"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and in the panic at the top of the city, the iron ball weighing three kilograms of the general's cannon burst out from the barrel, crossing the tens of thousands of troops on both sides of the Hun River, grazing the general military order flag above the white-pole soldier shield formation, It roared and flew towards the position where Houjin Khan was weaving a golden dragon tapestry.
Li Yongfang and Gurtai turned pale, and for a moment they forgot to order the gunner to be killed.
Mao Yunlong grinned, dropped the torch in his hand, and said innocently:
"I'm sorry, everyone, my hands are shaking. How about I let the little one have another shot?"
The white-armored soldier who had been responsible for monitoring the gunner had fire in his eyes at this moment. He swung his heavy knife and slashed it hard. He cut off Mao Yunlong's arm with one knife. When he swung the second knife, another general's cannon just rang out.
The barrel made a muffled sound, like firecrackers exploding buried in the soil.
The general cannon, which weighed more than two thousand kilograms, suddenly jumped up on the spot like a toad, then somersaulted several times in the air, and finally fell from the top of the city and hit a group of white-armored soldiers.
The wooden gun mount was shattered by the violent explosion. Under the huge impact, the blown wood pieces flew around the city like cannons.
The two white-armored soldiers closest to them flew up into the air and flew backwards as if their bodies had been struck by hammers. Their chainmail armors could not stop the flying wooden blocks. The wooden blocks left them riddled with holes before they even landed. He has died.
"He, he lit the gunpowder."
Li Yongfang screamed and hurriedly ran to the steps of Wengcheng. Mang Gurtai pushed him away and ran to the front.
There were explosions one after another and the screams of Houjin soldiers.
Fushun Prince Consort saw orange-red flames filling the sky.
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Shenyang East Gate.
On top of the narrow and crowded barbican city.
Kuiyang Ginseng General Mao Wenlong looked up at a cloud of orange-red smoke rising from the north. The loud noise that shook the whole city of Shenyang dispersed all the noise of the battlefield that filled his ears.
The moment he heard the explosion, Mao Wenlong knew that his fourth brother might have died in the battle.
The 43-year-old Liao Town warrior's eyes were a little distracted.
The defenders at the top of the city heard the explosion in the distance and looked north.
At this time, the only people still fighting bloody battles in Shenyang City were the Baigan soldiers at the north gate and the Zhejiang soldiers at the east gate.
Before the war started, Mao Wenlong led 800 Kuoyang Liao soldiers to guard the east gate of Wengcheng. The Qi army dispatched 500 soldiers to reinforce Mao Wenlong. After repelling two rounds of Tatar attacks, there were only more than 800 people left on the wall of Wengcheng.
The explosion at the north gate made the despairing Liao soldiers in the east gate even more frightened.
Mao Wenlong rubbed his reddish eye circles and shouted loudly to his subordinates:
"Stop looking! Stop looking! The Tatars are the ones who died."
"The enemy is here again. Hurry up and secure your defense! Secure your defense! Guard your respective crenellations. Before the white-armored soldiers ascend the city, don't show your head!"
Mao Wenlong's hoarse and rough voice sounded from the wall of Wengcheng. More than 800 exhausted Ming troops returned to the crenels they were guarding and bent down one after another. Only the red tassels on their helmets were exposed outside the crenels. The walking bow was held in the palm of the hand, some were holding Ten Thousand Enemies and Huo Zhezi, and some were directly carrying stones and rolling logs.
Everyone leaned against the city wall and hid behind the crenellations, quietly waiting for a new round of Tatar attack.
With two whooshing sounds, Mao Wenlong on the Wengcheng watchtower used his iron arms to deflect the flying light arrows.
A boss next to him complained:
"General Mao Shen, when will the reinforcements arrive? The white-pole soldiers can't hold on anymore. Xiong Jinglue said the reinforcements will arrive in one day. It's already the second day. Qi Jin won't send any more Zhejiang troops to reinforce us."
Mao Wenlong raised his eyes and looked to the east. On the bank of the Hun River five miles away, the Zhejiang army camp was surrounded by the Houjin army. Countless Zhenyi soldiers with small flags on their backs were running back and forth around the camp. Thousands of Houjin soldiers The soldiers surrounded the carriage camp and fired arrows and muskets, eating away at the Zhejiang soldiers' defense line bit by bit, as if a colony of ants were eating a huge corpse.
Mao Wenlong could vaguely hear the explosion of firecrackers from over there, turned around and said to the boss:
"It's interesting enough that the Qi family army sent five hundred people to help us. Xiong Jinglue is dead. Don't believe the dead man's words. If you resist first, there will be a turn for the better."
