readx; In just a few minutes, thousands of civilians were killed and wounded, and the Qing army's plan to use the people to cover their siege was completely bankrupt and completely exposed to the fire of the Ming army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers of the Han army banner who rushed to the front were to cover the chariots behind, so after killing all the people, they still had to rush under the city wall. At this time, the strength of the bird's guns and bows and arrows at the head of the city was slightly reduced, and a large number of shield bearers were already standing in the front row, because the battle plan of the Ming army was always to protect themselves and reduce their own casualties in the first place.

However, the weakening of the firepower on the city does not mean that these traitors can escape the punishment of heaven. In the underground fortifications outside the city walls, thousands of bird-screws who had rushed in from the other three walls to reinforce them opened fire at this time, forming a situation of alternating volleys with the fire at the head of the city.

The bird gunners in the fortifications had a clear advantage over the Ming army at the head of the city, that is, they did not have to worry about their own safety. This is because the fortifications are connected to the outside world only by a small shooting hole, and this shooting hole is very close to the ground. No matter how accurate the Qing soldiers are, it is impossible to shoot arrows in.

In desperation, some Qing soldiers ran to the earthen holes dug under the city in advance, desperately dragged the dead bodies inside, and then jumped in to avoid the bullets. But it is not so easy to drag a dead person weighing more than 100 pounds from a hole that is five or six feet deep, at least it is necessary to complete a series of actions such as stopping, waisting, luck, dragging out, and jumping in by yourself.

But when they were busy with these movements, they became excellent targets for the birds. With the "bang" of gunfire, one after another Qing soldiers fell outside the earthen cave. Instead of protecting them, these holes killed their dogs.

And the traitor generals of the Han army banner did not allow their men to stop, if they all drilled holes in the ground, who would attract firepower, and who would cover the chariots behind? Therefore, they still strictly ordered the soldiers to charge the city wall, and several soldiers were frightened by the rain of bullets and bullets of the Ming army, and they were all beheaded on the spot without mercy.

Under this tactic of taking people up, the casualties of the Qing soldiers can be imagined. The Ming army's bird-gunners were strictly disciplined, and they would never shoot at targets more than 80 paces away, and only fired when the Qing soldiers broke within 80 paces. However, it was these short 80 steps that became a nightmare for the soldiers of the Han army's white flag and inlaid with white flags, and in less than a meal, five or six hundred people were hit by lead bullets.

And if you are hit by lead bullets, you can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness like being shot by a bow and arrow. This kind of bullet, which was banned by international conventions in previous lives, is extremely destructive to human tissues. Needless to say, the chest and abdomen and other vital parts, even if the limbs are shot, they will still break all the muscles and bones near the bullet holes, and a large amount of blood will gush out in an instant, which is really not too much to describe as blood mist. The Qing army didn't even touch the edge of the city wall now, but it had already suffered heavy casualties, plus the corpses of the people, it was really full of corpses!

And the surviving Qing soldiers saw the terrifying lethality of the Ming army's birds, and no matter how frightened the generals of the Han army banner were, they refused to rush forward in vain to send them to death. Exactly sixty paces from the city wall, there were a large number of corpses piled on top of each other, and these people desperately piled up a wall of corpses with the corpses, and shrank behind the wall to kill them without showing their heads. Due to the poor penetration of lead bullets, this corpse wall really gave these Qing soldiers a chance to survive.

"Thief, mother! Dog's day wants to play dead, it's not that cheap! Although Meng Gong, who was in charge of directly directing the battle, had calmed down, he still couldn't hide the anger in his chest, and shouted: "Aim at the corpse pile for me and launch the rocket!" ”

At the sound of the order, an archer carried a large barrel up to the city. The barrel is spaced out into small squares with wooden chips, each containing a strange arrow.

The arrowhead of this arrow is no different from that of an ordinary iron arrow, but the shaft is wrapped in a bamboo barrel filled with flammable grease. Behind this bamboo barrel is a small piece of gunpowder cylinder, which is filled with black powder, and has a fuse connected to the outside of the barrel, and the back is still an arrow feather.

The sapper fixed the barrel on the buttress and shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

The surrounding Ming troops hurriedly dodged, only to see the sapper wave the back of the barrel with a lit torch, igniting all the fuses of the arrows. The flames quickly crept into the powder cartridge along the fuse, and suddenly a series of explosions sounded much denser than the bird's gun, and the sound was extremely terrifying!

And with these explosions, dozens of sharp arrows immediately flew out of the barrel and headed straight for the pile of corpses sixty paces away. The Qing soldiers had never seen such a sharp arrow burning from the back, and they were so frightened that they shrank their necks, but almost none of them were directly shot.

But most of the arrows were still nailed to the walls of the corpses, which were stacked layer by layer. In an instant, the fire raged, and in the blink of an eye, the corpse wall became a wall of fire! How could there be people hidden behind the wall of fire, the Qing soldiers choked and fled backwards, and the bird guns at the head of the city sounded again at the right time, and another group of Qing soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Good shot!" Meng Gong slapped his thigh and jumped up, looking up to the sky and laughing recklessly, and the Ming army at the head of the city was also thunderous!

At this time, Zhu Youzhen and Yuan Keli couldn't hold back anymore in the city tower, so they still took three steps and two steps out to watch the battle. Yuan Keli looked at the big wooden barrel and said in amazement: "Your Majesty, this thing has been seen in a book, it seems to be called 'rocket'!" ”

"That's right!" Zhu Youzhen also said excitedly, "Who said that I am backward in Daming Technology?" We have capable people, but the court doesn't use them, and these talents are buried! Lord Shangshu, this weapon was indeed discovered by a military factory from a book, and the trial production was successful, this book is "Wubei Zhi"! It's a pity that the author of this book can't be found, alas! ”

Yuan Keli also said excitedly after hearing this: "Many people have read the book "Wubei Zhi", and the minister has also read it, and his book is more than 2 million words, full of pictures and texts, in addition to the military techniques, strategy, array, occupancy, etc., the most length is all kinds of military ordnance, especially the ordnance designed by himself, among which there is this kind of 'rocket'. The author of this book, Chen Yizhi, is named Mao Yuanyi, and he is still very young, and he is only in his early thirties this year. He was in his twenties when the book was completed. ”

"Where is this man now? Why didn't the imperial court use it? Zhu Youzhen asked excitedly.

Yuan Keli sighed and said, "Mao Yuanyi used to be a staff member of Yang Hao, the Liaodong Economic Strategy. In the first battle of Salhu, Yang Hao lost his teacher and humiliated the country, went to prison to die, and is still imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department; Mao Yuanyi was implicated by Yang Hao, and was once arrested and questioned as a capital crime. Sun Shangshu still felt that he was a talent, and he mediated in many ways to leave him alive, but in the end, he ended up with a result of sending Zhangpu to Zhangpu, and there has been no news for many years. Of course, the court will not pay attention to the book written by a criminal. ”

"Get this person for me!" Zhu Youzhen was so excited that his voice changed a little, "What he made is a rocket!" Rockets! ”

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