Hearing Cao Bianjiao's warning, all the soldiers on the city wall started to move.
It can be said that it is as quiet as a virgin and as active as a rabbit.
Thick wooden boards were quickly placed on the crenellations of the city wall, and then retracted under the crenellations after completion.
Not only on the crenels, but also on the outside of the crenellations were tied with thick wooden boards. Full preparations were also made on the city wall corridor, first with a layer of weeds, and then with a layer of wooden boards.
The purpose is to reduce the attack of Jiannu firearms as much as possible, using wooden planks and weeds as buffers to delay the time when the city wall is destroyed by stone bullets.
boom……
boom……
A fire flashed in the distance accompanied by steaming black smoke. Black objects suddenly appeared in the fire, drawing an arc in the air and hitting the Longjingguan city wall.
puff……
Boom...
Lead bullets and stone bullets weighing three kilograms hit the city walls, crenellations, corridors, and even houses in the city, making a dull impact.
For a time, dust and rocks flew everywhere on the city wall, and pits of different sizes appeared.
The bricks and stones at the lower part of the city wall that were hit also had dense cracks.
Because Cao Bianjiao reminded him in time and the sergeants evaded in time, the sergeants were not directly hit and died, but some were still scratched by the splashing rocks.
The artillery continued to attack, and the stone bullets hit the city wall like a sudden rain.
Listening to the dull sound of cannonballs on the city wall and the occasional cold snort of injured soldiers, the faces of Cao Bianjiao and others were full of gloom and murderous intent.
Although Jiannu had some firearms, they were all captured in previous battles with the Ming army. He didn't make many himself, and it was impossible to bring firearms with him during a detour attack.
The current attacks are so intensive, all captured from the surrounding castles...the surrounding castles contributed.
If the Ming army in these castles resisted to the death and fired all these artillery shells at Jiannu, it would not only kill and injure Jiannu, but also prevent Jiannu from turning around to attack the Ming army.
Using your own unique weapon to attack yourself, and it was given to the enemy by one of your own, is as disgusting as this kind of thing is.
Fortunately, his side was prepared in advance, otherwise if he followed Jiannu's bombardment method, before they could charge, more than half of his side would be killed or injured.
"stop!"
After attacking for nearly three quarters of an hour, Huang Taiji issued a military order to stop the bombardment: "How many stone bullets and lead bullets were fired?"
"Great Khan, there are nearly two thousand artillery shells, which is almost 30% of all our firearms requirements."
"Two thousand?"
Huang Taiji repeated softly, looking at the quiet city wall of Longjing Pass more than a hundred feet away: "Adjust the muzzle and direction, concentrate on bombarding the left side of the city gate tower five and twenty feet away, and fire another 20%. The launch is completed. After that, the front army immediately charged and fully attacked the city!"
"yes!"
Azig, who was in charge of the firearms attack, responded and immediately issued an adjustment order. A moment later, Jiannu's firearms attacked again.
In the last round, the entire city wall and the city were "covered with rain and dew", and the purpose was to kill and injure the defenders inside the city.
This round of concentrated attacks on a certain section was aimed at destroying the city wall, and the effects of the bombardment were immediately noticeable.
The protective wooden planks were smashed into large holes and then fell into pieces.
The city wall, which had lost the protection of wooden planks and weeds, was hit by stone bullets and made large holes. It was full of cracks and rocks scattered everywhere.
The crenelations were smashed flat, and the city wall was full of cracks. Under the reflection of the fire, it looked a bit ferocious.
Two quarters of an hour later, when the last stone bullet of this round was filled into the muzzle of the gun, Azig gave Abatai, who was in charge of the charge, a look.
Abatai understood, pulled out his scimitar with a clang, pointed at Longjing Pass, and roared: "Get ready!"
"rush!"
After the last round of shells flew out of the muzzle, Abatai roared and his horse rushed out.
Behind them, the chariots and chariots followed suit.
Cao Bianjiao, who was checking the situation through the arrow holes on the crenel, roared: "Jiannu charges, prepare to counterattack!"
The distance of more than a hundred feet is just time for the cavalry to rest.
But when the charging cavalry was about fifteen or sixty feet away from the city wall, the cavalry in front suddenly staggered and disappeared!
The disappearance of this cavalryman seemed to be a signal, and then more charging cavalrymen also disappeared.
Yes, it disappeared... to be precise, it fell into a big pit.
The charging cavalry was interrupted by this sudden situation and tried their best to control the horses.
Although they did not fall into the pit, the Ming army on the city wall would not miss this opportunity. Everyone stood up from behind the crenellations, pointing their long bows at Jian Nu at the edge of the pit.
A volley of nearly 10,000 Ming troops covered the Jiannu cavalry within ten feet of the pit.
"withdraw……"
Abatai roared and issued military orders, but by the time he issued the military orders, most of the cavalry within ten feet of the pit had fallen off their horses.
The sinking of the pit and the attack of arrows killed at least two thousand Jiannu slaves.
A few breaths later, Abatai arrived at the edge of the pit under the cover of his chariot. He looked at the pit full of struggling horses and the wailing Dajin warriors, his face turned livid.
"mean!"
"Shameless!"
…
Abata scolded angrily, but he was still looking at the situation in the pit.
This pit is two feet wide and more than one foot deep, and its length is basically the same as the city wall.
If you want to go over there, you can go through the gentle slopes at the foot of the mountains on both sides, but there are lots of rocks there and it is impossible for the cavalry to pass in large numbers.
The cavalry who cannot form a formation will die one by one if they are exposed to the sight of the Ming army.
Another way is to fill the big hole.
But there are still Dajin warriors who have fallen but are not dead in the pit. They have to be rescued to fill it up, which will greatly delay the attack time.
If it is filled directly, it will greatly damage the morale of the Daikin Warriors.
"You slave-building bastard, do you still like this gift?"
"Speaking of which, I would also like to thank Fan Wencheng. If it weren't for the big pit he dug in Hanerzhuang City that inspired us, we might not have thought of it!"
"Oh, by the way, have you found out about the big pit behind Sichuan Gate in Hanerzhuang City? Who died?
Have a few Baelors and Mele died? Really, please tell us to make us happy! "
Qin Gongming on the city wall looked at the slave-building generals beside the pit, shouted a few words, and then laughed.
There is as much sarcasm in the laughter as there is to be.
Abatai and the nearby generals' eyes were so red that they could spit fire, and their faces had expressions of gnashing teeth, as ferocious as they wanted to be.
"Shameless and bright dog, if you have the ability to set up a battle in an upright manner, let's have a fight?"
"Despicable Han people, using such unworthy methods are not worthy of the heavenly kingdom!"
…
But no matter how they cursed, the Ming army on the Longjingguan city wall did not make the slightest move.
They were recuperating their strength, because what awaited them was a violent attack from Jiannu.
After a while, Huang Taiji, who was taking command far away, also received the report.
All the generals were waiting for Huang Taiji's decision. Abatai whispered: "Great Khan, what should we do now?"
