Chapter 222: The Hunger and Thirst of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder
Jiannu soon pulled out another 2,000 Han people, divided into two teams, and each team was equipped with 200 Jiannu to press the formation behind, including 100 dead soldiers with iron picks and iron drills.
These two troops did not have shields, only the four hundred Jiannu held shields.
Huang Taiji was determined to take the two turrets first, not only to seize the firearms of the Guan Emperor army, but also to rely on the turrets to attack the city wall.
The two turrets are only two zhang away from the city wall, and there is an overpass at the top to lead directly to the city.
It's just that until now, they haven't even touched the skin of the wall, and they don't understand how strong the two turrets are.
"General, do you want to fire?"
Seeing the group of crying and crying people approaching with a small number of Jiannu, an artilleryman hurriedly asked Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan put down the binoculars and shook his head: "You don't need to waste the ammunition of the artillery, just build a slave at that point, and when they get closer, just let Huang Liuxi and them die." ”
"Yes."
"By the way, bring a few people who have just entered the city to come up, and let them persuade the people outside to resist, and it is best to tear up those Jiannu."
"Yes."
Not long after, Emperor Guan's army brought more than a dozen people, and each of them gave them a loudspeaker.
"Folks, I am Liu Dafu from Hongshi Village, I have already entered the city, I can live, the big guy will work together to kill those Jiannu, and then you can enter the city."
"Those who build slaves, you are afraid of an egg, you will smash them with stones, bite them with teeth, and kill them with a hand to live."
"They killed your family, and you still helped them siege the city, and their conscience was eaten by dogs?"
"Kill, kill them and run for your life!"
The people outside the city began to stir, and some people suddenly pulled their legs and ran desperately towards the city gate, shouting for help as they ran.
But he didn't have to go far before an arrow shot from behind him, piercing the man's back.
"Run, let's run together."
I don't know who shouted, and then a large crowd of people hurrahed and ran towards the city gate.
Qin Chuan at the head of the city shook his head and sighed: "Let's shoot." ”
I saw that the Jiannu who was pressing the formation behind him quickly bent his bow and arrows, and shot at those people one after another.
After four rounds of arrows, most of the 2,000 people were dead and wounded.
At this time, the cannon sound at the head of Ningwu Pass also sounded, and eight Tianwei general cannons and twelve red-clothed general cannons opened fire in unison, and the whistling cannonballs fell into the hundreds of Jiannu formations, taking away twenty people in one wave.
While the cannon was loaded, Jiannu released three more waves of arrows, and then fled back with the corpses and wounded of his companions.
Of the 2,000 people, less than 500 fled into the city.
"The flock is disobedient."
Huang Taiji stroked the two mustaches and said helplessly.
"Yanguli, Baiyintu."
"The minions are here."
Yanguli and Baiyintu hurriedly came out of the queue and knelt in front of Huang Taiji.
"Order the two of you to each lead five Niu Lu troops, one hundred birds, and ten artillery pieces, and attack the two enemy platforms on the left and right respectively, and before dark, you must take those two enemy platforms."
"Wow."
Yanguli and Baiyintu took the order, and each ordered 1,500 troops from five bulls with the yellow flag and the yellow flag, each pushing more than 30 shield carts and large shields, with two Furrang cannons and eight tiger squat cannons, and advanced towards the two turrets in a straggler formation.
The barrels of those Franc cannons are five feet long, and they can hit about a mile, because the heavy artillery of the Ming army is in the big city, and these five-foot Franc machines are the largest artillery captured by Jiannu after entering the customs.
When the two teams reached a distance of three miles, the Tianwei general cannon at the head of the city opened fire, followed by the red-clothed general cannon.
Jiannu's shield cart and big shield could not hide so many people, most of them could only hold a shield and advance cautiously, even if the formation was very scattered, there were still many people who were hit by cannonballs and fell to the ground screaming.
Those shield cars were made thicker than yesterday's, and the shells of Tianwei's general cannon could not directly penetrate the front baffle, and Jiannu, who was hiding behind, couldn't help but increase his confidence, his morale was high, and the speed of his advance was also accelerated by a few points.
However, after only three rounds of shelling, two shield cars were blown apart, and the front baffle also collapsed, crushing a group of Jiannu behind.
By the time they reached a distance of one mile, seven or eight shield carts had been smashed by artillery, and one hundred and fifty or sixty Jiannu had been killed or wounded.
"The Franc machine is ready to fire."
Seeing that he had already come within range of the Franc machine, Yanguli, who was hiding behind a shield cart, hurriedly shouted loudly.
The two shield carts next to him hurriedly stopped, and Jiannu, who was hiding behind, quickly nailed the gun carriage of the Fran cannon to the ground and fixed it firmly.
Almost at the same time, the Guan Emperor army at the head of the city also aimed their artillery at the two shield vehicles.
"Fire."
Qin Chuan gave an order, the eight Tianwei generals and the twelve red-clothed generals roared in unison, and before the gunners of Jiannu could fire their cannons, they heard the whistling sound of cannonballs, and then, twenty cannonballs fell heavily near them.
Several of the shells hit the shield cart directly, smashing the two shield carts apart, revealing the panicked Jiannu behind them.
"Big Franc machine cannon."
Qin Chuan ordered loudly again.
