Buyantai suddenly loosened the bow string, and the heavy arrow shot out of the air, crossed the parapet, passed through the flying snowflakes, and hit a dim figure fifty steps away.
"Bang!"
A few steps ahead of Yang Tong, a fusilier's breastplate was shattered by a heavy arrow. His body felt like it was hit by a hammer. He flew back and fell heavily into the ditch on the side of the passage.
Yang Tong picked up the flintlock gun without aiming, and immediately pulled the trigger in the direction of the heavy arrow.
The firecrackers around also fired, and the firecrackers exploded in succession, and the Khan's palace position was dotted with flames under the night.
This was the first attack by Kaiyuan Army after nightfall. Compared with the attack during the day, Deng Changxiong was obviously much more cautious this time.
Only the fire gunners and long card players participated in the attack, and of course a small number of original archers were separated. The 2000 headquarters temporarily captured hundreds of looters and asked them to dig earth and fill trenches. A layer of soil was spread on the passage above to facilitate the passage of cavalry in the later period.
Before the attack was launched, the artillery battalion and rocket troops prepared artillery fire for two hours. The Khan Palace position at night was as bright as day, and the surface of the outer position was almost completely plowed by artillery fire.
Although they were well prepared, it was the first time for the Kaiyuan Army to attack such a solid position at night.
Even Deng Changxiong, who had experienced many battles, began to feel uneasy. After several battles during the day, Deng Changxiong had already felt that Huang Taiji, whom the Kaiyuan Army was about to face, had military strategies far superior to his father, Nurhachi.
Until now, Deng Changxiong still couldn't figure out the reality of the opponent. The more this happened, the more unsure he felt, so he urgently asked to see Ping Liaohou.
This cautious general suggested that Liu Zhaosun wait until dawn tomorrow before letting the soldiers go up, because the artillery can be corrected and aimed during the day, so that it can more accurately destroy the defenses of the Hou Jin soldiers.
As soon as he put forward his opinion, he was reprimanded by Marquis Pingliao.
At this time, both sides were at the end of their strength. Kaiyuan's army should work hard to pursue the victory and not give Huang Taiji a chance to breathe.
Even if the casualties are heavy, we must carry on.
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. Since it is a decisive battle, we must show the courage to die with the enemy.
Kang Yingqian, Sun Chuanting and others expressed their support for Ping Liaohou, and they had no choice but to shoot the arrow.
Deng Changxiong had no choice but to bite the bullet and push forward.
Liu Zhaosun personally supervised the formation. The 2000th headquarters launched an attack from the front. The 5000th headquarters and the surrendered Shengnuzhen with a white flag covered the flanks of the main force. The 1000th headquarters and the cavalry battalion served as reserves.
Of course, the vanguard of this night battle were those who participated in burning, killing and looting.
Liu Zhaosun hated these shameless slaves and ordered the cavalry battalion and the town soldiers to drive these people to the front of the Khan's Palace, and ordered them to dig soil and fill trenches to serve as cannon fodder for the army.
After a burst of misdirected shelling from the artillery camp, the brutal night battle officially kicked off.
Counting the first wave of coated soldiers who filled the trenches, Yang Tong and the others were the third wave of offensive force.
The second wave of one hundred and thirty gunmen suffered all casualties half an hour ago.
Contrary to the expectations of Liu Zhaosun and others, despite the fierce artillery fire from the Kaiyuan Army, a considerable number of Houjin soldiers survived on the Khan Palace position.
The Dengzhou archer followed Yang Tong, holding his bow and staggering on the smooth passage:
"Brother Yang! Where are the Tatars?!"
Yang Tong loaded the second lead bullet, aimed at the parapet hidden in the darkness in the distance, and pulled the trigger again.
"Fifty paces directly in front of you, behind the parapet. Be careful not to fall into the ditch."
Before he could finish his words, a Kaiyuan archer in front let out a scream and slid into the ditch covered with bamboo sticks.
"Tatar arrows are so accurate!"
Yang Tong looked at the raised open space in front of the passage. It was the trench filled with trench coats in front of it. It was also the foothold of the soldiers. If he wanted to capture the parapet fifty steps away, he had to first conquer the open space. Stand firm.
"Hold on, when we get to the front, it's time for us to fight them!"
With two whooshes, two of the fire rifle soldiers in front of Yang Tong fell down. The cold wind swept over the fallen bodies and rolled up heavy snow and hit him on the face.
"There is no one in front, and dozens of people are gone again!"
Suddenly there was a shrill scream, and more than a dozen orange-red fireballs rose into the air, and the position for several miles around was illuminated by the fire.
"Sacred Fire Flying Crow!"
Yang Tong shouted excitedly. He quickly shook off the snowflakes on his iron helmet and raised the blazing gun. Fifty steps in front of him, several heads with money rat tails behind the parapet were running around in panic under the flames. No place to hide.
Yang Tong breathed a sigh of relief on the frozen index finger of his right hand, looked at a panicked Houjin archer behind the parapet, and said with chattering teeth:
"Hold...and keep it full, it won't be as good as it is; hold it sharp, and it won't last long."
The archers with the pure white flag behind the parapet fled in all directions.
Buyantai looked at the divine fire flying crow slowly rising two miles away. He took out a heavy arrow from the arrow holder behind him as if nothing had happened, placed it on the bowstring skillfully, and flicked a snowflake off with the jade wrench on his thumb.
Under the flames that filled the sky, fifty steps away, half of the Nikan soldiers who were not afraid of death were turned into corpses.
This is already the third time. Each time, small groups of troops test the attack, and each time they suffer heavy casualties.
"Buyantai, hide in the ditch! Nikan Rocket is coming!"
Buyantai didn't even look back, and said to the trench behind him:
"No need, the Nikan soldiers haven't finished killing them yet."
As he spoke, Buyantai loosened his bow string and watched as a heavy arrow hit a retreating Kaiyuan soldier.
The surviving Kaiyuan soldiers retreated one after another. Buyantai knew that this was because they were afraid of being accidentally injured by the divine fire flying crows. After this round of rockets was launched, these Nikan soldiers who were not afraid of death would come again.
"This is war!"
Buyantai took a bite of the green onion, and the firelight illuminated his bloodshot eyes. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, still smiling.
The group of golden archers behind them no longer cared about this crazy companion.
The flying crows of divine fire fell to the ground like meteors, roaring and smashing into the Han Palace position. Rockets wrapped with petroleum and sulfur burned violently in the palaces in the distance.
Two rockets landed near the parapet. After a violent explosion, countless sharp porcelain and iron nails shot out.
An iron caltrop passed by the rear golden archer at high speed, tearing a bloody wound between Buyantai's lower jaw and whiskers.
The smile on Buyantai's face suddenly froze, and he slowly opened his bow and aimed at a Nikan gunman in front who turned around to attack.
Fifty steps away, a thin Kaiyuan fire gunner stood among the burning kerosene, holding his flintlock gun straight and aiming at himself.
"Brave Nikan soldier."
The corners of Buyantai's mouth raised slightly, remembering what Amma, who had turned into smoke, often said when he took him to hunt tigers in the northern mountains of Hetuala.
"An advanced hunter always enters the scene as a prey."
He drew the bowstring to a full moon, and the Nikan soldier opposite also put his finger on the trigger of his flintlock.
At the same moment that the flintlock gun raised white smoke, Buyantai loosened his bowstring.
A snowflake hovered between the two.
Arrow feathers and lead arrows criss-crossed, and snowflakes fluttered.
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