The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 233 Artillery Battle
Ningyuan City Welcome Gate.

The soldiers were also dumbfounded when they learned that they were going to line up to fight Di Yi.

What kind of commander would issue such a blind military order?

The soldiers slowly gathered outside, many of them did not go out on horseback, but led their horses out, what's worse, some didn't even bring a horse, they seemed to be sure that the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei would rush over, and finally The result is to escape back to the city gate, so it is more realistic to come out wearing armor and shield.

Anyway, the possibility of the three guards of Duoyan rushing over directly is not high, but they will shoot with bows and crossbows from a long distance, why bring horses out?
In case the horse is shot to death, the cavalry will be changed to infantry, and the salary will plummet.

"The Hulu killer is coming!"

on the city head.

Looking at the chaotic scene of the soldiers leaving the city below, Qian Ying was very anxious, and then picked up the binoculars to look into the distance... Even without binoculars, the naked eye could see the enemy's cavalry approaching the city gate quickly.

"How far is it?" Zhu Feng didn't have an intuitive impression of the distance.

Wang Qiong made a careful judgment and said, "It should be within three miles, and it will be less than the shooting range."

"hold on!"

Zhu Feng was very nervous.

At the back, he directly grabbed a torch, as if he was going to light the cannon himself.

Seeing this posture, Zhang Yanling hurriedly wanted to go down to the top of the city, but was blocked by soldiers, he shouted: "Get out! Whoever stands in my way, I will kill him."

Wang Qiong said: "Uncle Jianchang, don't leave! You've left your post without permission, and Di Yi won't be able to enter the city gate!"

"Step aside!"

Zhang Yanling really almost fought desperately with the surrounding soldiers who blocked him, but was finally carried into the city gate tower.

"It's close, it's close!"

The person who yelled this was a general under Qian Ying's subordinates on the top of the city.

"Strong crossbow, where's the strong crossbow? The artillery is ready... If you kill him, let him go..."

Qian Ying and the others talked a lot, and in the end they didn't know whether the military order would be carried out.

Just on the head of the city wall in the east of the city, it has become a mess.

Seeing this posture, Chen Rui shook his head helplessly, thinking in his heart, expecting such a group of people to go to war, I was really blinded by lard before, it is not as good as the soldiers I brought out, are the soldiers who fought in Liaodong so pissed?

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Before the Ying'en Gate, the cavalry had less than [-] cavalry out of the city gate.

They haven't even listed them yet. No one is willing to set up formations away from the city gate. It seems that everyone knows that they are going out to die when they leave the city gate today. At the critical moment, they must be able to return to the city. When the military order comes down, or the arrows fall from the top of the head, if you don't enter the city gate, you will enter.

At this time, the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had already killed within two miles of the city gate.

Here... it is already within the firing range of Zhang Zhou's improved sub-mother cannon.

"Prepare!"

Zhu Feng yelled, only to remember that this group of gunners used command flags to command from the beginning, and when they were about to pull out the command flags, they fell to the ground in a panic.

It was Wang Qiong who picked it up for him, then put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Uncle An Bian, we will surely win this battle."

Wang Qiong is still knowledgeable.

As long as the people of Duoyan Sanwei dare to get close to the top of the city, within the range of the Flang cannon, and send the shells to the enemy camp, this battle will be a sure win, even if it is later discovered that the opponent's lineup is still in order and no troops are sent Chasing, the result is also very stable.

Now I am afraid that Zhu Feng and his soldiers will mess up.

"Who gave you your confidence?" Ren Liang poured cold water on the side.

Ren Liang was also very nervous.

If the people of Duoyan Sanwei are not limited to driving back the Ming army, but come directly to attack the city... the [-] cavalry who have gone out now will not have time to come back, and the city gate will not be closed in time. At critical times, they can only rely on the inner city The door came to block... the situation is not good.

"preparation!"

At the critical moment, Wang Qiong still came out to take the lead.

All twelve guns have aimed their barrels at the enemy's formation.

Wang Qiong patted Zhu Feng's shoulder again, meaning that the first shot should be fired by yourself. Zhu Feng seemed to have finally found comfort and support at the critical moment, and first lit the cannon in front of him with a torch.

"Go away! Don't explode!"

