On the second day after the Ming army from Korea joined forces with the Ming army under the city, there was finally movement from the Ming army outside the city.
This was something Wei Qi should have been happy to see.
However, the movement of the Ming army was really too big.
Early in the morning, Wei Qi was awakened by a huge roar. He initially thought it was the muffled thunder in the sky. If this was the case, it would be a great thing for Zhenjiang Fort. Thinking about those people who
Jun was hiding in a muddy ditch and was soaked to the skin. He didn't know how hard he would freeze to death after a night.
Unfortunately, the chaos in the city and the screams from time to time made him realize that this was not thunder, but the Ming army's attack had begun.
He hurried out and met Obai coming from outside.
"I can't bear it anymore, I can't bear it anymore!" Obai cursed loudly and shouted at him: "The Ming army fired artillery outside the city. These guys actually have cannons!"
The sound of cannons continued, but very slowly. From the moment Wei Qi woke up until now, there were only one or two sounds.
"How are the casualties?" Wei Qi looked serious. The Ming army with cannons and the Ming army without cannons are completely different things. If this is the case, then he needs to adjust his strategy that he cannot stick to.
"Seven or eight people died, but a dozen horses were killed by the blast!" Obai said angrily: "I have never done anything like staying in the city and getting beaten. If I just wait to be beaten, I will still be us.
Is the Jurchen Batulu?"
"Go to the top of the city and take a look. You go and appease the men!" Wei Qi walked towards the top of the city: "Be careful to avoid the cannons!"
Reinforcements arrived, but Daouer and his subordinates were still responsible for most of the task of guarding the city. Seeing Wei Qi bringing people over in a hurry, Daouer hurriedly greeted them.
"Is the Ming army ready to attack the city?" Wei Qi asked: "The leaders of each team have arrived at their fighting positions, are they ready to face the enemy?"
"Sir, Lord Councilor!" Daul shook his head with a strange expression on his face: "Most of the Ming army did not move, they just fired several cannons into the city. Lord Councilor, this is really troublesome!"
Speaking of artillery, Hou Jin's army almost had a psychological shadow, and Daur was no exception.
He pointed to the distant mound behind the trench, where there were faint Ming army activities. At this time, they saw a loud bang, a faint flash of fire there, and then heard something like
The roaring sound passed over their heads and hit the military fort behind them hard.
There was a burst of cheers in the distance, as if the Ming army was celebrating another artillery fire.
"What's going on?" Wei Qi looked back. The cannon just hit the roof of a house in the military fort. It was probably an empty house. After the cannonball fell, there was no information. Basically, there was no information.
No damage was done.
"More than ten cannons have been fired, and I don't understand what it means!" Daouer was also confused: "If they suddenly fire all the cannons together, we will be unprepared, and we will definitely suffer a lot of losses, but such a cannon
It’s just one shot, my subordinates can’t understand it!”
"Hmph!" Wei Qi snorted heavily: "You don't understand, but I understand. This is the Ming army's plan to weaken the army. He wants to shake the morale of our army!"
He looked at the Ming army in the distance: "Send the order, each leader will select some strong archers to guerrilla at the top of the city, waiting for opportunities to shoot the approaching Ming army!"
"Bang!" There was another cannon shot, and Wei Qi's eyebrows twitched involuntarily: "Be careful to avoid the Ming army's cannons in the military fort. The sergeants are not allowed to gather unless there is nothing to do. Wait in the room for orders, and everyone calms down their horses!"
The Ming Army artillery position in the distance.
Chen Xinxin and others watched the eldest sister's confidant manipulating the cannon. He had been watching here for a long time, and he didn't feel bored at all.
"Cover your ears and open your mouths!" The man in charge of the cannon shouted loudly, and the people around him covered their ears and opened their mouths.
The same is true for Chen Xinyue. Just now, he didn't listen to the other party and just covered his ears. As a result, his ears are buzzing now. Those who opened their mouths were fine. This time, he learned the lesson.
The person in charge of the cannon put the torch into the barrel of the cannon. He seemed to hear the hissing sound of burning gunpowder, and then saw a huge shaking in the surroundings, a huge white mist rising, and the cannonballs had already flown to nowhere.
Went.
Someone went up with a bucket and a stick wrapped in cloth. The water was used to lower the temperature of the cannon. Looking at the bursts of white mist rising from the barrel, Chen Xinyue did not dare to think that if he touched it,
Is this hand still useful?
And when the temperature of the barrel cooled down, someone took a wooden stick wrapped in cloth and started to poke into the barrel. That was cleaning the barrel. He could understand this. If the dirt in the barrel was not removed, it would be a shell.
Being stuck in the cannon barrel, those who fired the cannon would be in trouble.
A few minutes later, after cooling down and clearing the barrel, the two men stood in front of the man in charge of the cannon, waiting for his orders.
Chen Xinyin couldn't understand this place. How did the cannon man know how much gunpowder to put in? If he put too little, the shells might not be able to hit the city. If he put too much, he would just put in more gunpowder.
I was afraid that even the cannon would explode on the spot.
Well, this is a technical job, so I won’t consider it for now. Anyway, I don’t want to be the boss myself.
The person in charge of the cannon was giving orders, as if adjusting the height of the cannon. Chen New Year was even more confused. He couldn't understand it, and neither could the brothers around him. Moreover, they were even more impatient than him.
"Why are you still tossing and beating? How long have you been resting?"
"You know what the heck!" A guy behind him who was watching the fun with his arms folded looked at Chen Xinyin's brother with disdain: "With this one shot, dozens of taels of silver will be gone. You think it's a blind attack, but you can hit wherever you want.
Where to fight?"
"A few dozen taels of silver?" The brother's eyes widened: "So expensive!"
"This is still cheap!" The man chuckled and said: "This is just about gunpowder and cannonballs. If you add the lifespan of the cannon, you know that this cannon is not always indestructible. No matter how many cannons are fired, one of them will break down.
The money for this cannon must be spread to each cannon. Each cannon costs several thousand taels. You can calculate how much money this cannon costs!"
"Oh my god!" Chen Xinyin's brother covered his mouth: "They are playing with their money!"
"Brother, have you done this before?" Chen Xinyin smiled at the man: "It seems like you understand this..."
"Hmph, what's this!" The man snorted: "Where I used to stay, the cannons weighed several thousand kilograms. They could be fired with one shot and were invincible to those who blocked them. These cannons of ours can be considered large.
It's just a blunderbuss, it can scare people, but if you really want to hit people, you won't be able to kill a few people!"
Chen Xinxin and his brothers were in awe.
"They are too slow!" The man shook his head, as if he didn't want to watch anymore: "With this method of attack, if our generals don't dig a few trenches to block the Tatars, I'm afraid that the first shot will not be fired before.
As soon as the second shot was fired, the Tatars rushed in front of us!"