Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 160 Cannon Battle

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately asked: "What if there are no torches, or there are very few torches?"

When He Zan heard this, he said without thinking: "The Jianlu sentry outside the city has been cleared long ago. If there are no torches at the top of the city and the light is very dark, of course we can attack at night!"

At this point, he pointed at the top of Santunying City and added: "But Jianlu naturally knows this, and they all have protective torches. Archers and firecrackers are all ambush in the dark. If we get close to the city, If you try to knock off the torch, you will definitely be shot by the city’s commanders!”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "I will take care of the torch. Prepare to fly your claws!"

The flying claw is a common weapon in the army, while other siege equipment must be improvised.It is also for this reason that when attacking the city during the day, the lack of siege equipment led to heavy casualties.

At this time, hearing what the emperor said, He Zan suddenly realized: Yes, your majesty is a marksman, and he uses a super strong bow of [-] kilograms. In the darkness, he is the only one who can shoot at the prisoners built on the top of the city. share!

So, he was overjoyed immediately, clasped his fists and accepted the order and said: "The general will obey the order!"

Naturally, Wei Shizhen was no exception, but Li Laiheng, who had only heard of the current emperor's magic archer, shot and wounded Li Zijing on top of the city in Daizhou.Now that I heard that the emperor was going to show off his magic shooting, I couldn't help but be very curious and decided to take a closer look to see if the emperor was as good as the legend!
The imperial officers and soldiers immediately began to prepare for the siege.About half an hour later, the siege troops had been arranged and were all lurking not far from the Santun camp, waiting for the emperor to shoot down all the torches on the city.

Three to five thousand pairs of eyes were all wide open. They could not see the emperor's figure in the night, so they all looked at the top of the city of Santun Camp, looking at the torches and the vaguely patrolling Jianlu soldiers. Waiting for a miracle to happen.

Emperor Chongzhen also lurked a stone's throw away from the city, that is, a hundred steps away.The torch on top of the city cannot shine so far, so it is quite safe if it is hidden in the darkness.

By his side, only Fang Zhenghua and others accompanied him, and He Zan and the others were in their respective armies.

After observing the city for a while, Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait any longer. He directly took the black iron bow in his hand and decided to shoot the Jianlu who appeared on the city first.

So, when the officers and soldiers of the imperial court who were lying in ambush saw the Jianlu on the top of the city, they screamed "Ah" and then caused a panic. The other Jianlu quickly fell down.

Suddenly, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court outside became excited one by one. They did not dare to shout loudly and could only be happy in their hearts: "Hit, hit, Your Majesty really shot one!"

After a while, there seemed to be no movement, so You Jianlu looked out to see what was going on outside.

As a result, another scream of "ah" spread far in this silent night.

After that, Jianlu's head was no longer seen on the city top.

However, the protruding sections of the city wall can be seen under the non-protruding city wall, and can attack possible enemies.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen began to show his magic shooting.

Emperor Chongzhen shot down the torches planted everywhere in the city and fell to the ground.After just a short while, this section of the city wall was obviously much darker than the other walls.

Inside the city wall, Jianlu's shouts could be heard, with some panic. It was obvious that they were reacting accordingly to this situation.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, he just hid in the dark, or at most quietly changed places, and then looked at the top of the city. If the torch lit up again, he would shoot again; if any Jianlu dared to show up, he would let the Jianlu die in front of him.

For only two quarters of an hour, the torches on the city's head were all on the inside of the battlements and could not be reached from outside.But in this case, there was darkness outside the city wall, and it was impossible for Jianlu, who was hiding in the dark on the top of the city, to see far.

When Fang Zhenghua saw this, he said sincerely and carefully: "Long live your master's true shooting!"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled after hearing this, and immediately moved his position and continued to work on the section of the city wall that was still lit.

Inside the Santun camp, the Jianlu garrison general was Aixinjueluo Nikan. Before Dorgon led the troops out of the customs, he was left to guard the Santun camp and assist the troops from the Tianjin guards to leave the customs.

At this time, he heard reports from his men that the Ming army's sharpshooters outside the city were harassing other sections of the city wall again, and he was so angry that he cursed his mother.

When the Ming army made such a move, he naturally guessed that it was a night attack by the Ming army.

But the problem is, because of the darkness, he doesn't know what the situation is like outside the city.Nowadays, all the torches that can illuminate the outside have been shot out, and you will be shot to death if you stick your head in. It is even less possible to grasp the situation outside the city.

Generally speaking, city wall defense has two major benefits.One is to rely on the cover on the top of the city to kill a large number of enemies before they get close to the city; the other is to use the height of the city wall to kill a large number of enemies when they climb onto the city!
But now, the first benefit is gone, and the second benefit is much less useful because we don't know the situation outside the city.In other words, city defense becomes very difficult!

Regarding this situation, how could Nikan not be angry? He even gritted his teeth with hatred for the Ming army's marksman.

He even went to the top of the city in person, hid on the battlements, and asked people to hold up torches to attract the marksmen outside the city to shoot, and listen to the sound of bowstrings to judge the position of the marksmen.

