Chapter 294 War of Attrition
"Boom..." After a violent explosion sounded, a black shell with white smoke gushed out of the three-foot-long artillery tube, and flew towards the Mongolian army artillery position outside the city with a whistling sound.
The moment the mortar next to Wei Zheng fired, thirty-six mortars lined up in line with each other in the city wall followed closely, and balls of orange-red fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke were sprayed out from the muzzle.
Of course, more than 30 artillery shells also flew towards the Mongolian artillery positions with whistling sounds.
You should know that these shells are not solid shells, but flowering shells that explode when they are exploded...
After more than 30 artillery shells exploded one after another, the Mongolian artillery lined up were covered by gunpowder smoke generated by the explosion of the artillery shells in just a blink of an eye.
As for the hundreds or thousands of shell fragments produced by the bomb explosion, a storm of airtight steel quickly formed in the Mongolian artillery positions.
The Mongols who were standing in the artillery position and constantly firing fired never expected that Zuo Yun's garrison, who had been silent for several days, would have hidden so many artillery. What's more important is that the shells used by these artillery were actually rare flowering bullets.
So, when the shells roared and exploded, hundreds of Mongolian artillery soldiers, except for the dozens of people who were busy, all stood in the artillery positions, and looked at the Zuoyun City Wall with a proud and arrogant face.
However, in the blink of an eye, flying shells had swept towards them.
Without wearing any leather armor or iron armor, the fragments easily penetrated the bodies of these Mongolians and entered them.
In a blink of an eye, hundreds of Mongolian artillery soldiers were all harvested to the ground. As for the dozens of artillery barrels leaning against the sandbags, they were also overturned to the ground with the explosion of shells...
Of course, this was just a counterattack from the artillery. The moment the first round of shells flew out of the barrel. A regiment of musketeers also extended black holes from the battlements at the same time. Then, they pulled the trigger without hesitation and shot the lead bullet.
"Baopao..." After the bean-like gunshot sounded, more than a thousand lead bullets flew out of the city with a whistling sound.
Facing the densely packed Mongolian armed musketeers and 5,000 offensive troops, these whistling lead bullets did not need to be aimed at them, and could hit the target among the densely packed Mongolians.
The first round of lead bullets had just passed, and the second round, which had already been on standby, and even the third round of the musketeers, had pulled the trigger without hesitation and shot the lead bullets in the gun chamber.
After the three-wheeled lead bombs, a huge gap had appeared in the dense Mongolian army...
Of course, this lead bullet does not mean to stop at all.
With the firing speed of the flintlock musket, when all three-wheeled lead bullets were shot, the first row of musketeers had already loaded the bullets. The musket in his hand was flat, and through the lookout, pulled the trigger at the Outer Mongolian Army for 70 steps.
In this way, the lead bullets were poured onto the Mongolians as if they were not worth money.
At this time, Dorgon, who had been paying attention to the battlefield and was confident in this attack, finally found something was wrong and showed a shocked expression.
He frowned and shouted: "The one who defended Zuoyun is the Tiger and Leopard Army, not the garrison... Only the Tiger and Leopard Army is equipped with this new musket with huge power and fast firing speed..."
"The reinforcements sent by the Shanxi Governor's Office have arrived in Zuoyun City..."
"Why are you still standing there? Order the warriors to retreat immediately... Especially our firearms troops must retreat. Otherwise, in the next battle, our firepower advantage in front of the Han people will disappear completely..."
"Dudu...Dudu..." A different horn sound quickly rang out on the battlefield where the battle was in full swing.
Hearing the sound of the horn, the Mongols, who were attacked and in chaos, quickly retreated to the rear.
Not to mention, more than 10,000 people gathered on a small battlefield, and with the obstruction of a large number of corpses, it is obviously a whimsical thing to withdraw in a short period of time.
In this case, the sound of the retreating horn not only did not save their lives, but instead made them even more chaotic.
At this time, more than 4,000 musketeers did not miss this excellent opportunity to kill the enemy. With his fastest shooting speed, he loaded, pulled the trigger, and shot the Mongolian cavalry outside the city...
After shooting three rounds of shells at the Mongolian artillery positions, more than 30 mortars had turned the gun mouth and poured shells into the dense Mongolian army...
Mortar shells that kept falling on the ground and exploded... They were densely packed in front of them, like a storm, and led bombs that kept sweeping towards them...
Under the attack of these two deadly weapons, the already chaotic formation of the Mongolian army became even more chaotic at this moment. Of course, their losses became increasingly greater.
At this time, in order to survive, there were less than 6,000 musketeers left, just like a stray dog, who threw down the musket that was inappropriate and fled to the rear wildly...
However, these Mongolians did not expect that the Tiger and Leopard Army they faced were not ordinary officials. The muskets in the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Army were not ordinary muskets, but flintlock muskets with an effective range of more than 150 steps...
Even if there is no stop, these Mongols need a cup of tea to retreat from 80 steps to 150 steps, not to mention the chaos in front of them, and the battlefield full of corpses and muskets...
Therefore, every step back was taken by the dense Mongolian army, under the attack of muskets and artillery, suffered heavy losses.
When the dense Mongolian army completely withdrew from the range of muskets, and under the threat of a full 300-step range of mortars, they all evacuated as many as 500 steps backwards...
Of course, although the Mongolian army retreated, a thick layer of corpses had fallen on the battlefield between 80 and 150 steps outside Zuoyun City under the attack of 4,500 muskets and more than 30 mortars.
The eight thousand muskets abandoned by the Mongolian army musketeers were also scattered in chaos among the bodies.
Under the stunned gaze of Zuo Yunshan, the garrison guarding Wang Yunshan, Wang Feng, with a serious face, ordered with a very unexpected command: "This general order: artillery cover, musket soldiers, attack immediately... confiscate all the equipment that the Mongols threw outside the city... Even if the Tartars have the ability to produce firearms on their own, eight thousand muskets and dozens of artillery are enough for the Tartars to build for a period of time."
"As long as we seize and destroy it... at least for a short time, the Mongolian army outside the city will no longer have firearm troops that can pose a threat to us..."
Chapter completed!