Chapter 1355 Cannon
The banner of Jianzhou's main formation in the distance was shaking and drums sounded. Several teams could be seen rushing forward, trying to intercept the team outside the city. Since the people from Dongjiang Town came by boat, the battle situation began to be stalemate. They fought from Jianzhou all the way to Guangning, and they had never seen such a difficult Ming army.
The two sides were far apart and there were barriers such as shields and chariots. It was difficult to rush over. Taking this opportunity, the nearly Qianming army retreated back to the city. The Jianzhou Jurchens did not think about the city gate. They knew that there were three fortifications in the city gate, which would be filled at any time. There was no difference between beating there and attacking the city wall.
"If there are dozens of sets of such armor, we may still have a chance of winning!" Zhang Pan sighed at the top of the city. He was also from Dongjiang Town, so he naturally knew the foundation and playing style of Dongjiang Town. He knew that this armor was not from Dongjiang Town, and his playing style was not from Dongjiang Town.
However, when he said this, Zhang Pan could not see any excitement on his face, and others could not see any joy on his face, and even those who returned to the city. They once again defeated the offensive of the Jianzhou Jurchens. This was also getting more and more difficult. Just now, one of them was shot in the leg and was dragged back to the city directly. The armor was not invulnerable to swords and guns.
Now everyone knows one thing. It is hard to say that they can fight back like this a few times. So far, the Jianzhou Jurchens' offensive has been increasing, but it has never taken any real action. It is still consuming Han people's captives and the newly affiliated Han army.
"It depends on when the ship will come back." Someone muttered, but no one answered.
After the fierce battle, he didn't breathe much, but he heard the drums of the Jianzhou Jurchen opposite him ringing. The soldiers watching the city shouted: "The Tartars are coming!"
This time, the Tartars team came up. The teams slowly approached. There were still extremely embarrassed prisoners and Han troops in front of them, but the slowly forward team did not rush to attack the city. Instead, they began to clean up the shield chariots in front of the city and the wreckage of various siege equipment. This action made people even more nervous.
This is to clear the battlefield and prepare for the brigade's attack. Next, it is probably not those cowardly, pitiful and hateful prisoners and the newly affiliated Han army, but the eight banners of Jianzhou that were raising their energy and waiting for the consumption of Jinzhou defenders. It will definitely be difficult to fight next.
"Why is the brigade dispatched at this time?" Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan both had this doubt. After a long battle, they had a sense of the rhythm of the war. When to send troops and when to withdraw troops, in their opinion, it was not yet time for the Tartars to be dispatched. Because the defenders of Jinzhou were still in a state of strength, the main force lost but did not damage the root cause, and should continue to consume it. Then they took it down in one go. Why is it dispatched now? This is confusing.
However, they didn't think much about it. When the Jianzhou Jurchens came forward, they would definitely have a fierce battle next time, but it would be a good loss to kill a few more Tartars while they could kill the enemy. Now no one thought about how long they could live. It was just the idea of killing one enough money and killing two people to make money.
By this time, the sky was almost dark, and the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers were still cleaning the battlefield. Do you have to attack the city overnight? This is very difficult in Jinzhou, because there will be heavy fog on the sea at night, and it is difficult to see things five steps away in the fog. The defenders have a lot of advantages than the attacking parties.
Thinking of this, the Jinzhou defenders still did not dare to slack off at all. They were tense and ready to fight, waiting for the battle to come. However, after the Jianzhou Jurchens cleared the battlefield, they did not carry the siege equipment forward, but retreated instead.
What mystery did the Tartars make? While they were wondering, they heard a sudden movement in the Jianzhou Jurchen Army formation. They thought they were roaring and shouting, but they were cheering. No matter how you look at the current situation, there is nothing worth cheering. What are you happy about?
"Cannon. Cannon." A archer from the city wall screamed, hissing, his voice trembling.
With the sunset, we can see each other clearly. There is nothing to cover up objects like cannons. You can see the cannons flashing with metallic light being pushed out, with a total of two cannons.
The head of Jinzhou City has become quiet, and everyone is staring at the artillery in front of the Jianzhou Jurchen Army. Since the Jianzhou Jurchen invaded Liao Town, it has seized a large amount of Ming army equipment and a lot of firearms. The Ming army who used firearms will be treated well as those who are willing to surrender. However, Liao Town is too comfortable and cannons are mainly used for the city defense, so there are not many artillery stocks here, and they are all used in the western direction of Liaozhou, which is more important to the Jianzhou Jurchens, not to mention that the journey from Liaoyang and Shenyang to Jinzhou is inconvenient. The Jianzhou Jurchens do not have suitable sea and river transportation methods, so it is inconvenient to transport cannons.?>
Therefore, for the remnants of the Ming army in Jinzhou and Pi Island, firearms are their strengths, and there is no need to consider what kind of firearms there are on the Tartars. The people transferred from Dongjiang Town have also proved this point. The Jianzhou army attacking Dongjiang Town is obviously the main force, and there is no artillery on such a large scale, so there is obviously a partial division here, let alone this one.
