There was a blazing fire in the Weiwumen Wengcheng, and there was a lot of people. I don’t know what was being barbecued over there.
In contrast, the Guangjimen Qi army position to the west was surprisingly quiet.
Under the cover of night, gun barrels of different thicknesses slowly stretched out of the crenels. Hundreds of tiger squatting cannons and infantry running in the field were aiming at Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses coming in like a tide from the opposite side.
In front of the artillery, close to the city wall, twelve spikes five feet long and four feet wide, studded with spikes and blades, weighing three hundred kilograms, were raised to its height with the efforts of hundreds of auxiliary soldiers. Wherever you want to go, gather your strength and prepare to give a bloody blow to the Ming army who arrogantly attacked the city.
Next to the Wolf Fang Pat, a hundred sword and shield soldiers holding iron owls disappeared like ghosts in the dark night. They just waited for the fire gun soldiers in the front row to finish fighting and retreat, and the Ming army began to climb the city, then they would drop the iron chains in their hands and fly hooks. Use the enemy's armor to catch the enemy soldiers in the air like a fisherman, and then slaughter them at will.
One hundred pikemen standing in the same row as the sword and shield soldiers were holding various specialized city-defending weapons, including crutches, grapples, crutches, and forks. Some even held strange-looking chop axes. .
This strange weapon with a "straight handle and a horizontal knife" is mainly used to hook the attackers or cut the hands of the climbers. When the battle between the attacker and the defender is in a fierce battle, they can cut off the enemy's troops ten times with a sudden strike of the ax. A few fingers...
The shields held by the long card player guarding the fire gun soldiers were replaced by wooden and bamboo cards.
The wooden stand is chest-high and comes with a crutch (support frame) so that the long player can free his hands to attack from behind the shield.
The defensive power of the bamboo stand is better. It is made of thick bamboo strips braided with cowhide strips. The outside is covered with cowhide. It is extremely strong and difficult for a walking bow to penetrate.
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The chief pheasant guarding the city (Note 1) was passing through the narrow and hidden lookout, closely monitoring the movements of the Ming army under the city. They were holding pull fuses, waiting for the Ming army to enter the mine cannon area.
Under each pheasant chief, there are fifty Qi army gunners. They are waiting in formation with flintlock guns. Occasionally, a few archers can be seen among them. When encountering enemy troops climbing up the city sporadically, they use bows and arrows to kill the fire guns. Guns are more secretive.
Under the overall planning and arrangement of the city guard officer Pu Gang, Linqing Prefecture City has become a monster armed to the teeth.
If it were not for the purpose of deliberately showing weakness to the Ming army and paralyzing the opponent, according to the Kaiyuan Army's practice of defending the city, there would be three or four artificial obstacles outside the moat, such as tribulus, antler wood, horse traps, horse-repelling guns, etc. There will be less, mainly to delay the approach of the enemy, especially the Ming cavalry.
However, if the Qi army really arranged the fortifications like that, the Jiangbei Fourth Battalion opposite would not dare to launch an attack.
As the saying goes, high-end hunters always like to appear as prey.
In fact, the Wengcheng wall is only the first line of defense. Behind the wall, the corridor connected to the main city is the focus of the Qi army's defense. Two thousand pikemen of the 14th Guards Army are standing in dense formation, and the number of field artillery has also reached A staggering eighty, many of which were cast recently by the workshop and have not had time to test the guns.
In addition, five hundred divine fire flying crows have been set up on the main city wall. These rockets can cover the Wengcheng without blind spots. If the enemy breaks through the first line of defense and a large number of people gather in the Wengcheng, these rockets will fire concentratedly. , can achieve the effect of roasting human flesh.
What the chief officer Pu Gang wants is for both jade and stone to be destroyed.
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Separated by the Guangjimen city wall, the inside and outside of the city wall are like two worlds. Tidal waves of Ming soldiers crossed the moat, waving torches and swords, and rushed towards the city wall crazily. The bonfire on the opposite city wall had long been extinguished. It is said that the inner city must have been destroyed. He bribed the defenders and deliberately did not light the bonfire.
But no one cares about this now. The only real thing is to rush into the city to grab things. There are tens of thousands of people behind you, and if you are too late, others will grab the money and women.
These Qiuba civilians know very well that Linqing Prefecture City is now the only city up and down the North Canal that has not been destroyed by the plague. In other words, if they can't grab anything here, they will only starve to death. Who knows their left When will Commander-in-Chief Huang Commander-in-Chief disband these refugees?
"Kill Qi Jun and steal the women!"
Holding a torch in his left hand and waving his sword in his right hand, General Guo Ba led more than two hundred of his soldiers to run wildly.
There was a soft and muddy wasteland under their feet. From time to time, soldiers or civilians fell to the ground, and were trampled by hundreds of feet until their bodies turned into meat patties and were buried in the ground.
The surroundings were dark and only the outline of Guangji Gate could be seen in the distance. Although everyone usually went to prostitutes together, gambled together, and carried guns together, at this time, no one could care about the fallen teammates around them.
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