tartar general dies, the frying pan will be instantly fried here.

   Some Tartars charged desperately like crazy. Some Tartars turned around and fled, even throwing away their weapons.

   The grenadiers who rushed in first did not continue to chase and kill them. They still remembered their mission. One after another, they fought from the inside of the city to the top of the city wall, cooperating with the friendly troops who climbed the city, and attacked the Tartars on the city wall back and forth.

   The enraged Datong soldiers didn't care about the old, the weak, women and children, they only knew that the city was full of enemies.

  Sometimes, they don’t even care about surrendering, and continue to attack the Tartars who are kneeling and begging for mercy. In this case, the military regulations are useless, and the rigid use of military laws will not be conducive to the future management of the army.

  Tu Hai, who was covered in wounds, also led the soldiers to attack the city wall at this moment. This guy was even more ruthless. He led his troops to chase all the way into the city, and he would make up for the wounded Tartars who could not move.

  The Tartars in the city are old and weak, women and children, and it is estimated that few of them will survive.

  (end of this chapter)