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Chapter 611 is neither exciting nor passionate
In fact, there were not many artillery outside the city. Most of the shells hit the city wall, and only a handful of them flew in. The probability of being directly hit by a cannonball at this time is comparable to that of a plane crash.

Hong Tao led a group of people, beating drums, and strolled for most of the circle in a leisurely manner. Not to mention being hit by artillery shells, not even one landed within a hundred meters. Then the panic in the city quietly dissipated. The soldiers no longer shrank, and the helpless look in their eyes was gone, replaced by admiration and enthusiasm.

"Your Majesty, the Jurchens are concentrating on shelling the east gate. There are about twenty gates. Do we want to fight back?" Before the circle was completed, Ding Shun and Du Wenhuan ran over again. Apart from being a little out of breath, they looked much calmer.

"Ask the artillerymen at the east gate to select four or five cannons and fire them randomly a few times with the minimum charge. The frequency must not exceed that of the Jurchens, and the range must not exceed one and a half miles. You will work hard again and talk to each hundred households about yesterday's fire. The arrangements for the evening were reiterated, and then the law enforcement officers were contacted, and each person was given a warning.

Now you know what it means to lead troops, right? Leaders and officers are role models for soldiers. Even if you are afraid, you must pretend not to be afraid. Otherwise, why should we get more money, better treatment, and more power than soldiers? "

Most of the Jurchen artillery was smuggled from the 36th line. Hong Tao knew the parameters very well. It was easier to break the green bricks wrapped in the outer layer of the city wall, but it was very powerless to deal with the rammed earth inside the city wall. Once you hit it, there will be a pit as big as a bowl, and the excess soil will not fall out.

It is still unclear whether the Jurchens really want to attack the city or are bluffing, so the army cannot reveal its true strength yet. It only pretends to be a little pretentious to make the other party think that is enough.

This not very intense bombardment lasted for more than half an hour. As the morning fog was dispersed by the sunshine, the Jurchens first stopped the bombardment. Looking down from the top of the city, infantrymen holding thick planks and long ladders approached from the north and east, and the real siege battle began.

"Stop the bombardment, select four hundred households, place two in each door, and shoot only after a hundred steps. If the enemy gets too close to the city wall, throw hollow bullets to drive them away."

During the bombardment, Hong Tao ignored Wang Chengen's dissuasion and insisted on climbing the city wall, hiding behind the battlements and observing with binoculars for a long time. Seeing that the Jurchen army sent out infantry, they finally issued an order to fight back, but it was not full force, and the number was greatly limited.

The Jurchen army was very similar to the Mongolian army when it marched. They both used horses instead of horses and moved quickly. But during the battle, an obvious difference was immediately apparent. The main force was not mounted archers, but infantry. Not just ordinary infantry, but heavy infantry equipped with armor and shields.

Among these heavy infantry were many infantry archers. The war bows they used were also significantly different from the Mongolian riding bows. The war bow has a larger body, a very long bow, and obvious string pads.

According to later generations of cold weapon experts, a larger bow body can increase the driving force of the arrow with less deformation of the bow body; although a slightly longer bow increases the burden on the bow body, the leverage effect is more prominent and is suitable for firing heavy arrows; The enlarged string pad can buffer the impact of the bow string on the bow arm, producing an equivalent bow arm transformation effect.

Putting these theories into actual use, the characteristics shown are actually in one sentence, the arrow shoots far and has great lethality.

If facing Mongolian cavalry, Jurchen infantry archers can achieve greater lethality at longer distances, making it more difficult for cavalry to attack infantry. If faced with the Ming infantry, the Jurchen infantry in heavy armor would not suffer, and they would have cavalry that was no worse than the Mongols as cover.

To sum up, the Jurchens' troop setting is very targeted and is designed entirely to restrain the Mongolian cavalry and Ming infantry. In addition, most of their soldiers are hunters, and their individual soldier quality is better than that of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, so they can maintain their combat effectiveness very well. However, the brave and skilled Jurchen infantry suffered a big loss when they met outside Ningyuan City. The thick shields and double-layered iron armor that were originally used to deal with the Great Ming Fire blunderbuss were turned into dregs when faced with Emperor Jingyang's army.

As long as the infantry entered within a hundred steps, every time there was a crisp sound and a puff of white smoke rising from the city, one of the Jurchen heavy infantry would fall, injured or dead, and neither shields nor armor could stop them.

Fortunately, there were not too many muskets on the city walls. After paying a heavy price, the Jurchen infantry finally crossed the moat that had been silted up for a long time and reached the bottom of the city wall.

But before the long ladder could be erected, several more black iron balls were thrown from the top of the city. Hitting the helmet is not fatal, but it will explode suddenly. No one can hide within three or four steps, and it is still undefendable even with shields and heavy armor.

The Jurchen infantry braved the hail of bullets and finally reached the bottom of the city wall. Before the ladder was set up, they were blown into bloody gourds by several iron balls. They had to withdraw, reorganize, and charge again.

After going back and forth several times, Niu Lu and Jia La Ezhen, who were responsible for commanding at the front line, could no longer bear it. They all made suggestions to the commander-in-chief of the siege, Dabeile Daishan, hoping to suspend the siege and study and formulate new methods to avoid letting the enemy go. The Eight Banners soldiers and generals died in vain.

"The Great Khan has given the order, how can I disobey it? I ordered the red flag to follow Ben Beile to the city and beat the drum!" Daishan could clearly see the reaction of Niu Lu and Jia La, and there was nothing easy to do to solve it. .

In a siege battle, the defender has the upper hand. It is normal for the attacker to have many dead people. To cry to his father about this would be too detrimental to Big Baelor's reputation. So Dai Shan gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, planning to personally lead the elite troops of his banner to attack the city, to show off to the other banner soldiers and to silence them.

"Absolutely not Big Belle! The Great Khan originally wanted to besiege this city and wait for an opportunity to annihilate his reinforcements. If the loss is too large, it will be a mistake. This is the weapon of the Ming army that Zhenglanqi swung his teeth and risked his life to snatch back. I don't know why he didn't Explode, you and I will go meet the Great Khan to see how powerful this thing is, and then we can make a decision. "

Before Dai Shan could put on his helmet, his arm was grabbed by Hu Erhan. He told the truth and reasoned, and it was just one thing to guarantee Bao Gui. He was not allowed to fight the Ming army guarding the city. As for how to explain to the Khan, Hu Erhan also gave a way.

He was holding a dark round ball in his hand, about the same size as a child's head, with a protruding hole at one end, which was blocked by a wooden plug. This was picked up by the siege soldiers at the risk of death. It is said that it is the most insidious, more harmful than a fire blunderbuss. It explodes and kills or injures people within three or four steps of the surrounding area.

If a method of restraint cannot be found, the more people attacking the city, the more unlucky it will be. Unless the Ming army's iron balls can be exhausted with human lives, they will never be able to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)