Wanli 1592

Chapter 18 Fierce Battle in Pinglu City

Before the war, Xiao Ruxun had mobilized all the doctors in the city and prepared a large number of medicinal materials and bandages. The death rate of wounded soldiers was very high at this time, and even a large number of soldiers died after the wounds festered or bled too much, not directly. , once these precious veterans return to the battlefield, their combat power will far exceed that of a recruit, so Xiao Ruxun attaches great importance to the treatment of wounded soldiers, and even specially arranged shield soldiers to protect and carry the wounded soldiers to the city for treatment, and prepared a large amount of spirits for disinfection , to ensure that the wounded soldiers will not die.

Chen Xie drew out his battle sword and shouted: "Bowmen are ready!!"

Rows of crossbowmen stepped forward in unison.

"Nock the arrow! Raise the crossbow! Aim!"

"The shield soldiers withdraw their shields!!"

Greeting to the side to cooperate tacitly, ordering the shield soldiers to remove the shield from the battlements and squat down.

"Shoot arrows!!"

Wang Hui also yelled at the right time: "Light it up! Let it go!!"

The artillery roared, the arrow rain shuttled, and the death blow from the top of the city brought disaster to the rebel soldiers who rushed to Pinglu City. Although some rebel officers ordered the shield soldiers to raise their shields, the effect was minimal. The power of artillery is not what shields can do. Withstood.

They had no choice but to fight back.

"Raise the shield!!"

It's a pity that most of their counterattacks will be blocked by shields. The well-trained shield soldiers know how to resist bows and arrows, but the rebels seem to lack training in this area, and the few remaining artillery can't operate well. The shells hit the position of his own people, setting off a bloody storm, and the angry Xiaoyun immediately swung his knife and slashed.

The roar of the Francophones was a nightmare that the rebels could not resist. As the rebels' charge intensified, Wang Hui ordered the remaining five idle Francophones to be transferred to the top of the city to join the roaring ranks.

The number of casualties of the Ming army at the head of the city is also increasing, but most of them were injured by arrows, and only a few were unlucky and died of fatal shots.

At this time, the rebels finally rushed to the city. A group of rebels carried a bumper and was about to smash into the city gate, and a large number of rebels carried ladders and were about to climb the city to fight.

"Throw rocks!!"

Zhao Hu ordered his soldiers to use rocks on the rebels who started to crash into the city gate and ascended the city. A group of strong soldiers held the big rock and smashed it down. The rebels were bloody and bloody. The entire army was annihilated, five ladders were pushed down, and the first wave of rebels failed in their attempt to climb the city. Wang Hui immediately ordered the soldiers to lower the muzzle and shoot downwards. Suddenly, a burst of artillery fire exploded below the city. The rebels were attacked and suffered heavy casualties, followed by a rain of arrows. This group of rebels who rushed to the front were basically wiped out.

The first 300-man team of the rebel army has basically been lost. The remaining [-]-[-] crossbowmen are under the threat of artillery fire and are dying every moment. Roaring to ask the Qian Zong Wang to advance and withdraw his troops, Wang Jin ran back with his head down, and before he had time to confess his crime, Qian Yun slapped his head with a sword, and the blood of the headless corpse was sprayed all over the ground like a blowout. Falling convulsively, the rest of the officers were shocked.

"The siege is not going well, and I lost hundreds of troops! Kill! Next, you! Su Xiao!"

Sun Xiao, who was named, suddenly looked pale and pale. It took a while to walk forward in pain, leading the next thousand-man team, and under the cover of artillery fire and crossbowmen from the formation, they rushed forward with their big shields on their backs. They didn't escape the attack of the artillery fire, but at any rate the arrow rain's lethality was reduced, much less than before, so they rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and what greeted them were raindrops of rolling logs, rocks and explosions. The cannonballs were dead again, so they barely erected the ladder. After climbing a few steps, the Ming army picked the ladder away with a wooden stick, fell straight down and died.

