Chapter 1360: Familiar Flag
There was a loud echo below, but at this time, the cannon of the Jianzhou Jurchen fired again, directly covering up the shouts of the people.
"Willing to fight hard with the Tartars to take the guys to the city, they are all preparing in the city, when you do it, if you want to live, don't force it, find a place to cat, and now if you want to run and want to sit back, then it's a dead end!" Someone shouted in the city.
Again and again, the Ming army and the Jianzhou Jurchens occupied back and forth, there were no people in the city for a long time, hearing this, many people went to pick up their weapons, and some people looked complicated, and after hesitation, they turned around and walked home, some people looked at them with contempt, and some people reprimanded them, but they were quickly stopped, at this time, it was enough to stay, and they couldn't force others.
The Jianzhou Jurchens were divided into three teams, one team stayed in the military formation, one team went to the northwest corner of the city with artillery, defeated that side and began to attack, and the other team was the right side of Jinzhou City.
The dense fog that covered the sky was getting thinner and thinner now, everything on the battlefield was getting clearer and clearer, and the Jinzhou defenders at the head of the city looked at the military formation forced by the Jianzhou Jurchens, and everyone felt suffocated.
"This artillery is too bad, otherwise it would have been able to go out and fight a dozen now, but now it can't move!" Chen Jisheng gritted his teeth and said, Zhang Pan also nodded with an ugly face
"Put the Tartars in and fight, they can't spread it in the city, let's meet the enemy in the city!" "No, there are too many people in the Tartars, I'm afraid I won't be able to close the city gate if I let them rush in!"
Everyone knows that it is not advisable to defend the city to the death, but at this time there is no other choice but to defend to the death.
The formation of the Jianzhou Jurchens has been arranged, and this long process makes the defenders even more difficult, as if someone else is sharpening their knives and preparing to kill you, but you can only watch that the frequency of the Jianzhou Jurchen's artillery is very slow, and it is even slower to adjust the direction.
Even so, the defenders who were observing the Jianzhou artillery position were scolding, in the past, these Ming gunners were perfunctory, but on the Jianzhou Jurchen side, they were so diligent and serious, where did they use this thought!
The artillery finally began to bombard the corner of the wall, the frequency of shelling was still very slow, and there were even shells missing, but as long as they hit, they would take some of them away from the corner of the wall, and as long as they hit enough times, the corner of the city wall would collapse, and then they could step on the slope and rush.
Everyone can think of the ending and face it, so Kong Youde and the others have already gone to the city wall at this time, ambushed behind the bunker, and endured every time the ground shakes, they didn't think about anything else, they just thought that they could immediately engage in battle when the Jianzhou Jurchens attacked the city.
The taste of lying there was not good, the cannonballs were whistling and flying, shaking the not thick and tall walls, and the long interval aggravated the torment in the heart, no one knew whether the next shell would hit the wall directly, and some people had already been unable to dodge, and were hit by the splashing of masonry fragments, and there were a few more blood holes on their bodies.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Kong Youde has been subconsciously chattering, he suddenly thought, if he really died in battle and went to the underworld, how should he tell his family what happened to him, he should be very decent, he really killed a lot of Tartars, worthy of relatives and friends, and can puff up his chest.
Now he only hopes that the shelling will end soon, face to face, so that he can feel happy, it is really uncomfortable to be depressed like this, every time the shell hits, he is looking forward to the next shot, looking forward to the end, Kong Youde curled up behind the bunker, holding his head, and he couldn't see anything outside.
This method of hiding was taught by Zhao Jiajun on Phi Dao, although the posture was ugly and there was no heroism, but it could play a good hiding role for firearms that really had to kill.
Every time the cannon hits, there will be cheers from the Jianzhou Jurchen army on the opposite side, as if they have won a big victory, which makes Kong Youde even more angry, thinking that you have not yet gone to the city, Jinzhou is still in the hands of the Ming army, what are you happy about, wait to see the real chapter under Lao Tzu's knife.
But why didn't this cannon come for a long time, why was it so quiet outside, Kong Youde finally realized that something was wrong, he looked up, he couldn't see anything outside the city, but he saw someone standing at the head of the city, which made Kong Youde furious, and immediately roared: "Xiao Geng, you don't want to fucking live, get down!" ”
Geng Jingzhong actually stood up so stupidly, motionless towards the west, and with another shot, the splashed bricks and stones would easily hit people, not to mention, if the Jianzhou Jurchens under the city approached and shot at the head of the city with a bow and arrows, then Geng Jingzhong would be a target.
The roar here had no effect, Geng Jingzhong was still standing in a daze, Kong Youde was really a little anxious, seeing that no one was standing by Geng Jingzhong's side, he stood up with his waist and was ready to rush over and press the other party down.