After Zhu Feng lit the fire, he also ordered the people around to disperse.

Ren Liang and the others hid away before he reminded them, but Wang Qiong did not leave, as if they wanted to fight side by side with him.

"boom!"

The first cannon rang under the eyes of everyone, and a black thing erupted from the barrel. Just from the angle and initial speed, anyone who had seen the cannon on the top of the city felt that it was different.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the black cannonball formed a wonderful parabola in the air, and then landed next to Duoyan's cavalry...

Not sure? !

It seems to be reasonable, when the cavalry is rushing, it is impossible to line up to bombard you. Don't the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei have any experience in defense?Even if you think your artillery range is not enough, you should be on guard against the recently frightening "Mighty Sky Gunpowder". If Daming planted this thing outside the city, wouldn't we be courting death if we stood together?

After the shell hits the ground.

Although it didn't hit anyone directly.

But then there was a dazzling fire, and then there was a "boom".

I saw where the shell landed, a huge flame exploded on the spot, and with the flame rising, besides the dust and smoke, there were horses and soldiers that were directly blown away, lead bullets and stones that flew up, etc. , Dismounted the cavalry who were tens of meters or even hundreds of meters around. Although some cavalry were outside the affected range, they still fell off with their horses.

"Wow!"

Just this cannonball stunned the panic-stricken soldiers on the top of the city.

For a while the air seemed to be quiet.

Time seemed to stand still.

The Ming cavalry who were about to enter the city were crowded at the gate of the city, and because of this scene, they lost their minds for a while, as if everyone had forgotten that their next goal should be to escape...

Are you sure you want to enter the city gate?

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Just before everyone came out of the shock of the explosion, the other eleven cannons on the top of the city also fired almost at the same time.

Six or seven of them were shot, and the rest were shot.

Before the eleven shells hit the ground, Zhu Feng waved the command flag again and shouted: "Change the shells!"

There are about five or sixty soldiers in charge of firing the cannons. They are not ordinary frontier soldiers, not even soldiers from the Beijing camp, but Jinyiwei carefully selected by the East Factory. Usually flaunting one's might and making a fuss, one should not be ambiguous at critical times.

And after many times of training, they know best what they are here for.

In fact, before Zhu Feng gave the order, after the first shot was fired, two people were already carrying the heavy "magazine" to replace it.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers on the top of the city gate had already equipped the magazines for the second round of artillery.

And this time.

It wasn't long before the shells released had just landed.

"Boom..."

The moment the cannon comes out of the chamber, it will explode, and it will also explode when it hits the ground. There are not only flowering bullets, but also shotguns.

The cavalry of the three guards of Duoyan saw what is called "the heavenly girl scattered flowers". When they found that the shells were coming towards them, they basically didn't have to hide, just waited to die.

Because there is no place to hide, and the coverage is too large, I can only hope that my helmet is hard enough to block the fatal blow.

But it seems...

Just want.

"boom!"

Every time there is an explosion, there will be a lot of cavalry around, and at this time they are nearly two miles away from the city gate, which is far from the range of their bows and crossbows, so that many cavalry are directly killed in the charge. Hitting head on", leaving no room or leeway for reaction and steering.

During the charge, there is no way to turn around on the spot, otherwise the cavalry who rushed over later would bump into it.

But after a round of volley, they were lucky enough not to be hit, or the area of ​​impact was not large, and they were not killed but injured. They thought they could escape by luck, and prepared to take revenge or escape... The next round of shells shot from the air again. Fly to yourself...

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"This this……"

Ren Liang had already hid in the city gate building, but when he saw two rounds of volleys and the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had been blown upside down, he had already come out of the city gate building and stood in front of Zhu Feng.

"put!"

Zhu Feng's face was flushed at this time, and he couldn't care about anything at this time because his brain was congested. In his eyes, he could only quickly fire the five rounds of salvo.

That's all there is to it.

And Zhang Zhou said that it is unlikely that the chamber will explode within five rounds, but if it happens after five rounds, it will be uncertain.

Zhang Zhou only started working on this thing after Zhou Anniversary. The fine steel gun body is very expensive. Zhang Zhou’s coal mine has not yet been opened, let alone iron ore... there is no guarantee at all, and it is no longer possible to cast these guns. Easy, generally speaking... I can fire five rounds of sixty rounds, I have tried my best.

