Chapter 32: Bitter Battles and Artillery Support

Fortunately, the cannon chamber was finally no longer so hot, and Huang Chongzhen took advantage of the attention of a large number of Jiannu archers and was attracted by the hole in the city wall, and fine-tuned the shelling angle of the Hongyi cannon with Zhou Ji and others.

Zhou Jigang cooperated with Chongzhen to finish exerting his strength, only to see the dark and shiny thick cannon chamber, which was facing directly in the direction of the hole in the city wall, he was immediately startled, and waved his hand to stop: "Ah Zhen, this is not good!" It's going to blow up the walls! ”

Huang Chongzhen instead took off his leather armor with several patches, stuffed it down with one shoulder against the cannon breech, paddled the angle of the shelling more tricky, and grinned: "It's time to show the brothers the real artillery skills!" ”

Zhou Ji suddenly realized that he had reached the point of unconditional trust in this guy, and he was also a bold and careful person, so he grabbed a cannonball and stuffed it into his hand, and said, "Okay!" Come on! ”

As Huang Chongzhen thought, although Zu Dabi, Zu Dale and other ancestral generals, led Zu Kuan and other elite families to form the core to block Jiannu from breaking into the city, desperately holding on to every inch of land under their feet.

It can be called an inch of land, and they refuse to give up an inch.

Although every inch of Jiannu's advance had to pay a great price, the blood had already stained and stained the land at the foot of the city wall, and it was really an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood.

However, as more and more Jiannu, especially the soldiers of the Eight Banners, entered the city, savagely and effectively attacking the defenders of the southern city who were defending in a semicircle, making the encirclement constantly larger and weaker.

The defenders of Nancheng were defeated inch by inch, and they were about to hand over this anthill to others, and they would move their whole body.

Zu Dashou was thunderous on the city wall, so anxious that he almost took up his knife to kill the enemy.

Even Scar Liu Ting and other former soldiers hidden in the army rushed down to the city to support, and it seemed to be useless.

However, Huang Chongzhen's artillery support, just at this critical moment, descended like earth-shattering thunder.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

One after another, one after another, in the prayers of Zhou Ji, Wang Laogou and others, all of them narrowly did not touch the city wall, but smashed into the extremely dense enemy formation around the hole.

A single artillery shell carrying a strong spark can kill and injure dozens or even dozens of people.

Huang Chongzhen devoted all his attention to the shelling, and waved his hand to prohibit the cheers of the team members, but after ten consecutive shots, the cannon chamber was already as hot as fire, and if the cannon was forcibly fired, the risk of exploding the chamber would be extremely high.

Huang Chong really frowned and worried, but he suddenly found that there was another Hongyi cannon on his side, and his eyes turned slightly, the legendary excellent gunner, who was also the artillery battalion sentry officer, Peng Hairpin, was humbly inviting him.

Huang Chongzhen took it as a good measure, fine-tuning the angle was another round of ten shells that did not need a reason, and each blow was thrilling and accurate, which made Peng Hai, who claimed to be the best at firing artillery, surprised and amazed at the same time.

Even if the cannonballs were solid, but after twenty rounds in succession, Jiannu, who was huddled outside the hole in the city wall on the east side of Yongqing, still suffered a devastating injury, and the horror in his heart was even worse than his body.

Jiannu also remembered that the Hongyi cannon at the head of Yongqing City was not a paper tiger, but a genuine white-fronted insect, and it was the most powerful Northeast tiger in the white mountains and black waters.

These tigers had only happened to take a nap before, but now they had woken up, and they were roaring at the enemy's attack, and they were angry with each other, and this anger was still going on without warning, round after round, and it was very long-lasting.

That's because Huang Chongzhen suddenly discovered that another excellent gunner, Luo Li, the deputy sentry officer of the artillery crew, also moved the cannon to this horse-faced battle platform, and was asking him for advice on the skills of firing the cannon with an almost humble attitude.

Huang Chongzhen, who is a good teacher, naturally knows everything and speaks endlessly, while explaining in simple terms the basic composition of the cannon, the basic knowledge of the components, and the basic skills of shelling.

In addition to the demonstration, the trainees were encouraged to boldly try new shelling techniques in front of him.

With such a vivid and vivid teaching method, not to mention Peng Hairpin Luo Li and another main gunner named Lao Liu, even the deputy gunner and the auxiliary soldiers of the artillery crew can learn it immediately.

Even Zhou Ji and a few clever and bold newcomers have mastered the basic skills, but they have not yet been given the opportunity to actually operate them.

After all, the battle situation was critical, and for the next dozen or so shells, Huang Chongzhen asked the experienced Peng Hairpin and others to urge them.

The forty shells were extremely short and unmissed, and each one of them smashed into the crowded enemy formation, causing a lot of casualties and a lot of chaos, and also leaving an indelible shadow in Jiannu's heart.

Even the slave chieftain, who was commanding a battle for miles away, felt that every shell hit his chest, which made him angry and unable to let go for a long time.

