Zhang Hong turned sideways and told the ordering soldier beside him: "Go to the artillery team and give Lin Ping an order. Tell him to fire artillery to attack the invading enemy."
The ordering soldier turned around and ran to convey the order.
The other half, Lin Ping, lay on the parapet with his hands, looking at the Han people running towards the grassland.
Now that the distance was close, not only him, but also the soldiers on the fort wall could see that there was a group of Han people running towards the fort on the grassland.
These Han people brought siege ladders with them, and it seemed that they were here to attack the Dunbao.
This made many soldiers on the fort wall have mixed emotions. Originally they were fighting the Mongols, but now they were Han Chinese who came to attack the fort.
"Captain Lin, the battalion is sending an order to shell the invading enemy." The ordering soldier came to Lin Ping to deliver the order.
Lin Ping glanced at the messenger, pointed at the Han people on the grassland, and said, "Are they all Han people?"
"The battalion just asked me to come here to deliver the order to bombard the invading enemy, and the deputy director also agreed. Captain Lin, you'd better carry out the order!" the messenger said to Lin Ping.
After saying that, he stopped staying and turned around to leave.
Lin Ping sighed, and then shouted: "All four-pounders are ready, load the shells."
Xiao Yuan, deputy captain of the artillery team, came over and said to Lin Ping: "Do you really want to bombard those Han people on the grassland?"
"Can I still resist the order given by Ying Zheng?" Lin Ping glanced back at Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "How about I go and persuade Ying Zheng to see if we can let these Han people enter the Dunbao?"
"No need to persuade, the firing was also decided by the deputy director." Lin Ping said, "Besides, how do you know that among these Han people, there are no Beibei soldiers mixed in, and what if these Han people are completely dedicated to working for the Beibei soldiers?"
"This..." Xiao Yuan hesitated.
At this moment, a series of gunners were heard shouting: "The four-pounder is ready."
The four-pounders were all ready, waiting only for orders to fire.
Lin Ping took two steps back, raised the flag in his hand, waved it down hard, and shouted at the same time: "Fire!"
Bang bang... bang bang!
Eight four-pound cannons fired one after another, and the cannonballs flew out of the barrels.
Explosive bombs exploded among the Han people who rushed towards the Dunbao.
These Han people were less than one mile away from the Dunbao. The gunners of the Tiger Flag were very good at hitting at such a close range. None of the eight shells missed, and they all fell into the crowd.
Explosive bombs are different from solid bombs. They explode into pieces as soon as they explode. Everyone near the impact point of the cannon is shot by the exploded iron fragments and iron sand.
Some people died on the spot, while others survived for a while, but only had one breath left.
There are also some people who were injured after being shot by iron pieces, but their bodies can still move and they seem to have survived. However, there is still an infection to pass. Out of ten people, eight will eventually die from infection. .
For these Han slaves, it was basically difficult to survive if they were injured by iron fragments or iron sand from explosive bullets.
After eight explosive bombs were fired, there were about a dozen corpses left near the explosion point. There might be some people among them who were not dead, but they were only breathing a sigh of relief. Death would be a matter of time.
There were more people injured. At least dozens of people were injured when they were hit by the iron fragments and iron sand exploded by the cannon.
"Fire!" Lin Ping waved the flag in his hand again.
Eight four-pounders fired again.
Following the previous round of shelling, this time the eight cannonballs still fell into the crowd who were still able to move.
After a blast.
The Han people on the grassland finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to turn around and run for their lives in the direction they came from. Several ladders were also thrown to the ground.
"Replace with solid bullets, continue the bombardment along the stretch and depth." Lin Pingping continued to order the bombardment of the Han people on the grassland without expression.
The range of solid bullets is longer than that of blooming bullets, and solid bullets will not explode at the point of impact, but will bounce up and continue to eject forward until there is no more kinetic energy before falling to the ground and not moving.
Solid bullets were fired from the barrel of the gun, chasing after the fleeing Han people.
The Han people who were fleeing for their lives seemed to be scattered because they were smaller in number, but they still lost dozens of lives after being shelled by solid shells.
"Stop the bombardment!" Lin Ping ordered again.
Xiao Yuan on the side said: "With solid bullets, at least two more rounds can be fired."
Lin Ping glanced at him and said: "These people are Han Chinese after all. Since they have retreated, there is no need to kill them all."
More than half of the five to six hundred people who arrived fled back after several rounds of shelling, and some of them were injured, carrying iron fragments or iron sand exploded by the cannons.
Some people were running, maybe they were too seriously injured, so they fell to the ground.
The direction of the Mongol army in the distance.
Seeing the defeat of the Han slaves, You Taiji cursed: "This group of trash, five or six hundred people didn't even touch the edge of the fort, and they were bombarded back. The Han people are useless, bah!"
As he spoke, he spat heavily on the ground.
None of the other Taijis in the surrounding area responded to this person's words. The Mongolians had attacked them twice before, and they also had no forts that could get close to the Tiger Flag.
If you continue to scold these Han people now, it is equivalent to saying that they Mongolians are incompetent.
Arslan's expression on the side was very ugly. Although he knew that Taiji who scolded the Han people was not talking about him, it still made him feel uncomfortable.
Batu turned his head to look at Kankantada and said, "It seems that these people in the Tiger Flag don't talk about friendship between Han people at all. They even kill Han people like them."
"Originally, we didn't expect these Han slaves to be able to attack the fortress wall of the Tiger Flag." Kankantada said in a calm tone.
Batu said: "I just think it's a pity. If the people of the Tiger Banner really let these Han slaves climb the fort wall, or open the city gate and let them in, it would give our army a chance to invade the fort."
Su Nang sneered and said: "The people of Tiger Character Banner are not stupid. How could they let these Han slaves enter their fort?"
"That's right. If the people in the Tiger Flag were really indecisive, we would have dealt with them long ago." Batu agreed.
Wo Lunkuo rode up to Su Nang and said, "Taiji, what should we do with these Han slaves? Should we return them to other Taijis?"
Su Nang said coldly: "What are you doing with this bunch of useless trash? Kill them!"
"Yes." Wo Lunkuo agreed, at least turned around and left.
Su Nang then said to his bodyguard: "Retract the troops and return to camp."
Soon, the horn was blown.
The Mongolian army began to move and retreated towards the Mongolian camp.
Wo Lunkuo led a group of armored cavalry and began to intercept the Han slaves. He first fired a round with the bow and arrow in his hand, and then started to massacre the unarmed Han slaves with their own weapons.
