The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 703 Unstoppable
Li Soltai looked at the distance, and only the Hongyi cannon could hit it. Some of the other cannons could barely reach this distance, or they could roll to this distance, but they dug too many holes, and they probably couldn't roll over.

"The Ming army's catapults are a bit scattered, so it's hard to hit them, but they can't let them hit me as they please." Li Sutai immediately ordered.

Under the deliberate guidance of Yuan Tian in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the number of Hongyi cannons increased slowly. There were only 26 Hongyi cannons participating in the Battle of Songjin.

And this Gaizhou, because it is the front line of defending Ding Yi, has five gates.

But after Jin Shichang's death, the farthest Hongyi cannons became less and less.

When Jin Shichang was alive, the Hongyi cannon built at a suitable elevation angle could shoot three or four miles at the farthest. Today, the cannons on Gaizhou City can only shoot about two miles.

Then the intelligence department sent people to blow it up, and now no one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty can produce high-quality Hongyi cannons, and the Hongyi cannons use one less.

Boom, following Li Sutai's order, the five Hongyi cannons of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties fired one after another.

Whoosh, a huge shell flew over.

The Ming army is preparing on the spot, and the counterweight trebuchet is ready and launched very quickly.

But because of the need to guard against the Hongyi cannon, the gasoline bombs prepared were only ten meters away from the back of all the trebuchets, and there were only two or three.

The distance of each trebuchet is also up to 20 meters, and the distance of the large trebuchet is more than 30 meters.

With such a long distance, it is not easy to hit the trebuchet all at once.

Pounce, pounce, pounce, none of the five Hongyi cannons hit in the first round, all of them were shot too far, over the trebuchet, one shot was better, bang, right in the Ming army's trebuchet cart.

There was a burst of cheers on the tower, and the Qing soldiers were excited.

The Ming soldiers looked back one after another, showing no mood swings.

After the cart collapsed, the discus that flowed all over the floor were all used for counterweights.

Among the row of catapults in the Ming army, there are ten large ones, and the rest are medium-sized.

They looked at the shells flying overhead calmly, and hurriedly speeded up.

As long as you don't get hit in the first round, there is hope, because the second time the Hongyi cannon fires, it will take a while.

"Get ready." An officer on the side was already calling.

"Two thousand catties for test shooting, two kilograms."

This is two thousand catties of counterweight and two kilograms of gasoline bombs.

In order to throw it as far as possible, they increased the counterweight and reduced the weight of the petrol bomb.

An auxiliary soldier of the Ming Army held two kilograms of gasoline bombs and put them on.

He paused for a while, and someone beside him pulled hard.

Bang, the two-thousand-jin weight box hit the ground hard.

Whoosh, the petrol bomb flew straight out.

Puff, the petrol bomb fell to the ground when it flew 420 meters, and shattered.

Li Shuitai at the city gate was inexplicably surprised.

Looking at the stone throwing machines of the Ming army, the stones thrown over them are very small, smaller than their shells. What is the use of this?

The trebuchets in the Yuan Dynasty threw boulders weighing hundreds of catties, which forcibly knocked Xiangyang down.

What's the use of such a small stone?
Li Soltai suddenly wanted to laugh, did I think Ding Yi highly?Do you think there is any powerful means?
"Twenty-five hundred catties, two kilograms for test shooting." The officer under the city called again.

The three auxiliary soldiers each picked up a discus from the cart, ran over and threw it into the weight box.

At this time, the entire south, or the medium-sized trebuchets around Gaizhou are increasing their counterweights.

The three auxiliary soldiers quickly ran back and forth a few times, and then signaled that it was full of [-] catties.

Then they rushed to the surface of the trebuchet together, and the three of them pulled the rope hard and squatted down: "Roar."

Only three people pulled up [-] jin.

Continue to reload.

"Bang" the weight box hit the ground again.

Whoosh, the petrol bomb flew towards Gaizhou.

This trebuchet was right in front of the city gate, and it was at the position of Li Shutai.

Li Shitai looked at it from a distance, his face paled in shock, and he quickly moved to the side.

Puff, the gasoline bomb landed on the city wall this time and exploded on the spot, sending a strong smell of gasoline spreading all around.

"Fire oil, it seems to be fire oil, the Ming army wants to attack with fire."

"Cover with soil, quickly cover with soil." Li Sutai hurriedly ordered, but he still didn't feel anything at this time, the defenders of the city would be fireproof, and they even prepared a lot of soil.

And after the two kilograms of gasoline bombs dispersed, there were not many.

It's just that the smell is a bit unpleasant, unlike the kerosene they've seen.

Just when the city wall was about to be covered with soil.

Bang, bang, bang, around Gaizhou City, medium-sized trebuchets were thrown up one after another.

Whoosh, whoosh, two kilograms of petrol bombs flew towards the top of the city one by one.

Sixty trebuchets threw sixty petrol bombs, almost all of which landed on the top of the city.

Puff, the petrol bombs exploded, some were thrown on the crenels of the city wall, some were thrown on the artillery, some were thrown on the wall, and some were also thrown into the city wall.

The Qing soldiers on the wall jumped like chickens and dogs after being thrown, and they all avoided.

But the sixty petrol bombs did not cover much of the seven-mile-long city wall.

It's just that there will be some every few tens of meters.

But at this time, the Qing soldiers' second round of Hongyi cannon was not ready yet.

Li Soltai was horrified to see that the Ming army's second round of catapults had finished.

And, with a bang, the surfaces of the petrol bombs on the second round of catapults were all ignited.

