Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 14 A fierce battle, how many dead souls
In the blink of an eye, the vanguard of 1000 enemy troops was completely destroyed and wiped out.

But they only advanced less than 300 meters, and the team stopped.Explosions sounded almost simultaneously in the direction of the four city gates, and they also returned to silence almost at the same time.

A simple watchtower was built in front of the enemy camp, Li Guo and Gao Yigong stood side by side on it, looking at each other in blank dismay, indescribably shocked.

"Good method, I didn't expect the Ming army to keep so many landmines!" Li Guo said, he looks handsome.

Gao Yigong was dark-skinned, not angry and pretentious, he pressed the handle of the knife and said: "I haven't seen anyone who lights the fire and pulls the rope. These mines should be fired from steel wheels. They are indeed powerful. We have struck a thunder and dug a trap, which is enough for us to drink a pot of water."

Li Guo said slowly: "You don't need to let other people's ambition destroy your own prestige, Chongzhen is here, and the team around him is well-equipped, which is also reasonable. 1000 people are not enough, let's transfer another [-] or [-] people to make a way out Come!"

"That's right, a great opportunity to make an immortal contribution and be famous in history is in front of us. Even if our brothers lose tens of thousands of soldiers' lives, as long as we capture Chongzhen, we will make a lot of money!" Gao Yigong said with a dark face. On, showing excited red light.

Li Guo immediately made a decision and ordered: "Send another five thousand infantry to charge, and also pull out all the general cannons and tiger squatting cannons in the camp. When the infantry rushes to the bottom of the moat and starts to build the Haoqiao transportation ladder, immediately fire the cannon to scare the people in the city." Ming army."

Gao Yigong said confidently: "Before dark, I want to see Emperor Chongzhen being tied up, kneeling in front of me and begging for mercy!"

The enemy launched a second charge, this time with [-] infantry.The scene was still tragic, the sound of landmine explosions and the screams of people resounded throughout the world, and the corpses flew all over the place, bloody and bloody, which was shocking.

Using the crowd tactics, after losing more than 3000 lives again, the enemy army waded through the minefields and was about to rush to the moat.

"Prepare the trebuchet!" Zhou Yuji gave the general order.

Li Cunming added: "Attention, you must wait for the enemy to enter the range of 150 steps before throwing mines!"

After continuous testing, the trebuchets rewarded by these systems can throw mines at a maximum distance of more than 240 meters, which is almost 150 steps in conversion.

At this time, the siege team following the infantry dispersed, and more than 300 people appeared carrying a hundred tiger squatting cannons, followed by another 300 people pushing more than ten general cannons.

The soldiers on the tower exclaimed, Zhou Yuji also shouted with a gloomy face: "Shield soldiers line up, the enemy will bombard with artillery, protect the emperor!"

One by one, the shield soldiers stood on the edge of the city wall with thick shields, forming an airtight shield wall.

The sound of the cannon was rumbling, accompanied by the sharp sound of piercing through the air, and the rain of lead bullets and stones whizzed in, crackling and smashing on the shield.

The General Cannon is a type of Franco cannon, weighing hundreds of kilograms, mounted on a cannon carriage, with a range of up to 600 meters.

The tiger squatting cannon weighs more than 30 kilograms, and the cannon head is supported by two iron claws, similar to a mortar, with a range of up to 500 meters.

Unlike the solid cannonballs used by the Hongyi cannon, each cannonball of the General Cannon contains [-] small lead bullets, and each shell of the Tiger Crouching Cannon contains [-] small lead bullets or pebbles.

These two types of artillery have a wide attack range and are suitable for field battles.But when attacking a strong city, it is not as effective as the Hongyi cannon, and its power is not the same.

The shells they fired did not have the devastating impact of the Hongyi Cannon. If the distance was far enough, they could be blocked with a shield.

Among the three forces in the late Ming Dynasty, the Peasant Army had the worst equipment and the weakest combat effectiveness, and often won by adopting crowd tactics.

