Due to the firepower of Guang Ning City being too fierce, and the fact that Dalhan did not know the situation in the city.
They thought that Zhu Heng was facing their attack, so they deployed all their troops to the east wall for defense.
Therefore, they gathered all their forces and launched a general attack on Guang Ning City.
Among them, the total number of soldiers in the western and southern cities added up to 5,000.
Including the 5,000 infantrymen on the east wall, there were a total of 10,000 people.
It could be said that apart from the 2,000 cavalrymen, all the infantrymen had been sent to attack the city.
The pressure on Darhan right now was simply too great.
All the ministers of Shengjing City and Huang Taiji were looking at them.
If he could not successfully take back Guang Ning City.
Then Huang Taiji changed his plan and returned from the pass.
At that time, Huang Taiji and the other lords would be able to kill him.
Therefore, he could only stake everything on it!
"They actually launched a general attack so quickly? It seemed that this battle would end in three days at most. Perhaps there was no need for that.”
Zhu Heng looked at the changes in the battle situation outside the city in surprise.
He didn't expect that with such powerful firepower on his side.
The other party was actually so stubborn as to launch an all-out attack.
"Barbarians are just a bunch of barbarians. If only Huang Taiji could be so simple-minded!”
Zhu Heng snorted softly.
After the general attack, Slave Jian's casualties increased.
At the same time, it also brought a lot of pressure to Zhu Wu, who was guarding the city.
After Slave Jian's frenzied attack, he had no regard for the casualties.
Their infantry archers, catapults, and other long-range weapons also began to attack the defenders on the city wall.
Although the city defense had cannons, their archers were very skilled.
One of them was thrown down, causing casualties to the defenders behind the city wall.
Fortunately, Zhu Wu had enough manpower to mobilize.
He still had two infantry companies and over a thousand city defense units at his disposal.
If they fell, they would let the reserve team carry them down and then replace them.
The dense firepower continued to rain down from the city walls.
Compared to the casualties of Slave Jian, the casualties of the defenders were not worth mentioning.
The attack lasted for an hour.
After suffering heavy casualties, they did not even manage to touch the corner of the city wall.
The moat dug outside the city wall was filled with Slave Jian's corpses.
Most of them were burned to death or killed by explosions.
When they approached, they threw down explosive bombs, explosives, or incendiary bombs on the city wall.
Since there was no need to use a cannon to fire, there was no need to withstand the huge chamber pressure.
Therefore, the shell was very thin, and it was filled with black gunpowder and small bullets.
After being dropped from above, it exploded and exploded.
No matter how fiercely Slave Jian charged, he had no choice but to retreat in defeat when faced with such powerful firepower.
They left behind a pile of corpses and retreated.
Their ladders, charging vehicles, shield vehicles, and arrow towers were basically all destroyed.
Zhu Heng waved his hand and summoned ten six-pound cavalry field cannons from the reserve team.
They had truly placed a gate at every battlement.
"Reporting, Lord Ezhen, our casualties are more than 1400, and the Han casualties are more than 2000.”
When he heard the number of casualties, Darhan felt dizzy.
It had only been two hours since the attack.
He had already lost more than 3,000 people.
This was already a quarter of his total military strength.
The casualties were heavy.
If that was all, then it was fine.
At the most crucial moment, they had not even touched the enemy's city wall despite suffering such heavy casualties.
"Who gathered the information? A thousand people? There were more than 1,000 firearms troops in Guangning City. The total number of people on the four walls was already 4,000 to 5,000.”
Darhan said through gritted teeth.
If not for this information, he would never have given the order to attack now.
It was simply giving the other party a head.
"Sir, this group of Ming soldiers is too cunning. They are hiding their true strength.”
"It wasn't the scouts 'fault that they only appeared after we launched the general attack.”
Mellor stood up and defended himself.
This was because the information came from his spies.
"Milord, what should we do now?”
"We can't take down Guang Ning City by ourselves," said Dalhan solemnly.”
After hearing Darhan's words, everyone fell silent.
This was indeed the truth.
Guang Ning City itself was a strong city, with many cannons, a complete defense mechanism, and thousands of armed soldiers.
Without tens of thousands of troops, it was impossible to take down this city.
At this moment, Dalhan already had the intention to retreat.
Gushan was the capital he had to establish himself in the Eight Banners and the Red Flag.
If he fought it out here, his tribe would be finished.
"Rest this morning and launch another general attack in the afternoon.”
"If there's still no progress, retreat to Xiping Castle overnight to recuperate and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.”
He had just received a letter from Shengjing City. A force of more than 10,000 Mengyuan cavalrymen was rushing over from the Mengyuan grassland.
They would wait for the reinforcements to arrive before launching the final attack.
At the same time, he had to figure out the specific situation in Guang Ning City. He could not fight such an unclear battle anymore.
The general attack in the afternoon was to be launched at 1 pm.
This time, Slave Jian was even more cautious.
The three sides launched their attacks at the same time, with the southern side being the fiercest.
It was obvious that Darhan had changed the direction of his attack.
The defense of the eastern city was too strong, so they wanted to go to the southern city to see if they could open a gap.
Clearly, they were thinking too much, even though they only had an infantry battalion and about ten cannons.
However, it was still not something that they could take down with their little military strength.
In the end, they left another 2,000 corpses behind.
The number of casualties was less than in the morning, but it was still very heavy.
The total number of casualties was almost half.
Zhu Heng frowned.
"Oh no, our firepower is too strong. I'm afraid Slave Jian is thinking of retreating.”
The firepower displayed by his side had already exceeded his expectations.
Zhu Heng also realized that he had underestimated Brown Bess's rifle.
It was no wonder that it was the standard rifle that had been in service in Britain for decades, accompanying them all over the world.
Judging from the current performance, it could be considered the peak of the muzzle-loading musket.
"I've decided to attack Slave Jian's camp at night. The time will be set at midnight.”
Meanwhile, in the camp of Jiannu Middle Tent, Darhan made a decision.
"I've decided to retreat to Xiping Castle and set the time to be around midnight.”
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