Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 50 Violent Battle ([-])

boom! ! !
The tiger squatting cannon on the top of the city finally fired, a large cloud of choking gunpowder smoke rushed up, the ground trembled, and a frightening flame spewed out from the muzzle of the gun, and it was difficult to see anyone within a radius of two feet.The lethality of this thing is very different from that of modern artillery, not to mention compared with howitzers, even compared with small-caliber mortars, but it is a cannon after all, not a cannon stick. But it will kill people!Stones, iron nails, iron pieces and the like spewed out from the muzzle, sweeping in a 180-degree fan to the Mongolian soldiers rushing towards the city wall, overturning several on the spot.The end of being bombarded by this kind of artillery is an ugly death. The Mongolian soldiers do not know how many bits and pieces are embedded in their bodies. They are bleeding all over their bodies, and their skin and flesh are black. They will not die for a while. , fell there hissing and screaming, making people feel creepy.Yang Menglong smiled openly: "This thing is better, this thing is better!"

boom! ! !
Before he could finish speaking, the cannon of the general who was dozens of steps away from him also rang. This time, the shot was a solid lead bullet. The thigh of the Mongolian cavalryman easily broke the leg, and then smashed it into the belly of the horse!Although the Mongolian soldiers were fierce, they were also terrified. They gave out a cry and retreated like a tide. The Ming army fired two more shots to make them retreat a little further.

This round of offensive and defensive battle came and went quickly, and it was over in less than half an hour. Both sides lost dozens of lives, and no one took advantage.However, for the Ming army, they won if the city wall was not captured. After the Mongolian soldiers retreated, they all waved their weapons and cheered loudly, as if they had won a big battle. The cheers were heard by the Houjin army. It's so ugly, their faces are as ugly as they want!

Qi Hu stabbed a Mongolian soldier who was still breathing to death, wiped the blood from his face, and gasped: "Fortunately, this battle was not too bad."

Yang Menglong pointed to the corpses and wounded soldiers strewn about on the city wall: "Isn't that bad enough? If those people attack us a few more times, we'll all be dead!"

Qi Hu pointed to the piles of corpses under the city: "If you attack them a few more times, they will all be dead. Mr. Yang, haven't you made a lot of secret weapons, shouldn't it be time to use them? You must know that this is just a test Sexual offense, it won't be so easy next time!"

Yang Menglong slapped his head: "Hey, I was too busy fighting, why did I forget about those treasures!" Jumping to a high place and shouting: "Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet!"

The soldiers who were cheering immediately fell silent, and their gazes fell on Yang Menglong. Even the wounded soldier who was hit by the arrow stood upright with difficulty while supporting the battlements, and looked at Yang Menglong eagerly, with two words clearly written on his face. Big characters: "Give me money!" They did not forget that Yang Menglong had promised five taels of silver for beheading an enemy, ten taels for wounded, and twenty taels for those killed in battle. Now that they killed the enemy, they were also wounded. It's Yang Menglong's turn to fulfill his promise!
Of course Yang Menglong knew what they were thinking. He patted his chest hard and said, "Just now everyone played well, very tenaciously, and bravely. I am very satisfied! All the corporal leaders and hundreds of households have contributed to killing the enemy." Report the list of victims and casualties to the old man, and I will ask Mr. Fang to bring the money and distribute it on the spot!"

The soldiers cheered: "Long live!"

Yang Menglong shouted: "But don't be too happy too early. This is just a tentative attack. The enemy hasn't made a real move yet! Their attacks will become more ferocious and fiercer each time. Everyone has to work hard." Get ready, don't be beaten up by others at that time, and you will lose your life if you get the reward silver, how wronged you are!"

The soldiers burst into laughter, and one Ye Bushou raised his bloody head high and called, "Young master, don't worry, if you have the ability to reward us with the silver, we will have the ability to spend it!"

