That morning, the roar of artillery came from outside the city of Peiping. Tens of thousands of people wearing all kinds of fancy clothes appeared outside the city and began to attack the city. These people were guest troops brought by the Liao king Zhu Gaoxu: traitor troops and women. There are more than 50,000 people in the combined army of the Zhi tribe. These people are obviously here to rob.
Such high-end gadgets as artillery cannot be produced by traitor troops and Jurchen tribes. They are "friendly" sponsored by the Liao King Zhu Gaoxu. Of course, Zhu Gaoxu also had no good intentions. He falsely promised to allow the guest troops to loot for five days after Beiping City was broken. Seeing that Beiping City was so wealthy, these crazy poor guys ignored the high city walls and raised their troops to attack.
Faced with this kind of troops that were almost in close combat, the main cavalry troops of the Peiping Army were too lazy to rescue and still pursued the Liao Army. After these few days of pursuit, Zhu Gaoxu had been driven to Shanhaiguan, and the entire Yongping Mansion had become The area occupied by the Peking Army,
Although the main cavalry troops did not return to defend, the city defense troops in Beiping City were not vegetarians and were fully capable of defending the city. The only problem was that they did not expect that this guest army, which was as good as a scumbag, actually had artillery.
After the rumble of the cannons, almost all the projectiles fell on the moat and could not hit the city wall at all. Even if a few of them hit the root of the city wall, they could not cause much damage. After all, the artillery used by these people was still For iron cannons, the gunpowder is still ordinary black powder, and its power is really not that great.
"Using artillery in front of the Peking Army is nothing more than playing tricks on your own. I will show you what real artillery is." On the tower, a young regiment commander said with disdain, "The gunner is ready, adjust the gun Aim at the direction of the enemy's artillery array, the distance is...710 meters,"
This regiment leader is called Li Yuan. As one of the defenders of Beiping City, he is responsible for the defense of the East City. Although he has only a thousand people, his equipment is very advanced. One hundred artillerymen are responsible for twenty-five large artillery pieces, and one hundred flame soldiers are responsible for the defense. Armed with a set of all-steel jets, the remaining eight hundred people were divided into eighty teams. They fought in coordination with each other and had very strong combat effectiveness.
In addition, with the fortified city as the backing, even if seven or eight thousand people attack the city together, this thousand-man team can still stop it. Moreover, behind them are a militia reserve team composed of thousands of civilians, who can step forward to support at any time. Even if there were 20,000 to 30,000 strong enemies outside the city, they would not be able to easily break through the city.
"East No. 1 artillery position is ready,"
"The preparations for East No. 5 gun position are complete,"
"The preparations for East No. 7 gun emplacement are complete,"
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The gunners on the ten gun positions finished their reports one after another. The regimental commander gave an order, and the ten artillery guns were fired at the same time. There were ten loud bangs in succession, and countless lead pellets roared out, creating low and flat lines. The arc almost completely fell around the enemy artillery array.
"The No. 1 gun emplacement hit the target,"
"The No. 2 gun position is off target, five o'clock direction, about five meters,"
"The No. 4 gun emplacement hit the target,"
"No. 8 gun position is off target, ten o'clock direction, about nine meters,"
...
The gunners responsible for lookout and observation held up the telescope and reported their respective data in turn. The gunners next to them responsible for adjusting the gun angle also used various instruments to fine-tune the gun angle. The other gunners responsible for loading ammunition also moved quickly. In just two minutes, all operations were completed and a new round of bombardment was prepared.
In the artillery battalion of the Peiping Army, both the size and caliber of the artillery and the amount of ammunition have been quantified and standardized. The gunners only need to adjust the gun angle according to the gun list, so the hit rate is greatly improved.
As for the enemy's artillery array, due to being hit by several heavy artillery shells in succession, the entire artillery array was in a mess. Many gunners were killed and injured. The mounts of several artillery pieces were shattered, and the heavy barrels were scattered on the ground. , can no longer be used,
When the enemy troops outside the city saw that the artillery array was destroyed by one blow, they did not give up. A strong female man wearing a beast suit drew out his saber and waved it in the direction of the city gate. Thousands of Jurchen cavalry shouted something. Unintelligible slogans rushed towards the city gate like a tide,
"Launch," Li Yuan looked at the group of mad dog-like barbarians below expressionlessly, and ordered calmly,
Another round of salvo fire, this time almost all ten artillery pieces hit the target, directly carrying out a covering bombardment on the enemy's artillery array. All the artillery pieces that were already useless were destroyed, and almost all the gunners were killed and shocked. hurt,
At this moment, the female cavalry team had already rushed to the moat and began to suppress the city with bows and arrows. It seemed that these barbarians were also battle-hardened, but compared to the Liao army, these guys were slightly inferior. Compared with the well-trained and well-equipped Peking Army, it is even less worth mentioning.
There was only a soft rustling sound, and hundreds of steel shields over two meters high appeared beside the parapet on the top of the city. Each steel shield also had dozens of openings similar to honeycombs. Behind the steel shield It is a large heavy crossbow that cannot be pulled open by manpower. It can only be pried open bit by bit using the leverage principle of several people.
