There was a little panic in the Tatar formation, but they immediately fought back. A new round of dense arrow rain fell on the city head. At the same time, rapid horn sounds sounded, and countless Tatar soldiers launched a charge.
Amidst the shouts, densely packed Tatar soldiers rushed up from the slope with rattan and wooden shields, and quickly attacked the city gate and the city walls on both sides. Soon, a large number of Tatar soldiers rushed to the ditch outside the city.
beside.
As a city in the mountains, trenches were dug when there was no moat. A trench was dug outside the monolithic city, which was more than one foot wide and seven or eight feet deep. It was filled with sharp bamboo and wood thorns. A large number of Tatars
The child was blocked at the edge of the trench.
This was the best time to attack them. Zhang Yin gave an order, and arrows rained down from the defenders at the top of the city. Under the intensive and close fire from high above, the shields and wooden shields in the hands of the Tatar soldiers were completely unable to withstand them.
From time to time, wooden shields burst into pieces under the fire of powerful arrows, and from time to time, powerful arrows penetrated the rattan shields and shot at the Tatars.
In less than a short tea time, three to four hundred people fell on the edge of the trench. Many Tatars were shot and then rolled into the trench. Their blood was dripping from the bamboo thorns, which was horrible to watch.
But this situation was quickly reversed, and dozens of huge wooden rafts from the rear quickly arrived at the side of the trench. At this moment, these wooden rafts demonstrated their multi-purpose.
The wooden rafts that were shot like hedgehogs did not affect the fact that they were built as bridges on the trenches for the Tatar soldiers to cross the trenches. It turned out that the Tatars spent a lot of effort to cut down the logs before the war and built the wooden rafts not only to cover the bows and arrows
The shield used to shoot arrows from the hand to suppress the city defenders also had the function of being a springboard.
The raft was two feet long, long enough to span the trench. Apparently the Tatars had made careful calculations and reconnaissance, and knew that the width of the trench would not be wider than two feet, so they made these huge rafts for use.
The wooden rafts were erected one after another, and then slammed over the trench. As smoke, dust and sand flew, dozens of passages were added to the trench in an instant. The first line of defense of Monolithic City was easily broken through.
The Tatar soldiers who had nowhere to hide were killed by the rain of arrows from the city. They immediately shouted and rushed across the ditch and attacked the high city wall. An assault vehicle also arrived at the gate of the city. A dozen strong Tatar men pushed a huge
The logs began to bang against the city gate.
Although the city wall is narrow at the top and trapezoidal at the bottom, theoretically there is no blind spot for arrows. But in fact, when the enemy arrives under the city wall, it is not easy to shoot at them. You have to lean out from the battlements of the city wall to aim down.
This is a very laborious task. And it is also very dangerous.
The Tatar archers never stopped firing arrows. Even though they had rushed to the city wall, the Tatar archers had no intention of stopping shooting, but their shooting method changed. From suppressive shooting in the sky to
Selective aim and kill. Because when attacking a city, the defenders at the top of the city must show their heads and bodies.
This move can be described as very insidious and vicious. With the accuracy of the Tatars' shooting skills, they posed a great threat to the defenders at the top of the city.
However, the defenders at the top of the city had no choice. They had no choice but to risk such a risk and start a new round of attacks. The most effective way to deal with the enemy troops who arrived at the city was not to lean out and shoot arrows, but to use other simple and crude methods.
method is more effective.
"Smash it for me!" Zhang Yin yelled and ordered.
For a moment, the rolling wood and stones rolled down the city wall, and the heavy objects hit the crowd below. The wooden and rattan shields on top of them were completely unable to withstand it. The Tatars under the city wall screamed in agony and were killed and injured. At the same time,
The pots of boiling water were also poured down the city, and the hot Tatars underneath were screaming like ants that had exploded their nest. In a short period of time, at least five or six hundred people were killed or injured.
Batu Munch witnessed all this with an expressionless expression on his face. Since he was about to attack the city, these were all expected. But he couldn't let the other party harvest them so wantonly.
