boom! boom! boom!
Four-pounders fired one after another at the city wall of Bansheng City.
"Taiji, we can't hold on any longer." Senaban protected Su Nang and shouted loudly.
The sound of cannons kept ringing, the sound was deafening, and even if you didn't speak loudly, even the people around you didn't know what you were saying.
The solid iron ball hit the city wall hard, and the green bricks on the outer layer of the city wall were constantly broken.
The Mongols, who were not good at defending the city, were in chaos, and many iron balls fell into the crowd on the top of the city, causing large casualties.
Some of the iron balls flew over the city and landed on the houses behind, breaking many roofs and courtyard walls.
"As for the Han people, leave those Han people to defend the city on top of the city and tell them that as long as they guard the city wall, they are allowed to get rid of their slave status." Su Nang shouted to Senaban equally loudly.
Senaban ran to deliver the order.
The Mongols were not good at defending the city. After the Tiger Banner army besieged the city, Su Nang brought all the Han slaves to the top of the city to defend the city.
Soon, the Mongols on the city began to flee, and the slaves dressed as Han Chinese were forced to stay on the city wall.
Some Han slaves were frightened by the cannons of the Tiger Flag and were unwilling to stay on the city wall to face the cannons of the Tiger Flag. They mixed among the Mongols and tried to escape down the city wall.
However, a group of Mongolian soldiers had been guarding the city wall for a long time. When they saw the Han people coming down from the city wall, they immediately slashed to death the Han slaves who escaped down the city wall.
Many Han slaves on the city wall saw this scene. Even if they had the intention of escaping from the city wall, they could only give up the thought.
There are several trebuchets placed on the top of the city, all made by Han craftsmen.
At this time, the Han people on the city began to use these catapults to throw stones at the Tiger Flag Artillery Team outside the city.
The technological gap is revealed again.
Although the trebuchet can attack enemies at a distance, its range is really limited, not even half the range of the four-pounder gun used by the Tiger Flag.
In addition, the Mongols like to rely on cavalry to determine the outcome of wars on the grasslands, and they have not attacked Ming Dynasty cities for many years, so they do not pay much attention to troublesome things like trebuchets.
The trebuchets on the city wall were rushed out during the last attack on Tiger Flag Dunbao, and their quality was not that reliable.
Not to mention the accuracy, no one has ever contacted the trebuchet. Now the people who use the trebuchet are still the Han craftsmen who built the trebuchet.
Su Nang left a group of armored cavalry to monitor the Han people on the top of the city, and he took his people to hide in a place in the city that could not be bombarded.
In the Tiger Flag camp.
Liu Heng held a monocular in his hand and looked at Bansheng City, which was being bombarded in the distance. He said to Li Shuheng on the side: "I remember that in order to attack Qingcheng this time, we brought two nine-pound cannons. Why don't we use them?" Up?"
"It should be that Chen Xunping feels that Bansheng City is not as strong as Qingcheng and thinks that nine-pounder cannons are not needed to attack the city!" Li Shuheng said from the side.
Although Banshengcheng occupies the advantage of Dabanshengdi, there is still a big gap compared with Qingcheng.
"Use the nine-pounder when it's time to use it. This is the largest caliber cannon among our Tiger Flag field guns." Liu Heng turned his head and said to Zhao Wu, "Go tell Chen Xunping and let him mount the nine-pounder. Blow open the city wall early."
"Yes." Zhao Wu agreed and went to convey the order.
The nine-pounder cannon has been developed by the Tiger Flag for more than a year, but there has never been a chance to use it on the battlefield. It is not that it is not powerful enough, it is just because the four-pounder cannon is enough to deal with the Mongols, and many nine-pounder cannons have been used.
Not long after, two nine-pound cannons with obviously thicker barrels were delivered to the artillery team, replacing the two four-pound cannons.
At this time, dozens of four-pound guns were no longer firing.
Many gunners in the artillery team were staring at the busy gunners next to the nine-pounder. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't leave their posts at will on the battlefield, many people would want to get closer and take a look.
The nine-pounder is the highest-caliber cannon used by the Tiger Flag in field battles. Of course? There are also larger-caliber cannons. But the larger-caliber cannons are either used to defend the city or are used on sea ships. Like this The opportunity to pull the cannon to the enemy's city has never happened.
The two nine-pound cannons were quickly loaded under the busyness of the gunners, and the angle of the muzzles was adjusted.
"Let go!" The gunner on the side waved the command flag in his hand.
boom! boom!
The two nine-pound cannons made a deafening sound, and the gunners standing on the side felt their feet tremble.
Two tongues of flame flew out from the barrel of the cannon, crossed the city wall in front, and landed on the roof behind the city wall.
The house that was hit by the shells was like paper. Most of the roof was destroyed in an instant, and two of the surrounding walls also collapsed.
"Correct the angle and reload." the gunner ordered.
The gunner began to clean the remaining powder residue in the gun, and at the same time, the gunner recalculated the target and adjusted the angle of the muzzle.
Soon, the two nine-pound cannons were fired again.
This time the cannons fired by the two cannons accurately hit the city wall in front.
There was a loud bang on the city wall.
The city wall, which was already crumbling under the bombardment of four-pounders, collapsed directly at this time, revealing a gap.
Through the monocular, you can see many figures fleeing behind the gap.
"Continue the bombardment and expand the scope of the gap." The gunner continued to order.
The two nine-pounders fired two more rounds in succession.
Nearly one-third of the city wall in front of them collapsed, revealing a gap that was about twice as wide as the city gate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of war drums sounded in the army camp.
"attack!"
The fire gunmen formed a team and approached the wall of Bansheng City, and began to enter Bansheng City through the gap.
Some Han Chinese who were defending the city hid behind the city wall. After the gunmen of the Tiger Flag approached, they took the lead in attacking these Han people.
At this time, there was no distinction between Han and Mongols, only enemies and our own people.
The Han people who defended the city for the Mongols were enemies to the soldiers of the Tiger-Character Banner. The soldiers of the Tiger-Character Banner never showed mercy to their enemies.
The Han slaves with crude weapons had no power to resist when faced with the tiger-character flag soldiers who were armed to the teeth. After just one encounter, they were defeated and fled.
The fire gunners who entered Bansheng City through the gap in the city wall did not break away from the formation to pursue the enemy because of the enemy's retreat. Instead, they still maintained their formation and moved forward bit by bit.
The gate of Bansheng City was opened from the inside.
Ma Yunjiu led the second battalion of the armored cavalry battalion, rushed into the city from the city gate, and began to fight with the Mongolian armored cavalry in the city.
Teams of gunmen entered the city and advanced along the roads in the city.
More and more Han slaves chose to drop their weapons and kneel on the roadside to surrender. Some soldiers began to accept the surrender of these people and took them away for custody.
The more tiger-character flag soldiers in the city, the greater the flexibility.
All houses in the city will be searched by soldiers with the Tiger Flag.
