When the soldiers learned that they were going to line up to fight Di Yi, they were also confused.
What kind of coach would give such a blind military order?
The soldiers slowly gathered outside. Many of them did not go out on horseback, but led their horses. What's worse, some didn't even bring horses. They seemed to be sure that the cavalry of Duoyan's three guards would rush over, and finally
The result is to escape back to the city gate, so it is more practical to come out wearing armor and a shield.
Anyway, the possibility of Duoyan's three guards charging directly is not high. Instead, they will shoot with bows and crossbows from a long distance. Why bring the horses out?
If the horse is shot to death, the cavalry will be converted into infantry, and the salary will plummet.
"Hulu is coming!"
On top of the city.
Qian Ying looked at the chaotic scene below when the soldiers were leaving the city, and felt very anxious. He picked up the telescope and looked into the distance... Even without the telescope, he could see the enemy's cavalry approaching the city gate quickly with the naked eye.
"How far is it?" Zhu Feng had no intuitive impression of the distance.
Wang Qiong made a careful judgment and said: "It should be within three miles, and the general will not be within range."
"hold on!"
Zhu Feng was very nervous.
When he got to the back, he grabbed a torch and seemed to want to light the cannon himself later.
When Zhang Yanling saw this posture, he hurriedly wanted to go down to the city, but was blocked by the soldiers. He yelled: "Get out of here! Whoever stops me, I will kill him."
Wang Qiong said: "Uncle Jianchang, don't leave! You are leaving your post without authorization. Di Yi can't kill you and enter the city gate!"
"Step aside!"
Zhang Yanling almost fought with the soldiers blocking him, but in the end he was carried into the city gate tower.
"It's close, it's close!"
The person who shouted this was Qian Ying's general on the city wall.
"Jinnu, where is Jinnu? Prepare the artillery... If someone comes to kill you, let him go..."
Qian Ying and others were talking a lot, and in the end they didn't know whether the military order would be carried out.
Just the top of the city wall on the east side of the city has become a mess.
Seeing this posture, Chen Rui shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself, expecting such a group of people to go to war, I was really blinded by lard before, and they are not as good as the soldiers I brought out. Are the soldiers who fought in Liaodong like this?
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Before Ying'en Gate, there were less than 200 cavalry out of the city gate.
They haven't even lined up yet, and no one is willing to set up their formation in a direction away from the city gate. It seems that everyone knows that if they leave the city gate today, they are going out to die. At the critical moment, they still need to be able to return to the city. Maybe the above one
When the military order is issued, or arrows fall from above the head, one has to enter without entering the city gate.
At this time, the cavalry of Duoyan's three guards had already reached within two miles of the city gate.
This place...is already within the range of Zhang Zhou's improved sub-cannon.
"Prepare!"
Zhu Feng shouted, and then he remembered that these gunners had been commanding with command flags from the beginning. He wanted to take out the command flag, but in a panic, the command flag fell to the ground.
It was Wang Qiong who helped him pick it up, then put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Anbian, we will definitely win this battle."
Wang Qiong is still knowledgeable.
As long as the people of Duoyan Sanwei dare to approach the city, within the range of the Fo Lang machine gun, and send the shells to the enemy camp, this battle will be a sure win, even if it is later discovered that the opponent's lineup is still intact and no troops are sent.
Chasing, the result is also very stable.
Now I am afraid that Zhu Feng and his soldiers will cause chaos.
"Who gave you the confidence?" Ren Liang poured cold water on the side.
Ren Liang was also very nervous.
If the Duoyan Three Guards were not limited to driving the Ming Dynasty troops back, but came directly to attack the city... Now it seems that the two hundred cavalry who went out will not have time to come back, and the city gate will not have time to close. At the critical moment, they can only rely on the inner city.
The door is coming to block...the situation is not good.
"preparation!"
At the critical moment, it was Wang Qiong who took the lead.
All twelve cannons had their barrels pointed at the enemy position.
Wang Qiong patted Zhu Feng on the shoulder again, meaning that you should do the first shot yourself. Zhu Feng seemed to have finally found comfort and support at the critical moment, and first lit the cannon in front of him with a torch.
"Go away! Don't explode!"
After Zhu Feng lit the fire, he also ordered the people around to disperse.
Ren Liang and others had already hid far away before he could remind them, but Wang Qiong did not leave and seemed to want to fight alongside him.
"boom!"
