Chapter 940: Ten Thousand Cannons Shoot at the Same Time to Conquer Liaoyang (2/2)
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Rows and rows of shells, falling on the city walls, made a dense sound. Suddenly, the head of Liaoyang City seemed to be boiling, and there were chaotic shouts everywhere. Some people screamed, some people screamed, some people screamed, some people moaned, some people roared, all kinds of voices mixed with each other, so that everyone who heard it felt heartbroken.
These black iron bumps, bigger than fists, as long as they hit someone, it is an absolute tragedy. The defenders at the head of the city, no one did not know the power of this iron lump, and they hurriedly looked for a place to hide. Behind the battlements is the easiest to hide, and many people are desperately leaning on the battlements, not daring to move half a minute.
The walls of Liaoyang City have been reinforced, and they are much stronger than before. However, under the bombardment of the huge iron ball, part of the city wall was still cracked by the bombardment. Some battlements were smashed by iron balls and were smashed to pieces. The people who hid behind the battlements naturally followed the tragedy.
The flying gravel bricks hit the person's body as if they were arrows, directly hitting the person to death or injury. However, many more defenders died in their own terror. When they saw others being shattered by the battlements, they felt that the battlements behind them were not safe, so they jumped up desperately and tried to find a better place to hide. As a result, it is often easy for them to get hit after they stand up.
A large number of iron lumps also flew over the city with a roar and landed in Liaoyang City, beating the buildings near the city wall into a mess. The streets were full of panicked defenders. They found that none of the buildings in the city seemed to be able to stop the cannonballs of the Tiger Army, and only the back of the city wall was the safest. So, they all rushed frantically towards the base of the wall.
"Bang!"
A loud bang came, attracting the attention of many people.
The huge iron bump roared and struck a spired house on the side of the street, and suddenly the spired house fell to the ground. These steeple houses, built by the Portuguese in the past, have survived decades of wind and rain, and are also somewhat dilapidated. When it was smashed by a huge solid bullet, the bricks, rubble, tiles, and so on all fell down. The defenders passing by below were naturally screaming and blood.
The rest of the defenders were so frightened that they no longer dared to pass by the steeple house, so they had to take a detour. As a result, the shells of the Tiger Ben Army had no accuracy at all, and they completely arbitrarily chose the landing point. Therefore, no one knows where the next shell will fall. Everything depends on God's blessing.
Yue Tuo's eldest son, Yue Luohong, was hit by flying debris in the process of running like this. While crossing the street, a brick fell from the sky and knocked him directly to the ground. With his head broken, he struggled on the ground, and as a result, there was a burst of bricks and stones falling on it, burying him.
The defenders passing by behind did not find out that the person buried under the rubble was Yue Tuo's eldest son. They hurried past him, desperately dodging the rain of bullets that fell haphazardly. However, Yue Luohong is not too lonely. Soon, beside him, there were several defenders, also with their heads shattered and bleeding all over the ground. It is conceivable that on Huangquan Road, they will definitely not be lonely.
The Tiger Ben Army has indeed invested a lot of money this time, with two hundred of the latest red-clothed cannons, firing desperately, and the rain of bullets that fall is absolutely amazing. The large round iron ball with a diameter of 120 mm weighs almost 20 catties. Such a heavy guy, no matter where it is smashed, will attract a series of wind and rain.
Under such firepower suppression, the defenders of Liaoyang had no ability to counterattack at all. The first target of the Tiger Ben's artillery bombardment is the defender's red-coated artillery. As a result, a series of shells fell, which indeed firmly contained the defenders' red-coated cannons.
It's not the gunners of the defenders who don't have the opportunity to open fire, it's that they don't have such guts. The solid shells of the Tiger Ben Army were indeed too dense, and they had no chance to fire at all. If in the process of firing the artillery, the shells of the Tiger Ben Army fell, wouldn't they have hung up on the spot? The Iron Pimple does not need to be hit directly, it only needs to smash the nearby battlements. Flying shards of stone were enough to knock down all of them.
The red-coated cannons in the entire Liaoyang City, all combined, did not have thirty. After it is distributed among the gates, the number is even smaller. On the contrary, the red-coated cannons of the Tiger Ben Army are used intensively. Judging from the shelling just now, the red-coated cannons owned by the Tiger Ben Army are at least more than a hundred. Less than ten, against a hundred, fools know what the consequences will be.
