The chest armor of the cuirass soldier is made of two iron plates at the front and back. The advantage of this kind of armor is that it has good defense against arrows and cuts, but it has poor defense against blunt objects.
In addition, it is troublesome to repair. Once a defect occurs, it needs to be repaired as a whole before it can be used again. Unlike the armor stomach such as fish scale armor, you can just repair whatever is broken.
The cuirassiers stood in front and began to advance.
In addition to the cuirass soldiers from the front team, there are also two cuirass soldier teams behind them, and at the back are ordinary firecrackers wearing cotton armor.
The slave archers use heavy arrows.
But it is also necessary to shoot the arrow at a close distance to ensure the power and accuracy. If the distance is far away, the power will naturally be insufficient.
The cuirassier who rushed forward ran forward quickly, his arms always holding the blazing gun.
"Shoot their legs, shoot their legs." Hai Lancha noticed through the crenel that with the appearance of the Tiger Flag soldiers wearing iron armor, the threat of missing arrows to the Tiger Flag side was reduced, and he immediately changed his combat strategy.
There is no iron armor on the legs, so the ability to resist arrows is naturally weak.
The legs are small targets, but they are very good at stopping people with tiger flags from approaching. In comparison, they pose a greater threat than directly shooting at other parts.
After the slave archers changed and started shooting at both legs, two cuirass soldiers were shot in the thighs on the spot and fell to the ground unsteadily.
The cuirass soldiers at the back immediately took over their positions, blocking the front and continuing to rush forward.
Both sides knew that as long as they rushed over in just a few dozen steps, the Tiger Flag would be able to compete with the defenders for the South City Gate by virtue of their numerical advantage, and it would become more difficult for the Jinzhou defenders to defend Jinzhou.
As the slave soldiers continued to shoot arrows, more and more breastplate soldiers fell down, and the number of breastplate soldiers blocking the front line became less and less.
boom!
After two more cuirass soldiers fell, the sound of firecrackers was heard.
There was originally a distance of thirty or forty steps, but under the fearless charge of the cuirassiers, the two sides were only about twenty steps apart.
At this distance, the accuracy of the fire blunderbuss has increased. Similarly, the arrows of the slave soldiers can now be shot more accurately, and can even penetrate the breastplate of the cuirass soldier.
As the distance shortened, more and more soldiers on the side of the Tiger Flag were hit by arrows, and the casualties gradually increased. The defenders on the city also began to suffer casualties, and the number of casualties continued to increase.
Although fire blunderbuss does not have as high a hit rate as bows and arrows, there is one advantage that bows and arrows cannot compare with.
As long as the tiger-character flag soldiers hit by bows and arrows did not hit their vital points, they could still charge as long as they endured the pain. On the other hand, if the Jinzhou defenders were hit by muskets, they would lose their combat effectiveness even if they did not die.
The tearing pain of a bludgeon is unbearable for ordinary people, and no matter how thick the armor and stomach are, you will be able to penetrate any armor and stomach within twenty steps. The smell of roasted meat can even be heard from the place where the bludgeon hits.
The number of cuirass soldiers at the front was so small that they could no longer block the large group of ordinary soldiers following behind.
However, the fire cannons counterattacked powerfully, and the threat of the slave thieves' archers also weakened.
Basically, every time the distance of twenty steps is shortened by one or two steps, someone will fall, but those who fall are the defenders of Jinzhou City, or they may be the soldiers of the Tiger Flag.
Under the fearless charge of the tiger-character flag soldiers, the short female wall city road was finally penetrated, and the first tiger-character flag soldiers rushed to the main city wall.
"kill!"
The duel between firecrackers and bows and arrows turned into a close-quarters fight in an instant.
The fire gunners of the Tiger Flag usually only use the bayonet on the front of the fire gun to stab the enemy in front after they have finished shooting the gun in the fire gun.
The first few soldiers who rushed to the main city wall were quickly drowned in the sea of Jinzhou City defenders.
Immediately afterwards, the Tiger Flag soldiers from behind rushed forward again.
This time it was different. The soldiers stood in rows, relying on the blazing bayonets in their hands as long weapons to stab the Jinzhou City defenders in front of them.
Although the long weapons had the advantage, the number of soldiers in the first row coming out of the female wall passage was too small and they could not take full advantage of the spear array.
In addition, some slave soldiers wore double armor. Sometimes the bayonet that was thrust out could not penetrate the double armor at once, or it penetrated the double armor and only injured the flesh, failing to cause serious damage to the slave soldier.
This gave the slave soldiers a chance to fight back against the tiger-character flag soldiers.
At the interface between the main city wall and the Wengcheng city wall, tiger-character flag soldiers and slave soldiers were constantly fighting in such a small place.
One party wants to break out of the female wall passage and enter the main city wall, while the other party desperately wants to block the connection between the main city wall and the female wall passage.
The tiger-character flag soldiers relied on simple gun formations, but the slave soldiers relied on their own bravery and fear of death.
People continued to fall on both sides.
"kill!"
While Wang Ju's thousand-man team was still fighting for the main city wall with the slave soldiers, another passage connected to the main city wall was penetrated by another thousand-man team of Tiger Flag and rushed to the main city wall.
"These damn Nikans, you know you can't trust them." Hailancha cursed angrily when he saw the Tiger Flag soldiers rushing up from the other direction.
With great difficulty, he and his men blocked the soldiers and horses of the tiger-shaped flag from rushing up to the main city wall. Unexpectedly, they failed to hold on to another passage leading to the main city wall that was guarded by Han soldiers.
"withdraw!"
Hailan noticed that the situation was over, and if he persisted, everyone would die here, so he immediately retreated to the horse path leading to the city with a few real slave soldiers around him.
The few slave soldiers were immediately defeated when he left, and they were no longer able to block the tiger-character flag warriors on the passage.
The defeat was unstoppable. Except for a few true slave soldiers who were unwilling to escape and stayed in place to fight with the people of the Tiger Flag, the remaining people, including the Han soldiers, fled to the city.
"Chase!"
After getting rid of the slave soldiers who resisted to the end, Wang Ju immediately ordered his men to pursue them.
Facing the defeat of the Jinzhou City defenders, there was no need to maintain the gun formation. Teams of soldiers organized themselves into teams and chased the fleeing defeated soldiers.
The fleeing slave soldiers were no different from the Ming army. Once they lost their last bit of morale, they would only think about escaping for their lives, and throw away anything they could that would hinder their escape.
Only a few people who could still maintain their sanity left behind their armor.
Wang Ju resisted the urge to pursue the remaining enemies and led a small group of troops to the city gate, preparing to open the city gate and let the army outside the city enter.
The city gate was captured, and Jinzhou City was basically conquered, unless the Jinzhou defenders in the city had the ability to drive the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag out of the city.
It is a pity that the defenders in Jinzhou City do not have such ability.
As the Tiger Banner army entered Jinzhou City, the defenders in the city had less and less advantage. They either chose to surrender or hide in other places where they thought they were safe.
Among them, Nakai's Biyufu is the safest place in many people's minds.
