On the city wall, the people in Longtou Town looked at the Kazakh cavalry outside the city, and the Kazakh cavalry outside the city also looked at the people on the city wall. They were cavalry, and siege was obviously not their strong point.
"Haha, Kazakh bastards, I didn't scare you to death last winter, but now you still dare to come, just come if you have the guts."
"Otherwise, you will wait to die as soon as my Ming Dynasty's cavalry arrives."
Liu Rong was very arrogant and shouted to the Kazakh cavalry below with a tin trumpet.
"These Ming people are really arrogant~"
After Bucket heard his men's translation, he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the riding crop.
Then look at the tall city walls of Longtou Town. It is incredible. In just half a year, the Ming people had built such a huge city wall to surround the entire Longtou Town.
The construction of city walls was a huge project in ancient times, requiring huge manpower and material resources to build. However, the Ming people who moved to the Hezhong area and the Western Regions had a magical thing called cement, and they could build city walls very quickly.
, and the city wall built is very strong.
In just half a year, the Ming Dynasty built hundreds of towns in the vast Hezhong area. Relying on these cement city walls, coupled with the policy of keeping households together, they were very successful in establishing a foothold in the Western Region and Hezhong area.
Heel.
Even if it were like now, thousands of cavalry rushed over, facing the tall city wall built with cement, they could only stare.
"Rush over and give them some color with bows and arrows, letting them know how powerful we Kazakhs are."
After thinking about it, Bucket also ordered.
You've come here, can't you just go back?
He was ordered to loot Longtou Town. If he didn't give it a try, he wouldn't be able to deliver the goods when he returned.
As Bucket's order was conveyed, groups of cavalry quickly rushed towards the city wall. While running, they were also bending their bows and shooting arrows. They were extremely skillful and worthy of being a nation on horseback.
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"Everyone, be careful, don't show your head~"
When Liu Rong saw their appearance, he immediately understood what these people were planning, and immediately shouted with a big tin trumpet.
Following Liu Rong's shouting, the people who were watching on the battlements shrank their heads. The Kazakhs' bows and arrows were still very powerful, comparable to those of the Mongols.
"First team, aim!"
The musketeers on the city wall would not be polite to the Kazakhs. With an order, a hundred muskets were aimed at the rushing Kazakh cavalry.
"Fire!"
Following the order, gunfire sounded like fried beans, white gunpowder smoke enveloped the city, and a hundred lead pellets were fired at the Kazakh cavalry that rushed over.
The hit rate of the bullets was very low. After a hundred bullets were fired, only a dozen Hux Cavalry fell down, but it didn't matter.
After the first round of firing, the second round immediately followed, one after another, the connection was very smooth, the billowing white smoke continued, and the gunshots continued.
Lead pellets were fired continuously, relying on a longer range than bows and arrows. By the time the Kazakh cavalry approached the city wall, the musketeers had already fired several rounds, and hundreds of Kazakh cavalry fell under the city wall.
"Hey~"
When the Kazakh cavalry arrived under the city wall, a hail of arrows was thrown from below. The shield bearers who had been prepared immediately raised their long and wide shields to block the bows and arrows of the musketeers.
At the same time, on the city wall, the residents of Longtou Town also began to throw bows and arrows. Muskets and artillery were strictly controlled. However, bows, arrows, swords, armors and the like are standard equipment. Everyone has them. With a little training, accuracy is not pursued.
It is not difficult to bend a bow and shoot an arrow when the speed is high.
The rain of arrows from below the city flew over, and the rain of arrows from above the city also flew down. Suddenly, a large number of Kazakh cavalry under the city wall fell.
As for the residents of Longtou Town on the city wall, they wore armor and hid under the battlements condescendingly, so their casualties were very small.
"Bang~"
Liu Rong held a musket in one hand and aimed his gun at a cavalryman. With the sound of a gunshot, the cavalryman fell down.
"Haha, cool~"
Liu Rong immediately laughed happily.
"Come on, you Kazakh bastards, you are here to attack the city!"
He kept stimulating these people, relying on the tall city walls. If the other party dared to attack the city, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties. As long as he held them back and waited for the arrival of the Ming army, he would be considered a victory.
"Siege the city~Siege the city~"
"Kill all these bright dogs~"
Bucket looked at the people who fell under the city wall, and when he heard Liu Rong's voice, his whole body became extremely angry.
I originally wanted to come to Longtou Town to enjoy the autumn breeze. I thought it was a good job and I could make a fortune. People in the Ming Dynasty were very rich, with gold and silver, grain, cloth, salt, tea and so on.
On the way here, he had already imagined that he would rush into Longtou Town with five thousand cavalry, burn, kill and loot, and return with a huge harvest.
