Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 185 Cover
Early in the morning on July 20rd, [-]th year of Wanli.

The strong wind rolled up a piece of yellow sand, sweeping across the densely packed army formation in front of Ningxia town.The tens of thousands of soldiers in Sanbian Town of the former army lined up in various formations, with flags like clouds, spears like forests, and a murderous aura permeated the world.

Huang Laifu's eyelids moved slightly, and he narrowed his eyes to glance at the Ningxia city in front of him. At this time, he was facing the south gate. After several months of war, not to mention the potholes on the city wall, even the city tower was destroyed by artillery fire. Out of shape.

The Ming counter-insurgency army below the city was about to attack the city, but there was no movement on the city wall.However, Huang Laifu could guess that those rebels must be hiding behind the city walls.

It was still summer at this time, although it was early in the morning, but the thick armor was worn on the body, and soon thick beads of sweat appeared on the face of the body, and the whole body was extremely hot.Hearing the sound of Jiaye beside him, Huang Laifu glanced at Li Rusong who was not far away. At this moment, he was concentrating on the situation on the city.His tall body was covered with a set of thick iron armor and a scarlet cloak, which added a bit of might to him. Although beads of sweat kept coming out, his figure remained motionless.

On the left and right sides of him stood all the town generals in full body armor, eagerly waiting for Li Rusong's order.

"Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang."
Li Rusong looked at it for a long time, then suddenly gave orders.

Brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang rushed forward, clasped their fists together and said, "The end is here."

Li Rusong said: "The two of you lead the bid to fill the city with earth 50 steps away from the city first."

The two said: "The last general takes orders." After saying that, they turned around and left.

Li Rusong said again: "Wang Lue, Lin Guotai!"

Wang Lue, deputy general of Liaodong, and Lin Guotai, deputy general of Datong, hurriedly stepped forward: "The last general is here!"

Li Rusong said: "The two of you led the bid and dispatched troops, and then approached the city to bulldoze."

The two also took orders to go.

Li Rusong asked again: "Where is Huang Laifu?"

Huang Laifu hurried forward, cupped his fists and saluted, "The last general is here."

Li Rusong glanced at Huang Laifu, and said: "After Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang bulldozed the soil, immediately cover Wang Lue and Lin Guotai with guns and fill the city!"

Huang Laifu said: "The last general takes orders!" Huang Laifu also turned around and returned to his army formation.

At this time, everyone understood Li Rusong's tactic, which was to fill the city with tens of thousands of earth bags, and finally fill it up to the same height as the city wall, so that they could directly ascend the city to fight.As a general, Li Rusong saw at a glance that Huang Laifu's subordinates were well equipped with numerous firearms, so he asked him to cover the attack with guns.

There was silence in the world, and suddenly the red flag of the central army was raised. According to the flag order of the Ming army, this was a signal for the front team to wait for orders.The two brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, who were always watching the flag orders over there, immediately passed on an order, and all the troops waited intently.

Soon, the horn sounded, and immediately the army of brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang uttered deafening shouts. Each of the soldiers under them was holding a card in one hand and a soil bag in the other, shouting loudly and desperately rushed forward.

When they rushed to about fifty steps away from the city, the soldiers threw away the earth bags in their hands, and hurriedly ran back with their heads in their hands.At this time, the heads of rebellious soldiers continued to appear on the city. Under the command of some generals on the city, they began to shoot arrows or fire guns and guns at the sergeants in the city.

The two brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang led the army. After rushing a few times, soon, a high mound of earth was erected fifty steps away from the city.

At this time, the white flag of the central army position was raised, according to the flag order of the Ming army, this was a signal for the right team to wait for orders.Huang Laifu, who was here, immediately passed down various orders to get his army ready to go.

Soon, the horn sounded, Huang Laifu took the lead, Jiang Dazhong and other servants hurriedly followed behind Huang Laifu, and his two thousand soldiers also rushed behind Huang Laifu and others, everyone yelled, One side rushed to the mound.

Soon, Huang Laifu and his army rushed to the big pile of earth bags. The dense pile of earth bags had piled up the pile almost as high as the city wall.Brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, already leading the soldiers under them, stood behind the high pile of earth bags, shooting arrows or firing firecrackers at the top of the city.

At this time, the position of the Chinese army was sounded by horns again. Liaodong deputy general Wang Lue and Datong deputy commander Lin Guotai were already leading the generals under their command, holding earth bags and shields in one hand, rushing forward , Back and forth to still put soil bags under the city wall.

With everyone's efforts, soon, the soil bags under the city piled up more and more.

At this time, how could the rebels in the city not understand what the Ming army meant?The sharp arrows, guns, guns, and rolling stones on the city wall rained down like rain. It seemed that the city was going to do its best, and it didn't care about the stock of weapons in its own city.All of a sudden, Wang Lue and Lin Guotai's sergeants under the city were hit by arrows and guns, and there were screams from time to time.

