Chapter seven hundred and sixty-four expelling prisoners and filling the trenches
As you advance slowly, the stone bombs in the city are only fired at this time, and the approximate range can be determined. The stone bomb of the catapult is projected on a wide area with a range. When you cross the city wall, you can take a parabola with a relatively large angle, which is another range.
The stone bomb is no better than the cannon. When the roaring out, the soldiers below could see the trajectory of the stone bomb. They chose a smart and agile character, and the large enough open space was cleared behind them. It was very easy to dodge. The soldiers threw down their weapons and scattered.
The stone bullet fell heavily. After it landed, Wang Tongcai realized that the range of the stone bullet might be closer than he expected, because it did not fall into the open space, but instead hit the house and destroyed several dilapidated shacks.
The next demolition was much more careful. Hang an iron hook in front of the thick rope, throw it out, hang it in a shack or somewhere in the house, and then everyone pulled it to pull these buildings down one by one.
If it is a house outside the city of Daming, there are also many deep-seated courtyards and brick and stone buildings. If you want to demolish it, you have to use equipment such as large wooden hammers. However, here, there are all wooden grass-covered shacks, which is really simple.
The only thing the Ming soldiers should be careful about is the stone bullets that come from time to time in the city, but the shooting interval of the catapult was very long. From a certain perspective, the shooting of the catapult actually helped the Ming army demolish the house. After two rounds of shooting, it didn't stop much.
At the south gate of the naturalized city and the city wall, more than 600 steps south, the shack buildings and other buildings were demolished, and the broken wood and hay were piled aside, and a rather wide open space was cleared. The Ming army teams began to enter the open space and lined up.
The back team was still busy, turning the area where the army was located as flat as possible to facilitate the activities of the army. This side gradually was no different from the battlefield yesterday, but there was snow on the battlefield yesterday morning, and there was a wasteland here.
The soldiers cleaning up front gradually became bolder, and the degree of demolition and cleaning gradually accelerated. However, there was an accident at this time, and another whistling sounded.
Six or seven stone bombs were shot out from the city of Guihua. The soldiers below naturally scattered. After the stone bomb landed, they would not eject too far. They could still run away in advance. However, after the stone bomb landed, it did not bounce up, but exploded suddenly and debris burst out.
Some Ming soldiers thought they had run away, but they didn't expect that debris burst out, and many people fell down screaming. This round, more than a hundred people were killed or injured.
Under the order of the general, the soldiers quickly retreated to a safe distance, and the debris was immediately sent to Wang Tong. Wang Tong was quite surprised, but after seeing the debris, he understood.
This was not a stone bullet or an ammunition with gunpowder placed, but a mud bullet. It was the first time Wang Tong saw it. The reason why he understood was because Yu Dayou had told him this back then.
The catapult shot mud bombs outwards inside the city, which was a technique of defending the city from the Song Dynasty. The mud bombs used dry mud and wet mud to form projectiles as big as fists. After drying slightly, they aggregated into larger projectiles and were shot out with the catapult. After landing, the mud bombs exploded. Those with fists were scattered in all directions. Those who were hit would either die or be injured.
"Push the cart to cover it and continue to clear the front. If there is any movement, don't the cart to withdraw first!"
Wang Tong ordered the troops to send orders. Wang Tong passed the mud bullets in his hand to the people around him, and sneered, "I interrogated the prisoners yesterday and said that this Hui cannon was made by craftsmen invited by their prince from the Western Regions. This mud bullet technique was our Ming Dynasty's method of defending the city, and it was learned by the Tartars. This Senggedu Gulen and what kind of sharp are, is a big goal!"
The trencher was mainly to destroy the city, while the mud bomb was to defend. The vast grasslands ranged from the forest in the east to the desert in the west, which was a decent city like Guihua City. What should we master these technologies? It was not to attack the Ming Dynasty. The first generation of Altan Khan attacked the Ming Dynasty several times, burning, killing, looting, and killing and looting more than one million soldiers and civilians. However, at that time, there were very few cities. Even if they hit the capital, they were just to rob. But now they had these technologies and their intentions were obvious.
Yang Jin was silent for a while and said, "If the general had not led the army to the city of Guihua, forcing the Tartars to reveal their family's fortunes. If they were beaten to the Ming Dynasty, it would have been a huge disaster. However, with this catapult, we might have trouble siege. It would be difficult to break the city in the past two days!"
Wang Tong shook his head and smiled, and said, "Why do you always feel that it takes two days to break the city? The city is about today. Everyone will return to our team and wait for the orders of our coach!"
