Chapter 142: Bloodbath
The sudden explosion frightened everything in the city, Zhang Ke hurriedly looked over, only to see two or three gunners falling heavily on the city wall, with wounds on their chests and faces, and two of them were spurting blood foam from their mouths, and they couldn't survive.
A Furlong cannon exploded in the middle, and the gunners were all killed. The veterans of the city are no strangers to this situation, which is in disrepair, and many of the firearms of the Ming army are in trouble, and in fact, the soldiers are taking risks every time they open fire.
This time there are too many charges, and the air tightness is not good, so it will naturally explode.
Seeing the three gunners rolling on the ground in pain, the artillerymen at the head of the city were stunned and did not dare to continue firing.
"Dog, what are you afraid of!"
Zhang Ke shouted violently and rushed to the front of the gun position. Outside, Jiannu sieged the city urgently, and the artillery fire stopped, isn't this looking for death!
"Quick, the auxiliaries will carry the wounded brother down," Zhang Ke turned his head to look at the frightened soldiers.
"Listen, this official is standing behind you, if you are killed, and this official accompanies you, I don't believe that your life is more precious than my gold!"
Zhang Ke did what he said, and sure enough, he was holding a knife and stood about five steps from the gun position. Hold your chest high and stand still.
The gunners looked at each other a few times, and a veteran in his early forties stomped his feet.
"What are you doing in a daze, adults are not afraid, we have a cheap life, we will die if we die, and we will fight with Jiannu!"
The gunners plucked up their courage again, and the cannon fire on the city became more intense. Just at the time of hesitation, the auxiliary troops outside the city filled many more earthen pits, and the shield cart was able to continue forward, only about one hundred and fifty steps away from the city.
Fortunately, these Fran cannons were able to adjust the angle, and under the command of experienced gunners, the soldiers were busy in an orderly manner, through the front sight and the door, three points and one line, to lock on to the target.
Artillery rumbled. A cannonball hit the shield car exactly,
The shell came in from below, shattering the axle and bracket, and arm-thick timber flew up, hitting the two vest men in the chest. The strength was so great that it was even more terrifying than the hammer blow, and the two layers of armor did not work at all, only to hear their ribs shattered, their mouths open, and desperately vomiting blood clots. Fell to the ground, and saw his life.
Another white-armored soldier who followed behind was also unlucky, and the wooden bars that flew out of nowhere pierced his neck, blood gushed out, and his limbs twitched and fell to the ground and died.
The cannon roared, three more shield carts were shattered, and almost twenty Jiannu were killed and wounded. It's kind of an eye-opener, and there is no explosion again. The soldiers at the head of the city were all encouraged when they saw Zhang Keneng taking the lead. Especially the tragic situation of the Tartars under the city cheered them up.
This kind of Cheng dΓΉ's killing is already horizontal, and it can be regarded as a great victory if it can cut off twenty real Tartar heads in one battle.
However, Zhang Ke was not the slightest happy. Due to the proximity, the artillery has lost its effect, and the real blood struggle is coming, and I don't know if it can hold on!
"Fire!"
Wu Boyan shouted loudly. A platoon of musketeers fired quickly, and the buckshot hit the shield cart, thumping the hides and cotton wool. However, it could not penetrate the shield car. The small damage dealt did not affect the shield cart in the slightest.
"Humph!" Wu Boyan was so angry that he stomped his feet, and hurriedly ordered: "Listen to the people in the back, aim at those auxiliaries and take them under the knife!" β
The auxiliaries were still carrying soil to fill the pits, and they had no armor to protect them, so how could they block the sharp firearms with their flesh and blood. Sixty paces away, a shot hit, and immediately the flesh and blood flew all over the sky.
The soldiers in the city were dumbfounded, the same firearms, they could only shoot more than thirty paces in their hands, but the range of others could be doubled. And what surprised them even more was that when the firecrackers of Daqing Fort were shooting, they only needed to take out a paper tube, bite it open, put the gunpowder in it, tamp it down, and then stuff it into the projectile, and then they could ignite it.
This way is more than twice as fast as their cartridges, and the burden on the soldiers is lighter. After all, when there is a high level of tension, people are easy to make mistakes, and with the experience of soldiers, there will be sometimes more and sometimes less, which is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty fire gun is easy to explode.
With the use of gunpowder, this danger was avoided, and the soldiers could simply reload and shoot.
The firecrackers like waste wood turned out to be the most lethal trump card, and more than a dozen Houjin auxiliaries desperately pushed the antlers, at this time, a round of firearms attacked, and four or five people were hit immediately.
One of them even shot his head directly, and his head was like a rotten watermelon, shattered into countless pieces.
The other had a fist-sized hole in his abdomen, and his intestines flowed out, and the guy staggered and turned and ran back, and after running less than thirty steps, he fell to the ground and lost his vitality.
"They're okay, we're not bad!"
The soldiers in Fengji Fort have also been on the border for a long time, and they have fought a lot. In terms of combat experience, he is much richer than the soldiers of Daqing Fort. Their firecrackers also rushed out, and it just so happened that Jiannu was close, and their firecrackers could also hit.
"Die!"
The auxiliaries were immediately beaten, and their corpses were beaten to the ground, with heavy casualties.
Don't look at it, it is said that it is an auxiliary army, and they also followed the wild boar skin to fight in the south and the north, and they all died in Fengji Fort, and Shuotuo, who commanded the whole army, gritted his teeth.
"Wait to break Fengji Fort, all of them will be slaughtered for me, and no one will be left!"