Each heavy crossbow is loaded with twenty one-meter-long iron arrows. When these arrows are shot out, they are like javelins, and the body of the target will be pierced, and the range can be as far as one hundred and fifty meters. Equipped with sharp steel arrows, it can penetrate even the shields and rams commonly used by the Ming army. It is extremely powerful and can be called a weapon for defending the city.
No, Captain Li gave an order, and hundreds of heavy crossbows were fired at the same time. Thousands of heavy arrows were shot at the enemy positions like raindrops. The female cavalrymen turned pale when they saw this, reined in their horses and tried to escape. But it was too late, these heavy arrows fell like raindrops, hundreds of people and horses were "nailed" directly to the ground, and some unlucky ones were skewered into meat skewers together with people and horses, and they fell to the ground together.
Those straight women had never seen such a thing before, and they screamed in fear. Even the traitor troops who had been waiting for a bargain at the back were dumbfounded. They dared to get closer. They thought that there were no guards in Beiping City. The army, relying on its large number of people, went to the city and shouted, and the city of Beiping was captured. However, as soon as the battle started, the artillery was destroyed and hundreds of people were killed.
Facing such a terrifying defense force, anyone who is not a fool will not come forward to die again. However, the generals of the traitor army and the leaders of the female straight tribe are still unwilling to retreat. After all, they have come all the way to come. It's easy. If you don't grab some things and go back, you will suffer a big loss, so they put it all together and decided to turn to attack the south of the city.
"The defense in the south of the city should not be as expressive as the east of the city." This was the fantasy in their hearts. However, when they actually came to the south of the city, they discovered what despair meant.
The south of the city didn't look as scary as the east of the city, but when they sent out cavalry to launch a tentative attack, countless bottles and cans flew down from the top of the city. Those unlucky guys couldn't dodge and were smashed to pieces. A sticky, smelly thing spread all over my body,
Before these unlucky guys could figure out what the stinking water was, countless rockets flew out of the city. The stinking water ignited when it encountered fire, and even the weeds under their horses instantly caught fire, killing them all. The horses were surrounded by flames. Some of the fast runners could barely escape from the fire, while those of the slower runners immediately became flaming people.
Burning people alive, whether it is a straight female leader fighting outside the city or a traitorous general, they can't help but feel frightened when they see it. The miserable screams coming from the fire place are like the howling of ghosts and wolves, which makes people's hearts tremble.
"Retreat, retreat." After being repelled twice in a row by terrifying defensive methods and losing thousands of people, the generals of the traitorous troops were self-aware and did not dare to hope for any more plundering of Beiping City, because of the Defense is an insurmountable gap for them.
The traitor troops took the lead in retreating. Although the female straight troops were unwilling to fail, they had to retreat with them. However, the female straight leaders kept shouting and cursing, scolding the Liao King Zhu Gaoxi for being insidious and shameless. He knew that it was impossible to break the city of Beiping, but he still Of course, they will not reflect on tricking them into committing suicide. It is because of their own greed that they are used by others.
The enemy troops attacking the city retreated, and the defenders inside the city did not attack. The entire city of Beiping returned to calm. If it weren't for the many corpses lying outside the city, it would be hard to tell that a big battle had just happened. At this time, the main force of the Peiping Army led by Zhou Tianshou and Zhao Quanjie had chased the Liao Army into Shanhaiguan.
For the Peiping Army, Shanhaiguan is also a strategic location and must be occupied. However, both Zhou Tianshou and Zhao Quanjie understood that the goal of fighting the Liao Army this time was to eliminate the main force of the Liao Army to the greatest extent. As long as the Liao Army was completely disabled, Defeat not only Shanhaiguan, but the entire Liao army from now on will belong to the Peiping army.
Therefore, Zhou Tianshou and Zhao Quanjie did not choose to attack Guancheng immediately. Instead, they stationed outside the city, closing the door and beating dogs, looking for opportunities to eliminate the Chaojiao and Nvzhi tribesmen who had no way to retreat; while waiting for the artillery troops to come, and then Use the advantage of artillery to break through Shanhaiguan,
In the pass city of Shanhaiguan, Zhu Gaoxi, who had been chased and beaten by the Peking Army, finally understood what it meant to be defeated like a mountain. Five of the 70,000 elite soldiers he brought were killed by the Peking Army in just a few days. Wan Duo, there are only about 17,000 people who have fled into Guancheng with him now, and they are all frightened.
Forget about the low morale, Zhu Gaoxi sent people to count the soldiers who had escaped, and found that many of the generals who had been loyal to him and good at fighting for many years were almost dead. There was only an old monk Dao Yan with him. A true loner,
If the soldiers are gone, they can still recruit young men, but if the generals are all gone, there will be nowhere to look for them. Zhu Gaoxi and Dao Yan stared at each other. Apart from disappointment, they were left with despair, because all their capital was about the same. It’s hard to say whether we can keep our current power and position, let alone compete for the world.