Seeing that he was about to be thwarted again, Sun Xiao knew that if he advances, he will die, if he retreats, he might as well die on the battlefield.

With a knife in his mouth, he climbed up the ladder, avoiding the rain of arrows while going up, and the three soldiers in front fell down one after another, and were shot to death by arrows or stoned to death. At the top of the city, as soon as his head came up, he saw a black tube facing his head, and he also saw a wisp of white smoke slowly rising, and then...

Bang.

The back half of Sun Xiao's head was shattered like a smashed watermelon, and only the body of the broken head fell down the city. He hastily walked his life and became the first person killed since the start of the Battle for Pinglu City. Two rebel officers.

The blunderbuss team had already boarded the city. In view of the fact that the rebels rushed to the city and the artillery was inconvenient to fire, and rolling logs and stones would easily expose the situation that the soldiers caused heavy losses, Xiao Ruxun decisively ordered [-] blunderbuss soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers to go to the city to fight against them. The soldiers who ran to the city were protected by their own shields, and they only needed to shoot at ease.

A gunshot rang out from the top of the city, clouds of smoke permeated the top of the city, and Qi Yun in the distance frowned.

"What is that?! I almost got on the city wall and was driven down again! What kind of firearm is that?! Why is there still so much smoke?"

Xiao Yun doesn't like firearms very much, and he believes in the steel knife in his hand and the horse under his crotch, so he doesn't study firearms. Point out that this is the legendary bird gun!
"Bird gun? Is that the broken pipe used to shoot birds? Is it that powerful?"

Xiao Yun said disdainfully.

Xiao Yong didn't know how to describe it, because he didn't know much about firearms, but compared to the rebels of the Xiao family, he knew a little more, so at least he could give some professional opinions: "General, the bird gun Although the thing is useless, it is indeed very powerful, and if it is used well, it can kill a person with one shot."

Qiao Yun frowned and looked at the puffs of smoke constantly exploding from the city wall, and asked, "Do we have any?"

Xiao Yong wondered: "Yes, there is, but..."

"But what?" Qiao Yun's eyes widened, and Xiao Yong had no choice but to say truthfully: "But we don't know how to use it, and it's all stored in the warehouse, and no one cares about it."

"Trash! What use are you for!" Qiao Yun glared and slapped Xiao Yong's face, knocking him to the ground, looking at the predicament of the siege with irritability.

The long-range is suppressed by the firepower of the Fran's machine gun, and the short-range is severely restricted by the bird's gun. The rising number of battle deaths directly leads to the ever-increasing irritability index of Xiaoyun.

"General! Unexpectedly, with a little processing of the matchlock and some gunpowder bags, the rate of fire can be increased so much. Now the corpses of the rebels killed by the blunderbuss team are piled up on the ground under the city. There are two or three hundred! This, this rate of fire has also increased too fast!"

Wang Hui stared at the well-trained gunners who kept firing their guns. The auxiliary soldiers behind them quickly loaded the guns with ammunition, and then handed them to the gunners. Under the protection, the rebels who easily aimed at the city were knocked down one by one, and then they squatted down to load the ammunition. The faint smell of smoke and the unpleasant smell of urine...

"The power of firearms needs to be maximized under specific circumstances, but after this battle, people will further improve the problem of firearms being afraid of water, and try to get a batch of firearms that are not afraid of water and have faster shooting speeds." Come out and improve the bird guns, after all, the bird gun team is against the cavalry, in the words of a businessman, it is absolutely guaranteed to make money! Hahahaha!"

Seeing the superiority of the battle situation, Xiao Ruxun's mood also improved a little, and he continued to order: "Pay attention to protect the bird gunners, the attacks of the bird guns and the Franji can't stop, be careful not to let the enemy go to the city, and inform the other three gates , don’t be stingy with gunpowder and shells, once the other three enemy forces attack, they must resolutely fight back, the bird gun team has a small number of manpower, and they must only guard the west city, and they cannot garrison separately, so let them pay more attention.”

Wang Hui nodded: "No!"

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