Mao Yuanyi tremblingly inserted a red-hot iron rod into the fire door at the end of the Hongyi cannon.
A cloud of white smoke immediately rose around the fire door, and the gunpowder made a roaring sound.
Qiao Yiqi stood in front of Mao Yuanyi, eyes wide open, observing the entire process of him lighting the Hongyi cannon.
At this moment, he had his hands clasped together, his face full of piety, and he was muttering something.
Han Zhenyi and Wang Changzhi did not pray to gods and Buddhas like Qiao Jianjun. They looked across the moat at the Houjin Camp.
In the field of vision, a Houjin soldier led five or six Houjin generals wearing fine armors into the Chinese army's tent. Two soldiers were kneeling at the door, kowtowing to their masters.
As gunners, they need to observe the entire process of the artillery shell hitting the target, and then evaluate the impact of the artillery shell and the damage effect, so as to continuously correct the artillery strike and quickly improve the level of gunnery.
At the suggestion of Supervisor Qiao, the two gunners set the bombardment target west of the tent.
In the later Jin Dynasty, the west was the most valuable, and as the leader of the Lanlan Banner, Huang Taiji was most likely to sit there.
In order to give Huang Taiji a real surprise and achieve better hitting effect, Mao Yuanyi removed the twist of the cannon he designed before and replaced it with gunpowder for direct ignition.
There will be a short delay when the gun twist is ignited, which is suitable for shelling stationary targets. If gunpowder is used to ignite directly, the time from aiming to firing will be greatly shortened, and the shooting will naturally be more accurate.
Of course, the only drawback is that once the chamber explodes, you will be killed because you can't run away.
Liu Zongbing suggested that Mao Yuanyi change the firing of iron bullets to chain bullets or shotgun shells, which can effectively increase the area of killing damage from artillery. However, Mao Yuanyi felt that the range would be greatly shortened and the target might not be reached, so he rejected this suggestion.
boom!
As if there was a thunder explosion at the top of the city, the city wall shook slightly under everyone's feet. Under the huge recoil, the Hongyi cannon slammed back, and a cloud of white smoke rose in front of them.
The ten-pound iron ball shell burst out under the burning gunpowder. The shell shot out a very small arc, and then fell sharply. Like a meteor in the sky, it flew over the heads of the soldiers from both sides of Ming and Jin. The hot iron ball, carrying the anger of countless Liaodong heroes, roared and smashed into the Jurchen camp in Jianzhou.
The armored soldiers in charge of the battle in front of the breastwork all looked up to the sky.
Spearman Zheng Ershi looked at the meteor flying towards Houjin's camp and murmured in a Shaanxi accent:
"Oh my god, your eyes are open."
Above the north gate, Qiao Yiqi and Mao Yuanyi looked at each other and asked each other at the same time:
"Did you hit it?"
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Huang Taiji rubbed his tired eyes and looked up at the pair of antlers hanging on the tent wall. Gu Shan's sharp eyes gradually became blurred.
This pair of antlers came from a strong and cunning stag. One summer many years ago, an old hunter from Yehe with a gray beard hunted it in the northern mountains of Hetuala and gave the antlers to himself.
At that time, Father Khan had not yet raised his army, and there were Yehe and Huifa people around Hetuala, and Huang Taiji would hunt with them.
Later, Huang Taiji stopped hunting. He followed his father Khan to fight everywhere, from Hetuala to Haixi. They killed many people and slaughtered many cities.
The body of leader Yehe was cut in half by Nurhachi. Father Khan said that he did this to leave a memorial for himself.
It was not until his father Khan turned into a murderous maniac in his later years, massacring millions of Liao people in the name of killing people without grain (1), that Huang Taiji realized that the half of the people his father had chopped off was actually his father himself.
The memory of Huang Taiji is also hanging on the wall at this moment, and we can only see him again occasionally in dreams.
Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away.
Looking at Jiala Ezhen who walked into the big tent, the Zhengbai Banner's eyes became sharp again.
Three days ago, Huang Taiji led the Zhengbai Banner troops to leave Fushun and headed northwest.
