Chapter 550: The Second Battle of Annam, XI

As Zhu Houhuang expected, the army that rushed to the camp of the Mo army was the elite troops under Zheng Sui, and there were not many such troops Zheng Sui himself. So Zheng Sui was very worried. Even if he couldn't see it really, Zheng Sui didn't look at it.

Countless rockets were sprayed out.

The so-called rocket is not something that will launch satellites in later generations at all, but is boosted by gunpowder tied to the back of the arrow, just like the cupola that I played with when I was a child. Uh, the age of the leak. The force of the gunpowder jet shoots the rocket out. However, such arrows are usually not accurate, because of the change in the charge of the rocket, as well as the position of the rocket's tail feathers.

Some have just been shot out, and they have already landed, some can fly hundreds of steps before landing, the normal ones are flying forward, of course, there are also abnormal flying everywhere, eager to fly sideways, the only thing that can be determined is that they did not fly backwards, otherwise such rockets would have been eliminated long ago.

Although there was a thin smoke of gunpowder that covered the battlefield. It's as if the lens in front of you has been blurred by a filter. However, the amount of gunpowder is still relatively small, and it can't form smoke that covers the sky, and Zhu Houhuang can still see what is going on on the field with enough eyesight. Zhu Houhuang took a closer look and said secretly: "I overestimated the power of Annan's firearms. ”

Sure enough, although a large number of soldiers who rushed over died under firearms, such as rockets or something, but when they approached the wall, there was a tiger squat cannon, and all the bowls were fired. But the short range is their dead end.

It can only protect the vicinity of the wall, not far. The launch range is less than a hundred paces outside the wall.

This distance is the real death zone, and anyway, the soldiers who rush into this range will inevitably die. Layers of corpses were spread directly in front of the wall from a hundred paces away. However, this time. The flaw of the firearms of this era is also obvious, that is, their loading speed is too slow. Taking advantage of the gap after their firearms were fired, Zheng Jun pounced violently.

The people who rushed to the front threw themselves on the wall. A round object, like a jar, was thrown from the wall with flames.

It's the earth-shattering thunder, or the enemy of 10,000 people. It is the least difficult firearm to craft. However, the power depends on the amount of gunpowder in them.

"Boom. Boom, boom. "The sound of the explosion of earth-shattering thunder, as if stacked together violently, set off a wave of air in front of the wall, the violent white waves, as if lifted from the ground, the whole earth was shaken, Zheng Jun on the periphery of the wall, all were lifted, as if it was a piece of lifeless earth and stone smashed on the ground, leaving a large area of blood, a large area of blood was also covered by dust, dust and blood mixed in everything, suddenly looked much darker.

Zhu Houhuang's heart tightened.

However, after a while, before this camp, a lot of people died, and Zhu Houhuang roughly looked at it and knew that there were probably more than a thousand. But here it goes, and the offensive is not over. At the same time, Yu Dayou felt sorry for his subordinates, had already stopped attacking, hurriedly came over, and stood behind Zhu Houhuang to observe the battlefield.

The Zheng army is not iron-clad, and when the people who rushed in front were almost all dead, where did the people behind have the courage to continue the attack, and the large-scale Zheng family retreated.

However, in the camp that Zheng Jun retreated to, there was already a temporary position one or two steps away from the camp.

A large number of planks were nailed to the ground, and the lower half was buried in the earth, as if a wooden wall had suddenly grown from the ground. In fact, these fortifications have not yet been completed, and many people are desperately building fortifications. However, they moved fast enough, although it was a simple fortification, but under the enemy's artillery fire, they continued to dig in the earth, and the pressure on them was very great.

In fact, the number of artillery pieces that the Mo army can hit at this distance is not too much, but the shells that can hit are not something that a mere layer of wood can resist. So the people are desperately filling in the soil behind the wooden planks. It is hoped that a solid fortification will be established. But soon they won't need it.

Countless people have weapons in their hands, most of them are spears, and a small part are swords and the like. Then he was driven out by the fierce Zheng Jun behind him.

"Boom." They don't know when the artillery was transported, although it was just a tiger squat cannon similar to the Mo army, weighing around 100 catties, it was not too heavy, and several people carried wooden shelves and carried them out together. At this moment, it was Zheng Jun's tiger squat cannon that fired.

These people were bombarded by the artillery behind them. Rushed over like a flock of sheep. He rushed forward.

Repeating the scene again. What kind of combat effectiveness can these recruited people have, rushing forward is just sending them to death, and just now the elite troops of the Zheng army were also broken and sunk under the artillery fire of the camp.

Yu Dayou's face turned pale, and he said: "It's useless at all, why do you force them to die?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Because, gunpowder is very valuable. ”

Yu Dayou didn't understand how Zhu Houhuang came to this conclusion. It's just that because of Zhu Houhuang's identity, he didn't dare to refute it. Because you, Yu Dayou, as a general, although he pays attention to logistics issues, he has never cared about the cost problem, and he really cares about the logistics cost in Dongyong, but Zhu Houhuang is Shaofu and Wu Xingzhi, not the generals on the front line.

Gunpowder is valuable, very valuable, especially when Zhu Houhuang used firearms on a large scale, a large number of raw materials for gunpowder were purchased by Dongyong, which also raised the cost of gunpowder. Zhu Houhuang didn't know how much gunpowder the Mo army used just now, but in terms of gunpowder reserves, the reserves of the Yong army far exceeded the Mo army. And in terms of transportation, most of Dongyong is transported by sea, and his transportation line is more than that of the Mo army, and many materials come from Dongyong, but the different modes of transportation make the logistical pressure on both sides almost the same.

Is it cost-effective to use a piece of fresh human life to consume the opponent's gunpowder? It's a very metaphysical question. But in Zheng Sui's eyes, it is very worthwhile. The so-called rather than a peaceful dog, not a person in troubled times. The cruelty of troubled times is not something that ordinary people can imagine.

Sure enough, after a while, Mo Jun also felt that something was wrong, and changed the way of defense, not using firearms, but using more rolling stones, sasswood, arrows and the like.

The pace of the battle between the two sides was instantly reduced. Even so, there are large tracts of people's corpses.

After almost half a day of fighting, one or two hundred meters away from the camp, with wooden planks as a baffle, there were large patches of earth fixed behind it, and a wooden wall of human height corresponded to the south of the wooden wall of the camp. After the fortification was completed, Zheng Sui felt that he could take a break.

Zheng Sui came to report to Zhu Houhuang: "The minister has seen His Highness. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Lord Zheng is exempt. ”

Zheng Sui said: "Today's battle, I have gained a firm foothold in front of the Xiying, and my morale has been suspended, and it is not suitable to attack again today. “

Zhu Houhuang said: "Today's Qinghua army has impressed Gu, it seems that the Mo army is not worried, and it is not too late to fight again in the coming day." ”

Having said that, Zhu Houhuang understood very well that a strong attack was the next step. It is impossible to use it, as far as today's tentative attack is concerned, Yu Dayou's side did not fight much, but after a trial, he found that the casualties were relatively large, so he immediately stopped. Even then, the casualties were in the hundreds. On the side of the Qinghua army, although they have been fighting for a long time, they are still building an earthen wall before the camp. The casualties are only more than 1,000, if you just look at such casualties, it is obvious that Zheng Jun fought better than the Yong army, but in fact, the casualties of the people are not in Zheng Sui's calculation at all, this kind of cold logic makes Zhu Houhuang uncomfortable, but he must accept it.

Zhu Houhuang agreed with Zheng Sui's idea, and he turned his head to look at Ning Pingcheng. Secretly said: "This is a hard bone. ”