I saw trebuchets being rolled out from the Ming army camp outside the city. There were so many trebuchets, there were more than fifty in the direction of the city where he was.
Turning around and looking around, Jierhalang discovered that there should be similar trebuchets near other city gates.
What is the Ming army going to do?
We are already in the age of artillery, but we still use trebuchets?
"Hahaha..." Jianlu on the top of the city couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and mocked the Ming army outside the city.
Before they had finished laughing, they saw many carts being rolled out from the Ming army camp.
At this moment, Jianlu on the top of the city stopped laughing, feeling that the scene in front of him was a bit incredible.
Now at this time, the Ming army was attacking outside the city, and they were defending in the city, which already gave them an upside-down feeling.
Looking again, the Ming army actually used their previous special skill: the carriage. It makes them feel even more ridiculous.
They felt as if they had become the Ming army, and the Ming army outside the city was the Qing army.
After coming back to his senses, Jianlu on the top of the city didn't take it seriously.
At the top of Jinzhou City, there is a Hongyi cannon. Not only does it have a long range, but whether it is a catapult or a catapult, as long as one shot hits, it will fall apart.
It can be said that with the Hongyi artillery, the Ming army's catapults and catapults are not a problem!
They thought so, but Jierhalang didn't think so. Seeing his serious expression, he immediately gave orders to his generals to prepare to leave the city to fight.
In defensive battles, you can also go out of the city to counterattack. Just staying in the city and being beaten passively is not a good way to defend the city.
His men were a little confused after hearing this. This has just begun. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the Ming army's energy has been dampened with defensive warfare before going to war?
After hearing this, Jierhalang immediately turned his head to look outside the city, then turned back and said seriously: "The Ming army is coming fiercely, why don't they use artillery instead of catapults? Don't they know the reason why artillery is more powerful? ? Therefore, there must be fraud in this, and the Ming army must not be allowed to succeed, and those carts and catapults must be destroyed!"
After hearing this, his men were immediately convinced and went to prepare for the city.
Afterwards, Jilhalang turned his head to look outside the city again with a serious expression on his face. He wanted to seize the opportunity to order his men to fight.
If they leave the city too early and are far away, and are guarded by the Ming army, they will certainly not be able to destroy the catapults and catapults; only if they are placed closer, can they ensure that the troops leaving the city destroy the target and return to the city in time before the Ming army can react.
The Ming army outside the city was only commanded by front-line officers, and basically no one spoke. The atmosphere on the battlefield was a bit quiet but depressing.
Slowly, the Ming army's siege troops were getting closer and closer to the head of Jinzhou City. When they were about to enter the effective range of the Hongyi cannon at the city head, the Ming army soldiers pushing the carts and catapults suddenly accelerated their movements and approached the city head at a faster speed.
On the top of Jinzhou City, Jierhalang did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Hongyi cannon on the top of the city to start shooting.
On the Jianlu side, the artillery operators were all members of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Many of them were the firearms troops brought out from Dengzhou when Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.
This group of people was personally trained by the imperial court, who invited people from Folangji. In this era, he can be said to be one of the Ming people who know the most about firearms. Of course, on Jianlu's side, there is no one.
However, although Huang Taiji attached great importance to the artillery unit, due to the lack of supplies, they did not receive much training after arriving at Jianlu. Especially in recent years, due to the destruction of the eight major Shanxi merchants and the effective blockade of the Ming army, the Jianlu side has become even more scarce in supplies, and their training has almost stopped. Cannons can only be fired when there is a war.
Now, after they received Jierhalang's military order, they immediately controlled the Hongyi cannon and began to aim at the catapult outside the city, because this target was larger.
After a while, gunpowder smoke suddenly emerged from the top of Jinzhou City, and the sound of "boom, boom, boom" immediately sounded.
In the first round of shelling on the city, not a single shot hit. It was either high or low, either left or right.
After all, the artillery hit rate at this time was very impressive, not to mention that they never had a chance to fire. Therefore, even if they were the best at firing among the captives, there would be no exception: none of them would hit.
Or maybe they heard the sound of artillery fire, and the Ming army outside the city moved faster. One after another, catapults and carts were pushing forward.
Jilharang noticed that behind each trebuchet, there were sidecars following, and those cars obviously contained "cannonballs" for the trebuchet!
He was also experienced, and after just one look, he was sure that there was definitely no stone bullet in the side car behind. What could that be?
Vaguely, he was a little uneasy.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Hongyi cannon on the top of the city fired again, and iron bullets shot out amidst the sound of the cannon. After they hit the ground, they plowed out chasms.
