Nanming Engineer

Chapter 399

Zhu Shichang was so shocked that he was stunned. His forehead hit a stone crenellation, causing a large gash. Blood immediately came out like flying iron bullets.

The soldiers around him were stunned, and immediately rushed to press his wounds, but he kicked him away. They struggled to stand up regardless, letting the blood on their foreheads flow down their cheeks, and roared hoarsely: "Fight back! Fire! Hit me!"

The aftermath of the Kuizhou army's iron bombs hitting the city wall has not stopped. The Qing soldiers on the city wall still feel that their feet are still swaying leisurely. They don't know whether the thick city wall will collapse under the fierce shelling. If it is destroyed, if it collapses, none of the people on it will be able to survive.

"Load! Fire!" Zhu Shichang seemed to see through the minds of these slow-moving and panic-stricken soldiers, and roared: "Don't be afraid, the city wall is so thick that a few iron bullets can't break it down. Cheer up!" , Fight back, fight back!"

At this time, the swaying under the feet did stop. The iron bullets shot into the wall really didn't seem to cause too much damage. The thick and tight rammed earth in the wall bricks was like mountains and rivers that could be as big as the mountains and rivers. The iron bullets were as powerful as thunderbolts. The bullet was locked firmly into his chest.

The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty became emboldened, and started to work hurriedly under the scolding of the generals. Iron bullets were ready, black gunpowder was also ready, red-hot charcoal basins and iron drills were also available, so the two doors were set up here. The two huge red cannons on the side burst into flames after a short rest.

The sound is like thunder, resounding to the sky.It was as loud as the sound of the Shenwei artillery of the Kuizhou army.

But the difference is that when the Shenwei Cannon is fired, the yellow gunpowder smoke is thick and light, and it will disperse when the wind blows.

The red cannons of the Qing army seemed to blow up a coal mine when they were fired. The black smoke that rose up enveloped the entire city wall inside. It was as if the city was covered by a layer of black clouds.

The difference between black powder and yellow powder can be seen from the large smoke when fired.

Two iron bullets broke through the fog from the black smoke, shot straight forward along the preset trajectory of the gun barrel, flew three miles away, and fell to the ground, the hard iron bullets bounced stubbornly on the ground After jumping several times, the distance was shorter than the previous jump, and finally exhausted, rolled a few times left and right in front of the trench dug in front of the Kuizhou Army artillery position, and slowly stopped.

Artillery battle, almost all the rebels saw it for the first time.

From the moment the Kuizhou Army's cannon exploded, everyone held their breath and stared with wide eyes. No one in the city made a sound except for the sound of the cannon and the shouts of the gunners.

The iron bullets of the Kuizhou army hit the Taiyuan city wall with bullet holes as big as millstones, which were still clearly visible even standing several miles away.

When the shells of the Qing army landed on the ground like glutinous rice balls, hundreds of steps away from the cannons of the Kuizhou army, the rebel soldiers all over the ground were silent for a moment, and then burst into cheers like a tsunami.

"Okay! The Tatars' cannons can't hit us!"

"The Hou Ye's cannon can hit them, the Hou Ye is mighty!"

"Hahaha! The Tartars are defeated, the Tartars are defeated!"

Eager gazes were cast on the Kuizhou army from all directions. Although they were wearing the same messy armor as himself, the invisible aura and pine-like military posture of the Kuizhou soldiers could still separate them from the rebel army. Later, all the rebels consciously kept a certain distance from the Kuizhou army.

"My lord, the Shenwei cannon is indeed much stronger than the red cannon. It shoots farther, is more accurate, and is more powerful. It is not a first-level cannon at all." Li Dingguo said excitedly, his body straightened, although he was admired by others He has long been accustomed to the gaze of Wang Huan since he joined the Kuizhou Army, but he also learned from Wang Huan the habit of maintaining a straight military appearance at all times.

"It's not close." Wang Huan's answer made Li Dingguo almost fall off his horse, and when he turned his head in surprise, he found that Wang Huan was still shaking his head: "If it is a cylindrical shell with rifling, it can increase the power a bit. "

He didn't quite understand. Cannonballs can also be made into the shape of pillars?How to fight?
However, he did not dwell too much on this issue, nor did he ask any questions. Let the Marquis worry about such profound-sounding things. Li Dingguo was a military general and was responsible for fighting.

"Are you ready?" Wang Huan said leisurely, with an indescribably relaxed tone: "One more shot, to open the eyes of the Tartars in the city."

Li Dingguo smiled brightly, he was happy to do such a happy thing.He turned around and made another gesture to Yan Mingde who was looking at him.

Through the thick black smoke like haze, Zhu Shichang on the top of the city gasped and coughed several times, and then he whipped the gunners with a whip.

"Idiots! Idiots!" Zhu Shichang yelled: "How did you shoot the cannon? It was so far away, and nothing was shot. What are you doing? Why are you transferred from Liaodong to eat?"

A leader of the artillery team, Mr. Qian, was whipped on his back, and his leather armor was torn apart. He didn't dare to speak out, so he knelt on the ground in fear and defended loudly: "My lord, calm down, this is the first time!" The first shot is a test shot, the amount of gunpowder added is small, so the range does not hit the maximum distance, and the subsequent shots will be filled with enough gunpowder, please read it again!"

Zhu Shichang flicked his whip angrily, stared at his bloody eyes and said angrily, "Why don't you beat me soon? Wait for me to bring you shells?"

Mr. Qian agreed awkwardly, turned his head and punched all the gunners, he must vent his anger from Shangguan.

"Cleaning, reloading, and filling." He shouted while beating: "Hurry up..."

Before he finished speaking, the remaining sentences were blocked in his throat by the sound of howling cannons.

In the distance, there was another puff of smoke billowing over the Kuizhou army's position, and the thunderous cannons rang out again in the sky.

Mr. Qian turned around quickly, and in the depths of his eyes, there was a terrifying round figure of more than ten iron bullets approaching from a distance.

Boom boom boom!
The shells almost hit the same section of the city wall at the same location. Although they couldn't hit the same crater, they were not too far apart, so that the bodies of the Qing soldiers who were injured by the shock wave and collapsed on the ground just now were once again hit by I jumped up.

Zhu Shichang was no exception. An iron bullet accurately hit the city wall not far from his feet. The strong shock threw him to the other side of the city wall, and his head hit the stone of the crenel again. new injury.

He gasped dizzily for a while, because the people on the wall were all dizzy from the shock, so nobody cared about him at the first moment, and only after he was breathing evenly, did a soldier with hobbled feet come to help him.

Zhu Shichang wiped his face with his hand, and wiped away the blood covering his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw a heavy cannon in red, which was overturned to the ground. A soldier with a bleeding mouth and nose seemed to be dead.

"My lord, are you alright? You're injured!" Several other soldiers came up and shouted eagerly, "Send your lord down for treatment!"

Zhu Shichang lied weakly on the back of a soldier, raised his head, looked at the messy scene on the smoky city, exhausted his last strength, and said to the people around him: "Quick, quick, quick, but Go to Mr. Alai and ask him to send his cavalry immediately and send an urgent message to Datong! It must be fast and there must be many people delivering the message. Go quickly!"

Then he rolled his eyes and fainted.

(End of this chapter)