Chapter 264: Mutual Casting 2
Twenty or thirty paces into it, the rogue's archers shot several arrows at the earthen wall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, to tell the truth, the earthen wall is extremely thick, not more than a meter, not to mention the bow and arrow, it is useless to hit it with firearms.
There are two rows of perforations on the earthen wall, one at the top and one at the bottom, especially the lower one, only in the position where the person is squatting. After the arrow is shot, it moves in the air in a curved state, and even a marksman can't shoot into such a hole.
The top row of perforations is also very difficult to shoot into, and the arrows in the parabolic path are either shot at the upper middle of the hole or the lower middle of the hole. Those who really want to shoot through a one-meter-deep hole to the back of the hole will probably need extremely superb archery skills.
In addition, the two rows of shooting holes were filled with gunsmoke, and the target was not clear, so the thieves and strong archers shot a few arrows, but they found nothing except the dense arrows around the entrances of each cave.
They had to follow the charge, intending to go within ten paces and force themselves to shoot arrows in front of the trench.
The thieves poured upwards, and their shield-keepers were almost dead, and when they had caught up with the men who carried the short ladders with the pedals in the crowd, they were shot in a row, and the large ones rolled in front of the first trench and wailed.
But for the attacking rogue Ma Bu, this result was acceptable. In the past, they drove the hungry people to attack the city, and often drove a wave of death, and then drove back to death, and the real thieves they drove away suffered few casualties, and the impact was small.
At this time, too, the sorcerers were selected as meat shields and had been excluded from the ranks of "their own people". No matter how many outsiders die, the psychological blow to the thieves is smaller, much smaller than when the first wave attacked the mountain.
Their sword and shield men and fierce soldiers shouted desperately, and forced their guards to go up to erect trenches, and those who did not obey were immediately killed on the ground, and they themselves followed a few steps, still hiding. There were also archers who shot arrows to cover, and bombardiers who also carried baskets desperately.
The black pressure pressure rushed in, and a large number of pedal short ladders were about to be lowered, and some had even been lowered, and the dust from the wooden planks was mixed with the smoke of gunpowder.
At this time, the guns on the opposite side also seemed to have really stopped, but on each section of the wall, some black holes poked out of the cannon muzzles, one after another.
The earth wall has three gaps and four wall sections, the southeast section, the northeast section, the southwest section, and the northwest section. At this time, in each section of the wall, in some large holes, thick barrels were poked out one after another, all of which were No. 3 Franc machine guns that hit five taels of projectiles.
"Boom!" A cannon on the southeast wall turned, and the black hole hole was facing a group of rogues who were about to put down the pedal ladder. Then there was a loud bang, and a large puff of thick white smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and a long, sharp flame was at the end.
A large burst of fierce red light swept out, and thirty shotguns roared, slashing their heads and covering their faces on the rogue who was about to set up a trench on the opposite side.
At this time, these people were less than ten steps away from the earthen wall, and how fierce were the gun's shotguns? This distance was hit on the body, and in an instant, a large area rolled to the ground, and the thick and dense blood holes on the body were as thick as a gun.
Under the force of the rage, the first few rogues were even beaten to pieces, and then the shotguns continued to sweep the rogues behind them either through the gap or through their bodies, and even the rogues and shieldmen and fierce soldiers who followed them knocked over a lot.
In the rain of blood, there are large swaths of flesh and blood sprayed.
"Boom!" The other cannon in the section of the wall also roared, and another bunch of thieves rolled to the ground screaming, all rolling on the ground in a blur of flesh and blood, and the short pedal ladders in front of them dumped a large piece of everything.
Qiu Shiqing drove the crowd forward, followed by a few sword and shield men and soldiers, he walked to the front of the trench, and there was a deep trench below, which was estimated to be one zhang wide and one zhang deep, and there were sharp wooden thorns buried in it, which made people look shocking.
