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Chapter 213 Bloody Battle of Three Hundred Cannons in Pyongyang (2)

The deafening gunshots continued, and countless lead bullets, iron sand, and stones swept across the west of Pyongyang from time to time.

The flames and smoke soared into the sky, and under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, the Japanese army at the top of the city suffered heavy casualties.Moreover, the Japanese army did not see any cannons, so whether they were generals or soldiers, they had no experience in dealing with artillery and could not avoid shells.It's just being bombed stupidly, or running away, crying and not knowing how to deal with it.

To be honest, the artillery of the Ming army at this time was similar to a large shotgun. When fired with one shot, it was a barrage of iron sand covering the surrounding area.Swept by the iron sand, it was a blood mist with limbs flying across. One can imagine the power of more than 300 artillery pieces firing together.

After only one round of shelling, there were bloody Japanese corpses everywhere in the west of Pyongyang.The blood shed by the dead and wounded Japanese soldiers was quickly frozen by the cold weather, forming a bloody glacier on the top of the city.There are also those flags of various colors of the Japanese army that were knocked down and burned.

President Xiaoxi was also almost hit by a lead bullet the size of a fist, which made him tremble with fear and his heart was cold.I didn't expect the Tang people's artillery to be so powerful. Could it be that the information about the Tang people that I knew in advance was all fake?

But to be honest, apart from shouting and screaming, even the governor Xiaonishi didn't know how to deal with the artillery of the Ming army outside the city, plus the Japanese had a tendon in their bones, the Japanese soldiers of the First Corps, It was indeed very powerful, no matter how many casualties there were, still under the command of the banner warriors, they howled and rushed to the top of the city to defend everywhere, and continued to become a living target for the Ming army's cannons.

Afterwards, the medical doctors accompanying the Ming army recorded: "Every time a cannon is fired, the Japanese soldiers killed and injured many people, but they didn't care, and they still swarmed and rushed until the cannon fell to the ground."

The Franc machine gun is equipped with sights, and is equipped with front sights, rear sights, gun lugs, etc.When the gun is placed on the chariot mount, the gun body can be rotated left and right to adjust the shooting angle range.After the first round of shelling by the Ming army under the city, some of the artillery missed. Under the adjustment of the gunners, the artillery chariots under the city started the second round of shelling.

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After firing round after round, until all the equipped guns were fired, the artillery of the Ming army stopped.At the end of the bombardment, the city was covered with dead bodies of Japanese soldiers, and with the cries of wounded Japanese soldiers with missing arms and legs, it was like hell.

At this time, President Xiaonishi even wanted to die.The cannons of the Ming army are so powerful, and the firing time and distance are so short, how can my soldiers fight against them?

What he didn't know was that during the shelling of the Ming army, Japanese general Otomo Yoshitomo had led a troop to reinforce Konishi, but before he reached Pyongyang, he was scared away by the earth-shattering sound of the Ming army's artillery Now, retreat without a fight.

With great difficulty, the Ming army's hell-like artillery fire stopped. Chief Xiaoxi briefly counted the casualties at the top of the city, and couldn't help vomiting three liters of blood.The Japanese army on the walls of the city walls in the northwest of the city alone killed and injured hundreds of people after a few rounds of shelling. How can this battle be fought?
However, Chief Xiaonishi was the commander of the First Army Corps after all, and he had rich experience in leading the army. He knew that the Ming army was about to attack, so he managed to calm down.

Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, they quickly resumed their defensive formation under the command of senior or mid-level officers such as Governor Konishi.To be fair, the Japanese army, both at that time and in later generations, had a strong sense of discipline and obedience, and was indeed a very formidable opponent.

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"Siege!"

In the camp of the Ming army, Li Ru waved his hand, and immediately the drums at the position of the Chinese army rang.With the flying of the flags, the shouts of the Ming army from all walks of life sounded like the sky was falling apart. According to the previous arrangement, they carried the battle ladder and rushed towards the various gates of Pyongyang like a tide.The artillery of the Ming army outside the city also fired suppressively at the top of the city.

After the armies attacked, Li Rusong also personally led five hundred servants to supervise the formation, Huang Laifu naturally led some servants to follow him closely.As for his 3000 men and horses, they still stopped outside the city and served as a reserve team for each sect at any time.

It was Yang Yuan, the governor of Jizhen, and Zhang Shijue, the deputy general of Liaodong, who attacked Qixing Gate in the west of Pyongyang City. Seeing these people rushing to the city, they erected battle ladders one after another.All of a sudden, hundreds of battle ladders climbed onto the top of Pyongyang City, and the Ming army climbed up the city like ants.The eyes of many Ming soldiers are red, as long as they attack the top of the city, they will have 2 taels of silver.

Chief Xiaoxi pulled out his samurai sword and shouted towards the outside of the city: "Shoot, Iron Cannon Squad shoot."

Beside him, there were already more than 1000 people, short and strong, with Japanese iron cannons in light armor, lined up in three neat rows.Hearing Chief Xiaoxi drink like this, a piece of black iron pipes protruded from the top of the wall.

"Bang bang bang bang."

Pieces of dazzling fire and smoke emitted from the iron pipe, and the sound like popping beans was endless.

Immediately there was a scream, and the soldiers of the Ming army who were climbing up the battle ladder were shot one after another, bleeding mist came out of their bodies, and they fell down.

"Shoot again."

The second column of the Japanese Iron Cannon Ashgaru stepped forward to shoot again.

"Bang bang bang bang." The sound continued again and again.

