"Be careful, be careful!"

"Keep it up! Push it over! Push it over! ”

In the midst of a shout, a long wooden box-like object appeared on the Kaifeng city wall, and began to stretch out from the city wall. The pen, fun, and pavilion slowly protruded from the wall www.biquge.info about six or seven feet before it stopped, and then someone shot with muskets and crossbow arrows from the wooden box that was sticking out of the box.

This is the invention of a student in Kaifeng. It was aimed at the soldiers who were hiding in the dead corners of the city walls and digging the walls. The projected firing platform made it possible for the Ming soldiers to shoot the intruders hiding under the walls without having to lean out of the walls, and the shields raised upwards by the invading soldiers no longer covered their entire bodies.

Several of these devices were pushed out, and the musketeers on top fired a single shot, knocking down more than a dozen intruders who were raising their shields or digging through the walls with their hoes.

Zhang Ergou's good fortune protected him once more, and a bullet fired by a Ming musketeer flew past him and hit the intruder who was digging rammed earth with a hoe next to him. The musket of the Ming army is prone to accidents such as exploding chambers because of cutting corners and shoddy manufacturing, so when using it, the soldiers will intentionally reduce the charge, so its power is far greater than the flintlock pistol of many model armies, but the power of the musket is still significantly greater than that of bows and arrows, especially the light arrows commonly used by the Ming army. The bullet hit the soldier in the left chest and killed him instantly.

Zhang Ergou has grown a lot after these days of fighting. He reacted immediately, turning his shield to the left to block the muskets on this side, and then immediately after, there was the sound of gunfire from the right. As soon as Zhang Ergou turned around, he saw that such a thing was also sticking out of the city wall on the right, and the musketeers on it were also firing at them.

Zhang Ergou's luck is really good, this time he actually didn't get hit. Of course, in fact, Zhang Ergou was not hit, more because the musketeers of the Ming army gave priority to shooting at the target of the Chuang army who was digging rammed earth.

These successive rounds of attacks immediately caused chaos among the intruders under the city, and then the defenders of the city left behind 10,000 enemies. That is, an iron jar filled with gunpowder, and some thistle terrestris was tied to the outside. These 10,000 enemies exploded one after another, and a large number of people in the city suddenly fell.

On Zhang Ergou's side, when the soldier in charge of digging the city wall was killed by a musket, he had already dug a pit in the city wall that could barely hide in most of his body. After discovering that someone on the right side was also shooting, Zhang Ergou suddenly shrank into the pit, and then covered the big shield outside. So he dodged the attack of 10,000 enemies again.

Muskets and 10,000 enemies wiped out more than half of the intruders under the city walls at once, but almost in the blink of an eye, more invading troops rushed up, some of them set up ladders and climbed up with various weapons, and some of them took bows and arrows and shot up below the city. Immediately, the attention of the musketeers in the city turned to these men.

Zhang Ergou listened to the movement outside with his ears sideways, he noticed that there was a constant sound of heavy objects falling from above, he knew that this was the person on the ladder who fell, and he also knew that at this time, the attention of the people guarding the city should no longer be on them, so he got out of the pit, looked around, and then raised the big shield and shouted: "Who will continue to dig!" ”

This attack was not much different from the previous ones, and although some people climbed the walls, they were not able to gain a foothold on the walls. Soon it was beaten down again. In the end, he could only leave the corpse on the ground and retreat. Now under the city wall of Kaifeng, several layers of corpses have been piled up. When the army retreated, a large flock of crows flew over and began to peck at the corpses, some of which even grabbed a piece of intestines and flew down the city walls and even inside the city to eat.

After the army retreated, Gao Mingheng, accompanied by Chen Yongfu, climbed this section of the city wall.

The wind blowing from outside the city blew the pungent smell of corpses into Gao Mingheng's nose, but he didn't show any displeasure. He held his head out of the battlement and looked at it for a while, then turned to Chen Yongfu and said, "Chief Chen, the corpses of so many thieves are rotting under the city, I am always worried about whether it will cause an epidemic." I don't know ......."

"My lord, this is what the Admiral is worried about. After the thieves retreated, they could retreat far away, where the poisonous gas of the corpses could not be smoked, but we had nowhere to retreat. Always let such a poisonous gas smoke, how can the sons and daughters not get sick! Chen Yongfu said with a frown.

"But what's not to do?" Gao Mingheng asked.

"What can be done?" Chen Yongfu said, "It's nothing more than sprinkling some lime on the city wall or something, the last general has already let people do this, but how useful it is, the last general doesn't know." These damned thieves, even when they die, are not honest. ”

"Why don't we send a few men out and move these bodies farther away?" Gao Minghengdao.

"I'm afraid that the thieves will take the opportunity to kill again." Chen Yongfu said, "And if people are asked to go down to move the corpses, these people will be more likely to contract the disease, and if they come back after moving, it may be more troublesome." ”

Gao Mingheng nodded and said, "This is also true." He decided not to talk about it anymore, so he added: "I don't know how much the thieves have dug up the city wall below?" ”

"Don't worry, sir." Chen Yongfu said, "The last general sent someone down to check, but they didn't dig deep. My lord, this Kaifeng city wall is not as good as an ordinary city wall. The rammed earth in this city wall is not directly rammed with loess, but with triple soil, mixed with lime and glutinous rice juice and then rammed, that is, compared with stones, it is not much worse, where it is dug up casually? With the speed of these thieves, I am afraid that they are all dead, and it is not enough to dig down the city wall of Kaifeng by such a method. ”

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"How deep is the biggest hole?" Li Zicheng asked.

"King Chuang, the city wall of Kaifeng on the dog day is really strong, I let people who know how to see it, and the rammed earth inside is rammed with Sanhe soil and lime and glutinous rice soup. Dog things are as strong as stones. Thousands of dead men, though, we managed to dig a hole in the wall to fit enough gunpowder. We'll try it early tomorrow morning and see if we can blow the walls apart with gunpowder. Liu Zongmin replied.

"Since the city wall of Kaifeng is so hard, gunpowder may not work." Lee became a self-enlightened man.

"Thousands of people have died, so we have to try." Liu Zongmin smiled, "Anyway, we have seized a lot of gunpowder. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "What you said is right, in addition, when attacking the city, pay attention, don't attack too fiercely, and let those better soldiers have a chance to survive." ”

"I understand." Liu Zongmin replied.