"The south gate is backed by a hill, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so you don't have to go to such great length...", Zeng Mo frowned, and then sighed, "Let's also send some artillery brought by adults to the south gate, Li Dequan is there to defend the city... It's not easy..."

Peng Yue knew in his heart that Zeng Mo was still worried about Li Dequan, and at the banquet that day, Peng Yue also vaguely wrote down the name Li Dequan, and he could hear that Zeng Mo also trusted and loved this person very much. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My lord, the enemy army is about eight miles away from this, and it is about the northwest direction..."Wang Huan stretched out his finger and pointed to a point in the distance, "But about how many people, my subordinates really can't hear it, I only know... Very many people..."

"With this position, will you be able to strike?" , Peng Yue asked, staring at the artilleryman.

"It should be possible, but... To waste some shells ...", replied the artilleryman.

"It's okay, then launch it right now and teach them a hard lesson!" , Zeng Mill said hurriedly.

I saw that the artillery had already loaded the ammunition, quickly adjusted the angle, and set the bearing, "I have to wait a little longer, the range of the artillery is not so far..."

"Is this accurate?" , Zeng Mian asked with some suspicion.

"My lord, use the front sight, shine the door, and adjust the launch orbit to a line with them, and the launch deviation will be very small. Using this scale, it is possible to adjust the firing distance, of course, it is not too accurate, only an approximate position can be determined...", the artilleryman quickly explained.

"My lord, the enemy army is about six miles away...", Wang Huan hurried to the city tower to report.

I saw that the artilleryman had already lit the fuse, "My lord, get out of the way...". Everyone hurriedly avoided from afar.

There was a loud "bang", and Zeng Mo felt that his ears were about to deaf. He regretted that he hadn't gotten farther out of curiosity, and the artillery had a loud bang. Hurry over and clean the chamber.

"Did you hit it?" Peng Yue anxiously asked, in fact, everyone only knew that the shell flew far away, even beyond their line of sight, and no one dared to be sure whether it hit or not.

"Hit again, adjust to about four miles." , Peng Yue hurriedly urged to shoot with another cannon.

He knew that the most troublesome part of ancient artillery was changing the dressing, because after firing once, it had to be filled with water into the chamber. Extinguish the fire star, wipe the gun chamber with a dry cloth, then fill it with gunpowder and combustibles, stuff the shells, correct the gun position, and point it.

Although Peng Yue asked the researchers to continuously improve the process and try not to leave residue in the barrel, the cleaning speed was shortened to less than a minute. But for the cavalry, it was enough for them to travel a long distance, so they had to rotate the two guns.

"Bang" was another loud bang, and the speed of the cannon cleaning just now was quite fast. At this time, the crowd seemed to hear something. There seemed to be a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and gradually I felt the dust rising, and even some shouts could be faintly heard.

"Hit again. Adjust to two or three miles...", Peng Yue was energetic. "Did you clean it up?"

This time everyone faintly heard clearly, and some of the screams were screams. Gradually, the shouts grew louder and louder, and everyone seemed to feel the tremor of the earth, and they did not know whether the tremor was the sound of cannons or the hoofs of the enemy cavalry.

I saw it, the enemy cavalry had already entered the field of vision, and the dust was flying in the distance, and the people were scattered, although the distance was too far, it was only a blurry image, but I could feel that there were a lot of enemy troops.

"Now you can see clearly, let's launch!" Peng Yue shouted excitedly, "Don't wipe it, just extinguish the spark..."

This time, everyone saw something, and saw that the cavalry in the distance seemed to be in disarray, and no longer rushed forward in a dense formation as they had just now.

At this time, the enemy army was even more chaotic than expected, but said that the shells just now had caused them a lot of damage. The first shell was indeed too far away and did not hit at all, but after bounced once or twice, it landed next to them, and the power of the shell was not great, after all, it was the longest range, and it was not an effective range, but the fact that a shell flew here was enough to surprise them.

The current de facto leader of the Tatars, Altan Khan, who had been given the title of Mongol Khan, was ambitious this time to inflict heavy losses on the Ming army. So I replied that this time I personally led 30,000 iron cavalry, 20,000 infantry, to attack Datong, he originally planned to go straight to the north gate, 50,000 soldiers in one go, together to charge to take the north gate. But this cannon beat me to a mutter, he thought that the Ming army had made preparations, and even had an ambush, he definitely didn't expect that this cannon was fired from the Datong city wall.

