Chapter 258: Mighty Display
As a city defense that has been arranged, it is natural to wait quietly for the Jin army to attack.
The Jin army under the city is Abatai as the main general.
At this time, Abatai, Azig and Yanguli were discussing things in the big tent.
"His grandmother's, the weather has been too hot recently, and our warriors have to wear several layers of thick armor to attack the city."
"After the siege of the city yesterday, many warriors reacted that the weather was too hot and they were about to suffer from heat stroke." Azig sat under the tent, complaining about the heat.
"Yes, this weather should indeed be in our home to escape the heat, but we were dragged to fight against this group of Ming people."
"This group of Ming people from Wangjiazhuang seems to be very difficult to deal with, we fought with them twice yesterday, and we lost almost a thousand people."
"What a waste of our warriors to lose here." Abatai also complained.
After all, Abatai doesn't have much face in Huang Taiji.
This time, let him lead the four banners, not only to give him a chance to make a contribution, but also to give him a test, if the men and horses of these four banners are too lost, Huang Taiji will definitely not mind the dismissal of Abatai.
Therefore, Abatai has always been cautious to avoid any big mistakes in the four flags.
Yesterday, I hit the Wangjiazhuang in front of me, and I thought that it would be the same as the other Zhuangzi that I had attacked before, and it would be easy to attack it, but who would have thought that the Ming army in the city would be so resolute in defending the city.
For a time, his city was not attacked, but a thousand horses were lost, which made Abatai feel distressed.
However, Abatai also knows that there are not many defenders in this Wangjiazhuang, and it is estimated that most of them were consumed in one day yesterday, and they can be taken by attacking at most two rounds today.
And the price to pay is estimated to be no more than 1,000 people at most.
This price, Abatai gritted his teeth and was able to accept it.
"Okay, okay, don't say anything, let the warriors of all banners prepare today, and prepare to take Wangjiazhuang in one fell swoop today." Abatai gritted his teeth and prepared to attack the city, and no longer complained.
Hearing that the main general had made up his mind, Yanguli and Azig, who were seated, also stopped complaining, saluted one after another, and prepared to go down to prepare for the siege of the city.
When the hottest afternoon passed, the weather gradually cooled down, and the camp of the Jin army, which had been silent, began to move.
"General Yuan, the Jin army is afraid of the heat, and they are not used to this weather, so they will only act after the hottest afternoon." Fan Guoyan said in Yuan Chao's ear.
"Well, then let them feel the deepest cold in the afternoon." Yuan Chao also looked at the Jin army in front of him with a smile, and his expression seemed to be expecting the Jin army to attack the city quickly.
The Jin army under the city is also rapidly reorganizing its formation.
It's still the most common way.
The forwards of the siege were the elite of the Jin army wearing multiple layers of heavy armor, and behind them were the Jin soldiers in light armor. Behind them were horse-drawn bows and arrows. The archers who act as mobile batteries.
This time, it was Yang Guli who served as the siege general.
Yang Guli was also a famous fierce general in the Jin army, and was known for his bravery at a very young age.
This time, as the protagonist of the siege, he naturally planned to take Wangjiazhuang in one go.
After Yang Guli reorganized the siege army, he also immediately asked Abatai for his life.
Abatai's siege this time was to invest the elite soldiers of the four banners, and the soldiers of the four banners were agile and had excellent bow and arrow skills. A total of 15,000 people were invested in this siege, so Abatai also organized this siege with the idea of aiming to win and finish the battle.
"Yang Guli, this time let the Ming army who will only hide on the city wall, without a little blood and bravery, see what is a warrior and what is brave." Abatai spoke quickly, and the beard on his face fluttered casually like weeds.
"Yes, I must show this group of Ming soldiers who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and see what a stupid decision they have made." Yang Guli is also gearing up to show his skills for a long time.
So after Yanguli received the order to siege the city at Abatai, he quickly returned to the siege array, preparing to lead the army to attack the city.
Yang Guli returned to the big array, looked at how strong his men were in front of him, and looked at the city wall in the distance, you can imagine that when the Ming army on the city wall saw that they were about to attack the city, they trembled and were scared.
"Great army, attack." Yanguli raised his broadsword and announced the siege to the soldiers.
The Jin Army Array, which was still silent just now, began to babble after hearing this sentence of siege.
This is their primitive and wild side, as if they were in a primeval forest, rounding up their prey.
The Jin army under the city began to slowly approach the city wall.
"Oh God, please give me the strength to help the poor Ming Empire defeat the invasion of the Jin Empire." Ricardo was drawing a cross on the side, praying with his mouth in his mouth.
After Ricardo finished praying, he asked Yuan Chao for his life.