Bang bang bang, at this time even ten large catapults were thrown in, and they went straight to the depths of Gaizhou City.

Ding Yi's ten large-scale trebuchets can be thrown as far as 1000 meters and carry five kilograms of petrol bombs.

"Hurry up, use the Hongyi cannon to destroy their trebuchets." Li Sutai and Subbandai were both still calling.

Boom, the second round of burning petrol bombs fell on the wall, hoo, the entire city wall was instantly on fire.

"Ah." Many Qing soldiers were directly ignited by the fire.

At this time in September, the weather was hot, and it was suddenly burned by fire. The temperature on the city wall suddenly rose sharply. The key point was that Ding Yi lined up the trebuchets. There were fires everywhere, and there was almost no shelter.

"It's over." Seeing the flames suddenly burning, Li Sutai realized that Ding Yi's trebuchet was a bit powerful.

Their bunkers are utterly useless, and anyone inside will be burned alive if they don't get out.

The point is that the trebuchet is too fast.

If you have enough strength, you can throw it ten times in one minute.

Their guns haven't started the second round yet.

The third round came again.

This time the petrol bomb was not ignited, so it was thrown directly on it.

Bang, after landing, it immediately exploded and burned.

Flames were everywhere on the city wall, and the Qing soldiers ran around to avoid it, and the place where a red cannon was located was also hit, booming, and the gunpowder barrel exploded directly, and the rest of the people ran down the city like headless ants.

Li Shuitai's men couldn't control even beheading a few, and a large group of Qing soldiers ran down the city.

He stood by himself for a while, but he also felt that it would be dangerous if he didn't go any longer. The fire was so hot that it was useless to cover it with soil.

"Go up, go up, go up." At this time, Ding Yi saw that it was almost the same, and immediately gave an order, and many auxiliary soldiers in the back row rushed up.

It took a lot of strength to pull the weight box down. He was afraid that there would not be enough auxiliary soldiers, so he sent another team of auxiliary soldiers to rush up to help.

There were few people just now because they were afraid of shelling.

Now that the cannons at the top of the city can basically be wiped out, another wave of auxiliary soldiers rushed up.

At this time, there were more than six people in front of each trebuchet.

Six people pull together, saving effort and going faster.

Bang, after the fourth round of throwing, the trebuchet began to move left and right, throwing it to other places.

The Ming army had the most trebuchets at the south gate and west gate, and these two places were also burned the most. After the fire was lit, a steady stream of petrol bombs were thrown on it.

In less than 10 minutes, the entire south and west sides were surrounded by flames, many of which were thrown on the wall, and even the wall was burned.

All the cannons above were ignited, the gunpowder barrels exploded one by one, and the Hongyi cannons were also blown over.

All the bunkers were also set on fire, and even if they were not set ablaze, no one dared to hide in them.

After only 10 minutes of casting, no one could stand on the city walls on the south and west sides of Gaizhou.

People can't stand on the city of Gaizhou, and it's not easy in the city.

Li Sutai, Subbandai, and Du Abo had already descended the city wall at this time, and the three of them looked at each other in shock and fear.

"This little mouse, the fire oil found there is so powerful that it can't be extinguished even if it is covered with soil and watered."

"The fire is still burning on the water."

"It burns at the touch of a finger, it's extremely terrifying."

All the generals discussed one after another, with terrified expressions.

Now people can no longer stand on the city wall, and all the cannons are useless.

The Ming army has already started to push the trebuchet forward, gradually filling the pit and throwing it in.

The large catapult was thrown directly into the city. Now the city was full of flames, and the people fled in all directions. It was chaotic. Everyone thought that the Ming army had come in.

"What should we do now? Is it possible that we can only surrender?" Su Bandai said with a mournful face.

"Bastard, what are you talking about?" Du Abo was furious, staring at him with fiery eyes.

Du Abo was from the Qing Dynasty. Knowing that Ding Yi hated the Qing people the most, he thought that if he surrendered, he would definitely be killed, but Subbandai and Li Sutai were not sure.

Suddenly, he thought of the letter that Li Soltai had shown them before.

not good.

Du Abo's heart trembled, and he suddenly found that Li Sutai, who was standing in front of him just now, was gone.

"Pu Chi" At this moment, he felt a pain in the back of his heart, someone stabbed him in the back of the heart.

"Killing" everyone was under the Urn City at this moment, and Li Shuitai's troops launched a sneak attack on the scene, beheading Du Abo's troops.

Subbandai was shocked and angry.

"If you want to live, come with me, otherwise we will all die when Ding Yi attacks." Li Sutai said sharply.

Subbandai looked back, and his subordinates were also looking at him, waiting for his order.

In the blink of an eye, Subbandai's mind was spinning wildly.

They can't even go up the city wall now, obviously they can't hold it. The Ming army's fire attack is irresistible, and there is no way but to surrender.

If they don't surrender, either Ding Yi will keep burning and burn them all inside, or he will break the city gate and attack in, or he will die.

"Kill the Tartars." Of course Subbandai wanted to live, and made up his mind almost instantly.

After killing him, the Mongols followed him and drew their swords, rushing towards Duabo's men.

Poor Du Abo, not long ago, he called them brothers and sisters, and wanted to defeat the Ming army, but was attacked by the Han army and the Mongols in a blink of an eye.

His soldiers and horses here are only half of Niulu, while Li Soltai has prepared more than 500 men.

In addition to Subbandai's personal soldiers, there was another sneak attack. After a while, the Qing soldiers were all killed.

"How about the next step? Brother Li, you can help me." Su Bandai hurriedly said to Li Sutai.

(End of this chapter)