I saw that outside the city, the whistling iron bullets fell to the ground, or smashed into the pile of soldiers pushing heavy artillery, and suddenly people turned on their backs, and the ground was in a mess; Or the iron bullet fell in front of the heavy artillery, ploughed out a deep ditch, and hit the pile of heavy artillery, which was also a stump and a broken arm, which was unbearable. Of course, it's more that the iron bullet misses.

Seeing this scene, Philip IV in the distance breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said to the generals around him with a smile: "I thought how accurate the Ming army was, so many artillery, in fact, it only hit five or six places, but that's it!" ”

When those generals heard this, they all laughed, according to this preparation, the losses of the heavy artillery were within the bearable range, and it can even be said that it was better than expected. The heavy artillery of the coalition forces can be fully deployed in place and cause great damage to the city walls.

However, Tolstensen, the father of European artillery, did not think so, only to see that his face was grim and his face was pale. Because his focus is different, the focus of what he sees is that the iron bullets that did not hit the target all fell very close to the target, although they did not hit the target, but they already revealed enough information.

According to his experience, the first cannon has landed so accurately, so with a little adjustment, the subsequent artillery fire will be greatly improved. This shows that the artillery of the Ming army is not inferior to the heavy artillery on its side, or even better; In addition, the artillery crews of the Ming army are obviously very experienced. The combination of the two, he began to worry about the next shelling of the Ming army.

Sure enough, even though the first round of shelling stimulated the advance of those heavy artillery pieces much faster, when the "boom, boom, boom" sound of artillery shelling sounded again, the number of targets hit this time was actually doubled compared to the first time.

Philip IV and the others in the distance saw it and couldn't laugh at once.

After a while, a general said with a slightly unconfident smile: "Hehe, the luck of the Ming army is really good, it was hit so much this time!" Next time, it won't be so lucky! ”

No one responded, making his speech and laughter seem a little lonely, and it also made him embarrassed, and he consciously closed his mouth.

You must know that these people are all generals of various countries, and they are all well-known in their own countries, otherwise they would not have been sent. Even if they didn't know enough about artillery, they all laughed the first time, but the second time, the number of targets shot by the Ming army actually doubled, and they intuitively knew that something was wrong.

When the next round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army began, they looked with wide eyes one by one. In the end, what is the situation of the Ming artillery, this third shelling should be confirmed.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Smoke rose from the city, and iron bullets whistled out. This time, there were a few more targets than the last time.

At this moment, on the side of Commander Philip IV, no one could laugh out loud, and their faces were gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

Tolstensen's face was also unsightly, and he knew that he couldn't just take a beating like this and not fight back, otherwise those heavy gunners would probably collapse. So, he immediately gave the order and fired back on the spot. And send a messenger to the commander's place.

When the heavy gunners of various countries heard the military order, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and they hurriedly placed the heavy artillery, and under the threat of death, completed the setting of the artillery positions as soon as possible.

Hearing the message sent by the messenger from Torstensen, Philip IV's side knew that he could not attack by destroying the city walls with heavy artillery alone, so he abandoned his previous plan and changed to the second plan, and immediately ordered the musketeers in the infantry to move forward.

The drums sounded, and the European musketeers stepped on the drums, clutching the muskets in their hands, some still arquebuses, some already with flintlock muskets, and drove neatly towards Minweiburg.

With the deafening sound of cannons, the smoke of gunpowder, and the whistling of iron bullets, this team of European musketeers is worthy of the elite veterans left over the years. No one flinched, no one was afraid, and they marched in a neat line.

Passed over the heavy artillery positions and got closer and closer to the city walls. The whistling iron bullets hit the rows of human walls, and it was a hole. The location of this hole is a broken human body. Except for the neighboring soldiers who were affected, the other soldiers were still holding the muskets in their hands and stepping on the drums to advance.

Row after row, row after row, outside Fort Mingwei, countless rows of soldiers, wearing military uniforms of various colors, advanced amid the sound of artillery.

Closer, closer to the walls.

