Chapter 12: Bombardment of the Rogues
When Zhu Youzhen and A Qing ascended to the top of the city, they immediately saw an overwhelming army of rogues outside the city, and they couldn't see the end at a glance, and they quickly rushed to the city. The three generals, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Qi Jiguang, all glared angrily at the rogue army outside the city, and their eyes were spewing fire.
The 20,000 new troops were armed with Vulcan spears in their hands, and the muzzles of their guns were all aimed at the army of rogues under the city.
The officers and men of the 8,000 Shenji Battalion also carried bird guns in their hands, and set up 100 red-coated cannons beside them.
Of the 20,000 Qi family troops, 10,000 had muskets in their hands, and 5,000 people held flowering bullets in their hands.
The other part of them held shields in their hands, and they were always ready to rush forward and use their shields to block the rain of arrows for the other brothers when their opponents released arrows.
This is the first time that Zhu Youzhen has seen such a large-scale battle on the spot, but he is not alarmed, but arouses his strong fighting spirit.
Seeing Zhu Youzhen coming up, Sun Chengzong and the others' faces changed, and they hurriedly stepped forward to salute:
"Your Majesty, you shouldn't come up, it's too dangerous, there are enough of us here, come and protect the emperor back to the palace."
"Pull down, do you think I'm a vase, not only today, the exiles will not be destroyed, the eastern captives will not be expelled, I will drive the expedition in person, focus on the battle, leave me alone."
The three of them glanced at each other, their faces showing embarrassment, but none of them dared to disobey Zhu Youzhen's order, and they all turned to look outside the city.
"The shield comes up, pay attention to protect the emperor, if the emperor has any problems, you all die."
"Yes"
Dozens of soldiers holding shields hurriedly stepped forward to firmly protect Zhu Youzhen, who was a black line.
However, he knew that everyone was for his good, and Zhu Youzhen did not refuse again.
The army of rogues outside the city was getting closer and closer, and Sun Chengzong waved the command flag in his hand:
"Open the gun"
"Boom ......"
The mountains shook for a while, the walls felt shaking, and fifty red-clothed cannons began to bombard the Liukou army, fifty began to load the cannonballs after the battle, and the other fifty cannons continued to shell.
Hundreds of cannons bombarded the rogue army outside the city in turn, and outside the city was a foggy scene, and the rogue army that hit was crying dad and shouting the corpses of their mothers all over the field.
Those who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, and before they could get up, the shells from behind came one after another, and the rogue army fell one by one.
After several rounds of bombardment, it is conservatively estimated that 2,000 rogue gangsters have become cannon fodder, but these people are really desperate and are still rushing forward desperately.
In the rebellious tent of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, two rogue bosses, were drinking and chatting leisurely, and they didn't take Jingshi seriously at all.
There are all their internal responses in the city, and at the critical moment, they can easily take down the Jingshi in one fell swoop, a lot of silver, and those women in the palace are theirs.
"Report to the king's army, the city should not fight at all, they defend the city with all their might, the artillery fire is very fierce, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, General Liu asked to withdraw the infantry cavalry and go to the firearms battalion."
Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing were both stunned, they had already received information that there was not much artillery in the city at all.
Even if there is some artillery, there is not much ammunition, what is going on today, there are not many defensive forces, is there a major mistake in intelligence?
Li Zicheng's face sank, and he looked at Niu Jinxing:
"Strategist, your internal information is unreliable, what should I do now?"
Niu Venus laughed:
"The emperor can rest assured, there are not many troops in the city at all, they are all remnants of the defeated generals, and there are no shells, so he ordered Liu Zongmin to change his formation to avoid the artillery bombardment and continue to attack."
"Yes"
The herald then passed Niu Jinxing's order to Liu Zongmin:
"Report to the general, the military division instructed, there are not many shells in the city, don't worry, change the formation and attack the city strongly."
"Change Nima, good you Niu Venus, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, Lao Tzu is desperate here, Nima is drinking in the rear, wait for Lao Tzu to capture the Beijing Division, and see how General Ben cleans you up."
Liu Zongmin is not even afraid of Li Zicheng, let alone Niu Jinxing, he has saved Li Zicheng's life many times before.
Even in order to follow Li Zicheng, he even killed his two wives.
While scolding Niu Jinxing, he looked up at the hundred red-clothed cannons on the head of Jingshi City, and Liu Zongmin wiped the cold sweat on his head.
"Pass my order, advance in a formation, quickly advance to the city of Jingshi, forcibly ascend the city, the first to climb the city, after breaking the city, the woman is as you choose."
The Chuang army was not only composed of peasant troops, but also some rogues, all of whom experienced many massacres of the city.
After hearing Liu Zongmin's promise, the team quickly turned into dozens of long lines, all of which formed a sub-formation and continued to rush forward.
There were about 100,000 people attacking the city this time, and most of them were new soldiers, that is, cannon fodder.
Their infantry attacked the city, and the cavalry waited for the assault behind, although they charged in a straight line, looking down from the top of the city, it was also densely packed with people.
Qi Jiguang was the commander-in-chief of the city, and as soon as he saw the formation of the army, he immediately understood Liu Zongmin's intentions, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Qi Jiguang's mouth.
"Order, change to a bullet.
"Yes"
The flowering shells were redeemed by Zhu Youzhen from the system mall last night, about more than 50,000 pieces, because the rogue army changed formations, and the lethality of the original shells was much smaller.
The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately began to load the artillery with flowering shells, and waved the command flag in Qi Jiguang's hand:
"Open the gun"
"Boom ......"
Fifty cannons rang out again, and one after another flowering shells exploded not far from the invading army, and they didn't take it seriously when they started to break in, they thought it was the previous shell.
But after the explosion of the shells, these invading troops were miserable, and after the explosion of the flowering shells, gunpowder and fragments and rubble flew in all directions, killing and injuring a large area.
Even if they changed their formation, they still couldn't avoid the powerful bombardment of the flowering bombs, and the intruding army was once again bombed by wolves crying and howling, screaming non-stop, and people fell in rows.
Hundreds of cannons bombarded several rounds, and nearly 10,000 casualties, but they did not flinch and continued to carry the ladder to the city.
Seeing such a large casualty under his command, Liu Zhongmin was so angry that he screamed, and while he scolded Niu Jinxing, he also swore that once he broke through the Jingshi, he would definitely bloody the Ming Dynasty and avenge his brothers.
The Chuang army also had firearms and red-coated cannons, all of which were disarmed from the Ming army.
But the amount that can be used is not very large, and the gunpowder is not sufficient, so it is easy not to use it until the critical time.
After paying the price of nearly 20,000 casualties, the invading army finally rushed to the range of bows and arrows, and Liu Zongmin gave an order, and the invading army began to shoot at the head of the city with bows and arrows.
The distance was too close, the artillery almost lost its effect, and Qi Jiguang waved the command flag again:
"Stop the shelling, the new army is ready to shoot firearms, the Shenji battalion is ready to shoot shells, once the enemy gets close to the city wall, give me a hard blow."
"Order"
A rain of arrows struck, and the soldiers immediately rushed in front of everyone with shields in hand, blocking the arrows fired from the city with their shields.