After hearing this, Xu Jingchang couldn't help but turn his head and look at the person who spoke. This person was tall and burly. He was holding a musket in both hands and looked at him sideways.
Xu Jingchang knew this man. He was a soldier under Sun Bingwen, named Zhu Daizhen. He was transferred from Xingwu Guard to Yulin Left Guard last summer. He was quite marginalized at first, but with his excellent performance and helpful character, he was quickly attracted by other people.
The soldier accepted him and became a flagman. Sun Bingwen praised him in front of him more than once.
"Then you tell me, how to break through the defense line on the opposite side?" Xu Jingchang asked with the attitude of listening and seeing. He did not expect that this time, he actually heard how to use hundreds of soldiers to break through the two thousand Annan soldiers on the opposite side.
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Congdao looked very strangely at the Ming army confronting them not far away. If they said they wanted to fight, they had no intention of fighting. Everyone stood where their bows and arrows could not reach them, although they had muskets in their hands.
They have all been loaded, but they have no intention of charging, as if they are waiting for something.
"Could they be waiting for the cannon?" Congdao said to himself.
He immediately said to the people next to him: "If you see the Ming army pushing the cannon over, retreat immediately. It is impossible for us to defend against the cannon."
Everyone claimed that they were. They were able to be retained by Hu Jiya in the rear. Of course, they were the troops he trusted more. They were also relatively loyal to Hu Jiya and were unwilling to surrender to the Ming army. But being unwilling to surrender to the Ming army did not mean that they were willing to serve Hu Jiya.
Ji Yao died. If it was a fatal mission, they would not carry out it. After all, they were not Hu Ji Yao's most trusted imperial guards, and they were not loyal enough to regard death as home. Facing the cannon was a fatal mission for them, so of course they had to retreat.
Besides, even if they don't retreat, the soldiers below will probably retreat on their own after seeing the cannon. It's better for them to retreat on their own initiative.
They then returned to the place where they were guarding to convey orders from Dao to the lower-level military commanders.
The place where one of the subordinates was on guard was right next to the wall. As soon as he returned and was about to speak, he heard something coming from the wall on the side.
Somehow, he always felt that this was not a good thing. After conveying the Taoist order in a hurry, he put his ear against the wall to listen to the sounds coming from inside.
As soon as he put his ear to it, he heard someone inside saying in Chinese: "Get out of the way!"
He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and was about to get out of the way; but as soon as his ears left the wall, he heard a loud "bang" and then lost consciousness.
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Zhu Daizhen said: "Master Qianhu, you see, the defense line of Annan soldiers on the opposite side is completely arranged at the exit of each street, relying on the houses on both sides as a barrier."
"Isn't this natural? The city gate is so big that it can't accommodate two thousand people, so he can't just arrange it this way."
"But this gives our army an opportunity. Sir Qianhu, the Annan people rely on their houses as a barrier. We can blow up the walls of the houses. The Annan people will be confused when they are surprised. Our army can take advantage of their confusion to throw grenades.
If we charge with a sword in hand, we will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop."
"This, this," Xu Jingchang really didn't expect that Zhu Daizhen would propose such a method to him; more importantly, this method should be useful!
"It's actually possible to do this." Sun Bingwen was also dumbfounded.
"Okay, what a good plan!" Xu Jingchang had already reacted and said to Zhu Daizhen: "This time, you must take credit for the complete capture of Shenglong City."
"Master Qianhu, this is just because the entire army has not been equipped with firearms for a long time, so most people can't think of it at the moment. If it takes a long time, everyone will think of it, and my subordinates will not dare to take credit." Zhu Daizhen said humbly.
"You don't have to give in. Even if everyone can think of it in the future, you thought of it at the right time. I once heard His Majesty say: 'The so-called victory is to use the right method to fight the right battle at the right time.
Enemy. All you did was come up with a suitable solution, how can it not be considered credit?"
Zhu Daizhen wanted to say more, but Xu Jingchang stopped paying attention to him and ordered Sun Bingwen: "Immediately lead a few people and go around the side of the house on their left to climb over the wall. Be careful not to be discovered by the Annan people; Zhu Daizhen, go and stop them behind."
All the musketeers who came over told me my order, and asked them to each give you a few taels of gunpowder without pellets. Then the gunpowder was delivered to Sun Bingwen. Be careful not to let the gunpowder be contaminated with even a tiny spark.
It's different from what we usually do. Usually our gunpowder is divided into portions and wrapped in oil paper and placed inside the backpack, so it won't catch fire easily." As he said that, he took off his waist tag and handed it to him.
: "Show this to them."
The two of them immediately accepted the order, bent over and left the place quickly.
Soon, more and more soldiers came to the south gate. More than ten people followed Sun Bingwen to prepare explosives. The rest of the soldiers were waiting outside the bow and arrow range of the Taoist Department, waiting for the "bang"
A sound.
Xu Jingchang stood behind a half-collapsed wall, looked at the Annan people opposite, and said to the soldiers beside him: "It's been a quarter of an hour, hasn't he chosen a place to detonate yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud "bang" from dozens of feet away. Xu Jingchang immediately looked up and saw a large hole in the wall on the left side of the Annan defense line, with countless bricks and stones flying in the air.
There were also many screams mixed in with it.
Upon seeing this, Xu Jingchang immediately shouted: "Brothers, come with me!" He then raised his musket and rushed towards the Annan defense line; more than 300 soldiers who had gathered also rushed forward with howls.
Just as they were charging, Sun Bingwen and the others stuck their heads out of the gaping hole and threw dozens of grenades, blasting the nearby Annan people into howls of terror.
At this time, Xu Jingchang had already led the soldiers to the range of the muskets, shouted orders, and asked all the soldiers to line up in three rows and raise their muskets. He fired nine rounds of volleys, used up all the gunpowder in his backpack, and then carried the muskets to the
He turned his back, pulled out a simple sword from his waist and rushed towards the Annan people's position.
At this time, the Annan soldiers were first startled by the wall that exploded from the side, and then were covered with dozens of grenades, and were hit with nine rounds of volley fire. They somehow lost their command and were already on the verge of collapse; when they
When he saw the Ming army rushing over with a sword in his hand and howling, he immediately collapsed.
Most of the soldiers threw away their extra things and rushed towards the south gate with only swords and guns in their hands, trying to escape from the south gate; the soldiers guarding the south gate had already run away.
Therefore, the Ming army quickly entered the Annan position, wiped out the remaining Annan soldiers who were still resisting, and completely captured the position. Xu Jingchang also led troops to occupy the south gate and arranged for soldiers to be deployed at the top of the city.
At this time, Xu Jingchang breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally captured the entire Shenglong City!"