Chapter 344: On the verge of collapse

Zu Dashou and Liu Renyu each led their headquarters to fight with the Houjin soldiers, and the fight was difficult to solve, Zhang Chun, Song Wei, and Wu Xiang's Ming troops were greatly encouraged, and their fighting spirit became more and more firm, and their fighting spirit became more and more high.

No matter how many times the Houjin soldiers charged, they were all repulsed.

Huang Taiji'er heard the shouts of killing in the east, and his heart became more and more anxious, but fortunately, at this time, Tong Yangxing rushed to the battlefield with his artillery in time, so that he saw the hope of defeating the Ming army.

"E, quickly prop up the cannon and shell it at the Ming army camp in the east." Huang Taiji hurriedly ordered to Tong Yangxing.

"Pierce." Without saying a word, Tong Yangxing immediately instructed his subordinates to line up the artillery and carry gunpowder and projectiles.

This Tianyou Blessing General Cannon is made of imitation of the Hongyi cannon of the Illumination Country, and its size is huge, which is quite troublesome to carry, but its bombardment effect is very terrifying.

It took Tong Yangxing and his men another half an hour to line up the forty cannons in a long line.

"The whole army retreated, the artillery bombarded the Wuxiang barracks, and if the other army showed signs of collapse, our army would attack again." Huang Taiji ordered his generals.

Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, Azig, Erke Chuhuer, and Shuo Tuo were ordered, and they all collected their troops and returned to their own military formations.

When the Ming army saw that the Jin soldiers stopped attacking, they stopped firing guns and artillery, treated the wounded, and gathered strength to fight again.

During this time, Tong Yangxing calmly ordered his subordinates to charge charges, put lead bullets, and prepare leads.

When all the preparations were ready, Tong Yangxing was a little excited, and a little nervous waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Release." ”

"Bang, bang, bang, bang......"

A loud roar resounded in the sky, and the muzzle of the general's cannon spewed out a thick puff of white smoke, and pushed a huge lead bullet out of the barrel.

This spherical iron projectile, shot out of lightning, was falling on the outside of Wu Xiang's military camp, smashing the soil there into big pits, and these projectiles did not stop, and continued to move forward, and actually smashed a few of the rejected horses.

The officers and men of Wu Xiangsuo's department who saw this scene were all stunned, shocked, and inexplicably frightened.

"Marshal, we didn't fire the cannon just now, where did the roar of those cannons come from?" Although a general of the Ming army knew that he definitely did not fire the artillery, he couldn't believe that Jiannu already had artillery, so he asked Wu Xiang in a trembling way how much he hoped that Jiannu had artillery was fake.

But the reality is brutal.

Wu Xiang's face was as black as ink, and he said word by word: "Knowingly, our army did not open artillery, of course it was a cannon set by Jiannu, and this run is not a tiger squat and a Franco, this is clearly a Hongyi cannon." ”

"They are stronger in cavalry and archery than our army, and our army can only compete with them by relying on the hard village, and now that they have artillery, how can our army resist it?" The general who had asked the question earlier suddenly felt his mouth dry, and a rush of urine hit his heart uncontrollably.

The rest of the generals around Wu Xiang were also terrified and trembled.

"If they have Hongyi artillery, our army has no way to deal with it, we only have Tiger Squat Cannon and Furlong Machine, we can't reach them, if they only use artillery bombardment, our army will only be bombed in vain." Another Ming army general said with fear on his face.

"Even if you can only be bombed, you can only hold on, and the town of Zu will be within reach, and our army will be nailed here." At this point, Wu Xiang could only hold on to the end.

The shouts of killing in the east can already be heard here, and if you persist until this time and collapse halfway, it is really impossible to make it.

Therefore, even if Wu Xiang was extremely scared in his heart, he could only hold on.

The rest of the generals saw that their generals were unusually today, and they were so hard-hearted, and for some reason the restless and restless heart actually calmed down a little.

The so-called courage of the general, Wu Xiang is unusual, and he is so calm, what else do the people under his command have to say, only to hold on and fight to the end.

At first, Zhang Chun, who was in the middle camp, heard the sound of the cannon roaring, and thought that his own cannon had fired by mistake, so he immediately ordered his own guards to inspect it, and if he encountered indiscriminate cannon fire, he immediately stopped such behavior.

Zhang Chun's personal guards walked around the camp, inspected for a long time, and then reported to his general with a puzzled face: "No one in the camp opened artillery, even Wu Zongzhen and Song Zongzhen did not fire artillery." ”

"No one in our army has opened fire, is it ......!?" Zhang Chun was suddenly shocked and couldn't believe it, but he had to face the cruel reality.

