Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 118
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"Then..., what is that?" Young Master Zhang, who is well-informed, was also stunned by the object that appeared in the binoculars at this moment—it was a vehicle similar to a movable staircase, with the front end on the same level as the city wall of Jinzhou. It slides down like a slope, with a length of at least ten feet and a width of three feet, and there are twelve wheels at the bottom, so it looks extremely bulky, but it can actually be pushed.He was dumbfounded for a long time by this siege weapon that had never appeared before in his impression, and then Young Master Zhang put down the binoculars and said in a daze: "How is this possible? Such a big siege weapon? How did Jiannu bring it from Shenyang? Temporarily Hurry up, where did they find so many materials?"

"Boss, no, look carefully, most of those cars are made of ice." Song Xiance, who hadn't put down his binoculars, corrected him.Young Master Zhang hurriedly raised his binoculars again, only to realize that he hadn't fully observed that new type of siege weapon just now because of the too far away and the too dark light. Passing by both sides of the command podium, with the help of the dense lights on the Jiannu podium, Master Zhang could clearly see that the slopes of those siege ramps were all crystal clear white ice, and the ice was mixed with There are some other things, although they are too far away to see clearly, but they are probably connected by some rope fibers.

Knowing this, Young Master Zhang, who was almost in despair, finally recovered a little color on his face, jumped up and shouted: "Order the fort to the left and right, prepare the Hongyi cannon for solid shells, and the Fran cannon, give me too!" Replace it with solid shells and prepare! Also, the four Hongyi cannons on the southeast and northeast fortresses to reinforce the west gate, move them here as soon as possible!" After issuing these orders, Master Zhang quickly rushed down the tower and called for the guard Wu of the west gate. Xiang and Wu Liuqi ordered them to form a separate formation of elite soldiers and prepare for hand-to-hand combat. At the same time, they prepared a large number of rolling stones and fallen trees, ready to be used to smash the slave soldiers who were going up the city on the ramp.

"There are fifteen siege vehicles for Jiannu, am I prepared enough? Is there any other way?" Young Master Zhang was nervously calculating in his mind, thinking of more countermeasures, and ordered almost out of sixth sense, Let the peasants gather together the giant logs used to hit the ladders, and prepare to use the giant logs to withstand the Jiannu siege ramps, preventing the ramps from hitting the city wall, and frantically moving landmines, thousands of enemies, and incendiary bombs to the front for backup.Fortunately, Jiannu's siege vehicle moved slowly, and the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou still had a little time to prepare.At this time, Mao Yuanyi also ran back from the Northwest Fort, and reported to Young Master Zhang out of breath: "Master Zhang, there is a problem with the three Hongyi cannons in the Northwest Fort. Let them move to the new fort built on the city wall for backup!"

"Three? In other words, there are only two Hongyi cannons available in the Northwest Fortress!" Cold sweat dripped down on Young Master Zhang's forehead again, but there is no other way, so Young Master Zhang can only point to Mao Yuanyi and shout: "Lord Mao, You go back to the Northwest Fort, and personally direct the firing of the remaining two Hongyi cannons. Jiannu’s new siege weapons are coming soon. As soon as they are within range, hit me hard with solid shells! The number of cannons is insufficient , I want you to make it up to me with accuracy!"

"Do your best." Mao Yuanyi, the only one under Young Master Zhang's command who understands artillery, gritted his teeth and agreed, and rushed back to the Northwest Fort.Master Zhang took a few breaths, and when he turned around again, Jiannu's siege ramp vehicle had appeared within the visual distance of Jinzhou's West Gate defenders. Seeing this siege weapon that had never appeared before, Jinzhou's soldiers and civilians were also shocked. There was a panic, and they screamed, "Oh my God! What is that?" "Monster! What a big monster!" "What is that for? What is Jiannu planning to do?" Some timid ones even started to flinch .

