Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 160 Tian Hu died in battle
If you look at it from the sky, you will find that there are a few thin red lines in Tian Hu's team, which are the blood-stained lines of the young and strong who were killed and injured.

Tian Hu was lucky not to be hit, but he didn't dare to stop even for a moment, and he didn't dare to mourn for his companions behind him, because once he stopped, he would have no hope of destroying the red cannon.

Because it is an ancient large iron front-loading smoothbore gun, the red cannon needs to be cleaned every time it is shot, and the remaining gunpowder that is not fully burned and the residue after the gunpowder burns are cleaned out.

Moreover, due to the high-speed movement of the shells in the barrel and the burning of gunpowder, the temperature of the gun body will rise sharply, so there are several strong men holding buckets next to each cannon, and they keep pouring cold water on the gun body.

Otherwise, if the gun barrel is cooled by air alone, it will take half a day to fire one shot, and it will not have any strategic and tactical significance.

That is, when the flat gunners were busy maintaining the artillery, Tian Hu and the remaining nearly [-] young men came to a place that was only one step away from the artillery position.

If they came on horseback, it only takes a blink of an eye for them to break into the formation and kill all directions.

It's a pity that they walked with one pair of feet, and they didn't get a good rest, and their physical strength was not good enough, so their speed was much slower.

"Don't wipe it, it's almost done, put the shells and medicine packs in." Seeing that Tian Hu was about to rush over, the commander of the cannon in red hurriedly ordered the gunners to load the shells.

Because the shell of the cannon is iron, a solid iron bump, so in order to launch it, the gun barrel must be filled with a charge in advance.

Many modern large-caliber artillery do the same. The shells and gunpowder are separated and loaded in sequence. Although it is very troublesome, due to factors such as manpower and space, large-caliber artillery can only do this.

After hearing the commander's order, the ten gunners hurriedly held the gunpowder package wrapped in silk, hurriedly stuffed it into the muzzle, then pushed the powder package in with the push rod, and then stuffed the projectile into it.

It sounds extravagant to use silk as a gunpowder bag, but there is actually no way to do it, because only expensive textiles like silk can fully burn in the gun barrel.

If it were replaced with ordinary cloth, once the combustion was insufficient, it would either explode this time or next time.

"Go and ignite their gunpowder and blow up these cannons to the sky." Tian Hu shouted excitedly.

At this moment, they were only one step away from the red-clothed cannons. As long as one person rushed over to ignite the gunpowder, all ten cannons would be blown up without falling, and their goal would be achieved.

However, the commander of the cannon in red is not mediocre, he will not wait for death, I saw that he aimed all ten cannons at Tian Hu and the young and strong people behind him, without hesitation, as soon as the muzzle was aimed, he immediately The order to open fire was given.

"put!"

Ten baby-sized iron bullets were shot out of the gun barrel, destroying everything in front of them with tremendous kinetic energy.

Because the distance was too close, none of the ten cannons missed, and all of them hit Tian Hu and the young and strong body behind him.

At the moment when the cannonball touched his body, Tian Hu didn't feel anything, because the speed was so fast, in the blink of an eye, he and the people in the row behind him disappeared.

Flesh and flesh became dregs to nourish the earth, and through fragments of clothing and weapons, people could discover that a group of warriors had once launched a fearless charge here.

Originally there were nearly 200 people, but it was reduced by two-thirds in just this moment of effort.

In fact, this is also Tian Hu's fault. He is inexperienced in firearms battles. He didn't let the young and strong people disperse as much as possible, but to boost morale and let them follow behind him as much as possible. That's why he caused such a large number of casualties .

"General!" Several soldiers who had been following Tian Hu were so excited that they almost cried when they saw his dead body.

However, they were very brave, and did not stop their steps because of this, but continued to rush towards the red cannon.

"Take out the firecrackers." The commander of the cannon in red didn't expect that the remaining people would dare to come over, so he ordered people to take out the firecrackers.

Dozens of guards heard the order, took out their firecrackers, and aimed at the few charging soldiers left.

As soon as the order was given, the crackling guns hit the bodies of several of them, and the soldiers immediately fell down with intense hatred in their eyes.

At this moment on the battlefield, there were only a few dozen young men who hadn't been hit by the artillery standing there in a daze.

Some felt that Tian Hu was dead, they had no hope, so they decided to give up resistance.

This is a victory of firearms. No matter how brave the spirit, strong will, or superb martial arts are, they are not worth mentioning in front of firearms.

The so-called elite soldiers are nothing more than a pile of walking protein in front of firearms.

Since Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Mongols from the Central Plains and used the Shenji Battalion to beat the Mongolian cavalry to the north, people gradually understood this truth.

"It's really good, Tao Dingjun, today you have made great contributions to the army, and I will definitely ask for your credit in front of His Majesty in the future." At this moment, Zhang Yong suddenly walked over clapping his hands.

"Thank you, General."

Tao Dingjun was originally a military household in the Weisuo. Although he had a hereditary official of a thousand households, he could not receive any money. It was the same with having an official or not. Moreover, he was restricted by military status, and he was restricted in everything he wanted to do.

If Zhu Cihong hadn't thought that artillery was needed for the siege of the city this time, so he ordered people to select some talents to make artillery in the rear, he would still be playing with mud on the ground of the guard.

"Don't be too polite, hurry up and clean up the place in front of you, maintain the artillery, and then quickly fire, aim at the city gate tower for me, and be sure to blast the city gate open, otherwise the army will still have to pay for attacking the city. Huge cost.

At the same time, Tian Hu's lieutenant general saw his general's body beaten to death from the tower of the city gate. He almost collapsed in despair. If he didn't think that Tian Hu died to defend the city, he would have jumped. Go down to find the Ming army and try your best.

However, his luck was not very good, and he soon followed Tian Hu's back road.

After Tao Dingjun cleaned and maintained the artillery, he immediately opened fire on the gate tower. The deputy general was unlucky and was killed by the first shot.

After he died, the young and strong people on the city wall were in a mess, because the people who commanded them were dead at this moment, and they couldn't see any hope of resisting any longer.

There were chaotic crowds everywhere on and off the city wall. Some stood there not knowing what to do, while others dropped their weapons and ran home like they were desperate.

(End of this chapter)