The first cannon was fired in front of everyone's eyes, and a black thing erupted from the barrel. Just from the angle and initial speed, anyone who had seen a cannon fire on the city felt it was different.
The black cannonball, in full view of everyone, formed a wonderful parabola in the air, and then landed next to the Duoyan Cavalry.
Not sure?!
It seems to be reasonable. When the cavalry rushes in, it is impossible to line up to bombard you. Don't the cavalry of the Duoyan Three Guards have any defensive experience? Even if you think your artillery range is not enough, you should be prepared for the recent frightening news.
The "Mighty Sky Gunpowder", if the Ming Dynasty buried this thing outside the city, wouldn't we be asking for death if we gathered together to stand there?
After the cannonball hit the ground.
Although it didn't hit anyone directly.
But then there was a dazzling fire, followed by a "boom".
I saw a huge fire exploding where the cannonball landed, and what rose with the fire, in addition to dust and smoke, were horses and soldiers who were directly blown away, and flying lead bullets and stones.
, knocking all the cavalrymen dozens or even hundreds of meters away from their horses. Although some cavalrymen were outside the affected range, they still fell down with their horses and men.
"Wow!"
Just this one shot stunned the panic-stricken soldiers on top of the city.
The air seemed quiet for a while.
Time seems to have stopped.
The city gate was crowded with Ming cavalry who were preparing to enter the city. They were temporarily distracted because of the appearance of this scene. It seemed that everyone had forgotten that their next goal should be to escape...
Are you sure you want to enter the city gate?
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Just before everyone had recovered from the shock of the explosion, the other eleven cannons on the top of the city sounded almost at the same time.
Six or seven of them were shot with explosive bullets, while the rest were shot with shotgun shells.
Before the eleven shells hit the ground, Zhu Feng waved the command flag again and shouted: "Replace the bombs!"
There were about fifty or sixty soldiers responsible for setting off the artillery. They were not ordinary border soldiers, not even soldiers from the Beijing camp, but Jin Yiwei carefully selected by Dongchang, at least at the level of a small banner.
They usually show off their power and show off their power, but they cannot be vague at critical moments.
And after many times of training, they know best what they are here to do.
In fact, before Zhu Feng could give the order, after a shot was fired, two people were already carrying the heavy "magazine" to replace it.
In just a blink of an eye, the soldiers on the city gate tower were equipped with the second round of artillery magazines.
And at this time.
The shells that were released had only just landed.
"Boom boom..."
The cannon will explode the moment it comes out of the chamber, and it will also explode when it hits the ground. There are not only explosive shells, but also shotshells.
The cavalrymen of Duoyan Sanwei have seen what "the goddess scatters flowers" means. When they find that the shells are coming towards them, they basically don't need to hide, they can just wait for death.
Since there was no place to hide and the coverage was too large, I could only hope that my helmet would be hard enough to block a fatal blow.
But it looks like...
Just a wish.
"boom!"
Every time there was an explosion, a group of cavalry fell around them. At this time, they were still nearly two miles away from the city gate, which was still far away from the range of their crossbows, so that many cavalry were directly hit by "
"Fight head-on" without even leaving any room for reaction or redirection.
During a charge, you cannot turn around, otherwise the cavalry that continues to charge will hit you.
But just after a round of volleys, luckily they were not hit, or the impact area was not large, and they were not killed but only injured. They thought they could escape by chance, and prepared to take advantage of the situation to retaliate or escape... The next round of shells came from the air again
Fly towards me...
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"This this……"
Ren Liang had already hid in the city gate building. When he saw the two volleys and the cavalrymen of Duoyan's three guards were knocked upside down, he had already come out of the city gate building and stood in front of Zhu Feng.
"put!"
Zhu Feng's face was red at this time, and his brain was congested. He couldn't care about anything at this time. In his eyes, the only thing he could do was to fire the five rounds of volleys quickly.
There are only so many shells.
Moreover, Zhang Zhou said that it is unlikely that the chamber will explode within five rounds, but if it happens after five rounds, it is not certain.
Zhang Zhou only started to work on this thing after the anniversary. The fine steel gun body consumes a lot of materials. Zhang Zhou's coal mine has not yet opened, let alone the iron ore... There is no guarantee at all. It is no longer possible to cast these guns.
It's easy, in general... I can fire five rounds and sixty rounds, so I've tried my best.
If these sixty rounds of artillery shells fail to achieve the desired effect, then we might as well huddle in the city and wait for the three guards of Duoyan to escape.
