At this time, Shang Yi discovered that the officers and soldiers on the top of the city looked a little uneasy, especially the soldiers from the two Qianhu Stations. Almost everyone turned pale with fright, and some were trembling involuntarily. Because most of them are actually no different from farmers, and some of them even go into battle with swords and guns for the first time. It’s strange that they are not afraid when they suddenly see such a huge momentum. Look at yourself again Although the Muling troops they brought looked serious and held their swords and guns tightly, the soldiers from the two Qianhusuo were obviously much better.
Yang Mingyuan and Feng Zhigang walked to Shang Yi and whispered: "Mr. Shang Qian, the number of rogue bandits is too great. I'm afraid we can't handle it. We should ask the governor for help quickly?"
Shang Yi glanced at the two men with disdain. The two guys were timid before the fight even started. This is not good. You must know that on the battlefield, the extreme emotions of a small number of people can often affect the morale and aspirations of the entire army. If these two guys are really scared and run away, the entire defense of Yanzhou Prefecture will suddenly collapse.
Therefore, Shang Yi said sternly: "Two adults, the war has not started yet, why don't you go to the governor to ask for help? If you continue to shake the morale of the army like this, if you let the governor know, not only will you be punished by death, but your family will also be affected. ah."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then they came to their senses. In fact, the two of them had no intention of abandoning the city and escaping, but when Shang Yi mentioned it, they thought of the old saying that a monk can't escape a temple. It reduced the thought of escaping a lot.
At this moment, suddenly the gunner's captain came to Shang Yi and said: "Sir, the bandits have almost entered the range of the Folan cannon. Can we fire?"
Shang Yi was also startled for a moment, and then he looked outside the city and saw thousands of people walking out of the bandit formation. They also formed a rectangular formation and were approaching the city wall. At this time, they were far away from the city wall. It was less than 300 steps. But Shang Yi was now used to it. The battle started after entering 100 steps, but he didn't expect that the range of artillery was farther than that of bows and arrows. He was still a modern man, how could he have only been to ancient times for a few months? , and forget about modern war thinking.
Therefore, he ignored Yang Mingyuan and Feng Zhigang and said to the gunner captain: "Okay, fire right away."
The gunner captain agreed, and immediately returned to the gun to give orders. The other gunners immediately started to take action, filling the gunpowder, then picking up the shell, stuffing it into the barrel, compacting it, plugging in the fuse, closing the fire door, and igniting it.
Just listen to "Boom - Boom - Boom -" three huge roars sounded, which shook the entire city wall as if it was shaking. Several soldiers near the artillery were shaken to the point where they could not stand steadily and fell down. to the ground. At the same time, a large amount of thick smoke with a choking sulfur smell also came out of the city, and many people choked and coughed.
The three Fran cannons fired all solid bullets. The three iron bullets slammed into the formation of the bandits at a high speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye. In the dense crowd, they just broke through three bloody paths. Everything was hit by the iron bullets. The men and horses that hit were all badly beaten with bloody heads and limbs, and their limbs and arms were broken. They let out a series of pitiful wailing sounds. There was also a burst of chaos among the entire band of rogues.
Although the last blow just killed twenty bandits and the damage to the bandits was negligible, after all, it was the officers and soldiers who launched the attack first, so a burst of cheers immediately erupted on the top of Gunzhou City. , Shang Yi also took the opportunity to shout: "Wan Sheng."
After hearing this, the soldiers of the Muling Army immediately shouted together, and under their leadership, two soldiers from Qianhusuo also joined in. A uniform voice immediately sounded in the south city of Yanzhou City :
"Wan Sheng - Wan Sheng -"
Shouting loudly is itself a way to vent stress and stabilize emotions. Therefore, as the soldiers shouted loudly, their nervousness also calmed down a lot.
Amidst the shouts of the soldiers, the gunners nervously cleaned the gun barrels and reloaded the ammunition. When everything was ready, the three Fran cannons fired again. This time the distance was closer and the attack on the bandits was stronger. .A cannonball hit the rogue formation for more than 20 meters. A bloody path made of dead bodies and broken limbs could be clearly seen on the top of the city.
"Wan Sheng - Wan Sheng -"
The shouts of the officers and soldiers became louder, and even the two governors sitting in the governor's office in the city heard them very clearly. Until then, the officers and soldiers on the city wall had basically eliminated their fear of the rogue bandits. Not only the Muling Army, but also the soldiers of the two Qianhu Stations were completely calm, and in turn, they also aroused a strong sense of fighting.
Many people were lying on the battlements, shouting: "Boom, blast harder and kill these bandits."
