Chapter 147: Offense and Defense
Standing high and hitting far, this remark also applies to the artillery erected by the Jingbei Army on the west city of Laizhou City.
At the moment when the Qing army assembled, the artillery of the Jingbei Army defending the city was ready, and their target was the trebuchet that posed the greatest threat to the city wall.
Obviously, the firing range of the general's cannon far exceeded the range of the trebuchet, and after two rounds of test firing, the artillery of the Jingbei Army quickly adjusted the charge and firing direction of the artillery.
Artillery after cannon kept smashing on the trebuchet positions of the Qing army.
Even if the artillery accuracy of this era is not high, it cannot withstand the repeated bombardment of artillery.
"Click, click!"
This is the sound of the wood breaking after being hit by lead bullets, the keel of a trebuchet was pierced by the cannon, and it was instantly broken into two, a piece of giant wood and stone bullets fell heavily from mid-air, and the two Han army flags that could not dodge were directly penetrated through the chest by the giant trees flying sideways.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The artillery of the Jingbei Army continued to roar, and all the large and small artillery deployed at the West Gate had been ignited, and with a fierce roar, the entire Dinghai Gate had been covered with gunsmoke.
More than 20 cannons, large and small, roared and flew towards the trebuchet position of the Qing army.
This time, more trebuchets were scattered, and a full six of them were shattered by the dense cannonball.
"Quick, trebuchet shooting! Gunners ignition! ”
Jin Li, who commanded the trebuchet and artillery, roared and gave the order to attack.
The Han flag gunners were not frightened by the artillery of the Jingbei Army, but desperately pulled the hemp rope that operated the trebuchet and then loosened it violently.
Not to be outdone, the gunners lit the fiery rope that connected the barrels.
It's just that their return fire was futile, and even if stone shells and cannons fell on the city walls, they were only a few scattered places, after all, the gap in number and range could not be bridged.
"Raise the flag, let Sonomu and Tong Guoen's department move forward at full speed. Broke the city of Laizhou and marched for three days! ”
The artillery battle was unfavorable, and the face of Prince Cheng Yue Tuo, who was stationed on the dirt slope to watch the formation, was gloomy and terrifying.
Yue Tuo, who had been in battle for a long time, clearly knew that if there was not enough firepower to support, the difficulty of attacking the city would be very difficult, but at this moment, he could only rush to the city of Laizhou in one fell swoop when the Ming thief artillery bombarded the position.
"Wow!"
Ao Beihong received the order and rushed down the dirt slope with a dozen heralds.
"General Yangwu will order, the whole army will attack the city, and after the city is broken, the army will be in column for three days!"
"General Yangwu will order, the whole army will attack the city, and after the city is broken, the army will be in column for three days!"
The Mongolian soldiers and the Han army who received the order suddenly lit up, everyone knew that the general army of Laiden had wrapped all the money and grain in Jinan City to Laizhou, if Laizhou was broken, wouldn't this wealth be for us to take.
"Kill! The sons and daughters are really rushing with their books! ”
Sonomu's eyes were red, and he roared wildly as he brandished his long knife.
As the main force of the siege, the two Mongol soldiers of Niu Lu were all wearing double armor, each holding a big sword, they did not rush forward in a swarm like the previous day, but dozens of people in a team, forming more than ten detachments, carrying dozens of ladders, keeping a corresponding distance between the front and back, and forming such a queue, also to prevent the artillery of the Jingbei Army.
The Han army that followed closely behind was also divided into dozens of units as long-range soldiers for fire support, but their formation was relatively tight, after all, the firecrackers needed to concentrate fire and shoot.
The Han army and the Mongol soldiers moved, and the Qing army's wells also began to move towards Laizhou City, and a Manchurian soldier with a red flag inlaid with Niu Lu was scattered on ten wells, with a longbow in his hand, and his eyes stared at Laizhou City.
Below them, dozens of Manchurian soldiers were desperately pushing the well.
The Manchu, Han and Mongolian armies that invested six Niu Lu at one time, Yue Tuo's purpose was obvious, that is, to break the city in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the fact that the soldiers had come to the city and were in full swing.
"Fire, fire, fire!"
Yang Biao, who commanded the city, didn't care how many Tartars there were under the city, he only knew that these Tartars would be within his range.
The volleys of large and small artillery on the head of the city suddenly filled the air with black smoke, which shrouded the sky above the city, and at the same time filled the Qing army array in the distance.
During the artillery bombardment, large and small iron balls kept jumping, harvesting human lives, and the first to bear the brunt were those Mongolian soldiers who were in a frantic conflict, and of course, the Han army flags with fire guns behind them also continued to fall in the sound of cannons.
The battlefield was full of screams and the Qing army, dragging the mutilated limbs, and some even dragged the organs in their abdomen on the ground and struggled forward.
"Bang!"
A shield cart was directly hit by a solid iron ball, and scattered broken bamboo flew out like arrows, and more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers around the shield cart were stabbed at the same time, and their bodies and faces were full of bamboo tips.
It's okay to be hit on the body, after all, there is a double layer of cotton armor protection, and those whose faces were poked by bamboo branches all covered their faces and cried frantically.
There was even a Mongol soldier, whose eyes were pierced by bamboo branches, and whose face was gushing with blood, who was desperately rolling and wailing on the ground.
"Transfer the small cannon from the south gate to the west gate, and Lao Tzu will blow up these bitch's livestock."
The effect of the artillery bombardment greatly increased Yang Biao's confidence, and while directing the artillery bombardment, he gave the military order with a wild laugh.
Human life is not as expensive as paper, and it is even like grass mustard on this battlefield.
The Mongol soldiers who scattered the attack and the Han army flags charged to the death in the artillery fire.
To be a slave is to have the consciousness of being a slave, and to be ready to be cannon fodder, because they know that as long as they dare to turn back, those Manchurians behind them will ruthlessly swing their long knives.
Finally, after killing more than 200 Mongol soldiers and Han army banners, a large number of Qing troops finally rushed to the city of Laizhou.
"On the rolling wood and the stone, except for the general's cannon, the rest will scatter bombs for Lao Tzu, and then send someone to the south gate, he and them hurry up, Qin Ying's cowardice is so slow to transfer a few cannons."
Yang Biao was not afraid of these Manchurian soldiers, the city wall with more than three feet, and the full of city defense equipment piled up at the battlement, made Yang Biao full of confidence.
The white pole soldiers of the Jingbei Army in the city worked hard to push the thick rolling logs and large stones from the battlements.
The ranged soldiers also fired at the right time, and the gunners desperately reloaded the shotshots and adjusted the barrels.
The Mongol soldiers and Han soldiers under the city were all old and brave soldiers, and the shelling of the Jingbei army did not make them feel afraid, and the death of their companions stimulated them to become more and more crazy.
The red-eyed Mongols didn't care about the countless rolling logs and rocks falling from the city, and they desperately carried the shield carts, and then carried the ladders to the city wall between the shield carts.
The shield cart was smashed, so he hid where it was not broken, and the ladder fork was pushed to it, and then it was re-erected.
The Han army's firecrackers also lined up in a linear formation to shoot at the city, and the Mongol soldiers who had no cover also took off their longbows and shot towards the city wall.
Constantly the Jingbei army that was emerging at the battlement was shot by guns and arrows, and then fell on the city wall.
For a while, up and down the city wall, arrows and stones flew together, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the heavens and the earth.