"Fire!"
"Fight back!"
Hauge exclaimed angrily.
The defenders themselves also have red-coated cannons, how can they just eat the shells of the Tiger Army? No matter how small the number is, you have to fight back! If you are blindly beaten passively, the Tiger Ben Army will attack. If the Tiger Army approached the city walls, the end of the defenders would have come.
However, the gunners of the defenders were frightened by the ferocious shells of the Tiger Army. When operating artillery, it is definitely necessary to stand up. In this way, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, the whole person will be scattered.
"Bastard!"
"Come out!"
"Fire!"
Hauge carried his bloodied scimitar and roared in anger.
At this time, Hauge finally had a chance to show himself. Among the high-level leaders of the Dajin Kingdom, there are many people who are not very optimistic about Hauge and feel that he is not talented enough to serve as the Great Khan of the Dajin Kingdom. Rather than let Hauge succeed to the throne, it is better to let Dorgon come to power.
However, no one said anything about Hauge's fighting courage. Hauge is a person who definitely has no shortage of fighting courage. In the midst of such a rain of bullets, he still had the courage to stand up, risk being crushed at any time, carrying a scimitar, and pulling out those gunners.
There were gunners who trembled and trembled, and did not dare to stand up even if they died. Haug swung his knife and chopped off his head. The next gunner did not dare to come up, and Haug cut off his head anyway. After slashing and killing three gunners in a row, the scimitar in his hand was already drenched in blood. His hands were also covered with blood. However, his crazy actions finally paid off.
In front of the bloody butcher's knife, the other gunners had to stand up and manipulate the cannon to fight back outside the city. However, they had only just fired two cannons, and the gunners of the Tiger Ben Army were all concentrated on them at once.
With a continuous loud bang, a number of solid shells fell around the gunners. Some of the solid bullets bounced, knocking the gunners to pieces. Some of the solid bullets shattered the battlements, or directly smashed the ground, stirring up a large amount of rubble and beating the gunners all over the body. As a result, after a while, all the gunners were either killed or wounded.
"!"
Helpless, Hauge had no choice but to put away his waist knife and retreat to a relatively safe position.
His luck was really good, and the solid bullets that fell in a row didn't hit him. However, it was the personal soldiers around him who suffered a lot of casualties. He had three hundred soldiers on his side, but in the chaotic shelling, at least fifty or sixty people were killed or wounded.
The artillery bombardment of the Tiger Ben Army lasted for three hours before it was temporarily stopped. The defenders in the city breathed a sigh of relief. When they stood up cautiously, they were shocked to find that everything around them seemed to be unrecognizable, as if they were completely unfamiliar, and they could not see the original appearance at all.
The city was littered with dead or wounded defenders. For the most part, the bodies were incomplete. Stumps and broken arms or something, everywhere. There were also many bloodshot eyeballs, caught in the cracks of the city walls. Blood flowed down the cracks in the walls. Broken weapons, scattered all over the place.
Hauge sent men to inspect the damage and found that all the red-coated cannons had been destroyed. Well, not all destroyed, to be precise. If there were gunners, two of them would still be able to fire. However, all the gunners had already suffered casualties.
Hauge temporarily sent a few people to be gunners, but accidentally, a red-coated cannon actually exploded. The surrounding gunners were all violently exploded, and all of them were killed and scattered all over the ground. As a result, no one wants to be a gunner anymore. Hauge coerced and lured, but it had no effect, so he had to give up.
"Not bad!"
"Tomorrow continues!"
Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.
He searched carefully from the clairvoyant mirror and found that the red-coated cannons of the Tartars had basically lost their combat effectiveness. This biggest hidden danger has been eliminated, and the attack of the Tiger Ben Army will be much easier. Without these red-coated cannons, the Tartars would be toothless tigers, with little power.
That night, in Liaoyang City, there was a sound of wailing. The artillery bombardment of the Tiger Ben Army killed and wounded at least a thousand defenders, and the morale of the defenders was further depressed. Finding that his eldest son was killed, Yue Tuo couldn't help crying and sighed helplessly. I really knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!
Finally, late at night, the defenders were about to sleep, and the cannons of the Tiger Ben Army rang out again. The rumbling sound of cannons, in the silence of the night, is particularly frightening. The defenders hurriedly got up and hid under the base of the wall. This time, the shelling of the Tiger Ben Army was only a few cannons. The sound of the cannon was intermittent, as if he had not eaten enough. The number of shells that fell was not very large. One in the east and one in the west, there is no accuracy at all.