Twenty-two large Francophone cannons, which had already been aimed, spewed out red tongues of fire at the same time, and the hot shells drew more than 20 looming trajectories in the air, smashed into the area where the Jiannu artillery was, and then bounced, like plowing a field, plowing the Jiannu encountered on the road to a pulp.
The group of Jiannu gunners instantly flew flesh and blood, and there were broken fingers and wounded soldiers rolling and wailing everywhere.
Yanguly, who was not far away, had a blue face and gritted his teeth: "Speed up, hurry, rush to the wall as soon as possible." ”
While the artillery was loaded, the Jiannu hurriedly accelerated their speed, and some of them had already run away.
At the head of the city, the gunners of the Guan Emperor's army aimed their guns at the Jiannu led by Bai Yintu on the other side, and the Jiannu had already fixed the two Francophone cannons and fired two cannons at the turret, but when the two lead bullets hit the concrete wall, they only barely knocked off the cement on the surface of the wall, leaving two shallow holes.
Emperor Guan's army continued to use the method of round fire, first using General Tianwei and General Red to knock out the shield car, and then using the Fran cannon to kill the Jiannu gunners behind the shield car.
Only one round of shelling silenced the two Furlong guns, and one of the gun carriages was torn apart.
After knocking out the opponent's artillery, the opponent also entered a distance of three hundred steps, Qin Chuan let the artillerymen fire freely, specializing in the shield car, at such a close distance, the two general cannons can easily destroy the opponent's shield car.
At the same time, Huang Liuxi's fifty marksmen also poked out their gun heads from the gun holes in the turret and aimed at Jiannu, who had no cover.
When the gunshot rang out, Yanguli was a little puzzled, he had only heard that the opponent's bird gun could hit two hundred paces, but now the distance was nearly three hundred steps, why did he shoot?
Confused, Yanguli couldn't help but poke his head out from behind the shield cart and glanced out.
As soon as he probed, the helmet on his head made a "bell" sound, as if he had been hit by a sharp arrow, and Yanguli's neck was crooked, and his bones were almost broken.
Yanguli hurriedly retracted his head and took off his helmet, which saw an extra hole in it, and a deformed buckshot fell out of the helmet.
Seeing this, Yanguli was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he was about to be pierced through his skull.
From then on, Yanguli never dared to take the lead again.
"Why don't you see the body?"
On the turret, Huang Liuxi's rifled gun was aimed at the particularly thick shield car, and he didn't see the Jiannu general wearing an iron helmet just now showing his head for a long time.
"Grandma, count you to live a little longer."
Huang Liuxi scolded in annoyance, and then aimed his gun at a Jiannu who was running forward with a shield on his head.
"Bang" A gunshot rang out, and the Jiannu had an extra hole in his forehead, and he fell straight down.
"Three."
Huang Liuxi quickly took out the ammunition bag, loaded it quickly, and poked the muzzle out again.
As the distance got closer, the casualties of Jiannu also increased, and by the time they reached a distance of 100 paces, nearly 300 people had been killed or wounded.
At this time, more than 100 tiger squat cannons and small Fulong machine guns of Emperor Guan's army, as well as 800 flintlock guns, also opened fire, and Jiannu's casualties increased instantly, and they fell down in pieces.
Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from a distance, frowned quietly.
He knew that Qin Chuan had many firearms, but he didn't expect that there were so many.
A large city with a side wall of the Ming army, there are generally no 100 artillery, that is, in the original battle of the Daling River, the Ming army transported all the nearby artillery, and it was only two or three hundred.
But now, there are nearly 200 artillery pieces in this small Ningwu Pass.
There must also be a lot of artillery in various military forts such as Shenchikou and Limin Fort, that is to say, the number of artillery in Qinchuan is far more than he estimated.
If you don't get rid of Qin Chuan this time, it will become a big disaster in the future!
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji shouted in a deep voice: "Tulai, Gu Nadai." ”
"The minions are here."
"Order you to lead five Niu Lu's troops each, go to support Yanguli and Baiyintu, bring the ladder, and bring more shield carts, take advantage of Yanguli and Baiyintu to attract the opponent's firepower, force the opponent's wall as quickly as possible, and use the ladder to enter the city."
"Wow."
Turai and Gu Nadai hurriedly ran to order their troops, and soon they each took 1,500 Jiannu, pushing shield carts and long ladders, and advanced towards the two turrets.
"General, can you throw the earth-shattering thunder?"
On the roof of the turret, an Emperor Guan army was holding a heaven-shattering thunderbolt, and he couldn't wait to ask Qin Chuan at the head of the city behind.
Qin Chuan held the binoculars, and after seeing two more troops coming out of the Jiannu array, he shook his head: "Don't worry, let the Jiannu below dig the stones for a while, let the brothers downstairs be careful of the bows and arrows and the other party's birds, and wait for the two Jiannu behind to also arrive downstairs, and then send them to the west with earth-shaking thunder." ”
"Yes."
Although the Guan Emperor Army couldn't wait to try the power of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, he still obediently put down the large grenade in his hand.
He knew that the general was afraid that after the Jiannu downstairs were killed, the two Jiannu behind him would not dare to approach, so he wanted to wait for the other party's people to gather downstairs neatly, throwing a wave of earth-shattering thunder, and they were all killed.