Daming Military Empire

Chapter 145 Barrage Attack
The Ming army has been tossing outside the city for more than ten days in a row, and Azig has become accustomed to it. In the first few days, he kept sending people to ask for help from Huang Taiji, asking for a certain number of artillery support, and requesting that the golden cavalry attack the Ming army's flanks. launch a harassing attack
But now he basically has no reaction at all. He patrols the city wall mechanically every day. Once the Ming army starts shelling, he hides in the gate tower and follows the Ming army.He has even been in the mood to read these few days, watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with the sound of gunfire, it feels really good!
This morning, Azig appeared on the city wall on time, and looked at the straight Houjin soldiers holding giant shields. He nodded symbolically. As for those neatly sitting against the parapet He didn't bother to reprimand the Mongolian soldiers, as they said, so what if he scolded them, he had to sit back later!
At this time, the Ming army below was ready to load the shells again, and he said lightly: "Be careful of concealment." Then Shi Shiran walked towards the gate tower.

When he sat down and took "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his hand, the artillery roar of the Ming army rang out on time.He read a page of "boom boom boom" and there was another burst of artillery, and another page of "boom boom boom" was still a burst of artillery.

Read one page of "Boom Boom Boom" and another page of "Boom Boom Boom".He ran behind the watchful guards and asked anxiously, "Is there any new news from the Ming army?"

The personal guards immediately turned around and saluted, "Master Dutong, the Ming army did not make any changes, they just kept firing."

Azig was still not at ease, so he ran to the lookout hole on the side and looked at the city wall. He finally saw something was wrong. Solid ammunition, there are many arrow butts that have been beaten to only half of them!

Something was wrong, definitely something wrong, he immediately shouted: "Send an order, let the reserve defenders gather under the city wall immediately and prepare for reinforcements."

The messenger led the order to go, while Azig personally ran to a lookout hole in front, staring at the Ming army outside.

Half an hour passed, and the Ming army's shelling had not stopped. Many arrow stacks were flattened, and the city wall became like an old man with missing teeth. There were holes everywhere, which was extremely ugly.

An hour passed, and the Ming army still hadn't stopped shelling. At this time, nearly half of the arrow stacks had been flattened, even the giant shield under the female wall was smashed to pieces, and the soldiers on the city wall began to suffer casualties.

Two hours passed, and the Ming army's shelling still did not stop. At this time, the arrow stacks on the south wall were almost cut off, and Azig's heart sank slowly.

Sure enough, half an hour later, the Ming army moved, and countless wells and siege vehicles swarmed out from both sides, gradually filling his field of vision. Azig subconsciously shouted: "Ready to fire!" He didn't shout out, because someone had already reported that the ten cannons on the south wall had all been smashed to pieces!

Seeing that the Ming army was about to start attacking the city, Azig roared anxiously: "Hurry up, send the order, prepare to roll stones and wood." As for hot water and hot oil, there is no need to prepare, the pots on the city wall have already been smashed It was rotten, not even a whole bite.

The messengers ran towards the city walls on both sides with their giant shields on. Slowly, some people bent over and supported the giant shields, and helped the rolling stones and wood on the inner side of the city wall to the female wall on the outer side. Fortunately, the Ming army had already changed The shotgun was loaded, otherwise they would have been knocked over by this move.

The artillery fire of the Ming army never stopped. Iron balls the size of eggs rained down on the city wall. The Mongolian soldiers and Houjin soldiers above were carrying the rolling stones and wood with difficulty against the huge shield.

Finally, the Ming army began to attack the city. Rows of well rails quickly approached the city wall, and behind them were rows of siege engines.

Under the protection of his shield-raised guards, Azig came to the city wall of the south gate, bent down and stared nervously at the Ming army below. Suddenly, the well ahead stopped, and groups of Musketeers rushed towards the well Climbing up the railing, Azig's frightened face changed, and he shouted: "Quickly, order all the giant shields to stand up, don't put them on your head, and be careful of their Musketeers."

The orderly leaned forward and leaned forward with his shield on his back. He had just asked his guards to put down the shield and stand it upright in front of him, when a burst of gunshots rang out, and there was no gap at all, it kept ringing non-stop , "Puff puff puff puff", the bullets poured down on the wooden shield like raindrops, making people terrified.

"Ah!" A guard next to him suddenly screamed and covered his arm. It turned out that he didn't notice that his arm was always exposed outside the shield. Although the bullet rain was not very dense, he was shot very quickly.

Seeing this, Azig couldn't help shouting: "Look at it, don't protrude the shield from any part, and stand close to the shield. If there is not enough space behind the shield, go under the parapet."

This is what Zhu Cijiong called the barrage attack. Shotguns the size of eggs kept falling on the head, and musket bullets rained down on the front. They didn't even dare to lift their heads. They all covered their heads and hid in a ball behind the shields and parapets. They didn't dare to move, for fear that if they didn't pay attention, there would be an extra blood hole on their bodies.

