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On top of Xinpingbao City.
Pan Yi held a monocular and looked at the imperial army outside the city. He raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Send the order and let the golden juice burn brighter."
There were several large pots placed on the city wall, in which messy things like menstrual fluid, feces, and urine were boiled.
The boiling iron pot was churning with bubbles, and the surrounding area was already smelling fishy.
"I didn't expect that it was Xuanfu's soldiers and horses who made the first move!" Cheng Ping, who was nearby, noticed through the monocular that a group of soldiers and horses carrying the banner of Xuanfu's border army were coming towards Xinping Fort.
Pan Yi put down the single-channel telescope in his hand and said, "You are wrong. Yang Guozhu, who was the first to take action, brought Datong soldiers and horses."
As he said that, he pointed at the cannons under the city head with his fingers.
"I almost forgot about them." Cheng Ping raised the palm of his hand and slapped his forehead twice, then said immediately, "It seems that the army wants to use their artillery to suppress us and reduce the Xuanfu troops' attack on the city. pressure."
The only ones that can contain the cannons of the Tiger Flag are the army's own cannons, and only the barbarians from the north can use almost obsolete items like catapults.
The Ming army suppressed bandits and suppressed rebellions in various places, using cannons of various calibers and sizes.
Pan Yi said: "The army's artillery must be destroyed first."
Cheng Ping next to him nodded solemnly.
Although there are only five general cannons from the official side under the Xinpingbao city, these cannons can already threaten the Tiger Flag soldiers guarding the city.
boom! boom! boom!
A dozen four-pound cannons on the top of the city were fired, and the cannonballs flew from the city wall to several general cannons below the city and the surrounding battalions.
Because the distance became closer, the accuracy of the gunners operating the four-pounder guns improved significantly.
Cannonballs accurately hit the camp soldiers surrounding several general cannons under the city, knocking the soldiers off their backs. Including the gun mount of a general cannon was hit by the cannon, causing the gun mount to fall apart. The cannon body fell to the ground, throwing up a cloud of dust.
Many people were killed or injured in the official camp below the city, and some of them were so frightened that they fled back.
However, not far behind these soldiers, a group of official cavalry came on horseback.
The escaping soldiers barely managed to get very far before they were driven back by the cavalry behind them with bows and arrows, leaving no chance for these soldiers to escape.
Niu Er is an ordinary firearms battalion soldier. As far as skills are concerned, the only skill he has is gunnery. He is a gunner in the firearms battalion.
However, his gunner is very different from the gunner of the Tiger Flag.
He knew how to fire cannons, and had also fired a general cannon himself, but that was all a year ago. It was not certain how accurate he could fire, it all depended on feeling and trial and error.
Facing the bombardment from enemy artillery on the top of the city, the other battalion soldiers with him began to flee for their lives in panic, but he chose to stay with the general's artillery.
It's not that he doesn't want to escape, but he knows that it is impossible for him to escape. If he escapes, he will die sooner. Only by staying next to the general's cannon can he temporarily save his life.
Fortunately, there were many casualties among the battalion soldiers like him, but he was lucky enough to survive several rounds of shelling on the top of Xinpingbao City, and transported a general cannon from the army to the city walls of Xinpingbao City.
"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" A camp soldier who, like Niu Er, did not escape, suddenly shouted.
A battalion of soldiers and horses from Xuanfu were rushing towards Xinping Fort.
Some of the soldiers at the front were holding shields, the soldiers behind them were carrying ladders, and in the back were only those soldiers holding swords and guns.
Niu Er knew that these people were soldiers and horses coming to attack the city.
After all, if you want to capture Xinping Fort, you can't just rely on the firearms battalion soldiers like them. You also need elite soldiers and horses who specialize in fighting on the city walls.
Soldiers in the firearms camp are fine with shooting cannons or muskets, but when it comes to close combat, the soldiers in the firearms camp are not good at it.
"Quick, fire on the top of the city to contain the bandits on the wall!" Someone shouted.
Niu Er heard that the person who said this was a chief flag officer of the firearms camp.
Of the five general cannons on the government side, only four were still intact at this time.
The general cannon next to Niu Er is one of the intact ones.
Several battalion soldiers who were guarding the general's cannon like Niu Er were busy adjusting the shooting angle of the cannon.
At this moment, the sound of cannons on the city head sounded again.
Niu Er, holding the cannon in his arms, rolled and crawled under the gun stand, but the cannon had already been thrown out casually.
The gunfire stopped.
Niu Er crawled out from under the gun mount with lingering fear, ran to the basket again, fished out an iron ball from it and held it in his arms.
His task is to load the gunpowder, put the iron ball into the barrel, and then light the match rope on it.
The cry of killing came from not far away.
Niu Er turned around and looked over, only to see that a troop of soldiers and horses from the Xuanfu had rushed to the gate of Xinping Fort, and ladders were set up on the walls of Xinping Fort.
The brave soldiers holding swords and shields were climbing up the ladder to the top of the city. The archers following behind kept shooting arrows at the top of the city.
boom! boom! boom!
A series of crackling sounds of firecrackers came from the direction of the city head. Niu Er saw with his own eyes that a brave soldier who was about to climb the city wall was hit by the firecrackers and fell from the air.
Soldiers continued to climb up the ladder, but only halfway up the ladder, they saw the bandits on the top of the city holding up an iron pot and pouring a pot of juice onto the soldiers on the ladder.
Howling screams came from the mouths of the camp soldiers who were drenched with juice.
One by one, the battalion soldiers fell from the ladder to the ground, rolling and howling in pain.
After staying in the army for so many years, Niu Er knows that what is poured out of the iron pot is gold juice. When the enemy attacks the city, the people in the city will boil several pots of gold juice to defend the city. The lethality is compared to Rolling wood, thunder and stone are not weak.
"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you put the iron ball in quickly?"
As the words fell, Niu Er felt someone kicked his butt, and his body stumbled forward involuntarily.
He subconsciously looked back and saw the flag officer standing behind him. He was so frightened that he quickly stuffed the cannon in his arms into the barrel.
"The soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu are attacking the city. We have to help them contain the bandits on the city wall. If anyone dares to be lazy, don't blame me for cutting off your head in the name of a deserter." The chief flag officer drew out his sword and looked at Niu. Er body glanced at it.
Niu Er noticed and shrank his neck.
"Light the fire! I'm here to teach you." The flag officer glared at Niu Er fiercely.
Niu Er hurriedly picked up the torch and lit the match rope exposed on the cannon.
Zhi!
The match rope burned out quickly, and then there was a bang, and the cannonball in the barrel was shot out.
The sudden sound of cannons startled the flag officer, and the knife in his hand almost fell to the ground.
