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The Ming army's artillery array ignored the city
Amidst the sound of the cannon, the sacks filled with soil were lifted high into the sky, bringing out large areas of soil in the air, turning the people below into clay figures. Before these clay figures could recover, the blood of the people around them spurted out, and the blood mixed with it.
The choking smell of mud and gunpowder made it instantly difficult for the clay men to breathe.
Erzhen Yilintai was frightened and roared to let the Han army's artillery fire back quickly. In his roar, Sun Degong resisted the huge pain in his shoulder, waved the long knife in his hand and ordered the Han army who was hiding from the artillery to get up and reload.
Gunpowder, but the frightened Han artillerymen worked for a long time without firing the cannon. They were really frightened by the Ming army's cannons and were frightened by the flag soldiers who attacked the city. They finally realized that the past was not possible.
It seems that the Manchu soldiers of the first generation have no way to reach the Ming army.
The gunners who didn't want to let the Manchus die in vain looked at Sun Degong with suspicious eyes. Sun Degong cursed secretly, knowing that these Han soldiers had something wrong in mind, and without hesitation, he slashed down the nearest guy with his sword.
, the pro-soldiers around him also followed suit and waved their long swords to threaten the gunners.
The Ming army is still under the city, and the city has not been broken yet! The gunners who woke up did not dare to think any more. They moved the cannon body again, cleaned the cannon body, and shook the gunpowder.
The "medicine" package is torn open and poured into the barrel, and then tamped hard.
Yilintai did not expect these artillery pieces to cause huge casualties to the Ming army. He only wanted them to fire and damage the opponent's morale. Even if they just heard the sound, because if they were bombarded by the Ming army like this, the Eight Banners soldiers would
No matter how fierce a warrior is, his courage and vigor will all be blown away. If he loses his courage and vigor, he will be like a weak sheep and be slaughtered.[
Yilintai's heart ached as if his heart was cut into pieces by the fallen Baiyala and armored soldiers on the city wall. These warriors had just fought bravely to kill Mang Gurtai's rebels, but now they fell one by one in front of his eyes. It hurt.
Staring at myself in pain, those eyes were full of unwillingness
Yi Lintai roared and staggered towards the Han army gunners who were still busy. Seeing his fierce look, the gunners were so frightened that they hurriedly lit the fire without caring about whether it was filled.
So
The sound of his own cannon made Yilintai excited, but before he could open his mouth and roar, his body flew back heavily into the air. He could clearly see an iron ball embedded in his body, and then passed through him.
My body "shoots" towards the distant sky. Looking at the rising sun from the hollow in my chest, it is really brighter than before.
An unpacked cannon exploded. This explosion made Yilin the highest general of the Eight Banners killed since the beginning of the war. Buried with him were four Han gunners who were stunned by the explosion.
Sun Degong once again suffered the same calamity as Chiyu. This time, the injury was not too severe. He was just injured on his foot by the falling cannon body. It was not serious, but it hurt so much that he did not care about his face and sat down.
Holding his own feet on the ground and screaming
The Ming army learned the lesson from the previous salvos that caused the artillery to dissipate heat and fired intermittently, and began to fire in turns. The barrels were given enough time to dissipate and they could fire more sustainedly, killing more enemies and destroying the city walls.
The Jin army on the top of the city was in chaos. They were good at riding and shooting and were helpless in the face of such a large-scale artillery bombardment by the Ming army. The generals panicked and the flag soldiers also panicked. They didn't know what to do. Yi Lintai
The death of Yi Lintai also greatly reduced the morale of the Jin army. Many people smelled the death of Yi Lintai.
Ta Lai and Sony tried their best to stabilize their position. While sending people to ask for help from Daishan, they continued to send more flag soldiers to the city. In order to block the walls that were blown up by the Ming army's artillery, the Aha people were intimidated by the Jin soldiers.
’, they braved the Ming army’s artillery fire to transport the stones to the top of the city. Behind every stone was the passing of a fresh life.
Before the war, the Jin army had prepared for the worst. They also knew the power of the Ming army's artillery from the Han army who fled into the inner city, but they still did not expect that the power of the Ming army's artillery formation was so powerful, let alone the Ming army's artillery array.
The Army Association did not hesitate to pay any price in the first battle. According to their fighting style, it won't take long for them to run out of "medicine".
Everyone hoped that the Ming army would soon run out of medicine. The senior generals thought so, and the ordinary flag soldiers thought so too, but the Ming army's artillery never stopped hitting the top of the city one after another, overwhelming them.
I don't dare to raise my head
The Ming army's bombardment not only caused serious casualties to the Jin army on the city, but also caused heavy losses to the Liaoyang banner soldiers who attacked the city and the Xianglan banner Han people below the city. After all, there is such a big place on top of the city, and it is impossible for the accuracy of the artillery to be accurate.
It was so accurate, so the cannons that fell below the city were no less than those on the city. The poor Han cannon fodder escaped the killings of the golden soldiers on the city, but were instantly killed by the friendly forces behind them.
Compared with those Liaoyang flag soldiers wearing two layers of cotton armor, the dead Han people should feel lucky, because they died quickly enough, without any pain, and their consciousness could disappear in the shortest time. If you close your eyes, the world is full of floods and them.
What does it matter?
