Chapter 672 The duck with its mouth is flying again
Of course, the Jianlu who attacked the Ming army did not rush forward with bare hands. In order to resist the Ming army's muskets, they temporarily modified their shields.
For example, if a large shield is covered with cotton armor, which is more effective in protecting against lead bullets, if one layer is not enough, use two layers.
The Jianlu at the front all rushed forward holding large modified shields similar to this, while the archers followed behind the shield bearers in the first few rows.
When these archers reached a similar distance, they began to shoot, regardless of whether their power could cause damage to the Ming army, at least it was a deterrent.
Contrary to the Jianlu's high enthusiasm and crazy charging enthusiasm, there has been no movement on the Ming army's position.
This time, no Jianlu thought that the Ming army had escaped. As the distance narrowed, their hearts grew louder, and they used crazy shouts to cover up their inner fears.
Suddenly, the sound of "boom, boom, boom" sounded, and Jianlu in the front row just had the thought of "Why does the Ming army have artillery?" when his body was torn apart by the iron eggs sprayed from it.
It turned out that just when Jianlu was preparing to attack, the Ming army's field artillery unit finally arrived.
With the help of the fusiliers, the muzzles were dug out one by one at the bottom of the parapet. Precisely because there were corpses of prisoners in the parapet, which was equivalent to a beam, it was easy to dig out only one muzzle.
Field artillery is an improved large and small Franco machine gun, so you only need to expose a hole and load it in the breech to fire.
After the expansion of the New Army, the field artillery also increased a lot, which was enough to line up the artillery on this narrow road.
There is no need to aim, just fire forward. The densely packed buildings rushing up are their best targets.
The artillerymen hid behind the parapet and fired. Although many arrows crossed the parapet, the damage caused to the artillery was extremely limited. The artillerymen endured some minor casualties and fired at a closer distance, but the harvest was huge.
Jianlu's modified shields are still effective to a certain extent if they can defend against lead bullets fired from muskets, but such simple things cannot resist powerful live artillery shells at all.
In an instant, the lives of the charging Jianlu were harvested in batches. Especially after the first few rounds of live ammunition were fired, the efficiency was even more obvious when shotgun shells were used.
No matter how elite and courageous the Jianlu were, they could not withstand such a fierce artillery bombardment. No matter what the attitude of the generals at the rear was, they all fled back like a tide. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the battle situation with a telescope and secretly cheered in his heart. Then he looked at the moon in the sky and understood that it would be dawn soon.
According to the news brought by the field troops, Zhong Jinwei looked at the temporary camp of Jianlu in the distance, thought for a moment, and asked the bugler to blow a long and short "didi" sound.
At this time, Huang Taiji's gloomy face was almost darker than the sky before the heavy rain. But he did not get angry, nor did he do anything like push out and behead the escaped generals.
Because he knew that the fighting situation in this situation could not be resisted by manpower. The Ming army's fierce artillery fire, no matter how many people were piled on it, would only give the Ming army military exploits.
Huang Taiji stood in the middle of the temporary camp, looking up at the sky. Seeing that dawn was coming soon, he ordered to wait for the sky to light up before attacking.
Not long after, what made him feel a little better was that a large number of carriages were sent from the rear, with various specifications, and even five counterweight trebuchets.
Seeing so much ordnance being delivered, those who had previously complained about the slow speed of the rear had forgotten this idea. The captives, large and small, were once again filled with confidence in winning the war.
Finally, the moon worked all night and went back to rest. The white color of fish belly appeared in the east, and the light became brighter and brighter.
A larger offensive was immediately organized, the catapults were placed in appropriate positions, and the attacking prisoners were covered by car turrets. As the war drums sounded again, the battle at Niutugang was launched again.
From the beginning to the end, the catapult was not bombarded. The catapult operators, who had always been worried, were secretly grateful. The Ming army's artillery should not be able to shoot such a distance. They must only have small artillery.
So, they began to operate confidently and boldly. After trying to launch the stone bullet once, they readjusted the counterweight and then tilted the stone bullet towards the Ming army's position.
Huang Taiji and other slave chiefs were right behind the catapult, watching the movement of the catapult.
Seeing stone bullets slightly smaller than millstones rising into the air again and again, hitting the Ming army's position in the distance. The slave chiefs knew in their hearts that the outcome of this war was decided.
However, the price Dajin paid for this was also very heavy, especially in the last attack, the number of casualties suffered by the Ming army's artillery bombardment was more than the sum of the previous battles combined.
Although the total number of casualties did not exceed 20% of the total strength, Daikin had never paid such heavy casualties in previous wars.
No matter what, in Huang Taiji's heart, even so, as long as he annihilated this Ming army's firearms unit, he thought it was worth it.
Because this firearms unit caused too much damage to Daikin! Every time the Ming army inflicted damage on Daikin, this firearms unit was involved.
Its sharp attack power and power that cannot be resisted by human beings make the bravest Dajin soldiers tremble with fear. This Ming army's firearms unit now not only causes damage to the bodies of Dajin soldiers, but also damages the bodies of Dajin soldiers.
The morale of the army was also greatly affected.
If this firearms force is not eliminated in time, if this continues, it will give the impression to Dajin soldiers that this Ming army is invincible, and Dajin will not be able to defeat this Ming army no matter what.
Huang Taiji understands that once this kind of recognition is formed, it will be the most fatal to Daikin. All along, Daikin has relied on victory after victory to maintain its tyranny in combat and maintain Daikin's unity.
Once the victory is no longer achieved, internal conflicts will break out. Fortunately, I have integrated the internal affairs of Daikin and no longer engage in the "eight kings' discussion". Otherwise, after these several defeats, internal conflicts within Daikin would have broken out long ago.
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For some reason, Huang Taiji no longer had the confidence he had in Daikin's future.
Just as he was worrying about gains and losses, Duduo beside him suddenly said a little strangely: "Why didn't the Ming army fight back?"
When Azig heard this, he said: "I guess I couldn't resist the catapults, so I retreated. Just watch, after the Dajin army rushes forward, the Ming army's firearms will soon start to sound."
However, it turns out that Azig guessed wrong.
Jianlu's catapults stopped attacking, and the infantry rushed into the Ming army's position, but did not find a single Ming army.
When the frontline military intelligence arrived at Huang Taiji, his expression immediately changed. After paying a huge price, the duck that was about to be eaten flew away again! In anger, he shouted loudly: "Chase me.
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When Jierharang saw it, he comforted Huang Taiji and said, "Don't worry, Khan. In such a short time, the Ming army cannot run far."
The rumble of iron hoofbeats sounded again, and Jianlu began to pursue.