Several gunners from the slave-bandit side wanted to run away.
Before he could run far, he was hit by an arrow fired from behind and died on the spot.
Not far from these gunners, there is a group of white-armored soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner guarding here. If anyone is found escaping, they will kill them immediately.
Seeing this scene, the remaining gunners suppressed the idea of escape and stayed to continue operating the cannon.
There was a bombardment from Jinzhou City in front, and white-armored soldiers supervised the battle behind.
The remaining gunners on the slave bandits' side operated the cannons one by one in fear, and finally fired with great difficulty.
But in this case, don't count on accuracy.
The cannons of several fired cannons fell near the moat. One of the cannons was directly exploded by the gunner who was operating it. Two of the surrounding gunners were injured and one died.
Although the remaining gunners did not escape, they all became too frightened to operate the cannons, for fear that they would become the next target of bombardment in the city.
"I finally understand the power of technology that my lord often mentioned." Zhao Wu didn't know when he came to the city wall.
Wang Ju, who noticed Zhao Wu, immediately came up to him and said, "Ying Zheng, why are you here? It's too dangerous. It's better to go back first. It's enough to leave this place to my subordinates."
"Don't do this, slaves and thieves can't get close to the moat. How can I be in danger!" Zhao Wu rolled his eyes at Wang Ju, then walked to the crenel and looked outside the city.
On the edge of the moat, there were already Han soldiers from the slave and bandit side filling the moat with sacks and other objects.
Although the cannons on the city wall were powerful, only six or seven cannons were used to block the Han soldiers who came to fill the river. Many Han soldiers successfully passed through the cannons and reached the moat.
However, the good luck of these Han soldiers stopped here.
The fire cannons on the city wall fired at the Han soldiers near the moat.
Fire cannons were not as accurate as bows and arrows, but they could not hold up in large numbers. With the constant sound of cannons, Han soldiers fell near the moat at all times.
The lucky Han soldiers only had time to throw the sacks of earth into the river. Many unlucky Han soldiers were shot as soon as they approached the moat before even throwing the earth baskets in their hands into the river. The child fell on the edge of the moat.
Of the ten Han soldiers who came to fill the moat, at most only two or three Han soldiers could successfully leave the sacks or earthen baskets and return to the rear alive.
Wang Guoguang looked at his subordinates who were dying in the distance with a look of pain on his face, but he did not dare to stop him. Instead, he let his subordinates who came back alive continue to fill in the moat.
And his behavior also attracted curses from his Han soldiers.
"What happened to Wang Qianhu? Why did you stop!" Tong Yangxing came to Wang Guoguang with a team of people.
When Wang Guoguang saw Tong Yangxing, he immediately complained: "Chief Soldier, it's not that the general doesn't want to, but the casualties are too serious and there are not enough manpower!"
In his heart, he hoped that Tong Yangxing would take pity on his people and replace them with others to fill in the moat.
"Big Belle is very angry that you haven't been able to fill in this moat for so long. If you don't want to be punished, you might as well think about how to fill in the moat so that the army can attack the city earlier." Tong Yangxing said expressionlessly. said.
If you want to cross the moat, there are other ways besides filling the river, but only filling the river can successfully push the siege equipment under the city wall.
"Chief Soldier, it's not that the general doesn't want to fill in the moat quickly, it's just that there is a shortage of manpower. In order to fill in the moat, all of the general's men are almost dead." Wang Guoguang complained in front of Tong Yangxing.
His soldiers and horses were used to do such dangerous things as filling the moat, and his heart throbbed with pain.
"Stop complaining. I brought Wei Jin to you. He will cooperate with you. If you can't fill up this moat, even if Big Belle doesn't punish you, I will punish you." With that, Tong Yangxing glanced at the Han general who came with him.
The other party is Wei Jin in his mouth.
Wang Guoguang also saw Wei Jin, the unlucky guy, and nodded lightly towards him.
What came back was Wei Jin's bitter face.
"Okay, you two, hurry up. If Big Belle comes here later, you will know the consequences." After Tong Yangxing left his words, he turned around and left with his men.
Wei Jin, who was left behind, came to Wang Guoguang's side and asked, "Wang Qianhu, how much have you filled in?"
"How much should be filled? If we throw all the corpses into the moat, I'm afraid the whole section of the river will be filled in." Wang Guangguang said angrily.
Wei Jin glanced around and found that there were not many Wang Guoguang's subordinates around.
"I know you feel uncomfortable, Wang Qianhu, but if we want to eat from the Kingdom of Jin, we have to work hard for others, so just accept our fate!" Wei Jin comforted.
Wang Guoguang said with a dark face: "The person who died is not yours, so of course you don't feel bad."
"We are the eldest, let alone the second. If the moat cannot be filled, my people will have to fill it. You should tell me what the situation is first. At least a few brothers will die less. Brother, thank you in advance." Wei Jin Begging, she cupped her fists and raised her hands to him.
After hearing this, Wang Guoguang said: "Don't be too busy thanking me. Let your people shovel the soil and load the sacks first. You have also seen that my people have suffered too many casualties. We will need your people soon." ”
"Tell me, brother, is there anything you should pay attention to? We all came from the Ming army, so we are different from Tong Yangxing." Wei Jin said to him.
Tong Yangxing used to be just a businessman in Fushun.
In the past when they were in the Ming Dynasty, they would not take a serious look at such a businessman, but they just relied on the old slave to take refuge earlier and climbed over the heads of them.
"I can only say to be careful of the fire cannons in Jinzhou City. Most of my people were killed by the fire cannons." Wang Guoguang said to Wei Jin.
Hearing this, Wei Jin frowned and said, "How can the tiger thief's fire blunderbuss be so powerful? It's not like we have never seen that thing before. The Ming army has plenty of them, but the soldiers below are not willing to use them."
"It's different from the fire blunderbuss used by the Ming army. You'll know how powerful it is when your people get close to the moat." Wang Guoguang said.
As for what kind of powerful method it was, he couldn't tell clearly.
He only knew that most of his people were killed by firecrackers in the city.
"Okay, I will be careful. Prepare more sacks for me. No matter how powerful the fire gun is, I don't believe it can shoot through the sacks." Wei Jin asked his men to find more sacks.
They all came from the Ming Army. Even if they don't use fire guns, they still have some understanding of fire guns.
Although the fire gun is powerful, it is basically impossible to shoot through a sack filled with soil.
Wang Guoguang did not answer Wei Jin's words.
The sacks filled with soil could indeed block the muskets fired from the city, but the sacks could not protect the whole body, otherwise most of his men would not have been destroyed in the moat.
