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Chapter 90 The Terrifying Rumi Cannon (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)
It was also the first time for the generals to see such a large formation. It seemed that almost all the Jianlu were out, so they were inevitably a little panicked.

Yan Mingtai quickly sent someone to notify Xiong Tingbi, who was in command in Kaiyuan, and asked him to mobilize troops for reinforcements.

Of course, the more important thing is to send people to find Li Xianzhong and ask his main force to quickly return to the defense. At present, Yuan Yingtai, the crow's mouth, has really got it right. Most of the attack on Ye He is just a cover for the Tatars to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

In fact, like everyone else, he has never encountered a scene where tens of thousands of people attack a city, but at this moment, he must remain calm in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

Today's situation is more critical than the previous time he was in Qinghe Fort.

Last time, he led 7000 men who dared to die and held on for a whole day in the face of more than [-] people with red flags.

Now at Guangshun Pass, there are 2600 people from General Gao Zhen, 660 people from Mao Wenlong, and 300 civilian guards brought by Yu Wanli.

If Jianlu really came out in full force, then he would face at least 4 Eight Banners soldiers, as well as a large number of auxiliary troops. One can imagine the difficulty.

Moreover, last time Yue Tuo did not bring any siege equipment, so the temporary construction was delayed a lot of time.

This time Jianlu had a calculated plan and probably had enough equipment to attack the city.

But fortunately it was already past noon, so we had to hold on until dark no matter what.

Of course, there is a more favorable situation than at that time. After all, the conditions for holding Guangshun Pass are much better, and there are many artillery pieces.

The most important thing is that Nanguan is not surrounded and will not be besieged from all sides. In addition, reinforcements from Kaiyuan can come to support at any time.

Yan Mingtai quickly checked the armament situation.

Since Zheng Zhifan had previously transported armaments for Jianlu, mainly swords, guns and armor, Jianlu was not interested in firearms and had enough cannonballs and gunpowder.

But fire guns are not good. There are only 800 three-eye guns in Nanguan. The range of this thing is too close, and it is basically a hand-to-hand firearm.

The only long-range fire cannons that can truly deliver effective damage are the 100 Lumi cannons and the 200 bird cannons brought by Pingluwei.

There are enough stones and rolling logs on the city, but with so many enemies, it is definitely not enough. Now we must replenish them in time, and more is better.

I have a lot of kerosene prepared, so if I use it sparingly, I can still burn several handfuls.

After all, it is a regular city gate, and there is still a lot of material reserves. In addition to the previous vigorous rectification, Gao Zhen also replenished a lot of materials for guarding the gate.

When marching and fighting, the first priority is morale, and the soldiers must be fed.

Yan Mingtai said: "General Gao Shen, how many mules and horses are there in Guangshun Pass?"

Gao Zhen said: "There are more than 30 mules and horses in the pass that are usually used to pull goods!"

Yan Mingtai said: "If there are not enough mules and horses, we will have to use military horses. General Gao Shen will now order the Huotou Army to kill the horses and cook their meat. At least 50 horses must be collected to ensure that each soldier can get a large piece of horse meat." .”

Gao Zhen said: "It's just past noon, and it's only two hours before the feast. Besides, the enemy is approaching. Is it too late to add a meal at this time?"

Yan Mingtai shouted loudly: "Do as I say. The consequences of slaughtering the horses will be borne by the supervisor."

Then he said to the soldiers at the gate of the city: "Everyone fights bravely. For the next snack, we will eat meat directly to ensure that everyone has a share!"

In fact, in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, there are basically two meals a day. The meal from 7 to 9 am is called "big food", and the meal from 4 to 6 pm is called "snack".

Only people in the wealthy areas south of the Yangtze River have the habit of eating three meals a day, while many poor people in the border areas of Liaodong even only have one meal a day.

At present, among the armies in Kaiyuan, only the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry" and the "Assault Battalion" are entitled to three meals a day, and they can eat some meat every now and then.

The garrison at Guangshun Pass still had two meals a day, which basically consisted of wheat and corn. Most soldiers could only enjoy meat once during the Chinese New Year.

The temptation to eat meat was huge, and soon some of the soldiers' fears were replaced by the desire to eat meat!

The city erupted in cheers. After all, eating meat may be a pleasure that most people in this era will never experience in their lifetime!

The target shifting method is Yan Jianjun's only way to boost morale.

In fact, he only has two tricks, one is to eat meat, and the other is to make money, which is not fundamentally different from what he did in Qinghe Fort.

Although the morale of Guan Ming's army had improved at this time, it was far from enough!
He asked again: "How much silver have you seen at most once in your life?"

These big-headed soldiers only received a salary of [-] or [-] taels a month, which was a big deal. Even Gao Zhen, the general, only saw a few thousand taels.

Then Yan Mingtai pointed to the looming Jianlu in front of the pass and said: "Remember, from now on, you can tell others that you have seen millions of taels of silver at one time."

"Twenty taels per level, these tens of thousands of Tatars are equivalent to millions of taels of silver. How much you can take depends on the brothers' abilities!"

Mao Wenlong had been on guard in Guiyang for ten years, and he had long been exhausted. He was really eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.

Mao Wenlong shouted: "Brothers, follow Yan Jianjun to kill the Tatars and receive the silver reward!"

Soon the Ming troops on the city started shouting together, and the sounds of "kill the captives" continued to echo in the city gates.