After Mao Wenlong said this, he stopped explaining to the general manager and hurriedly walked down the watchtower.
"The Tatars are about to attack the city again. Many people have died under the white flag. It seems that they are also anxious!"
Due to the rebellion of Ximen Dingbi in Shenyang, all troops from Jin Zhenghong Banner and Xiangbai Banner poured into Shenyang City.
Daishan, the leader of Zhenghong Banner, led 3,000 Zhenyi armored soldiers to attack the North Gate Wengcheng guarded by white pole soldiers. Du Du, the leader of Xiangbai Banner, led 4,000 Zhenyi Armored soldiers to attack the east gate guarded by Mao Wenlong.
Due to Liu Zhaosun's intervention, many aspects of the Shenyang Defense War have changed compared with history.
Xiong Tingbi increased his support for the Zhejiang soldiers and the Baigan soldiers, provided sufficient food and salary supplies to the two guest soldiers, and was not stingy in military supplies.
He provided more sufficient gunpowder reserves for the Zhejiang soldiers. Not only did he allocate all the 5,000 kilograms of gunpowder reserves in Shenyang City to Qi Jin and the others, he also urgently purchased 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder from Shanhaiguan to reinforce the Zhejiang soldiers. Zhejiang soldiers had more gunpowder than in history. This prevented the Zhejiang soldiers from running out of ammunition and food as soon as the battle started and being forced to fight hand-to-hand with the Houjin soldiers.
At Liu Zhaosun's suggestion, Xiong Tingbi transferred Mao Wenlong, who was stationed in Juiyang, to Shenyang two months ago.
This little guard was promoted to the rank of general and was stationed at the east gate of Shenyang.
Ding Bi and Li Ruzhen sent people to give money to Mao Wenlong several times, and sincerely attracted this good brother from Liaodong to join their senior wrapping team. Mao Wenlong was grateful to Xiong Tingbi for his kindness to him, and he had no interest in being a slave, so , decisively rejected Ding Bi and the others.
Mao Wenlong not only refused to be a coater, but also transferred his fourth brother Mao Yunlong to Shenyang and placed him at the North Gate, making him the commander of the artillery battalion. Within two months, all the artillerymen at the North Gate were replaced by Xiong Jinglue's people. .
In the original history, the Hou Jin soldiers used an absolute advantage of more than ten times to attack 3,000 white pole soldiers. As a result, they failed to capture them twice and suffered heavy losses.
"Thousands of people were killed by crossbows," the cavalry also "fell off their horses one after another," and several Eight Banners generals were killed in the battle. ("A Brief Account of the Whole Side")
Finally, Li Yongfang paid heavily to the North Gate gunners and asked them to fire at the white-pole soldiers.
Under the fierce bombardment, a gap appeared in the formation of the white pole soldiers, and the Hou Jin soldiers took the opportunity to launch a fierce charge.
In the end, the Baigan soldiers who fought fiercely for a day were exhausted and defeated, and most of them died in the battle. The remaining soldiers crossed the river to join the Zhejiang army and continued to resist.
But now, the domino effect caused by Liu Zhaosun has appeared, and many factors that determine the final outcome of the bloody battle in Hunhe are undergoing subtle changes.
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First of all, with the efforts of Yuan Chonghuan and Qiao Yiqi, the Zhejiang soldiers and the Baigan soldiers no longer fought independently, but cooperated with each other. They fought with Hou Jin in the east and north of the city at the same time, echoing each other from afar. In addition to Liu Zhaosun's surprise attack on Tieling and Hetuala, the Hou Jin Dynasty divided its troops many times, and the Xianglan Banner and Zhengbai Banner were transferred away. The Hou Jin Dynasty had less than 70,000 soldiers under Shenyang City, and the pressure on the two strong armies was much less than in history.
Secondly, the total strength of the Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers increased sharply from the historical 7,000 to 12,000. Moreover, they deployed their formations in advance and their defenses became stronger.
Finally, before his death, Mao Yunlong fired a cannonball at Hou Jin Khan, causing a general cannon to explode. He also detonated all the gunpowder on the city wall, and died together with Jiannu.
The Fushun Prince Consort was blown to pieces on the spot, and the life and death of the leader of the Zhenglan Banner and the rebel general Ding Bi of Liao Town were unknown.
In this case, if Nurhaci wanted to break through the white pole soldier shield formation, he would have to pay an extremely heavy price.