But now, not only is there no way to harvest a good harvest, it seems that even Longtou Town cannot be entered, and it has already lost hundreds of people just from the beginning.
The Ming Dynasty's muskets were very sharp, and the Ming Dynasty people knew how to hide on the city wall. It makes me angry just thinking about it.
As Bucket's order was passed on, his men began to look for trees and prepare to cut them down to build siege equipment. At the same time, they also began to try to rush under the city gate, hoping to use fire, knife and other methods to destroy the city gate.
Get it open.
However, every time they try, they will inevitably be beaten by the residents of Longtou Town above the city wall.
"Fire~"
Liu Rong came to the city wall where the artillery was located. Following Liu Rong's order, the artillery on the city wall used to guard Longtou Town began to roar.
"Dong~dong~"
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of artillery shelling, artillery shells flew rapidly in the air towards the enemy.
Although they are all solid cannonballs, as long as you are not too unlucky or have bad luck, if you are hit directly by this cannonball, basically nothing will happen.
It's the kind that doesn't hurt much, but is extremely insulting.
Cannonballs fell into the cavalry camp one after another, and from time to time there were unlucky people. Even people and horses were smashed to pieces. Everyone around them was frightened, and the horses moved uneasily.
"Ah~"
Bucket looked at the scene in front of him and gritted his teeth with anger. He felt like he was a lion, but he encountered a hedgehog. Even though there were extremely brave warriors, there was nothing he could do against the Dragon Head Town in front of him.
War horses can't fly in, and bows and arrows can't take advantage of muskets. What's more, the Ming Dynasty's bows and arrows are not bad. The opponent also has artillery. From time to time, they will bombard you with a burst of shelling, scaring you half to death and unable to maintain your formation.
"Haha, you are here to attack the city~"
Liu Rong is still continuing to attract hatred.
"You bastards, you just flew in."
"Are you going to leave like this?"
"Tsk, tsk, nearly two hundred of you have died, but not a single person on our side has died, and only a few have been injured. Tsk, tsk, are you angry?"
"Of course they are going to run away. As soon as our Ming Dynasty cavalry arrives, they will definitely die. How dare they fight against our Ming Dynasty cavalry?"
On the city wall, everyone also started shouting one after another. Some people who had learned some Mongolian and Kazakh also kept shouting.
The shouts on the city wall made the Kazakh cavalry under the city wall very angry, but looking at the tall city wall, they could only hold on to their scimitars helplessly.
"I don't believe you can go without eating or drinking~"
"I would like to see how long you can stay in there."
Bucket rode a horse around Longtou Town. The town was not very big, but there were many people inside. Looking at the neat fields outside, full of green, he suddenly had an idea.
, I plan to surround this Longtou Town first to see how long their food and grass can last.
Soon, Bucket's five thousand cavalry began to camp around Longtou Town, surrounding the entire Longtou Town.
"I actually know about the siege~"
"But we have plenty of food and grass, and the longer we delay, the better. The Duke of Australia will definitely send troops over by then, but we can't just let you besiege the city comfortably."
Liu Rong also quickly understood the intentions and plans of the Kazakhs. He looked at the artillery on the city wall, smiled and began to give orders.
"Boom~"
Soon, with a roar, the artillery on the city wall began to fire at the enemies outside the city.
The hit rate is not very high, but it creates deep pits in the enemy's camp. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can kill a few people.
"Everyone spread out, don't concentrate too much, spread out."
When Bucket saw this scene, he couldn't help but frowned. It was really like a lion encountered a hedgehog, and he couldn't do anything. The thorn pricked him very painfully, so he could only grit his teeth angrily.
On the other side, in Sunset City, which is a full three hundred miles away from Longtou Town, the people responsible for garrisoning Sunset City are five thousand Ming cavalry led by Huo Ying.
The Hezhong area is very vast. Even if one million people immigrated here, it would not be enough to fill the Hezhong area. More than a hundred towns are evenly distributed in the fertile area where the two rivers in the Hezhong area flow.
In these areas, Liu Jin also set up garrisons. Each garrison was stationed with 5,000 Ming cavalry, responsible for guarding several towns within a few hundred miles around.
Longtou Town falls within the protection range of the Sunset City garrison.
"What?"
"Longtou Town was attacked by five thousand Kazakh cavalry?"
When Huo Ying heard this, he couldn't help but open his eyes slightly, and then shouted excitedly: "Blow the horn, we are here to live."
"It seems that he was not afraid of them last winter. He even dared to provoke us Ming people. This time, we have to kill him and bleed him like a river. Otherwise, they will not be afraid of us Ming people."