Chapter 427 The price of underestimating the enemy
After taking a deep breath, he shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him who were also stunned by the shock...
"What are you still here? Go up to the city wall immediately and prepare for the battle. The official army is about to rush up..."
"I must remember that after I get on the city wall, I will hide behind the city wall. Don't expose my body to the front of the government army. The musketeers of the government army outside the city are not vegetarians... A lead shot can still take your lives. [More good-looking ones are ^^^^^^^^^]"
More than a thousand soldiers, holding cold weapons, quietly touched the city wall.
The three thousand Beijing camp musketeers, who had moved outside the city to less than fifty steps away from the city wall, raised the musket and lit the fuse at the same time under the order of the general in charge of the team, and prepared to shoot at the top of the city.
It can be imagined that if the defenders did not give up the musket, they still planned to use muskets to attack the officials outside the city.
The expectant defenders may have just exposed their bodies on the city wall, and before they even had time to lift the spear in their hands, they were attacked by the musketeers of the three thousand officials outside the city and were beaten into a hornet's nest by lead bullets.
However, the deadly scene on the city wall in front of me was beyond everyone's expectations.
The three thousand officials and armies were ready to go, but they did not see the shooting target they wanted on the city wall.
Faced with such a situation, a bold idea quickly emerged into the minds of the main general of the Three Thousand Officials and Military Musketeers.
"Can the defenders on the city wall be blown up by the shelling just now..."
This idea just appeared in the mind of the main general and became lingering. In order to prove this speculation, two thousand sword and shield hands in charge of the attack went directly to the musket array under the command of the main general. They approached the city wall.
Of course, the cautious general of the official army did not use all the power at hand.
The musket array composed of three thousand musketeers was still standing in place, holding the musket high, aiming at the top of the city wall, ready to shoot at any time.
Forty steps, two thousand swords and shield hands. They had already rushed to the last forty steps left from the city wall. The city wall aimed at by three thousand muskets still had no movement...
Thirty steps, there was still no movement... Twenty steps, there was no movement...
Just when the head general of the official army began to confirm his own judgment and was about to send out the three thousand musketeers around him, an accident that he didn't want to see happened.
On the deadly city, hundreds of grenades were suddenly thrown out.
After drawing beautiful arcs in the air, these black grenades fell directly into the hands of the two thousand swords and shields they sent out, just like it was raining.
With more than three thousand pairs of shocked eyes, these landing grenades exploded.
The flames that rose from the ground quickly spread out toward the black smoke and violent explosions... were like the gods of death who opened their bloody mouths, constantly devouring the surrounding swords, shields and hands, which were fragile.
Seeing the tragic scene in front of you, the general's face suddenly became dark.
The main general who has seen the huge power of grenades knows that as long as the defenders equipped them enough grenades, the two thousand swords and shields he sent out would have the only way to destroy the entire army.
As the most elite unit of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme commander of the 5,000 soldiers of the Beijing camp, the chief general of the official army would certainly not watch his subordinates fall into a dangerous situation of being passively beaten.
The first round of grenades thrown from the city wall just exploded, and the order to retreat was issued by the main general...
The two thousand sword shield soldiers successfully retreated to the offensive position under two consecutive rounds of grenade attacks by the defenders, only 1,200 men were left. In other words, the five thousand officials and soldiers did not even see the shadow of the defenders, and they lost almost 20% of their troops.
Looking at the subordinates who were retreating in a mess beside him, the general's face turned red directly from anger.
At this time, the deputy general beside him suddenly spoke: "General, the rebels have grenades, and we also have..."
"As long as we can rush to ten steps from the city wall, we can throw grenades on the top of the city, let the rebels taste the power of the imperial grenades, and make them feel the smell of being bombed..."
The general's eyes lit up, and hope was rekindled on his face, which was red from anger.
He shouted to the deputy general in front of him: "You are right, we also have grenades... Immediately, we will divide the grenades sent by the court with us by one thousand... Draw 500 musketeers out, and each person is equipped with two..."
"Under the cover of the sword and shield, these five hundred musketeers quickly approached the city wall. Then, in the shortest time, they threw these grenades onto the city top... Let the rebels on the city top taste the taste of being bombed."
Soon, a new round of attacks by the government army began.
On the surface of a quiet city wall, the soldiers who had just experienced the benefits of grenades through the battle, without exception, all of them welcomed the second round of attacks of the government army with full of expectations. They were preparing to use grenades to give the government army a fatal blow to the outside city.