Although the two visiting soldiers were fully prepared, the battle over the past two days was still extremely fierce.
Mao Wenlong had long been prepared for the rebellion of Ding Bi and others. He ordered the steps on both sides of the barbican to be blocked with French gun mounts and bricks, and hundreds of mine cannons were buried in the ruins. To prevent the Jian slaves from attacking the East Gate Wengcheng from behind with the assistance of the internal agents.
Du Du's banner with white flags attacked the Wengcheng steps twice, and was killed by hundreds of armored soldiers by the Ming army. Finally, they gave up climbing the city from here and changed the direction of attack to the Wengcheng wall.
On the East and West Streets of Shenyang, groups of armored soldiers with white flags holding shields rushed toward the Wengcheng. They quickly passed through the corridor and rushed to the wall of the Wengcheng. They did not carry shield carts, not even ladder carts.
"Thousands of people want to attack the city. The Tatars have no internal support, so the only way to attack the city is to kill people!"
Mao Wenlong sneered and ordered the defenders to prepare to meet the enemy.
"Firegunners and archers are ready, and no one else will come forward!"
Of the five hundred gunmen sent by Qi Jin to Mao Wenlong, only two hundred were still alive at this time.
In the first round of attack, two hundred bagas attacked the top of Wengcheng through the steps on both sides.
On several occasions, Bagala planted a white flag on the watchtower of Wengcheng. Mao Wenlong led his servants to resist desperately, killing more than 500 people before knocking the white-armored soldiers off the city wall. After Jiannu retreated, Mao Wenlong immediately sent people to completely block the steps of Wengcheng.
The steps on both sides were the only retreat for the defenders at the top of the city. Mao Wenlong's actions were tantamount to burning the boat.
Over the past two days, Mao Wenlong kept comforting his men, telling these veterans who had followed him for many years that eight thousand elite soldiers under General Xuanwu would soon come to rescue them, and they would be attacked from both inside and outside to defeat all the Tatars.
However, no one believed what Mao Shenjiang said.
All the Liao soldiers knew that Liu Zhaosun had already been overwhelmed with care for himself.
Yesterday, Du Du sent several surrendered Liao Town generals to shout to the defenders at the foot of Wengcheng, urging the defenders to surrender immediately.
According to the generals who surrendered, Zhengbai Banner and Xianglan Banner had just captured Kaiyuan and killed Liu Zhaosun, and were now massacring the city. This was the result of Liu Zhaosun's confrontation with Dajin.
Fortunately, these Liao soldiers have been following Mao Wenlong for many years. On weekdays, Mao Wenlong told everyone that not only did he not deduct their soldiers' pay like other Liao town military leaders, but he also actively rewarded the soldiers for their achievements and rewarded them with silver rewards. He was never greedy for ink, and every time he fought, Mao Guard always rushed to the front, so he was quite popular.
This is why everyone is willing to follow him from Jueyang to Shenyang to defend the city.
A Zhejiang soldier's gunman carefully raised his head and stretched out the loaded firegun from the crenel. Just as he was about to blow the gun, he saw several light arrows passing through the crenel and shooting toward his door.
The gunman quickly lowered his head, the light arrow grazed the red tassel on his helmet, and flew past. Behind him came the muffled sound of a Liao soldier swordsman and shieldman.
This sword-and-shielder was not wearing armor, but fortunately the light arrow did not penetrate deeply into the flesh. He looked at the arrow feathers exposed outside his leggings, and his heart skipped a beat. He gritted his teeth and cut off the arrow shaft with a smooth knife, and asked an archer next to him to help him dig out the arrow clusters. out.
When the Zhejiang soldier's gunman in front saw this scene, his teeth felt a little sore. He quickly lit the fuse of the gun, and there was a loud bang, and a burst of smoke rose in front of him.
Fifty steps away from the city wall, an armored soldier with a white flag holding a round shield was hit by a fire cannon. A round hole appeared in the center of the shield in his hand. The lead penetrated the shield and slammed into the armored soldier's body, knocking him to the ground.
The armored soldier lay on the ground for a while, then stood up quickly, patted himself, and found that there seemed to be nothing serious. He was about to pick up the shield and continue to attack, when he was suddenly hit in the neck by a heavy arrow and fell to the ground again.
Mao Wenlong put down the two-stone bow in his hand and looked anxiously at the Zhenyi armored soldiers swarming forward. The city lacked French artillery, so he could only rely on bows, arrows and firecrackers to deal with these armored soldiers.
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