Xu San left Chenjiagou after taking the gun.
Three days later.
Near Hukou Mountain, Han Xi gathered 500 people and prepared to capture a pass on the mountain road.
There are about a hundred households guarding this pass, mainly a pass from Shanxi to Shaanxi.
Han Xi wanted to occupy this place and use the water resources of the Yellow River. It had not rained for two months, so the food in the territory did not grow very well. So he wanted to intercept some of the Yellow River water.
I originally wanted to pretend to be an official army to attack secretly, but the defenders in the level were very vigilant, so I failed, so I had to attack by force.
A hundred steps away.
One hundred muskets were fired at the pass, but because they were shooting upwards.
Therefore, the hit rate is higher than that of bows and arrows.
It was now the third day of Han Xi's attack on this pass. He launched two charges in three days, but was repelled both times and lost more than 20 people.
So Han Xi didn't ask anyone to continue rushing.
The wall at this pass is a bit high, two stories high. Standing on it is like standing on the balcony of the third floor.
Moreover, Han Xi did not have any heavy siege equipment, so he could only use it remotely.
However, Han Xi soon discovered that there seemed to be a village near the river behind the pass, and the depleted officers and soldiers were quickly replenished.
This gave Han Xi a headache. At this time, he was looking at what artillery pieces were suitable for attacking the pass.
Soon, Han Xi found the mortar, the predecessor of the mortar. The shells were fired in a parabola. Shooting shotguns at the level could cause large-scale damage.
Just last night, Han Xi came out with twenty guns. The price of this gun is three hundred imperial coins. It is equipped with four gunners and can fire solid bullets, explosive bullets, and smoke bombs.
The effective range is one to three miles, and one door weighs two thousand pounds.
At this time, eight people were carrying it to the pass.
Posing up and down, the narrow passage was crowded.
"Zhixian, what ammunition should we shoot?" A gunner wearing a high hat came forward to ask for instructions.
Han Xi thought for a moment and said directly without hesitation: "Give me the explosive bullets."
After being exposed to the sun for several days, Han Xi became a little angry, so he directly chose the powerful explosive bomb.
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, the gunner took out round cannonballs with primers from a wooden box.
These cannonballs were hollow, filled with iron pieces and gunpowder. The mortars sent the cannonballs to the top of the city and then exploded.
Each mortar is equipped with ten boxes of ammunition, and Han Xi has to make it himself after firing.
On the top of the city, the defenders hid under the battlements and did not dare to show their heads.
Three people were unfortunately shot to death in the past three days.
As long as the rebels on the opposite side don't rush up, the officers and soldiers will not show up.
"Hey! How long are we going to keep this? This year it hasn't rained for several months, and the fields are still waiting to be watered!" a man complained.
The short man next to him also complained: "That's right! If you stay here and guard, those stingy families don't care about food, and there won't be much food at home."
Hearing this, the more than twenty soldiers on the city had depressed faces.
"Keep your voice down, Xu Baihu is here." Someone reminded in a low voice at this time.
Hearing this, everyone stopped talking.
Soon, Xu Baihu, who was fat, had a smooth mouth, and was wearing a suit of armor, walked up.
Xu Baihu went up to the top of the city to see what the rebels were doing outside. Unexpectedly, several gunshots rang out, causing debris to fly from the crenels.
Xu Baihu was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and several servants around him hurriedly helped him up.
When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they all covered their mouths and snickered.
"Laughing, what are you laughing at?" Xu Baihu pointed at a group of soldiers and cursed.
Seeing Xu Baihu getting angry, all the soldiers stopped smiling and sat down with serious faces.
Xu Baihu held his waist and muttered: "Oh, it hurts me to death. What a bastard rebel. Where did he get so many muskets?"
Just then, a thunder exploded.
Xu Baihu was frightened by the loud noise and fell to the ground again. This time no one laughed, and there was a look of horror on their faces.
"This is, fire, artillery?" Xu Baihu stuttered a little. There were more than a dozen fire guns at the pass. They were not rare things, but artillery was different.
Artillery can only be found in state capitals and key border crossings.
Unexpectedly, the rebels outside had artillery in their hands. Xu Baihu was praying at this time, hoping that the artillery on the opposite side would explode directly.
At the moment when Xu Baihu was thinking wildly.
More than a dozen thunderous cannons sounded, and then, only a dozen black balls were seen flying toward the pass.
One of them hit the servant in front of Xu Baihu. The servant was hit with blood from his mouth and his body hit the wall.
Then a ball rolled down to Xu Baihu's feet.
When Xu Baihu saw the fuse that was still "squeaking" on the ball, he was so frightened that he ran towards the city.
But after running a few steps, Xu Baihu felt pushed down by a huge force, and there was a burning pain in his back.
"Quick, lift me down quickly." Xu Baihu shouted with all his strength.
But at this time, no one paid any attention to Xu Baihu, and they all ran away.
After a while, there was another roar.
Waves of air rolled over the pass, and pieces of iron flew.
In just a moment, the twenty or thirty defenders at the pass either fell to the ground or ran down the city.
At the top of the city, Han Xi covered his ears. The sound of the cannon fired made his eardrums hurt.
Having been an artilleryman for a long time, I am afraid my ears will be damaged.
After firing three shots in a row, Han Xi directly shouted to stop.
Then let a team of shield soldiers rush forward carrying the wooden ladder.
A hundred steps away, more than fifty people ran up and set up the ladder in less than a minute.
The three of them climbed up the ladder quickly, and jumped onto the wall in the last step.
I saw a dozen people wailing on the ground, and there was no one guarding the entire city wall.
The shield soldiers quickly rushed to the bottom of the city and soon encountered resistance.
Only a dozen officers and soldiers holding spears were seen blocking the corridor at the bottom of the city. People kept gathering behind me.
The shield soldiers rushed forward with shields in hand.
Outside the city, Han Xi saw that the first team of 50 people rushed to the city without any resistance, and he knew that he was sure to win the level this time.
"The second team comes up for me, and the stakes team comes up together." Han Xi shouted.
As Han Xi finished speaking, another team of fifty people rushed forward, accompanied by a twenty-man stake team. Eight people rushed forward carrying a huge wooden thorn nearly two feet long, protected by twelve shields.
Han Xi listened to the killing cries inside the pass and waited for the result.
After a while, a hole was knocked out of the gate, and a dozen people worked together to push the door open.
Seeing that the cave door was breached, Han Xi asked another hundred people to go up.
An hour later.
Hukou Pass was captured by Han Xi, and hundreds of households defending the city were killed by artillery shells.
More than 200 strong laborers and more than 1,000 villagers were captured.
More than a thousand villagers cried and packed up their belongings, and Han Xi asked everyone to move to the pass.
"Uuuu~ No one can do anything with the wheat in the field."
"Your Majesty, wait until the wheat is harvested before moving!"
A group of people gathered at the edge of the city begged.
However, Han Xi ignored it. As for the farmland, he would naturally send someone to take over it when the time came.