However, no defender dared to go back to the barracks and sleep peacefully. Such an artillery bombardment by the Tiger Ben Army is indeed devastating. One cannon in the east and one cannon in the west, no one can calculate what the Tiger Ben Army is going to do. Who can guarantee that shells will not fall on their heads? In desperation, the defenders had to spend the night under the city walls, even Yueto and Hauge.
By the time the next day was released, the Tiger Army continued to start shelling. Today's shelling is a little different from yesterday. The targets of today's shelling are mainly buildings in the city. Judging from the landing point of the cannonballs, the red-coated cannon of the Tiger Ben Army should have been quite close to the city wall, enveloping the entire Liaoyang City within its range.
The shelling was scattered and messy, but the shelling lasted for a long time. It started in the morning and didn't end in the evening. Under the shelling of the Tiger Army, the defenders hiding at the base of the city wall did not dare to move at all. If they get out, they're probably doomed. It's better to hide here to be safe.
In the evening, the shelling of the Tiger Army finally stopped temporarily. Zhang Zhun and others, as can be seen from the clairmile mirror, the southern city wall of Liaoyang has been beaten beyond recognition. After careful inspection, the shadow of the red-coated cannon was no longer visible.
"Move to the East Gate!"
Artillery commander Mo Ru shouted.
After the transfer of the red-coated artillery to the east gate, there were two consecutive days of heavy shelling. Several red-coated cannons deployed by the Tartars at the head of the East Gate were all destroyed. Subsequently, the artillery of the Tiger Ben Army was transferred from the east gate to the west gate. Another two consecutive days of shelling destroyed all the red-coated cannons at the West Gate. The casualties of the defenders also increased further.
Six days of continuous artillery bombardment destroyed all the main defensive forces of Liaoyang City. Some of the remaining small cannons pose little threat to the artillery of the Tiger Army. In order to cooperate with the attack of the three city gates, 200 red-coated cannons were assigned to the three attack groups. Among them, the number of red-coated cannons at the West Gate is the largest, with a full hundred.
The Blue Dragon Legion has the strongest troops, and the direction of the main attack is actually the West Gate. For this reason, the artillery of the Tiger Army carried out a long-term artillery bombardment of the west gate of Liaoyang City. The original more than 100 field guns of the Blue Dragon Legion also joined the battlefield.
The continuous and fierce artillery bombardment not only greatly destroyed the defensive artillery fire of Liaoyang City, but also greatly damaged the morale of the defenders. The morale of the Han army flag and the Korean servant army in the city has dropped to negative numbers. The morale of the Tartars in the city is also very low. Yue Tuo and Hauge originally had a little bit of confidence, but at this time they were gone.
Hauge's 300 personal soldiers, after several days of shelling, have been reduced to less than 100 men. The same is true of Yue Tuo's personal soldiers, with only a few dozen people missing. Because of the huge casualties, the morale of the two pro-soldiers was also so low that no one had the heart to continue fighting. They just wanted to escape from Liaoyang City as soon as possible.
Originally, the defenders wanted to use artillery fire to force back the attack of the Tiger Army, causing certain casualties to the Tiger Army, and then letting the Tiger Army retreat. However, the artillery fire of the Tiger Ben Army was even stronger than them. This huge gap is indeed too uncomfortable. The Tiger Ben Army is stronger than the Dajin Army in everything, what hope does the Dajin Army have?
There are many defenders, and at this time, the mind is no longer about defending the city, but how to escape for their lives. Even those Tartars have people who want to retreat. After all, when morale drops to such a point, people's minds will change. Knowing that he was going to die, not everyone can accept it calmly. Tartars are also human beings after all, and at this time, they will also think about their relatives and survive.
On the seventh day, the Tiger Ben army launched a full-scale general offensive. The red-coated cannons of the three city gates, as well as the field artillery, all roared, desperately pouring solid bullets into Liaoyang City. The rumbling cannon made the defenders in the city feel that their end had come.
"Up!"
Yang Zhiyuan shouted in a low voice.
One by one, the vigorous figures kept jumping up, holding explosives bags and rushing towards the various gates of Liaoyang City. The members of these demolition teams, under the cover of artillery fire, soon succeeded in reaching the city gate hole, and planted enough explosives inside.
