Chapter 137: Lin Danhan's Attack and Retreat

Facing the Ming Dynasty, which was still relatively powerful despite its declining days, the ambitious Lin Danhan did not dare to provoke it too much.

Similarly, after being severely beaten by Huang Taiji, he did not flee in the face of the Later Jin, but he was not far from it.

Even when facing the Salvation Army, he became cautious.

Otherwise, he would not have sent only a small army to test it before.

After those small armies were all wiped out, he began to hesitate.

He felt that attacking the Salvation Army would be a little dangerous.

Moreover, the territory that the Salvation Army had just captured would be extremely depressed. Even if they won the war, what could they gain?

However, when he received the news that the Salvation Army's territory had a bumper harvest, his heart became active again.

Even if the Salvation Army did not achieve three harvests a year.

But there should be a bumper harvest, right?

Otherwise, how could he sell so much grain to the outside world?

Moreover, this Salvation Army is just a new force after all. Can it really be better than their Mongolian cavalry?

Even if they can't win, can't they run away?

Just like when they faced the Ming Dynasty, they just robbed and ran away, and that was it? Then what can the Salvation Army do to them?

However, although he made a decision in his heart, Lin Danhan, who had just been beaten, still felt that he should be a little safer.

So, he sent someone to contact Turpan King Abdullayin, preparing to join Turpan to attack Shaanxi Xingdusi.

In the end, Lin Danhan mobilized 50,000 troops, plus 20,000 troops from Turpan, and launched an attack on Shandanwei City of Shaanxi Xingdusi in October of the first year of Chongzhen.

Because this area is a gap in the Great Wall of Shaanxi Xingdusi.

On the other hand, Wang Dahu, as the general of Gansu Town, also responded immediately and ordered all places to defend strictly.

At the same time, he also drew troops to form a cavalry team of 2,000 people, led by him personally, ready to go out of the city at any time to give Lin Dan Khan a hard blow.

On October 8, Lin Dan Khan commanded the army to launch an attack.

On the wall of Shandanwei City, Wang Dahu was speechless when he saw the 5,000 vanguard cavalry riding from the outside world.

Is Lin Dan Khan going to attack the city on horseback?

You can't have all the divine horses under your crotch, and each of them can jump onto the top of the city, right?

In fact, this is naturally not the case. In fact, those cavalrymen are carrying hoes.

However, Wang Dahu didn't care about these.

Wang Dahu raised his hand and ordered the troops to prepare.

Soon, the vanguard commanded by Lin Dan Khan had arrived more than 500 meters outside the city wall.

Looking down from a high position, this is already within the range of the Salvation Army.

However, Wang Dahu did not order the arrows to be shot immediately.

Instead, he waited for a while, and when the cavalry entered more than 300 meters and began to draw their bows, Wang Dahu nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that Lin Danhan wants to rely on Mongolian cavalry archery to shoot arrows directly at the city wall.

Although it is a bit difficult, it is not impossible to do it, but it requires getting closer.

However, will Wang Dahu give them a chance to get closer?

"Release the arrows!"

"Bang bang bang"

"Buzz~!"

Accompanied by a loud shout, a series of bowstring vibrations sounded on the city wall, and a rain of arrows shot out instantly.

When seeing this scene just now, Lin Danhan and others couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

These Han people are really stupid. They are obviously more than 300 meters away. Even their Mongolian cavalry who are good at shooting, not all of them can shoot such a long distance.

And the bows and arrows of those Han people are basically more than 200 meters. Even if they occupy the geographical advantage of the city wall, it is good to reach 300 meters. How can they shoot such a far Mongolian warrior?

Shooting arrows now, isn't that a sheer waste of arrows?

However, the next moment, they were slapped in the face.

"Puff puff puff"

"Ah~!"

"Herod"

The rain of arrows shot from the city wall instantly covered the galloping cavalry.

In an instant, countless people were shot and fell off their horses, and were trampled to death in an instant.

For a while, the screams and neighs of horses were endless.

The action continued, and arrows were shot one after another. Soon, Lin Danhan's vanguard troops suffered heavy casualties.

When they rushed to the bottom of the city and reached the shooting distance, there were only more than 3,000 people left in the entire 5,000-man vanguard cavalry team.

More than 1,000 and nearly 2,000 people died on the way to the charge.

At this point, the remaining 3,000 Mongolian cavalry also began to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

However, under the dense rain of arrows from the rescue army, they were often shot into hedgehogs as soon as they raised their bows and arrows, and died instantly on the spot.

After two more rounds of arrow rain, the remaining Mongolian cavalry could no longer hold on and began to flee after shouting.

But it was too late to flee at this time.

And turning your back to the archers was a suicidal act.

"Swoosh, swoosh"

"Puff, puff"

Arrows fell one after another, and Mongolian cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses.

In the end, only a few dozen cavalry escaped within a range of more than 300 meters.

And just when they were glad to escape, another wave of arrows came.

"Puff, puff"

In the end, only more than a dozen lonely war horses returned with a clatter.

Looking at the dozen war horses, the clusters of arrows under the distant city wall, and the countless Mongolian warriors and horses shot into hedgehogs, Lin Danhan and others all changed color.