The tragedy is that the two layers of armor on the flag soldiers prevented many of them from dying immediately after being hit by the cannon. After all, only a few were directly hit by the iron ball, and most of them were just hit by the exploded iron balls.
I was injured by the shell, and I couldn't even think about dying for a while. I could only hold the bleeding wound and wail and wait for death.[
The tragic situation of his own men on the city made Mang Gurtai's eyes full of anger. He angrily rushed to the Ming army's formation and asked Shi Dayong why he couldn't wait for his men to withdraw before firing.
Dayong only gave him a cold look and didn't even give him a reason for Mang Gurtai to deceive himself.
Dayong's indifference made Mang Gurtai lose his mind. He was a reckless man and never considered the consequences of doing things. Otherwise, he would not have been stupid in Daling River and drew a sword in front of Hong Tai.
Under the mocking looks of the Ming army generals, Mang Gurtai suddenly pulled out his sword!
The shocked Ebilun felt that the sky was about to fall. He rushed forward like crazy and hugged Mang Gurtai, then snatched the knife from his hand and dragged him back.
At this moment, Ebilun lost his courage. That day, he told Mang Gurtai personally that if I had been by Ama's side that day, I would have drawn my sword and killed Tai Hong. How could I have ended up like this? But today
But he didn't do this. He didn't dare to draw his sword at Shi Dayong like Mang Gurtai. He could only hug his Ama desperately. He couldn't let Mang Gurtai's anger destroy their father.
The two sons even ruined the comeback plan they had been planning.
After hearing the news, Gushan Cuida stammered and knelt in front of Shi Dayong, begging him to forgive his master. He kept looking for excuses for Mang Gurtai's recklessness, fearing that Shi Dayong would kill him because of it.
master
He was over-concerned. Dayong had no idea of killing Mang Gurtai. People have to have a bit of "temper". If it were him, seeing his subordinates suffer such heavy casualties, he would also be furious. So, for
He understood and could forgive Mang Gurtai's sudden attack, but the battle still had to be fought. Therefore, in order to prevent the confused Mang Gurtai from doing anything stupid that would hurt the feelings of the soldiers on both sides, Dayong
Please ask Mang Gurtai to rest in the rear temporarily, and his people will be commanded by Ebilun instead.
Ebilun knew that this was Shi Dayong's condition. If they did not comply, Shi Dayong would definitely make trouble. Therefore, after trying hard to persuade Mang Gurtai, he agreed to Shi Dayong's condition.
Bai Jia also withdrew from the city at this time. He was very lucky. No matter whether he was fighting with the Jin soldiers or being bombarded by the Ming army, he was not injured at all. He only had a lot of arrows stuck in his body. Ebilun
After briefly talking about the matter of Mang Gurtai, Bai Jia was immediately startled. After hearing that Shi Dayong did not make it difficult for his master, he calmed down. Ebilun asked him to organize the remaining soldiers and immediately prepare to attack the city again.
This time, with the help of the Ming army, the chance of winning the city is slightly higher than before.
After Bai Jia nodded, he agreed to seize the city again. Although the Ming army's shelling caused heavy casualties to his men, the Jin soldiers also suffered heavy losses. Retiring now to rest would definitely be more than worth the gain. Doing so would only destroy the defenders.
get a breather
This time without Ebilun asking for help, Dayong sent Zhang Cunren, Liu Tianlu, Zu Kefa and other surrendered generals to participate in the siege. There were more than 2,000 Han troops under their command. In addition, they also sent Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Li Zhongfu
The three generals led the infantry left camp and two thousand households directly participated in the siege.
After carefully observing the situation of Mang Gurtai's attack on the city, Dayong has made a plan to complete the victory in one battle. He will open the inner city gate today and let Shenyang City truly fall into his hands.
After artilleryman Qianhu Shen Yi observed for a moment, all the tiger squatting artillery in the general moved forward and placed them less than a mile away from the city wall. Then the auxiliary soldiers carried bags of mud bags from the rear and piled them up.
The squatting tiger cannon stopped piling up soil when it reached a height that allowed the crouching tiger cannon to hit the top of the city. After the auxiliary soldiers piled up the base, the gunner immediately moved the crouching tiger cannon to the top and fixed it one by one, and then quickly loaded the gun.
With Shen Yi's order, the squatting tiger cannons were fired one by one, and countless pieces of lead and stones were fired towards the top of the city in a fan shape.
The 30 scattered Tiger Crouching Cannons have no effect on the city wall, but they are a murderous weapon against the defenders on the city.
The Jin army on the city was busy cleaning up the corpses, repairing the city walls, and sending the wounded down to the city. Although they knew that the Ming army had moved some small cannons under the city wall, they did not pay much attention to them. As a result, they only discovered these after the Ming army's small cannons were fired.
The power of small cannons is no worse than those of big cannons
Amidst the sound of cannons, nearly a hundred Jin soldiers who were near the crenellations of the outer city wall were hit by shotguns and fluttered on the ground in pain.
Shen Yi saw with his own eyes that an officer who looked like a Jin Junjun was hit by a cannon, and couldn't help laughing loudly.
In the midst of his laughter, the gunners of the 30 squatting tiger guns were cleaning the chambers and reloading the ammunition with deft hands and feet. Their movements were no worse than those of the Western light gunners. From this, we can also see that Sun Yuanhua was in the same position back then.
When building artillery, how much energy and time was spent on these gunners?