Yang Menglong said: "I hope so! Stop talking nonsense, hurry back to your place, let the civilian husband come up and carry the corpse and the wounded down, and I will get you money!" , and followed him down the wall to get the silver.When the money was distributed, the morale of the Ming army became higher and higher. They clapped each other's hands to congratulate each other, returned to their positions, stared at the Mongols, and hoped that they would launch such an offensive again so that they could earn more money.A team of civilian men came up and began to clean up the battlefield, carrying down their own wounded soldiers and corpses, throwing down the corpse of the Mongol whose head had been cut off, and a few brave ones kicked the corpse twice foot.Their hatred for these invaders has overwhelmed their fear. Looking at the detached corpse, they only feel happy in their hearts, and it is good to step on their feet to vent their anger.

When Yang Menglong walked down the city wall, he bumped into Fang Yizhi.The county magistrate was directing the civilians to continuously send equipment such as rolling logs and lime bottles to the city wall. Although the battle broke out in a hurry, he arranged everything in an orderly manner. It can be seen that the county magistrate was not A waste of fame.Seeing Yang Menglong coming down, he grabbed him and asked anxiously, "Young Master Yang, how is the situation? Has the enemy been repelled?"

Yang Menglong smiled: "If I'm not beaten back, can I come down?"

Fang Yizhi asked: "Is it really repulsed?"

Yang Menglong said: "It was really repulsed, and dozens of people were killed, but our army also suffered nearly a hundred casualties. These guys are really difficult to deal with!"

Fang Yizhi didn't care much about the casualties of the defenders. In his opinion, being able to defend the city wall was more important than anything else.After confirming that the enemy army was really repulsed, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't be too busy celebrating now. The enemy will launch a second wave of offensive soon. After suffering a lot, they will become angry and aggressive, and they will become even more ferocious. Our hard days are still to come!"

Fang Yizhi stopped laughing immediately, and rubbed his hands in circles.After all, he was just a civil servant, and he knew nothing about war. He thought that the world would be peaceful if the enemy was defeated, but he didn't expect that the enemy would only become more vicious after being defeated. Wouldn't that kill him?He muttered to himself: "This...how is this good? How is this good? We don't have reinforcements, we can't stop it!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "What else can I do? Hurry up and let the civilians who are better equipped and know a little martial arts go up to make up the number! Also, transfer a team to me, and I will bring some defensive equipment up and ask them to try it." Try it out!"

Fang Yizhi was very cooperative: "Yes! Zhang Butou, you immediately take a hundred young men to help defend the city, Zhu Butou, you take a team to carry things with Young Master Yang!"

Two catchers came out in response. Zhang catcher led a hundred young men to climb up the city wall to join the ranks of the defenders, while Zhu catcher led a group of people to follow Yang Menglong and hurried to the workshop to move things.

The commotion in the battle just now was not small, and the common people in the county were alarmed. Yang Menglong walked all the way, and all he saw were terrified faces. It was only because the yamen guards suppressed them that they didn't get into a mess.Seeing Yang Menglong coming, they asked in a hurry: "Young Master Yang, what's the matter? How's the situation? Can you keep it?" Yang Menglong naturally slapped his chest, and let them do it after all kinds of guarantees. Take it easy.Now he finally understands how heroes come out. When thousands of people pin their hope of survival on you, you have only two choices, either take up this responsibility and become a hero, or escape and become a coward. And real men cannot escape responsibility, so they become heroes!

Yang Yingxiong managed to return to the workshop, uh, the workshop is still so lively, the sound of sawing wood and hammering iron is incessant, it seems that everything in the outside world has nothing to do with them.He pushed open the door and went in. The craftsmen were working in full swing. One after another, large wooden jars and throwing guns were manufactured continuously, and they were immediately removed.The wooden cans were sent to the house next door, and a group of people were very skilled in filling them with gunpowder, iron nails, crock pot fragments, etc., and then sealed them. There, these absolutely not fun guys had already piled up several piles up.As for weapons such as throwing guns, they are distributed as soon as they are taken out, and it is very simple to arm teams of young and strong.Seeing Yang Menglong's return, Wang Tiechui was the first to jump up, threw away the big hammer in his hand and came up to him, asking, "Mr. Yang, how is it? Have you beaten back?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on, Yang Menglong waited and said: "Tell everyone a good news, we have repelled the enemy!"

The craftsmen breathed a long sigh of relief and said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good!" It seemed that they were not as calm as they seemed on the surface.