Passing through the blockade of the musketeers and pushing away the horses blocking the way, the shield cart finally came within thirty paces. Suddenly, dozens of archers jumped out from behind the shield cart, aimed at the city, and shot at the city.
Wild boar skins are used with heavy arrows, although the range is not far, but the precision is tricky, especially the arrows are soaked in fecal water, and there is no good end to being shot.
Wu Boyan saw the archers and hurriedly shouted for the soldiers to dodge. However, it was still a little late, and two firecrackers were shot in the door, screaming and falling to the ground, and the people behind hurriedly carried them down.
I have to say that Jiannu's archers are powerful, and in one round of attacks, at least a dozen people in the city were injured. One of the soldiers was struck by four arrows, and he fell from the city like a stone outside the city.
Although the Jiannu were rampant, there was a group of people who were watching them. That was the archer commanded by Qiao Fu and Du Qing. After several battles, Qiao Fu has summed up his experience, and the gunners line up to shoot, which is actually the most powerful means of long-range strike.
As for the archers, participating in the fight is a complete waste of resources. Therefore, the archers in his mind should take on the role of assassins. Never take it lightly, but as soon as you make a shot, you must have results.
Du Qing just wanted to shoot the enemy with an arrow several times, but was stopped by Qiao Fu, and Du Qing was so angry that he snorted.
"Du Xiucai. Here's your chance, see what you're up to! β
Qiao Fu said, suddenly leaned out from under the hanging household, and used the three consecutive tricks of his hand, and suddenly three Houjin archers fell to the ground screaming in pain.
Du Qing was not polite, the heavy arrow he prepared was heavier than Houjin's, and the bow in his hand was a three-stone bow, and when an arrow was shot, he actually pierced an archer, and he shot the vest behind!
Is it still human!
Qiao Fu was completely frightened by the archery skills and strength of this big man. Fortunately, Lao Tzu's Sanyang Kaitai was hit, otherwise he wouldn't have lost to this guy with two birds with one stone!
"Du Xiucai, when you shoot arrows, you only use seventy percent of your strength, don't use up your strength stupidly.
"Don't worry, my strength is gone!" Du Qing smiled heartily.
The archers in the city suddenly attacked, and sure enough, it worked, and more than ten archers were killed at once. Every archer has to be talented and sweaty, and he has been practicing for more than ten years since he was a child to have today's ability, how can he be willing to throw it away in vain.
As a result, all of these archers retreated to the vicinity of the shield cart. Shoot again, and the dead soldiers can only be dispatched in advance. In the spring, there was little water in Liaodong, the moat was almost half dry, and the auxiliaries did not care about life and death. Braving the attack of the firebolts, pushing the cart, dumping sand and dirt into the moat.
The dead soldiers, armed with siege engines, rushed forward.
The real white-knuckle battle is just around the corner. The war drums rumbled at the head of the city, shaking the earth, and the stamina outside the city was even more so. The cowhide drum was pounding. Shuoto was really desperate, and he sent another hundred archers, not hesitating to sacrifice, to shoot at the head of the city.
If all the firecrackers can be equipped with the firearms of the Great Qing Castle, and there are enough of them, this kind of confrontation is not to be desired. It's just that there are only sixty firecrackers brought from Daqing Fort at the moment, and several have been injured and killed, so Zhang Ke doesn't dare to waste it casually. Hurriedly ordered to hang the hanging, and the soldiers hid behind to attack.
However, after all, the shooting hole affected the line of sight, and the lethality was reduced, and Jiannu's auxiliaries were like crazy, quickly cleaning up antlers, horses, thistles and other things.
Finally the first ladder was erected, and one of the Pashku climbed the ladder and climbed up quickly.
Seeing that he was less than six feet away from the city, the guy jerked his head up, only to see a patch of yellow falling head-on.
"Golden juice!"
The name is very good, but it can't hide the disgusting substance, the boiling dung water has a thick stench, almost disgusting.
The soldiers who poured the gold juice hid far away, and could only dump it with wooden sticks, for fear of getting it on their bodies.
Feces contain too many bacteria, if the skin is burned, the bacteria penetrate deep into the skin and flesh, 100% infection, with the medical treatment of this era, it is almost a death sentence!
This Pashku was even more unlucky, the gold juice fell directly on his face, both eyes were burned blind, he screamed in pain and fell down to the city, and died of pain at that time. The surrounding Jiannu were also cold, but they had no choice but to rush towards the city.
The golden juice at the head of the city fell from time to time, and five or six Jiannu were injured in a large area, and there was no help. And there are more and more tricks in the city, and the rolling wood and stones are falling from the city, which is more terrifying than hail.
Zhang Ke is a person who can defend the city with ice, and he can't do anything. When collecting quilts, Zhang Ke also ordered that the bricks, stones, and logs of every household should be transported to the city wall, and even a special man was responsible for demolishing the house.
The common people did not have much backlash against this radical approach, the reason is very simple, Zhang Ke first demolished the official residence of the general army, what else can the people say!
The resistance of Fengjibao was simply beyond Jiannu's imagination, and before they entered the city, they lost at least sixty or seventy men, which had not been encountered in any previous battle.
There was a Jialazhangjing who was so angry that he personally took the lead and climbed the city wall.
"Damn Nikan, kill!"
"Hahaha, whoever dies must die!" Ma Biao commanded a group of soldiers, holding a swarm of rockets aimed at Jiannu, and in an instant, thousands of arrows were all in unison, and all those who rushed to the city wall were shrouded in it. (To be continued!)
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