In this way, the infantry who attacked the city rushed to the bottom of the city wall with almost no loss. At this time, the bottom of the city wall was already full of broken bricks and shells of various deformations, which just formed a slope. Almost no help at all.

At this time, the roar of the artillery finally stopped, and the Mongolian soldiers on the city wall began to lift the rolling stones and wood to throw them down under the urging of the Houjin soldiers, but the barrage of flintlock guns still did not stop, and the fire on the well fence The gunmen lined up in three rows and fired continuously in turn. As long as they left the range of the shield, they would be sieved immediately.

Naturally, the sparse rolling stones and trees could not stop the Ming army from climbing, and soon some Ming soldiers climbed to the city wall. At this time, the flintlock guns stopped firing, and the barrage could only send the besieging soldiers here. , the next step is hand-to-hand combat.

Azig spat, and said cursingly: "Well, it finally calmed down, let the reserve troops below rush up to me, don't care about whether the city wall can stand or not, if they can't stand, they will squeeze, put Ming Jun squeeze me down!"

A 2000-meter city wall can hold up to 8 people even if people are lined up next to each other. The width of the city wall is generally only seven or eight meters. Even if the upper part is full, only [-] or [-] people can be squeezed out. Originally, [-] guards were arranged on each wall, and he mobilized another [-] reinforcements. When it was full, the Ming army didn't even have a place to stay!
Will the Ming army really be squeezed out?Azig thought a little too much, because it was the Ming army who rushed up first, so he let the support troops go up. Although the defenders on the city wall were desperately resisting, there were thousands of ladders of the Ming army, and from behind the city wall There are only four steps to the city wall. How can the supporting troops go up the city wall faster than the Ming army!
The siege force of the Ming army is also 4 people, with 10 ladders. On average, only [-] people can climb up each ladder, and the speed is like a spring. came up.In order to boost morale, Zhu Cijiong also held a friendly match. On the left side was the [-] Tianxiong army, and on the right side was the [-] Qin army.
This is terrible, the siege soldiers of the two armies all screamed as if they had been stimulant, and the one who charged was fierce.

Needless to say, the Tianxiong Army, although the Hou Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers did not know the name of King Lu Yan, but King Lu Yan is still the King of Lu Yan, whether you know his reputation or not, he is the first to take the lead. The general took the lead, and the Tianxiong army was extremely brave. The enemy army on the left wall fell like dumplings from the inside of the wall, and soon gained the upper hand.

The Qin army was even more ferocious. Although Sun Chuanting was a civil servant and could not take the lead in charging, they had Zu Dabi and Zu Zu, who were pure and fierce. He was much more fierce than Lu Xiang. They came from professional military households who were born. When they heard that there was a reward of 10 taels of silver, they were all like hungry wolves. They were ferocious, and they killed the enemy army on the right wall like a sand wall under a huge wave. It was washed away in a few strokes!

Azig couldn't believe his eyes. The 3 people couldn't resist it in less than a quarter of an hour, and the reinforcements behind the city wall couldn't get up at all, and all the stairs were blocked.

The situation was urgent, and he didn't care about the walls on the left and right, so he ordered decisively: "Quickly, let the defenders on the walls on the left and right rush over to support."

There are usually small archery towers built at the corners of the city walls. Although they are not as tall as the city gates, as long as there are hundreds of archers standing on them, it is difficult to break through. Therefore, generally the attacking troops will not approach the corners, so as not to be attacked by the archers above. Shot in vain.With a wave of the command flag on the city gate tower, the arrow towers on the left and right corners received the news. After a while, the defenders on the left and right rushed towards the city wall on the south like a tide.

Azig seems to have overlooked a very serious problem. The Ming army had artillery. At this time, two hundred 600-type howitzers have been separated from each other, with one hundred on one side, arranged in ten neat rows, at the left and right corners of [-] It was many steps away, and they were all loaded with shotguns, waiting for the defenders on the left and right walls to emerge!

Therefore, as soon as the defenders on the left and right appeared at the corner of the southern city wall, what greeted them was "boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom" The next ten doors took turns continuously, and the area around the corner with a radius of about ten meters was covered by the barrage of shotgun bullets.

The defenders on the left and right did not prepare giant shields, so the vanguard troops who came up to support were directly blasted into blood mist. You must know that the attack range of the shotgun itself is a radius of ten meters, and the power of ten cannons is superimposed. Even a three-inch thick wooden shield would be smashed to pieces.

Azig looked at the city wall that was gradually being occupied by the Ming army, and he didn't panic at all. The anxious look on his face gradually receded, replaced by deep loneliness. He turned his head and glanced at the Ming army phalanx under the city wall. , and then coldly ordered: "Head the order, the troops of the various Niu Lu led the troops to disperse and retreat, and gather outside Shengjing City!"

(End of this chapter)