boom!
The gunpowder shells of the Tiger Crouching Cannon exploded intensively, and each sergeant was killed or seriously injured on the spot. Maneza looked back and almost shed tears when the west wind blew.
The supporting troops were once again severely wounded by firearms. Many people lay in the snow and never stood up again. The few sergeants who stood up encountered another round of gunpowder bombs before they could take a few steps.
Ming Dynasty's offensive method is very monotonous and boring, just throwing firearms, but this kind of firearms can kill people!
The artillery was advancing slowly, and from time to time, gunpowder shells exploded around the artillery, injuring each sergeant. Fortunately, the gunpowder bombs did not explode the artillery, and the thick wood blocked the small fragments of the firearm.
Because it is a small returning artillery, its maximum throw is less than 400 steps. If you want to attack the Ming army in Tuocheng, you need to move the returning artillery to at least 350 steps away from Tuocheng.
"Cover and fire back!"
Maneza shouted and launched a charge. Only a fierce charge could attract the Ming Dynasty's firepower. Even if it cost his life, he must keep the return cannon. This was the last hope.
Yang Rong, Tan Yuan, Qu Neng, Zhou Dazhi and others sat on the high platform of the former army, watching Sergeant Timur in the wind and snow constantly attacking Tuocheng, and being killed by grenades, spears, bows and arrows. Tuocheng remained stable.
Seemingly in an instant, Sergeant Timur's attack stopped.
An ominous premonition came to Yang Rong's mind, and the lookout sergeant quickly came to report: "It's snowing heavily!"
Zhou Dazhi's expression changed, and the expressions of Tan Yuan and Qu Neng also became solemn.
Huo Lin stood up, looked at the heavy snow outside, and said worriedly: "The snow is heavier than before, and we can no longer see fifty steps away. This is extremely disadvantageous to us. Once Timur's sergeants rush to Tuocheng in large numbers, Next, they will definitely cross Camel City, and then we will be in danger!"
Zhou Dazhi looked anxiously at Yang Rong, Tan Yuan and others: "Firearm strikes require direction guidance. If you can't see the enemy, the Crouching Tiger Cannon can't miss it. We don't have much gunpowder bombs!"
Yang Rong stared ahead, the shadow of Tuocheng was a little blurry.
This heavy snowfall came at the wrong time. It greatly affected the sight of the Ming army. Once it became "blind", it would be difficult for the Crouching Tiger Artillery to strike accurately. Blindly projecting it would not be able to inflict serious damage on the enemy, let alone form a formation. Regional blockade, which means that Timur's troops may appear directly outside Camel City at any time!
"Stop the Tiger Crouching Artillery. The sergeants of the fifth army camp come forward and thicken the front line. We must protect Tuocheng. Send an order to the sergeants of Tuocheng to expose Tuocheng's front and be sure to defend against the enemy!"
Yang Rong said seriously.
Tan Yuan and Qu Neng had no objection. Although Yang Rong joined the army and did not have the right to directly command operations, Zhu Di gave Yang Rong this right. When fighting Hariba Qishan, Yang Rong showed extraordinary talents. In the end, he charged personally and experienced the test of life and death on the battlefield. However, Tan Yuan and Qu Neng considered themselves rough men. They could charge into battle and obey orders, but they found it difficult to make decisions and plan layouts.
The herald took the order and passed on Yang Rong's order.
Camel City Army
After hearing this, the scholars opened the rectangular "box" on the camel, took out six triangular pyramids from the narrow space, and then inserted the triangular pyramids about one foot long into the riveting recesses of the appliance at intervals of one foot and seven. Inside the groove, it is clamped tightly, and every face of the triangular pyramid is sharp.
In the wind and snow, the original camel city suddenly changed, from the layout of "city walls" to a series of "conical walls", which not only increased the height, but also made the city more spacious.
The camel city became impossible to climb or cross.
Gesuyedin was lying on a corpse, with excitement in his eyes. Timur is indeed the incarnation of evil in the human world, and only he can make this heavy snow fly!