When did the archery skills of these Han people become so sharp?

It was only a few hundred meters away, and at the speed of the cavalry, it was only a dozen breaths.

However, this distance, which was insignificant in the past, caused the death of 5,000 Mongolian warriors. How could they not be shocked.

"Khan, do we still want to attack?"

After a long time, someone asked in a dry voice.

Facing the Salvation Army who relied on the Great Wall for defense and whose bows and arrows could shoot hundreds of meters, could they really win this war?

"Attack, of course we have to attack. I don't believe that our tens of thousands of troops can't take down this small Shandan Weicheng."

"Khan, why don't we just take a detour?

Why bother to fight with Shandan Weicheng?"

"Hmph! This is a major city in and out of Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Have you ever thought about what we should do if we bypass it and enter Shaanxi Xingdusi and are cut off by the rescue army?"

"Well, what if we go directly to Qinghai?"

"Go to Qinghai?"

Khan Lin's eyes flashed. That's not impossible. They can still return easily by taking a detour to Turpan.

What's more, Qinghai is also their territory.

However, if he changed his mind like this, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?

And, he couldn't even take down a mere Weicheng. Wouldn't he be looked down upon?

In addition to wanting to plunder, he also wanted to save face for the defeat by Huang Taiji.

He wanted to tell the world, especially the Mongolian tribes, that it was not that his army was incompetent, but that Huang Taiji's sneak attack failed.

If now, he only attacked once and 5,000 vanguard cavalry were wiped out, and then he was scared to take a detour, then how could he have the face to lead other Mongolian tribes?

In the end, Lin Danhan decided to launch another attack. It would be best if he could capture Shandanwei City. If he couldn't, he would take a detour.

"Attack!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the thousand captains, countless Mongolian cavalry, carrying hoes and bows and arrows, began to charge.

There were also soldiers pushing horse-drawn carts and charging quickly towards Shandanwei City.

So, carrying hoes is really the way Mongolian cavalry attack the city. When the cavalry arrives at the city wall, they will suppress the defenders on the city head with bows and arrows, and then quickly dig the city wall with hoes.

As for the Lele Cart, it is a siege vehicle that defends against arrows and musket attacks. When it arrives under the city wall, the soldiers hiding behind it will hook the upper city wall with an L-shaped long pole hook, and then climb up the city wall along the long pole.

Of course, there are other ways to attack the city, such as piling up mud and so on under the city wall, and when it reaches the same level as the city wall, the large army will launch an attack.

However, no matter which method is used, it will inevitably cause a large number of deaths.

And the army led by Lin Danhan is naturally no exception.

Moreover, when Lin Danhan pressed the large army and launched the attack, it was a shocking discovery that the arrows shot by the rescue army were not the more than 300 meters they had seen before, but almost reached 500 meters.

The distance of 500 meters under Shandanwei City is simply a death abyss that swallows human lives.

Waves of arrow rain covered hundreds and hundreds of people.

By the time the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the city wall, at least thousands of people had died.

At this time, the attack of the Mongolian cavalry had just begun.

However, facing the overwhelming arrows, their counterattack was only better than nothing.

After waiting for a long time, some people began to climb up the city wall.

However, what greeted them was not the dawn of victory, but the bright light of swords.

Even the people and armor were split in half, and the weapons they raised to resist were easily swept away.

The only thought before they died was, are these rescue soldiers really human? How can they be so powerful.

On the top of the city, Wang Dahu pulled the bow and arrow and aimed at the distance, but he never shot.

It was too far away. Even now, he has mastered the archery skills, but he can't shoot Lin Danhan who is several miles away.

"What a coward!"

Seeing that Lin Danhan has never stepped forward and even showed signs of withdrawing, Wang Dahu couldn't help but curse.

Forget it, no matter whether the arrow hits the target or not, the arrow has to be shot anyway.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain that he has learned the archery skill and practiced it for so long?

"Here!"

The bloody murderous spirit of the whole city was mobilized and quickly merged into the bow and arrow in his hand, bringing huge energy to it.

"Bang!"

The bowstring exploded with a thunderous sound, and the arrow instantly cut through the air and shot several miles away.

The white air wave was like a mad dragon, and many soldiers along the way felt a sudden explosion in their ears, and their ears were instantly deafened.

And behind the army, Lin Danhan, who was hesitating whether to order a retreat, suddenly looked up in the direction of Shandanwei City as if he had sensed something.

The next moment, his eyes suddenly opened wide inconceivably.

I saw a white mad dragon shooting towards him.

Is this the magical power of the legendary Salvation Army?

Before he could think about anything else, the white mad dragon had already arrived in front of the army.

"Bang bang bang"

The arrow that turned into a white mad dragon pierced through the bodies of several people, even tore the bodies of the first few people apart, and then shot and killed a thousand-man captain several meters away.

Seeing this scene, Lin Danhan and others felt cold all over.

Is this something that human power can do?

Who knows if the next arrow will kill one of them?

"Retreat!"

"Retreat! Retreat!"

At this moment, Lin Danhan and others no longer had the intention of attacking the city.

At worst, they could take a detour.

They attacked Shaanxi Xingdusi from here, wasn't it because there was a big gap in the Great Wall here?