Yang Menglong went on to say: "However, the enemy has not given up, and they will come again, so we have to use these secret weapons! You speed up the production, who knows how long this battle will take, it is always right to prepare more guys of!"

Wang Tiehammer grinned and said, "Yes, yes, make more good things! My lord, everything you want is in the warehouse next door, just go and get it!"

Yang Menglong said: "Okay, you go ahead, I'll go get it right away." He led the team of peasants through the workshop, came to the warehouse, opened the door and saw, good guy, these round wooden cans have piled up several piles, don't you think so? There are two to three hundred of them, that’s enough, that’s enough!He picked one up casually. It was heavy and contained a lot of good things. If he threw it from the city wall, it would definitely kill a few people, right?
Zhu Captou widened his eyes and shouted: "Mr. Yang, is this your secret weapon? Is your secret weapon a pile of wooden jars?" He saw several wooden jars tied tightly with wires next to the pile of wooden jars. Bucket, he felt like his glass heart was shattered.Oh my god, after all the effort wasted and the whole county was in a state of uproar, it was like this pile of wooden lumps?What a disappointment!

Yang Menglong stared, and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, move quickly! Put these wooden cans on the car and send them there first! Also, try to handle them with care when moving them, otherwise..."

Zhu Butou said nonchalantly, "Otherwise what will happen?"

Yang Menglong said: "There are several catties of gunpowder, iron nails, and tiles in it. Guess what will happen?"

It was only then that Zhu Butou noticed that each wooden tank was dragging a long matchlock, and his back felt cold, and cold sweat broke out.If this thing explodes, they won't even have scum left!He kicked a rough-handed civilian husband, and scolded angrily: "Damn it, be gentle! Do you want to blow us all up to the sky!!!" The civilian husband who was kicked did not dare to speak back, and his hands were soft I'm afraid he's not so gentle with his own mother-in-law.

Everyone lightly moved out all the wooden cans that had been filled, loaded them into the trucks and transported them away.At this time, Yang Menglong pointed to the large wooden barrels: "Move these too, and put them in a safe place!"

Zhu Tutou plucked at those wooden barrels, except that they were a little tighter and the inside was a little smoother, but he didn't find anything special about them!He asked suspiciously: "Young Master Yang, what are these wooden barrels for? Couldn't they be filled with gunpowder and then thrown down to blow up the enemy? If so, you would have to use a lot of gunpowder!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "Put gunpowder inside and throw it down to blow people up? Such a stupid method can only be used by idiots! Don't ask, just bring these barrels with you. We spent a lot of effort to do this. When it comes out, don’t break it, I will worry about whoever breaks it!”

Seeing that he spoke so wickedly, everyone didn't dare to be careless, so they hurriedly took the wooden barrel with them.

Together with the wooden barrel, there are also explosive packs tied into round cakes, each weighing ten catties. Although the explosive power of black powder is not very good, it cannot hold up enough. Such a pack of explosives is thrown into the crowd Here, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.After finishing all this work, Yang Menglong asked the civilian husband to go first, and walked to his residence with those who had been striding for a few nights.From a long distance, he heard someone kicking the door and yelling angrily: "Let me out, do you hear me? Let me out, I'm going to kill the enemy!" It was Qi Polu, This black-handed boy was locked in the house by his grandfather and was not allowed to come out, for fear that he would die on the battlefield and cut off the incense of the Qi family.The old man was kind, but Qi Polu didn't appreciate it, there was a lot of killing outside, he was locked in the house and couldn't do anything, he was so angry that he almost demolished the house.

Xiao Yufang hugged Xiaojun, stood at the door with a pale complexion and looked towards the city gate. She could see that she was restless. The loud killing sounds and the sound of guns made her terrified and restless. Seeing Yang Menglong When he came back, it was as if he had seen a savior. He walked forward in two steps in three steps, his cherry lips moved.Yang Menglong rushed to say: "We have repelled the first round of offensive, and killed dozens of them. Of course, we also killed and injured a lot!"

Xiao Yufang was a little depressed: "You know what I'm going to say before I even open my mouth?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, all the people I met along the way asked me these few words, it made my ears callous!"

(End of this chapter)