"Don't panic!" Young Master Zhang pulled out his sword and shouted sharply, "Don't panic! It's Jiannu's siege vehicle. I have already prepared a way to deal with it. As long as you follow the orders, we will be able to defeat them easily. Build a slave!" I have to admit that after the victorious defense of the city in the past few days, Young Master Zhang has indeed established a lofty prestige among the soldiers and people of Jinzhou and an image of using soldiers like a god, which makes the soldiers and people of Jinzhou full of confidence in him. Now Young Master Zhang is just talking nonsense The plan to build slaves and siege the city had already been expected, and the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou, who believed it to be true, naturally increased their confidence and the momentum of panic was contained.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" When the Jiannu siege vehicle pushed into the range of the Hongyi cannon, the five Hongyi cannons that had moved to the inner fort opened fire one after another, blasting five standard [-]-pound solid shells at the cannon. Jian slave siege vehicle.Maybe it's because of their extraordinary performance when they were nervous. The gunners of the Ming army, who always rely on Mongolian artillery to bombard the target, performed well. Three of the five shells hit the target, and two of them bombarded the same Jiannu siege vehicle at the same time. The ice surface of the Jiannu siege vehicle was shattered, and it was forced to withdraw from the battlefield.As a result, the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou and Young Master Zhang were naturally cheering, while Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng, who were trailing behind the siege vehicle, were all taken aback.

"Mr. Fan, what's going on? Didn't the barbarian's fort stop firing? Why did it fire again?" Huang Taiji asked in alarm.Fan Wencheng was also puzzled. After a little calculation, Fan Wencheng replied: "Master, the slave thinks that Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, probably jumped the wall in a hurry and moved the Hongyi cannon to the city wall to fire! Master, please rest assured that the Hongyi cannon has no fort protection. It is inconvenient to move on the city wall, and it can only hit a small area, and it is impossible to threaten all our siege vehicles. Moreover, Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, still has three problematic red cannons in his hand. If the chambers explode on the city wall, we will have a good show."

Fan Wencheng's abacus was really good. There was no special fort for the Hongyi cannon to freely adjust the shooting angle. The Hongyi cannon fired on the city wall could only limit the bombardment target within a small included angle, but the problem was, greedy for fear In order to use the Hongyi cannon to save his life, the dead Young Master Zhang ordered the eunuch Ji Yong and Mao Yuanyi to organize the people to work overtime day and night when he discovered that Jiannu was trying to destroy the two forts in the northwest and southwest of Jinzhou. , Two new forts were built on the inside of the southwest corner!Moreover, in order to prevent fire and heat insulation, Master Zhang also specially ordered to install thick wooden boards on the connection between the fort and the city wall, so although Jiannu's fire attack destroyed the two forts on the outside of the city wall, the Ming army quickly moved the Hongyi cannon to the inside. On the two new forts, continue to fire flexibly and quickly!In this way, half of Fan Wencheng's wishful thinking went bankrupt.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A new round of bombardment hit one after another, severely damaging the two Jiannu siege vehicles again. Fan Wencheng, who found that the situation was not good, didn't bother to brag about his clever strategy, but kept urging the infantry to push forward. Siege ramp vehicle, seize the time to approach the city wall.However, the biggest weakness of the Jiannu siege cart is that it is too heavy, the speed of movement is slow, and the road conditions are not very good. Therefore, although the Jiannu soldiers pushed the cart with all their strength, the red cannon on Jinzhou City Still seized the time and fired continuously, destroying four Jiannu siege vehicles one after another in one breath.Nurhachi behind also found that the situation was wrong, and quickly ordered the troops in front to withdraw part of the cart to help. Almost 100 people pushed a siege cart and accelerated forward.

When the siege vehicle rushed to within two miles of the city wall of Jinzhou, the Ming army's Franco cannon also began to show its power. The Fran cannon is characterized by a fast rate of fire, strong aim, and flexible transfer. Although its power is far less than that of the Hongyi The cannon is so big, but Master Zhang very cleverly ordered every ten Frang machine guns to focus on one siege ramp vehicle. After several rounds of bombardment, two siege ramp vehicles were still destroyed by the Fran machine gun. The Shanghongyi cannon destroyed two more, and Jiannu's fifteen siege vehicles were reduced to seven in a blink of an eye.However, Jiannu's siege vehicle was only less than one mile away from the city wall of Jinzhou.

