Chapter 90: The Battle of Changsha

Wang Cannon stood on the high platform, and there was a feeling of high spirits. This high platform is made of solid wood, and the four supporting pillars are all big trees hugged by one person, so although the high platform can not be said to be towering into the clouds, it is also far higher than the Changsha city wall, and even higher than Tianxin Pavilion.

He looked down here, and even some movements at the head of Changsha City could be seen clearly.

And Wang Cannon is not alone here, there are several people with large and small flags around him, these are heralds, and they use these flags to convey orders.

Wang Dacang felt that this feeling of superiority was really good, but he immediately put this feeling away and gave an order.

Dozens of cannons below were fired separately.

Dozens of solid cannonballs, in the sky through a visible arc, smashed heavily on the masonry at the head of the city, "collapse", the masonry fragments shot out from all sides, and there were large pieces of rubble in the moat.

I don't know how many splashes of water came out, and it burst out for a while, as if it was raining heavily.

Under the command of Wang Cannon, the artillery of each battery, at a relatively constant speed, bombarded one cannon after another in the same position.

The bricks on the outside of the city wall are very hard, almost the same as stones, even if the solid cannonballs are smashed up, at most some fragments will be broken, or the bricks and stones will be smashed into it a little, so that the entire city wall will be deformed a little.

It may not seem like much has changed, but in fact it has done a great deal of damage to the city walls.

The soldiers at the head of the city hardly dared to leave their heads.

The accuracy of the cannon is not too accurate, and there is still a little bit of accuracy for a big target such as the city wall, but even so, there are still deviations from the shells, and some of them are smashed on the female wall, and half of the female wall is smashed away.

If there is no female wall to protect it, a bloody alley will be opened above the city immediately.

However, such a situation, although tragic. But it's still a small probability event.

There are few such coincidences, and more often than not, it is the soldiers who squat behind the women's wall, not daring to show their heads. But the reaction of the cannonballs shaking the city walls, they could not dodge. They felt as if they were not on top of the city, but on a ship.

And this ship, all the time, has been trembling irregularly.

Everyone's mind was tense.

For they did not know when the wall under their feet would fall to the ground with a thud, and they, the people on the wall, would be buried in everything with rubble, or would fall to the ground on top of the wall several feet high.

When the time comes, it's not easy to get a whole corpse.

There are many people, let them die, they are not afraid, Bi

Death is a matter of breath. But it is a very torturous thing to make them wait for death. Silently waiting for the inevitable death that does not know when and time, and cannot be avoided, it will torture people to madness.

Not to mention, what kind of people are the Ming troops on the city wall of Changsha?

They are all soldiers who have already suffered a defeat.

Many soldiers who have escaped once have no psychological burden, and for them, after escaping once, it makes no difference at all if they run away three or four times. How can they withstand such pressure?

As the artillery of the Xia army became more and more dense, the soldiers at the head of the city became more and more shaken.

Ma Shiying also knew this, and he tried his best to place a large number of soldiers in the hidden caves inside the city wall, and when needed, he quickly transferred the soldiers to the city. However, even so, it is necessary to place a certain number of men on the top of the city to prevent the sudden attack of the Xia army.

This one-sided beating has seen a visible decline in morale.

Ma Shiying had to order the artillery fire at the head of the city to counterattack.

This counterattack is more futile.

First of all, the artillery of Changsha City, in terms of quantity and quality, is not comparable to that of the Xia army, and the target of the Ming army's artillery fire is also different, the target of the Xia army's artillery fire is this section of the city wall, the area is very large, even if the number of heads is not too accurate, but many times it can still be blinded.

But if the Ming army wants to hit the battery, it will not be easy.

Even if it is occasionally hit, the damage to the cannon is not too great.

The fort built by Zhang Xuan, although it was not the masonry fort as he thought now, was in a semi-protective state. Rather, it was a civil structure, which was made of rammed earth in the middle, and it still had a little protection, and the shells hit the wooden walls on the perimeter. It's just a few pieces of wood. 、

Unable to pose a threat to artillery.

Moreover, there are not many cannons with such a range in Changsha City, at least they cannot be compared with the Xia army.

Therefore, their artillery counterattack was more symbolic, used to boost morale, and did not have much impact on the current situation at all.

"Ah-----" above the city, I don't know who shouted, fled back like crazy, who blocked him, without saying a word, he drew his sword. wants to be desperate, but for such a situation, Ma Shiying has long been prepared.

I saw Zhao Yinxuan step forward, behead the second person with a knife, and ordered someone to hang the head high to warn everyone.

Only then did the soldiers of the city head who were about to collapse be pacified.

"Hey." Ma Shiying sighed slightly in his heart, he also knew that such a tough disposition was not the best way, so he groaned slightly, and said: "Pass the order, the soldiers on the head of the city will be replaced every other hour." ”

"Yes." Zhao Yinxuan said.

As soon as Zhao Yinxuan arranged it, he heard the people at the head of the city shouting and saying, "The Xia army has moved." ”

Ma Shiying raised his head and said, "Come with me to the city." ”

The left and right immediately dissuaded, but they couldn't stop Ma Shiying at all. Ma Shiying climbed to the top of the city, and immediately felt a slight tremor under his feet, as if the hard masonry under his feet. All of a sudden, it softened.

Ma Shiying came to the female wall, looked down, and saw a large number of soldiers of the Xia army lined up, throwing a large number of bricks, stones and soil bags into the moat. They began to fill the river. This is the preparation before the general offensive. In fact, the siege war, there are not too many fancy, but the city is bombarded to fill the river, and after the city wall is blasted open, the army rushes up again and enters hand-to-hand combat.

However, Ma Shiying knows that the morale of the army in Changsha City is now, and perhaps when it is broken, it will be when Changsha City loses its ability to resist.

"We must find a way to delay the enemy's filling of the river." Ma Shiying thought about it and immediately said: "Order the people below to go to the city and switch the artillery target to these people who fill the river." ”

"Yes." Zhao Yinxuan immediately brought a large number of soldiers to the city, and a large and small artillery such as the Franc machine gun and the tiger squat cannon were carried to the city, and these artillery pieces were used to bombard the forts several miles away, which was absolutely out of reach, but it was very easy to use them to bombard these soldiers who came to fill the river.

But the fact that there are more soldiers in the city is not always good.

"Collapse." A bang. A loud bang exploded around Ma Shiying, and a cannonball smashed on a female wall, as if it was because of the angle, it was not broken, but it bounced down again, but a kick on the female wall was flew, and countless gravel hit the people around like lead bullets hit by firearms.

In the middle of his breath, dozens of people fell to the ground, all of them bleeding and moaning incessantly. Still others are motionless, either in a coma or already dead.

The nearest person was only about a meter away from Ma Shiying, and Ma Shiying even felt that blood had been sprinkled on him. Ma Shiying's ears were buzzing, and he didn't seem to hear anything, so he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately pulled Ma Shiying off the city wall.

Ma Shiying didn't know if he was old.

After being in the city for a long time, he was able to recover his strength, and then listened to the continuous cannon sound above the city, his heart sank slightly, and he said secretly: "It seems that I can't last a few days like this, and I can't do it according to Your Majesty's intentions." ”

Ma Shiying knew very well that in all probability, what Long Wu wanted to do was just a futile death struggle.

But when it comes to this, there is no other way than this way.

Ma Shiying straightened his appearance and said, "Come on, come with me to see Your Majesty." ”

Even if it is in the middle of a war, meeting the emperor is also a solemn thing for Ma Shiying, and it is not good not to tidy up his appearance.