There was another scream of the Ming army.

After the second column was released, the third column of the Japanese iron cannon ashigaru stepped forward again.And the Japanese iron cannons that had been fired in the previous two columns rushed to charge again.The Japanese army's "three-stage shooting method" is really clever. After one column shoots, the other two columns reload and ignite.The interval between each blow is only a few seconds, and the shots are fired in turn, with great power.

Shigehide Suzuki, a subordinate of Konishi, also invented the "iron cannon sniper method". Four people use a musket, with one person on the left, one on the right, and one behind the shooter.After each shot, the person on the left fills the bullet, the person on the right fills the gunpowder, and the person behind is responsible for igniting the fire, and the time between each blow is shorter.Their team of iron cannons was light enough, although there was only one line of men, the power of their shots was no less than that of the three lines of Japanese iron cannons.

In addition, the Japanese are serious about their work. The quality of the muskets they use in the army is really good, and there is no danger of explosion at all. They can be used close to the face and aimed with confidence.

More than 1000 muskets were fired one after another. Such power was enormous. The Ming soldiers on the battle ladder were shot by muskets one after another and fell to the ground screaming.

A general of the Ming army under Yang Yuan's department just cursed: "Soldiers, don't be afraid, the Japanese firecrackers can only be fired once. Take this opportunity to go to the city..." He was shot into the helmet by a Japanese musketeer , fell to the ground, and his life and death are unknown.

The Japanese army's muskets were so fierce, which was beyond the expectation of the Dengcheng Ming army.Not only that, the Japanese army also had a large number of archers, who kept shooting arrows down the city.The densely packed bamboo spearmen of the Japanese army were still beside the arrow stacks, stabbing the Ming army who were approaching the top of the city.There were also many Japanese soldiers who poured boiling hot water into the city, and threw boulders and rolling logs.

The soldiers of the Ming army who finally rushed to the top of the city faced those Japanese warriors, especially those bannermen, black-clothed mothers, and red-clothed mothers. These people were small in number, but they were crazy and desperate when fighting.They held sharp samurai swords and screamed in their mouths. Their short and sturdy bodies rushed and jumped, and the samurai swords in their hands slashed straight down. Few Ming soldiers could reach them.

This is an opponent with a very firm will to fight and several times more fierce than the Mongols.

The battle was so cruel, even if it was the elite soldiers from Liaodong and Ji towns that attacked Qixingmen, they were shaken and retreated from the battle ladder at the top of the city.At this moment, Li Rusong led his servants, Huang Laifu and others to patrol here, without saying a word, beheaded the two retreating Mr. Qian.

He said coldly: "Anyone who dares to retreat will be shot to death!"

Seeing all this, the retreating soldiers of the Ming army were terrified. In order not to be beheaded by Li Rusong, they had no choice but to behead the Japanese.

And so the battle began again.

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However, the Ming army who attacked Qixing Gate learned a lesson this time. Yang Yuan and Zhang Shijue discussed it. With the cover of their shields, the army archers blocked the shots of the Japanese firecrackers.Slowly pushed to the bottom of the city and shot arrows at the top of the city to suppress the Japanese iron cannons.

The Ming army was good at using rockets, that is, most ordinary bows and arrows were propelled by gunpowder.At this time, thousands of archers of the Ming army, under the cover of rattan plates, bent their bows and set up arrows together, and shot towards the top of the city.The medicine on the arrow shafts sizzled, and the Ming army's position was filled with white smoke. Countless sharp arrows flew towards the top of the city with a faint smoke or a long tail of flame.

The arrows propelled by the gunpowder produced a powerful impact, which could break through heavy armor. Except for dodging, any blocking was useless.For a while, the Japanese soldiers at the top of the city screamed, and many people were shot like hedgehogs.

Taking this opportunity, the Ming army outside the Qixing Gate began to attack again. At this time, they had figured out a set of rules, that is, the archers below the city released arrows to cover, and the infantry who entered the city attacked with cards and knives.However, under the supervision of Chief Xiaonishi, the Japanese army still desperately resisted. Rolling stones fell like rain, iron cannons continued to shoot, and the fighting became fierce and cruel again.

Outside the Qixingmen city, both Yang Yuan and Zhang Shijue shouted and directed their subordinates to attack.Li Rusong watched quietly without saying a word, Huang Laifu also looked at the top of the city, secretly shocked by the cruelty of the war and the stubbornness of the Japanese army.

He thought to himself, if his Wuzhaibao army came to attack the city, there would be no good way except to pay heavy casualties.Only Yang Xiaolu next to him was full of excitement.

However, Huang Laifu quickly saw that the arm strength of the archers of the Ming army was limited, and they lost their strength after shooting a few arrows, which was far from enough to suppress the Japanese army at the top of the city.Most of the soldiers in Liaodong and Jizhen towns used three-eyed guns, which had insufficient range. If they got too close, the rolling stones would rain like rain, and they would suffer heavy casualties. The same is true for the tiger squatting guns.As for the General Cannon in the distance, since the Japanese and Ming armies are now fighting together, if they fire the cannon, they will hit their own people.

Yang Yuan and Zhang Shijue said anxiously to Li Rusong: "Master Admiral, the Japanese firearms are too fierce, our soldiers suffered heavy casualties."

Li Rusong said abruptly to Huang Laifu: "General Huang, quickly adjust your firearms team to suppress the Japanese gun arrows."

Huang Laifu responded loudly: "The last general takes orders."

(End of this chapter)