As soon as Kong Youde got up and ran two steps, he saw Geng Jingzhong, who was standing there stupidly, turn around, there was no madness on his face, but only shock.
“。 Boats, boats, boats. ”
Geng Jingzhong muttered, and suddenly his voice became a lot louder, from chattering to roaring, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the port to the west, and shouted with all his might: "Boat! The ship is coming! Big ship, big ship! ”
Everyone at the head of the city stood up, no matter whether there would be artillery bombardment under the city, no matter how far away the Jianzhou Jurchen military formation was, they all looked towards the port, there were indeed ships, not those small boats that left yesterday, but big ships, big ships like cities on the sea, more than one, there were ten, dozens of ships, no, maybe there were hundreds!
Because of the fog, everyone has no heart to look at the sea, because the Jianzhou Jurchens have artillery, and even if those ships come back, there is no way to change the overall situation.
When the wind and fog cleared, I didn't expect such a scene to appear, this is not those small boats that left, but big ships, but so many big ships.
"Is this a mirage" someone said with a face full of disbelief, and everyone who heard his words subconsciously rubbed their eyes, no one could believe it, hallucinations and illusions were the best explanation.
Not only did the defenders at the head of the city not react, but even the Jianzhou Jurchen army below was also stunned, both sides were too focused on the battlefield just now, and the fog obscured their vision again, no one expected such a scene.
The Jianzhou Jurchen army was in a commotion, even if it was not clear to hear the orders below, but it could still see the direction of the flag, the team that was going to attack the front of the city wall had stopped moving, the siege equipment was directly thrown aside, and the brigade approached the artillery array in the northwest corner of the city wall.
Even the cannon is turning, but this cannon is unusually heavy, and it has taken a lot of effort to place it and reinforce it, and it is not so easy to move it.
So far, there has been no cheering in the city, even the people who reacted were the same, everyone didn't know how to explain the scene in front of them, the imperial court definitely didn't have such a big ship, and it couldn't organize such a large scale, who the hell was coming?
With such a huge change, Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of Dongjiang Town, and Zhang Pan, the general soldier of Jinzhou, both walked quickly to the head of the city, and after seeing the fleet on the other side of the port, their reaction was not much better than that of the soldiers below.
"This is Xuzhou's fleet, it belongs to Zhao Jiajun!" Someone shouted at the top of the city.
The fog cleared quickly, and now there was already sunlight, and now it was clear that some of the big ships had flags on the top of their masts, and some of them did not.
But some of the flags are recognized, this flag from the people of Dongjiang Town, Phi Island are recognized, this is the flag of Xuzhou, at that time many people were still laughing secretly, a country tyrant with evil intentions actually has his own banner, maybe it is to bully the Phi Island side is not in the Guan, so it is to fool people.
Who would have thought that they would see it on such an occasion today, and it was still on a fleet of such a scale, and at this time, they could imagine what kind of monster the Zhao Jiajun in Xuzhou was.
Chen Jisheng was the first to react, he turned his head to Zhang Pan and said: "We can't let the Tartar artillery hit the port, let's send someone out to contain it!" ”
The range of the general's artillery is very long, and the port west of Golden State is also very close to the battlefield, so it is easy to block the port if the cannon is fired, so that the ships cannot dock.
But Zhang Pan didn't react immediately, he hesitated, and then said in a muffled voice: "Lao Chen, this Xuzhou Zhao family army is a thief, we are an official army, do we want to help them?" ”
Chen Jisheng was silent, but soon said categorically: "Help!" They are the common people of the Han family, and they are stronger than the barbarian Tatars! ”
"The imperial court can't send reinforcements, but the thieves are coming, and I don't know how long this world can last." Zhang Pan did not respond positively to Chen Jisheng's question, but just spoke with a sneer.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Pan turned around and shouted: "Kong Youde, you lead"
As soon as the words were shouted, they were interrupted by a thunderous roar, is this the sound of cannons? Could it be that the artillery of the Tartars was fired so quickly?
Every defender who heard the sound of artillery felt a tightness in his heart, if the port was blocked by Tartar artillery, then no matter how many ships came, it would be useless, and Golden State would still die.
Immediately, everyone realized that the sound of artillery was still a little far away from here, and it should have sounded on the sea. Is this for demonstrations? It is impossible to reach this side at such a distance, and such a cannon sound is useless.
The whistling sound of the cannonballs flying became louder and louder, the roar sounded one after another, and the whistling sound became more and more dense, and it actually hit it.
The first shell landed, stirring up a column of dust and smoke on the ground, and the earth and stones were splashed, but it was missed, and the Jianzhou Jurchen array had already begun to riot, and the first shot missed, but it was obvious that it could hit this side, and there was more than one, or even more than ten, that fired.