If the sixty shells didn't achieve the desired effect, then it's better to hide in the city and wait for Duoyan Sanwei to escape.

Seeing Ren Liang approaching, Wang Qiong covered her ears with one hand and said loudly with the other: "Have the cavalry from the other gates gone out?"

Ren Liang was startled, and immediately grabbed Qian Ying over: "Have you gone out yet?"

"This……"

Qian Ying was also questioned.

It was only time for tea, and he couldn't adapt to this change. He wanted to say, where do I know where to go?

"Uncle Ping Jiang!"

Wang Qiong roared.

At this time, Chen Rui had put on the armor with the help of the general: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, the general will go to lead the army now!"

Wang Qiong wanted to say, why did you go so early?
Before the cavalry went out to form an array, it seemed that not even a decent general went out with them... The point is, they are all afraid of death!
Only the cavalry without status were first ordered to go out as cannon fodder. Looking at the city gate tower now, the soldiers were no longer rushing to flee inside the city gate, but were desperately squeezing to go out of the city gate. The cavalry on the other side of the city gate were blocked by the city wall. They didn't know what was going on outside, but they felt that the direction of the city gate seemed to be empty...

"Bang bang bang..."

The artillery salvo continued.

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The cavalry of the three guards of Duoyan were also considered brave and good at fighting, but they were beaten too hard by the sudden shells.

After three salvos, the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had no choice but to retreat.

Nothing can block the power of Daming's shells, not even a thick shield.

When the soldiers of the three guards of Duoyan watched their companions being blown to pieces, they seemed to have experienced the experiences and moods of being in the Huosie Division in Piantouguan City. It was really...

Not in an era, nor in an order of magnitude.

They are like a group of children holding sticks, facing the tiger and wolf division of Ming Dynasty.

The soldiers and horses of the three guards of Duoyan did not know how many rounds the artillery of the Ming Dynasty could fire.

They only knew that now they could only retreat quickly to avoid the range of the Daming artillery.

Apart from saving their lives right now... they don't care about anything else.

What honor and shame, compared with fate, seem to be meaningless at all.

If it's a bloody battle head-on, you can still fight for honor, if it's a cannonball falling from the sky... can you die more heroically for honor?Or is it more uniform when it is blown away and its body is torn apart?
The cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei, how brave they were when they charged, how embarrassed they were when they ran for their lives in a hurry. Many of them were not dismounted by bombs, but because they turned the horse's head too quickly so that the horse turned over, or were thrown by their companions. There are not a few horses and bodies that trip over, and bump into each other...

There were only sixty rounds of shells, which could not fully cover them. The shells were just an introduction, and the rest of the chaos was more caused by the three guards of Duoyan's cavalry trampling on each other out of fear.

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"Mr. Wang, I'll leave this to you. I want to go into battle!" Zhu Feng gave the command flag to Wang Qiong after sending out five rounds of shells, while he himself put on his armor.

Wang Qiong did not expect Zhu Feng to be so responsible.

"Uncle An Bian, you don't have to go in person!" Wang Qiong reminded.

When Wang Qiong spoke, he deliberately looked around. Except for Ren Liang who was still standing there in a daze as if he hadn't recovered from his senses, all the generals in the city who could ride horses went down to organize their troops and chase after the remnants of Duoyan's defeated bandits. went.

Even Zhang Yanling was dragged out of the city by Chen Rui.

The city, which was originally very lively, is now a little deserted.

Zhu Feng said: "As a commander, if you can't take the lead, how can you ask for soldiers?"

After speaking, Zhu Feng mentioned his firecracker and saber, and led the people down the tower.

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"Quickly, follow him!" Ren Liang lay down in front of the battlements and looked outside with a telescope for a long time, turned around and found that Zhu Feng was not there, and seeing that Zhu Feng had already left the city, he quickly grabbed two soldiers and said.

He wants someone to stop Zhu Feng.

"Eunuch Ren, what does this mean?" The soldier was puzzled.

Seeing that Zhu Feng had got on his horse, Ren Liang couldn't care about anything else, and ordered: "Bring our horse here!"