If it doesn't work once, just listen a few more times. As long as he can determine the location of the sharpshooter, he will gather his archers and gunmen to focus their fire and kill the sharpshooter.

Unexpectedly, after listening for a long time, he didn't hear the sound of bowstrings.

For a moment, Nikan suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, so he asked the guards around him to listen. As expected, no one else could hear the sound of the bowstring.

At this time, Nikan was a little shocked. This only meant that the archer could accurately hit the target on the city wall far away from the city wall!

With no other choice, Nikan could only re-deploy this situation.

It is basically certain that the Ming army will attack at night.If they were unable to inflict a large number of casualties before the Ming army climbed the city wall, they would have to deploy more troops at the top of the city and below the city to fight with the Ming army who climbed the city.

For this reason, Nikan arranged troops inside the battlements, and then arranged a second wave of reinforcements under the city at any time, which were several times the number of normal city defense battles.

The night gradually deepened, and the section of the west city wall of Santun Camp was basically blinded by Emperor Chongzhen alone. At least the light of the torches in the city could no longer shine down the city.

He Zan quietly approached Emperor Chongzhen and asked him for an order to attack the city: "Your Majesty, the general thinks it's almost done, so we can attack the city!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately asked him, "Do you think Jianlu was unprepared?"

When He Zan heard this, he quickly replied: "There must be defenses, but His Majesty's sharpshooting has given you a lot of help. The general believes that we can attack the upper city by force!"

In other words, there will definitely still be casualties, but we are basically confident that we can capture the city.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "Do you know whether it's true or false? I've been here a few times, and I've also prepared a gift here, which I'll give to Jianlu first later. Please follow my instructions. Do……"

He Zan couldn't help but feel a little admired and surprised after hearing this, and then went back to make arrangements.

Soon, Li Laiheng received the military order, and then he was confused: What does it mean?Hearing a loud noise from the top of the city was the signal to launch a strong attack.What is this loud noise?Is it possible that Jianlu had internal support from the imperial officials and troops?

He already knew that Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others had surrendered, and even knew that Geng Zhongming stabbed Jianlu in the back.But as far as he knew, there were no Han people among the prisoners defending the three camps.

Unable to figure it out, he had no choice but to pass down the military order and then lay there waiting.

After a while, a few soldiers came forward and brought out some movement.

As soon as Jianlu on the top of the city heard this, someone immediately came out to check the situation.As a result, Emperor Chongzhen had been waiting for a long time. He immediately opened his bow and shot arrows, one at a time, so that Jianlu did not dare to show his head.

The Jianlu were also chicken thieves. They threw torches outside, and then used shields to cover them. They raised the shields first, and then looked at the situation outside through the small gap under the shields.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw them, he was not polite to them. He shot arrows at the lower side of the shield, and he could hit the target from time to time.

After going back and forth several times, Jianlu calmed down a lot.

If the soldiers of the Ming army below the city make some noise, they will no longer feel like they are facing a formidable enemy on top of the city.However, Nikan actually knew what the Ming army was doing outside the city. Knowing that the Ming army was more likely to attack the city, he once again increased his troops and hid inside the battlements and under the city to wait.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the situation was almost complete, then turned to Fang Zhenghua and asked, "Are you all ready?"

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he immediately reached back and waved, and two captains of guards in brocade came over carrying a large disk.

I only heard him introduce it to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live Lord, all the gunpowder here has been collected. Here are four large barrels, weighing as much as a hundred kilograms, all in this package."

After a pause, he patted the big disc again, and then said: "According to the instructions of Lord Long Live, the outer layer of this package is also wrapped with gravel. The fuses are all the best in the army, and they burn well." It was slow, but it still left a long gap.”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed after hearing this. This was a small gift he prepared for Jianlu.

The black powder in the capital is still being improved. The black powder in the army today is still the same as before. To be honest, the explosive power is really not strong.So, relying on his own strength, Emperor Chongzhen asked Fang Zhenghua to make a very large explosive pack, weighing more than a hundred kilograms.

Generally speaking, this requires a large catapult to launch it.But there was nothing he could do, he was very strong, and he could throw over a hundred kilograms of explosives.

Fang Zhenghua was also strong, but not as strong as Emperor Chongzhen, so he held up Emperor Chongzhen's big shield to cover Emperor Chongzhen as he lurked under Santunying City with the extra-large explosive bag.

The soldiers who had been harassing him before were also at the gate of the city. When they saw someone coming to the gate carrying a huge package, they were all dumbfounded.

Of course, when they saw the emperor's unique shield, they knew that the emperor was coming, and for a moment, everyone worshiped him.

As an emperor, he still took such a risk to come to the city. He was really brave and brave!

After Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the city head, he chose a place with a suitable distance. He did not go to the bottom of the city wall, but was still some distance away from the city wall.

If you throw it under the city wall, will you throw it vertically upward and then fall down and kill yourself or blow yourself up?
After choosing the distance, the two captains of the Imperial Guard followed. One used a shield to cover it, and the other took out a firebrand to light a fire. Because of the shield, the firelight could not be seen on one side of the city wall, at least not if it didn't come forward. of.