"Venerable General Yuan Dynasty, please allow me to fire the cannon immediately, yes, they have already entered our attack range." Ricardo spoke fluently in Chinese and asked for instructions.
"No, order the artillerymen not to fire indiscriminately, and order all the artillerymen to use scattered shells such as tiger squat cannons, and when the time comes, I will let them try to feel pain in the first round." Yuan rejected Ricardo's proposal to prepare a cannon shot, and instead ordered a shotgun to be replaced with a shotgun close-in gun.
This is because the defenders of Wangjiazhuang did not use artillery before, and if the artillery is fired at a long distance at this time, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Jin army under the city, and even cancel the siege, so the long-range artillery cannot be fired.
And they all use scattered cannons, which is naturally a generous gift to the Jin army under the city at that time, hoping that the Jin army under the city can feel the baptism from the hot weapon.
After hearing Yuan Chao's order, Ricardo also immediately went to follow the order.
"Okay, respected General Yuan, I will always follow your orders." After Ricardo finished speaking, he bowed and withdrew.
Fan Guoyan, who was on the side, was also stunned, how could this Yi person say such a good word about Middle-earth, it sounds like he still has a bit of a Henan accent, and it seems that he is still the leader of a battalion, it seems that this Yuan Dynasty really dares to use people.
Cao Wenzhao, who was on the side, also nodded secretly, it seems that Yuan Chao is a good person.
Without the harassment of artillery, the Jin army smoothly pulled into the distance of the five city walls, and now there are only about two hundred steps left.
"Everyone is ready to attack the city, rush." Yanguli saw that the city wall was getting closer and closer, and he also felt that he could give the order to attack.
After receiving Yang Guli's order, those Jin troops who were wrapped in armor and sweat had already hurried to end the battle, taking off their heavy armor, so they took steps and charged quickly.
"Ahh Some of the soldiers and horses still fell into some secret traps without accident, but these are only a few, after all, most of the traps were triggered yesterday.
Yuan Chao on the city wall carefully watched the dynamics of the Jin army under the city.
"One hundred and fifty steps." Yuan Chao listened to the soldiers observing on the side, observing the gathering.
One hundred and fifty steps In fact, with the advantage of the city wall, his bird gun can already be hit, but the power is naturally reduced, and then thinking that these people are wearing heavy armor, naturally this distance is to endure a hand.
"One hundred and thirty steps."
"One hundred and twenty steps."
"One hundred and ten steps."
"One hundred steps."
"When he heard the distance of a hundred paces, Yuan Chao was finally about to give the order to shoot."
The Jin army attacking under the city is also very strange, there is not even a bow and arrow to interfere today, could it be that the Ming army has fled?
But it was a little strange to see the Ming soldiers coming and going on the city wall, and they didn't run away.
The strangeness didn't last long, though, and they soon solved the mystery.
"The thieves entered a hundred paces and ordered the soldiers to start shooting." The roar of the Yuan Dynasty spread across the city walls.
One by one, the commanders immediately conveyed the order to open fire.
For a while, at the battlements of the city wall, where there was no movement, rows of gun muzzles suddenly appeared neatly.
"Bang, bang, bang" became a thumping place on the city wall.
With the sound of gunshots, the Jin army under the city also revealed the answer.
"Changed?" Yang Guli had already taken the lead in the charge, but now he suddenly understood why he was so silent just now.
It turned out that the Ming army on the city wall had changed.
Then Yang Guli looked back at the soldiers on his body, and felt a coldness.
Originally, I heard the sound of birds, but I just felt that there was a change of tricks, and it was not that I hadn't fought with birds and horses before, in fact, it was just the same thing, the ones that exploded the chamber did not count, the empty guns, the weak ones, countless, sometimes the bird guns were not as good as a spear.
But when Yang Guli looked left and right, he really felt a chill in his heart in the hot summer.
Numerous soldiers were hit by the birds.
Even more terrifying, these soldiers in thick armor were also broken and injured by bird guns.
Although the armor blocks most of the power, once the gunpowder bullet breaks through the skin and flesh, most of the people in this era will not survive.
"How is it possible, how can it be so accurate, how can it be so powerful?" Yang Guli has been experiencing things that he can't understand today, and he can't understand it in his heart.
However, they still did not stop the pace of attacking, and wanted to take advantage of the long time of the bird gun loading to attack the city wall and solve this group of Ming troops who made him puzzled.
But in an instant, the familiar sound of birds pierced into the ears with the sound of screams.
"How is that possible!" Yang Guli felt as if he had fallen into evil today.
This time he looked left and right, and only more soldiers had fallen.
"Ahhh Yang Guli babbled and continued to charge forward with an angry look.