Seeing this scene from the side, Wang Qiong just sneered and ignored it.

It seems that Wang Qiong knew Ren Liang's intentions...

Basically, the probability of winning this battle is [-]%. Even if Ren Liang is not the first one, he will be included in the credit book. The "top horse" of Zhang Zhou, a trusted confidant, at that time, whether you, Ren Liang, remembered your merits or demerits, is up to you.

From Ren Liang's point of view, Zhu Feng must be tied up in the city now, only in this way can the credit be secured.

But Zhu Feng doesn't seem to care about all of this. Having experienced the first battle of Piantouguan, he is not a novice in charge. After these two battles, he seems to be more mature and stable, and he has no hesitation in leading troops out of the city. .

Just after Zhu Fenggang led some troops out of the city gate, Ren Liang also led his men out of the city.

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The chase has begun.

This is simply a competition for credit. Those who leave the city late and have bad legs and feet are naturally at a disadvantage in grabbing credit, especially those who left the city first and have already killed the enemy camp. Or the head of Di Yi, who runs on two legs, is chopped off.

Zhang Yanling, as the deputy general, left the city relatively early.

Although he had deliberately slowed down the speed of the horse, he rushed into the enemy camp relatively early, and there happened to be an unlucky guy lying on the ground and pretending to be dead. After stepping on it a few times, he excitedly pulled out his saber to chop off the man's head.

"Uncle Jianchang, be careful!"

But at this time, a large number of Zhu Feng's cavalry also rushed over.

The Duoyan cavalry, who had been bombed first and then trampled on the ground, had lost their resistance, but at the critical moment, they burst out with a strong will to survive. Taking advantage of Zhang Yanling's inexperience in drawing swords, he had already grasped the scattered sabers on the ground On the way, Zhang Yanling was about to be chopped off when he got up hard.

If it was an ordinary soldier, the opponent had no strength, and he would definitely not let the opponent succeed at this moment, even if he turned his horse and ran, this person would have no chance to slash himself with the knife.

But Zhang Yanling was not at that level, he got into a fight with his saber.

The more anxious you are, the more you can't pull out the knife.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Feng led the troops to rush over. Zhu Feng was from the Wu Xun family, so he was not good enough, but he was much better than Zhang Yanling. Knocked over, this time the Duoyan soldier was lying on the ground completely powerless to fight back.

Zhu Feng did not compete with Zhang Yanling, and continued to move forward.

After experiencing the scene just now, Zhang Yanling was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. He originally wanted to go out of the city to fish in troubled waters, but now he also gave up thinking about making any military exploits.

"Uncle, your credit!"

The thugs brought by Zhang Yanling arrived at this time. They didn't even have armor on them, but they still didn't forget to give Zhang Yanling the credit for "killing a Di Yi with their own hands".

They also understood that if Zhang Yanling, who was on the battlefield for the first time, killed a Tartar with his own hands, it would last a lifetime.

"Hold! Hold!"

Zhang Yanling saw that there were Ming soldiers all around him, so he was no longer afraid, and directly got off the horse with a knife, and kicked the man first: "How dare you want to kill me? See if I don't kill you!"

The Duoyan soldier had an unlovable look on his face.

But he is very contemptuous of Zhang Yanling.

It's a shame that someone who can't even hold a knife dies at the hands of such a person.

Zhang Yanling swung his knife and slashed at him. He intended to slash his neck, but instead of slashing at the other party's helmet, the other party did nothing wrong, so his knife was cut off instead.

"Master, you use the villain's knife!"

Zhang Yanling and a group of his men surrounded a Duoyan cavalry who had no ability to resist, and after a lot of effort, they finally "sawed off" the man's head.

"Uncle Jianchang, have you met Uncle Anbian?"

Ren Liang came with a team of cavalry.

Zhang Yanling pointed to the front and said: "Just passed by. Ren Gonggong, I will not chase after him. This credit..."

Ren Liang didn't bother to pay attention, and led his men to continue chasing.

Because Zhang Yanling had just chopped off someone else's head, his stomach was still full of meat and vegetables, but his subordinates happily held their heads and said, "Master has done a great job!"

"Get out! I almost died! Go to the city, go to the city!"

(End of this chapter)