The sentry cavalry of Zhengbai Banner quickly returned the news that Liu Zhaosun captured Tieling in only half an hour that day.
Huang Taiji was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately informed Jierhalang to send troops to ambush between Tieling and Kaiyuan to prevent Liu Zhaosun from coming up from the south to stab Zhengbai Banner in the back while he was attacking Kaiyuan.
The Xianglan Banner led by Jierhalang has eight thousand people. As long as they fight steadily, they can completely trap Liu Zhaosun to death.
In Huang Taiji's view, Liu Zhaosun was in a dilemma, and it could be said that he was about to reach a desperate situation.
He could either huddle in Tieling City, wait for the opportunity to launch an ineffective attack on the Houjin army in Shenyang, rescue hundreds of white-pole soldiers from Zhejiang, and then escape from Liaodong in a hurry to save his life.
Or he could lead his troops south and join his 3,000 soldiers with the 4,000 defenders of Kaiyuan to attack the Zhengbai Banner.
Of course, the fool also knew that according to the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao, a large number of Houjin troops would be ambushed between Kaiyuan and Tieling at this time.
The 8,000 troops of Xianglan Banner have already been sharpening their swords, waiting for Liu Zhaosun to attack Zhengbai Banner, so as to surprise Liu Zhaosun and to settle the old and new grudges between Xianglan Banner and Kaiyuan soldiers.
In short, no matter which of the above two roads is taken, Kaiyuan will not be saved, and General Xuanwu's career in Liaodong will also end early. If the two banner leaders cooperate well, Liu Zhaosun may even have to stay in Liaodong with his life.
Huang Taiji nodded slightly.
The war in Kaiyuan is about to end. When the army enters the city, it is necessary to follow the Khan's order to kill all the Nikans in the city. It is necessary to leave no chickens or dogs behind.
Huang Taiji summoned five Jiala Ezhen at this time, just to arrange for them to massacre the city.
"After the city is broken, you must restrain all the armored warriors. Don't be greedy for wealth. Kill all the Nikans in the city as soon as possible."
Huang Taiji glanced at the people in front of him, his expression unchanged, and continued:
"Liu Zhaosun may go north from Tieling to attack Kaiyuan. As a precaution, I have ordered the Xianglan Banner to ambush between the two cities. The Zhengbai Banner warriors must also be prepared. This time, Liu Zhaosun must be killed. "
After Huang Taiji finished speaking, Jiala'e Zhendu Mubu, who was sitting next to him, stood up and said:
"Master, if we want to break the city as soon as possible, we still need to build more shield cars. Dozens of shield cars will attack the city together. They have few soldiers and cannot defend it."
Huang Taiji nodded to Du Mubu. The most ferocious Jiala Ezhen in the banner was always at the forefront in every battle. He was one of his confidants. Huang Taiji would always listen carefully to his opinions. In the original history, Du Mubu was killed by Baigan soldiers in the bloody battle of Hunhe River, but in this plane, he came to Kaiyuan City.
The other guy next to him said coldly:
"The coated slaves are unwilling to contribute. We have to build the shield chariot ourselves. Otherwise, Kaiyuan City would have been captured long ago!"
After hearing this, several other Jia La shook their heads and sighed, with expressions of hatred on their faces.
Each Niulu started to ask the coatmen to build shield chariots the day before yesterday, but until now, they have not finished all the work.
"Go and call the Bao Yi who supervises the construction of the shield chariot."
The bodyguard, Geshiha, took the order and left to find the unlucky Han craftsman.
Huang Taiji was about to let the armored men disperse when he looked up and saw a white-armored soldier rushing in from outside.
Ge Shiha stopped this man at the entrance of the tent. Huang Taiji saw that he was wearing fine fish scale armor and remembered that he was Batur Lange from the Hetuala Palace.
"Lange, why are you here?"
Lange didn't have time to salute Lord Gushan Ezhen and said hurriedly:
"Four Belles! A Ming army with many Mongolians crossed Fushun Pass on horseback and were attacking Hetuala. Dafu Jin sent his slaves to ask for help, saying that the Ming army general was very fierce."
