"It's strange that the cannons for the Tiger Flag haven't fired yet. The cannons should have fired long ago."
On a mound not far from the yurt, Qula Kashen stood on it, looking at the fortress in front of him with a puzzled expression.
A guard standing nearby said: "Could it be that the people in the Tiger Flag were frightened and forgot to fire."
"Why do I have such an idiot around me?" Chaulakashen glanced at the guard beside him who was talking with disgust, and immediately said, "Last time Su Nang Taiji brought so many people there, there was no sign of tiger. The people in the flag are afraid. There are only about a thousand people this time, so how can the people in the tiger-character flag be afraid? Use your brain."
The guard who was called a fool lowered his head in shame.
Another guard on the side said: "Could it be that the people in the Tiger Flag are out of gunpowder? I heard that the Tiger Flag's cannons consume a lot of gunpowder, especially the Tiger Flag's convoy has not been here for a while. Heihe, maybe they don’t have enough gunpowder anymore.”
Qula Kashen thought for a while and felt that what the other party said made sense.
Boom! Boom!
Two cannon shots suddenly rang out.
When he heard the sound of cannons, Zula Kashen was stunned for a moment and found that the cannons of the Tiger Flag only fired twice, unlike the time when Su Nang led the army to attack, the cannons were fired continuously.
"Taiji, there were only two cannons fired from the Tiger Flag." The guard beside him reminded.
Qula Kashen nodded thoughtfully and said: "It seems that you were right. There is not much gunpowder on the Tiger Flag."
Only two cannon shots rang out for a long time. Apart from the fact that the cannon of the Tiger Flag had no gunpowder, he could not think of any other possibility.
"Maybe this time it is really possible for those people from Mobei to take advantage. If we had known that the people in Tiger Flag were running out of gunpowder, we might as well have taken action before the people from Mobei came. Maybe they would have captured it by now. The castle is in front of us." One of the guards said with envy.
Everyone knows that there are many good things in the fort of the Tiger Flag. No matter who takes the fort of the Tiger Flag in front of them, they can grab the good things inside first.
Qula Kashen also looked envious.
He was also thinking in his heart, if he had taken action earlier, he would have captured the fort here in Dahei River.
It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world. He knew that the people of Tuxie Tuhan tribe had already taken action and could not give him a chance to take action.
The cavalry army from Tushetu Khan's tribe is getting closer and closer to the Dunbao.
Each time, the sound of artillery fire took half a day. The threat to the Mongols was not great, and the number of casualties was only a few dozen. Compared with the team of thousands of people, it was only a little bit insignificant.
Lin Ping, the captain of the artillery team on the fort wall, kept the monocular in front of his eyes, his eyes always fixed on the Mongolian cavalry outside the fort.
"Don't be impatient. Fire slowly. Only two cannons are fired at a time. Be careful not to scare away the Mongolian army outside." Lin Ping warned the gunners of his artillery team.
The gunners of the two cannons who fired did not do anything to delay the time, and only kept the two cannons firing normally.
Of course, the two cannons did not pose a great threat to the Mongolian cavalry army outside the pier.
"Captain, when can we fire? Everyone looks at the Mongolians outside and feels itchy in their hearts." A gunner who had no chance to fire looked pitifully at Lin Ping.
Lin Ping glanced at the other party and said: "Don't worry, hurry up, be patient for a while, and wait until the gunman below fires the gun, then you can fire. As long as you can kill the Mongols, you can fire around you." four-pounder."
The inside of the fort wall is hollowed out, and the fire gunners and tiger crouching cannons are hidden inside. Through the perforations on the outer wall of the fort wall, the enemies outside can be easily observed.
When the Mongolian cavalry outside the pier was less than 300 steps away from the pier, Lin Ping held on to the monocular telescope tightly.
Three hundred steps was already very close to the fort, and the Mongols were all cavalry, so they rushed within a hundred steps in just a few breaths.
boom! Bang...bang!
A sudden burst of gunfire sounded, interspersed with the sound of many squatting tiger cannons.
"All four-pounders, fire at the Mongols outside the city." Lin Ping raised his hand and looked down at the Mongolian cavalry outside the city.
Except for some of the attacking Mongolian cavalry who were less than a hundred steps away from the fort, more Mongolian cavalry were still further behind.
The four-pounder guns attacked the Mongolian cavalry who were still some distance away from the fort wall.
Fire guns, squatting tiger cannons, and many more four-pound cannons were fired. Various noises continued for a while, and the Mongolian cavalry that was attacking was suddenly stunned.
Some Mongolian cavalry who had rushed within dozens of steps of the Dunbao were the main targets of fire cannons and tiger squatting artillery, and they were also the places where the most serious casualties were caused in an instant.
The corpses of war horses and Mongolians were left on the ground, and many of them rolled directly into the moat.
More than a dozen four-pound cannons were fired continuously, taking away at least sixty or seventy Mongolian lives each time.
The captain who had been following the team saw a guard next to him being hit by an iron ball, and his head was smashed into pieces. Red and white splattered everywhere.
The captain who saw this scene couldn't help but lay on his horse and vomited.
He had seen a lot of dead people and had killed people himself, but this was the first time he had seen such a tragic death.
The attacking Mongolian cavalry fell completely within the range of the four-pounder cannon. Except for those Mongolian cavalry that had rushed under the fort wall and were difficult to fight, the Mongolian cavalry in the middle and rear positions became the main targets of the Tiger Flag gunners.
"Protect Taiji and leave." A guard shouted loudly.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry began to undergo a rout. Some Mongolians had already chosen to flee, and soon more and more people fled.
The Mongolian cavalry outside the fort became a mess, and no one could control it anymore.
The four-pounder on the fort wall fired more happily, and red iron balls shot out of the barrel and fell on the heads of the Mongols.
"Hit me hard. No need to save gunpowder. I will personally go to Yingzheng to ask for credit for the artillery group that killed the most Mongols." Lin Ping shouted with red eyes.
More than a dozen four-pounders chased the fleeing Mongols, pointing their muzzles wherever there were more people.
More and more Mongolians were forced to stay on the grassland outside the fort wall, and the Mongolian cavalry was completely in chaos. They were everywhere and the people were no longer concentrated.
In the end, the four-pounder can only kill one or two Mongolian cavalry at most with one shot, and there are even times when the cannon misses.
"Okay, everyone, stop it. If you continue to fight, it will be a waste of gunpowder." Lin Ping gave the order to stop the bombardment.
The Mongols had fled far away, and the four-pounder cannons had done little damage to the Mongolian cavalry.
Zhang Hong, who was behind the parapet, put down the monocular in front of him and sighed: "What a pity. If the Mongols had persisted a little longer, they could have taken hundreds more lives."
"If the armored cavalry battalion has enough cavalry, maybe we can wipe them all out this time." Ma Yunjiu sighed at the side.
I just felt that the armored cavalry battalion had too few cavalry and missed the opportunity to pursue the victory.