The heavier the snow, the shorter one's sight. For Ming Dynasty, this was tantamount to a disaster, but for Sergeant Timur, it was a relief, as he no longer had to worry about gunpowder bombs flying all over the sky.
There is no need to shout and charge, you just need to sneak fifty steps away from the camel city, clear the road, gather the sergeants, and you can overturn the camel city in one fell swoop!
Yilin walked cautiously to Gesuyedin and whispered: "The road behind is being cleared, and the return artillery is in place. The Ming Dynasty's firearms have stopped moving. Should we launch an attack now?"
Gesuyedin reached out and closed the eyes of the corpse, and said to Yilin: "Let the brothers hide, and wait until the return artillery fires first to disrupt the interior of Tuocheng, and then we will take action."
Yilin understood and went to convey the order.
A round of arrows fell from the sky. Gesuyedin turned over a corpse to block it in front of him. The other soldiers either used shields or corpses to cover themselves. The huge rain of arrows did not cause much damage.
*** received the news that the artillery has been pushed to the predetermined position, and the road is being cleared quickly. The cavalry can move forward in less than a quarter of an hour. *** personally got on the horse and ordered the cavalry to prepare.
Sayev, the commander of the Huihui artillery, examined the operators in front of him, pointed majestically in the direction of Camel City, and said to everyone: "If we don't break Camel City, our soldiers will be lost here! For the sake of the Sudan, for the sake of the Timur Empire Glory, we must also open Camel City! Come on, put on the Greek fire!"
Greek fire!
This is Timur's trump card, the most mysterious, and the most powerful weapon.
A nearly sealed black pottery jar was placed in the pocket of the return gun, and a sergeant lit the cloth stained with black oil hanging from the edge of the jar. As Sayev said "release", the huge wooden pole of the Huihui cannon started to be thrown, and the black pottery jar flew out with the light of fire, passed through the snow sky, over the heads of Gesuyedin and others, flew over the camel city, and landed. Entering the archer phalanx in Camel City!
boom!
There was an explosion, and the fire instantly rose. Each sergeant was splashed with black oil, and the fire followed! No matter how hard the sergeant slapped it, he couldn't extinguish the fire. In addition, in order to keep warm in winter, the sergeant wore cotton-padded clothes. Although this kind of clothes kept out the cold, it burned very quickly when it encountered a spark.
The sergeant screamed, and someone brought water. When he poured water, the fire only became weaker, but it still did not go out! The two sergeants were burned alive in the flames!
Yang Rong and others noticed this scene and saw the "firearms" being continuously thrown towards them!
"where you go?!"
Tan Yuan saw that Yang Rong was about to rush out and quickly stopped him. It's enough for the army to have a heroic Huo Lin, but you, Yang Rong, can't do this!
Yang Rong pushed Tan Yuan away and ran quickly. He looked at the sergeant struggling in the fire and begging to kill him. His heart was full of pain. There was a small handful of fire on the ground. Yang Rong stepped on it and the fire went out. He bent down and crushed him. He crushed the burned soil, smelled it, and shouted: "This is oil. It cannot be destroyed with water. Bury it with soil! Hurry!"
"Bury it with soil!"
Tan Yuan didn't know anything about oil, but Yang Rong could tell the origin of this thing, so he probably knew how to do it.
Fortunately, although this is a grassland, there is no shortage of soil, and there are also many tools for craftsmen and sergeants. The burned sergeant lay on the ground, and the soil covered the burning skin. After a heartbreaking pain, the flames of kerosene finally is extinguished.
"Why do you know?"
Tan Yuan was very curious.
Yang Rong didn't have time to tell Tan Yuan that this was the oil that Zhu Yunqiu had dreamed of. Over the years, the imperial court had needed a large amount of medical gauze, which was followed by a shortage of oil. The national oil production in the Ming Dynasty was so pitiful that it made people want to cry. Zhu Yunqiu asked for expansion more than once Oil production.
