Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 548
The rain of arrows and lead bullets were intertwined, forming a large dense net in the sky. Under this net, the soldiers of the Ming army charged forward with shouts.

Flying birds flew across the sky, overlooking the battlefield. The densely packed crowd, pushing all kinds of equipment, spread out on the vast land. From time to time, green smoke filled the crowd, mud splashed, and the sound of guns and shouts went straight to the sky.

Countless sons of the Han family are desperately moving forward, depicting a magnificent scene on the long scroll of national rejuvenation.

The bird was frightened by this spectacular scene, and quickly flapped its wings, and quickly flew away from this flying place.

"Quick, move quickly! Deploy on the spot!" Under the artillery fire, Liu Tichun yelled loudly, commanding a special army and civilians, with a large number of equipment, followed closely behind the brave army, and quickly approached to carry out the siege operation.

This team consisted of ten soldiers and ninety civilian husbands, a total of fifty teams. Each team rushed to the designated place carrying huge equipment, and then hurriedly assembled on the spot.

This is exactly the stone-throwing machine built by the Ming army. Because of the lack of time and the lack of preparation of corresponding materials in advance, there are still some deficiencies, but it can also throw a hundred catties of boulders for two hundred steps.

After the catapult was set up, the Ming army immediately put the stone bullets into their leather pockets. Liu Tichun looked ahead, and the forwards of the Yongying camp had already approached the foot of the city, so he shouted: "Let it go!"

For a moment, the live hook was released, and the long throwing rod suddenly tilted up, throwing the stone bullets in the leather pocket at the end of the rod flying out.The stone bullets brought a strong wind, and the equipment made a creaking sound. Fifty stone catapults each threw a [-]-jin stone bullet, which was spectacular.

At the front, the soldiers who had been lowering their heads to push their equipment raised their heads slightly, and looked at Wanzhou City not far ahead. A few days ago, the Ming army risked their lives to dig the city, and a piece of the south city had been dug and collapsed. The collapsed place was their key attack point.

Suddenly, the soldiers standing on the well fence let out an exclamation, and a black shadow passed over their heads, and fifty stone bullets smashed towards the top of the city with a whistling sound.

Although the stones flew high, the soldiers on the well fence instinctively shrank their necks and lowered their bodies a little, as if they were worried that the stone bullets would hit them.

The Qing soldiers on the top of the city only felt a black shadow coming, and the stone bullets hit the city, and immediately smashed several Qing soldiers to the ground. A shocking line of blood.

The trebuchet was not very accurate. Liu Tichun originally wanted to hit the collapsed city wall, but most of them hit the city, or directly smashed into the city. The stone was smashed in from the roof, leaving a huge hole.

Fortunately, the stone bullets did not hit their own people. Two stone bullets hit the collapsed place repaired by the Qing soldiers, and immediately smashed a series of cracks.

After a round of throwing, the civilian husband immediately pulled the winch to reset the trebuchet, then loaded the stone bullets, and let go of the living ditch.

On the top of the city, the generals of the Qing army were terrified by this wave of stone bombs. Especially from the very beginning, the Qing army was a little shocked. With so many instruments produced, it seems to be an exhibition of instruments.

Wu Sangui saw another swarm of stone bullets coming, and immediately became anxious. Wanxian is not a fortified city, and if the stone catapult hits it a few times, it will definitely collapse.

"Cannon, hit the trebuchet!" Xia Guo who was on the side reacted and shouted immediately.

Under the city, at the position of the Ming army's catapult machine, the winch was creaked by the civilian husband, and at this moment, a piece of iron bullets hit, and the two corpse throwers fell apart immediately, and many soldiers and civilian husbands around were also injured.

The trebuchet is not as accurate and ranged as the artillery, and it is big, so there is a reason for it to be phased out.Seeing this, Liu Tichun's expression remained unchanged, and he shouted loudly: "Don't mess around, reload and keep shooting."

After the Qing army's artillery was aimed at the catapult, the soldiers of the Houyong Camp had already rushed to the city. Without the interference of the artillery, the speed of the Ming army pushing large equipment was also significantly accelerated.

"Go! Build a ladder!" A hundred households yelled, and four Ming soldiers immediately erected a bamboo ladder. They raised it high and hooked it to the city wall with the iron hook on the ladder, so that the defenders could not push it down. .

As soon as the bamboo ladder was fixed, the following soldiers bit their sabers in their mouths and climbed up quickly with a rattan shield in one hand.The other part drew their bows and arrows and shot blindly into the city.

What Liao Town was good at back then was to use artillery against the city. Although there are no artillery now, Cheng Yaojin still has three axes, not to mention the Guan Ning Army.

Wu Sangui also made sufficient preparations for the defense of the city, which is also the source of his confidence.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army were climbing on the ladders, and when they were about to climb up the city wall, a wolf tooth cypress suddenly fell from the top of the city, and immediately smashed the Ming army on the ladder, and then the Qing soldiers passed through the wolf teeth. Take the rope on the cypress, pull it up to the top of the city, and wait for the Ming army to climb up, then continue to smash it.

Once the Ming army attacked the city wall or climbed up the wall, the defenders on the wall could not be shot by the archers because they attacked the dead corner, but Wu Sangui repaired a simple horse face on the wall.These horse faces protrude from the city wall, just enough to shoot the climbing Ming army with bows and arrows.

The Qing army hid in the wall facing the horse, shooting and killing soldiers climbing the city without interruption. Many Ming soldiers were not hit by rolling logs and stones from the top of the city, but were shot in the back by arrows, and fell down one after another.

At this time, various instruments such as the Lvgong cart, Jinglan, and the city crash cart that were being pushed behind finally arrived one after another. For a while, soldiers of the Ming army were scattered like ants under the entire city wall of Wanxian County.

A Lügong carriage leaned against the city wall, and the Qing army smashed the tin can, but the outside of the carriage was nailed with cowhide. Although it ignited, the harm was not serious.

The baffle on Lu Gong's car was placed on the top of the city, and the Ming troops in the car rushed out immediately and went directly to the city, but there was a group of Qing army musketeers in front of them, and the Ming soldiers in front were shot and fell to the ground. The first batch of Ming soldiers who died in the battle were also the first batch of Ming soldiers who died in the battle at the head of the city.

The Ming army in the back immediately raised their swords, and took advantage of the time when the Qing army reloaded, shouting and killing.

At this time, Wu Sangui already felt that he was being careless. Once the Lu Gongcar was on the city wall, it was like the Ming army had built a step outside the city wall, and soldiers could go up the city continuously.

"Throw the hook! Pull it down!"

Hearing the general's shout, the Qing soldiers on the horse's face immediately threw a flying hook and hung it on the roof of Mr. Lu's car. They quickly moved a big stone and tied it to the rope. A commander of the Guanning Army immediately raised his voice and shouted: " push!"

Several Qing soldiers on the horse's face immediately exerted their strength together, and lifted the boulder bound by the rope off the horse's face, and the rope connected to the flying hook immediately tightened as the stone fell.

The Ming army who came up from the chrysalis on Lu Gong's car immediately felt the body of the car shaking. At this moment, a loud shout from the top of the city, "Pull!"

Dozens of Qing soldiers swarmed over and pulled the rope together. The Lügong car suddenly tilted up. The Ming soldiers in the car fell to the side involuntarily.

The Qing soldiers on the city suddenly burst into cheers, but before they had time to laugh more, the Qing soldiers on the horse's face were shot down in an instant, but it was the soldiers on the well fence of the Ming army who were condescending and attacked the Qing soldiers on the city. Suppress the shot.

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