Chapter 161: Rivalry
Yue Tuo was attacked by the Ming army's flowering shells, and in addition to fleeing and giving up the siege, he had only one choice, which was to move forward and run to the blind spot of the artillery. It was about three hundred paces from the city, too close for the artillery, and too far for the flintlock guns, a blind spot in the tunnel.
Of course, Yue Tuo is not willing to retreat, if he retreats now, it will be a strategic defeat, and the blow to the morale of the army is very big, and the psychological advantage accumulated by the Dajin Kingdom over the Ming army for more than ten years may be destroyed in his hands, and the sacrifice made by Halleha in front does not have any meaning, "Bring a shield and rush forward, there is a blind spot for artillery." ”
Yue Tuo's horse had fallen, he snatched a white horse from the soldier's hand, put his left foot into the saddle, grasped the horse's mane with both hands, put his right foot on the ground a little, flew forward, and with his legs between the horse's belly, he drove forward like flying.
The Jurchen soldiers were all on horseback, except for those who were injured and fell from their horses, they also followed Yue Tuo's example, beating their horses like flying and attacking Jinzhou City.
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
"Boom...... Prosperous. ”
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The Ming army began a new wave of shelling.
After the shelling of Yuetuo just now, the artillery of the Ming army quickly lowered the muzzle and reduced the firing range. If Jiannu charges, it happens to be within the range of the artillery, and if Jiannu wants to escape, then the gunners can't help it, the shot just now is already the range limit of the artillery.
This time, Yue Tuo's entire army moved, three Jiala, a total of fifteen full Niulu, and four thousand five hundred soldiers.
The black press, coupled with the dust and whirlwind brought by the cavalry's impact, and the vibration caused by the horse's hooves stepping on the ground, were too terrifying.
However, the greater the number of people, the greater the blow, the artillery of the Ming army did not need to aim at all, as long as the flowering shells were shot out, and the shells fell anywhere, they would stir up a blood flower.
The screams of the wounded soldiers have long been inaudible, the "click" of the horses' hooves and the "boom" of the artillery have been muffled, and the cavalry on horseback is no better.
From 1,500 steps to 300 steps, only a short 1,200 steps, the Jiannu horse was fast, although it was shelled, slightly slowed down the speed, but after the Ming army fired two rounds of artillery shells, the front part of the Jiannu had already entered the blind spot of the flowering shell.
Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand, and the gunners stopped loading the flower shells.
Halleha's shield array had already come within range of bows and arrows, and the Jiannu soldiers hiding in the array began to fire arrows at the head of the city. The shield in front blocked the view of the Jiannu soldiers, and they could only blindly throw themselves at the city.
This is the most helpless moment for the gunners, shoot, the flintlock pistol can't penetrate the shield at all, it can only scare and scare Jiannu, it's basically a waste of bullets, don't shoot, Jiannu will soon attack the city without any pressure.
In the event of hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army was far from being the opponent of Jiannu, even if it had a numerical advantage.
A wolf is a wolf, and even if a wolf breaks into a flock, it will be able to escape with its whole body, regardless of whether it can catch its prey or not.
In the event of hand-to-hand combat, the individual soldier of Jiannu is a wolf, and the soldiers of the Ming army are a flock of sheep.
Jiannu's soldiers had already leaned seven intact ladders up the city walls.
Haleha had already decided that he would be the first to ascend to Jinzhou City and atone for his losses to the Immortal Heaven.
There were more than 400 soldiers in Hallha, except for 200 archers who hid in shield arrays and fired arrows at the city, the rest of the soldiers began to climb up the ladder with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
The Ming army hid in bunkers with low walls, and only the soldiers on the periphery sporadically blocked them with flintlock pistols.
"Military seat, Jiannu has already gone up the ladder."
"Throw a grenade." Yuan Chonghuan shouted.
The soldiers on the outer edge of the bunker did not leave the bunker, but tore off the lead of the grenade, delayed for a second or two, and then threw it down the city.
"Bang...... Bang ......"
Before the grenade hit the ground, it exploded near the head and chest of the Jiannu soldiers.
"Ah...... Ah......h
The grenades were all thrown blindly, but the number of grenades thrown was large and uninterrupted, and there were casualties on the seven ladders, and the casualties rolled down and knocked over the soldiers below.
When Jiannu was in chaos, seven Ming soldiers took pity on a grenade bundle composed of twenty grenades, pulled out the lead, rushed out of the bunker, and threw the grenade bundle towards the ladder, Xiaoxian was the first to rush out of the bunker.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
There were several loud bangs, and the ground trembled inside the bunker.
"Hit, hit." The observer shouted excitedly, "Throne, two steps of the ladder have been blown up. ”
A ladder was blown up by Xiaoxian, and the grenade beam he threw fell right on the rungs of the ladder, and the downward trend stopped abruptly, and then fell to the rungs below, at this time, the grenade beam exploded.
The huge impact force directly exploded the ladder into three pieces, and after the top one collided on the city wall, it fell backwards again, and also suppressed the two Jiannu below.
When another grenade bundle was thrown out, there was another Jiannu on the ladder, and the grenade bundle happened to be thrown into his arms, and the Jiannu soldier hugged the grenade bundle, and when he heard the sound of "snorting", he knew that something was wrong and was about to throw the grenade bundle out.
His attention was all on the grenade bundle, but unexpectedly, the soles of his feet slipped, and he stepped into the air, and fell down the ladder.
