The Ming army surrounded the inner city of Pyongyang on three sides, showing a state of making dumplings.

The main places where the Qing army was entrenched were the Lianguang Pavilion and the Fengwollou Tower in the inner city of Pyongyang and the Peony Terrace in the northern city.

Zhu Youneng looked at the towering Fengyue Tower, pulled out the sword on his waist with a brush, and shouted: "The generals listen to the order!" We must break through Pyongyang's ...... today"

"No hurry!"

Mao Yuanyi hurried over and stopped his reckless behavior.

According to Mao Yuanyi's judgment, these places where the Tartars were entrenched were all commanding heights in Pyongyang, and if the Ming army attacked from above, it would not only be difficult to capture, but also lose troops.

Now that they have been wrapped in dumplings, there is no need to die, once the Eight Banners do the battle of trapped beasts, they will have to fight for a few more days, and more importantly, many Ming soldiers will die.

Zhu Youneng said anxiously: "Marshal, if you don't solve them, you won't have time to take Shengjing first!" ”

Mao Yuanyi waved his hand, and said unhurriedly: "What are you panicking about, the dog is in a hurry and jumps off the wall!" How can the Tartars say that there are still more than 20,000 people, if they fight back desperately, the battle will only drag on for longer and longer! ”

"So what to do?" Zhu Youneng asked puzzled.

Mao Yuanyi beckoned to the herald and said, "Let the artillery battalion pull up all the new things!" ”

Zhu Youneng was curious: "What is that thing?" ”

After a while, boxes of shells were carried to the position of the artillery battalion.

Zhu Youneng approached and stretched out his head to look, only to see that the cannonballs here were no different from the old-fashioned flowering shells fired by the mortar cannons, they were all big round balls.

He dragged an artilleryman over and asked, "Is this a thing?" ”

The artilleryman saluted: "Returning to China surnamed Lord, this is a crying and mourning bomb!" It's a new type of shell from the Ordnance Bureau! ”

"Crying bombs? It's a kind of interesting name. ”

Zhu Youneng nodded slightly, stood back, and secretly said that this thing must be very powerful, as soon as he runs down, the whole family will ascend to heaven, and the whole village will cry and mourn and wait for the food to be served, so you have to be careful to avoid it.......

In a few moments, the artillery battalion was ready, everything was ready.

With Mao Yuanyi's order, the short and thick mortar cannons let out an earth-shattering roar, and the big round ball that was black and not slippery shot into the Fengyue Tower in a standard parabola.

There was no violent explosion as imagined, only the heavy sound of shells hitting masonry, which was almost inaudible on the side of the Ming army because of the distance.

Zhu Youneng was depressed and dumb? The artillery battalion was collectively dud today?

He just wanted to ask the commander of the artillery battalion, but saw that the Fengyue Tower with a pleasant scenery on the opposite side seemed to be on fire, and a large amount of black smoke was rising.

Zhu Youneng said curiously: "Why don't you just look at the smoke and don't listen to it!" ”

The surrounding Ming generals were also curious, saying that they had never seen this kind of cannonball like a dumb fire.

"Look closely!" Mao Yuanyi said.

Zhu Youneng held the telescope and looked from afar, only to see that in the billowing smoke, the Eight Banners soldiers who were originally hiding behind the building were all like poisoned.

They cover their mouths, noses, or eyes with their hands, and their postures are strange and chaotic.

The mourning bombs, also known as tear gas, fired by the Ming artillery battalion, were made from fungal powder called "Ma Bo".

After Columbus discovered the Americas, European colonists flocked to South America and other places to enslave and kill Indians, and the Indians used this natural "tear gas" shaped like pumpkins to attack Europeans.

"Ma Bo" is generally the size of a football and weighs about 10 catties, and when this plant is not fully mature, the inside is full of white and sticky flesh, which can be eaten as a vegetable.

When ripe, the foreskin will rupture, and once it is dry, a thick puff of black smoke will come out with a flick of your finger, choking people with tears and sneezing, making people embarrassed.

The Ming army's mourning bomb was filled with the sporangia of this plant, and once the sac was violently hit, the black powdery spores inside were sprayed everywhere, playing the role of tear gas.

In Zhili, Beizhili, Daning Province and other places in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Bo is also distributed, but most of them are used as traditional Chinese medicine to treat symptoms such as laryngitis and nosebleeds......

I have to say that the Eight Banners Army was very uncomfortable, originally they had prepared firearms and bows and arrows to counterattack condescendingly, but the Ming Army did not come at all, and they still launched such a thing!

The smoke covered the Fengyue Tower, and the Eight Banners soldiers were choked to cover their eyes and hold their heads, looking embarrassed.

Zilharang, who was in a high position, was no better, he only felt a burning pain on his face, and tears fell uncontrollably, which was even sadder than when he went to the grave to pay homage to his father Shulhaqi in previous years.

Not only that, but my eyes have become more sleepy to see things, and I feel that I am in the clouds and it is difficult to find a way out.

Gradually, Zilharang felt that his breathing was not smooth, and the most embarrassing thing was that his snot kept dripping!

A person in his fifties, who is still the regent of the Qing Dynasty, has become a childlike snot at this time, is this still necessary?

Zilharang really couldn't accept it, but there was nothing he could do.

Outside the Ming army array, Zhu Youneng faintly saw the funny appearance of the compatriots above through the telescope, and he laughed and said: "Cry, cry for Lao Tzu!" ”

Only now did he understand why this cannonball was called a mourning bomb, it was even more powerful than a large mourning bomb!

The artillery camp of the Ming army did not stop, and a round of mourning bombs was put on every once in a while, slowly torturing these turtle grandsons.

Every time a new weapon comes out in the Ming Dynasty, it will be quickly put into the battlefield to be tested in actual combat.

This time, Mao Yuanyi did not use poisonous smoke bombs, but used this kind of tear gas that is not lethal, because the power of the poisonous smoke bombs is too great, and it is actually fought in the city, and it is easy to kill and injure the surrounding North Korean people when it spreads.

After today, the people here will be the people of the Ming Dynasty, and Mao Yuanyi really has no need to leave himself with the notoriety of slaughtering civilians in the last battle of his life.

In this case, Zhu Youneng was not idle, he continued to carry out touching persuasion activities, making people shout to Jierharang, give up resistance and surrender obediently.

Zilharang ignored him and continued to grit his teeth and insist.

When it got dark that night, Zilharang looked like an infatuated girl who had cried for a few days after the breakup, his eyes were already red, and his tears were dry.

The other Eight Banners soldiers were no better, and they cursed the Ming Army shamelessly one by one.

Zilharang also figured it out, it's not a way to go on like this, if the Ming army still plays like this tomorrow, then the Eight Banners won't have to play.

The defeat has long been doomed, and the trapped here can only wait for death, and he has to be tortured, and Zilharang finally decided to break through!

Take a gamble!

On the same day, Zilharang organized men and horses to break through from the east gate overnight.

(End of chapter)