After surrounding Lushunkou, Zhao Dahai, who had been sitting in Zhennan Pass for a few days, saw that the Manchu Tartars in Jinzhou City in the north could not immediately mobilize their troops to the south.
He immediately went south and arrived outside Lushunkou to preside over the siege of Lushunkou.
The Lushunkou siege was the first time the territory had a proper siege.
It could be said that this battle was very important.
Of course, it wasn't a matter of whether Lushun could be conquered or not.
The important thing was that this battle would become a model for future territory sieges. They would learn from this battle and form a basic model for future territory sieges.
Although the territory army was strong in terms of soldiers and equipment, it was still not a problem.
Even though they were all equipped with swords, shields, spears, bows, and crossbows, they were all very common.
But at least, the quality of the weapons and equipment produced in the territory was guaranteed.
It would not be like the Ming army, where the wooden block did not break with the knife in their hands, but the knife shattered instead.
In the era of cold weapons, the quality of weapons and equipment was guaranteed, which meant that the weapons and equipment were of excellent quality!
However, none of this could change the fact that the territory army had no combat experience.
Without any combat experience, they would be considered a rookie army on the battlefield.
Therefore, Zhao Dahai placed great importance on learning from any battle.
He was the only chiliarch in the territory.
It could be said that he was the highest-ranking general in the territory.
If he didn't value battle experience, then who would?!
Even if the Manchu Tartar Army from Jinzhou Wei City came, he would have to rush to the front line to preside over the first proper siege of the territory.
The city walls of Lushunkou were in tatters, and there were many visible gaps. It was obvious that after the Manchu Tartars occupied it, they did not pay much attention to it and did not put in any effort to repair it.
Zhao Dahai also saw that there were hundreds of Tartars on the city walls.
But there were very few people wearing armor, almost none.
Obviously, these banner households had used their weapons and armor to support the Manchu elites who were pillaging the Ming Empire.
As a result, the Tartars who stayed at home were not well-equipped.
Even the soldiers who fought were just spare tires.
They were new recruits!
They were all the brothers and their old fathers from the Ding family of the Eight Banners.
The equipment was not good, and the soldiers were either old Tartars or new recruits who had just entered the battlefield.
At the same time, because of the sudden incident, one could clearly see the uneasiness and panic on the faces of these tartars.
Morale was low, almost zero!
The only reason they dared to climb the city walls was because they had nowhere to run and could only defend to the death.
Zhao Dahai could not help but shake his head.""What a bunch of old and weak people!"
He didn't feel any sense of accomplishment when he fought this kind of tartar.
He immediately waved his hand and ordered the entire army to prepare to attack the city.
He did not have the mood to waste time on a group of old and weak enemies.
His siege strategy was simple and crude, without any fancy tricks.
He ordered the farmers to make siege ladders.
The siege ladder was not a heavy and bulky thing. It was similar to a staircase, except that there were hooks at the front and sharp iron feet at the back.
Once such a siege ladder was placed on the city wall, the hooks at the front could hook the city wall, and the iron feet at the back could be deeply inserted into the soil.
The people on the city wall could not push down the city ladder at all.
The only thing he could do was to chop it with a knife or burn it with fire.
In a siege, there were many changes. The defenders did not have much time to break the siege ladders.
This kind of siege ladder was simple and practical, and could be easily mass-produced.
In just half a day, hundreds of siege ladders were completed.
Zhao Dahai immediately ordered the entire army to get into formation and prepare to attack the city.
As he did not have many soldiers, he sent out some soldiers to block the other three city gates and attack the city wall in one direction.
Hundreds of meters away from the city wall, dozens of arrow towers were built, each with a ballista.
The arrows were fired continuously, and the huge crossbow bolts let out sharp and ear-piercing sounds. They crossed hundreds of meters and pierced deep into the city wall.
Many of the bricks on the city wall were shattered, and mud fell.
It was worth mentioning that in this era, many city walls were not entirely made of city bricks.
Most of them were made from dried soil and used as city bricks.
There were also quite a number of soil embryos that were too lazy to use. They were directly filled with soil from the middle, compressed, and stacked high.
At most, it would be covered with a layer of city bricks.
This was not a matter of cutting corners. Instead, it was all built with baked city bricks. The cost was too great, and not many cities could afford it.
Perhaps only the capital and Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty could build a city with all fired bricks.
Therefore, it was common to see arrows stuck on the city walls.
Dozens of ballistae fired non-stop to suppress the enemy.
At the back, the sword-shield soldiers and spearmen were reorganizing themselves and making ample preparations.
On both sides of the army formation, a large number of farmers carried siege ladders and wooden planks.
"Attack!"
Following the order, the siege began.
"River filling team, go!"
"Get on the echelon!"
"Archers, cover fire!"
The first to charge were not the sword-shield soldiers and spearmen, but the farmers on both sides.
The farmers who were carrying wooden planks took the lead and headed for the moat outside the city wall.
Their mission was simple and deadly. They had to build bridges with wooden planks on the moat as soon as possible to provide support for the rest of the army to cross the moat.
In order to achieve this goal, not only did they have to risk being attacked by the enemy on the city wall, but they also had to jump into the moat, use their shoulders to carry the wooden boards, and use people to bridge the bridge.
Although the ballistae and archers at the back kept shooting arrows to suppress the enemy, the enemy was still in the middle of the battlefield.
However, it was still unavoidable that many farmers who were filling the river were killed.
After opening up the path that led to the foot of the city wall, the farmers who followed behind carried the siege ladder, stepped on the wooden bridge, crossed the moat, and built the siege ladder on the city wall.
" City climbing team, charge!!"
As soon as the siege ladder was built, the sword-shield soldiers and spearmen who were waiting at the back immediately charged forward.
The sword-shield soldiers were the first to go up. They crossed the moat at their fastest speed and climbed up the siege ladder to the top of the city wall.
He personally saw the first batch of sword-shield soldiers climb up the city wall and attack without fear of the enemy's siege. They were extremely fierce and scared the Tartars on the city wall into retreating.
Zhao Dahai knew that the city had been conquered!
At this point, there were no fancy tactics to speak of.
It was to endure a large number of casualties, take the initiative to attack the enemy, and kill crazily.
Either you die or I die!
Let's see who can't hold on!
The soldiers of the first thousand-household army, as well as the farmers they brought, all had a fearless fighting spirit.
The only ones who couldn't hold on were the enemies!
Seeing this, Zhao Dahai also knew that the territory's army would use similar tactics in the future.
There was not much that could be changed. At most, they could use the muskets and cannons to cover up the enemy's firepower, reduce the enemy's morale, and reduce the casualties of their own attackers.
The tactics were simple and crude, but to the territory, they were extremely effective.
In a situation where everyone was not afraid of death and casualties, there was no city in the world that could not be broken!
If other armies attacked the city, they might have to test the waters countless times, and the siege would take half a year or even several years.
However, to a territory, a siege was just one time!
This was because there was no need to worry about the morale of the siege team collapsing and the risk of being repelled by the enemy.
They just needed to keep pouring in their troops.
As Zhao Dahai had expected, the soldiers of the First Chiliarchical Office attacked fearlessly, and the Tartars on the city walls were destroyed.
He shouted the word "devil" in horror and then collapsed.
Facing the fearless and fierce enemy, the Tartars could no longer hold on.
Their actions of defending the city didn't cause much trouble to the territory.
Lushunkou!
Territory, control the entire Lushun Peninsula!
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