He looked at the opposite side, a patch of white smoke, and the earthen wall loomed in the smoke of gunpowder, and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he shouted and urged the servants on the side to raise the trench. Suddenly, something poked out from the opposite side, and before he could see it clearly, there was a loud bang that shook his ears and almost deaf.
Then his eyes were full of fierce firelight, and there were some small red light strafing from time to time, and there were hoarse screams around him. A large piece of flesh and blood was sprinkled on Qiu Shiqing's body, especially a person's head flew diagonally and hit the left side of Qiu Shiqing's head.
He was already in a state of discouragement, and when he was struck by the flying man's head, he stumbled and slipped into the trench under his feet.
He made a fuss, without thinking, and as soon as he reached out and pulled a thief's big sticker, he put him under him.
"Ahh After the big stick hand fell, he was strung on it by wooden thorns, howling desperately in the ditch, fluttering and struggling, and blood flowed down from the part where he was pierced.
The trench is "V" shaped, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, Qiu Shiqing desperately supported it, looking at the screaming and struggling big stickers under him, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't help but tremble.
"Boom!" A No. 2 Franc machine fired a cannon, fifty shotguns roared out, and in front of them was a blood mist raging, and many of the thieves who rushed to the front became minced meat, and those behind screamed and fled back with rolling and crawling.
At this time, many thieves poured in at the three gaps, especially the gap in the east, which was considered the front, and many thieves and shields were rushing in. Not only the camp, but also under the command of Ge Li He Yilong, only to see the red flag and black flag fluttering in the smoke of gunpowder.
Because there is a passage here, there are people who are raised in front of them as meat shields when charging, but there are no people who carry pedals and short ladders.
When they rushed about ten paces, the men in front of them who were serving as meat shields were also fired in ten rows of guns, mostly from the side. In addition, those who were hacked to death by the old thieves in the rear because they were afraid to flee, these meat shields were almost dead, and there was not a single one in a hundred.
But when they rushed to this distance, they were considered to have completed their task, and the few remaining servants hurriedly retreated as if they had been amnestied.
The rogues who were a few paces behind were screaming and rushing.
They felt it, the opposite row of guns really stopped, don't rush at this time, when will they wait?
Although there is a shield array on the opposite side, they are confident that as long as they rush up, they will break the shield array.
Those who did not want to protect the three gaps, in addition to the shield array, there were also four guns each, especially in the east gap, there were two No. 2 Franc machine guns, which could shoot fifty shotguns.
A large wave of thieves rushed in, because the gap was only ten steps wide, and the cold weapons fought, they rushed side by side, only four or five people, and the depth behind them was stretched long.
Suddenly, four cannons poked out of this side wall, and a No. 2 Franc machine fired a cannon, firing at the side of these rushing thieves.
Fifty shotguns roared away, with an initial velocity of more than 200 meters per second, strafing at an extremely fast speed, spurting blood when they hit these people, smoking when they hit the ground, and a large number of ricocheting bombs kicked up smoke and dust. Some of the thieves were torn apart by the shotguns, and some fell to the ground and died without humming.
They thought that the gap was easy to rush, but they did not want to be guarded by four guns, and took turns firing.
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After all, there is an intermittent artillery fire, and it cannot be fully covered, and a large number of pedal short ladders are still put down, and there are thieves rushing in.
At this time, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the line of sight was only in front of him, the surrounding casualties could not be seen clearly, and the psychological shock to the thieves was also small. Coupled with the rapid scuffle between the two sides, all the thieves were excited, and the feeling of fear seemed to be out of their minds, and they just wanted to rush into the wall and hack the opposite Xiangyong to death.
"Bang bang bang!"
At this time, there were guns on the opposite wall, and there were rings one after another, firelight and gunsmoke flashed from time to time, and many thieves screamed and were knocked to the ground, and even fell into the trench. Now most of the casualties are their sword and shield bearers, fierce soldiers.
