The biggest advantage of cavalry is the impact power, but if you are in a tight formation, with a row of shields and spears in front, how do you think he will charge?

The Mongols actually had a very good way of attacking the city. The thieves of the Western Domain in front of them inherited this fine tradition, the first echelon of their attack was a group of chariot soldiers, the so-called chariot is a kind of wooden chariot, the front is blocked by a thick wooden board, the thick wooden board is wrapped with several layers of thick cowhide, splashed with water, because the wooden board and cowhide are quite leather, ordinary firearms and bows and arrows can not be broken.

Behind the chariots were archers, hiding behind the chariots and firing arrows upwards to suppress the fire at the city's head, while some heavily armored hoplites began to fill trenches and moats with bags of earth in their hands, removing barricades and clearing the way for the army behind.

Behind them were the soldiers with the ladders, and when all the obstacles were clear, they leaned the ladders against the walls, and then began to climb the walls, and the large group of men and horses won by climbing up.

Fortunately, the soldiers in the Hongwu period were all battle-hardened people and were very familiar with their set.

Geng Bingwen saw the other party's rows of carts pushing up again, measured the distance, and shouted: "Fire!" ”

Zhao Yong beside him waved the command flag in his hand, and a soldier immediately lit the fuse of the general's cannon with a torch, and the fuse burned fiercely, and everyone around the general's cannon held their breath and looked at this general's cannon, the cannon of the Ming Dynasty had a very serious problem, that is, it exploded. If it is blown up, it will not be to fight the enemy, and your own people will pour a large piece first.

Fortunately, this general cannon was durable and lived up to the expectations of the Ming army defending the city, and with a roar of "boom", a seven-pound lead bullet was pushed out. The buckshot made a perfect arc in the air, and with a "thud", it smashed into a cart. It wasn't a tank that could hold off firebolts and bows and arrows, but it couldn't hold off artillery.

Under the huge impact of the lead bullet, the cart was smashed in an instant, and a soldier pushing the cart behind couldn't dodge and was killed on the spot.

The buckshot still had no use of its strength, rolled out of the ground and hit the leg of one of the archers in the back, who immediately broke his bones and lay on the ground screaming "Wow Wow", losing his combat effectiveness.

However, it should be noted that there is an essential difference between the cannons of the Ming Dynasty and the modern artillery, and the modern shells are filled with explosives, which belong to the flowering bombs.

The cannons in the early years of the Ming Dynasty did not have such great power, they fired solid bullets, and the principle was to rely on the huge pressure generated by the rapid combustion of gunpowder in the barrel to push out the lead bullets in the barrel. Whoever hits you is unlucky, if it happens to fall at your feet and doesn't hit you, you don't have to be afraid, you can't blow up.

To put it bluntly, the cannon in the early Ming Dynasty was similar to the stone thrower, except that the stone thrower used the principle of lever to throw boulders, while the cannon relied on the huge pressure generated by gunpowder in a confined space to push lead bullets.

And the cannon is more advanced than the catapult in that it hits far, and my cannon can aim and blast you away before your trebuchet is delivered. Therefore, since the cannon began to develop gradually, the stone thrower that once followed the Mongols to fight in all directions gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

After this shot, the gunner in charge of the general cannon was not very happy, because they had a very important thing to do next, that is, to seize the time to fire the second shot.

"Quick! Corrected gun emplacements! The captain in charge of the general artillery shouted. When several soldiers heard this, they immediately rushed forward and moved the large general cannon that had been displaced by the huge recoil force back to its original position by manpower.

After the cannon was reset, another soldier hurriedly poured water into the chamber and extinguished the fire. Immediately after this was done, the soldier shouted: "Quick! Give me a dry cloth! ”

Another soldier handed over a stick tied with a dry cloth, and the soldier quickly reached into it and wiped the pipe. Then everyone filled gunpowder and combustibles.

When the captain saw that everything was ready, he immediately shouted: "Quick! Load the shells! A soldier quickly loaded a shell into the barrel. At this point, the general cannon was reloaded.

This process also takes two minutes at the earliest, and in these two minutes, the enemy has advanced a lot of distance, and the newly loaded general cannon once again let out its roar, but this time it is not a chariot, because the distance of the chariot is already very close, and the general cannon cannot adjust the firing angle, and it can no longer be hit. Like other generals' cannons, it attacked the enemy's follow-up troops, and as the seven-pound buckshot fell one by one, there was another wail from the enemy's follow-up troops.

However, the chariot soldiers in front of them ignored this, and their task was to send the siege troops under the city walls, so they still pushed the chariots forward.

Fortunately, Geng Bingwen, who was old and heavy, also installed a lot of second-general guns (which can shoot three catties of lead bullets), three generals' cannons (which can shoot one pound of lead bullets), attack guns, divine guns, and guns, etc., The range of these firearms is not as good as that of the general's cannons, and they just give full play to their power at this time. With the roar of the second and third generals' guns, as well as the attack artillery and the Shengong cannons, many of the wagons were smashed, and the enemy troops who had lost the cover of the wagons were exposed to the fire of the guns.

The guns of the Ming army rang out in unison, and a big blood hole suddenly appeared on the body of the enemy army who had no time to dodge, and the blood did not stop, and I am afraid that even the most brilliant divine doctor will be powerless.

The enemy was outnumbered, and after paying heavy casualties, they finally came within fifty paces of the wall. At this time, the archers who were hiding behind the chariot began to be unwilling to be lonely, and they poked their heads out one after another to shoot arrows at the Ming army in the city.

The archers and musketeers who were hiding in the hollow enemy platform immediately formed a crossfire to deal with the attacking enemy troops.

Although the enemy army had a chariot as a cover, but the chariot also had a dead end, and the experienced Ming army picked the blind corner of the chariot and shot many enemy soldiers.

The range of firepower of the Ming army was roughly divided into these three sections from far to near, and under this kind of covering firepower, the thieves of the Western Domain paid huge casualties. When they outnumbered the outnumbered, the casualties were not fatal to them.

Finally, they approached the walls. Countless Western Domain armies began to set up ladders and climb up the Ming army's bows and arrows.

The strings in the minds of all the Ming troops, including Geng Bingwen, collapsed tightly, because everyone knew that if the more than 60,000 people on the other side climbed up, then there would be no need to fight this battle.