I replied that I was still thinking in my heart, so I fired another shot. The cannon was impartial and hit the front of the marching procession. After hearing a loud noise next to him, there were screams again and again. The power of this cannonball is much greater, perhaps because the angle of this cannonball is well adjusted, and the distance is close, it actually falls straight down. The cavalry closest to the shell were killed on the spot, and the soldiers who were a little farther away were shocked, and the horses under the crotch were already disobedient, and the soldiers were thrown off with a flick of their hind hooves, and some soldiers with better riding skills clung to the horses' necks, but they were inevitably dragged behind.

My army's army fell into a panic at the moment, but I didn't have time to think about it at the moment, and hurriedly called the left and right generals to calm down the cavalry troops and continue to advance, fortunately, the number of people killed in the bombing was not too much, and the cavalry formation was not in chaos, but at this moment they were panicked in their hearts, and even some soldiers felt scared to death.

Another shot, this time hit the flank, the casualties were similar to just now, but the situation was even more tragic, the soldiers and horses hit by the shells did not even leave a whole corpse, and the flesh and blood were scattered on the ground. Most of the soldiers next to him were also injured and fell off their horses, and the screams that were worse than death were made by them. The war horse was also blown up and broke its legs, and those who did not have broken legs were also frightened, neighing and running into the distance. The cavalry on the right was completely disorganized, and of course most of them died without even having time to think. The cavalry on the right flank was also disrupted, seeing that this formation was already in chaos, should they retreat without a fight, I replied that my heart was also chaotic at the moment, but since the army was mobilized this time, we must not return in vain!

"Note that the cavalry on both sides separated on both flanks and marched towards the east gate and the west gate respectively. The cavalry in the middle is back and keep a distance...", I shouted. At this moment, he could only temporarily change his plan and make a decision to divide the troops. And the rest of the cavalry could only be separated from the front and rear, and at the same time all concentrated in the middle, so as to reduce casualties.

I was depressed in my heart, and suddenly my ears shook, and I almost fell off my horse, and another shot hit the side of the team. Fortunately, he had just made the decision to divide the troops, otherwise there would have been many casualties. But the power was even greater than just now, and I saw that where the shell fell, a small pit was blown out, and the flames were burning and sparks, and all the grass around it was scorched. The soldiers who fell to the ground were also on fire, and they were rolling on the ground in agony, and some of them were burned alive. The position in front of him can't be suppressed, and it's completely messed up.

"The cavalry in the back, go around backwards...", I can only give up the decision to attack the north gate, and I want to personally risk and go to the north gate to drag the Ming army.

"Pull a bigger distance, slow down, wait for the infantry behind...", I replied and gasped on my horse: "Damn, it's really evil..."

"Then open fire...", Zeng Mian obviously saw the defeat and chaos of the Altan troops, and shouted excitedly.

"My lord, the chamber of the cannon is overheated, and it has not been cleaned up just now, and if it continues to be fired, I am afraid that this cannon will explode...", the artilleryman replied in frustration.

"Then don't fight yet..."As soon as Peng Yue heard the artilleryman say this, he immediately remembered the precautions that the researcher had told him. In fact, Peng Yue was also helpless, after all, this was limited by the times, and he couldn't make any too advanced weapons, and the defects were always too big. However, judging from the current situation, Peng Yue feels quite satisfied.

"Lord Zeng, due to time constraints, I only brought two artillery pieces, and I only brought a few of these artillery, and the ammunition is not much, so let's save it...", Peng Yue said sarcastically, "The cost of this kind of cannon is too high, and it has just been developed, and the output is too low, and now only a dozen guns have been made, and the ammunition is indeed to be saved..."

"So that's the case, it doesn't matter, I think the casualties should be not small, and the morale should be greatly frustrated, so it's up to me next." , Zeng Mian said happily.

"My lord, the Tartars seem to have withdrawn, and now they seem to be advancing, but the speed has slowed down considerably, and... It seems that there are a lot of people missing..."Wang Huan reported.

"Haha... Don't worry, I must have divided the troops, tell the east and west city gates, strengthen the vigilance...", Zeng paused, "There is also the south gate, and they should also be reminded to pay attention..."

"Master Peng, follow me to the city tower to watch the battle command...", Zeng Mo said, and walked excitedly towards the city tower... (To be continued.) )