I never expected that two cannons would be taken out here!"
General cannon is General cannon "
The so-called general artillery is basically the caliber of nine-pound cannons in Western artillery. This is already a powerful weapon in the Ming army. This kind of cannon is also known as "destroying for several miles and killing countless people" in one shot.
"This is the transport of the cannons at the top of Liaoyang City," Chen Jisheng murmured. Everyone knows the roots of Liao Town. It is natural to judge where such a military and national weapon comes from.
Someone suddenly burst into tears at the head of Jinzhou City, and his crying was extremely sharp. After crying a few times, he was knocked down by people around him. Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan were too lazy to order the marching law. After seeing these two cannons, everyone was indeed dying, and this battle might be difficult to fight.
"Two generals, we have to block the city gate quickly, otherwise it will be over after knocking on the city gate!" When it was quiet, a young voice roared, which woke everyone up. Looking over, Kong Youde was shouting there.
Jinzhou City has never been considered a deadly guard, and it will definitely not last long. Therefore, there are two city gates that are not blocked and are in a state of attack at any time. One is to fight against the Jianzhou Jurchens head-on, and the other is to receive support from the port terminal. It turns out that this tactic is quite effective, but once the opponent has artillery, the city gate must be blocked, otherwise it will become a weak point of the city. After being bombarded by artillery, the enemy will easily rush in.
To place such general cannons well, it takes very tedious steps. They have to build a dirt platform on the ground, then bury the wooden box, fix the heavy cannon body on it, and then load and shoot. Hundreds of people from the Jianzhou Jurchens were busy with this, and they also used a lot of cattle, horses and animals.
"Go and block the city gates, both city gates are sealed!"
"It depends on whether the boat can come back." Someone said, but no one took the lead.
"The Tartars are about to fire, hide!" Someone shouted, staring here tightly, and the noise of the cannon fire was very loud, such as fires around the cannon, busy people would suddenly disperse, etc. The Jinzhou defenders heard from those people in Pidao that everyone would not believe it.
No one was exposed on the top of the city and everywhere in front of him. There were two loud noises. The hiding defenders heard the whistling of artillery shells, and then the city walls were shaken, and they were hit by the artillery shells.
After two cannons, someone from the defenders rushed to the city head and lit the lights to see them. They wanted to see the damage to the city walls by shells. They didn't care much about the second round of artillery attacks. Experienced officials knew that it would take a long time to reload after firing the artillery. As long as you keep a close eye, there would be nothing insecure.
The general's cannon is known as breaking mountains and cracking stones. In fact, the city wall with rammed earth inside the outer bricks and stones is not so much damaged, but two pits were opened. However, since there are cannons, they will definitely not just focus on the front. For a small city like Jinzhou, if it aims at a corner of the city wall, the two cannons may collapse the city wall. Even if they make a slope on the front wall, it will be a huge trouble.
No matter how tenacious the Jinzhou defenders were, they had no chance of winning against the superior soldiers of Jianzhou Jurchens. As long as they gave the Eight Banners soldiers of Jianzhou a place to settle down and turn the siege and defend the city into a flat field, it would be a disaster.
Although he was exhausted during the day, no one was taking a break now, and the food he used carefully was taken out and opened for consumption. At this time, although everyone did not mention it, they all knew that the life of staying in Jinzhou would not last long.
Facing the city where the guns of the Jianzhou Jurchens were in the air, someone was staring at the other side's every move, for fear that the other party's artillery would start again, but he waited until dark, and the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers on the opposite side had to rest at night, and did not wait until the second round of artillery fired.
But this did not make the Jinzhou defenders feel at all relaxed. It was dark and the night battle was too dangerous. So when the next day dawn, as long as the artillery opened a hole in Jinzhou City, everything would be over. Even if the city wall could not be broken for a while, the thunder and thunder sounded, and morale would probably not be able to hold on.
The night became deeper and the morale of the Jianzhou Jurchen camp opposite was high, and there were even singing and laughter. The Jinzhou City was silent. No matter how worried it was, the fatigue of these days, coupled with the feeling of relaxation that had confirmed despair, made many people fall asleep, but some people couldn't sleep.
Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan are considered old in the Dongjiang Town system. Although they are still standard young people in the gates of the pass. The two of them gathered in front of the fire to eat dried fish and drink hot water. Dried fish is also the only supplies that Jinzhou does not lack. Using this as a snack and drinking water without tea is a rare leisure time.
Chapter completed!