Suddenly, on the top of the city, the smoke of gunpowder became more permeated, the sound of artillery became more intensive, and the medium artillery of the Ming army finally roared.

In addition to iron bullets, chain bullets commonly used in naval warfare have also begun to be fired. This kind of chain bullet, after the muzzle of the cannon, the two iron bullets are connected by iron chains, spinning, whistling and smashing out of the city.

The soldiers of various countries in the advance are swept by this kind of chain bullet, and there are no longer just two people killed in a row, but three or four, and the kinetic energy of the chain bullet will often continue to smash through two or three rows, and the increase in this casualty is objective.

However, there was no order to fire, and these European musketeers gritted their teeth, lined up in neat columns, and continued in the direction of the city walls.

The coalition heavy artillery has finally opened fire.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Iron bullets roared and smashed into Mingwei Castle, some only in front of the castle, some at the base of the castle wall, some on the castle wall, and some flew over the castle and smashed into the city.

The Ming army at Fort Mingwei was finally attacked.

The musketeers, who were at the forefront, were close enough to the city walls, and the officers in the squad were relieved and prepared to direct their men to shoot their guns.

However, at this very moment, the flintlock guns on the top of the city also rang out.

"Woo Woo ......"

The officers of the musketeers outside the city were the first to be attacked, and the soldiers who beat the drums were also taken care of, and often fell to the ground unwillingly after being shot several times at once.

Those musketeers were indeed elite, and they did not dare to shoot without orders, and they were still moving forward. However, there was no order, the drum beat was gone, and at last, the musketeers were at a loss. They no longer move forward, but look left and right.

"Woo Woo ......"

Many musketeers fell to the ground, and finally, some musketeers could not stand it anymore and began to shoot at the city without permission, leading the others to shoot at the city.

"Woo Woo ......"

At this moment, on the side of Mingweibao, the sound of cannons and gunshots rang out in one piece, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, which was blown away by the wind and came out again, as if there was smoke that could never be blown out.

"Puff puff ......"

The sound of lead bullets hitting the ground, the sound of human being shot, the screams of soldiers falling to the ground, and the roar of firearms. After a while, the land outside the city was dyed red.

The first battle of Mingweiburg, no one expected, came extremely fierce, tragic, and almost one-sided slaughter.

At this time, the number of people completely loses its meaning. The protection of the city wall is the most crucial.

Seeing that the front line was already on the verge of collapsing, Philip IV knew that this attack would not bear fruit, so he reluctantly ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Hearing the sound of retreating, the attacking soldiers were no longer as neat as they had shown before, but ran backwards with their feet scattered, trying to evacuate the blood-stained land as soon as possible.

At the head of the city, in the intermittent heavy artillery farewell, it was the cheers of the Ming army. In any case, the ease of repelling an enemy attack is something to celebrate.

Man Gui was at the head of the city, nodded again and again, and immediately ordered: "Come on, give credit to the artillery battalion and the sharpshooter team!" “

This first battle, which began almost with the exchange of artillery, and always suppressed the artillery outside the city, was a brilliant success.

In addition, the sharpshooters, that is, the soldiers with rifled flintlock pistols in the army, focused on naming the enemy's officers outside the city, so that their command system lost its due role at the first time, so that the musketeers could not exert their due power, and greatly reduced the pressure on the defense of the city.

Khmelnitsky, at this time, threw himself on the top of the city, looked out of the city, looked at the corpses of the coalition troops all over the ground, and the screams of the undead soldiers, and his heart was full of confidence. Daming turned out to be not only powerful in cavalry, but also in the firearms army, which is really good!

Turning his head to look, he found that the people who cheered the most in the city were actually his clansmen, and some white people, while those soldiers from the Ming Dynasty were mostly smiling, relatively calm.

He turned his direction again, looked at the commander of the Ming army, and saw the two of them, as if nothing had happened, just calmly pointing at the enemy troops outside the city, discussing something in a low voice.

At this moment, Khmelnitsky suddenly had no fear of the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city. He was very glad in his heart, and he was right to defect to Daming. He believes that in this battle, the Ming army will win! Daming will win!