However, the official army in this round of attack seemed to have become obedient.
Instead of rushing towards the city wall, he held the shield high, held the big sword in his hand, and rushed towards the city wall in a very orderly manner.
Faced with the sudden changes in the official army, the defenders on the city were shocked, but they did not take it seriously.
In their eyes, no matter how dispersed the formation of the official army, it will gather at the foot of the city wall. As long as they gather at the foot of the city wall and the grenades they hold in their hands can exert their maximum power. At that time, as long as there are sufficient grenades, they can still give a fatal blow to the official army whose attack formation changes outside the city.
However, what they did not expect was that they were resistant to grenades with trust, not only were they equipped, but the officials outside the city also had to be equipped.
The more than a thousand defenders who stood by the city walls were destined to pay a very heavy price for their contempt for the official army.
At twenty steps, facing the scattered official army, in order to maximize the power of the grenade, the 300 bomb droppers did not drop bombs under the order of the deputy general.
They were waiting, and after all the officials gathered on the front line of the city wall, they threw grenades and used limited grenades to achieve the greatest results.
However, their opponent, the official army, wanted this opportunity.
Facing the city wall where there was still no movement in front of him, a strange smile appeared on the faces of all the officers and soldiers.
What's more, some officials and musketeers equipped with grenades have begun to take out grenades and fire notes. A pair of murderous eyes staring at the top of the city, ready to drop bombs.
Twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps...
When the defenders on the city wall were still not moving at all, a loud shout suddenly sounded among the attacking troops of the government army.
Throw a grenade...
As soon as the command sounded, the five hundred musketeers hidden in the hands of the sword and shield moved.
After igniting the grenade that I had prepared with a fire broker, I used my best to throw it hard at the city...
The more than a thousand defenders hidden on the city walls, without exception, were all in the battle that had just ended and witnessed the huge power of the grenade. Faced with a large number of grenades, the more they knew their power, the more they were afraid of it...
And now, the grenade that I was afraid of was actually flying towards me with white smoke.
In just a moment, most of the more than a thousand soldiers turned pale in an instant.
Maybe it was because of shock, maybe it was because of panic... Faced with the whistling grenade, these soldiers were stunned on the spot, waiting for the grenade to fall and explode.
With the advantage of geographical advantage, the official army threw the grenades on the city wall, which were less than 30% of the real targets.
However, even these more than 100 grenades still killed more than 300 soldiers hidden in the city walls.
At this time, under the influence of the explosion, the shocked defenders finally realized.
Under the protection of the guards, the deputy general who avoided the grenade attack also reacted from shock.
The violent explosion had just stopped, and an angry roar came out of his mouth.
"What are you doing when you are still standing there? Throw the grenades out immediately... The government army also equipped grenades and must blow them back. Otherwise, we will continue to lie on the city wall and be bombed..."
The more than a hundred bomb throwers left on the city wall finally reacted...
At the roar of the deputy general, he ignited grenades one after another and threw them down the city wall...
However, their speed is fast, and the speed of the officers and musketeers is also very fast.
When the grenades with white smoke were thrown out of the city one after another, the second round of grenades thrown by the official army had already arrived and flew towards the city.
The explosion sounded, and the defenders with less than a thousand men were left on the city wall, and three or four hundred men were lost again.
At this time, there were less than forty bomb droppers who could continue to throw grenades outside the city.
Faced with the slightest grenade attack, the official sabre and shield hand that had rushed to the corner of the city wall quickly raised the ladder.
After biting the big knife in his hand in his mouth, he held a shield in one hand to guard against the rolling stones that might fall from the sky. He held the ladder in the other hand and began to climb towards the city with his hands and feet.
Within a few breaths, the official army climbed up to the top of the city.
Faced with the closest official army, the deputy general had no time to take care of his subordinates who were injured by grenades.
After picking up a spear of the soldiers who died in battle, he suddenly stood up.
With a long spear, he stabbed hard at the official army closest to him.
The spear head that emitted a cold light from the outside stabbed into the chest with the sound of wind. A loud roar also sounded in the mouth of the deputy general.
"The spearman, the sword and shield, and those who can move, stand up and kill the officials who climbed the city walls-..."
"Blaster, keep throwing grenades at me..."
"kill…"
More than 500 spearmen and swords and shields who could move on the city walls once again plucked up their courage under the inspiration of the deputy general.
He shaved his hands tightly and rushed towards the government army closest to him.
Chapter completed!