Chapter 160: The Blind Spot of Artillery
Yesterday was the Fourth Division on duty at the head of the city, as the commander of the army, Du Wenhuan personally commanded at the head of the city, he hoped that after Jiannu suffered a loss, he could come to the city today to take revenge.
But Jiannu seemed to see through his thoughts, and he didn't show up in the city at all, so angry that Du Wenhuan scolded: "These Jiannu, who suffered a little loss, are like turtles, retracted into their shells, do you still have the backbone of a soldier?" ”
But scolding and scolding, Jiannu did not appear, he did not dare to go out of the city, Yue Tuo's main force was outside the city, if it was about field battles, he was not sure to defeat Yue Tuo's cavalry.
After daybreak, Liu Yuyan's 3rd Division took over from the 4th Division.
Liu Yuyan quickly deployed defenses at the four city gates, with the focus still on the north gate.
At that time, Liu Yulu came to the north gate to inspect, and the soldiers were silently watching the Jiannu tent in the distance.
"The master seat is here." The soldiers scrambled to salute Liu Yu.
Liu Yuyan waved his hand, "Xiaoxian, is there any movement in Jiannu?" ”
"Not for the time being, Master, will Jiannu come to attack the city today?"
"God knows what these people with pig tails think." Liu Yuyan subconsciously glanced at Jiannu's big tent, and he couldn't see anything clearly when he was too far away, "Xiaoxian, are you afraid?" ”
The soldier named Xiaoxian scratched his head, smiled, and shook his head again: "Not afraid? ”
"Why? Now it is the main force of Jiannu inlaid with red flags. ”
"Jiannu are not as powerful as the legend, they will bleed and die the same." Xiaoxian met Liu Yuyan's gaze: "Besides, how can there be military merits if you don't fight?" ”
"Haha, Xiaoxian is right, how can there be military merits if you don't fight." Liu Yuyan was amused, and at this tense moment, it was rare to relax, "Xiaoxian, what do you want to do most after you get military merits and get the silver reward?" ”
"My mother said that if there is a reward, it will ...... married the daughter-in-law of the Li family home. Because of her shyness, Xiaoxian's head was almost buried in her chest, and her face was flushed, just like the bride who saw her husband for the first time.
"Haha, your mother is right," Liu Yuyan patted Xiaoxian on the shoulder, "When you marry your daughter-in-law, tell me, I will definitely drink your wedding wine, and I will give you a wedding." ”
"Thank you Shizuo, Xiaoxian must remember Shiza's words." Xiaoxian raised his head and looked at Liu Yuyan eagerly, he was the lowest-level soldier in the Ming Dynasty, and it was a great honor to be rewarded by the division, and it was more beautiful than winning the battle.
"Definitely, definitely." Liu Yuyan slapped the package ticket, "Xiaoxian, you have to save enough money to marry your daughter-in-law first." ”
"Yes, Master." Xiaoxian stood upright and saluted Liu Yuyan, "Xiaoxian must strive to be rewarded for meritorious service, but I am afraid that Jiannu will not dare to come." ”
"Xiaoxian, Jiannu is here, your wish is about to come true."
"Where?" Xiaoxian looked at Jiannu's big tent, but he couldn't see Jiannu's cavalry.
"You see, in the direction of the Jiannu tent, the dust raised has already reached the sky, and the ground is wet this morning, and so much dust can be raised, the cavalry of Jiannu must have a large-scale action, Xiaoxian, you go and tell everyone, get ready, the opportunity for meritorious service has come." Liu Yuyan asked his own soldiers to inform Yuan Chonghuan.
Yuan Chonghuan soon came to the city, "Jade Bolt, is Jiannu here?" ”
Liu Yuyan kept moving forward, "Military seat, it's almost over, I can already see the figure of Jiannu." ”
Yuan Chonghuan looked in the direction of Liu Yu's finger, and sure enough, the figure of Jiannu had appeared, but it was far away, and Jiannu and the war horse under him looked about the same size as a hare.
"Jade Bolt, doesn't it look like the speed of Jiannu? Aren't they charging? ”
Liu Yuyan looked at it, Jiannu's marching speed was indeed very slow, it didn't look like the cavalry was galloping at all, and even the dust raised was gone, "Huh? What's going on? ”
Yuan Chonghuan slowly retracted his gaze, "Don't worry about Jiannu, let the gunners get ready, if Yue Tuo's main force comes, the artillery will have to be used." ”
"Yes, Throne." Liu Yuyan personally went down to arrange for the gunners.
Jiannu's cavalry stopped at a distance of 1,500 paces, and according to the current artillery range of the Ming army, it was just enough, but Yuan Chonghuan wanted to see Jiannu's movements, so he did not give the order to open fire.
The Jiannu at the front came down from the horse one after another, and Halleha knelt on one leg in front of a tall jujube red horse: "Lord Belle! ”
Yue Tuo, who was on the jujube red horse, looked at Jinzhou City in the distance, "Halleha, you take the soldiers, you must send the ladder to the city at any cost, and at the critical moment, I will shoot someone to pick you up." ”
"Yes, Lord Belle!" Halleha clenched his fist at Yueto.
There were originally more than 700 soldiers in Halleha, but they were compiled into two full cattle records by Yue Tuo, and the rest of the soldiers, along with the wounded, were protecting the Chinese army's tent.
Six hundred Jurchen soldiers formed a large shield array, and each formation had a cloud ladder.
The shield array began to move slowly towards the city, and the Jurchen soldiers were hiding in the array.