After hearing Wang Tong's words, everyone immediately bowed and returned to their own team. Wang Tong kept staring at the demolition of the *** in front of him. There were mud bombs shot out from the city, but the bursting mud bombs caused a lot of damage to people. However, the front of the hull was covered with thick wooden boards, and it was only a little tremor when smashed on it.
However, the next round was the stone bomb. In response to this, the officers and soldiers turned around and ran away, and several large trucks were smashed. The building in front was gradually cleared.
After the cleaning was almost done, Wang Tong looked around and there were enough open spaces in front and behind the army array for movement. This situation was extremely beneficial to the Ming army, but it was not good for the Tatar cavalry. The cavalry needed greater space to move, and these buildings were a natural obstacle to them.
"At the front of the cleared open space, a gun is set up four hundred steps away from the other side of the city, with three guns at each end, and the muzzles are flat."
Wang Tong said the order, and the messenger was attentive and was still holding Bi Xun's record. This order was complicated and must be more serious.
There are a few educated soldiers who are good at home. In addition to practicing martial arts, their families also asked their husbands to teach them to read and read, record on the battlefield. Traditional pens, ink, paper and ink are not suitable. They all use hard pens, which are imitated by Folang Jiren's quill, and the ink is placed in porcelain jars.
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The Tartar officers and soldiers guarding the city were also confused by the arrangement of the Ming army below the city. They just demolished the dilapidated buildings under the city, but now they have placed several artillery pieces at a safe distance.
The three gates on the right are arranged side by side, and the three gates on the left are arranged side by side, and the artillery on the left and right are three hundred steps apart, and the cannons are all set flat, so the placement of such cannons will not be effective at all.
The flat-fired cannon can at most knock down the bottom of the city wall. In addition to the bricks, there is also thick rammed earth, so it is not afraid of the shooting of shells. Moreover, these cannons look not very good at caliber, so they probably have nothing to do with power. What kind of effect can this be done? But they dare not be careless. The unexpectedly powerful Ming army has experienced it yesterday.
Behind the city walls, there were loud shouts and screams. The Tartar soldiers were urging the Han people who were caught with whips to load stone bombs. They suffered a defeat yesterday. Everyone was depressed and irritable. If they were a little slow, they would immediately whip over and even beat them with the back of the knife, which was naturally crying.
"Minggou is going to attack the city!!"
The shouts on the top of the city wall came, and the catapult became busier immediately. The people on the top of the city wall had to report their location downwards so that they could adjust them by counterweights or something.
"Damn Mingdog, they use our people!!"
There were screams of shock and anger from the city, and some people on the city were scolding.
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The open space between artillery and artillery was filled with the captives captured yesterday. Some of these people looked frightened, some looked gray, and some were in despair. They were holding bricks, stones and wood in their hands. These things were taken from the buildings that had just been demolished. Someone behind them shouted in Mongolian language: "Fill the trench in front, and you still have a chance to survive. Those who escape, those who do not work and work will be killed. Now move forward!!"
In the past, when the Tartars attacked the cities, they often used the captured people to rush in front, and they followed behind by horses. The defense side did not dare to take action, so they took advantage of the situation to rush in. The defense side would only damage their morale and consume their strength, and they would not lose money themselves. However, they did not expect that the Ming army would use this method today.
"Don't be too slow, go quickly, go quickly, throw things away when you get to the trench, and then come back and go again. How come you are still too hard to be too hard!!"
After driving away for a few words, everyone knew that the city was dead and no one dared to move, but the Ming general who drove behind was impatient. He snatched a spear from the soldiers beside him and stabbed him directly. The captive of a Tartar in front was immediately stabbed to death and screamed and died.
One person died, and the other prisoners immediately moved forward, and died here immediately. There may be a glimmer of life under the city. In such a wide open space, there may be a chance to escape. The Ming army soldiers behind did not use a whip to whip at all, but just stabbed forward with the spear in their hands, which deserved to be killed and hurt the unlucky.
The prisoners were driven faster and faster, and they ran forward with earth, stone, bricks and wood. As soon as they left the formation, the musket soldiers and archers immediately followed. The prisoners were thinking about escaping their lives. As soon as someone ran out of the Ming army array, they threw down their things and wanted to turn around and leave. Within the range of the bow and arrow and musket, there was such a cheap thing. Listening to the continuous sound of the roar, the man immediately died there.
The prisoners could only run forward by the death threat behind them. There were also smart people who ran in front with things. When they calculated the range of fire guns and bows, they threw down the things in their hands and ran in other directions.
With a loud "boom", the cannons lined up behind opened fire. The captives clearly saw the wise man who was running away, his body was interrupted by the shells in the waist. Blood and flesh splattered the people around him on their faces.
Chapter completed!