"General attack!" Nuerhachi issued the general attack order again. Amidst the sound of landslides and drums, the regrouped Jiannu soldiers screamed frantically, resisting the ladder and pushing the remaining iron-clad carts to rush towards the city wall again.At this point in the battle, Young Master Zhang did not dare to be stingy with the supplies for defending the city and what he had reserved. Landmines, thousands of enemies and incendiary bombs were thrown down as if they were free of money, and there were bows and arrows - Young Master Zhang had already prepared them. The well-applied poisoned arrows were also taken out and shot at the Jiannu soldiers.While the flames were churning and the rain of arrows was pouring down, Jiannu soldiers howled and fell down one by one, but Jiannu's siege ramp was getting closer and closer to the city wall.

"Boom! Boom!" Suddenly, there were two loud bangs from the northern section of the city wall at the west gate of Jinzhou. It turned out that Mao Yuanyi saw that the Jiannu siege vehicle was rushing too fast, and the only two Hongyi cannons in the northwest corner could not be suppressed at all. He took the risk of using two problematic Hongyi cannons, adjusted the shooting angle, drove away the Ming soldiers next to him, and lit the cannon himself.Fortunately, the two low-quality counterfeit Hongyi cannons exploded in character this time. The two solid shells not only failed to explode, but also hit the same Jiannu siege vehicle at the same time, knocking out the siege vehicle from the side. The ice cap of the slope cart was smashed to pieces, and the Franji cannon destroyed another siege ramp from the front, leaving only five of Jiannu's siege ramps available.However, because the distance was too short, the lack of accuracy of the Ming army's Hongyi cannons did not dare to fire anymore—otherwise, if one bombarded the Jinzhou city wall, the dense Ming army defenders on the city wall would be more wronged than Dou E!

"There are still five more!" Young Master Zhang recited bitterly, and roared again: "The messenger fort, Hongyi cannons exchanged for grape bullets to bomb Jiannu! Wu Xiang, Wu Liuqi, Wu Sangui, the next melee fight is up to you!" Already!"

Hand-to-hand combat is indeed unavoidable. The soldiers of the Ming army resisted the giant trees and slammed into them, but they still couldn't stop Jiannu's siege ramp from approaching. The landmines were thrown under the siege ramp. Even slave soldiers cannot blow up more than 100 slave soldiers at the same time.At the critical moment, the notorious Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son in history did not choose to escape, but carried a pair of swords together, and led elite soldiers to stand guard at the top of the city, ready to engage in a bloody battle at any time; Double axes, eyes wide open, gritted his teeth and glared at the slowly approaching siege ramp; Young Master Zhang, who was extremely greedy for life and fear of death in essence, also mustered up his courage, grabbed a steel knife that was good for melee combat, and led the soldiers to prepare Into the bloody battle.

"Where the city is and the people are, the city is dead and I am dead!" The moment the first Jiannu siege vehicle hit the city wall of Jinzhou, someone shouted first, and countless soldiers of the Ming army and the people of Jinzhou followed suit. Wu Liuqi Roaring, he jumped onto the city wall and stomped his arrows, roaring at the cheering Jiannu soldiers who charged, "Dog Jiannu, come on! Kill—!" While roaring, Wu Liuqi struck with a big ax and splashed blood, the first to charge The head of the slave cavalry on the upper city wall was broken, and they fell down the slope with their horses.