"Is it Liu Zhaosun?"
Huang Taiji blurted out and asked.
"They raised the flag of the General Soldier, and the Han minister said it was the flag of the General Soldier of Kaiyuan."
"Did you see clearly?"
"Hu Duntu is shouting that he wants to rob us all and divide the Fujin of each Baylor. That Ming Dynasty general said he wanted to massacre the city."
"Liu Zhaosun went to fight Hetuala? Is he crazy?"
Huang Taiji stayed on the spot.
After listening to Lange's report, all the armored men opened their mouths wide.
"Go to Hetuala. Even if you win, you won't be able to come back."
"There are only two thousand soldiers in Hetuala, and there are many soldiers. They can't stop Hu Duntu and Liu Zhaosun. The Great Khan is still in Shenyang, hundreds of miles away from Hetuala. We are close, but it still takes two days to go back. day."
"The families of the warriors are all there, and the money and food we looted are also there. If Liu Zhaosun is allowed to break the city, he will massacre the city and rob us all..."
"The Zhengbai flag must not leave. If it leaves, I don't know when we will be able to capture Kaiyuan City next time!"
"Didn't that bitch Li Yongfang say that Liu Zhaosun drove away the Mongolian envoy?"
"The Han people cannot be trusted! Kill all the Han dogs in Kaiyuan first!"
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Huang Taiji suddenly roared, calming the entire audience.
"Don't say anything!"
He turned to a Goshiha and said:
"Immediately send someone to notify Liu Beile and ask him to lead a unit of the Xianglan Banner to rescue Hetuala. Then send someone to Shenyang to report to the Great Khan and ask him to dispatch troops and horses to go north quickly to block the Huduntu cavalry."
Geshiha turned around and went down. Huang Taiji looked at the antlers hanging on the wall and murmured to himself:
"The combination of false and true, strange and positive, Liu Zhaosun and his soldiers are really ruthless. No wonder Amin will be defeated by him."
Du Mubu said angrily:
"Master, it doesn't matter whether he is real or not, he only has more than 2,000 people. Our Eight Banners have a total of 120,000 troops. Even if we divide into four groups and fight, we can crush him to death. We are afraid of what he will do."
Huang Taiji said nothing. If it were Liu Zhaosun's thousands of men alone, he would naturally not be afraid. Now there are Lin Danhan's cavalry.
"I will personally supervise the formation. I will mobilize all the Niulu Bagaras, cross the river immediately, and attack the city with all my strength. If Kaiyuan is not captured within half an hour, all Niulu Ezhen will be beheaded."
After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he was about to get up and walk out of the tent, leading Ge Shiha to the north gate to supervise the battle.
At this time, the wrapping servant who was responsible for supervising the construction of the shield cart came, and the two wrapping servants knelt on the ground, curled up.
When several armored men in the tent saw these two people, they immediately became furious. Du Mubu picked up his scabbard and hit Bao Yi hard.
"Slave dog, I asked you to build a shield car the day before yesterday, but now it's not enough, so I'm letting you be lazy! I'm letting you be lazy!"
He hit him five or six times in a row, while the people next to him just looked at him. Huang Taiji had a cold look on his face, and the man lying on the ground was dying.
"Okay, let's go to the north gate and attack the city!"
As soon as Huang Taiji stood up, he heard a muffled sound coming from far outside the tent. It was the sound of artillery that he had never heard before. The sound sounded like it was exploding.
Du Mubu grinned and said: "Hahaha, Nanmanzi's artillery exploded again..."
Before he could finish his words, something hit the southern curtain of the big tent and knocked it open. Before anyone could react, Du Mubu's head disappeared.
Blood came out from between his shoulders like a fountain. He was still holding the scabbard of the knife that had been used to draw out his clothes, and his body was still shaking regularly.
Almost at the same time, Yabahai, who was sitting behind Dumubu, was hit in the lower abdomen. His body felt like being hit by a fierce horse, and he flew towards the north suddenly.