When Wang Qiong saw Ren Liang coming, he covered his ears with one hand and shouted loudly with the other: "Have the cavalry from the other city gates gone out?"
Ren Liang was startled, then grabbed Qian Ying and asked, "Are you out?"
"this……"
Qian Ying was also confused by the question.
Before and after making tea, he couldn't adapt to this change. He wanted to say, where can I go?
"Uncle Ping Jiang!"
Wang Qiong yelled.
At this time, Chen Rui had finished putting on his armor with the help of his generals: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, the general will go to lead the troops right away!"
Wang Qiong wanted to say, what did you do earlier?
When the cavalry went out of the city to form an array, it seemed that not even a decent general followed them... The point is, they were all afraid of death!
Only the cavalrymen who had no status were ordered to go out as cannon fodder. Now looking under the city gate tower, the soldiers were no longer squeezing to escape inside the city gate, but were squeezing desperately out of the city gate.
The cavalry on the other side of the city gate were blocked by the city wall. They didn't know what was happening outside, but they felt that the direction of the city gate seemed to be empty...
"Bang bang bang..."
The artillery salvo continued.
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The cavalry of Duoyan's three guards were also brave and good at fighting, but they were beaten by the sudden cannonballs and couldn't find their way north.
After three rounds of volleys, the cavalry of Duoyan's three guards had to retreat.
Nothing can block the power of Ming artillery shells, not even heavy shields.
When the soldiers of Duoyan Sanwei watched their companions being blown to pieces, they seemed to have experienced the experience and state of mind of the Huoshan Division in Piantou Pass City. It was really...
Not in the same era, nor in the same magnitude.
They were like a group of children holding sticks, facing the Ming Dynasty's tiger and wolf divisions.
The soldiers and horses of Duoyan Sanwei didn't know how many rounds the Ming Dynasty's artillery could fire.
All they knew was that they could only retreat quickly to avoid the range of the Ming Dynasty artillery.
At the moment, apart from saving their lives... they don't care about anything else.
Honor and shame seem to be meaningless compared to life.
If it is a frontal bloody battle, you can still fight for honor. If it is a cannonball falling from the sky... can you die more heroically with honor? Or can you be blown up and your body torn apart more evenly?
The cavalry of the Three Duoyan Guards were so brave when they charged, but how embarrassed they were when they fled for their lives. Many of them were not dismounted by bombs, but were directly turned over because they turned their horses' heads too quickly, and some were killed by their companions.
There are also many horses that stumble and collide with their bodies...
There were only sixty rounds of artillery shells, which could not fully cover the area. The artillery shells were just an introduction. The remaining chaos was more caused by the fact that the three cavalrymen of the Duoyan Guards trampled on each other out of fear.
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"Mr. Wang, I'll leave this to you, I'm going into battle!" After Zhu Feng issued the order to fire out all five rounds of artillery shells, he handed the flag to Wang Qiong while he himself was putting on his armor.
Wang Qiong did not expect that Zhu Feng would be so responsible.
"Uncle Anbian, you don't have to go in person!" Wang Qiong reminded.
When Wang Qiong spoke, he deliberately looked around. Except for Ren Liang, who was still standing there in a daze, as if he had not recovered, all the generals in the city who could ride horses went down to the tower to rectify their troops and pursue the remaining soldiers of the Duoyan tribe.
went.
Even Zhang Yanling was dragged out of the city by Chen Rui.
Chengtou, which used to be very lively, is now a bit deserted.
Zhu Feng said: "As a commander, if you can't take the lead, how can you ask the soldiers?"
After saying that, Zhu Feng picked up his blunderbuss and saber, and led the people down the tower.
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"Hurry, follow him!" Ren Liang lay in front of the battlement and looked outside with a telescope for a long time. He turned around and found that Zhu Feng was not there. He saw that Zhu Feng had already descended to the top of the city, so he quickly grabbed two soldiers and said.
He wanted someone to stop Zhu Feng.
"Eunuch Ren, what does this mean?" The soldier was puzzled.
Ren Liang saw that Zhu Feng had climbed onto his horse, and without caring about anything else, he ordered: "Bring our horse!"
Wang Qiong saw this scene from the side and just sneered and didn't care.
It seems that Wang Qiong knows Ren Liang’s intentions...
