Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Boom", there was a huge vibration on the city wall, Qian Qi swayed and supported the breast wall on the side so as not to fall down.Before she could stand still, Qian Qi shouted: "Fire quickly! We must knock this cannon down!"

When the camp broke into Ningling County, they were ready to have a carnival, but what greeted them was a big fire, and then they found that there was a second city wall in the city, and the soldiers who broke into the camp were suddenly wiped out.

For this siege, breaking into the camp can be described as a heavy loss.So far, more than 600 people have died in the camp and nearly [-] have been injured.Due to the lack of medical treatment and medicine for the peasant rebel army, even half of the injured may not survive.What makes Gao Yingxiang even more painful is that more than [-] veterans from the three sides died in the battle.

Originally, according to the nature of the peasants rebelling against the army and bandits, such a small county town was not much rich, so it was absolutely impossible to attack regardless of losses.

But it was also because Ningling County was a small county, and it was too smooth to break into the hinterland of Henan to attack the county, so they launched the siege very casually.But attacking and attacking, the anger of both sides will be vented.

But after trying so hard to break into the city, they found that there was still a city wall behind them. You can imagine the feeling of collapse.So immediately a leader asked Gao Yingxiang to give up.

But Gao Yingxiang couldn't give up. If he had known that Ningling County was so difficult before he attacked the city, or if the casualties of the camp were not too heavy, Gao Yingxiang might have retreated in spite of the difficulties.But after spending such a high price to attack the city, if you retreat just because there is still a city wall.Where is Gao Yingxiang's face going?Isn't he, the rebel leader in the world, going to be laughed at by other rebel leaders?

But Gao Yingxiang, who was a little calm, also knew that he couldn't attack like this again.To be the leader, one must not only have the prestige, but more importantly, the strength of the leader.Otherwise, imagine how Chen Youliang killed his leader Xu Shouhui back then.

then what should we do?Persuade surrender first.To be honest, the current Gao Yingxiang has some admiration for the Ming general who defends the city.He thought to himself: "As long as this famous general surrenders, I will arrange a big boss position for him in the camp."

But Gao Yingxiang never expected that this persuasion to surrender would turn into a farce.When the shouter had just shouted to the city: "King Chuang asks you to surrender!"Qian Qi in the city replied: "We don't accept your surrender, because Ningling County is too small to hold so many captives from the intruders!"

Qian Qi's answer immediately caused the soldiers guarding the city to roar with laughter.And his witty answer spread throughout Ningling County like a gust of wind, making all the people in the city highly motivated.

This made it difficult for Gao Yingxiang to ride a tiger.If you don't attack, you will lose your prestige; if you attack, look at the high morale in the city, how many people do you have to break into the camp to fill in?

Fortunately, a discovery by Gao Yingxiang's subordinates solved the problem at this time. They found that there was still an unburned cannon on the city wall.As long as a gap is opened in the inner city wall with artillery, the county can be captured by a large number of people breaking into the camp.

There are many veterans on the three sides of the camp.So it is also easy to find a few soldiers who can fire artillery.Although these soldiers were not able to master the precise aiming of the artillery in a short period of time, but with such a large city wall, the distance between the inner and outer walls was not far, so as long as they fired, they would hit them no matter what.

And Qian Qi in the inner city also became nervous when he saw the artillery fired from the camp.He concentrated the only two artillery pieces in the inner city.I want to destroy the artillery that broke into the camp.

However, the battle positions of the two sides are very unfavorable to the Runing Army.The artillery that broke into the camp only needed to hit the city wall, but the artillery of the Runing Army had to hit the artillery that broke into the camp accurately.In addition, the outer city wall is about ten feet higher than the inner city wall.So as long as the artillery that broke into the camp retreated.The artillery of the Runing Army couldn't hit it.

Of course, the artilleryman who broke into the camp also discovered this. He quickly pushed the artillery back as soon as he fired it, so that the shelling of the Runing Army failed repeatedly.If it weren't for the fact that the artillery that fell into the hands of Chuangying was only one pound, and its power was too small, the inner city with only simple walls would have been defeated long ago.

This hide-and-seek between the artillery went on for half a day.Under repeated bombardment, cracks appeared on the inner city wall.

However, the artillerymen of the Runing Army also gradually found the law of breaking into the camp and shelling.Because the distance between the inner and outer walls is less than a hundred paces.Therefore, the entire open space between the city walls is within the firing range of the Runing Army's guns.

In order to prevent casualties, Chuangying withdrew his troops outside the city gate.They had already removed all the bricks blocking the city gate and opened the city gate.And the section of the city wall facing the city gate is the new city wall built by the Runing Army in the city, and it is not very strong yet.Therefore, this is where the artillery that broke through the battalion focused on hitting.

That being the case, there are only a few positions where the camp artillery appeared, and the artillery of the Runing Army can guess which positions to fire towards.

But at this time, luck was not on the side of the Runing Army.Although several shots almost hit the artillery that broke through the camp, they were still fired smoothly by the artillery that broke through the camp, making this section of the city wall crumbling.

"My lord, the city wall is about to collapse. You should go down to command the city. I'm here." The gunner commanding the two artillery pieces said to Qian Qi.

"Then it's not dangerous for you to stay on the city wall?" Qian Qi asked.

"We must destroy the cannon of the thief army. Otherwise, we will be in more trouble after there is a gap in the city wall." The gunner said firmly.

This was not the time to be hypocritical, Qian Qi said "Take care!" After that, she took all the soldiers on this section of the city wall, except the gunners, off the city wall.

At this time, there were only fifty gunners from the Runing Army and more than 700 young and strong men defending the city wall. The remaining [-] soldiers from the Runing Army formed a square formation, waiting behind the wall that was about to collapse. , ready to block the charge of the camp.

When the artillery that broke into the camp appeared again, the artillery of the Runing Army, which had been prepared for a long time, fired immediately, and this time it finally hit the artillery that broke into the camp, and the artillery rolled and fell outside Ningling County.

But the artillery that broke into the camp also fired shells at the same time, and that shell also hit the crumbling city wall, causing the entire city wall to collapse immediately, burying the two artillery pieces on the city wall and the gunners of the Runing Army who were just about to cheer. up.

And this part of the city wall immediately exposed a big gap about five or six feet long, and the soldiers who entered the camp watching at the gate immediately shouted: "The city wall is falling! The city wall is falling!" (To be continued...)