Then came Shiertai, the youngest Jiala Ezhen in the Zhengbai Banner, who had his arm smashed off by a black shadow.
Finally, the iron ball finally came to Huang Taiji, the leader of Zhengbai Banner.
Death is coming
Sibeile saw an iron ball covered with flesh and blood hitting his head.
It was about to hit Huangtai at an auspicious time.
At the last moment, Sibelefu reached his heart, and his head turned to the side involuntarily.
He managed to escape the attack of death with the good luck of being a son of the plane.
"One shot can corrode dozens of miles, it's really sharp."
Huang Taiji, who was surviving the disaster, let out a long sigh and blurted out these words for some reason.
He stepped forward and helped up Tai Mu Tai, who had only half an arm left. In just a short moment, Qizhong Jia La forehead suffered all casualties. How should the next battle be fought?
There was a muffled sound, and the two antlers hanging in the tent were smashed to pieces.
The power of the iron ball remained undiminished, and it rushed out of the Chinese army's tent and towards the group of Goshiha behind.
"Eternal Life..."
Huang Taiji looked at the big hole made by the iron ball and stopped talking before he finished speaking.
A sharp antler was blown away by the iron ball, roaring like a cannon.
Huang Taiji looked at the flying antlers in horror. At the last moment, Huang Taiji returned to that summer.
The old hunter Ye He, who was covered in blood, also looked at him with such eyes.
That summer, his father Khan took him to hunt the Yehe people for the first time.
Huang Taiji howled like a human voice.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, five Jia La E Zhen and three Niu Lu E Zhen from the Zhengbai Banner were either dead or injured. Their whole bodies were covered with blood and they were rolling on the ground.
"Babeile is dead, the master is dead! The master is dead! Come and save the master!"
The wrapped Aha, who was tortured to the point of mental breakdown, looked up at the mess and blood in the big tent, and saw Master Shirtai holding his right hand with his left hand. He couldn't bear it anymore and ran out of the big tent with his face covered in blood. He came out and shouted loudly to the Houjin soldiers who were lined up in front of the moat waiting to cross the river.
The Zhenyi armored soldiers in the front row turned back and looked in the direction of the Chinese army's tent. Bagya, who was supervising the battle next to him, whipped his horsewhip to beat the errant armored soldiers.
Another howling sound came from behind, and Bagala, who was supervising the battle, couldn't help but look back.
"Look, it's Master Gu Shan'erzhen's Goshiha."
"So many people died!"
After the sinful Iron Ball committed several murders on the military tent plow of the Zhengbai Banner, he did not stop immediately and crashed into the resting Goshiha without hesitation, immediately splashing a shower of blood in the crowd.
Accompanied by a crackling sound of bones shattering, the iron ball easily tore through the fine armor of the most elite warriors of the Houjin Dynasty, plowing a bloody groove in the crowd, knocking down three people in a row, and finally lost the power to kill, slowly stopping in a pee. In front of Goshiha, who had taken off his pants, his sinful journey finally ended.
Screams that did not sound like human voices sounded around the big tent. Only seven or eight people were killed on the spot by the iron ball, which was far from breaking the world record of thirty-three people killed by one shot. However, because the iron ball passed through the large tent, Behind the tent, a shield cart parked next to the tent was smashed. The flying wood chips flew out like lead bullets, affecting the Houjin soldiers dozens of steps around. Except for the three unlucky Goshiha, they were killed on the spot. , or a dozen unarmored coats happened to pass by pushing a shield cart. These coats were covered with sawdust. They were not dead for a while, rolling around on the ground and letting out shrill howls.
After this incident, only a dozen people died in total, not even a fraction of the armored soldiers who died on the battlefield in front, but the dead and injured were all the essence of Zhengbai Banner, to be precise, the most essential part.
"The master is dead! Drag him down and feed him to the dogs!"
The frightened Aha was still talking nonsense in front of the battle. He seemed to have been drenched in blood, and the rat tail on the back of his head was still dripping with blood.
"Behead this slave dog!"
