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- "kill!!"
The surrendered army, which was determined to die, launched another attack after being organized again. This time the attack was obviously much more violent than the previous one.
The ladder was quickly set up on the city wall. Holding their shields to resist the arrows shot from the city, the soldiers who surrendered began to climb up.
During the climb, many unlucky guys were shot down or hit by stones thrown from the city.
Feeling the atmosphere of this more violent offensive, the Ming army defending the city also lost their temper.
Since the enemy will not retreat and will fight to the death with them, they cannot retreat and have no choice but to fight tooth and nail. After all, we are currently defending the city, so we still have a slight advantage.
"Pour the oil!"
At the top of the city, there were several large iron pots, which were filled with hot oil and bubbling.
In the cold weapon era, you need to prepare for city defense battles, such as hot oil, rolling wood, thunder and stones.
Although the security here in the capital is relaxed, some of these things will always be prepared.
It¡¯s not that they have any vigilance, it¡¯s just showing off.
¡°However, at this time, these products have come in handy.
Otherwise, under such a fierce offensive from the surrender army, the Ming army defending the city would suffer greatly.
There are five attack locations for the surrendered army, which are the weakest points of this section of the city wall.
Four of the places are now garrisoned by the Ming army, and the other place was taken over by Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t know what was going on in the other four places, but the section of city defense where he took over the garrison cost the surrendered army a heavy price.
A soldier who had just emerged from the surrendered army was hit on the head by a nail-headed awl before he could climb up. The hard nail-headed awl smashed the guy's Tianling Cap down.
Needless to say, only Europeans can use heavy weapons like this.
As expected, the one who took action was a tall and muscular mercenary who was over 1.9 meters tall.
These mercenaries from Portugal were lined up at the top of the city and stood at the crenellations. Because they were wearing European-style full-body armor, they looked like a steel city wall.
And arrows shot up from time to time, but after hitting their bodies, they were bounced away by the super-strong armor, causing no damage to them at all.
What I have to say here is that the defensive power of the Europeans' full-body iron armor is really high. At least the archers in the surrendered army below the city have no way to deal with them.
Even the sharpshooters hiding among them couldn¡¯t do anything about it.
This kind of European-style armor even has a visor on the face, so it can be said that there are very few weaknesses on the body.
Therefore, even a sharpshooter does not have the means to hit them from such a long distance.
¡° Sharpshooter is just a title, it doesn¡¯t mean they are really sharpshooters.
They can deal with those Ming soldiers wearing cotton armor, but they have no way to deal with the European mercenaries who wear the same clothes as big iron barrels.
Of course, these European mercenaries are not without their weaknesses.
That is, after wearing this kind of full-body armor, their movement will be reduced.
Therefore, if you defend the city, you still have some advantages, but if you fight in the wild, you will be beaten miserably.
Especially when encountering enemies with high mobility like the Eight Banners Cavalry, they will fall into a nightmare.
However, they are currently defending the city, so there is no need to consider issues like this. What's more, there are three hundred Imperial Guards behind them.
"Shoot!"
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Boom!
The European mercenaries guarded the battlements, making it impossible for the surrendered troops who attacked this area to climb up. Anyone who could show their head was basically smashed down by the mercenaries with heavy weapons.
At this time, it was the turn of the imperial soldiers to appear.
Three hundred Imperial Guards, arranged in three neat rows, with shining bayonets already installed. After receiving the order, the soldiers in the first row walked to the front with guns and opened fire on the surrender troops who were still charging below.
With the sound of gunshots, the surrendered soldiers who swarmed towards the city were immediately knocked down in a row.
"It's a firecracker! The Ming army is equipped with firecrackers!"
The first shooting brought down at least dozens of enemies.?.
Such accuracy is considered very good in the East of this era.
Compared with the European muskets, the hit rate of the Ming Dynasty's fire blunderbuss was lower.
If the imperial soldiers were using the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers, then the number of guns in the row just now would be enough to shoot ten people, which is the most.
Even so, it depends on luck.
It was also because of this hit rate that the charging surrender army was shocked.
They fought with the Manchus and the Liaodong Army, and they also saw the guns of the Ming Army.
So, they are no strangers to this kind of weapon.
And when fighting the Liaodong Army, the Manchu soldiers usually wore three layers of cotton armor, which could withstand the Ming Army's gunfire.
Therefore, the Ming army¡¯s firecrackers look powerful, but in fact they are not.