This time, a shell finally hit the catapult outside the city. Just as Jianlu expected, the catapult suddenly fell apart like paper and scattered all over the ground. One of the Ming soldiers who pushed the catapult nearby died on the spot and three were injured.
"Okay! Okay! Okay..."
Seeing this scene, the Jianlu on the top of the city were very excited and shouted loudly.
However, Jierhalang discovered that the loss of a catapult did not scare other Ming army soldiers. On the other side of the Ming army's formation, someone immediately came out and bandaged the injured soldiers at the place where the catapults fell apart, and then carried them to the Ming army camp.
He was surprised to find that there were female soldiers in the Ming army. Those who were bandaged were petite and definitely women. Compared with those who carried wounded soldiers, the difference in stature was too obvious.
"How come there are female soldiers in the army? Is there no one left in the Ming Dynasty?" Jierhalang thought in his heart. To be honest, he couldn't figure it out.
Logically speaking, the Ming Kingdom had a vast land, rich resources, and a large population. Even if all the men were slaughtered, there would definitely be some men left because the Ming Kingdom had too many people. But now, why do the Ming army let women go to the battlefield?
This doubt only flashed through his mind and was forgotten by him. Now that the war is going on, he has no chance to think about such nonsense.
However, the other Jianlu on the top of the city obviously had more free time than him.
They also discovered that there were female soldiers in the Ming army, and they all laughed at them.
"There are actually women in the Ming army. This means there are no men left, right?"
"Haha, when we defeat the Ming army later, we can't kill these women!"
"Come on, come on, wait until I leave the city and fight these female soldiers for three hundred rounds!"
"..."
Amid their low noises, the Hongyi cannon on top of Jinzhou City continued to make deafening sounds.
"Boom boom boom..."
There were about four rounds of bombardment. Starting from the second round, a catapult was hit by Hongyi artillery. The Ming army lost a total of eight catapults.
By this time, the catapult had arrived at its intended location. The soldiers of the Ming army pushing the catapult immediately divided their labors and worked in an orderly manner to fix the catapult.
The Ming troops behind them began to follow up.
As for the catapults, they continued to move forward, past the catapults, and approached the city gate.
At this time, getting closer, Jierhalang on the top of the city discovered that among the Ming army soldiers following the carriage, some seemed to be running with "artillery" on their backs.
No, that muzzle is too big, it’s not a cannon at all! It’s almost like a bucket. How could it be an artillery piece?
Just as he was observing the catapults, the catapults were fixed and immediately began to attack.
Large objects, in short, definitely not stone bullets, were thrown into Jinzhou City by catapults.
Jianlu on the top of the city was a little nervous at first, looking at the dark thing in the sky.
But soon, they began to laugh, because the catapults were not accurate at all. They all used too much force and flew over the top of the city and into the city.
If they could make people laugh, these Jianlu would definitely make them laugh. At this level, he dared to attack the city.
But just after a while, I heard a loud noise coming from the city. Especially those troops that were still gathering and were about to leave the city to attack were all in chaos.
Jianlu on the top of the city turned his head to look inside the city, and was immediately shocked to find that the objects thrown into the city by the Ming army's catapults were spitting fire, emitting thick smoke, and spinning there.
There were not one or two of these things, but they were thrown into the city by the Ming army one after another, everywhere.
"Ten thousand enemies!" You Jianlu immediately recognized this kind of thing. This was a powerful weapon for defending the city, but unexpectedly, it was used by the Ming army to attack the city.
This enemy of ten thousand people was invented in the late Ming Dynasty. It contains gunpowder and poison. After being ignited, it will spit out fire and poisonous smoke. It will either ignite the enemy or smoke it out of the ability to fight. In a sense, this is also a chemical weapon.
Because there were too many catapults of the Ming army outside the city, they were continuously launching tens of thousands of enemies into the city. Suddenly, Jinzhou City was filled with thousands of enemies spinning and spitting poisonous smoke and fire. In many places, houses and other objects were even set on fire.
Seeing this scene, Jilharang suddenly started sweating and shouted quickly: "Stick your mouth and nose with a wet cloth and put out the fire quickly."
Jianlu had suffered from this kind of thing before under Changli City, so he knew how to deal with it.
It's just that there are too many things. It's hard to say whether I can handle them all at once. Not to mention, the catapults outside the city are still shooting like crazy without money. Even if one catapult was knocked down by the Hongyi cannon on the top of the city, it would not hinder the madness of other catapults.
Seeing this situation, Jilharang had only one choice: relying on Hongyi cannon to destroy the catapults outside the city was too unrealistic, so he had no choice but to send troops out of the city.
Therefore, his military order to leave the city was immediately issued.
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