Niu Lu Ezhen calmed down quickly. He had defeated Ye He, fought against Huifa (Jurchen tribe), and personally hacked to death Jun Song's servants in Sarhu. He had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and knew that he was not panicking now. when.
A Zhenyi armored soldier stepped forward quickly, swung his sword and slashed at the crazy Bao Yi.
The moment before Hou Jinbing slashed his sword, he was covered in blood like a loach covered in dust, twisting and rolling into the moat, still shouting loudly:
"The master is dead, pull him down and feed him to the dogs!"
Crazy Baoyi jumped into the water and was stabbed by bamboo sticks and caltrops all over the river. He howled and struggled in the moat.
Such a shocking scene attracted the attention of the Hou Jin soldiers on both sides of the bank. Even the defenders at the top of the city were looking towards the river. Countless pairs of eyes were looking at the man who was being driven crazy. Some of the Hou Jin soldiers waiting to attack the city were talking in low voices.
"Charge into the city and kill all the Southern Barbarians!"
The dozen or so Niulu Ezhen who rushed to the other side shouted loudly. They finally realized what had happened behind them. However, Kaiyuan City was about to be breached at this time, and it was impossible for them to withdraw the soldiers who were attacking each gate.
The more than ten Niulu Ezhen who stayed on the north bank fell into a brief panic after hearing that all five Jia La Ezhen in the banner were killed by Ming army artillery fire, and Gushan Ezhen's life and death were unknown. , these Bai Zhan Yu Sheng had come to their senses, they immediately mobilized various Niu Lu and continued to violently attack the city.
According to the military laws of the Later Jin Dynasty, if the banner leader dies in battle, if the city is not captured, the Niu Lu Ezhen underneath will be beheaded.
"They can't hold it any longer. Break the city, kill all the Nanmanzi, and avenge Gushan Ezhen and Jia La'ezhen!"
A fierce Niulu Erzhen brandished a heavy knife, chopped down several running bags in front of him, rushed onto the pontoon and rushed towards the other side. Behind him, three hundred Zhengbai Banner Zhenyi armored soldiers roared to avenge their master, and followed Niu Lu'erzhen rushed to the other side.
"Did you hit it?"
Qiao Yiqi asked Mao Yuanyi anxiously. Mao Yuanyi and the two gunners had already begun to clean the barrel.
"I don't know, the king of hell is coming, there's no way to escape,"
Without looking at Qiao Yiqi, Mao Yuanyi raised a brush wrapped in wool, dipped it in water, and went deep into the cannon. Hearing only a sizzling sound, white steam rose up in front of Qiao Yiqi's eyes.
"Keep firing, don't stop!"
Qiao Yiqi ignored the injury on his leg and stamped his feet to give orders to the three of them.
"Keep firing! If we kill these dog Tatars, I will have to pull a few backers even if I die."
"Where to shoot?"
Mao Yuanyi asked Wang Changzhi and Han Zhenyi to load the cannonballs, and then he picked up the ruler and started drawing.
Qiao Yiqi's eyes rolled with an excited expression, looking down at the city like a falcon observing its prey.
"Over there, do you see the coat pusher pushing the shield cart, and there are a group of white-armored soldiers behind him."
"First fight in front of the earthen wall. Later the pikemen will fight with the Jiannu. We need to boost morale."
The third shot was fired at the pontoon bridge.
Mao Yuanyi said coldly:
"Qiao Jianjun, this artillery is not a double gun. It needs to be replaced after each shot. The barrel weighs several thousand kilograms and cannot be replaced. When General Liu left, he said, don't fire continuously, or the barrel will explode."
"Exploded chamber?"
After hearing this, Qiao Yiqi thought for a while and said seriously:
"If we don't stop the slave bandit's attack, we'll be finished. We'll have to fire the cannon to explode the chamber. We all have big Ming firearms that can't explode the chamber, so we're not afraid of it."
"You will aim thirty steps in front of the earthen wall later and move out of the way. I will light the fire by myself. Don't be afraid, I will also fire."
The three of them looked at Supervisor Qiao together and were stunned on the spot.
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