Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 920

While He Tengjiao and Qin Liangyu were talking, the Ming army's infantry had already rushed under the wall, and the shield chariots in the front row were connected together to form rows of short walls. Shoot and suppress the golden soldiers.

These shield vehicles could not withstand the bombardment of the cannon stones, but they did not have much problem resisting the rain of arrows and the shooting of the blunderbuss. After a while, they were covered with arrows and small holes were punched by the blunderbuss balls.

Between the short walls formed by shield chariots, the soldiers pushing the ladders and siege towers quickly approached the city wall in a file when the Ming army's archers and musketeers suppressed the city head.

As far as weapons are concerned, it is inevitable that firearms will replace bows and arrows. It only takes more than three months for the Ming army to train a firearms player, but it takes several years for an archer who is good at shooting. It should be popular.

But having said that, it is not something that can be done in one or two years to manufacture firearms that are sufficient for the Ming army.

At present, the army under the orders of the Ming Dynasty does not count the prefectural soldiers belonging to the reserve force. There are nearly 50 people in the Wuzhong Army and the local town troops. , In addition, the production of firearms requires a large amount of iron ore, and it must be refined iron. The roads in Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty were just repaired, and the minerals were produced, so it was too early to change the equipment.

In the past, the focus of the Ming army was mainly to deal with the Qing army in the southeast, so all kinds of materials and equipment were transported to Huguang and Jiangnan, so the equipment of the Ming army in the southwest was lagging behind and outdated.

Although Wang Deren's troops were only transferred to Sichuan in the second half of the year, the Jiangxi army was basically disabled, and the Ming army sent a batch of weapons to North Korea. At least it was the equipment replaced by the Jiangbei Ming army.

Although the Ming army's infantry was close to the pass wall, they did not have an advantage in equipment, while the Jin army occupied a favorable location. Although the Ming army approached the pass wall, they did not gain an advantage because of it.

The Ming army hiding behind the shield chariots used old-fashioned blunderbusses and bows to shoot at the city, but they did not completely suppress the city. It made the Ming army a little afraid to show up.

On the wall, when the Jin army saw the Ming army's siege equipment approaching, the soldiers picked up the tins and threw them down the city.

As soon as some Jin soldiers stood up and raised the cupping pots, they were hit by the Ming army's firecrackers, and then fell off the wall, but some people accurately hit the advancing ladders and siege towers. A raging flame broke out, and the soldiers inside ran out immediately.

The areas controlled by the Kingdom of Jin, Guanzhong and near Chengdu, Sichuan is hard to say. After all, it was very rich before, and life suddenly became miserable after Zhang Xianzhong came. The chaos lasted only seven or eight years. The people may be more nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty. There is a certain emotion, but Guanzhong is different. From Gao Yingxiang to Li Zicheng and then to the Qing Dynasty, there has been chaos for at least 30 years. The common people have been in dire straits. Make people miss the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, Dorgon promoted a radical ethnic policy. They fought against it to protect their clothing and the world. However, Jin Guo did not follow Dorgon's tactics. He used the law of Emperor Xiaowen to stabilize Guanzhong and quickly stabilize the place, which met the people's desire for stability. In my mind, Jin Guo immediately gained a lot of recognition, so the fighting enthusiasm of Jin Guo's Han army is much stronger than that of the Man Qing.

The Jin army on the city threw the cupping jars down the gate, rolling stones and wood rolled down the ladder on the city wall, and the Ming army climbing with their shields kept being smashed off the top of the city.

Behind the Guancheng, the Jinjun's cannon stone chariot kept swinging its throwing pole to throw the cannon stone out, while the archers below kept bending their bows and throwing waves of arrows outside the pass.

The archers of the Jin Army put all the arrows in the quiver on the ground beside them. After shooting an arrow, they immediately held the tail of the arrow shaft with two fingers, pulled it up and put it on the bowstring, then pulled it into a full circle, and shot another arrow. The whole movement was done in one go, and the cycle continued until after shooting a pot of arrows, and immediately retracted the bow and retreated. At this time, there was already a reserve team holding a bow and carrying a quiver, running forward to replace them and continue to throw.

Bows and arrows are no better than blunderbusses. Every shot takes a lot of physical strength. However, the Jin army has sufficient troops. Wu Sangui adopted this method of taking turns to shoot arrows, so that the Jin army's arrows will not stop, and each arrow remains capable of tearing. The ability to break Ming army armor.

The archers of the Golden Army behind the wall were divided into three parts, each with 1000 soldiers. When any part was replaced, the other two continued to shoot. As if the rain of arrows would not stop, they rose into the air again and again, forming a A black cloud of arrows shot towards the Ming army like locusts.

The dense arrows became the biggest threat to the Ming army. Arrows were stuck everywhere on the shield car and the ground in front of the pass.

At this time, behind the closed wall, a group of golden soldiers holding step bows, quivering pots and quiver hanging on their backs lined up in nine rows, trotting past a group of golden soldiers who had finished shooting arrows, and were about to take over from them. Position, continue to shoot arrows, but at the moment they staggered, shadows suddenly appeared in the sky.

Outside the pass, under the attack of the Jin army's cannon stones, the Ming army's artillery group rushed forward for a distance, a distance enough for the Ming army artillery vehicles to throw the cannon stones into the pass wall.

At this time, the artillery group of the Ming army suddenly stopped, and a group of soldiers immediately dug a narrow deep ditch on the ground. The Ming army carrying wooden boards braved the artillery stones and came to the group of artillery pieces. A wooden plank covered with cowhide or wet cotton cloth was loaded into the deep ditch, and then a practical log was stepped on to support the back, and a simple artillery array was built.

These wooden boards were not connected together to form a wooden wall, and were spaced about ten steps apart, which did not affect the passage of the Ming army's follow-up troops and siege equipment.

The gunners of the Ming army pushed the cannon carts behind these wooden boards one after another, began to set up the cannon carts, and moved the cannon stones. It was crushed, but the cannon stone was wrapped in cowhide and wet cloth, and its kinetic energy was attenuated, but it did not cause much damage to the Ming army.

"Fire the cannons." Wang Deren personally commanded, and shut down with a loud roar.

Beside the set up artillery group, the officers holding the command flag raised the flag high and looked at Fotuguan with ferocious faces. They were attacked by the golden army artillery stones all the way, causing countless casualties along the way. Their hearts were already manic. When Wang Deren gave an order, they waved down the flag as if venting their anger.

Following their orders, a black spot rose suddenly from the artillery formation of the Ming army in front of Fotu Pass. The Jin army on the wall saw the black spot soaring into the air and landed rapidly. It became bigger and bigger in an instant, and immediately Filled with infinite fear.

When the Golden Army was closing in on panic, the cannon stone did not fall on the wall, but flew over their heads at high speed. A gust of wind blew up, drew an arc, and crashed into the wall. middle.

The artillery tanks of the Ming army did not attack the closed wall as before, but bombarded the Jin army behind the closed wall. Looking at the running stone whistling over the top of the head, the closed Jin army soldiers felt a little lucky in their hearts.

Countless huge boulders smashed into the unsuspecting Golden Army archers phalanx with the power of thunder. A cannon stone hit a Jin Army, and his brains burst immediately. After running over, several golden soldiers were crushed into meatloaf one after another, and the place they passed was a mess, which was shocking.

The Jin army under the closed wall did not expect to be attacked by artillery stones, and screamed loudly in an instant. I don't know how many people were turned into meatloaf in this wave of artillery stone attacks. Another line of blood.

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