Jiannu built a cannon, and listening to this sound, it seems that it is still a powerful and destructive Hongyi cannon.

Zhang Chun suddenly felt that his heart was half cold, the Ming army's ability in field combat and hand-to-hand combat was not as good as Jiannu's, and now he could barely fight Jiannu for a while by relying on Jiancheng artillery.

Now that Jiannu actually has artillery, if they have such a militaristic weapon, the last bit of advantage of the Ming Dynasty will be gone, and the Jiannu field battle that has made up for the shortcomings is even more invincible, even if the siege city can also be bombarded with artillery.

Zhang Chun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of this, if Houjin had a cannon, and the Ming Dynasty would be at a greater disadvantage strategically, then the most urgent crisis at the moment was that Wu Xiangsuo, who had always been known for his timidity, was being shelled by Houjin.

"I just don't know how long Wu can last? Can you hold out to the town of Zu and lead the troops to kill? Zhang Chun was extremely worried.

Wu Xiang's worries were much more than Zhang Chun's, his heart had been turning over the rivers and seas, and all kinds of thoughts came and went in his heart, and they came and went, almost tearing his head apart.

At this time, the escaped athlete knew that Jiannu had completed the test firing and was adjusting the impact point, and the next round of blows would be earth-shattering and miserable.

"How is it good, how is it good, Jiannu shelling, in such a situation, the best way is naturally to attack immediately, it is better to fight in battle than to stand and be bombed in vain, but if you attack out, you are afraid that you will die faster.

There is also a good way is to escape immediately, quickly, immediately, with Zhang Chun and Song Wei's back, I am extremely familiar with the terrain here, I am very confident of escaping, but the brother-in-law may come at any time, I can't escape, at least not until the brother-in-law arrives here.

I also asked my subordinates to retreat and avoid the artillery fire of Jiannu, as soon as our army moves, Jiannu will chase and kill it, and then our army will be finished, and now we can only be nailed here and still, life and death are fate. ”

Wu Xiang pondered in his heart for a long time, and finally made up his mind to be nailed here, without moving.

Wu Xiang's subordinates were all panicked when they first saw the Houjin soldiers firing artillery, and their morale was extremely unstable, but when they saw that their own generals, who had always been known for being good at escaping, were still standing tall in the middle of the Chinese army, their restless hearts gradually calmed down.

Even his own general, who has always been known for his greed for life and fear of death, is planning to defend it to the death, what are we afraid of.

The morale of the Ming army calmed down a little.

"Let's go," Tong Yang excitedly waved the command flag and ordered his men to open fire.

"Knock, knock, knock......."

God bless the muzzle of the general's cannon. Bursts of white smoke erupted, and spherical iron projectiles were ejected from the barrel of the cannon and flew straight to the Ming army camp.

This huge iron projectile carries a huge kinetic energy, smashing, smashing, smashing everything that stands in front of it.

Horses, wheelbarrows, carts, all these bunkers used for cover were blown to pieces by the Houjin cannons, and sawdust flew everywhere.

After the shells smashed these things, the castration continued, and continued to rush forward, breaking the bones and tendons of the Ming troops hidden behind these covers, and blood droplets flew and suffered heavy casualties.

Wu Xiang saw the power of the Jiannu cannon, his heart shrank leisurely, and his whole body was filled with a chill to the bone, his hand tightly grasped the hilt of the knife, and the force he used was so great that the joints were white.

"Hold on!"

This is the cry of despair in Wu Xiang's heart.

Tong Yangxing, who was on the other side, saw that the effect of his second round of shelling was so good, and he was naturally happy, and he looked at Huang Taiji's words, and found that his Great Khan smiled at him with satisfaction.

Tong Yangxing suddenly felt that the bones in his body were much lighter, and he had a feeling of soaring clouds.

"It seems that I played well, and the master is very happy." Tong Yangxing was overjoyed in his heart for a while, and then he was extremely excited and yelled at his subordinates: "Sons, give me a hateful shelling of the Ming army, the artillery is good, the fight is accurate, and the original amount will be rewarded." ”

When the Houjin artillery heard that the artillery was well rewarded for its good fight, they all made a lot of effort, quickly filled the ammunition, stuffed the shells, inserted the leads, and ignited the fire.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang,......。"

Another round of shooting.

The iron projectile hit the Ming army, bringing a burst of bloody rain.

When the officers and men of Wu Xiang's department saw the tragic situation of their robes being hit by artillery, their faces were as white as paper, their legs were weak, and they were extremely frightened.

The aura of despair spread rapidly among Wu Xiang's army.