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Although he also saw that the Ming army on top of the city seemed to have used all the available means of defending the city. Artillery, rolling logs, rocks, bows and arrows, mace shots, gold juice, etc., did not stop the army from attacking the city at all. They were almost on the top of the city, and the dense soldiers below the city were all waiting for a breakthrough. Swarm in. Could it be...could it be that the Ming army still has a trump card that they haven't come up with yet?

Thinking of this, something flashed in his mind like lightning. When Azig was defeated from Changli City, he seemed to have mentioned that the defenders used a very powerful gunpowder defensive weapon.

Just when Huang Taiji was thinking of this, he saw rows of objects suddenly flying out from the top of Gaizhou City. They didn't fly very far before falling to the ground, about ten feet away from the city wall. As soon as he landed, he saw a fire burning over there, and the fire was very fast. Many soldiers nearby were burned by the fire, and they were scattered in all directions, either running away or rolling away, which was very obvious on the battlefield.

This kind of scene is not just in one place, but with Gaizhou City as the center, it is almost ten feet away from the Gaizhou City Wall, almost becoming a burning isolation zone.

The fire ring was probably less than a foot high, but the fire was so fierce that except for those who were burned to death on the spot, the crowd was immediately isolated from the surrounding area. Those outside retreated far away, not daring to rush across the fire to attack. The soldiers in the inner circle were all burned and pushed towards the city. Suddenly, the originally crowded city was so crowded that even the siege was affected.

After Huang Taiji saw it clearly, he couldn't help being shocked and said: "It is the weapon of Guan Ning's army to defend the city!"

The so-called weapon of the Guan Ning Army to defend the city was not actually the Hongyi cannon, but something that was wrapped in cotton quilts with oil, gunpowder and other flammable materials, and then burned fiercely when thrown down. I had never seen this thing before, and thought it didn't exist here in Gaizhou. After all, it is the cold winter, and what is needed most are quilts and other supplies. Even if there is, there may be very few, and it will not have much impact on the army.

But the ring of fire surrounding the city that I can see now is enough to show that the military has prepared a lot in advance, and it is really willing to spend this money!

Before Huang Taiji could even express his sigh, he immediately lost his voice and said, "No, hurry up, send the order to withdraw!"

At this time, no matter how stupid you are, you still know that the Ming army spent so much money to create a large circle with fire, so that the city was crowded with siege soldiers, so they must have a back-up plan. If you don't withdraw, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.

However, before his decree could be passed on, he saw the Ming army on top of the city suddenly dropping cages one by one under the city. Those cages fell into the crowd on the ground, but no one was killed. However, flames and thick smoke soon spewed out of those cages. There were even many spinning ones, driving the flames and thick smoke to spray out. Everywhere.

Such cages were thrown down from the top of the city one after another, and they were not thrown randomly. Every section of the city wall is being thrown down evenly. In just a short while, the distance from the fire ring to the city wall was basically covered in flames and thick smoke.

At this time, let alone siege the city, regardless of the Mongols, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, or the elite Manchus, as long as they were in this circle, everyone lost their weapons, covered their heads and tried to hide in all directions. But they were surrounded by people, and there was no way to escape.

In just a short time, the area under the city became a hell on earth. The strong and vigorous men who were alive just now were crying for help. They tried to escape but had no place to escape and fell into a desperate situation.

Even the experienced Fan Wencheng was shocked. He looked at the gate of Gaizhou City and muttered to himself, "What is that?"

In fact, this kind of thing is not mysterious, but is modified from a large grenade. Emperor Chongzhen came up with the idea before, and after it showed its power in Changli City, the craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau made improvements on that basis, and now we have this thing.

This thing was renamed by the Ming Dynasty craftsmen with a very domineering reputation, called the enemy of ten thousand people! The specific method is to dry the hollow mud ball, then fill it with gunpowder made of nitrate and sulfur through the small holes left on it, and people can flexibly increase or decrease and mix in poisonous fire, divine fire and other explosives, and press it. After the wires are solid and installed, they are then framed with a wooden frame.

This kind of weapon, which can be used by tens of thousands of enemies, can be ignited and thrown into the city. Because it is protected by the wooden frame, it will not break. Fire will be emitted from it, along with poisonous smoke, spinning in all directions, causing a lot of damage to the enemy. Because our side is on top of the city, it will not be affected at all. It is truly the most powerful weapon to defend the city!

In the original history, this weapon called the enemy of ten thousand people also appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. Song Yingxing has a clear record in his "Tiangong Kaiwu".

Of course, this weapon also has limitations. If it is a big city, the city is wide enough and there are not many enemies. If you drop it, the enemies will naturally avoid it after they react, so the maximum damage cannot be achieved.

But now, because Gaizhou City is not big, the Ming army has enough supplies. They first let the Jianlu army attack the city, so that a large number of their troops were concentrated under the city, and then burned an isolation belt with fire to further drive the Jianlu troops towards the city. Concentrate under the city. It was also under this circumstance that this kind of talent with ten thousand enemies exerted its greatest effect.

Seeing the hell on earth under Gaizhou City, the soldiers outside the fire ring were stunned. They looked at their brave accomplices just now, being burnt to charcoal one by one, with their painful expressions covering their mouths and noses but breathing hard and unable to breathe. Anyway, it was the kind of scene where they were unable to resist in the face of death, and they were deeply moved. ingrained in their minds.

At this time, the voice of Huang Taiji's order to retreat the troops finally came. The soldiers who had recalled their gods, whether they were Mongolians or elite Jianlu soldiers, all retreated in panic like a tide. No one could They no longer took care of their companions under the city, because they knew that those companions would definitely die!

Seeing all this in the distance, Bu He was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he took a breath and said: "The Ming army has such a murderous weapon in hand, no wonder they are confident!"

This kind of gas bomb can be regarded as an early type of poison gas bomb. In this era, if you are not prepared, if you are attacked, regardless of whether your soldiers are elite, heavy losses will naturally be inevitable.

After finishing speaking, Bu He turned his head and looked in the direction of Huang Taiji. He did not speak, but his heart was full of sympathy.

After Hai Lanzhu recovered from the shock, he silently took a photo of her from this angle, entered the chat group and sent it to Emperor Chongzhen, and at the same time said: "Your Majesty, Gaizhou is defended!"