However, although the fire gun is powerful, it loses the shocking taste of a large number of casualties in an instant, and the close-range stopping is not enough.
There are also intervals in the firing time of the musket, and even for breech guns, this interval is only slightly shortened.
From time to time, the thieves were shot, but they still rushed in with a black pressure and howl, and the short ladders of the pedals were lowered and rushed in with the boards. They came with a short ladder of pedals, and tried to lift the planks of the ladder up the wall from the side of the second trench.
In this way, the old thieves in the camp can climb up and rush in, and they can really retreat.
"Bang-"
With a bang, a thief was hit by a bullet and instantly rolled to the ground, and the short ladder he was carrying on his shoulder also fell to the ground.
"Bang-" There was another bang, and a thief with a sword and shield also flew out, the shield in his hand shattered, and he rolled on the ground only vomiting blood.
"Donkey ball, rush up." But there were still thieves who roared loudly and continued to rush up.
At this moment, in the smoke behind the wall, some black, round things flew out, all heavy, especially with leads attached to them, and at this time there were chilling sparks.
When these things fell among the thieves, they exploded one after another, and one by one the ghosts cried wolf, and one by one dazzling fires rose, accompanied by scarlet blood and minced flesh.
Many of the thieves were blown up and even fell straight into the trenches.
"Ah, archers, our 10,000 enemies go up ......" Around the area in front of the earthen wall, many thieves scurried like headless flies, and from time to time they were blown up into the sky by the explosion of 10,000 enemies, and the thieves in the rear shouted desperately for archers and bombardiers to go up.
The thieves and archers shot their arrows desperately, and many of them were forced to the front of the first trench, less than ten paces from the earthen wall.
However, the front was filled with gunsmoke, the entire earthen wall seemed to be shrouded in white smoke, and the figures in front of them were also looming, and they couldn't see anything clearly.
Whether the arrows shot went into the holes or not, no one can say whether he was ugly.
The thieves carrying the baskets of bombardiers also came up desperately, and some of them rushed to the edge of the first trench, so they hurriedly lit torches, and then lit up the improvised 10,000 enemies at hand, and threw them forward.
A thief picked up a 10,000-strong enemy made of clay pots, which was very heavy, and he was afraid that he would weigh five or six pounds, so in order to facilitate the throwing, he tied the basket with wooden chips outside, and installed a handle.
After he lit the torch of a thief with ten thousand enemies, the fuse burned, and it was so fast and slow that he couldn't help but be flustered and hurried, and threw it over.
Ten thousand enemies flew out, and the smoke was thick in front of him, and he didn't know where to throw it, when he heard a violent explosion, a large mass of fire, and then a large scream of his own brothers. Many people in front of them tumbled and fell, and a short ladder that was about to be erected also overturned.
"Ah, donkey ball......" he heard a voice, followed by a louder scream, but the owner of the voice fell into the trench.
One by one, 10,000 enemies flew overhead, and many of them fell into their own crowd, or smashed on the earthen wall, and bounced back, blowing up the rogues who attacked the wall and howling wolves.
Throwing 10,000 enemies is not a simple matter, it requires special training, the developed arm strength is one, the accurate throwing is two, and the weight and quality of the 10,000 enemies in the hands are also three.
Not to mention the rough production of all kinds of thieves, the fuse burns sometimes fast and sometimes slow, especially different in weight, some are heavier than five or six catties, you must know that the ten thousand enemies in Xin'anzhuang are not more than three catties.
This kind of throwing is very difficult, especially this kind of throwing from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, and you have not been trained, and you don't throw it at the target, or throw it on your own head, which is very common.
The sound of explosions, 10,000 enemies flew up and down, many of them landed in the dense group of thieves, scarlet blood clusters, scattered minced meat flying from time to time, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood and burnt mush.
