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Chapter 102 Contradictions
Some distance behind the phalanx of archers and chariots, there are Jianlu carrying simple ladders, and the dozen or so huge ladder carts are advancing steadily amidst the dust.

The benefits of being on the top of the city came out. In the initial contact battle, those sharpshooters were more agile. They hid behind the battlements and shot arrows down the city suddenly. Occasionally, they were unlucky when they just probed. It happened that an arrow shot over and it was unlucky.However, Jianlu on horseback suffered more casualties, and the casualty ratio of both sides reached at least ten to one.

After the chariot in the distance approached the range of the cannon, Mangui's military order was passed on. Under the command of the servants on the top of the city, two to three artillery pieces were aimed at a chariot and fired.The reason for this is that the accuracy of the Ming army's artillery is too poor.

It was only at this time that Hu Guang suddenly discovered that there were many Westerners among the soldiers operating the artillery on the top of the city. It was only because of the armor that he had never noticed before.

Most of Li Fengxiang's attention was focused on the emperor. Seeing a trace of surprise on Hu Guang's face, he followed his gaze and explained with a coquettish smile: "Your Majesty, those Xiyi people are all begged by Xu Guangqi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. of."

"Oh?" Hu Guang asked curiously when it was Xu Guangqi again.

Seeing that he was interested, Li Fengxiang became even more excited, and immediately replied: "At the beginning of October, when Jianlu first arrived in the capital, Xu Shilang begged these Xiyi to come to the city, but later these Xiyi seemed to have some conditions. There are King Qin's army outside the city, so they didn't stay at the top of the city any longer."

When Hu Guang heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "Let Minister Xu see you!"

"Observe the order!" Gao Shiyue, who was at the side, heard this and quickly agreed.

At this time, a person came up from the watchtower, and everyone looked at it, but it was Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory.He came to report the situation in the city to Emperor Chongzhen.

That is, who has taken to the streets, how many people have been transferred from which government, how many people are in reserve now, how much money and food are paid by each government, and so on.

After hearing this, Hu Guang nodded and asked, "Is there any change in the Shanxi merchants in the city?"

Liu Xingzuo had reminded him before that he was afraid that the Shanxi merchants in the city would take the opportunity to make trouble.Therefore, Hu Guang asked this question.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have already sent people to secretly watch the Shanxi merchants in the city, and they have not found anything unusual!" Cao Huachun hurriedly replied after hearing this.

Hu Guang nodded and said: "Okay, you have done a good job in the logistics of the city. You have to communicate with Man Qing about the follow-up matters, and the wounded who have been evacuated from the city must be handled properly, understand?"

"Slave obeys the order!" Cao Huachun agreed, and then went down to the arrow tower to continue working.

At this moment, only the sound of "Boom Boom Boom" sounded.Hu Guang looked up when he heard the sound, but the artillery on the top of the city opened fire.

About twenty iron bullets shot out, flew in a small arc and then fell to the ground and began to bounce.

Although the Jianlu cavalry army was scattered and disorderly, it was to avoid more casualties caused by the artillery at the top of the city.However, it was unavoidable that some Jianlu cavalry troops were unable to dodge in time, and even their men and horses were smashed to pieces by the high-speed bullets.

However, the Jianlu cavalry army seemed to have not seen it, and was not affected in the slightest. They did whatever they wanted, and the remains of those severed limbs were quickly submerged in the ocean of the cavalry army.

Even if Xiyi fired artillery, among the twenty or so iron bullets, only one hit a chariot.

I saw that the shield surface of the cart was obviously inclined, and there was a big groove. However, the cart was fine after all, and it could continue to push.However, it can be seen that after the cart left the place, several Jianlu who were pushing the cart fell to the ground, obviously because they were shaken when they pushed the cart just now.

Hu Guang felt a little regretful, the distance was a bit far, and the bounce of the shell after landing also consumed a lot of kinetic energy, so it was not possible to destroy the car.

Suddenly, he saw that many of those Jianlu cavalry troops dismounted not far from the moat, and planted torches on the ground.

On the top of the city, Man Gui's servants gave orders loudly again, and then saw more musketeers approaching the battlements to shoot.Those sharpshooters also gave up those Jianlu who were riding, and turned to greet those Jianlu who dismounted.

Hu Guang looked a little puzzled, not knowing what Jianlu wanted to do.However, he soon realized that after those Jianlu lit the torches on the ground one by one, when Jianlu's cavalry approached, they first stretched out arrows and lit the firelighters tied to the arrows. It became a bunch of rockets, and then they didn't shoot directly, but shot towards the city.And the focus of their projectiles is the city where the artillery was fired just now.

"How cunning!" Hu Guang sighed, trying to ignite the gunpowder on the artillery positions at the head of the city.At least with the use of rockets, the firing speed of the artillery will be much slower.

Where there is a spear, there is a shield. The military order was quickly passed down, and the battle sheds were assembled one by one and pushed to the artillery position.After the rockets fell, they were all blocked by the battle shed.Because of the fire prevention measures, these rockets cannot ignite the battle shed.

The battle continued, and the chariots outside the city were getting closer and closer, covering countless Jianlu who were approaching the city wall.Finally, the artillery began to make meritorious service, hitting those chariots.

There was a loud "bang", and the seemingly solid car was torn apart like a piece of paper, falling apart at once.Jianludui, who was hiding behind, was affected, and there were many casualties immediately.

But even so, Jianlu did not retreat, and even without cover, he continued to advance towards the city wall.

Jianlu, who followed behind the chariot, marched forward with thousands of people holding shields.At the beginning, these shield soldiers fell behind the chariot, but gradually, they got closer to the city wall, and when they entered the place where the city was within a stone's throw, they began to overtake the chariot and accelerated towards the city.

From Hu Guang's point of view, outside Deshengmen at this time, amidst the flying dust, countless Jianlu were swarming in. The scale was so large that it felt like the outside of the city had been filled with Jianlu.

Jianlu's archers, under the cover of chariots and shields, were almost approaching the moat.In the distance, those ladder carts had already moved slowly. Looking at the itinerary, it should be when the Jianlu archers were suppressing the top of the city, and the ladder carts could reach the bottom of the city.In the middle of the ladder cars, there are also those collision cars.

Looking at the battle outside the city, Huang Taiji seemed to be somewhat satisfied, and the current casualties were within the acceptable range.

"Ama, the defense of the capital of the Ming Dynasty is far inferior to that of Ningyuan outside the pass. My child is willing to be the vanguard, the first one to climb to the top of the city, and Yang Wei for Ama!" 21-year-old Hauge looked excited and begged for battle loudly.

Huang Taiji heard him, looked at him, seemed a little displeased, and said in a cold voice: "When will you be able to stabilize your temper, watch carefully first!"

Although he is satisfied with the casualties at this time, it doesn't mean that he thinks that the strength of the city is limited.He always remembered the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but a few casual words not only made him return without success, but even boosted the morale of the city.

At this time, Huang Taiji was certain of one thing in his mind: the emperor of Ming should not be underestimated!

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