Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 603 Queen 6
Time was tight and tasks were urgent, and the city was guarded by a mob, so Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing didn't bother to waste too much time under Zhengyang City, and launched an attack on Zhengyang City three days later.

The first to speak was, of course, the cannon they had brought with them through untold hardships. More than 40 cannons roared at the city wall at the same time. The hot shells flew towards the city wall like meteors and hit the wall skin. The green forest heroes who defended the city were frightened.But in the eyes of Li Yan and other people who came from the Heluo New Army, this kind of bombardment can only be regarded as a child peeing, not enough to see. The Heluo New Army just pushed a few 85mm howitzers over.During the interval between shelling, they yelled at the officers, soldiers and artillery positions filled with gunpowder: "Have you not eaten? Why are you so weak even to fire a cannon?"

The officers and soldiers felt that they were despised, they were very angry, the consequences... no matter how serious the consequences were, they couldn't be more serious. Whoever told them to use the kind of weapons with no guarantee of quality, and every time they fired a cannon, they were terrified. gun?What kind of momentum can be played with this kind of rags?The heroes of the green forest soon discovered that the shelling of the officers and soldiers was nothing more than this, and the fear in their hearts was swept away. Some battlements were smashed and immediately blocked with sandbags. Laughter was endless, and the shelling by officers and soldiers made them watch it as fireworks.

Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu was furious: "Siege! Siege! Get rid of these gangsters!"

The officers and soldiers didn't have too much hope for the shelling. After fighting together for so many years, they still don't know what the artillery is.Hearing the order, the officers and soldiers rushed towards the small Zhengyang City in wave after wave, pushing carts and ladders. Thousands of people rushed over at the same time, like a flood, regardless of their combat effectiveness. Anyway, this momentum is scary enough.There was no moat in Zhengyang City, and the defenders didn't build a camp outside the city. They rushed to the bottom of the city with one charge, and the archers threw wildly towards the city wall. With bare arms, he bit the knife in his mouth, hands and feet and scratched upwards, like an ant climbing a tree.

Then, balls of fire were thrown from behind the city wall, turning into rain of fire and raining down on them. Those ants were immediately in tragedy.The defenders mixed gunpowder into straw, wrapped it in an old sheet, poured oil on the old sheet, then lit it and threw it down. Large clouds of fire fell from the sky, and the officers and soldiers who were swept up instantly turned into burning men, wailing. Fell down.The horn stones weighing four to five kilograms were smashed down like hailstones. This weight smashed people into bloody pieces. After a round of heavy smashing, the "ants" on the ladder rolled down together with the stones. Many of them fell to the ground. There was no more movement.What is even more wicked is the gray bottle. This thing is filled with quicklime. After being smashed, the quicklime turns into powder and spreads. A white mist seems to have arisen under the city wall. In the white mist, ghosts are crying and wolves are howling. I don’t know how many officers and soldiers have quicklime in their eyes. Quicklime generates heat when it comes in contact with water, causing them to die from the pain!

"shoot!"

With a loud shout, countless powerful crossbows protruded from the city wall, and the rusty arrowheads were deliberately aimed at the officers and soldiers in a mess below. It poured down like a wind.Hundreds of blood flowers splashed out of the white mist formed by lime, and under the heavy crossbow shooting, the officers and soldiers fell down in groups of three in a row and five in groups, like harvesting wheat, and the screams were like a tsunami. The city wall, even the city wall shook slightly.Many officers and soldiers shouted: "I can't attack! I can't attack!" They fled in panic, and the servants who supervised the battle couldn't stop their defeat even after killing several people.

Zuo Liangyu was shocked: "Where did these rebels come from with such fierce crossbows!"

Liu Zeqing said: "There is still one man, how can we fight this battle!"

