Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 919

Hundreds of boulders rose from the sky, whistling across the sky, the momentum was so terrifying that the sky became dark all of a sudden.

A running general of the Ming army saw shadows moving quickly on the ground. When he raised his head, his pupils dilated, and a whistling boulder was imprinted in his eyes. From a small black spot, it quickly became larger, and in an instant Occupy his entire eyes.

A soldier next to him was walking quickly with a knife. Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind blowing, his cheeks became hot, and the body of the general next to him was thrown backwards by the boulder. The stone dragged his body seven or eight steps, repeatedly It knocked a few people into the air, then ran over the corpses, and slid a few steps on the ground, leaving a deep groove before suddenly stopping.

The soldier saw a line of blood slipping out of the red stone, looked at the smashed bloody body, touched his somewhat warm face with his hands, and looked at the blood that shocked him.

Hundreds of artillery stones, like meteorites falling from the sky, fell rapidly in the dense attack formation of the Ming army, and the mud splashed instantly, rolling out lines of blood.

In order to enhance the attacking ability of Pao Shi, Jin Jun processed all the stones and polished them into a round shape as much as possible, so that they would not be directly drilled into the soil after being smashed down, but could roll and hit continuously by virtue of inertia, killing a large number of people. Ming army.

The cannon stones came continuously like a meteorite rain. The shield car in front was hit, and the broken wood flew and scattered into wood chips in an instant. Many ladders and siege towers were also smashed and paralyzed on the way of attack.

Huang Tianlei was behind a shield chariot, commanding the soldiers to move forward. Suddenly there was a cry of surprise from all around, and several soldiers pulled him away. The soldiers behind the shield chariot scattered in an instant. The car cracked open, and a huge boulder rushed out of the shattered sawdust, hit the ground and bounced up, splashing mud.

The soldiers behind the shield car couldn't dodge in time, and the splashed sawdust pierced their bodies, and they screamed again and again.

Huang Tianlei saw a soldier's eye being pierced by sawdust, and he covered it with one hand. Blood gushed out from between his fingers and covered his face. He looked at the big hole made by the boulder, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and then roared ferociously. Said: "Don't panic, keep the formation, and continue to charge!"

As far as the casualties caused by cannon stones are actually not comparable to those who died in the hands of bows, arrows and firecrackers after the close pass, but the psychological impact of cannon stones on soldiers is much greater than that of bows, arrows and firecrackers. Let the soldiers fear.

Who is not afraid of falling rocks from the sky?When shot by a bow and arrow, it was more or less a whole corpse, but when it was crushed by the artillery stone, it turned into a mass of fleshy paste. Anyone who saw it would be terrified, and even veteran soldiers who had experienced battles would leave a psychological shadow.

Huang Tianlei let out a loud roar, and the scattered soldiers regrouped and moved forward. They escaped the blow from the cannonball, but can they escape the next attack? Will they be so lucky?
Rocks falling overhead, strong winds whistling, and advancing comrades disappearing beside them, the hearts of soldiers of the Ming army can no longer be described as stimulation. Many people feel fear, but fear can also stimulate people's potential. The fearful soldiers roared Whispering, howling with forgetfulness, running, charging towards the wall.

The soldiers leaped over the antlers and horse-rejection posts, and quickly approached the wall. When the wall was closed, a cloud of white smoke rose from the rattan, and a piece of iron sand was thrown out by the artillery. At the same time, the archers behind the closed wall also began to show their power. Countless arrows soared into the air like locusts, lobbing at the Ming army approaching the closed wall.

The status of the Han army in the Jin army is relatively high. The characteristics of the Han people who are good at defense are basically inherited by the Jin army. In particular, Wu Sangui was born in Jiliao. Defensively organized.

Hu Guozhu hid behind the female wall, seeing the Ming army coming like a tide, spreading continuously in the large net woven by the defenders' cannon stones, blunderbuss balls, and arrow rain, he was relieved immediately.

The Ming army was planning to attack for a few days. Hu Guozhu originally thought they would play some new tricks, but he didn't expect that they would still use the old tactics, so his pressure immediately relaxed.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. At this time, the artillery vehicles of the Ming army should have already started bombarding the wall. Otherwise, when the Ming army approached, the Ming army's catapults were afraid of accidentally injuring the Ming army, so it would be difficult to attack. up.

Now that the Ming army is a hundred steps closer to the city, but the gate has not yet been hit by artillery stones, Hu Guozhu couldn't help looking behind the Ming army, and saw the Ming army's artillery group that should have stopped and erected the trebuchet. After the foot formation, pass through the shelling area of ​​​​the Jin army, and then approach the pass.

Hu Guozhu was shocked for a moment, "The Ming army wants to mount the guns to the gate, order the artillery carts to attack quickly, and don't let them get close to the guns!"

He suddenly grabbed one of the chief executives beside him, and ordered in a hurry. Although the chief executive did not quite understand what he meant and the plans of the Ming army, he immediately took the order, ran to the wall and shouted orders to the cannons below the city, and ordered to close the gates. The artillery group indicated the direction of the flag and drums, mainly attacking the artillery group of the Ming army.

When Wang Deren attacked before, the artillery group of the Ming army was basically arranged outside the range of the artillery group of the Jin army. They relied on piled up earth platforms and erected them on top to increase the range to bombard the pass wall. Cars do a lot of damage.

In fact, this is also a rogue method, because the Jin army artillery carts are hiding behind the wall, and it is difficult for the Ming army artillery carts to attack the Jin army artillery carts. They must be at a disadvantage in the artillery battle, so Wang Deren did it in order to prevent the artillery carts from being destroyed by the Jin army. Such an arrangement, but in this way, the attack of the Ming army's artillery vehicles on the Jin army is very limited.

Under the closed wall, the artillery group of the Jin army asked for orders, and immediately began to adjust the range, no longer bombarding the tail of the infantry, but aimed at the moving artillery group of the Ming army.

In the middle army of the Ming army, He Tengjiao saw that the infantry of the Ming army suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the Jin army. Can't help feeling anxious.

Qin Liangyu, who was sitting in a wheelchair, faced the loss of the Ming army, but her face was very calm, not like an old woman in her dying years. Seeing He Tengjiao standing restlessly, she said, "Wu Sangui has ten thousand people, and he can divide the city into three." It is very difficult for us to break through the barrier. Therefore, we have to push the artillery truck up, bombard the inside of the barrier, interfere with his reserve team's support, and shoot the barrier. Only the attackers behind us will have a chance to break through!"

After hearing Qin Liangyu's words, He Tengjiao felt a little more at ease, but he still frowned and said, "The old matriarch is right, it's just that the casualties are too great."

Qin Liangyu saw her son's last blood letter, "My son vows to live and die with Xiangyang, and I hope that adults will not worry about my son's safety!" Although she was crying like rain and her heart was cut like a knife, she still took a pen and wrote on the letter paper: " Good! Good! Really my son!" the great hero.

After hearing He Tengjiao's words, she said in a deep voice: "Loss is inevitable, if you don't work hard, it will become a fuel battle again."

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