1049 Demonstration Siege

Qi Jiguang was afraid that he was an old man, so he could only lower his head and keep silent! But Liu Haojia was not used to Zhang Han's temper, and directly sneered and said: "If you do this, then the lower officials are too welcome!" 20,000 cavalry rushed out on the left and right, and if the formation was sparse, they would all die under the shotguns and firearms! If the formation is dense, a few rounds of artillery will crush them all! Don't forget that there are still mortars and flowering shells here in Xiaguan, which are not used! If it weren't for Lord Qi always keeping the formation in a sparse state, a few flowering bombs would have killed thousands of people! ”

Only then did everyone remember that kind of powerful flowering bomb, Liu Haojia had never used it from beginning to end! It turned out that Qi Jiguang had never given him a chance to use it! So at this time, they couldn't help but sigh that Qi Jiguang was a veteran soldier and familiar with the combat style of the Tartars!

In the end, Liu Haojia and Qi Jiguang discussed and determined the results of this battle. Liu Haojia suffered 200 casualties on his side, and most of them were wounded. Half of the cavalry were killed, about four hundred! As for the Tartars, more than 5,000 people were killed and wounded, most of them were killed in battle. Push it down according to this rule. Liu Haojia will get the result of decapitating five hundred levels!

Emperor Wanli was unhappy when he heard this, and said, "Two Aiqing, is the number of beheadings you discussed a little less?" ”

Qi Jiguang bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is a certain reason for the two of us to set this number, because the Tartars are basically cavalry and are very fast, so it is impossible for us to let the soldiers out of the formation on the battlefield to collect mobile phones!" In that case, you'll be easily attacked by the Tartars! And in this battle the Tartars are numerous and always on the attacking side! That is, the battlefield is in their hands, so they have time to calmly take the corpses of their companions! And this is already the norm for us to fight with the Tartars, so this time we killed a lot of the Tartars, but we can only bring back a small number of heads! ”

Emperor Wanli first nodded, then rubbed his neck vigorously and said, "So that's the case!" I really get it! But the next time I rehearse, the two of you stand in front of me, and you're tired from twisting your necks back and forth! ”

Everyone on the high platform burst into a low laugh when they heard this! However, Qi Jiguang was anxious to see another drill, so he killed them without waiting for their laughter to end: "Lord Liu, that city wall has just been erected, right?" Is it a drill for a siege station? ”

Emperor Wanli also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" I also want to see how the siege battle is fought! ”

Liu Haojia immediately said: "If Your Majesty wants to see it, the minister will arrange it immediately!" ”

After saying that, he gave an order to the soldiers around him! After the soldiers waved the flag, the army below quickly moved! More than 20 artillery pieces were lined up more than 400 steps in front of the city gate, and the muzzles of the cannons pointed directly at the city wall! At the same time, a group of soldiers took out the sacks to take the soil on the spot, and then ran forward with the sacks, and then dropped the sacks less than a hundred steps away from the city wall and quickly withdrew!

And sandbags aren't littered! They orderly enclosed the sandbags into several low walls! This kind of low wall is only chest-high, and the width of the left and right is only about three or four steps!

Just when everyone was wondering what such a short low wall could do, they saw the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side holding shields, covering the Franc machine gun and the gunners running over quickly! Everyone immediately understood that this low wall was used to house artillery! And then even those mortars were placed behind the low wall under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers!

At this time, Liu Haojia said loudly: "Now show Your Majesty and your colleagues the first way to siege the city!" ”

As the soldiers waved their flags, the ranks below began to surge forward! Everyone could see that the entire force below was not dispatched, but the firecrackers covered by sword and shield soldiers approached within a hundred steps of the city and began to fire wildly at the city wall! At the same time, new artillery and Furlong cannons began to fire at the city!

Although a considerable number of shells were missed, a small number of shells smashed on the city wall were also amazingly powerful! Cannonballs smashed on the tower, and the bricks and stones on the tower flew sideways, crumbling, as if they were about to collapse! The cannonballs smashed on the city wall like a drum! It's as if there's an invisible giant slamming down on the walls with a hammer!

And after three rounds of firing, the artillery roughly figured out the pattern, and the latter all changed to shotguns! Then there was a howling sound of a gust of wind below, and it was a huge sound from a shrapnel piercing the air! Then there was the sound of buckshot crackling against the wall!

As you can imagine, if there were any soldiers defending the city at this time, they would be full of holes!

While the artillery and musketeers were firing frantically, six guns had already quietly shifted their targets! They set their sights on the wooden door with huge copper nails embedded in it!

The artillerymen also looked very well trained, with four shells hitting the ground in the first round! Four large holes were immediately punched in the gate! The person on the high platform can even see the scene behind through the telescope and then through the hole in the door!

Especially Qi Jiguang was even more trembling! He could already imagine the miserable sight of the soldiers preparing for defense in the cave of the city gate being swept away by cannonballs!

Seeing that four holes were punched in the city gates, the artillerymen were even more excited! Then another salvo was fired! This time all six shells hit! Five new holes have been added to the city gates! The reason why it is said that there are five new holes is that one of the shells hit the bullet hole of the previous round, merging the two bullet holes into one huge bullet hole!

Everyone on the high platform held the telescope in their hands, staring at the city gate! The civil officials all turned pale, while the nobles looked proud, and they didn't know what they were proud of! You know, the soldiers who are organizing the attack now have nothing to do with them!

Then the third salvo fired, again in five shells! Now the gate itself, which is already crumbling, can no longer bear it! The gate on the left fell straight backwards, while the upper part of the gate on the right fell to the ground with a flip! At this moment, the gates of the city are open!

Then the musketeers who were suppressing the fire outside the city, as well as the sword and shield soldiers covering them, immediately gathered and rushed towards the city gate with a loud roar! And the army that has not stepped forward in the back began to quickly come forward to replenish!

Seeing this kind of scene, everyone on the high platform has only one sentence in their hearts! The city is broken!

Just when everyone's hearts were mixed with each other, Zhang Han, who was very indignant and proud, looked at a civilian official who usually claimed to be a soldier! The civil official who received the look naturally knew what he meant, that is, he didn't want Liu Haojia to be too proud!