The city gate was defeated miserably, and the attacking team was completely frightened and ran back rolling and crawling.
Neqi Khan was also dumbfounded. He saw with his own eyes that the ground of an entire street suddenly exploded, and it was a series of explosions. The bluestones paving the streets exploded one after another from far away to near, and the broken stones exploded one after another.
Blocks, splashing everywhere.
His five hundred warriors were finished. Even if they were not killed by an explosion of this scale, they would be killed by the shock wave. Even if they were not killed by the shock, they would be killed by flying rocks.
The smoke lingered for a long time. At this time, Huang Taiji on the Drum Tower also turned his attention to the shanty town in the northeast corner. The entire street filled with smoke there was particularly eye-catching.
Dust and smoke floated dozens of meters high, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.
Huang Taiji looked carefully with his eyes. At this time, the wind blew away the smoke and dust. The condition of the street was revealed. On this street, many houses on both sides collapsed, and the ground was a mess, full of large and small craters.
There were also burnt limbs. Almost no complete bodies were seen.
He didn't expect that the entire Zunhua could be conquered easily. This small industrial zone was so difficult to conquer.
"Tell Neiqihan to continue the attack." Huang Taiji said coldly. "A place will not be bombed twice. Since the gunpowder buried there has been used up, there will definitely not be a second round of bombing. Let him rest assured.
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After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he began to think about how to break through the main entrance of the industrial zone in the middle.
Nei Qihan regretted a little at this time and followed Huang Taiji on this trip.
These five hundred people were his elite warriors and his support on the grassland. Unexpectedly, they died without even seeing a single enemy. This made his heart bleed with distress.
At this time, Huang Taiji's envoy came and conveyed Huang Taiji's words to him.
"Dear Neqi Khan, I think you have understood what the Great Khan means. If you stop attacking now, the previous casualties will be in vain. The Great Khan said that if you attack from here, you can challenge for the loot first. This
It's a steel-making place inside, and I heard there are hundreds of thousands of steel ingots."
When they heard about steel, the eyes of these Mongolians turned red. This irritated them more than anything else. There was a shortage of iron on the grassland. The shortage was so severe that even small tribes used leather bags to carry boiled meat. Otherwise, the Golden Family would also
I won’t be named Iron Wok anymore.
In particular, I heard that it is a steel ingot, which is much more valuable than iron. On the grassland, even cast iron pots can be snatched with all their strength, let alone steel that can be directly used as weapons. They heard about this on the way here.
The first attack on Zunhua was mainly for the industrial area within the wall. There was an open-hearth furnace for steelmaking.
The famous open-hearth steel in the past two years was smelted there.
Although Yang Fan strictly prohibited the export of these steels to the grasslands. However, as long as there was profit and as long as Yang Fan faced the Ming Dynasty for public sale, he could not stop unscrupulous traders from smuggling open-hearth steel to Liaodong and even Eastern Mongolia by ship.
These tribes from Eastern Mongolia, at least the upper-class people, can get open-hearth steel. The quality of these steels is so good that they can't put it down. It is very useful whether it is used to make weapons or arrow clusters. Some are even those of Yan Yan and above.
Characters use this kind of steel sheet to make armor in a luxurious manner. The protection is greatly improved.
Compared with iron armor, steel armor has the same protection level but can reduce weight. With the same weight, it can greatly improve the defense level. Once this kind of thing appears, it will become popular immediately. Now even herdsmen know it.
Merchants in the south buy steel ingots from Zunhua, and then make various hand-relieving knives in the city. The knives are then sold on the grasslands and they can make ten times the profit. These fine steel knives are used for both eating meat and daily life.
, are particularly useful. Whenever Mongolians gather, whoever has a knife made of open-hearth steel will become the envy of everyone.
Anyone who has such a good knife will be envied by everyone immediately. Even girls will be favored. If you give this kind of knife to girls as gifts, they will win their hearts immediately.
The people of the three tribes immediately howled as if they had been beaten to death. Neqi Khan, Hongbatulu, and Dai Qing discussed it and decided not to do anything, and all 6,000 people from the three tribes pressed forward.
, break through the defense in one fell swoop. First occupy this triangular shantytown.
Only by occupying the shanty town can you get close to the high wall of the industrial zone.
Zheng Tu's team crawled in and out of the ditch, and soon returned to the headquarters.
"Hey! Lao Zheng, it's true that you are here. The whole team is back. Well done. You are a good officer. Your work is done. Go and find the accountant to collect the reward. Go and rest first."
Dong Tianping said happily.
Seeing the explosion just now, Dong Tianping thought they could not come back. After all, the master had said that they could take shelter in the ditch, but no one had ever experienced it. No one knew what would happen with such a big explosion.
Yang Fan's system is so good. Rewards and punishments are implemented immediately without delay. If you are told to give you a reward, you will cash it out immediately.
Accountant Lao Gao waved him over. Lao Gao took out a handful of silver coins from the bag on his shoulder and counted more than thirty. He took out two more in succession, collected seventy coins, and then found one.
Put it in the small linen bag and throw it to Zheng Tu.
This kind of linen bag is specially used for paying wages. Xinghe Bank will give you one for free if you withdraw large amounts of more than 20 silver coins.
The bag is made of fine linen, with the logo of Xinghe Bank printed on it, as well as instructions for withdrawing and depositing money. There is a rope at the mouth of the bag, and a machine-ground bluestone strap. The mouth of the bag can be closed by pulling hard.
Holding it with your hands can also prevent strangulation.
A group of them happily counted their rewards one by one and went back to sleep. They didn't dare to sleep a wink all night, just waiting for the Mongols to come in. They finally caught them and they were knocked upside down.
"Each general banner immediately entered each street and barricade, resisted for a while, then retreated into the houses on both sides, put them in and beat them. Shoot them from the closed doors and windows. Shoot them from the roof. After beating them, they went into the ditch.
Move the position." Dong Tianping ordered.
Now a general banner is temporarily expanded. It is composed of one militia group and twenty strong men. The militiamen hold firearms, and these strong men all hold short spears of 1.8 meters. They are all wearing chainmail.
Wearing a pig-headed helmet. A few strong men who knew archery would be given a bow and thirty arrows with steel-tipped arrow clusters.
Dong Tianping watched the troops enter the barricades, roofs, and the upper floors of two- and three-story buildings. The Mongolians on the opposite side also started howling. Apparently, they were also mobilizing in front of the station.
Dong Tianping didn't understand Mongolian and didn't know what their ghost names were. However, he looked at the distance with some confusion, where green smoke began to rise.