But even so, it brought a lot of shock and harm to the Jurchens.
Even though it is a little less powerful, if hundreds of firecrackers are fired at the same time, this thing can still sweep across an area.
¡°If an unlucky guy like that were hit in the head, he would die immediately.
So, the Manchus created the surrender army. Once they encountered the Ming army's fire cannons, they would always let the soldiers of the surrender army rush forward and destroy the Ming army's fire cannons.
So, the Returned Army is no stranger to fire guns.
After Zhao Hongyu and the others used muskets at the top of the city, the surrender soldiers charging below started shouting loudly to notify other companions.
The other surrendered soldiers who were reminded immediately raised their shields in front of them.
Of course, the defensive power of this kind of shield is very limited, who makes it crudely made.
But having a shield is always better than not having one, right?
At the same time, some soldiers handed over the shields in their hands to the shield-holding companions in front, asking them to hold two shields to defend against the fire cannon fire at the top of the city.
Usually, their approach is very effective, at least against the firecrackers of the Liaodong Ming Army.
These are all combat methods that are exchanged for blood and life.
You should know that the surrender army followed the Manchu army in Liaodong and often clashed with the Liaodong army.
It can be said that they are all old people.
Unfortunately, what the surrendered army didn't know was that what they were facing now was not the Ming army. At the same time, the muskets of the Song Empire soldiers on top of the city were far more sophisticated and more powerful than the muskets made by the Ming Dynasty. Quite a few.
The firecrackers of the Ming army generally cannot penetrate three layers of cotton armor. In addition to the craftsmanship, it is also related to the technology of the firecrackers.
The muskets of the Song Empire are different. These gadgets were purchased through the virtual world in the name of filming eighteenth-century movies.
Although this kind of weapon from the 18th century looks very backward, compared to the time and space of the 17th century where they are located, its technological content is a century or at least 60 years ahead.
Especially the soldiers of the Song Empire still used a linear formation, and taking turns to shoot greatly enhanced their power.
The soldiers of the Song Empire lined up and came to the crenel, and through the gap exposed by the European mercenaries with large iron barrels, they used muskets to shoot the surrendered soldiers under the city.
Not only are the Empire's muskets sophisticated, but they also have a high hit rate, which are things that the muskets of this era don't have.
In a short period of time, hundreds of surrendered soldiers under the city were shot and killed, which shocked the surrendered soldiers.
Grandma¡¯s!
When did the Ming army have such sophisticated firecrackers?
¡° Such a thought has flashed through many people¡¯s minds.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Boom! Boom!
The gunfire showed no sign of stopping, which was completely different from when the Ming army used firecrackers.
Because reloading takes a long time, when the Ming army usually uses fire blunderbuss, they fire it once and then fire it again, which requires a long time interval.
Often this is the time when the Manchus or surrender troops launch a charge.
They are all very clear about this.
But this time it was different. The firecrackers on the top of the city kept shooting down from the crenels, with no sign of stopping at all.
After one person finished shooting, he retreated, and then another person shot from the stack, as if the cycle had no end.
The sharpshooter under the city wants to killThere are some musketeers, but often their arrows are blocked by the mercenaries surrounded by iron armor.
Especially since they shoot arrows from bottom to top, their accuracy is even lower.
Faced with this situation, the soldiers who returned to the army were completely at a disadvantage.
Zhao Hongyu was completely suppressing the enemy opposite him, but at the other four city walls where Ming troops were stationed, the situation became a bit critical.
Because those Ming troops did not have as sophisticated weapons as the soldiers of the Song Empire, nor did they have the mentality of looking down on the Manchus.
Especially when facing the charge of surrendered soldiers who are determined to die, it is normal for them to fall into a disadvantage.
"Your Highness! Please let me see how powerful your weapons are. After that, I can go back and report. Now those barbarian technicians are getting more and more powerful, and I'm worried something will go wrong."
The eunuch Xiaodanzi, who was shivering and hiding behind Zhao Hongyu, weakly opened his mouth at this time.
The little guy was so frightened by the bloody scene that his face turned pale.
Where has he seen such a scene?
Those big iron bucket-like Franco robots opened up every enemy that appeared, and some guys' white brains even splattered out. Little Danzi could see it clearly.
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When he thought of the scene he saw, Xiaodanzi felt sick to his stomach.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu turned around and looked at the pale eunuch, and then thought about it.
"Grediators prepare! Use grenades!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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