Although he also saw it, the Ming army at the head of the city seemed to have used all the means of defending the city. Artillery, rolling wood and stones, bows and arrows, wolf tooth slaps, gold juice, etc., did not stop the siege of the army at all, which was about to attack the city, and the dense soldiers under the city were waiting for a breakthrough to rush in. Don't...... Could it be that the Ming army still has a killer weapon that has not come out?

Thinking of this, a thing flashed in his mind like a flash of lightning, when Azig returned from the defeat of Changli City, he seemed to have mentioned that the defenders used a very powerful gunpowder defensive weapon.

Huang Taiji was thinking of this, and he saw rows of objects suddenly flying out of the head of Gaizhou City, and they didn't fly far before falling to the ground, about ten zhang away from the city wall. As soon as I landed, I saw that a fire was burning there, and the fire was raging. Many of the nearby soldiers were set on fire, and one by one the burning men scattered, either fleeing or rolling, which was very obvious on the battlefield.

Such a scene is not just one place, but with Gaizhou City as the center, almost more than ten zhang away from the Gaizhou City Wall, it has almost become a burning isolation zone.

This fire ring was probably less than a kilometer, but the fire was so fierce that except for the people who were burned on the spot, the crowd was immediately isolated from the surroundings, and the people outside retreated far away, not daring to rush through the fire to attack. And the soldiers in the inner circle were burned to the bottom of the city. All of a sudden, the city, which was already full of people, was immediately crowded, and even the siege was affected.

After Huang Taiji saw it clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked and said: "It's the Guanning Army's weapon to defend the city!" ”

The so-called sharp weapon of the Guanning army to defend the city was actually not the Hongyi cannon, but this kind of flammable materials such as oil, gunpowder and other flammable materials wrapped in a quilt, and the fire was fierce after being thrown down. Originally, I didn't see this thing before, and I thought that there was no one here in Gaizhou, after all, it was a cold winter, and what was needed most was quilts and other materials. Even if there were, it was probably very few, and it didn't have much impact on the army.

But the fire ring around the city that I saw right now is enough to show that the Ming military has prepared a lot first, and I am really willing to spend this money!

Before Huang Taiji's exclamation could be issued, he immediately lost his voice and said: "It's not good, hurry, hurry up and give the order to withdraw the army!" ”

At this time, no matter how stupid you are, you know that the Ming army spent so much money to burn a big circle with fire, so that the city was crowded with siege soldiers, and there must be a backhand. If you don't withdraw, you will definitely lose a lot.

However, before his will could be passed on, he saw the Ming army at the head of the city, and suddenly threw cages one by one under the city. The cages fell to the crowd on the ground, but they didn't kill anyone, but the cages soon erupted with flames, with thick smoke, and there were even many spinning ones, causing the flames and smoke to spray everywhere.

One after another, such cages were dropped from the city, and they were not littered. It was that every section of the wall was being thrown down evenly. It was only a matter of moments, and the distance between the ring of fire and the city wall was basically covered in flames and smoke.

At this time, let alone attacking the city, it doesn't matter whether the Mongols or the Eight Banners of the Han Army, or the elite Manchurians, as long as they are in this circle, they all lose their weapons and cover their heads in an attempt to dodge everywhere. But they were surrounded by people, and there was no way to avoid them.

In just a moment, this part of the city became a hell on earth. The sturdy men who were still alive just now were crying for help, trying to escape but with nowhere to escape, and fell into a desperate situation.

Even Fan Wencheng, who was well-informed, was stunned, looked at the city of Gaizhou, and muttered to himself, "What is that?" ”

Actually, this kind of thing is not mysterious, but a transformation of a large grenade. Emperor Chongzhen came up with the idea before, and after the power of Changli City, the craftsmen of the War Bureau made improvements on the basis of that, so that there is this thing now.

This thing was renamed a very domineering name by the Ming craftsmen, called Ten Thousand Enemies! The specific method is to dry the hollow mud ball, fill it with gunpowder made of nitrate and sulfur through the small hole left on the top, and flexibly increase or decrease it by people and mix it with poisonous fire, divine fire and other medicinal materials, compact and install a lead, and then frame it with a wooden frame.

This kind of 10,000 enemies, after igniting and falling into the city, because it is protected by a wooden frame, will not break, and will spew fire from it, with poisonous smoke, spinning in all directions, killing and injuring a large number of enemies. Because you are in the city, you will not be affected at all, and you can be regarded as the most powerful weapon to defend the city!

In the original history, this kind of weapon, called 10,000 enemies, also appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. Song Yingxing has a clear record in his "Heavenly Creation".

Of course, this weapon also has limitations. If it's a big city, the city is wide enough and there aren't many enemies, so if you drop it, the enemy will naturally be able to dodge after reacting, and you won't be able to achieve maximum damage.

But at the moment, just because Gaizhou City is not large, the Ming army has enough materials, and first let the Jianyu army attack the city, so that after a large number of their troops are concentrated under the city, they burn out an isolation zone with fire to further drive the Jianyu to concentrate under the city. It is also in this situation that this kind of 10,000-strong enemy has the greatest effect.

Looking at the hell on earth under Gaizhou City, the soldiers outside the fire ring were stunned. They looked at the accomplices who were still brave just now, burned to charcoal one by one, and the painful expressions of covering their mouths and noses but breathing hard and unable to breathe, anyway, it was the scene of being powerless to resist in the face of death, which was deeply imprinted in their minds.

At this time, the voice of Ming Jin's collection of troops under the order of Huang Taiji finally came, and these soldiers who recalled the gods, whether they were Mongols or elite Jianyu soldiers, all retreated like a tide in a panic, and no one took care of the companions under the city anymore, because they knew that those companions must have only a dead end!

In the distance, Buhe was speechless for a long time when he saw all this, and after a long time, he gasped and said: "The Ming army has this kind of killing weapon in hand, no wonder there is no fear!" ”

This kind of poison gas bomb is an early one, in this era, if you are unprepared, if you are hit, you will ignore whether your soldiers are elite or not, and heavy losses are naturally inevitable.

After finishing speaking, Buhe turned his head to look in the direction of Huang Taiji, and did not speak, but his heart was full of sympathy.

After Hai Lanzhu recovered from the shock, she silently took a photo of her from this angle, entered the chat group and passed it to Emperor Chongzhen, and said: "Your Majesty, Gaizhou is defended!" ”