At the same time, the artillery fire of the Tiger Ben Army also began to extend into the city. The types of shells fired by the redcoat cannons have also changed from solid shells to grapeshothulet, trying to kill and injure the defenders' living forces in large numbers. A large number of marbles landed in the city, bringing a kind greeting from the Grim Reaper.
In fact, at this time, there were not many defenders in Liaoyang City. Everyone knows that by this time, it will be impossible to hold Liaoyang City. This matter is crazy, and running for your life is the most important thing.
With this idea in mind, most of the defenders began to move closer to the north gate. The three gates of Liaoyang City were all fiercely attacked, and only the north gate did not move. Consciously or unconsciously, they converged towards the north gate.
"Bastard!"
"Don't run!"
Haug shouted at his men.
It's a pity that at this point, except for his own soldiers, there are not too many people who care about his shouting. Even if Hauge wielded a scimitar and cut down several defenders in a row, he still couldn't stop the defenders' total rout.
If the Tiger Ben Army is besieged from all sides, and every city gate is attacked by the Tiger Ben Army, maybe these defenders can fight to the death for a while. However, the Tiger Army missed the north gate, giving the defenders the possibility of escaping. With a strong desire to escape, an idiot would care about Hauge's orders. Some even hated Hauge to death. If it weren't for the stupidity of his father, Huang Taiji, how could Dajin Kingdom fall to such a stage?
Yue Tuo shook his head helplessly.
This is really a distraction of the people, and the team is not easy to bring.
If in the past, when the national strength of the Dajin Kingdom was strong, who would dare not obey the military order?
In desperation, Haoge and Yue Tuo had no choice but to retreat to the north gate with their own personal troops.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang behind me.
The ground shook violently, making every soldier of the Dajin Army feel that their legs were a little weak. Yue Tuo looked back and found that it was in the direction of the south gate, thick smoke was billowing and black smoke columns were rising into the sky. He knew that Liaoyang City was finished.
"Boom!"
While the defenders were in shock, there was a loud noise at the east gate.
"Boom!"
Before anyone could react, there was a loud noise from Simon.
"Let's go!"
Yue Tuo quickly beckoned his own soldiers.
If you don't leave now, when will you stay? The three city gates were opened by the Tiger Army, and the tidal Tiger Army was about to rush in frantically. If they walked slowly, they would be overtaken by the wolf-like tiger army.
"Let's go!"
Over there, Hauge also beckoned his own soldiers and quickly ran away.
Once the Tiger Ben Army enters the city, even if the Dajin Army has great ability, it will not be able to reverse it. At this time, the only thing that can be done is to take the thirty-six plans. Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, as long as you can live, it's good.
The two parted.
Yue Tuo rushed out of the north gate first. His horse, a good horse of a thousand miles, immediately spread his hooves and ran away from the north gate. His personal soldiers, the psychology of escape**, is also very strong. They slapped the horse's buttocks like crazy, pushing the horse's speed to the limit.
The field outside the north gate was quiet, as if there was no ambush of the Tiger Army. There was a wind blowing from the north, bringing with it the smell of gunsmoke. The battle took place in the south, so how could there be smoke from the north? However, Yue Tuo did not have time to think about such a question. He was single-minded and wanted to escape from Liaoyang City.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.
One of Yue Tuo's pro-soldiers suddenly fell off his horse.
There is an ambush!
Yue Tuo was stunned!
Damn, forget about the cavalry of the Tiger Army!
The Tiger Ben army attacked from three directions, and only the north gate was quiet, which was obviously strange. It is impossible for the Tiger Army to give the Dajin Army a chance to escape. Since there is no infantry of the Tiger Army at the North Gate, then, deployed here, it must be the cavalry of the Tiger Army. Thinking of the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Tiger Army, Yue Tuo felt that one of his heads was two big.
"Rush!"
"Get out!"
Yue Tuo shouted.
By this time, there was only a desperate rush.
Whether or not you pick up a life depends on whether the immortal heaven favors it.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang"
There was another continuous burst of gunfire.
Yue Tuo's pro-soldiers, one by one, fell off their horses as if they were drunk. There was also a war horse neighing in pain, and as soon as its front legs were weak, it knelt on the ground and threw out the owner on the horse's back.
The ambush of the cavalry of the Tiger Army!
Yue Tuo's mind flashed such thoughts.
