Even though the muskets equipped by the Huangzhushan bandits still have many shortcomings, there is one thing that other weapons cannot match, and that is its huge power.
When Wang Shanxu gave the order to fire, dense gunfire and thick white smoke rang out from the two musketeers of the Tang Dynasty King's Division.
At the same time, the Fengjiazhuang archers who were bending their bows and preparing to shoot arrows on the top of the city fell instantly.
The dense projectiles hit the battlements, splashing gravel and hitting the Fengjiazhuang archers who stood up, leaving bloody holes.
The power of projectiles is unmatched by bows and arrows. After the bow and arrow are shot out of the enemy, if the arrow is not pulled out directly and does not hit the fatal part, it will be difficult for the person hit to die completely or lose combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
In ancient battlefields, you can often see fierce men with several arrows stuck in their bodies, covered in blood, but they still continue to fight regardless of their own safety.
However, if you are hit by a bullet, even if it does not directly hit the fatal part, you will instantly lose your combat effectiveness.
It is definitely not an exaggeration to punch a big hole!
Even though the Huangzhushan bandits used extremely primitive matchlock guns, which were far less powerful than later modern firearms, their power should not be underestimated.
None of the fallen Fengjiazhuang archers could continue to stand up. These people only had their upper bodies exposed, because the parts that were hit were either the head or the chest. A big hole was made in such a part, and the extent of the injury was
It is conceivable that some were killed on the spot, and most of the rest were only breathing out but not taking in air, and were seriously injured and dying.
There were not many archers in Fengjiazhuang. There were only twenty or thirty people who stood up to shoot arrows just now. However, they were only hit by a volley of fire and at least ten people fell down.
The casualty rate should be more than half!
Some of the remaining people did not react, and continued to aim and shoot arrows, but some reacted, screamed, and then retracted back to the battlements. Many of them were still trembling.
Although they had seen the power of the puppet Tang rebel army's firepower before, and several people were hit, they were not faced with it personally.
However, the volley just now was fired at the archers, and because of the close distance, the hit rate was quite impressive.
Just one salvo completely defeated the archer unit in Fengjiazhuang. After shooting a few arrows, the few archers who didn't react found that the other archers on the left and right were either dead or screaming.
After hearing the sound, he felt a sense of fear belatedly, and then without anyone reminding him, he would retract back behind the battlements.
At this time, no one else at the top of the city blamed the archers who had retreated to the battlements and refused to get up to shoot arrows.
Because even the men in brocade robes had pale faces at this time. It was obvious that even they did not expect that the firepower of the puppet Tang rebel army would be so fierce.
Why are their fire guns so powerful?
This shouldn't be the case!
It’s not like they don’t know about firecrackers. They even have a batch of firecrackers on hand that they obtained from officers and soldiers, but these firecrackers in their hands simply can’t hit that far. In actual combat, they can hit twenty or thirty steps away.
It's pretty good, and very inaccurate.
Therefore, the fire blunderbuss at this time was just an auxiliary weapon for the Ming army and the people in Fengjiazhuang. Long-range attacks mainly relied on archers.
As the property of the Feng family in Fucheng, Fengjiazhuang was robbed by the puppet Tang bandits some time ago, which made the eldest man in the mansion extremely angry. Therefore, the third housekeeper and several other stewards were specially sent from Fucheng's main family to take charge.
In order to defend themselves, Fengjiazhuang was robbed again.
Although Fengjiazhuang is located in a cheap location, close to the edge of the mountains, and is technically just a remote village, it just happens that Fengjiazhuang has a small plain with abundant water. Although the place is small, the fields are of the highest quality, and every year
Both can produce a lot of food.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Fengjiazhuang, which produces a lot of grain, is valued by the Feng family. After all, nothing is more precious than grain these days.
But even if they paid attention to it, they even spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the city wall. During the slack period, they would organize tenants to conduct training. I originally thought that Fengjiazhuang was already impregnable, but I didn't expect that the battle had just begun. Our own archers
More than half of it was lost.
If we add the seven or eight people who were lost first, then the total number would be more than twenty casualties.
These twenty people may be only a small number for a large army, but for Fengjiazhuang, it is a huge loss.
Especially since most of the casualties inside were archers. The remaining archers were too frightened to dare to lean out and take the risk of shooting arrows again. They could only continue to hide behind the battlements, then aim their bows and arrows at the sky, using
The projectile method shoots out scattered arrows.
However, the accuracy and power of arrows thrown into the sky are almost negligible.
Except for one unlucky guy on the Zhuzhu Mountain side who was shot in the thigh, everyone else was fine and continued to build the bridge!
Seeing that the musketeers in front completely suppressed the enemy's archers, and while his own men were quickly building a bridge, Li Xuan turned to Butcher Chen and said, "The swordsmen and shieldmen are ready to climb the city!"
In this kind of siege battle, there is nothing more suitable than a sword-and-shield bearer wearing heavy armor!
After receiving the order, Butcher Chen quickly led his subordinate sword and shield men out of the queue, and then began to slowly step forward step by step.
These heavy-armored sword-and-shielders walk very slowly, and their movement speed is even slower than walking. It's not that they can't run, but to save energy.
Running around in heavy armor consumes a lot of energy. They must save their energy as much as possible in order to charge and climb up at the last moment.
Although these heavy-armored swordsmen and shieldmen carrying long ladders were slow, the pressure they brought to the people of Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city was far greater than those of the previous musketeers.
Because those musketeers are just shooting outside, but these sword and shield men will climb up to the top of the city to fight. If they cannot be stopped, once they are allowed to climb up to the top of the city and block the counterattack, then the city will be declared dead.
fall.
Therefore, when they saw the puppet Tang bandit army outside preparing to come up, the men in brocade robes from Fengjiazhuang on the top of the city shouted loudly. On the one hand, they tried to get the archers to shoot and intercept, and on the other hand, they also
Prepare others for the coming hand-to-hand combat.
However, the remaining dozen or so archers had just come forward when they were greeted by another hail of bullets. The frightened archers no longer dared to come forward. No matter what the men in brocade robes said, it was useless.
In this case, the heavy armored swordsmen and shieldmen led by Chen Tufu successfully crossed the moat through the newly built wooden bridge without any obstacles along the way. Behind these heavy armored swordsmen and shieldmen, there were also a large number of spears.
hand.
If the spearmen who serve as the vanguard can successfully climb the city and establish a position, then these spearmen will follow and climb up continuously. It will be impossible for the people of Fengjiazhuang to drive them down again.