The slave was unlucky, and when he fell from the middle of the rung, his armpit was hanging right on the rung of the ladder, and his body was suspended in mid-air.
Just then, the grenade beam exploded.
The hapless soldier, his upper body shattered into countless pieces, blood wrapped in muscle and broken bones flying all over the sky, and the lower half of his body floated in the air for a while, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The grenade beam exploded on the rungs of the ladder, and several rungs were blown apart one after another, and even the support wood on one side was blown off most of it, and this ladder could not be used for the time being.
"Xiaoxian, good job, you have made meritorious service." Yuan Chonghuan stretched out his thumb to Xiaoxian.
Having lost two more steps, Yue Tuo was in a hurry, if all the ladders were destroyed, he would not be able to attack the city today.
"Ah Xibao, take your soldiers, go up, no matter what, protect the ladder."
Ah Xibao was another of Yueto's subordinates, and like the original Haleha, he had five cattle and 1,500 soldiers.
Seeing that Halleha had lost his troops again, Ashibo had long been impatient, and after receiving Yueto's order, he immediately formed a shield array, followed Halleha's example, and marched towards the city wall.
"Boom...... Long ......"
The artillery of the Ming army began again.
Ashibor was startled by the loud noise, isn't this a blind spot for artillery? Is it just to scare themselves when the Ming army is firing artillery now?
Ah Xibao soon realized that he was wrong, and one solid bullet after another hit the shield, or smashed directly into the shield array, and then pierced through the back of the shield array.
Solid bullets do not explode, and the lethality is far less than that of flowering bullets, but solid bullets contain huge kinetic energy and great momentum.
If the solid bullet hits the shield directly, the wooden shield will be shattered immediately, and the soldiers behind the shield will also be hit to the head and bleed, and the shield and ** degree cannot offset the huge energy of the solid bullet.
If the solid bullet smashed directly into the shield array, it would bounce and move backwards, and all the soldiers would be pushed clean in the straight line it passed.
Jiannu didn't die much, but there were many wounded, and what was even worse was that the shield array was scattered by solid bullets, leaving an opening for the flintlock gun to shoot.
"How could the artillery of the Ming army shoot within three hundred paces?" Yue Tuo has the heart to die, the range of the Ming army's flowering projectile is beyond his imagination, and the range of the Ming army's solid projectile is also beyond his imagination.
The artillery that fired solid bullets at the head of Jinzhou City was actually called the Tiger Cannon, and it was personally deployed by Yue Tuo, but he never thought that the Tiger Cannon could hit so close.
Tiger cannon is a kind of small artillery, not much larger than the mountain cannon of later generations, therefore, it is very convenient to move and transport, and the Ming army once deployed a large number of tiger cannon in Liaodong.
After the defeat of the Ming army in Liaodong, these tiger cannons fell into the hands of Jiannu, but Jiannu would not use tiger cannons, and other places could not use tiger cannons, so Yue Tuo deployed these tiger cannons in various cities in Liaodong.
After Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Ningyuan, he heard Li Xing say that the flintlock pistol could not penetrate Jiannu's shield at all, so he thought of the tiger cannon.
He raised the back seat of the Tiger Gun with large stones, and the front support frame remained unchanged, so that the muzzle of the gun would be pressed down and the range of the Tiger Gun would be shortened.
The gunners of the Ming army did not miss this rare opportunity, and a dense stream of bullets fired at the various broken shield arrays.
The greater the casualties of Jiannu's shield players, the greater the vulnerability of the shield array, and the larger the loopholes, the greater the casualties, and a vicious circle.
Fortunately, Ah Xi kept 1,500 soldiers, and after suffering hundreds of soldiers, Jiannu finally entered the range of bows and arrows.
Since the shield array could not stop the flintlock guns, Ah Xibao simply ordered the soldiers to lower their shields and fire arrows at the city.
The gunners had no way out, if they withdrew from the city at this time to avoid the rain of arrows, so many Jiannu would soon climb to the top of the city, and that would be the end of the Ming army.
The gunners, who had no protective measures, used the cover of the daughter wall to shoot at the Jiannu under the city.
This is a confrontation between flintlock pistols and bows and arrows, and it is also a confrontation between the will of Yuan Chonghuan and Yue Tuo, and there is no way out for either side.
"Bang...... Bang...... Bang......"
"Whoosh...... Sou...... Whoosh......"
The Tiger Cannon has stopped firing, and this is the real blind spot of the Tiger Gun.
There were 3,000 Ming troops at the head of the city and 1,500 soldiers from the Dajin Kingdom under the city.
The soldiers of the Ming army had to dodge the arrows, and they could not shoot in groups. Yuan Chonghuan sighed secretly: The training of the Ming army is still not enough, if you can ignore the rain of arrows and take turns as usual, the three thousand Ming troops will be able to take down the Jiannu under the city in five minutes.
Yue Tuo was also helpless, the Ming army not only stood tall, but also had the cover of the city wall, if it was on the flat ground, with the speed of the Jurchen soldiers' archery and the habit of group shooting in peacetime, the Ming army in front of it would be tens of thousands, that is, in the blink of an eye.
Now it's not a rotational shooting, there are simply no more than 3,000 gunners standing in the city, and less than 2,000 soldiers are actually involved in the shooting, and for every soldier who falls, the soldiers behind will make up for it.
"Six hundred!" Yuan Chonghuan's personal soldiers silently counted the Ming gunners who had been replaced, and his heart was already numb.