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Chapter 91: Attack with a white flag (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)
Yan Mingtai quickly realized that the number of these Lumi guns was too small. The Pinglu guards on the city were divided into two groups. After the two waves of alternating shooting were completed, they had to clean up the residue and reload the gunpowder and bullets.

There is a noticeable pause.

This was also a common problem with matchlock guns in this era. Although according to Li Xianzhong's suggestion, they had packed the amount of gunpowder in paper packages in advance, so they did not need to fill it by feel every time.

However, the whole process still takes about 30 seconds, and it is impossible to shoot continuously.

Nurhaci also discovered this problem. He said: "It seems that the number of fire guns in the Ming Dynasty is not large, and the rate of fire is also very slow. They only kill and injure dozens of us every time. Just keep adding more people."

Soon another three thousand packmen with shovels joined the team filling the hole.

Although the Ming army's Lumi gunfire kept killing them, which made the morale of these soldiers very low, the supervising team behind them still made them dare not have other ideas.

Seeing that the number of these coatings became more dense, Yan Mingtai let the tiger squatting cannon on the city fire two more rounds. Countless lead balls flew out and knocked down a large number of coatings to the ground, causing a howl of ghosts and wolves.

Finally some of the packers couldn't stand it any longer and began to retreat.

But at this time, the Eight Banners soldiers who were supervising the battle directly killed them mercilessly. In order to reduce the workload of digging, many wrapped corpses were pushed directly into the trap.

Some were buried alive before they even expired.

The Tatars' operation of killing and burying now also put great pressure on the Ming army!
After paying the price of 1500 people, they finally filled the trap and moved forward.

Although the carriage could not stop the Ming army's Lumi gun, it still gave these coats a little more sense of security.

There were only two trenches visible to the naked eye ahead, but they were afraid there were other traps.

Sure enough, before the packers had taken a few steps, there was another familiar collapse; but they had already suffered a loss and were obviously on guard, and only one group of unlucky ones fell down together with the carriage.

At this time they were only 60 steps away from the city wall.

The soldiers behind the carriages began to draw their bows and arrows, and launched a counterattack towards the city gate.

As a Ming soldier was wounded by a coated arrow, it was announced to everyone that the real battle had finally begun.

There are a total of three sets of traps and two trenches outside Guangshun Pass. With the current Tatar style of play that does not use coats as human beings, it is only a matter of time before they fill them up.

Yan Mingtai just hoped to delay as much time as possible. It would be much easier if he could delay it until dark.

Subsequently, the Ming army's arrow rain also arrived as expected, but a considerable part of the arrow rain was blocked by the carriages, and the actual number of kill coats was not large.

However, due to the need to guard against the Ming army's bows, arrows and firecrackers on the city, their filling efficiency became very low.

Especially at this time, the two hundred muskets of the Pinglu Guards also joined in the shooting.

The three hundred soldiers began to divide into three groups and shoot alternately.

This made the Ming army's firepower actually have a kind of consistency. Of course, there will still be a pause after three rounds.

But this also doubled the casualties of the packers.

Mang Gurtai, who was watching the battle from behind, said: "Great Khan, the archery skills of the Baoyi soldiers are so poor that they hardly pose any threat to the Ming army on the city. I request that Eight Banners archers be sent to shoot arrows to suppress the city." The Ming army."

Huang Taiji said: "No, this position will be attacked by the Ming army's squatting cannons and fire guns, and the casualties will be very heavy. Let's continue to increase the number of people wrapped up."

Nurhachi was still very depressed. He thought that without the Liaodong cavalry causing trouble this time, the capture of Guangshun Pass would go smoothly. However, he did not expect that the Ming army's firearms would be so sharp.

Every step forward comes at a huge cost.

Fortunately, this time a large number of coats were brought to assist the siege. If the Eight Banners soldiers were used up like this, I am afraid that the Jurchens in Jianzhou would be exterminated!
Although it took some time, at this time he could only use these coated auxiliary soldiers to consume the Ming army's firearms.

So another three thousand Baoyi were sent to Guangshun Pass.

At this time, the Ming army's Crouching Tiger Artillery was also firing at full strength. Waves of coats of clothing came one after another, and it was too late for the firecrackers to kill them.

The Tiger Crouching Cannon can fire seventy or eighty lead pellets at a time, which is extremely damaging to such a dense formation.

However, the consumption of ammunition was also huge, and half of the ammunition was quickly used up.

The Ming army could only suspend the bombardment.

Soon Lumi Gun also stopped shooting, not because there were not enough bullets, they brought all the inventory this time, but the continuous shooting caused the temperature of the gun tube to be too high, and it was easy for the barrel to explode.

However, the Ming army's muskets and bows and arrows continued to harvest the coatings under the city.

Because the wind was not strong, the white smoke left behind after the firecracker was fired could not dissipate for a long time.From a distance, Guangshun Pass seems to be a celestial city towering into the sky.

But Guanxia was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​​​blood. The corpses of Baoyi were everywhere, and the air was filled with a smell of gunpowder smoke and blood.The blood has seeped into the soil, and it looks bright red when viewed from the door.

This scene made several Ming soldiers in Guan Guan who had never experienced a war couldn't help but vomit.

After paying the price of 6000 people, these wrappers finally arrived at Guangshun Pass.

All that stood in front of them was the last ditch at the bottom of the city.

