I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 29 Battle of Kunming ([-])
The soldiers beside the trebuchet also began to put stones on the rocker arm. This kind of trebuchet of the Ming army did not rely on manpower to pull the gun cable and send stone bullets, but tied a huge stone to the tip and installed it on the gun mount. The iron hook is hooked to the barrel of the cannon. When firing the cannon, as long as the hook is pulled away, the stone will immediately fall, pressing down the tip of the cannon, and at the same time, a stone bullet weighing [-] jin will be thrown out suddenly.This structure saves a lot of manpower, is easy to use, and has great power.

When a 150-jin boulder is thrown, the range can reach hundreds of feet, which is equivalent to 300 meters. , the range can reach 150 feet, which is about 450 meters. The Tartars in the city can only be beaten, and there is no way to use a trebuchet more than 100 feet away.

All of a sudden, cannonballs and stone bombs flew towards the top of the city, and the broken bricks of the city wall smashed by "dong dong dong" flew randomly. , Bounced down the city wall, fell into the city, and smashed down the houses not far from the city wall.

At this moment, a stone bomb landed beside Abutu, smashing a big hole in the brick-paved ground, and the broken floor tiles splashed everywhere, some of which splashed on Abutu's body, and Abutu gritted his teeth in pain. grin.

The soldiers on the top of the city ran around with their heads in their arms, avoiding the flying stone bullets and artillery shells everywhere, and soldiers were hit from time to time.

Although the red-clothed cannon is more powerful than the stone bullets fired by the trebuchet, its rate of fire is not as fast as that of the trebuchet. One after another, tens of kilograms, hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets hit the top of the city, and the tartars on the city wall were instantly killed or injured. heavy.

The guards of the Eastern Palace in the nest car aimed at the Tartars on the city wall and pulled the trigger. There was a series of intensive gunshots, and the Tartars standing on the city wall fell down one by one. They hid behind the baffle of the nest car. , After concentrating on aiming, and then shooting, the Tartars on the city wall became living targets one by one.

"Boom" A shell hit the tower, smashing a big hole in the tower, the shell directly penetrated the tower, fell into the city, and smashed a hole in the roof of a house near the tower. After shaking it twice, it collapsed with a whimper, and dust was flying everywhere.

The stone bullets fired by the trebuchet landed and jumped around. Many Tartar soldiers either had their legs broken or their arms were broken. They hugged their legs and arms on the city wall and fell to the ground crying. Braving the big rocks falling from the sky, he stepped forward to save people.

In desperation, Abutu had no choice but to order the soldiers to withdraw from the city wall and hide at the base of the city wall. This is currently the only safe place near the city wall.

There are also many stone bullets falling directly into the city, and the houses that were hit collapsed in patches. The residents cried and watched, holding the young ones, pulling the old ones, dragging their families, and stumbling towards the center of the city, but some residents Buried in the collapsed house, never came out again.

"Bang bang bang" the trebuchet and the red cannon fired continuously for half an hour before gradually stopping.

Abutu counted the losses and found that in just over half an hour, more than 1000 soldiers had been killed or injured at the Guangnan Gate. Most of the injuries were missing arms and legs. They completely lost their combat effectiveness and had to find someone to heal them. Separate soldiers to take care of them.

Taking advantage of the Ming army's suspension of artillery firing, Abutu ordered the Tartars around him to go up the city wall to rescue the wounded soldiers. When these Tartars finally climbed up the city wall along the smashed and pitted stairs, they began to treat the wounded.

"Ba Ba Ba" sounded like a bean-popping gunshot, and half of the Tatar soldiers who climbed up the city wall fell down at once. The other Tartars scrambled and crawled to the bottom of the city wall in fright, and said to Abu Tu with a mournful face: "Everyone Lord Tong, the firearms of the Ming army are too powerful, we were killed half by the firearms of the Ming army as soon as we emerged, what should we do!"

Abutu also lost his mind and didn't know what to do for a while.He sent troops up the tower to try a few more times, and found that as long as the soldiers did not go up the city wall, the Ming army's firecrackers would not fire, and as soon as they climbed the city wall, the firecrackers would start shooting. Soldiers hid at the base of the city wall on guard.

Outside, the Ming army's red-clothed cannons and trebuchets, including firecrackers, also stopped firing.Until the sky darkened, the Ming army withdrew its troops and returned to camp.

Only then did Abutu lead the Tartar soldiers up the city wall, and the city wall was full of soldiers missing arms and legs, whose brains had shattered and died, their faces were livid and their teeth were clenched. The skills are all singled out, if I don't hack you to death, you will know that bullying people with red cannons, catapults, and firecrackers is too disrespectful of martial arts.

At night, the Tartars in Kunming City were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the golden drums around the six city gates were beeping, and the sound of killing was loud. There was not a single soldier of the Ming army in sight, and the Ming army outside saw the Tatars appearing on the tower, so they stopped beating the drums, and the shouts of killing stopped, as if everything just now was an illusion.

The Tartars blew the cold wind on the tower for half an hour, but they didn't wait for a Ming soldier to come. One by one, they cursed and went down the tower, ready to go to bed, but not long after they lay down on the bed, there was a loud noise of gongs and drums outside the city. , the golden drums were beating together, and the sound of shouting and killing was loud.The Tartars yelled one by one, and ran to the tower angrily. The Ming army outside the city immediately died down again, and there was no movement at all.

In this way, they tossed back and forth three or four times in one night, until the sky turned pale, and the Tartars thought that the Ming army could survive now!Unexpectedly, the Ming army made a big move again, pulling out red cannons, catapults, and pushing out nest carts.

When the Tartars climbed up the city wall one by one with panda eyes yawning, the catapults of the Ming army outside the city started firing again, and the huge stone bombs hit them head-on and face-to-face indiscriminately.The gunners of the Ming army on the nest cart also began to shoot "bababa", killing the Tartars exposed on the tower one by one.

This time, the Tatars had the experience of yesterday, and without waiting for Abutu to speak, they ran away one by one, and ran to the base of the city wall, leaning on the city wall, listening to the "boom, dong, dong" of the stones hitting the city wall. .Their hearts also beat with "dongdong".

For the next few days, the Ming army fired stone bullets from trebuchets during the day, and the musketeers fired cold guns. It's sour.

In the end, the Tartars also learned to be smart, and simply stuffed cotton in their ears, so that the ears were clean.Ming army, if you make a fuss at night, I will ignore you. You should go to sleep. At worst, I will cover my head with a quilt. Anyway, you are also making a fuss, and you have not seen the Ming army attacking the city.So I slack off, don't you know that the crisis has quietly arrived...

(End of this chapter)