In the beginning, the Peasant Army was nothing more than bandits. They fought a battle to change places. Without a stable base, they naturally couldn't produce with peace of mind.Most of their weapons were seized from the Ming army.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng occupied Xiangyang and began to establish a stable regime and base.However, the general level of knowledge of the peasant army is not high, there is a lack of talents, and the technology for producing weapons is still very backward.

In the Ming Dynasty, technology was the most advanced, but officials were greedy for ink and craftsmen were lazy, resulting in the production of many useless defective products and a waste of money.

Objectively speaking, at that time, the weapons and equipment were the most sophisticated, and the one who paid the most attention to firearms was Jiannu.

Nurhachi suffered from Hongyi Cannon and died regretfully.After Huang Taiji came to power, he attached great importance to the production of firearms, and set up a special firearms unit named "Wuzhenchaoha".

Jiannu was very ambitious at the time. He was good at riding and shooting, had a strong cavalry team, and was willing to learn and absorb advanced firearm technology, so he ran rampant in the world.

As for the establishment of Jiannu, who knew the power of firearms and adopted a policy of ignoring the people, that is another story.

The army led by Li Guo and Gao Yigong rushed to chase after thousands of miles. Naturally, they had to pack lightly and simply. It was impossible to bring the heavy red barbarian cannons.

After all, the number of enemy troops was as many as [-], but their firearms and equipment were far inferior to those of the defenders in Ningling County!
The shield blocked 90.00% of the buckshot and stone bullets, and the rest flew out over the shield, and some got in through the gap, hitting the soldier's body, and his flesh was bruised immediately.

Fortunately, the firepower is limited and the casualties are not large.Li Cunming was surrounded and protected by a hundred royal guards, but he was unscathed.

"General Zhou, I think the firepower of the rebels is nothing more than this, and they are already playing with enough prestige, it's time for us to take action. Give the order, throw thunder!" Li Cunming shouted at Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji raised the steel knife in his hand and swung it vigorously: "Throw!"

The soldiers in charge of operating the trebuchet acted immediately. First, they placed a ceramic mine in the leather nest, ignited the fire wire, and pulled the rope violently. Under the action of leverage, the ceramic mine flew out.

Because every time the catapult is fired, it takes nearly ten seconds to reset and reload, so the two hundred catapults are divided into three rows, and a simple three-stage strike method is adopted to ensure that the mines can be hit on the enemy without interruption.

More than 60 ceramic mines fired from the first row crossed the shield formation, flew out of the city wall, drew a beautiful arc, and then exploded at a height of more than one meter above the enemy's head.

The porcelain pot exploded, and the iron nails and gravel stuffed inside flew out in all directions, like deadly flowers blooming!

The enemy army at the front finally rushed through the death area of ​​the minefield. Seeing the Ming army on the city suppressed by their own artillery fire behind their shields, they were happily preparing to set up the Hao Bridge to cross the river, when they suddenly encountered the flower of death.

Many people fell down in an instant, their faces covered with iron nails and gravel, like hedgehogs.Many people had holes in their stomachs and bright red intestines, which was horrible and painful.

What made them even more desperate was that there was an endless stream of thunder bombs thrown from the city tower, and the companions around them were like crops harvested in autumn, falling one after another.

"My mother, when will you be the first!" A young rebel broke down, and fled back.

Someone took the lead in escaping, and the morale of the army began to slacken.The attacking speed of the enemy army slowed down, and the people in front and behind were huddled together.

Seeing this situation, Gao Yigong jumped up anxiously, drew his knife and shouted: "Go back, go back to me, or I will cut you off!"

"Brothers, although the enemy's thunder bombing is powerful, it is at the end of its strength. As long as we pass the moat and build the ladder, we will be able to break through Ningling County sooner or later. The first one to climb the wall will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the one who catches Chongzhen will be rewarded." , a reward of ten thousand taels of silver!" Li Guo hurriedly stabilized the morale of the army.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

The rebels stopped their collapse and continued to attack bravely.And the thunder on the city tower seemed to be free of money, falling like raindrops.

After a fierce battle, how many dead souls!

(End of this chapter)