"Military seat, Jiannu has a total of twelve shield arrays, and this kind of shield array, our flintlock pistols can't penetrate at all."
Yuan Chonghuan frowned, "Then use artillery, pass the order, five artillery pieces in a group, and concentrate on hitting one shield." ”
Yuan Chonghuan brought a total of thirty-five artillery pieces, five of which were arranged in the eastern, western, and southern city gates, and the north city gate was the key point, with twenty artillery pieces arranged, plus ten tiger cannons that could only fire solid bullets in Ningyuan City, a total of thirty guns.
Thirty guns were aimed at six shield arrays.
"Launch." Yuan Chonghuan finally gave the order.
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
……
Thirty guns rang out almost simultaneously.
Of the ten solid bullets, two directly hit the shield array, entered the formation from the top, smashed several soldiers, and then came out from behind, rolling on the ground for a long time, until the blood stains on the surface were wiped clean, and then slowly stopped; One hit the shield directly from the front, pressed several shield-wielding ones directly onto the ladder, broke their arms, thighs and waists, and rolled out of the formation from the heads; There were also a few solid bullets, hitting the edge of the shield array, just knocking down several soldiers, the most unlucky one was a soldier on the far left of the shield array, the solid bullet hit directly on the waist eye, there was no shield protection, the solid bullet directly pierced the waist eye.
Compared to solid bullets, flowering bullets are much more powerful.
Five flowering shells landed on the outer edge of the shield array, although they did not directly hit the soldiers, but the huge air wave generated by the explosion of the flowering shells pushed the soldiers in this area, and the shrapnel that flew out exploded the soldiers who had no protection all over their bodies, and even the leather armor was cut to pieces.
The three flowering shells fell directly in the center of the shield array, and the explosion of gunpowder blew up the soldiers around the flowering bullet landing point, and the huge air wave rushed these broken bodies in all directions, and some soldiers were also hit by these mutilated bodies and took a few steps back, and then fell to the ground.
Two of the three flowering bullets landed in the same shield array, and not only were the soldiers wantonly plundered, but even the thick ladder was blown in two, and the fracture hit the soldier's body, splashing countless blood foams.
Haleha didn't glance at the wounded soldiers on the ground, he kept urging the soldiers: "Hurry, hurry, as long as you enter the range of bows and arrows, it is the world of our Jurchens." ”
The movement speed of the shield array is significantly increased.
But the speed of movement of the infantry was not at all comparable to that of the cavalry, and the artillery of the Ming army had time to adjust the muzzle.
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
……
Halleha's speed was getting faster and faster, but his soldiers were also suffering more and more casualties, two shield arrays of soldiers were almost shot and killed, two shield arrays were disabled, and several shield arrays had different damage, twelve siege ladders, four of which were completely broken and damaged, and one that was damaged.
Yue Tuo was still sitting on his horse, and when he saw that the Jurchen soldiers were constantly falling under the artillery fire of the Ming army, he frowned: When did the artillery of the Ming army become so powerful? He seems to have forgotten about his encounter with Yuan Chonghuan outside Jinzhou.
Yueto didn't care about Halleha's death at all, Halleha had lost so many soldiers, he should have died a long time ago, and it was his honor to die on the battlefield. Yue Tuo's chill was the Jurchen soldiers who kept falling, they were the capital of the Dajin Kingdom to dominate, and there were also ladders to attack the city, without ladders, they couldn't climb the top of Jinzhou at all.
Seeing from afar that the ladder was damaged by artillery fire, Yue Tuo was anxious, this damn Halleha, why don't you protect the ladder, if the ladder is damaged, Halleha is a sinner in the Dajin Kingdom.
Yue Tuo suddenly found that the artillery fire of the Ming army had stopped, "What's wrong with the Ming army?" By now, they should have no losses in personnel, is there no shells? ”
Zuomele was also puzzled, and suddenly, he shouted excitedly: "Lord Belle, it's too close to the artillery, and the cannon can't hit." ”
Yue Tuo then remembered that because the artillery itself was too large and inconvenient to move, it had a blind spot for shooting, "Okay, Halleha is finally about to arrive at the city wall, get ready, once the ladder leans against the city wall, immediately reinforce Halleha." Halleha, good, worthy of being the bravest Jiala Ezhen in the Dajin Kingdom. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
……
As soon as Yue Tuo's words fell, the artillery of the Ming army rang out again, and the flowering bullets with a faint fiery red color drew a beautiful arc, connecting from the city to Yue Tuo's side like a rainbow.
"Not good." Yue Tuo screamed, threw himself on the ground, and rolled on the ground a few more times before he could avoid the flying flowering bullet.
He was frightened, got up and glanced at his war horse, a flowering bullet exploded less than five steps away from the war horse, the fragments of the explosion scratched the neck of the war horse with countless scars, blood was gurgling out of the scars, the war horse hit a spirit, the front legs were raised, raised to the sky, and fell heavily to the ground.
Zuo Meile, who was talking with Yue Tuo just now, was also scratched by shrapnel in the crook of his right leg and right shoulder, and he was baring his teeth to press the wound.
"How could the artillery of the Ming army shoot so far?" Yue Tuo once again estimated the distance from here to the city wall, yes, fifteen hundred steps.
"Lord Belle?" Wu Dabu looked at Yue Tuo, who was distracted: "The artillery of the Ming army will still shoot over, what should I do?" ”
"Shoot here?" Yue Tuo came to his senses, now is not the time to consider the range of the Ming army's artillery, and the Ming army may launch a new round of artillery bombardment at any time. "Ahead, there's a blind spot for artillery."