Chapter 47
He Xing was wearing a fine mountain armor and an eight-petal wide-eaves and iron helmet on his head. This outfit was taken off Gong Xiaoda's body. If Gong Xiaoda bullies him on weekdays, He Xing could only accept it. After all, Gong Xiaoda is a small officer, and killing him is a killing official and rebelling. He Xing dared not bear this crime.
Now the Jin army is sieging the city. He Xing first bewitched everyone surrendered. After the bewitching failed, he wanted to escape at the last minute. He Xing, who had been unable to bear it, took this opportunity to kill Gong Xiaoda, avenge himself, and avenge the civilians who were bullied by him. After killing Gong Xiaoda with an axe, He Xing only felt a special feeling of relieving his hatred.
But the senior officers in the city and the civil servants in charge of Da'ankou defense have all run away, and the well-equipped servants have also followed. The remaining military soldiers in the garrison have similar equipment to those of farmers, and the training they have received is almost the same as those of farmers.
Under the city, the Jin army was shooting up like a row of feathered arrows flying around the sky. The walls of the city walls, the squadrons and the city heads were full of arrows, as if a layer of reed floes suddenly grew. Many unprotected Ming soldiers and civilians were caught in arrows and screamed and fell on the city heads.
"Hurry up, raise the shield! Raise the shield!" He Xing shouted anxiously.
But few people could hear him shouting. Except for the few people around him who heard his shouting and picked up their shields to cover the rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun, most of the Ming army and civilians stood stupidly on the top of the city and were shot into hedgehogs.
He Xing didn't know how to send flag signals to inform everyone. He didn't have the personal soldiers who knew how to send flag signals, nor did he have the generals and flags to command the army. He could only watch the Ming soldiers and civilians on the top of the city being shot down.
In fact, He Xing is also an idea--he dares to kill Gong Xiaoda. In addition to taking revenge, he also wants to gain a position for himself. If he can lead this group of mobs to block the attack of the Jin army, it will definitely be a great achievement. The imperial court's rewards must be indispensable. Anyway, he can get the position of an officer.
It’s a pity that ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. With such an army, it’s already thankful that they can be defeated by the Jin army’s several rounds of arrows. How can they block the Jin army’s attack?
The military household system established by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has been rotting and collapsed to the extreme after 261 years. There is no difference between military households and farmers in the garrison. The defense is: without armor protection, and the defense is zero. Attack power: lacking training, the weapons are all rusted, and the attack is the five slags of war.
The only thing that can be relied on is the defense at the top of the city. If a city wall blocks it, it can reduce some losses and increase some attack power. But He Xing was also very clear when he saw this posture. Once the well-equipped Jin soldiers climbed onto the top of the city and did not have the well-equipped servants, as long as he climbed a few Jin soldiers, the city defense immediately collapsed.
He Xing cursed Liu Ce and Zhang Shixian who escaped in the battle, but he didn't know at all. In fact, Liu Ce and Zhang Shixian's performance was really good in history. Liu Ce and Zhang Shixian in this plane had at least a day of resistance. In history, these two people fled after hearing the news.
If the city is broken, what should I do? It’s okay if I die, but I still have my mother who is ill in bed, my younger brother and sister. Especially my sister, a very cute little girl. Da'ankou is not far from my village. As long as the Jin army captures Da'ankou, their village will suffer. It’s hard to imagine how miserable the younger sister will end up in the hands of Jin soldiers who are like wolves and tigers.
While thinking, the Jin army had already begun to attack the city. Teams of Jin soldiers from the Zhenglan Banner carried the ladder and rushed to the city. Tall ladders were placed on the top of the city. Jin soldiers wearing heavy armor began to climb the ladder. The Bayala soldiers behind continued to provide firepower to suppress the heavy armored infantry of Gebushxianchaoha camp who was climbing the city.
At the top of the city, several Ming army archers occasionally set off their bows and shot arrows from behind the squadrons. However, the bows of these guards were old and lacked bow power. Even if they had good bows, they could not pull them open. The arrows shot from the weak bows and the rusty arrows were stuck on the Jin soldiers, and they could not break the defense at all. Except for a few Jin soldiers who were shot in the face and fell down, the rest of the Jin soldiers still screamed and climbed the city wall even though they had more than ten arrows on their bodies.
"Roll the wood and beat the stone! Lime bottle! Temperature oil tank! Gold juice! Beat me hard!" He Xing shouted anxiously.
Many Ming army and civilians picked up the city-defense weapons at the top of the city and smashed them down to the city. A scream like ghosts and wolves howling sounded suddenly under the city, but most of the Ming army and civilians who had just dropped their siege weapons had not had time to retreat and were shot to death by the Bayala soldiers under the city.
A row of Jurchens' heads were already revealed at the top of the city wall. Under He Xing's command, a 30-person three-eyed gun squad organized by him rushed forward, picked up the three-eyed guns, and stood at the top of the city to aim at the direction of the battlement to release the three-eyed guns in turn.
"Boom boom boom" white smoke filled the crowd, and the first group of Jin soldiers who climbed up to the city were all splashing blood on their armor. Blue smoke rose from the holes on their bodies, and bloody corpses fell on the city. Although the three-eyed gun was not very accurate, at such a close distance, the three-eyed gun almost shot close against the Jin soldiers' bodies, which could be said to be a hit.
Although the three-eyed gun is released at a very fast speed, it is too slow to load. After three-round volleys, it can only be used as a hammer.
Then several Jin soldiers climbed up to the city. The Ming army guarded the city swung heavy weapons such as big axes and hammers, resisted hard, and killed several Jin soldiers who were not yet able to gain a foothold. However, the Jin soldiers behind them climbed up and chopped over the Ming soldiers who let go with tiger-toothed swords and straight swords.
More and more Jin soldiers climbed up to the city, and the morale of the defenders collapsed in an instant.
"The city is broken!" The voice was just murmured when it first appeared among the defenders, but soon the sound swept across the city like a plague.
"The city is broken!" The extremely panic screams rose and fell in the defenders, and everyone's face was bloodless. The soldiers on the periphery shook their legs for a while, then threw away their weapons and began to turn their heads and run away.
Looking at the Ming army that collapsed across the board, He Xing could only shake his head helplessly. He swung his long-handled axe and chopped off a Jin soldier who was shaking with a tiger-toothed knife. The heavy axe fell down. The Jin soldier hurriedly turned his head and slashed his shoulder. He split three layers of armor and his collarbone. Then the heavy axe slashed into his chest, chopping the ribs, and splitting the whole person into two pieces, and various internal organs flowed out, flowing all over the ground.
Chapter completed!