"Kill!" Countless soldiers of the Ming army roared angrily, carrying big stones and trees and throwing them onto Jiannu's siege ramp. The cavalry turned on their backs and rolled downhill, howling ghosts and wolves.Wu Sangui, who was only [-] years old, also jumped onto the level arrow stack of a slope cart, swung his swords wildly, and chopped down two Jiannu cavalrymen who charged up side by side. He slashed and poked at the Jiannu cavalry who were swarming up, and stopped the Jiannu cavalry on the cart with his body, preventing them from stepping on the city wall.Although Wu Xiang, who was guarding another siege vehicle, was shot in the cheek by a stray arrow as soon as he rushed up, he still pulled out the feathered arrow, spat out the two bloody teeth that had been shot down, roared and swung his knife fiercely. Cut down the slave cavalry.

The slippery ice counteracted the charge of the Jiannu cavalry, and also provided a fair chance for the Ming army infantry and Jiannu cavalry to fight hand-to-hand. Facing the threat of ruining the city, the soldiers of the Ming army who had always been greedy for life and fear of death seemed to be reborn , Roaring and shooting bows and arrows desperately, throwing mines desperately, slashing wildly with steel knives, stabbing and stabbing with long spears, biting and rolling with the enemy in their arms, lifting big logs and swinging them around.The people of Jinzhou also rushed to the city wall one after another, using stones, sticks, and hoes to fight bloody battles with Jiannu soldiers.Arrows and rocks flew in the sky like locusts, flesh and blood splattered on the city walls, and fire was raging on the ground. Soldiers fell from both the enemy and us every moment, and the casualties were equally heavy.

The cruel price of hand-to-hand combat is unbearable for both sides. From the moment when Jiannu used the siege ramp to charge directly at the city wall, in just over half an hour, the casualties of Ming soldiers had exceeded [-]. The rest, Wu Liuqi and Wu Xiang and his son were also injured one after another, but the three generals fought to the death, and led the army to block the way of the Jiannu cavalry going up to the city. The soldiers and civilians are completely using their lives to fill in the loopholes, and they are using their flesh and blood to resist Jiannu's horse scimitar.Although the battle situation of the other three sects is still unclear, judging from the earth-shattering shouts of killing, Jiannu did not let go of his plan to attack Jinzhou from the other three sects, and the battle was equally fierce and brutal.

"Fire oil! The fire oil is gone!" The most precious fire oil was exhausted first, and Young Master Zhang, who was counting on the fire attack to burn down the Jiannu slope car, was so anxious that he raised a steel knife and wanted to charge in person, but was dragged away by several soldiers. Standing still, Zhang Shitou led the rest of the guards to Jiannu silently, and slashed wildly with the Jiannu soldiers who swarmed up.At a critical moment, Ji Yong, the eunuch of the supervising army, led a group of people to the city wall against the rain of arrows, and brought a large number of quilts and more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder to Young Master Zhang, preparing to make incendiary bombs to kill the enemy temporarily on the top of the city.Seeing the dozen barrels of gunpowder packed in fifty catties, Young Master Zhang had an idea and shouted: "Grandpa Ji, don't open the gunpowder barrel, drill a hole in the top of the barrel, and insert a few long leads into it!"

"Okay." Ji Yong agreed, and hurriedly followed Master Zhang's instructions. After a while, more than a dozen gunpowder barrels were temporarily driven into large bombs. Master Zhang ordered four soldiers to lift up a powder barrel and ignite it himself. The lead roared: "Throw it on Jiannu's siege engine! Blast that damn dog Jiannu to death! Blast!"

"Boom!" The four soldiers roared at the same time, ran a few steps, and together they threw the gunpowder barrel towards Jiannu's siege ramp. The gunpowder barrel hit the Jiannu ramp and exploded. Flesh and blood splattered, and the ice surface of the siege ramp that had already been trampled on squeaky cracked, Jiannu soldiers fell to the ground with screams, and the soldiers of the Ming army who had already been killed and covered in blood cheered like thunder.

"Okay, it's finally broken!" Young Master Zhang, who finally figured out a way to crack the Jiannu siege vehicle, was extremely excited, crying and shouting frantically: "Quick, use the powder barrel and give me all the Jiannu siege vehicles!" Blow it up! Blow it up to the death of the dog Jiannu his mother!"

(End of this chapter)