readx; The banner of the Han army was attacked by the longbow of the Ming army, although the number of arrows was not large, and there were few soldiers who were killed, but it still made Tong Yang really frightened. He still has www.biquge.info basic military literacy, and the two sides are now more than 100 steps apart, and this distance from the Han army flag cannot attack the Ming army in any case, but the Ming army's longbow can easily shoot to the position of the Han army flag. In other words, although the Ming army is not dense with arrows, it is invincible, how can Tong Yangzhen not be afraid.

In fact, generals such as Zhu Youzhen and Xie Sheng at the head of the city also had some regrets, because there were too few longbowmen in the Ming army. Since the advent of artillery and firearms, the status of bows and arrows in the Ming army has greatly declined, and training in peacetime also focuses on the use of firearms. However, bows and arrows cannot be completely replaced, because in terms of portability and adaptability, bows and arrows still have certain advantages over firearms, and in some special occasions, bows and arrows must be used.

That's it for now. Obviously, the enemy can be attacked with rapid-fire cannons or flintlock guns, but Zhu Youzhen strictly ordered the Ming army not to use firearms, so they can only use longbows to injure the enemy. Compared to the shortbow, the longbow is more difficult to master, and a good longbowman must be trained hard, first of all, to have enough strength to fill the bow, which is more than six feet long, and secondly, to shoot a volley strictly according to the instructions, otherwise it will be difficult to use the power of the longbow.

This time, the sixty longbowmen at the head of the city fired a volley in turn, and only killed less than ten enemy soldiers. Zhu Youzhen, Xie Sheng and the others all thought that if 600 or even 6,000 longbowmen fired a salvo, the enemy army on the opposite side would collapse directly.

Of course, Tong Yangzhen is not a fool, how can he be stupid and wait to be shot. Huang Taiji asked him to attack the city, and if he was defeated and retreated, he would be beheaded immediately to show the public as an example. Therefore, Tong Yangzhen didn't care about playing any agitation methods, and raised his saber on the horse and shouted hoarsely: "Rush!" ”

At the sound of an order, the three thousand Han army banner soldiers immediately rushed towards the city wall. In this first round of tentative attacks, Huang Taiji was of course reluctant to provide them with large-scale siege equipment, and these guys had to carry a long ladder that was temporarily spliced together, trying to lean on the city wall and attack the city.

Tong Yangzhen also didn't care about the casualties of his soldiers. His battle plan was also very simple: with 1,500 shield soldiers and archers forming a formation outside the city walls at thirty paces, shooting at the Ming army at the head of the city; The remaining 1,500 infantry troops took advantage of the ladder to attack the city. Now the city wall of the Beijing division has not yet been completed, only the city tower has been built with city bricks, and there are only low female walls on the city wall on both sides, and the battlements have not yet been added, so the Qing army chose a section of the city wall north of the Taiping Gate as the main direction of attack.

Xie Sheng saw that the Qing army was charging, and after a little thought, he said to Zhu Youzhen: "Holy Lord, the enemy's attack this time is obviously tentative, do you want to use the No. 1 battle plan?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded approvingly, and Xie Sheng said to Zhou Yang, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment of the Qin soldiers in the past and now he has also been promoted to a general: "Fight with the No. 1 battle plan!" ”

This Zhou Yang is also a young general, who was also born as a poor peasant in the past, and did not even have a big name. Until he became the battalion commander, everyone was still barking at "dog leftovers" and "dog leftovers", and Zhu Youzhen felt that he was not solemn enough, so he named him Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang, like Liu Quanzhong, is also a capable commander under Xie Sheng, and the area around Taipingmen is his defense area. Insight Sheng handed over the direct command of the battlefield to himself, Zhou Yang was in high spirits, pulled out his sword and shouted: "Obey the order, the No. 1 battle plan!" Longbowmen, Shortbowmen, Birdmen, Shieldmen, Spearmen, take your place and get ready for battle! ”

At the sound of an order, more than 1,000 well-trained Ming troops at the head of the city immediately occupied their respective positions. Immediately against the female wall are the shield-bearers and pikemen, the pikemen who are responsible for attacking the enemy forces that are attached to the siege, and the shield-bearers who are responsible for covering the pikemen and the archers and bird gunners behind them.

Archers and bird-bearers were responsible for shooting at the city. Originally, with the existing number of guns of the Ming army, it was completely possible to use bird guns against these 3,000 people, but the battle plan was like this, and the soldiers followed the order. The longbowmen were the last to shoot at enemy targets a hundred paces away.

When the soldiers of the Han army shouted and quickly rushed towards the city wall, to their surprise, the Ming army did not fire artillery, nor did they fire arrows or shoot with birds. In other words, during the period when the Qing army rushed from one hundred steps to forty or fifty steps, the Ming army did not react at all!

Of course, these traitors don't know what the reason is, but the defenders don't attack, and they naturally feel lucky. It was not until they entered the range of forty paces that the Ming army began to shoot, and whether it was a bird gun or a bow and arrow, the frequency of shooting was not high, and there was no scene of "rain of arrows in the sky" or "gunfire and loud earthquake". Although some Qing soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, most of the Qing soldiers safely reached the predetermined position 30 paces below the city, and immediately formed a phalanx and began to shoot at the head of the city.

At this moment, the shooting of the Ming army suddenly became fierce, and all the short archers, under the command of Zhou Yang, slapped round after round of ferocious salvos towards the Qing army's formation like an iron wall. Originally, the Qing army was at a disadvantage when attacking upward, and the strength was not very large, and the archers in the phalanx were so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads for a while, so they had to shrink behind the shield, listening to the sound of arrows hitting the shield in horror. Occasionally, some arrows were fired to counterattack, but they were also disorganized, and under the strict protection of the shield bearers at the head of the city, they could not pose any threat to the Ming army.

As a result, the other more than 1,000 Qing troops in charge of the siege of the ant annex lacked the cover of archers, so they had to rush to the city wall. At this time, all the bird gunners of the Ming army turned their fire to these unlucky guys, aiming and then frequently firing their guns.

The frequency of firing is still not fast, but at such a close distance, the accuracy of the bird gun is much higher than that of the bow and arrow. Moreover, the bird guns used by the Ming army in the war were all modified flintlock pistols, which could be fired directly without the use of a fire rope, and all the shooters needed to do was to aim. Almost every gunshot was accompanied by a traitor who was shot and fell to the ground. Although there is no moat in front of the city wall, this distance of only thirty steps also makes the Qing army bleed like a river and wail incessantly!

However, the Qing army finally rushed through this "road of death", pasted the city wall, and entered the dead end of the bird's gun. They immediately set up a long ladder and began to climb upwards, and the speed of the climb was really not slow. Tong Yangzhen, who was supervising the battle in the back, couldn't help but be overjoyed, if he could attack the head of the Jingshi City with this first wave of attacks, even if he was completely annihilated, he would show his face greatly in front of Huang Taiji.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a strange change suddenly happened!

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