"Cover, cover!"

Liaodong Deputy General Wang Lue yelled at Huang Laifu, Li Rubai and others.

Of the [-] soldiers Huang Laifu brought with him, half of them were firecrackers, and among them were [-] big guns.Immediately, two hundred gates raised their guns on the mound and fired at the rebels on the city wall.

"Boom boom boom..."

White smoke filled the air, loud noises soared into the sky, and with the vibration of the big guns, two hundred big guns sprayed out scorching flames, and immediately there were screams on the city wall.The power of a big gun is huge, and the power of a big gun is twice that of a bird's gun.Many rebels on the city wall had huge blood holes punched out of their bodies.For a while, the city was in chaos.

Soon, the gunmen withdrew, because more than half of the mound was occupied by the soldiers of the two brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, and in order to maintain the continuity of firepower.The remaining 400 musketeers of the Wuzhaibao army were divided into three columns. The first column of [-] people stepped forward first, huddled behind the big mound, and shot at the city wall.

"Clap clap clap..."

More than 400 Wuzhai Fort bird musketeers opened fire at the same time, the smoke filled the air, and the chaos on the city screamed again.

Soon, another 200 people in the second row and 200 people in the third row stepped forward one by one, shooting continuously towards the city.At this time, the big gun was loaded with sub-powder, and then he went forward to shoot again, and the deafening blunderbuss kept ringing.

With the continuous fire from each gun barrel, there were constant screams on the city.
In addition, among the thousands of assassins armed with cold weapons in the Wuzhaibao army, there are also hundreds of people equipped with bows and arrows. on archery.

All of a sudden, the rebels on the city wall ran around like ants on a hot pot, screaming and screaming.The firepower of the chaos in the city was completely suppressed.

Wuzhai Fort's firearms are so powerful, brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang who were crowded next to them could see clearly, they couldn't help exclaiming: "What a powerful firearm!" The good and sharp firearms of the army are envious.

Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang's Xuanfu troops were only equipped with three-eyed blunderbuss and a small amount of bird blunderbuss.Although the three-eyed blunderbuss can be released continuously to form intensive firepower, and the blunderbuss body is short and the muzzle is large, there is no danger of blasting the chamber.But the three-eyed gun has a short range, only more than 20 steps, and it can't hit the city wall fifty steps away. It can only be shot with bird guns, strong bows or rockets.
In addition, the Xuanfu Army of Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers, the quality of the blunderbuss used by their blunderbuss players is indeed not good.The guns explode at every turn. When their gunners shoot, they try not to aim close to their faces, and then shoot far away from their bodies. Naturally, they are not accurate.Huang Laifu could see clearly that when one of the gunners was shooting, the gunnery suddenly exploded, and the gunner's hands, face, and body were bloody. Although he didn't die, the scream made the rest The bird musketeer was terrified.

However, Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers' Xuanfu Army firearms are not good, but they are equipped with another sharp weapon, which is the rocket.Rockets have always been a standing weapon of the Ming army, and the arrows are equipped with gunpowder devices.After the gunpowder is ignited, the arrow can only be pushed forward. Although the shooting range is not as far as that of a blunderbuss, it is comparable to that of a bow and arrow, reaching about [-] steps. Especially, it can form dense covering firepower.

At this time, there were several types of rockets in the Ming Dynasty, 20 at a time were called "Fire Dragon Arrows", 32 were called "Swarm of Bees", 49 were called "Flying Arrows", and 100 were called "Hundred Tigers Running Together". . "Flying Arrow" and "Hundred Tigers Running Together" are both installed on chariots. At this time, only the chariot battalion under the governor of Gansu Ye Mengxiong is equipped. Come up on such a high mound.

So at this time, the Xuanfu army used 20 "fire dragon arrows" and 32 "swarms of bees" to shoot at the city on the big mound. , and flew from the big mound to the top of the city together, it was indeed faster than the arrows shot by the Wuzhai Fort archers, saving effort, and having good coverage, but the accuracy was not strong, and it was too wasteful.

Huang Laifu couldn't see the situation on the city clearly because of the pungent smoke from the firecrackers, so he ordered to stop shooting first, and wait to see the situation on the city.

Slowly the gunpowder smoke dissipated, and Huang Laifu saw the situation on the city clearly. At this time, the top of the city was in a mess. The rebels on the city were all shrinking their heads, not daring to look up, and the strength of the counterattack on the city was greatly reduced .

Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Liaodong deputy general Wang Lue and Datong deputy commander Lin Guotai hurriedly led their generals back and forth to put earth bags under the city like a tide.Slowly, the bags of soil under the city piled up more and more.

Looking at the rebels in the city, they still dare not stick their heads out.

It seems that there is hope to break the city, and the Ming army below the city is full of cheers.

(End of this chapter)