At this time, the main force of Jianzhou had also arrived outside Guangshun Pass. Because there were so many people and horses, the front team had already completed their formation, and the rear team was still several miles away.

Daishan said: "It's a pity that Zheng Zhifan's lack of confidentiality exposed our spy in Nanguan, otherwise it would have been much easier to break into Kaiyuan."

Looking at the trench in front of him and the Ming army's artillery, Nurhachi knew that today's battle at Guangshun Pass would not be so easy.The main forces of the Eight Banners had suffered considerable losses before, so the tentative attacks were naturally left to those in charge.

As the old slave waved his hand, thousands of packers moved cautiously towards Guangshun Pass on the carriage.

Almost at the same time, the Fran machine guns of the Ming army on the city were aiming at the location where the Eight Banners were gathering.

In fact, the long-range artillery of this era used solid bullets, and the actual damage was not very great. However, the roaring sound of the artillery was a huge shock to the enemy's mind, and it was still very effective in reducing morale.

As the torches of the Ming army fell, the twenty Fo Lang machine artillery pieces at the city gate roared instantly, and shells roared towards the Eight Banners soldiers in front of the gate.

The buildings outside the pass are so densely packed that they block out the sky and the sun.

Solid bullets fell into the formation one after another, quickly smashing several people to bloody pulps, and the jumping shells even knocked down several nearby Tatars.

By coincidence, a cannonball actually landed, only seven or eight meters away from Nurhachi. Fortunately, the accompanying guards blocked him with their flesh and blood bodies, otherwise this battle might not have been fought.

Although after one round of shelling, it actually caused dozens of casualties, it still caused quite a commotion.

Nurhachi, who was still frightened, quickly moved to the rear.

At this time, an auxiliary force composed of three thousand coats of clothing was rapidly advancing towards the city gate under the cover of hundreds of carriages.

In the previous Jianzhou campaign, these soldiers were only responsible for some transportation and supply tasks, and had no chance to perform meritorious service on the battlefield.

In order to motivate them in this battle, Nurhachi even made a promise to "raise the flag" to the outstanding performers.

This makes the morale of these packs high now, and they are all eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.

Soon they came to a distance of about [-] steps from Nanguan. With a loud noise, the ground covered with weeds in front suddenly collapsed. Some coaters who did not react in time fell directly into the open air, including people and trucks. In the trap set by the army.

The trap was even filled with spikes set by the Ming army. Some of the coats were directly pierced by these spikes, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

At this time, the squatting tiger cannon at the gate of the city began to show its power, and thirty tiger squatting cannons fired directly at these coats.

Countless lead particles scattered among them, directly piercing their thin cotton-padded clothes, and some even penetrated the carriages.

What's even more terrifying is that many people did not die on the spot, but rolled on the ground in pain and let out pitiful roars. The scene was particularly poignant.

This round of shelling caused 300 casualties to these coats at once.

General Gao Zhen said excitedly: "The effect of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is very good. Load it quickly. If you do it a few more times, the smashing gang will be finished here."

However, Yan Mingtai quickly stopped him and said: "This is just a tentative attack by the Tatars, and these are auxiliary troops. This time the enemy troops are coming out in full force, we still have to save ammunition."

The French artillery on the city continued to fire. After all, the French artillery could only hit long-distance targets and fired very slowly.Now that Jianlu's troops are so dense, they just kill more enemies.

At this time, the Ming army's trap was about 70 steps away from the city gate. This distance was just enough to prevent Jianlu's archers from firing arrows at the city. The effective range of ordinary bows and arrows was about [-] steps.

It is often said that "a hundred steps can pierce a poplar", but the only ones who can really kill the enemy from a hundred steps away are sharp archers with strong arms.

Although there was a very narrow passage in the trap that could lead to the city gate, they did not choose to take this route.

Such a narrow road could easily become a target for the Ming army.

They all took out shovels from under the truck and prepared to dig soil to fill the several-meter-wide trap in front of them.

Based on the previous situation of the Guangshun Pass defenders, if they did not use the Crouching Tiger Cannon, they would have to let these coatings fill the hole, which was just out of reach of the Ming army's bows and arrows.

But at this time, the effective armor-breaking distance of the bird gun using granulated black powder has reached 80 steps, and the Lumi gun has exceeded 120 steps.

Considering that these coats were covered by carriages, the Ming army gave up the use of bird muskets and instead used the Lumi musket with the strongest penetrating power.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Rumi gun in the hands of the Pinglu guards began to shoot.

The major Baylor players in Jianzhou who were watching the game in the back row all laughed.

Mang Gurtai even said: "Are the Ming troops in the city crazy? At this distance, fire cannons are ineffective even if they hit ordinary people. They actually want to penetrate the carriage."

But as the wrappings continued to fall, his laughter stopped abruptly.

No one expected that the Pinglu Guards' Rumi gun could penetrate the heavy wooden planks of the carriage and directly kill the coater behind it.

The Ming army was also stunned. Mao Wenlong said in surprise: "This Lumi gun has a longer barrel. How can it hit so far?"

Yu Wanli said quite proudly: "In fact, it is not only the power of the fire blunderbuss, but also the contribution of black gunpowder. These are the granular black powder specially made by General Li's order. Even the bird blunderbuss in your hands can be used with it." Shoot 20 more steps.”

"General Li got these Rumi guns through the War Bureau. It's a pity that only 100 of them were sent, otherwise these Tatars would have suffered a lot."

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