Just now they saw that the progress was going well, and they thought that Zhengyang City could go down in one go, but when thousands of crossbows laughed ferociously, they realized that they were wrong.It is clearly an iron walnut that can break their big teeth!Now these two are in the same mood as when Zuo Menggeng was beaten up by the red lady. The equipment of the rebel army is actually much better than that of the officers and soldiers. Can they still play happily together!

Ma Shixiu ran over panting, and said, "My lord, those rebels are very evil!" He waved his hands, and several soldiers dragged over two corpses, both belonging to elite servants. The iron armor weighing more than 1 kilograms is made of long swords made of fine steel. Such equipment is very rare among the more than [-] people.Of course, the point is not their iron armor, but the crossbow bolts nailed to their helmets and breastplates.

Their helmets and breastplates were pierced by crossbow arrows!
Not one or two, but several!
Zuo Liangyu bent down and stretched out his hand to pull a crossbow bolt out of the helmet of the dead servant, but after several attempts, he couldn't pull it out.His eyebrows shrugged: "The whole head is pierced!?"

Ma Shixiu said: "Yes, the arrow entered from the forehead and passed through the back of the head, killing him on the spot."

Liu Zeqing turned the other corpse over, and stretched out his hand to touch the back of this precious dead ghost, there were obvious bumps.He was shocked: "Even if you are wearing iron armor, you can shoot an arrow through your chest, it's too scary!"

Zuo Liangyu's face was so gloomy that he almost dripped water: "Where did these bloody rebels get such powerful bows and crossbows!"

Liu Zeqing said: "All the powerful crossbows in the world come from Nanyang. The powerful crossbows in the hands of the rebels are most likely from Nanyang!" He licked his lips, "If we can capture Zhengyang City, these powerful crossbows will be ours!"

A sharp light burst out of Zuo Liangyu's eyes: "It makes sense!"

Today, the long-range attack weapons of the Ming army can only be described as "sorrowful". The muskets and crossbows that were incomparably powerful at the beginning of the founding of the country have dissipated in the wind and dust of the years along with the heroic spirit of destroying Beiyuan beyond the Great Wall. , Now the muskets in their hands are basically broken gadgets that can only be heard. The probability of killing themselves is much higher than killing the enemy when they fire, forcing the Ming army to re-equip bows and arrows.However, the bows and arrows they were equipped with were equally poor. The soft arrows flew thirty or forty steps away, and they basically flew all over the sky.There is no way, the Ming Dynasty Military Staff Bureau is such a group of goods that make the enemy feel at ease and make our own people give up. Products produced by the Military Staff Bureau must be inferior. Do you want to use it?Now that there are so many powerful crossbows in Zhengyang City, how can Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, who have suffered enough from poor long-range firepower output, not be happy?
At this point, they are still thinking about breaking Zhengyang City and grabbing the strong crossbow. These two can be said to be bandits with full nature, and you won’t be able to accept it!Of course, from their point of view, it’s not surprising that they failed the first siege. As for the siege, it’s nothing more than being repelled a few times. once will do.

The Ming army stabilized their position and once again fired at the city wall indiscriminately. From time to time, artillery shells flew over the city wall and fell into the city, making some noise.However, like the first bombardment, this bombardment also had no effect. At most, it only boosted morale.

Li Yan watched coldly from the city wall and shook his head repeatedly.Do the officers and soldiers only have this little combat effectiveness?No wonder he was hung up and beaten by Jian Nu every time!The Ming Dynasty relied on this kind of rubbish army to protect thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. It would be strange if nothing happened!
Fortunately, Ming Dynasty now has two super powerful teams with iron-like discipline and iron-like will. This kind of garbage army can be swept into the garbage heap!
Feng Ting ran over and called, "Mr. Li, these officers and soldiers are useless. If they had just let the cavalry go out of the city while they were retreating, they would have collapsed!"

Li Yan smiled: "It is not easy to defeat them? But what I want is not to defeat them, but to leave them here alone!"

Feng Ting said: "This is a bit difficult. But it doesn't matter, we can do it...the shit is coming up again, kill them!"