The probability of winning this battle is basically 100%. Even if Ren Liang is not the first contributor, he will still have a credit in his credit book. But if Zhu Feng, the coach of this battle, encounters an accident, and Zhu Feng is the emperor's favorite
The "top horse" of Zhang Zhou, a trusted minister. At that time, it was up to you whether you, Ren Liang, would be credited with merit or demerit.
From Ren Liang's point of view, Zhu Feng must be tied up in the city now. Only in this way can he be sure to get the credit.
But Zhu Feng seemed not to care about all this. He had experienced the battle at Piantou Pass and was no newbie in charging into battle. After being tempered in these two battles, he seemed to be more mature and steady, and he did not hesitate at all when leading his troops out of the city.
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Just after Zhu Fenggang led some of his troops out of the city gate, Ren Liang also led his people out of the city.
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The pursuit began.
This is simply a game of grabbing credit. Those who leave the city late and have weak legs and feet are naturally at a disadvantage in grabbing credit, especially those who leave the city first and have already reached the enemy camp, killing those who are already lying on the ground.
Or cut off the head of Di Yi, who ran on two legs.
As deputy commander-in-chief, Zhang Yanling left the city relatively early.
Although he had deliberately slowed down his horse speed, he still rushed into the enemy camp relatively early. There happened to be an unlucky man lying on the ground pretending to be dead. After being discovered, he rode directly to the enemy camp and used the horse's hooves to kill him.
After stepping on it a few times, he excitedly pulled out his sword and chopped off the man's head.
"Uncle Jianchang, be careful!"
But at this moment, a large number of Zhu Feng's cavalry also rushed over.
The Duoyan cavalry, who had been bombed first and then trampled on the ground, had lost their resistance, but at the critical moment they burst out with a strong will to survive. Taking advantage of Zhang Yanling's lack of proficiency in drawing the sword, he grabbed the sabers scattered on the ground in his hand.
Go up, climb up with difficulty, and behead Zhang Yanling.
If it were an ordinary soldier, the opponent would have no strength at all. He would not let the opponent succeed at this moment. Even if he turned around and ran away, he would not have a chance to chop himself with the knife.
But Zhang Yanling was not that good, so he got into a fight with his own saber.
The more anxious you are, the harder it is to pull out the knife.
Fortunately, Zhu Feng led his troops to charge over at this time. After all, Zhu Feng was from the Wuxun family, so he was still much stronger than Zhang Yanling. This was also because he had great momentum. After he came over, he directly used his horses to kill the Duoyan soldiers.
Knocked over, the Duoyan soldier lay on the ground this time completely unable to fight back.
Zhu Feng did not compete with Zhang Yanling for credit and moved on.
After experiencing the scene just now, Zhang Yanling was so frightened that he almost lost his wits. He originally wanted to go out and fish in troubled waters, but now he gave up any thought of achieving any military exploits.
"Uncle, thank you for your contribution!"
The thugs brought by Zhang Yanling arrived at this time. They didn't even have armor on them, but they did not forget to give Zhang Yanling the credit for "slaying a Di Yi with his own hands".
They also understood that if Zhang Yanling, who was on the battlefield for the first time, could kill a Tatar with his own hands, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life.
"Hold! Hold!"
Seeing that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all around him, Zhang Yanling was no longer afraid. He got off the horse with his sword and kicked the man first: "You are so brave. You want to kill me? Let's see if I don't kill you!"
The Duoyan soldier looked hopeless.
But he was very contemptuous of Zhang Yanling.
It's shameful for someone who can't even hold a knife to die in the hands of such a person.
Zhang Yanling swung his knife and slashed at him. He originally intended to chop at the neck, but he missed the opponent's helmet and struck him squarely. The other party didn't do anything wrong, and his knife was curled up instead.
"Master, you can use the villain's knife!"
Zhang Yanling and a bunch of his men surrounded a Duoyan cavalryman who was unable to resist, and after a lot of effort, they finally "sawed" off the man's head.
"Uncle Jianchang, have you met Uncle Anbian?"
Ren Liang came with a group of cavalry.
Zhang Yanling pointed to the front and said: "I just passed by. Mr. Ren, I won't chase you anymore. This is a credit..."
Ren Liang was too lazy to pay attention and led his men to continue chasing.
Zhang Yanling's stomach was still full of meat and vegetables because he had just beheaded someone else. His subordinates were very happy to hold up the head and said: "You have done a great job!"
"Get out! I almost died! Go to the city, go to the city!"
