Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Wang Guoxing had a frosty look on his face, and the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood in front of him could not move him in the slightest.

His Majesty once said: This small cannon is useless if used as a big cannon.

However, if the two armies are in contact, this thing can perform miraculous feats.

Therefore, this kind of artillery cannot be arrayed alone as artillery, but should be left to hundreds of households to use freely...

The scene before him made him understand His Majesty's words more clearly...

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After more than a dozen rounds of artillery fire, the square in front of the Yamen was already littered with corpses...

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When Chen Erniu arrived near the Yamen, there was a dense sound like firecrackers, and the survey stopped.

What caught his eyes was the mess everywhere.

In fact, even the two generals who took command spontaneously turned into a pile of rotten meat.

"Damn!"

Looking at the county government office with its door tightly closed and intact, Chen Erniu gritted his teeth:

"Notify the rear and bring me the cannon immediately!"

Chen Erniu was furious with the casualties of more than two hundred soldiers.

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Not only Chen Erniu was anxious, but even Niu Chenghu couldn't hold it back.

Although after King Chuang captured Xiangyang, he established a government system, imitated the imperial court, and established an official system for the Chuang army.

However, the inertia that has lasted for more than ten years and that strength is king cannot be reduced in a moment.

Even if Li Zicheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor on the first day of the first lunar month of this year and once again established the Dashun military system, it would still be difficult to eliminate the conventions within the peasant army -

Strength is the foundation of everything!

Following King Chuang, he fought from Xiangyang to Beizhili, and suffered a setback in Baoding. Niu Chenghu only had so few people left under his command. If he had lost too much without replenishing...

He is a fart!

This is also the reason why Niu Chenghu happily took over the task of attacking Xincheng County alone - he can recruit troops after defeating it.

"Master, do you still want to give this gun away?"

The soldier asked.

I heard that when the second boss attacked the county government, he lost 200 people...

Is the Xincheng Ming Army so difficult to bite?

"Give!"

Niu Chenghu made up his mind: "Not only must I give it, but I must also send all the artillery in!"

He pointed at the city wall, with a livid face: "Give me the order, leave a sentry to guard the horses, and the rest will follow me into the city!"

Cavalry is useless in street fighting, so it would be better to place it outside the city...

Niu Chenghu wanted to see what kind of Ming army there was in Xincheng County, which had caused him to lose so many men!

These are the only elite soldiers he has left!

They are all good guys who followed him from the west of Henan Province...

The anger towards the Ming army made Niu Chenghu forget the strangeness at the city gate...

Of course, the most important thing is that defeating the Ming army will not only recruit such a powerful surrender army, but also take the opportunity to recruit soldiers and expand the number of troops.

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Although Xincheng County is a small county, it still has a population of tens of thousands. If Niu Chenghu and more than 1000 people were thrown into it, it would be like throwing a handful of sand into the sea, without even a single wave rising.

Just as Niu Chenghu was leading his men towards the county government office, he suddenly heard a roar coming from the top of the city:

"Do it!"

Then there was a loud noise after the explosion:

"Oh!"

"Crash!"

The rumble of houses collapsing caused the ground to tremble several times.

He turned around and his expression suddenly changed.

A pile of rubble blocked the entrance to the city gate and blocked the road out of the city.

"Not good! There is an ambush!"

Before Niu Chenghu finished speaking, he heard the same sound coming from three directions: southeast, southeast and west.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Crash!"

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Four clouds of gunpowder smoke filled the sky above the city gate tower.

Finished!

Niu Chenghu was shocked. The Ming army was trying to catch a turtle in a jar!

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With the sound of explosions, the Ming army on top of the city stood up with a roar, holding various weapons and aiming at the intruders in the city.

The fifth battalion of Gezuo was worthy of being one of the few elites in the world. Before Niu Chenghu could say anything, Sergeant Chuang had already turned around and formed a defensive formation aiming at the city gate.

"Your Majesty, this is a strong army!"

Liu Wenbing's eyes were bright.

Zhu Youjian ignored him and stood up straight:

"I am the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. You have been trapped in the city by me, and now you have no way to go from heaven to earth. Why don't you come down and I will let bygones be bygones."

Zhu Youjian shouted loudly.

"emperor?"

Niu Chenghu frowned.

Wasn't Chongzhen already surrounded by King Chuang in the capital?

Why did you come here?

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He couldn't figure it out.

However, he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to surrender to Ming Ting at this time.

The world is very divided, King Chuang has taken five of them, and now the general trend is towards King Chuang. At this time, surrendering to Chongzhen is not courting death!

Niu Chenghu made up his mind, but did not make it public.

He glanced left and right, suddenly grabbed the big banner behind him, pointed it diagonally outside the city, and roared with all his strength:

"Brothers, rush out!"

Although the Ming army detonated the explosives hidden in the pile of masonry on the stairs, the masonry prepared in advance was scattered on the ground and blocked in front of the city gate.

However, it did not block the city gate, but only formed a ruin as high as a person.

It only takes a few breaths to crawl over!

Niu Chenghu has a clear mind:

At this time, even though the geographical advantage was in the hands of the Ming army, they could not keep them.

At most, it will only cost [-]% of the son's life!

Following Niu Chenghu's loud shout, the intruders immediately formed a tight formation and rushed back toward the city gate.

The soldiers in the front row raised the round shields in their hands, crouched down, hid most of their bodies behind their shields, and rushed towards the city gate.

"Humph!"

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly and waved his hand:

"You have no conscience!"

The cannonballs had been loaded a long time ago, and the gunners carried heartless cannons with a diameter of one foot and placed them on the steps on both sides of the city gate.

The breech of the gun just touched the steps.

When the gun was released, the recoil was too strong, so it was necessary to dig a sloping hole in the ground and stuff the gun breech into it.

The Ming army is a castrated version of the heartless, and its power is not as powerful as it was in history.

However, in this era of smoothbore cannons and black powder, it can be called an artifact!

The eight gates were heartless, and they were distributed on the steps on both sides of the city gate, forming a crossfire on the official road.

All this sounds like a long time, but in reality it only lasts a few breaths.

In fact, Chuang Jun, who turned around and counterattacked, had only walked a few dozen steps.

The invading army at the front was still a hundred steps away from the city gate...

The attack distance of muskets and bows is usually about eighty steps, and the distance for shooting arrows upwards is only a hundred or so steps.

The shooting distance of the heartless is about two hundred steps.

Zhu Youjian looked at Chuang Jun, who was slowly approaching with a musket in his hand, and took a deep breath.

one hundred steps...

Ninety steps...

The intruders raised their muskets and aimed at the city. As long as they advanced ten steps further, they would immediately fire and suppress the city.

Although the accuracy of the musket at this distance is insufficient, it can minimize one's own casualties.