Ming Empire

Chapter 143
Although Qianhu, who was leading the charge, felt that something was wrong, the attack had become like riding a tiger, and there was no possibility of stopping, so he could only bite the bullet and charge towards the city wall.The Ming army on the top of the city did not react until they entered the range of the bow and arrow, and the rain of arrows began to pour down the city.

Jiannu, who was besieging the city, immediately used oar shields to cover them. More than half of the arrows were blocked by the shields, but many unlucky soldiers were still shot to the ground.

"Could it be that the Ming army really has no gunpowder?" This idea soon popped up in the hearts of many Jiannu, which made them overjoyed.

Compared with muskets, bows and arrows can withstand more blows from them. Qianhu, who directed the first wave of attacks, gave another order to speed up the attack and rush across the moat to climb the city earlier.Following his order, the two thousand Jiannu who were moving forward immediately divided into two groups.One held up the shield and continued to attack against the rain of arrows on the top of the city, while the other Jian Nuzi aimed at the top of the city with a bow and arrow, and began to fight back.

The arrows shot by Jiannu began to fly towards the top of the city, and from time to time, the soldiers of the Ming army who were hit by the arrows fell down.

The Ming army still did not shoot with muskets, which greatly boosted the confidence of the slaves who were besieging the city.Not far ahead is the moat, and you can directly attack the city wall by crossing the moat.Their impact speed became faster, and many people even ignored the rain of arrows falling on the city, and rushed forward.

From time to time, those who were hit by the arrows fell down, and if they were not dead, they were injured. Many of the injured were trampled to death by their running companions.

Soon, the remaining Jiannu rushed to the side of the moat, and dozens of ladders were quickly placed across the moat to build a temporary bridge.

The second wave of [-] Han and Korean troops attacked earlier than before. Taking advantage of the previous wave of troops shooting at the Ming army above the city, they quickly joined the battle group and used the temporarily set up Bridge", rushed to the other side of the moat.

Soon, many ladders were built on the city wall, but most of the ladders were immediately pushed away by the Ming army on the top of the city, and the Jiannu who rushed to the bottom of the city ignored them. There is a group of sergeants scrambling to rush forward.

At this moment, several large bundles of things emitting black smoke were thrown from the top of the city, and someone immediately shouted: "Dragon Cannon, Ming Army Dragon Cannon!"

But it was too late. At least ten bundles of grenades were thrown into the Jiannu formation rushing down the city wall. In the earth-shattering explosion, a large number of Jiannu and their ladders were blown away. debris.

However, there were still quite a few Jiannu and Yunti who escaped the explosion of the grenade by chance. They continued to pass through the ladder and charged towards the top of the city.

The grenades on the top of the city did not continue to be thrown down, but those who greeted Jiannu were still unfriendly "gifts", dense rolling logs and stones, and arrows pouring down from the top of the city.The Jiannu who climbed up through the ladder and crowded at the foot of the city wall suffered heavy losses again.

Under the city of Datong, it became a hell on earth again. The nearly [-] slaves who attacked the city in the first and second waves quickly lost more than half, and then another pile of grenades were thrown from the top of the city. Although there were not many, only Dozens of pieces, but many Jiannu lost their lives.

At this time, the Jiannu who attacked in the third wave, including a Han army, and two thousand Mongolian soldiers also rushed to the moat. They howled and rushed over the ladder and rushed to the bottom of the city.The first wave and the second wave, which had already lost their fighting spirit and many people fled, saw the follow-up reinforcements coming up and fired more intensively at the top of the city. Their instincts were the same, and they continued to pass the ladder to the top of the city. climbing.

At this time, the Ming army on the top of the city dispersed, and a group of strong men with five big arms came to the city wall carrying buckets of hot oil.

Amid the screams and screams, hot oil poured down from the top of the city, and the Jiannu who were climbing on the ladder and crowded under the city wall were immediately drenched all over their heads and faces.The hot oil was poured on the body, and the feeling was so painful that there was no way to describe it in words.

The screams immediately resounded over the north gate of Datong, and the smell of oil and meat wafted all over the city wall.

Before Jiannu could react, a round of rockets was shot down from the top of the city, and the hot oil that was already at high temperature instantly burst into flames.The fire quickly spread, and most of the Jiannu who were in a mess were swallowed by the raging fire.

The Ming army on the top of the city also felt the unbearable heat, and they had to retreat a lot to avoid being burned.

Under the city wall, countless Jian slaves howled and struggled in the raging fire. Some of them managed to escape from the fire and jumped into the moat desperately, but they didn't know that when their burned skin touched water, the pain The taste is also very unpleasant, and the muscles will cramp.

After many people jumped into the moat, there was no way to get ashore again!
The ladder that was originally erected on the city wall was burning and quickly turned into charcoal.

The thousands of Jiannu who were covering the shooting were also damaged by the tragedy in front of them. They lost the courage to continue the attack and retreated in a panic. Together with those companions who escaped from the other side of the moat, they retreated desperately.

Kong Youde, who was in command of the siege, couldn't help being very angry when he saw the three waves of troops in front of them suffer heavy losses.He strictly ordered all the generals not to retreat and continue to attack, otherwise they will be killed.Soon, some of the fleeing people were beheaded, and the retreating soldiers behind did not dare to flee again, but even less dared to attack.

Kong Youde could only order the fourth wave of troops to attack again, leaving aside the retreating chaotic soldiers.

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Similar to the direction of the north gate, Duoduo, who commanded the attack from the west gate, also found that the muskets of the Ming army on the top of the city did not fire immediately after he launched the attack, and the artillery did not fire. His first thought was the Datong army. Out of ammunition.

But Duoduo immediately denied this judgment. This is impossible. It is impossible for Cao Yue to be so stupid that he used up all the gunpowder one day before and had no ammunition available the next day.It can only be said that there is not enough ammunition in Datong City.

Cao Yue is saving money, and will not send the Musketeer Battalion to play until the critical moment.

This made him both happy and worried. The happy thing is that the muskets with great lethality of the Ming army are almost useless at last; the worry is that he is worried that the Ming army will deliberately store the ammunition in stock to deal with the Jurchen elite. It will be an annoyance.No one knows when the Ming army suddenly sent the Musketeer Battalion to the field, and the elite Jurchens who rushed to attack the city fired.

The current attack in all directions is mainly based on the Han army, the Korean army, and the Mongolian Eight Banners. The Jurchen Eight Banners are the last to enter the field. The purpose is to prevent the original number of Jurchen elites from suffering heavy losses.

Duo Duo immediately reported his findings and concerns to Duo ErGun.

In fact, there is no need for Duoduo to remind. Dorgon, who has been observing the battle, also discovered the abnormal situation of the Ming army, and he immediately made a decision. The Ming army has insufficient gunpowder. Today's tactics are unwilling to waste gunpowder on the Han army And the North Korean army, if the Jurchen Eight Banners went into battle, their muskets and artillery would still fire.

Dorgon could only decide not to send the Jurchen Eight Banners to play, and continue to be attacked by the Han army, the Korean army and the Mongolian Eight Banners!
(End of this chapter)