Compared with the celebration of Mingweibao, the morale of the allied troops outside the city is low, whether they participate in the battle or not, as long as they see the soldiers who have passed through this battle, they all feel that this battle will be very difficult.

The loss of three or four thousand people is only a drop in the bucket for an army of 500,000. The sharpness of the firearms at Fort Minwei is also obvious to all, and how to defeat them is the most important thing in front of these European generals.

I have to say that in this first battle, these European commanders led by Philip IV relied on their own military superiority and despised the Ming army. However, these European generals were tempered in the Thirty Years' War, and they did not fail to lose, and in the military conference held that day, the generals of various countries offered suggestions and discussed how to deal with the Ming army in Samaraburg.

Of course, the way to fight a quick battle was vetoed by them, and the strength of the Ming army's firearms would cause heavy casualties to the besieging troops. No matter which country it is, it is not willing to go first. Even King Philip IV of Spain, as commander-in-chief, did not want his Spanish army to use up the ammunition of the Ming army.

Then the rest of the siege methods are either none, or they are time-consuming and labor-intensive.

500,000 horses, including the people, have nearly a million, and the money and food consumed is an astronomical amount every day. On the Eastern European Plain, people from various European countries come and go, transporting grain and grass materials, in an endless stream.

Today's war is likely to require a long period of warfare to resolve. The demand for money and food will be even greater. To this end, the messenger sent back from the Allied High Command hurried eight hundred miles to Aachen, an important city in the Holy Roman Empire. Because the heads of state of the coalition forces all gathered here to soak in the hot springs, waiting for the good news of the war. The need for the front was sent here, and these kings were asked to hold consultations, and then distribute supplies to the countries to solve the problem.

At this time, it was actually the middle and late stages of the Thirty Years' War in Europe. The protracted war has caused great damage to the livelihood of people in European countries. With the exception of a few vested interests in the war, everyone else was severely affected. Even the entire population involved in the war was reduced by about 20 percent.

Now, after a round of looting money, food and materials, we have to continue to loot money, food and materials, how can the people make a living?

Aachen, the place where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned, is known as the heart of Europe and the cradle of Europe. Kings of various countries soaked in the hot springs here, and as a result, countless serfs were concentrated to serve these European nobles from various countries.

However, this night, in a certain gathering place of serfs in the suburbs, it stands to reason that the serfs should have slept after a busy day. However, in this large house, it was crowded with serfs, all around the dim oil lamp in the middle, listening to the whispering of a man in the middle.

"You don't know that in the distant Ming Kingdom, there is a lot of harmony between all ethnic groups, and the people there are living very happily. The city of Ming Kingdom is clean and tidy, and there are all kinds of goods. The people there are dressed in silk and satin, and they all go out with their heads held high......"

"People in the Ming Kingdom, poverty is nothing, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will have a bite to eat. Only a very small number of nobles are hereditary, but even so, as long as you can study, pass the imperial examination, and be able to become an official, you can also become a nobleman. Unlike us, those of us who were born as serfs will be serfs forever! ”

“……”

All those who were listening listened with relish, no one spoke up, and no one interrupted. Everyone's face is full of yearning.

At the end, the man who spoke said in a hoarse voice: "Why did all these nobles on our side suddenly unite instead of fighting each other? It is because the Ming army is too strong, and the Ming army killed us serfs to live a good life, but those nobles who have been oppressing us will be defeated. They're scared! You say, do we still have to fight to the death, or even starve to death, to support these nobles to defeat the Ming army? ”

Hearing this question, these people involuntarily responded angrily in a low voice: "Let these noble lords die!" ”

"That's right, let the noble lord die, and let the Ming army kill it quickly!"

“……”

After hearing these words for a while, the leader suddenly clenched his fists and said to them firmly and forcefully: "Yes, these nobles have ridden on our heads for generations, how can there be such a reason. Brothers, princes and generals, would you rather have a kind? We took advantage of the opportunity of the aristocratic army to fight the Ming army, against the damn! ”

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