Chapter 163 Offense and Defense (2)
The corpse mountain is full of bones,
The lonely city of Wan Death is unwilling to surrender!
Send a message to passers-by and don't cover your nose,
Living people are not as fragrant as dead people!
"In the Ming Dynasty, the scholars and forests were not ashamed and disgusted. Those who were in high-ranking officials and were honored to be supreme because of their masks. The generals of the border were all turned against each other. Only Yan and Chen Shishi were righteous in one city. He was so arrogant that he would not bow to the south of the Yangtze River."
——Duan Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houduan's three dukes
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The eight cannons could see clearly on the top of the city. These eight cannons probably killed at least dozens of Green Battalions soldiers, blew up several shield cars, and swept off countless ladders. Looking at the Green Battalions soldiers who were in chaos, listening to their screams, the Taiping Army soldiers on the city were immediately excited and cheered. Even the young and strong man in Xinhui who was trembling with his legs just now suddenly became energetic and shouted loudly.
When the cannon was firing, Ge Zheng stood in front of the Red Armor Cannon. The sound of the cannon suddenly sounded, which made his eardrums hurt, thinking that he was deaf. When he saw the cannon explode in the Qing army, he didn't care that the buzzing sound in his ears was still there. He slapped his thighs heavily and shouted at the gunners with a smile: "Damn it, you're good at fighting, you're good at fighting! Fight, continue to fight for me, and blow these bitches up to the west!"
"Reward, reward, reward, after the war, I will give you a reward of real money, real money..."
The happy Ge Zheng forgot that there was no money in his hand. The money was piled up in the public treasury, but who could still care about this?
Zhou Shixiang in the distance also nodded and thought to himself that the guys from the Han Army Flag were indeed good at artillery operations. After several guns were shot out, they were the crowd. It seemed that they could not kill these guys in the future. They had to let them use their own uses. Otherwise, it would be a pity. After all, the Taiping Army had too little foundation. For example, there were very few "technical" soldiers who could artillery at this time.
It was the first time that Duke Xiang of Song, who saw his own soldiers firing fire, was also relieved. He slapped his beards with a few chins and said, "This cannon is well shot, and it will show the majesty of our Taiping Army. Let's show morale!"
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Although the Green Camp, which expected the Taiping Army to fire artillery in the city, had already made mental preparations, but when the cannons came, they saw that the companions around were smashed by the cannons, they couldn't help but tremble in the scene.
The human-like corpse was smashed so hard that it could not be seen. The wailing of serious injuries and undead wails, and the wooden slags flying everywhere, connected with the broken arms and limbs, and the Green Camp soldiers who were charging immediately fell into chaos.
"Run, rush forward!"
In the chaos, a veteran Green Camp officer raised his sword and shouted. Soon, some veterans passed the new recruits who were still standing stupidly and rushed to the city like crazy.
Although the casualties caused by several red cannons to the Green Camp were huge, they were not much for the two thousand Green Camp soldiers who charged. It didn't take long for the adjustment to continue to rush forward.
The Taiping Army's artillery was fired on the top of the city without any hesitation. Xinhui City was built on the plains by the river, and there was a flat terrain in front of the east gate. More than 2,000 green camp soldiers gathered here to attack the city wall. Although it could achieve the effect of a large number of people, the attack of the artillery was also heavy casualties.
After the sound of cannons, there was a bronze cannon on the top of the city. The stunned Han army gunner looked at the two knife hands holding up the knife with fear. He kept explaining, fearing that the knife hand that knew nothing would kill him. If he really wanted to let go, there would be nothing to say, but the cannon was really silent, and it would be really unfair for the head to land.
If the cannon is hit too often, the cannon chamber is red and the medicine cannot be put on. If you force it down, it will explode immediately. If you have to take water to cool it, you can untie it. If you don’t have enough water, you will urinate. After the cannon chamber cools, you will use an iron hook to clean it carefully. Only then can you fire again.
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Almost half of the artillery in the city was concentrated in the east gate. Such dense artillery attacks made the green camp soldiers siege in the city miserable. Especially after rushing to the land, the scattered cannons suddenly smashed on the city were comparable to those of the evil spirits. One shot could actually harvest more than a dozen or twenty lives.
"Scatter! Scatter! Scatter!"
After a Green Camp officer found out that the city was fired with a cannon, he was so scared that he ordered his subordinates to scatter, otherwise he would die if he could hit him in one shot.
"No retraction, no retraction!"
The Green Camp soldiers who siege this time were part of the Guangzhou Green Camp and the Green Camp soldiers under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture. The Guangzhou Green Camp is fine, after all, it is the provincial capital Green Camp. They are quite brave and have many veterans in the interior. However, many of the Green Camp soldiers in the counties under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture are newly recruited soldiers. They have never seen the scene of capturing the city with artillery. Not long after the artillery bombardment, these newly recruited soldiers became scared and began to run back subconsciously. However, after a few steps, they were overthrown by the veterans coming up from behind and then pulled them forward.
It’s okay if you meet a veteran, but if you meet an officer, you will be killed directly. In this way, the officers will not care about their lives. If they don’t care about their lives, then how can they show mercy to the deserters? If they really show mercy, the flag soldiers behind them will not be blind, and they will have their own good afterwards!
Under the suppression of the officers' bullets, the battalions stopped retreating and dispersed one after another under the officer's orders. As a result, the cannons on the city were empty. The experienced officers judged the gap between the cannons on the city, and then rushed forward while the cannons on the top of the city were busy changing the dressing and loading the ammunition.
After hundreds of casualties, the Green Camp rushed to the city, less than about a mile away from the city wall. The distance was too close to the heavy red barbarian cannons could not be adjusted at all. Zhou Shi saw this and ordered the Red Barbarian cannons not to be adjusted, but to be on guard. When they found that the Han army flag was coming up, they immediately fired their artillery to separate the connection between the Han army flag and the Green Barbarian soldiers. This method was to divide the artillery fire in later generations, so that the enemy's vanguards could not be connected with the main force.
The red barbarian cannon cannot be shot, but other small cannons cannons can. With the sound of "boom", dozens of small cannons hit the city like rain. With the sound of howling cannons, iron balls shot towards the green camp soldiers. The iron ball hit the ground and jumped up in an instant, swept across like a tail of a comet, smashing the green camp soldiers in front of them into pools of mud. The iron ball jumped down on the battlefield and jumped up again. Every time it jumped, it was a life. The iron ball had not yet disappeared, and it jumped again, and it hit the head of a battalion soldier behind it. The iron ball was embedded in his head, and his brain was flowing all over the ground. An iron ball didn't know how to bounce, but it actually passed through the belly of the first battalion soldier, instantly taking away all the flesh and bones, revealing an empty big round hole with blood "Puchi" leaping.
The Green Camp officers under the city did not care about the heavy casualties. The command headquarters was cursing and leaned under the city. Several shield cars were going to rush to the city gate while the chaos was in trouble. Although the shield cars were close, it was difficult to hit it.
Chapter completed!