What made him extremely depressed, and also made all the Jiannu nobles, military generals and ministers who observed the battle situation extremely frightened, was that these forty thunderbolt-like shelling was just an appetizer.

In the following time, the roar of cannons continued to sound on the most dangerous and left-most horse-faced battle platform, and every time it roared, a cannonball must have smashed into the formation of our own army.

And many times, there are two or three or even four cannon shots, and they are all in one place.

Naturally, Jiannu will not be stupid and wait for the bombardment, and those who are close to the city wall will desperately want to squeeze into the hole, and those who are far away will naturally scatter and hide in all directions.

But those cannons seemed to come to life, and after a short pause, they could once again stare at the densest enemy formations and strike mercilessly.

There are no rules at all for such shelling, let alone martial virtues.

Before you finish singing, I will appear on the stage and compete on the same stage, which is even more exciting.

Who can stop this meow? If this continues, the Jiannu army, which has been crisscrossing Liaodong for more than ten years, will have to be bombarded to the outside and tender inside, and it must taste defeat for the first time.

The Slave Chief could not see the battle inside the hole, so he pinned his hopes on the past, hoping that the large number of troops who had already penetrated the city would be able to slaughter all the enemies who blocked them, and kill a bloody way to the city wall.

Then, along the bloody road, kill the city wall, kill all the gunners, destroy the cannons, and completely break the will of Ningyuan's defenders.

However, he underestimated the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the Ningyuan defenders, and was gradually falling into a bitter battle to block the enemy's army.

Zu Dashou changed his previous mad posture, and under the support of his own soldiers, he stood at the inner head of the city with his hands in his arms, quietly watching the battle situation in the hole.

This majestic gaze-like posture from the head teacher gave great deterrence and encouragement to the army blocking the enemy.

The most important thing is that Yuan Chonghuan got the Nancheng battle report, and immediately understood that Zu Dashou was asking for help from himself in disguise, so he transferred three hundred cavalry from Man Gui to prepare for battle.

He also ordered his 200 personal guards and personally led the army to kill him.

Who said that scholars can't kill enemies?

The war horse soon raised the speed of the charging horse to the extreme on the straight and wide bluestone street.

The earth was rumbling and full of momentum.

Yuan Chonghuan took the lead, wearing black armor like ordinary cavalrymen, but wearing an extremely scarlet cloak, which made everyone know his identity.

"Come on, brothers! Yuan Shuai personally led the army to support us! ”

Zu Dashou was even more afraid that the world would shout out his identity without knowing it, and the army of Nancheng led by Zu Dabi Zu Dale blocked the enemy, and its morale suddenly soared to the peak.

But they know the way of cavalry charging, and they also know that the heavy cavalry when they are charging, as long as everything that is blocked in the charging path will be ruthlessly crushed, even if they know that it is a friendly army, they can only say sorry.

So, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale shouted in unison, and gave way to the road for the heavy cavalry to charge with tacit understanding.

The iron cavalry did not use the three-eyed bird gun with extremely poor crosshairs, and Yuan Chonghuan would not really kill to the forefront of the battle, but strangled the reins of the war horse very early, showing good horse control skills.

However, the iron cavalry behind him did not stop running, but brandished a heavy long-handled horse chopping knife, and fearlessly, rushed into the Jiannu formation that was trying to suppress the battle line inside the hole, ruthlessly crushing, and slashing wantonly.

At this time, the Jiannu army formation was naturally dominated by the most courageous Eight Banner soldiers, supplemented by the armored slaves who fought for their lives.

But even so, it was difficult to block the edge of these five hundred iron horsemen.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners, who had always known about the charge, were still the first time to see the power of the Daming Iron Cavalry, and they were frightened and at the same time seemed very flustered, and for the first time they had the idea of avoiding their edges on both sides, and put them into action.

But Zu Dabi and the others, who have fought hard until now, finally waited for this extremely advantageous fighter, where would they get their wish, and they didn't yell and scream, but they held back their strength and silently held on to their wings, not giving an inch.

Even if the Eight Banners soldiers at the forefront struggled to resist, they were quickly killed, and those who were a little further back saw that they really couldn't resist it, so they wanted to retreat a little in order to gain momentum.

But the situation of Jiannu, who was threatened by shelling at the entrance of the cave outside the city, was even worse, and naturally desperately wanted to squeeze into the cave.

So, the beast-like Jiannu soldiers had to have a forced short-range encounter with the newborn calf-like Ningyuan soldiers, and there was no way to retreat, and they met on a narrow road, either you died or I died.

And on the narrow road, the brave is the winner.

Although Ningyuan is a lonely city, it is the home of Ningyuan's army after all, and the artillery support of the front and rear artillery groups, including Zu Dashou's command, and Yuan Chonghuan leading the army to charge.

All the courage, morale, and pride of the soldiers defending the city were raised to the peak at this moment.

On the other hand, Jiannu's side, although the temper of the brute beast was stimulated by this dog-hole-like opening in the city gate.

But a dog cave is a dog cave after all, no matter how much you chop and chop, it can only accommodate several people entering and exiting at the same time.