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Chapter 741 Ten Thousand Enemies

Although he also saw that the Ming army on the top of the city seemed to have used all available means of defending the city.Cannons, rolling logs, rocks, bows and arrows, maces, golden juice, etc., did not stop the army from attacking the city at all. They were about to attack the top of the city, and the densely packed soldiers below the city were all waiting for a breakthrough. swarm in.Could it be... Could it be that the Ming army still has a killer weapon?
Thinking of this, a thing flashed in his mind like lightning and flint. When Azig was defeated from Changli City, he seemed to have mentioned that the defenders used a very powerful gunpowder defensive weapon.

Just as Huang Taiji was thinking of this, he saw rows of objects flying out from the top of Gaizhou city, and they didn't fly very far before falling to the ground, about ten feet away from the city wall.As soon as it landed, I saw a big fire ignited over there, and the fire was very fast.Many of the nearby soldiers were burned by the fire, and one by one the firemen scattered, or fled, or rolled, which was very obvious on the battlefield.

Such a scene is not just one place, but with Gaizhou City as the center, it is almost ten feet away from the Gaizhou City Wall, almost becoming a burning isolation zone.

The circle of fire was about ten feet or less, but the fire was so intense that, except for the people who were burned to death on the spot, the surrounding people were immediately separated, and those outside retreated far away, not daring to rush across the fire to attack.The soldiers in the inner circle were all burned to the bottom of the city.All of a sudden, the originally crowded city was immediately crowded, and even the siege of the city was affected.

After Huang Taiji saw it clearly, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock and said, "It's the Guan Ning Army's sharp weapon for defending the city!"

The so-called Guanning Army's defensive weapon is actually not the Hongyi cannon, but this kind of flammable material such as oil and gunpowder wrapped in a quilt, and the fire is violent after being thrown down.I didn't see this thing before, so I thought Gaizhou didn't have it. After all, it's winter, and the most needed things are quilts and other supplies.Even if there is, it may be very few, and it doesn't have much impact on the army.

But the fire circle around the city that I saw right now is enough to show that the military has prepared a lot in advance, and I am really willing to spend this capital!
Before Huang Taiji could express his exclamation, he immediately lost his voice and said: "No, hurry up, send an order to withdraw the troops!"

At a time like this, no matter how stupid you are, you know that the Ming army spent such a large price to burn a large circle with fire, making the city full of siege soldiers, and there must be someone behind.If you don't withdraw, you will definitely lose a lot.

However, before he had time to pass on his will, he saw the Ming army on the top of the city, and suddenly threw cages down the city one by one.Those cages that fell to the ground didn't kill anyone, but flames and thick smoke soon spewed out of those cages, and many of them were even spinning, driving those flames and thick smoke to blow out. everywhere.

Such cages were thrown from the top of the city one after another, and they were not littered.It is that every section of the city wall is being thrown down evenly.In just a short while, the distance from the fire circle to the city wall was basically covered by flames and thick smoke.

At this time, not to mention the siege of the city, regardless of the Mongols, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, or the elite Manchurians, as long as they were in this circle, they all threw away their weapons and tried to hide around with their heads covered.But they were surrounded by people, and there was no way to avoid them.

In just a short while, this area under the city has become a hell on earth.The robust men who were alive and well just now were all crying for help, but they tried to escape but there was nowhere to escape, and they fell into a desperate situation.

Even the well-informed Fan Wencheng was stunned. Looking at the Gaizhou city, he muttered to himself, "What is that?"

In fact, this kind of thing is not mysterious, but a modified large-sized grenade.Emperor Chongzhen came up with an idea before, and after showing his power in Changli City, the craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau made improvements on that basis, and only then did this thing exist today.

This thing was renamed a very domineering reputation by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, called the enemy of ten thousand people!The specific method is to dry the hollow mud ball, fill the gunpowder made of nitrate and sulfur through the small hole left on the top, and let people flexibly increase or decrease and mix poisonous fire, divine fire and other medicinal materials. After solid and installing the lead wire, frame it with a wooden frame.

This kind of enemy is thrown into the city after being ignited. Because of the protection of the wooden frame, it will not break, and firepower will be emitted from it, with poisonous smoke, spinning in all directions, causing massive damage to the enemy.Because our own side is on the top of the city, it will not be affected at all. It can be regarded as the most powerful weapon for defending the city!
In the original history, this kind of weapon called Ten Thousand Enemies also appeared in the late Ming Dynasty.Song Yingxing has a clear record in his "Tiangong Kaiwu".

Of course, this weapon has limitations.If it is a big city, the base of the city is wide enough and there are not many enemies. If you throw it down, the enemy will naturally evade after reacting, so the maximum damage cannot be achieved.

But right now, because the city of Gaizhou is not big, the Ming army has enough supplies. First, let the Jianlu army attack the city, so that a large number of their troops are concentrated under the city. Concentrate under the city.It is also in this situation that this kind of enemy has played its greatest effect.

Looking at the hell on earth under the city of Gaizhou, the soldiers outside the circle of fire were stunned.They looked at their brave accomplices just now, who were burned into coke one by one, and each of them covered their mouths and noses but breathed hard and couldn't breathe. Anyway, it was the kind of scene where they were powerless to resist in the face of death. imprinted in their minds.

At this time, the sound of Huang Taiji's decree calling for gold to withdraw troops finally came, calling back the soldiers of the gods, whether they were Mongols or elite Jianlu soldiers, they all retreated like a tide in a panic, and no one could see them. They didn't manage the companions under the city anymore, because they knew that those companions must have a dead end!

Seeing all this in the distance, Bu He was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he took a breath and said, "The Ming army has such a weapon in their hands, so it's no wonder they are confident!"

This can be regarded as an early poison gas bomb. In this era, if you are unprepared, if you are recruited, regardless of whether your soldiers are elite or not, heavy losses are naturally unavoidable.

After finishing speaking, Bu He turned his head to look in the direction of Huang Taiji, and did not speak, but his heart was full of sympathy.

After recovering from the shock, Hai Lanzhu silently took a picture of her from this angle, entered the chat group and passed it to Emperor Chongzhen, saying at the same time, "Your Majesty, Gaizhou is guarded!"

(End of this chapter)