The artillery preparations of the officers and soldiers are still at the stage of psychological deterrence. A single artillery attack only smashed a dozen battlements and injured seven or eight people. The Heluo New Army will turn the land into a piece of land once it fires. The artillery preparations for Huohai are completely different things.Even this feeble bombardment would not last long. Both shells and gunpowder cost money. Officials were reluctant to fight more. After a round of heavy bombardment, more infantry pushed the carts and held their shields again. Carried up the ladder and rushed up.

What greeted them was still the shooting of thousands of powerful crossbows, the fire that fell from the sky, the hail of horn stones and ashes bottles, and the boiling oil pouring down from the burning pot.Officers and soldiers fell under the city wall one by one, and one group after another rushed up. Finally, a few people rushed up to the city wall and planted their military flags on it, but they were quickly thrown down together with the flag... Zhengyang City turned into a bloodthirsty behemoth, crazily asking for blood sacrifices, officers and soldiers would throw hundreds or even thousands of corpses under the city wall every time they attacked, such a cruel battle made Zuo Liangyu And Liu Zeqing was shocked!

Thanks to Yang Menglong, the entire Henan Province hates Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing to the bone. Now these two rotten people with five poisons are bumped into under the Zhengyang City with bruised noses and swollen faces. Everyone is happy to see it and has no intention of sending troops to help .Even Yuan Mo, the current governor of Henan Province, didn't say a word when he received Hou Xun's document requesting him to send troops to raise money and make an agreement with Zuo Liangyu to put down the Xinyang rebellion, and threw the document into the trash.The massacre of Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing not only caused heavy losses to Xinyang, but also brought him a bad reputation as the governor—you are the governor of a province, and you can't even guarantee the safety of the people. You need to be useful!He would receive a bunch of letters every day, merchants, gentry, retired court officials... all scolded him bloody in the letters, he didn't dare to speak back, but he also hated those two troublemakers, Wishing them to suffer a big loss in Xinyang, it is already considered very moral not to make trouble, and expect him to send troops to help?dream!Besides, the muddy water in Xinyang was very deep, he has no interest in getting angry!

On the contrary, Mr. Yuan Mo is very interested in Yang Menglong's proposals to help Kaifeng dredge canals, build water supply projects, and promote heating systems. These are good policies that can make him famous and rich. As you know, earning a good reputation can't be easier, and he will never offend Yang Menglong just because of this.Zuo Liangyu?I care about your life!

Henan has such an attitude, let alone Anhui.Hou Xun sent documents to Fengyang, Luzhou and other prefectures to ask the locals to send troops and food to help counter the rebellion. The local officials all looked disdainful: This is a matter in Henan, and Henan is so careless. Are we in a hurry?Henan matter, Henan matter, don't bother us!There is no way, just like the Donglin Party obeys the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, the entire officialdom in Anhui obeys the Huizhou merchants, and the Huizhou merchants are following Yang Menglong to make money and making a lot of money. Li Yan just sent someone to fight them This greeting cut off the possibility of Hou Xun getting aid from Anhui.

Henan didn't care, and Anhui didn't like it. This meant that Hou Xun's suppression of the Xinyang Rebellion could only end in tragedy.

There was heavy artillery fire here in Xinyang, but there was noisy gongs and drums over there in Wuhan. Firecrackers resounded throughout the city. Amid the cheers of the crowd, a giant ship slowly sailed out of the dock.This is the first warship built by Wuhan Shipyard, the Hornet. This giant ship weighs four thousand tons and is equipped with sixteen cannons and two twenty-unit rocket launchers. The firepower is extremely fierce. The hull and ship The sails also adopt the latest design, allowing this giant ship to run at a high speed of twelve knots.When the residents of Wuhan saw the hill-like ship appearing on the river, they all praised it, saying that they had never seen such a giant ship before!

Facts have proved that they praised it a little earlier, and a bigger giant ship is yet to come.

(End of this chapter)