readx; From the beginning of the war in the early morning until now, it has always been the Ming army that has used long-range weapons to fight the Qing army, and the Qing army has no chance to fight back. www.biquge.info But the Qing army camp a few miles away suddenly burst into thunder, and then six four-horse carriages drove to the front. Although Yuan Keli was in his sixties, his eyesight was still excellent, and he said nervously at a glance: "It's not good, Hongyi Cannon!" ”

Sure enough, the black hole in the muzzle pointed to Yongding Gate was the six Hongyi cannons captured by the Qing army from Zunhua and Jizhou. Because the main general Zhao Shujiao was killed in battle, the Ming army retreated too hastily, especially did not have time to blow up this heavy artillery. After Huang Taiji got these six cannons, he found a treasure, and it happened that there were soldiers who could fire cannons in the Han army flag, so he ordered someone to pull these six cannons over. Because of the long distance and the heavy cannons, it took nearly ten days to arrive, and they arrived just yesterday.

Yuan Keli immediately frowned and said to Zhu Youzhen: "Holy Lord, it's bad! These six Hongyi cannons were purchased by the Ministry of War in the second year of the Apocalypse from the Franco, oh no, from the Portuguese, they are one zhang and three feet long and weigh three thousand five hundred catties, which is heavier and has a longer range than the Hongyi cannons at the head of the Jingshi City. At that time, a total of 12 doors were purchased, six gates in Jizhen Town, and six gates in Shanhaiguan, and the minister remembered it very clearly. If you fire a cannon three miles away, you can hit the city wall. It's not safe here, Your Majesty should go down to the city as soon as possible! ”

As soon as Yuan Keli's words fell, he saw a flash of fire from the muzzle of one of the six Hongyi cannons, followed by a muffled thunderous cannon sound, and an iron bullet immediately came out of his disembowel, smashing fiercely into the open space thirty steps outside the city wall. Because of the huge inertia, the iron bullet jumped up and slammed forward, and only stopped when it hit the fortifications under the city wall. Originally, the top of the fortification was made of hard stones, but it was knocked down a small piece at once.

"Come on, escort Your Majesty Monk Shangshu down to the city!" Xie Sheng was the first to react, immediately called a few Chinese soldiers, and "invited" Zhu Youzhen and Yuan Keli down the city tower without saying anything. Zhu Youzhen was so anxious that he stomped his feet again and again: "How can this work!" ”

Yuan Keli had no choice but to persuade patiently: "There are also houses under the city, and it is the same for Your Majesty to supervise the war here." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought that there was Xie Sheng sitting at the head of the city, which should not affect morale, and besides, as the emperor, he was there, and the defenders had to think about protecting themselves, but they were easily distracted. Therefore, he had no choice but to enter a house inside the city gate, and sent people to the city to watch the battle, and to inform him of the latest battle situation at any time.

After a while, the cannons at the head of the city also roared, thinking that the long-range artillery of the Ming army also fired, shaking the ground under the city trembling slightly. After a while, a small colonel hurriedly returned to report: "Holy Lord, General Xie is ordering all the cannons to bombard the Tartar cannons together, but our Hongyi cannons can't hit so far that they can't reach them; Although the newly added long-range cannon hit far enough, it was not accurate enough, and this salvo did not hit! ”

Zhu Youzhen's forehead couldn't help sweating. He knew that the tactics of solving the victory were no problem, when both the enemy and us had artillery, they would definitely bombard each other, and whoever could destroy the other side first would have won. The problem is that the distance between the two sides is too far, already three miles away, that is, a thousand steps away.

You must know that the firing range of artillery is divided into "maximum range" and "effective range". According to the principle of physics, when the angle between the gun body and the ground is about 45 degrees, the distance of the projectile is the farthest. But there is no doubt that the farther the distance, the greater the error. If the target is 300 paces away, this error may be within one or two feet; However, if you attack a target that is 1,000 steps away, the error may be more than a dozen zhang, or even dozens of zhang.

The effective range, on the other hand, refers to the range when the error is within the allowable range. Take the newly purchased long-range artillery as an example, the maximum firing range can reach three or four miles, but the effective firing range is only one and a half miles, that is, about four hundred and fifty steps. The Hongyi cannon that fell into the hands of the Qing army, although its performance was slightly worse, but the cannon body was longer, so it could also reach about the maximum range. When both sides are firing outside the effective range, it is basically a collision of luck, and the advantages of the new artillery are invisibly negated.

But fortunately, the quality of the Ming army's artillery was much stronger than that of the Qing army, and the loading speed of long-range artillery was originally faster than that of the Hongyi artillery.

The roar of cannons sounded from time to time at the head of the city, Zhu Youzhen walked around the room irritably, Yuan Keli also had a worried face, and both of them were silently praying in their hearts, hoping that the Ming army would be the first to hit the other party as soon as possible. They all knew that if the Qing army used other siege methods, the Ming army would be able to deal with it; However, the other party also bombarded with artillery, and the advantage of defending the city was greatly reduced, or even wiped out. Once the city wall is blown down, the consequences are unimaginable!

Suddenly hearing a burst of cheers from the Ming army at the head of the city, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that he must have hit the other party. Colonel Xu Yu came and said: "Holy Lord, on the one hand, the Qing army opened artillery bombardment, and on the other hand, the infantry attack in front did not stop for a moment. Just now, they fired a shot, but they hit their own people, killing more than 20 people at once, so everyone cheered. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened but his eyebrows were tightly locked, thinking that this reckless Gurtai was bent on attacking the city, and he didn't care about the life and death of the Han Army Banner at all! Even if he doesn't understand any "artillery and step coordination", he has at least common sense, and the swords and guns are still eyeless, let alone the Hongyi cannon more than three miles away. Now since Mang Gurtai knew that he would accidentally injure the Han army banner and did not let the Han army flag withdraw first, this shows that he is determined to fight the Ming army to the death.

Moreover, the current battlefield situation is not favorable for the Ming army. If it is in a field battle, then Zhu Youzhen is not afraid, because the conditions on both sides are the same, the Qing army's artillery skills are poor, and with the advantage of fast loading, the Ming army will be able to destroy the Qing army's artillery sooner or later.

But now that the Ming army is defending the city, it is different, because there is a huge goal, and the Qing army does not need to aim at all, that is, the city wall. As long as the cannonballs can be fired so far, they will definitely cause damage to the city wall, and the purpose of the Qing army is to destroy the city wall.

As soon as I thought of this, I suddenly heard a loud sound of the landslide overhead, and then there was a "boom", and countless bricks and clods fell downward! Fortunately, Yuan Keli reacted very quickly, and carried Zhu Youzhen on his back and shot out of the room like an arrow. When Zhu Youzhen looked back again, the roof of the house had been smashed and leaked by city bricks, and the military academy that was still reporting to him just now failed to escape, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!

Looking at the head of the city again, a large mouth with a square circle has collapsed, and countless injured Ming soldiers have fallen from the city, and they are being buried in broken bricks and rotten tiles and groaning in pain!

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