They were a bit like setting off firecrackers in later generations. After seeing Emperor Chongzhen arranging a posture and signaling for them to light the fire, they leaned over and lit the fuse, and then quickly took two steps back, as if the explosive pack would explode at any time.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen himself was not afraid. The fuse was very long, enough time for him to throw it up.

After the fuse was lit, he turned his back to the city wall and threw an iron ball backwards and upwards like he would throw an iron ball at a sports meeting.

I saw this extra-large explosive bag immediately flying up to the top of the city and falling back.

What a pity. More than 100 kilograms of explosives were thrown into the sky, and few people could see it.

Jianlu, who was hiding in the battlements, suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head and looked into the air, and saw a large black shadow flying past and falling towards the city.

My first thought was, wow, what a big bird?

Then, I immediately felt something was wrong. Why did there seem to be a glowing tail behind this dark thing?
Before they could figure it out, they heard a "bang" sound in the city, accompanied by screams of "ah".

I saw Jianlu's soldiers preparing to support the city. Two unlucky men were hit by this extra-large explosive pack. One of them vomited blood and couldn't scream.The other one was hit in the thigh, and the leg was probably broken, and he let out a miserable scream.

The Jianlu next to them were so frightened that they quickly hid against the wall and cursed at the same time, Damn it, Minggou actually used a trebuchet to throw boulders at night?

Such a huge boulder is really a sight to behold!

Suddenly, they became curious again. Why was there still light on this huge rock?
Some people were in a daze, but some people came to their senses and immediately said in surprise: "What is this, a match rope? No, it seems to be a fuse? Damn it, what on earth is this?"

Surprised, Jianlu didn't see any more stones flying in, so he curiously gathered around to see what was going on.

Some people even came over holding a torch in order to see more clearly.

Just then, the fire on the piece disappeared.

Then, there was a loud "boom".

Li Laiheng and other soldiers who were preparing to attack have been waiting for a loud noise, but they haven't heard any sound for a long time, and they are wondering in their hearts whether the imperial insider among the prisoners is reliable or not. Why hasn't there been a sound yet?

Just as they were thinking, they saw a dazzling light suddenly coming from the city.

"Hey, what is that?"

As soon as the first thought came to their minds, they heard an earth-shattering noise.

Really, this sound is the loudest sound they have ever heard. To describe it as earth-shattering is definitely not an exaggeration!

At this moment, they even felt the earth tremble.

Everyone is dumbfounded, what's going on?
The military order was to launch an attack when they heard a loud noise coming from the city. However, whether it was Li Laiheng, He Zan, or ordinary soldiers, they were all stunned immediately.

They just looked at the fire in Santun camp and Jianlu howling like ghosts and wolves. They just watched blankly.

The scene I just saw was a bit like the sound of a gunpowder explosion. However, everyone can guarantee that this is definitely not the sound of a gunpowder explosion, because it cannot be so loud as to earth-shattering!
If God suddenly sent down a divine punishment, some people would believe it.

At this time, the instigators were not in a daze.

Emperor Chongzhen, who quickly left the city wall, stopped when he heard the loud noise, turned around, looked at the fire in the city, and smiled silently.

It's like throwing a firecracker into a crowd of adults as a kid doing a prank.

Although Fang Zhenghua knew this would happen, when he heard the loud noise and felt the vibration with his own eyes, he couldn't help being shocked: This kind of firearm is so powerful that it can only be found in the sky. ?
The two Jin Yiwei guards who followed were naturally as stunned as Fang Zhenghua.They felt a bit like throwing a firecracker into the sewer, and then being shocked by the power that they themselves could not have imagined.

Emperor Chongzhen was okay, but after looking back, he found that there was no movement in the field, so he turned around and shouted to the ambush crowd over there: "What are you standing there for?"

In fact, he didn't have to lower his voice at all.

Because the city was already in chaos, and the huge noise was deafening. Who could care about the outside of the city?
After being reminded by the emperor, the dazed soldiers finally came to their senses and immediately launched a charge.

At this time, when they saw the scene happening in the city, they felt like a divine punishment from heaven. Their morale was as high as a rainbow, and they were no longer affected by the disadvantages of attacking the city during the day. They ran very fast, and they could be said to be fighting bravely to be the first.

When they arrived at the foot of the city wall, the flying claws flew up to the top of the city one by one. The sound of the flying claws hitting the battlements would have been a bit loud if it had been before the explosion.

But at this time, after the big explosion in the city, all the Jianlu had never experienced this scene, and they were all confused. Especially because black gunpowder would produce thick smoke, which was everywhere, and some were injured or shocked. They were all howling like ghosts, and many who had been deafened were shouting loudly. The noise was so loud that it completely covered up the sound of Flying Claw.

The first batch of soldiers were like apes, jumping up to the top of the city quickly.

A steady stream of soldiers came to the top of the city, and slowly, the shouts of killing finally became the loudest sound in the sky above Santun Camp.

Emperor Chongzhen was standing outside the city. He saw that the city was full of officers and soldiers. When he saw the city gate being opened and more officers and soldiers of the court rushing into the city, he understood that the Santun Camp was going to take over. Down!

(End of this chapter)