Outside the north gate, there is indeed a trap. It is estimated that the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army has been waiting here for a long time. However, in the rapid rush, Yue Tuo didn't see where the cavalry of the Tiger Army was ambushed.
Suddenly, Yue Tuo felt that the left side of his body seemed to be bitten by something small. The feeling of this dinging has not disappeared, and he feels his body being bitten several times in a row. Immediately afterwards, he felt that his whole body strength was rapidly drained, and the whole person seemed to float up from the horse. Immediately, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, heavier and heavier, and finally closed completely.
"Hit ......"
This was Yue Tuo's last consciousness.
"Poof!"
The next moment, his body fell limply from the horse's back.
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Hauge galloped all the way, and after leaving the north gate, he did not go directly to the north, but went around to the east. He was still a little clever, knowing that at this time, the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army must have an ambush at the north gate. Therefore, he decided to go east. There was no point in going back to Shenyang, and he decided to go directly to Hetuala.
If Huang Taiji accidentally died in Shenyang, and other high-ranking officials of the Dajin Kingdom were basically killed in battle, he, as the eldest son of Huang Taiji, was very likely to be directly promoted as the Great Khan in Hetuala. At that time, he still has a chance to continue to confront the Tiger Army.
Hauge had already calculated that if he couldn't beat the Tiger Ben army in Hetuala, he would retreat all his people to the deep mountains and old forests, and then play hide and seek with the Tiger Ben army. With the hunting experience of the Manchus, he did not believe that the Tiger Ben army could achieve victory.
"Drive!"
Hauge smacked his horse's ass hard.
The presence of the Tiger Ben cavalry was not found around, and it seemed that they only blocked the fields in the north, but missed the east. Hehe, the deployment of the Tiger Ben Army is not so tight. Well, it's a great opportunity to miss.
When he was galloping on the Pegasus, Hauge suddenly felt that his war horse suddenly fell forward and fell forward. Caught off guard, he was suddenly thrown forward fiercely. In mid-air, a flash of lightning flashed into Hauge's mind.
"It's actually a block!"
"Damn it!"
Hauge didn't expect that there was a barricade here!
For a high-speed galloping war horse, blocking the horse is indeed too vicious. No matter how vigorous the war horse is, when it encounters a sudden blockade, it can only fall to its knees. Hauge felt like a goshawk flying out, and then fell down fiercely. He felt his head sink deep into the dirt, like a pangolin. As soon as your eyes go dark, you don't know anything.
Immediately behind Hauge, his own soldiers were also thrown to the ground by these blockades. The scene can be described as a mess. Needless to say, those who fell to death directly, or were knocked out. There were a few lucky ones, and after they were thrown out, there was no big problem. They hurriedly stood up, drew their scimitars, and prepared to put up a stubborn resistance. As a result, they soon found that a large number of Mongol cavalry had appeared around them, with sharp arrows, facing them. So, very helplessly, they all obediently put down the scimitar.
I don't know why, in front of the Mongols, these Tartars are still quite arrogant. Even though they laid down their weapons, there was a look of disdain on their faces. There is no way, these Mongols turned out to be defeated under their Dajin Kingdom. Now, they relied on the Tiger Ben Army to have such a result. For this kind of people, the whole Dajin country despises them.
"Catch it alive!"
Hasqige jumped out of the side excitedly.
All the Tartar cavalry, as long as they were not dead, were tied up.
When Hauge came to his senses, he found that he had been tied up by Wuhuada.
"Alas!"
Hauge could only sigh helplessly.
Damn, it's good to fall into the hands of the cavalry of the Tiger Army, it actually fell into the hands of the Mongols. In the past, the Mongols were like a dog in front of the Dajin Kingdom, telling him not to dare to go west. Well, now, this dog, in turn, is going to bite Dajin Kingdom. It's really 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, feng shui in turn!
"I'm Hauge!"
"I want to see Zhang Zhun!"
In order to avoid being mistreated by the Mongols, Hauge had to shout loudly.
Hauge was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of the revenge and torture of the Mongols. Hauge knew a little about the psychology of the Mongols. In order to show their loyalty to Zhang Zhun, they will definitely go over a lot of things.
"You're Hauge?"
Haasqige said with a sneer.
"I'm Hauge!"
Hauge struggled to stabilize his tone.
"Take it away!"
Haasqige waved his hand and personally took Hauge to find Zhang Zhun.
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