Chapter 293: Who is the Hero (Part II)
The mist of Hakuba Port receded, the sun was shining, and the situation in front of you was unobstructed.
Outside the city is the Hu army, solemnly arrayed, the military discipline is strict, the whole army array does not have a trace of noise, exuding a breathtaking military atmosphere.
In the middle of the army, a big flag is erected high, Kuerbo is riding on a horse, looking at the defensive wall of Baima Port, you can see at a glance that the Dacheng flag is floating in the wind, and on the top of the wall, an army has appeared, arranged neatly.
Looking at the team on the city wall, Hu Erbo's face became slightly solemn, and the Dacheng army surprised him, and he thought to himself: "This Dacheng army has some strength!"
However, whether the walls of the port are big cities or not, even if the canals are dug and repaired temporarily, this cannot be changed.
Hu Erbo looked into the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it was time to test it first, thinking of this, Hu Erbo commanded a few words in the grassland language.
In a moment, the trumpet sounded.
The Hu people did not set up camp or have lunch first, so they couldn't wait to come to attack the city and test it.
Looking from a distance, I saw that Hu Dajun's army had launched about twenty shield carts.
The so-called shield carriage is a thick wooden board that can block bows and arrows, and there are ladders to support the wall, which is a common siege tool for the Han people in this world, and they don't want to be learned by the Hu people.
Although the shield carriage is not high, the port wall is not high, and it can be driven.
There is also a wheelbarrow in the back, which is loaded with dirt and is used to fill the ditch, which looks like a Han Chinese.
This total size is a leading team.
Coming slowly, the defenders of the city held their breath and waited for orders.
At this time, in the city, three rows of muskets had already loaded their ammunition and were waiting, while one by one, the commanders, holding flags, each of which was in charge of a team's shooting.
At this moment, the sound of jΔ«ang war drums came from the Hu army, and the Hu army under the city shouted in unison, pushing the shield cart, and charged forward.
"Steady, get the order to open again!" a warlord shouted back and forth over the city walls.
At this time, someone commanded: "Raise the gun!"
At the sound of an order, the firecracker slumped towards the battlement wall, and the swarthy muzzle of the gun aimed downward.
There is only paper armor on the fire commander's hands, the reason is very simple, the sailor is generally unable to wear iron armor to move, once he falls into the water, dozens of catties of iron can make the best sailors sink at once.
But now on land, it's dangerous.
The Hu people pushing the shield carriage shouted together and rushed into fifty paces, when the drums sounded, and when the drums were heard, the commanders waved the order flag in unison and shouted: "Shoot!" and "Boom, boom!" The fire bolt spewed out a large amount of fire and smoke.
"Shoot again!" The second group shot again, and the city was filled with smoke.
"Three shots!" The last row fired fiercely downward, and at this time the smoke made it impossible to see clearly, so he had to wait for a while, and of course the fire sharps stepped back and quickly reloaded the ammunition.
When the smoke cleared, everyone looked at it, and they couldn't help but be disappointed, only to see that forty paces away, more than twenty were knocked to the ground, flesh and blood were blurred, and they did not die for a while, but just rolled on the ground and screamed loudly.
The current Dacheng fire system can break the cotton armor within forty steps, but the shield carriage is covered by thick wooden boards, and the damage of Hu Jun is not very large.
Most of the shield wagons still rushed quickly.
Zheng Pingyuan's face was cold: "Keep shooting!"
When I got to the bottom of the city, due to the problem of the horns, I naturally couldn't rely on this plank, especially when climbing, there was definitely no obstruction.
"Shoot!" Someone suddenly gave the order, and the sound of booming was endless.
Almost at the same time, when they were close to twenty paces, behind the shield carriage, a group of Hu people pulled away with bows, only to hear the sound of "buzz", the sound of bowstrings, and a batch of long arrows shot towards the battlement.
"Ah!" Hu Ren shot arrows very strongly, accurately and ruthlessly, only to hear the screams again and again, and more than a dozen fires at the city wall fell to the ground, rolling.
"Shoot!" "Bang Bang Bang!" "Shoot up!" fires rang out, spewing projectiles and smoke.
This time, in the roar of the fire, the Hu people in the front row lost their block, were knocked to the ground, and rolled on the ground screaming loudly.
"Boom, boom!" The war drums were high, the two sides shot at each other in the city, screams and muffled snorts were heard from time to time, after a while, the Han people's carts were driven up, a large number of carts were dumped directly in the canal, a section of the trench was filled, and then the shield carriage car, the simple long cloud ladder leaned towards the city, and the Hu warriors directly bit the knife and climbed straight up.
A shout: "Shoot!".
"Bang bang bang!" the sound and smoke continued to rise, and immediately there was a scream, falling to the ground, rolling back and forth on the ground, and howling.
At this moment, all the Hu people who climbed the ladder fell down.
"An archer can't be twenty a day, and it's even more difficult to shoot ten rounds in a row on the battlefield. Zheng Pingyuan looked at it coldly, he was a battle-hardened person, and he immediately understood.
In terms of distance, archers are better than fire mirrors, and even more powerful than others, but archers have several characteristics, first of all, bows and arrows are more expensive than fire, a genuine bow and arrow takes three years, and fire is only three days.