When Zhu Yunwen talks about oil, he usually talks about the Western Regions. I don't know if he planned to take back the Western Regions from the beginning. Zhu Yunwen was right. There was oil in the Western Regions. People from Hami and Turpan had definitely told Zhu Di, but he was busy with military strategy and the war was not over. Zhu Di had no time to send people to exploit the oil.
Yang Rong has seen oil and knows that oil is insoluble in water and can only be destroyed with soil.
Timur actually brought oil with him when he went on the expedition, which surprised Yang Rong. Could it be that there are several oil wells in Samarkand? But it’s really too far there and it’s hard to get there.
"careful!"
Tan Yuan looked at the jar flying again and couldn't help but pull Yang Rong behind him. The sergeants used their shields to catch the black oil jar. The oil spread out and there was fire everywhere.
Zhou Dazhi was a little frightened when he saw this scene. Fortunately, Timur's return artillery only threw the oil cans to the front line area of Tuocheng. The sergeants here were mainly from the fifth military camp, mostly archers, bombardiers, and gunmen, who were on fire. The most serious casualties were the casualties of a few sergeants, but if they were thrown a little further back and were thrown into the Tiger Crouching Artillery area, and the gunpowder shells and gunpowder were ignited, the losses to the Tiger Crouching Artillery Battalion would be huge, and the consequences would be disastrous.
"The enemy is coming!"
Qu Neng heard the movement and shouted quickly.
Yang Rong looked at Tan Yuan and Qu Neng: "Then I'll leave it to the two generals!"
Tan Yuan ordered: "Archers, cover a hundred steps outside Tuocheng! Bombardiers, prepare grenades! Fireguns with bayonets in hand, defend Tuocheng! Spearmen, prepare for battle!"
Qu Neng shouted sternly: "Brothers, guard Tuocheng and we will win! Fight!"
Outside the city!
Gesuyedin gave the order to attack. Manezha led the sergeant to rush within fifty steps and killed him towards the camel city. But through the heavy snow, Maneza seemed to see some sharp things appearing on the camel city. s things.
"What the hell is this?"
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Maneza's eyes widened, no, the Camel City before was not like this. Who the hell installed iron fences on the Camel City? How can we climb or fight?
The sergeant who originally wanted to climb over the camel city was also stunned. The camel city in front of him was full of blades. Although there were gaps, people could not pass through such a small gap. If they touched it, wouldn't they be cut?
"Push it to me!"
Maneza knew he couldn't stay, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet!
But as soon as they got close to Camel City, a tricky spear was thrust out. The sergeants fell down under Camel City without warning. The sergeants behind followed and waved their spears to break the triangular pyramid. They waved it twice but failed. Instead, he was killed by an arrow from the Ming army!
Some sergeants climbed directly to the camel city, and their hands were cut when they touched a sharp triangular pyramid, and their fingers were broken! Even if a sergeant was wrapped in cloth and tried to grab the triangular pyramid, his body could not be turned over. As soon as his upper body emerged, a spear pierced it!
The offensive and defensive battle of blood and fire is all about fighting!
Relying on the strong defense of Camel City, the Ming Dynasty sergeants withstood the all-out charge of Gesuyedin's 10,000 troops. At this moment, the Japanese army invested cavalry, and the horses attacked Camel City from different directions. The Huihui artillery quickly ran out of kerosene and turned to throwing corpses and heads! These things did not cause significant damage to Ming Dynasty, and their effects were very limited.
Gesuyedin pierced the spear and when he took it out, it was already dripping with blood! The spear was hit several times, but it failed to penetrate Tuocheng's defense. The sergeant was dead all over the place, and the grenade was thrown directly not far from Tuocheng!
Tamerlane's sergeants also gained experience. Seeing the grenade being thrown over, they picked it up and threw it back. The grenade exploded in Tuocheng, and several Ming soldiers suffered serious injuries!