The battlefield was temporarily quiet, because the three thousand soldiers who came up from behind were still advancing towards Guanxia. The soldiers who had filled in several trenches and traps finally got a short breather.

The Ming army on the city also stopped attacking with muskets and bows. They were eating horse meat with relish.

The battle has lasted for a full hour and a half since the beginning (1 p.m.), and now it's time for "snacks".Although they only fired arrows and firecrackers and did not fight directly, the physical exertion of the Ming army was not small.

While Jianlu's main force was not yet on the move, they had to quickly replenish their strength, otherwise they would go hungry and fight against the Jianzhou Eight Banners who were waiting for work, and the result could be imagined.

Previously, more than 600 people under Mao Wenlong's command did not participate in the battle as a reserve team. They had already eaten in advance and took on the task of guarding.

At this time, everyone had to admire Yan Jianjun's foresight. If he hadn't arranged the horse meat in advance, everyone would have been hungry and fighting.

Although horse meat is not as good as beef and mutton, everyone is satisfied with just one bite of meat.

At this time, Mao Wenlong said: "Jiang Yan, these miscellaneous reinforcements have arrived and they have already started to fill in the last trench."

Yan Mingtai shouted: "Everyone stay close to the city wall, be careful to avoid arrows, take a rest first, and then get them closer before attacking."

At this time, they were less than ten meters away from the city wall, and the Ming army's three-eyed gun could finally be used.

When the soldiers saw that the Ming army on the city did not attack, they quickly took the time to fill in the soil. After all, this was the last trench. After filling it in, they could go back and receive the reward.

Since they were only a few meters away from the city wall at this time, many people broke away from the protection of the carts to fill in the soil.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Ming army's muskets fired silently, causing the unsuspecting soldiers to be shot and fall to the ground.

Just when they were about to receive the reward, they were shot dead by the Ming army. The loss of "falling before dawn" was written on their faces full of regret.

When their bows and arrows hit the city wall, most of the Ming army stayed close to the city wall and did not achieve much success.

Soon the Ming army on the city picked up the three-eyed musket and began to light the fuse under the cover of the shield soldiers.

An 800-gun three-eyed gun was fired at the city three times in a row.

Although many people fought blindly, fortunately, the number of people under the city was quite dense, and they still knocked down a lot of them.

2400 bullets were fired, plus 300 bird bullets and Lumi bullets, and five to six hundred soldiers were knocked down in one fell swoop.

These people quickly retreated, fearing that the Ming army's second round of firepower would come again.

This scene made Nurhaci, who was watching the battle from the rear, also frightened. The closer to the city gate, the more intense the firepower of the Ming army. Fortunately, it was just some wrappings. If it were the Eight Banners, who could bear the casualties?

Just as he was about to replenish the coating, Huang Taiji on the side said: "Qi Khan, now we are close to the city wall. The firepower of the Ming army is too fierce. I suggest sending the Eight Banners to fire arrows at the Ming army on the city to suppress them. attack, otherwise it will be difficult to fill in the last few meters of trench."

At this time, Mang Gurtai became angry and said: "When I suggested this before, you tried your best to stop me. Why are you suggesting it now?"

Huang Taiji said: "This moment, that moment. The firepower of the Ming army was not so fierce before. Although the casualties of Baoyi were heavy, they could still complete the mission."

"If we don't take action now, I'm afraid these coatings won't be able to complete their mission at all. And it will get dark in more than an hour. We must seize the time to attack the city. Delaying it until dark gives the Ming army a chance to breathe. .”

Nurhachi also knew the importance of time for this raid.

Despite the possibility of casualties, he asked Du Du's white flag to send out three thousand archers to suppress the Ming army on the city.

Just now, the coaters retreated, but under the butcher's knife of the supervising team, they quickly resumed their filling operations.

At this time, the battle has reached a fever pitch.

The Ming Army's bird muskets had exploded several times due to too many uses. The three-eyed muskets issued in the Kaiyuan Mansion were shoddy and they exploded seven or eight times in a short time.

It had a great impact on the morale of the Ming army.

At this time, a large number of white flags holding high shields had arrived seventy or eighty steps below Guangshun Pass.

Yan Mingtai knew that something bad was going to happen, so he quickly ordered the Pinglu guards on the city to shoot at these Eight Banners soldiers.

At this time, Xiangbaiqi was still relatively confident. After all, these coats were not armor-piercing. They felt that they were wearing heavy armor and were covered by shields, which should be able to block the Ming army's firearms.

This distance is actually close to the armor-piercing limit of the bird gun. Although it can penetrate the shield, it cannot directly kill these white flags, but the Lumi gun can still easily knock them down at this distance.

However, the number of Lumi guns was not large. Although it caused dozens of casualties to the Xiangbai Banner, there was no way to stop their arrow rain.

Soon Guangshun Pass was suppressed by waves of arrow rain. Many Ming soldiers were directly killed by the Eight Banners' bows and arrows when they fired downwards.

In desperation, Yan Mingtai had no choice but to order the Tiger Crouching Cannon to fire again.

However, Xiangbaiqi was wearing heavy armor after all, and although the Tiger Crouching Cannon caused some casualties and chaos to them, it was not as effective as the previous pack of clothes.

In the end, Jianlu successfully filled in the last trench after paying huge casualties.

Yan Mingtai knew that a more brutal siege was about to begin.

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