ps: Thanks to the book friend for the inexplicable reward.
The first batch of Han soldiers sent to attack the city had already set off.
Although Tong Yangxing did not have to personally lead the troops to fight on the front line outside Jinzhou City, he seemed very nervous.
Because of Mang Gurtai's order, he sent out all the Han soldiers he could use. What he could do now was to hope that the Han soldiers could successfully attack the city and seize the front wall.
kill!
The sound of sand resounded continuously in the sky above the battlefield.
"Ying Zheng, you go back first! Just leave this place to your subordinates." Wang Ju saw that the slaves and thieves were desperate, and immediately asked Zhao Wu to return to the city.
At this time, Captain Chen of the artillery team left them and directed his artillerymen to bombard the attacking Han soldiers.
"Where are you going? You are the only one who is fighting fiercely on a few city walls. As a camp commander, how can I leave and go back to command your people in battle? I can take care of myself." Zhao Wu understood what Wang Ju meant and showed no mercy. They blasted Wang Ju away.
Wang Ju watched the Han soldiers outside the city getting closer and closer. He took a bite and said, "The camp is paying attention to safety. I'm going."
After speaking, he turned around and ran to a certain place on the city wall, commanding the defenders on the city wall to deal with the invading enemies.
Zhao Wu stood behind an archery tower on the top of the city, watching the densely packed Han soldiers rushing towards Jinzhou City outside the city.
If he were not the highest-ranking officer of Tiger Character Banner in Jinzhou City, he would have personally led the troops to fight the invading enemies.
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But he can't.
As the top general of the Jinzhou City garrison, he needs to serve the entire Jinzhou City, and if something happens to him, it will have a huge impact on the morale of the city's garrison.
"You don't have to worry, Yingzheng. The slaves and thieves can't attack our Jinzhou City." Seeing Zhao Wu's solemn expression, the guard standing next to Zhao Wu thought he was worried about the safety of Jinzhou City, so he comforted him.
There are no personal servants in the Tiger Flag, but mid-level and senior officers in the army will be followed by special guards.
These guards are not only the last line of defense to protect the generals, but also take care of the officers' daily life and diet.
Although Zhao Wu was just a battalion commander, the number of soldiers and horses under his command was equivalent to that of a reinforced regiment or half a brigade in later generations, so he was naturally qualified to provide guards.
Zhao Wu looked back at the guards beside him, raised his hand and pointed in a direction outside the city, and asked, "Have you seen the people in that direction?"
The guard looked hard in the direction of Zhao Wu's finger.
After looking at it for a long time, he said: "It's too far away, so I can't see clearly. I just know that there are a lot of people over there."
"Yes, there are many people there, and the leader of the slave thieves is there." Zhao Wu said.
The guard under his command could not see clearly, but with the monocular in his hand, he could clearly see the people on horseback under the banner.
Naturally, it is not difficult to guess that the people on horseback under the banner should be important figures on the side of the slaves and thieves.
"It's too far. I don't have a telescope, so I can't see clearly." The guard stared at the telescope in Zhao Wu's hand.
The lenses of the monocular telescope are all ground by hand, so not all officers can be equipped with the monocular telescope, and the guards around the officers are naturally not qualified to wear it.
"You kid!" Zhao Wu noticed the guard's gaze and immediately understood what it meant. He took off the monocular from his neck and handed it over, "Let's take a look!"
The guard chuckled, took the monocular telescope over unceremoniously, and hurriedly put it in front of his eyes.
"It's so clear, I can see it so clearly. It turns out that the leader of the slave bandit is really ugly." The guard said with disgust.
In fact, he couldn't see the faces of the people under the banner at all.
However, in his eyes, slaves and thieves are all ugly, with short braids that look like pig tails, or even not as thick as pig tails.
Such a hairstyle would be unsightly to everyone in the Ming Dynasty.
"Yingzheng, we all know where the leader of the slave thieves is. Why don't we bombard him? If he is killed by a few cannons, maybe the slave thieves army will become chaotic on their own." The guard put down the monocular and turned to look at Zhao. Wu.
Zhao Wudao: "What you see from the monocular telescope is actually too far. Our cannons can't hit that far, and the leader of the slave thieves is not a fool. If he really was within the range of our cannons, he would have run away long ago." .”
It was an exaggeration by the Ming Dynasty officials to describe the astonishing power of the Hongyi cannon.
In fact, the effective range of a cannon can be more than one mile, which is already impressive, and the cannon only shoots at visible targets.
There are many cannons as powerful as the Hongyi Cannon, and there are even Paohuzi Banners that are more powerful than the Hongyi Cannon.
Due to weight and road problems, although some guns are powerful, they are only suitable for city defense and ship cannon.
"It's such a pity." The guard looked regretful, as if the master slave thief had escaped.
boom! boom! boom!
The cannons on the city walls were fired.
The Han soldiers outside the city have entered the range of the cannon in the city.
About twenty cannons on the city wall fired one after another, and the cannonballs fell among the Han soldiers outside the city.
Han soldiers were constantly hit by cannons and fell to the ground.
After landing, the cannon was still bouncing around looking for the next target to attack.
However, the Han soldiers had already prepared ways to deal with the artillery bombardment in the city. During the siege, the Han soldiers spread out like a fan as much as possible to prevent the cannons in the city from having more chances to hit their targets and reduce casualties.
Finally, after leaving more than a hundred corpses behind, they finally appeared near the moat.
And there are more bodies here.
A dense swarm of gunshots came from behind.
The Han soldiers who came near the moat had tried their best to avoid it, but many people were still hit. After just one round of cannon fire, the casualties of the Han soldiers had already caught up with the casualties of the previous shelling.
Many archers followed among the Han soldiers.
The archers raised their bows, took out their arrows, and shot arrows at the city wall.
Although the effect of shooting arrows from bottom to top is not as good as shooting flatly or from top to bottom, some arrows still miss and hit the city wall.
Soldiers with the Tiger Flag were hit by arrows. Two of them were shot dead on the spot. One was hit by an arrow in the throat, and the other was hit by an arrow that went into his eye and went straight into the back of his head.
Some others were injured and were taken away for treatment as soon as possible, with other soldiers taking over their positions.
The archers who came with the Han soldiers were immediately attacked by the gunmen in the city.
There were not many archers among the Han soldiers, so they directly used most of them. The remaining archers did not dare to stay where they were. They followed the other Han soldiers with their long bows and continued to approach the city wall.
At this time, the two warring parties were very close, and something as obvious as a long bow naturally couldn't hide it from the eyes of the Tiger Flag warriors in the city.
The soldiers on the city wall and behind the city wall gave priority to using firecrackers to attack these Han soldiers holding long bows.
This time, even the Han soldiers following these archers were unlucky, and suffered many casualties.