"Qie Gemu, lead eight hundred sharpshooters to close in and suppress them. Shoot the enemy troops at the top of the city when they show up." Batu Munch ordered in a deep voice.
Zigmu is a captain in his personal guard cavalry battalion, and his subordinates are carefully selected sharpshooters. Batu Munch was dissatisfied with the suppressive power of the infantry archers in the front, and decided to use his own troops.
The Guardsmen went to reverse the situation.
Qie Gemu promised in a loud voice, and led eight hundred horse archers to rush up the hillside, arrived at a position eighty steps away from the city wall, set up a formation, and began to shoot arrows at the top of the city. The archery skills of these guys were indeed excellent.
The bows and arrows are also strong bows.
It was only more than eighty steps away, and their accuracy was excellent at this distance. Although a large number of arrows flew past the top of the city wall, and some were shot on the battlement walls, there were still many arrows at the top of the city.
Ten soldiers were immediately hit by arrows.
After a while, more than a hundred people were shot at the garrison at the top of the city. In fact, most of them hit the vital points and were killed on the spot. Because the exposed parts on the top of the city were all on the head and face, once they were shot, they would be critical.
parts, either dead or seriously injured.
As a result, the defenders at the top of the city were psychologically wary and did not dare to act recklessly. Moreover, the wood and stones piled up on the city wall were quickly consumed. Although they were continuously moved up, they could not keep up with the rate of consumption.
Soon there will be nothing left to hit. If you lean out and shoot arrows, you risk being killed by a Tatar sharpshooter.
The chaotic Tatar soldiers and horses below the city wall have begun to restore order. Under the loud shouts of the generals, they have begun to build herringbone ladders and start climbing up against the wall. Hook ropes and hook poles are also about to come in handy.
Zhang Yin was extremely anxious. It had only been an hour since the battle began, but the Tatars had already attacked the city and began to take control of the situation. This made Zhang Yin extremely angry. If this continues, the Tatars will attack the city in a short while.
Coming.
What Zhang Yin is most annoyed about now is that the Tatar sharpshooters below the city are too accurate in their archery, which scares the defenders at the top of the city. Maybe they will stop shooting arrows only when the Tatar soldiers climb up to the top of the city, but
By then it was too late. What we had to find a way to solve now was the pressure on the opponent's archers.
"Fangzi Crossbow, call to those archers." Zhang Yin shouted loudly.
The six bed crossbows have actually been firing continuously for a long time. But the main function of the bed crossbow is to destroy the opponent's siege equipment or shoot the opponent's main generals. Or it can kill densely packed enemies with flat fire, causing huge damage.
With all my strength, I can't do any of these things at the moment.
Although using a bed crossbow to shoot at the enemy cannot be said to be like using a cannon to blast mosquitoes, it is still killing a chicken with a knife. The opponent has a large number of archers, and even if the bed crossbow kills dozens or hundreds of people, it will actually be of no use. Not to mention
, and there were not so many crossbow arrows to consume. Before the battle began, there were only more than 300. The six crossbows kept firing, and there were already very few left.
Although the bed crossbow quickly killed dozens of Tatar horse archers, the scene of the killing was not without blood. After the huge crossbow arrows hit the Tatars, they would be directly knocked off their horses, killing them.
Nailed to the ground, it can penetrate their bodies, causing a horrifying scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere. But this will not greatly improve the overall situation.
The situation began to deteriorate rapidly. The city gate was intact. Although the city gate was smashed by the car with a rumble, a large amount of earth and stone had been accumulated in the city gate hole beforehand. The Tatars could not get in even if they broke through the city gate. However,
, the situation at the city walls on both sides has deteriorated.
Thousands of Tatar soldiers below the city have set up more than a hundred herringbone ladders. At the top of each herringbone ladder, Tatars begin to use hooks to throw them up. From time to time, some defenders at the top of the city are caught by sharp iron hooks.
Their bodies were pulled down by the Tatars below and they fell down the city. Although some struggled to break free, their bodies were cut into bloody pieces by the iron hooks.