However, after 10,000 enemies threw it over the wall, there was a clay pot weighing about three or four catties that flew over the earthen wall from the smoke of gunpowder, and then exploded there. Billowing smoke rose from the smoke and blood mist and shredded clothes, and hoarse screams rang out over there.
Slowly, more and more 10,000 enemies threw themselves into the wall, especially those lighter simple 10,000 enemies, and there was also gunsmoke and screams.
All kinds of cries rang out, and both sides fell into a high degree of euphoria, and in this part of the earthen wall, there was only shouting except shouting.
"Boom!" In the southeast section of the earthen wall, another cannon roared, and thirty shotguns burst out, as if all the thieves in this area had been emptied.
With a loud bang, a 10,000-strong enemy was thrown from behind the wall and on the heads of a bunch of rogue archers, along with several nearby rogue bombardiers.
"Boom!" There was a sudden and violent explosion, as if a large mushroom cloud was rising, and a thief bombardier just poked the lead to the torch, and with a "zi" sound, the lead instantly burned to the end, and exploded in his hand.
A few rogue bombardiers gathered here, and there was a basket of all kinds of 10,000 enemies around them, and the sudden explosion of these 10,000 enemies ignited this basket followed by the explosion, and the air waves, fragments, gravel, and thistles swept away, and everything around them was taking off.
At the gap in the north, a No. 2 Franc machine fired a cannon, and the front was filled with gunsmoke, and no one could be seen when he raised his eyes, but under the scorching sun, the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke was extremely stinging.
There were also some thieves rolling on the ground and wailing, and some of the thieves screamed and crawled back.
Suddenly, in the smoke filled, several tens of thousands of enemies suddenly appeared, and fell to the artillery position behind the wall.
Immediately following these 10,000 enemies, there were about seven or eight simple versions of various types of thieves and 10,000 enemies, all of whom fell behind the earthen walls at both ends of the gap.
Then there was a series of explosions, and behind the wall over there, they were all drowned in a series of fierce fires, and the smoke exploded in large streams, sandwiched with blood mist stumps, and hoarse screams.
"Kill it!" There were thieves shouting, and suddenly in the smoke, some thieves appeared with hideous faces, all holding swords and shields, roaring, and rushing towards the shield array in front of them.
Behind them, followed by archers, batters and men with big sticks and palladium, as well as a number of rogue bombardiers.
As they charged, some of them were knocked over by the gunners at either end of the wall, and the rest were still screaming and screaming.
Especially the rogue bombardiers, some of them rushed up, and some of them even lit the 10,000 enemies in their hands on the way and threw them forward.
Seeing that these people were holding the blue flag, it was actually under the command of He Jin, the king of Zuojin, and a thief lit the medicine bag in his hand, sealed it with silk, and in order to facilitate throwing, it was packed in a bamboo basket and wrapped with hemp rope for many ways.
The thief held the fire fold in one hand and the handle of the bamboo basket, lit the lead, and threw it to the opposite side.
Then the medicine bag was thrown between the shield and the thieves who were about to rush in.
There was a bang, and a rain of blood flew down, and several thieves flew back, and then their arms, legs and feet disappeared.
In the billowing smoke of gunpowder, the seemingly unbreakable big shield on the opposite side also overturned, and some villagers rolled beside the broken shield, rolling on the ground with blurred flesh and blood.
Two or three more sand pots of 10,000 enemies flew away, three or four catties of 10,000 enemies fell into the shield array, explosions followed, fragments of broken stone and thistles swept across, blood mist mixed with gunpowder smoke rose, and the crowd over there also fell over one by one, and the screams were earth-shattering.
Then hurried footsteps, shouts came from behind the wall, and five or six thousand enemies were thrown from both ends of the gap and landed in the midst of the charging thieves.
The explosion rang out, and the flesh and blood were sprayed, and the stumps flew into the air.
The charging thief howled like a mourning examiner, and he rushed back with his head in his arms.
Then the rest of the soldiers on both sides rolled on the ground and wailed.