Chapter 87 Morale is like a rainbow
With Yang Su's order, he ordered the soldiers to carry the sacks pretending to be mud and sand to the head of the city and put them under the female wall to prevent ricochet. All the strong men and auxiliaries at the head of the city immediately began to dig desperately, and without sacks, they loaded the soil with baskets, and carried the soil up to the city in relay and piled it up into a small earthen bag.
If there is no cushion for this mud, if the cannonballs fall on the head of the city and roll around, it will undoubtedly cause great casualties to the soldiers.
The gunners were not fast, first cleaning the chambers and slowly filling the gunpowder until the city was full of mounds. The cannonballs of the Qing soldiers roared in, and most of the shells in the first salvo crossed the city and landed in the open space in the city, and a few shells smashed heavily on the city wall, leaving a large crater and splashing bursts of rubble.
With Yang Su's prior orders, most of the soldiers scattered to find shelter and hide, even if a cannonball happened to fall on the city, and because there was soil to block it, unless a few unlucky people were directly hit by the cannonball, the casualties were not large.
It's just that most of the soldiers have never experienced such a scene, and under the earth-shaking sound of dozens of red-coated cannons firing in a volley, they always can't help but shake and tremble when they see the irresistible power of the cannons. If it weren't for the fact that he knew that the emperor was behind the inner city, I was afraid that at this moment, some people couldn't help but start to flee.
The red-coated cannon of the Qing soldiers fired three salvos in a row, which was enough to fire hundreds of shells, and only then did they stop and start wiping the cannon with a water-soaked rag to cool down the cannon because the chamber was hot.
Yang Su stood up from the inner wall, looking at the potholes on the outer wall, the city was still full of blood, if the soldiers defending the city were unfortunately hit by a cannonball, they would die directly on the spot, which was not bad. Many soldiers who were hit by shells, or who did not listen to prior orders because they were afraid, lay directly on the ground, and were shocked out of internal injuries, all let out terrible screams at this moment, and for a time it was even more relatable.
Yang Su estimated the casualties caused by the Qing soldiers' rounds of shelling, and was afraid that the soldiers under his command would probably lose more than 200 people, although the number was not much, but this situation of passive beating undoubtedly caused great casualties to morale, after all, the power of the red-clothed cannon was amazing, but it was death in the middle, and it was normal for the soldiers to be afraid because of this.
Yang Su beckoned: "Go and carry the wounded soldiers down the city, order the imperial doctor to start treatment, remember to use the method in the palace, everything needs to be scalded with boiling water before it can touch the wound, use the alcohol I brought to clean the wounds for the soldiers." ”
Yang Su had already gathered all the doctors in the city, and even the imperial doctors were all sent by Yang Su at this moment, divided into four parts, to ensure that there were doctors at the gates of the city in all directions who could treat the wounded soldiers at any time.
"The emperor really loves the people like a son, first if the soldiers are killed and injured because of this, they will be cared for, if they can kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, they can also get the status of the emperor as a reward, and now they are sending the imperial doctor to take the elixir in the palace for the soldiers to heal, this is really my great luck, I am united with the monarch and the people, and the Qing soldiers have a chance to win!" Xiao Ming sighed.
"Your Majesty, the minister risked his life to speak! Although the number of defenders in the capital is large, it is slightly inferior to the Qing soldiers, and our army is not as good as the Qing soldiers in the field, and now there are dozens of red-coated cannons and other siege weapons to help, and the capital is only afraid of danger! The capital is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and there is no room for mistakes, and I also ask the emperor to order the urgent summoning of soldiers and horses from all over the world to enter the king of Beijing to protect the safety of the community! Wen Tiren knelt on the ground and sincerely pleaded with Yang Su to kowtow.
"The ministers seconded the proposal, please ask the emperor to issue an order to summon soldiers and horses from all over the world to enter the king of Jingqin!" All the ministers knelt down.
Yang Su raised his eyebrows, and at this moment, he saw that almost all the ministers except Xiao Ming were kneeling on the ground excitedly, but they couldn't see what they were thinking in their hearts, Yang Su smiled lightly, pointed at the Qing soldiers and said loudly: "Although the Qing family can rest assured, the Qing soldiers in the capital can't attack it, the city wall of the capital is several feet wide, and the red-clothed cannon alone will not want to collapse the city wall of my capital." The Qing soldiers have red-coated cannons, and our army also has firearms to help, and when they will attack the city, you will be able to see my great might!"
Wait until a group of soldiers to carry all the wounded and dead soldiers down the city, the artillery of the Qing soldiers over there began to come unexpectedly, although the red-coated cannon has a crosshair, but it is not like the Italian cannon to completely solve the recoil problem, want to adjust the Zhu Yuan is a complete joke, even experienced gunners can not guarantee that one out of ten shots can be shot. Most of the shells still crossed the city and fell on the open space between the outer city and the inner city, which was the cannonballs that fell on the city by luck, because there were those mounds of earth, as long as they failed to hit directly, they did not cause much casualties to the Ming soldiers.
Although the momentum caused by the dozens of red-clothed cannons of the Qing soldiers was great, the casualties of the Ming army were obviously disproportionate.
As soon as the cannon stopped, as the horn sounded, the Qing soldiers' chariot finally began to move slowly towards the city wall, and behind the chariot was a group of auxiliary soldiers with shields and ladders to follow.
At this moment, all the Ming troops began to stand up, the forbidden army hid behind the female wall with fire guns held high, except for the firearms battalion of the forbidden army, the rest of the soldiers stood behind them with spears or swords and shields, and the strong men who assisted in defending the city began to sort out the equipment for defending the city, put the rolling stone and wood at their feet, and boiled the gold juice with fire.
After the system of improved flintlock pistol is Yang Su against the Qing soldiers a big dependence, Yang Su to collect the world's firearms craftsmen, and there is a new type of steel-making method, in the case of no shortage of raw materials, overtime to catch up with the flintlock pistol, although the flintlock pistol is after the system is improved the cost is still several times higher than the bird gun, and the failure rate is not low, but under Yang Su's strict order, tens of thousands of craftsmen to the assembly line operation method, in just a few months, or to create tens of thousands of flintlock pistols.
Except for Huang Degong, who received thousands of flintlock pistols, the rest were used by Yang Su in the hands of the forbidden army in the capital.
In addition, although Yang Su does not value the red-clothed cannon, he undoubtedly attaches great importance to the cannon, and at this moment, hundreds of light Franc machines at the head of the city have been pushed out and erected on the gap in the female wall. Most of them are medium-sized Franc machines, and at the moment they are all replaced with shotguns.
At this moment, the soldiers are holding their breath in their hearts, ready to give a lesson to the invading Qing soldiers, in order to avenge the blood hatred, but also to let the emperor see their bravery, so as to seize the land, now who does not know the good of the Huangzhuang, no need to pay food and do not serve labor, the children of the family can also go to school for free, and the rent collected by the Huangzhuang is very low, and they can also receive the seeds of potatoes and other sacred objects from the emperor's hands, the soldiers look at the Qing soldiers at this moment is undoubtedly like looking at acres of moving land, everyone wants to make a fortune from the hands of these Qing soldiers!
The morale of the Ming army is like a rainbow!