They don't seem to be in a hurry to attack the city. They just want to use their hooks and claws to catch the defending soldiers hiding in the blind spots behind the battlements, causing them casualties. With the suppression of the archers, whether you stand up or hide, there will be
May be shot.
Zhang Yin was extremely anxious. In this situation, even someone like him who had experienced a fierce battle was helpless.
At this moment, there was an ear-splitting roar from the direction of the tower. Streams of black smoke rose into the sky, as if there was a fire in the tower. Others were stunned and dazed, thinking that something terrible had happened in the tower.
, Zhang Yin laughed in surprise.
In the city tower, Zhang Yanling led Chen Shiyi and more than two hundred people to defend here. Among them were one hundred personal guards of Nanzhen Fusi. Naturally, they also included thirty gunmen.
Zhang Yanling originally did not want to use muskets, but the current situation was really passive. The opponent's archers were sniping at a distance of 70 or 80 steps from the city, and the suppressed city defenders could not raise their heads. Just now, Zhang Yanling himself was almost killed.
The arrow hit the target. Fortunately, a pillar blocked the arrow.
At this time, Zhang Yanling was really angry. Although Zhang Yanling did not want to expose the fact that one of his people was carrying firearms, looking at the current situation, it was impossible not to use firearms. The Tatars had already gained the upper hand.
"Zhao Yuancheng, it's time to use firearms. Let me blast those cavalry archers." Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice.
Zhao Yuancheng and the guards equipped with bird guns had long wanted to use them. After hearing this, they immediately took action, removed the leather sheath from Beishang, and took out the long-barreled bird guns, which were brand new and black.
"Check firearms."
"Find the location of the crenel."
"Load and aim."
Zhao Yuancheng issued orders sentence by sentence. Thirty gunners hid behind the crenels, quickly loaded and compacted their guns, placed the muzzles of their guns at the crenels, and aimed at the Tatar archers below the city.
"Ready! Release!" Zhao Yuancheng ordered loudly.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The loud noise was deafening. Everyone else in the tower was stunned. Even many of the personal guards around Zhang Yanling knew for the first time the existence of such firearms.
A row of black smoke passed by, and more than twenty of the Tatar cavalry under the city fell off their horses almost at the same time. The accuracy of the flintlock gun with the aiming port was already quite accurate, and the distance was so close that it almost pointed at where.
Where to hit? All the Tatar archers who were hit were shot in the head, face and chest. Most of them died on the spot after falling off their horses. The iron bullets directly penetrated their bodies and heads, which was extremely powerful.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Zigmu yelled and asked.
"It looks like a firearm. It's in the tower." A Tatar soldier reported loudly.
"Fart, what kind of firearm can shoot so far? They don't have iron cannons. The Ming army's blunderbuss can only hit thirty steps." Qi Gemu scolded.
"Rumble!" There was another roar from the tower.
The Tatar archer who had just answered Qiegemu's words screamed and fell off his horse. He struggled on the ground for a few times and then stopped moving. Qiegemu could clearly see a blood hole on his forehead, and black blood was gurgling.
Emerged from the bloody hole. There were screams around him, and more than 20 archers around him were killed and fell from their horses.
This time, Qie Gemu no longer questioned it. It was obvious that it was the firearm fired from the tower.
"Aim at the tower for me. If they dare to show their heads again, shoot them to death." Qi Gemu shouted angrily.
"Rumble!" There was another burst of black smoke and roar from the tower. Ziegemu lowered his head subconsciously, only to feel a sharp pain in the top of his head. He reached out and touched a piece of bloody scalp with hair.
Gemu was so frightened that he peed his pants and yelled loudly. The enemy's firearm bullets grazed his scalp. As long as he was lowered by half an inch, his heavenly spirit cap was lifted. How could Qigemu not be stunned?
At the same time, on the city tower, Zhang Yanling cursed and returned the gun to Zhao Yuancheng. He saw that Qie Gemu's equipment was different from other horse archers, and knew that he must be the leader, so he wanted to shoot him personally.
.As a result, due to lack of shooting training and lack of understanding of the characteristics of the gun in Zhao Yuancheng's hand, the shot was slightly higher.