Ming Empire

Chapter 136 Bloody Battle
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After the first round of firing from Jiannu's artillery, the roar temporarily stopped.

Although the red cannon is relatively advanced, its inability to shoot continuously is still its shortcoming. Clean the barrel and wait for it to cool down before shooting the second round.In the first round of shooting, two shells hit the top of the city, causing casualties to dozens of defenders.

Cao Yue didn't expect that Jiannu's red cannon had such a long range that it could open the top of the city. When he saw that there were casualties among the soldiers under the artillery fire, he immediately ordered the soldiers to take precautions and hide.Jiannu's artillery can't shoot continuously. When its artillery fires again, you can lie down to avoid it, or spread out, and then restore the original formation after the artillery fires past.

The first round of artillery fire on the top of the city did not hit Jiannu's artillery position. It exploded about a few hundred meters in front of the artillery position, killing a bunch of Jiannu soldiers guarding the artillery. The result of the wrong battle.Cao Yue also immediately ordered the artillery commander to correct the shooting angle and direction, and prepare for another round of shooting, trying to hit his artillery position and destroy some of Jiannu's red cannons.

"Woooooo..." Outside the city, the sound of low-pitched horns sounded one after another, and the sound of fierce drums was also beating fiercely. Along with the sound of horns and drums, teams of Jian slaves started to move, slowly. And in an orderly manner, they pressed towards Datong City.

Jiannu started to attack from the north gate and west gate at the same time. The two groups of Jiannu attacking the city were very large. According to Cao Yue's estimate, each team had at least [-] people.

The sun is shining brightly, and banners of various colors are waving in the wind in the sun. The spears and swords glow with the light of death under the sunlight, which is very dazzling. Endless murderous intentions are rolling towards Datong City.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army are still at the forefront, and there are some servants of the Korean Army, followed by the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and then the Eight Banners of Jurchen.

The Jiannu who attacked from two directions were finally suppressed by the Jurchen cavalry. They are the force of the last wave of attack, and they are also the supervisors on the battlefield. If they run away, they will take up their swords and slash at the retreating ones to prevent them from escaping.

"Kill..." In the direction of the north gate, the [-] Han and [-] Korean troops rushed out from the formation of the Jiannu army. Many soldiers raised their ladders, and more soldiers waved their swords and howled. Then go to Datong City to kill.This time Jiannu's attack was not reckless. The scull shield soldiers rushed forward, each carrying a large shield, and the most powerful crossbowmen and archers followed closely behind the scull shield soldiers.

These scull shields carried on the shoulders of the shield soldiers are the most effective weapons for defending against Ming army muskets. The scull shields are three to four inches thick, and the surface is covered with iron sheets and several layers of cowhide. Ming army muskets can easily penetrate Jiannu. The beam armor, but can't shoot through such a strong scull shield.Jiannu's tactic was to use the scull shield as a cover, rush to the bottom of the city, and use his skillful shooting skills to shoot and kill the defenders on the top of the city with bows and arrows.

Although the power of muskets is far greater than that of arrows, and the range is longer, the direction of bullet flight is basically a straight line. When it loses its kinetic energy and falls, its lethality is already negligible.But the arrow is different, no matter what kind of arrow it is, it can draw an arc.Jiannu hiding behind the scull shield can use the arc of the arrow's flight to hide behind the scull plate and shoot towards the top of the city.

Soon to enter the firing range of the Ming army's muskets, the scull shield soldiers held up their shields to form a barrier for themselves and the soldiers behind them.

At this time, Cao Yue on the top of the city gave the order to shoot the artillery.

In the direction of the north gate, nearly a hundred large-caliber blunderbusses and Franc machine guns fired almost simultaneously. Solid bullets and explosive bullets flew from the barrels at high speed to the array of siege and slaves amidst the roaring sound of the guns.More than a dozen solid iron bullets weighing tens of kilograms plowed out more than a dozen blood paths on Jiannu's scull shield array, and the flowering bullets blew one side of the scull shield into pieces.The originally neat shield wall was immediately shattered, and at this time, the first round of fire from the muskets on the top of the city also began.With the roar of muskets, the surviving Jiannu who had lost the protection of their scull shields became targets and fell down in rows.

The roar of the artillery stopped, but the firing of the muskets continued. The second and third rounds of musketry shooting continued continuously, row after row of Jian slaves fell under the musketry shooting.Then the artillery started firing again.

After two rounds of artillery and five rounds of musket fire, nearly half of the [-] Han and Korean troops who attacked in the first round fell under the bombardment of artillery and muskets, and were either killed or injured.

The morale of the Han army and the Korean army was low. Seeing such a large number of casualties, their companions fell down row by row. The remaining Jiannu no longer had the courage to attack. and flee.Escaping was like the plague, it spread immediately, and instead of continuing to face the musket fire, they all fled back in a swarm, only hating their parents for losing two legs.

At this time, the red-clothed cannons on the top of the city began to shoot again after being silent for a while, and one after another, the explosive bullets flew towards Jiannu's artillery position.Fortunately, a cannonball landed next to a red-clothed cannon owned by Jiannu. The air wave generated by the explosion overturned the cannon, and the sergeant who operated the cannon was blown into the air.Ammunition ignited near the gun, causing a cascade of explosions.

Fortunately, the distance between each cannon is not short, and the explosion of the cannon on the side did not cause a chain reaction.

But the red cannon of the Ming army fired again before them, and the accuracy was so high that Tong Yangxing, the traitor who commanded the artillery battalion, was greatly surprised.He also immediately ordered the remaining artillery to fight back with all their strength.

With the huge roar, Jiannu's artillery position began to tremble, and countless clouds of black smoke shrouded it, and the flaming shells flew towards the north gate of Datong at high speed.

Two shells grazed the city wall and flew into the city of Datong. After the explosion, a group of Ming army soldiers who were on standby below the city were blasted into the air, wailing again and again.A shell landed on the outside of the city wall, and the huge force generated by the explosion blew up a pile of broken bricks, and also overturned several Ming army musketeers on the top of the city who were about to shoot to the outside of the city.

A few shells landed in the moat, sparking soaring sparks, pouring sewage on the faces of Ming soldiers on the nearby walls.

At this time, after beheading many deserters, the Han army, the Korean army, and the Mongolian Eight Banners began a second round of a larger-scale charge.

Thousands of Jiannu, holding high oar shields, carrying ladders, and wielding sabers, under the orders of their respective supervisors, quickly rushed towards the north gate of Datong.In the smoke of gunpowder, there are waving battle flags everywhere, and war knives shining with the light of death!
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