The second is that it is difficult to train archers, it often takes several years, and it also requires a lot of arm strength, Hu people have been shooting since childhood, and there is no problem with archery, but it is also limited by arm strength.
After just a few rounds, the archery on the suppression city was greatly reduced, the threat was insufficient, and it was impossible to shoot arrows when it was time to climb the city.
Therefore, the early confrontation was removed, and the fire system quickly showed its superiority, and the fire sharper did not need arm strength at all, as long as it could ignite, and the fire sharps died, as long as the people with a little training had to follow, and they continued to shoot.
"Bang Bang Bang!" the smoke filled the air, and another group of Hu people fell.
"The casualties are not small!" Hurbo, under the heavy protection of the armor soldiers, looked at the city, his original smile gradually retracted, and he frowned.
As the battle continued, although there was still a steady stream of Hu soldiers climbing up the ladder, but with the different corners, the Hu soldiers who had lost their block, faced with bursts of shooting, the suppression of bows and arrows was rapidly reduced, and the firepower on the city continued to increase.
For a time, the city was covered with the corpses of Hu soldiers full of blood holes, blood flowed everywhere, and some Hu soldiers who were not dead were screaming loudly.
After a while, the Hu soldiers under the city had exhausted their bow and arrow arms, and the arrows they shot were crooked and weak, but even so, the driven Hu soldiers still struggled forward, and could not stop the Hu people's charge in the slightest.
"Hu Bing is strong, if he is a strong enemy!" Zheng Pingyuan, who was looking at this scene from afar, thought secretly, and looked at Lu Suhai, who also had a dignified face.
I have seen many enemies on the battlefield, and it is rare to have such a strong soldier, but I still shoot them in batches. β
"Governor Lu, it seems that although the front of this fire gun land battle is not good, it is extraordinary to defend it with a wall. β
Zheng Pingyuan said with emotion.
Xi Suhai nodded: "That's true." β
"Papapapa!" The continuous sound of gunfire was lined one after another, paper barrels and ammunition, and three teams fired in rows, so that the rate of filling fire was extremely fast, and there was almost no gap.
Three rows of shots came down, the city was covered with thick white smoke, and there were another rolling and screaming Hu people, some were killed on the spot, some were not dead, but the flesh and blood were blurred and screamed.
Seeing this, the morale of the Hu people finally became chaotic, and in only a moment, more than three were killed or wounded in battle, which was a heavy blow to a thousand-strong team.
At this time, far away from the main formation, there was a sound of Mingjin collecting troops.
Hearing this, Hu Bing's fighting spirit suddenly collapsed, and he couldn't bear the fear in his heart, and jumped off the ladder one after another, and he didn't even have time to push the shield cart, and went backwards in embarrassment, leaving only corpses and instruments all over the ground.
However, they are defeated but not chaotic, and they can be regarded as orderly.
Watching Hu Jun flee, the city was cheering!
In a moment, the commander of the Central Army, who was full of shame, knelt in front of Khurbo and pleaded guilty.
Hu Erbo's face was expressionless, and several generals around him were silent, not daring to move a little.
After a while, Khurbo said, "Thirty lashes!" "Yes!" Suddenly, a man with a marching method gave thirty lashes to the commander, and the whip was bloody, and the commander endured it, listening to the whip falling, and did not say a word.
When the fight was over, Khurbo asked, "What do you have to say?"
The commander endured the pain, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Highness, the firearms in the Han army are sharp, and within twenty steps, even if you are wearing heavy armor, you can still pass through." 1...
"Our bows and arrows are not inferior to theirs, but it is difficult for the city to shoot continuously, so we suffer heavy casualties. At this time, a general coughed and said: "Your Highness, I watched the battle just now, and this is indeed the truth, this firearm is so sharp, it cannot be filled with our warriors." This will groan, and then said: "The Southern Dacheng Army is a hero among the Han people, and it is different, and it is difficult to use the means of deception and surrender, in my opinion, it is necessary to use the old way." β
"I've heard of these firearms, they all need ammunition, and how much ammunition is there in this White Horse Harbor?
In the old way, if we run out of ammunition in this Han army, our warriors will be able to easily break the city. β
"As long as there are no firearms, even if there are tens of thousands of Han troops, our cavalry has no opponent on flat ground, and 10,000 cavalry can break 100,000 Han people!"
It was Li Mu who spoke, this is a number of generals on the grassland, who was originally the general of the Great Khan, but he was transferred from the Great Khan to the account of the fourth prince a while ago, and he was very valued by Khurbo.
Hearing Li Mu say this, all the generals felt reasonable, and at this time, Hu Erbo groaned.
Seeing that Hu Erbo was a little hesitant, Li Mu said again: "The relationship between this White Horse Port is very important, and we must not stop there, but if we rely on our warriors to attack the city, how many people will be sacrificed?
At this time, everyone around them fell silent, and they all looked at Khurbo.
Hu Erbo's eyes lit up, there are countless warriors who can fight, but there are not many generals with brains, and Li Mu in front of him is just this sentence, that is, the talent of a wise and brave general, and he can be on his own in the future.
Hearing this, Khurbo nodded and said, "You are right, I order, immediately plunder the Han people from the surrounding towns and towns, and drive them here!1@."