Someone else shouted: "Come here. If you are brave enough to die, just come here."
Shang Yi was completely relieved now. Fighting spirit can also be contagious.
At this time, in the formation of rogue bandits under the city, a row of vehicles was rolled out, and a row of thick wooden boards were erected. They were also wrapped with unknown things. In short, a thick pile was blocking the front of the entire team. Continue The city wall must be pushed forward.
This row of wooden carts really greatly reduced the power of the Franco machine cannon. Two shells in the third round of shelling by the officers and soldiers were blocked by the wooden carts. Although one shell smashed a big hole in the wooden cart, it also lost its power. Convection bandits are also incapable of lethality.
Shang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. Sometimes the local methods were really effective, but the firearms of this era all used black powder, and the power of the explosion was average. If it were replaced with high-efficiency gunpowder, even if it was just yellow powder, a few wooden vehicles would The car simply cannot withstand a blast. But there is no other way now. It will take more than a hundred years to make yellow gunpowder.
The three Fran cannons fired two more rounds, and although they opened a few more large holes in the wooden cart, they were at the end of their strength. The convection bandits basically did not cause much damage.
At this time, the bandit's team was much closer to the city wall, almost a hundred paces away. The effective range of the Muling Army's longbow was about a hundred paces, or 150 meters, but on the city wall, the launch point was high. , so the range can be expanded by at least twenty to thirty meters, and now the bandit team has entered the range of the longbow.
As Shang Yi issued the order, Jiang Yiqu immediately shouted: "The long archers come out and come forward."
Two hundred longbowmen immediately came out and stood in front of the battlements. They each took out arrows from their quivers and placed them on their bowstrings.
Jiang Yiqu ordered again: "Pull the bow."
There was a sound of "Ge Zhi - Ge Zhi", and two hundred long bows were drawn, and the arrows pointed diagonally downward from outside the battlements to the outside of the city.
"put!"
Following this last order, the two hundred longbowmen released their fingers on the bowstring almost at the same time, and two hundred sharp arrows made a series of sharp and ear-piercing sounds, and fired rapidly towards the heads of the bandits outside the city.
The wooden carts in the front row of the bandits could block the bombardment of artillery shells, but they could not block the shooting of feather arrows. Moreover, the bandits did not expect that the bows and arrows of the official army could shoot such a long distance, so they did not prepare shields. As a result, This round of arrow shooting immediately caused a large number of people to fall down, and the casualties were far greater than the previous rounds of shelling. At the same time, the entire formation was also in a lot of chaos.
On the city wall, the longbowmen no longer needed orders and entered into free shooting. For a moment, the bowstrings rang and the arrows roared, shooting at the rogues below the city. Although the rogues who had come to their senses raised their shields to block them, But not everyone has a shield in their hand, and even if they have a shield, they may not be able to block the arrows shot by the longbow. At the same time, as the bandits' team is approaching, the artillery can also avoid the wooden carts in the front row. , fought directly into the ranks of the rogue bandits, and began to show off their power again. Therefore, the casualties of the rogue bandits also began to increase rapidly.
Although only at this time, the rogues had not approached the moat, the number of casualties exceeded 300, and the formation was also in a lot of chaos. However, the rogues continued to push towards the city wall despite the fire from bows and arrows. Shang Yi saw clearly from the top of the city. Among the bandits, some turned their heads and retreated. However, they were also greeted by the bows and arrows of the main formation supervisory team from behind, and they were shot one by one in front of the formation. Some of the bandits ran back a few steps. When they saw that this road was impassable, they were forced to turn around and push towards the city wall again.
Only then did Shang Yi realize that the group of people originally sent were to serve as cannon fodder. However, even though they were cannon fodder, they could not be let go. It depended on how many cannon fodder the rogues could send to cushion them. Even though there was a supervisory team behind them. The formation was able to survive such a blow. This group of bandits was obviously much stronger than the bandits. If they were bandits, they would have been dispersed long ago.
Then wouldn't Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong's team be stronger, not to mention the strongest Manchu Eight Banners soldiers in this era? It seems that he has not encountered a truly powerful army before, and he wants to train an army like this There is still a long way to go to strengthen the military of the times.
At this time, the number of wounded in this cannon fodder team of rogue bandits was close to 500, but they finally came to the edge of the moat and dumped the wooden carts one after another. Only then did Shang Yi discover that the wooden carts were still filled with insufficient weapons. The small amount of soil, mud, sand and gravel were all dumped into the Fangcheng River, obviously to fill in the moat first.
However, at such a close distance, the Fo Lang machine gun also lost its effect and misfired on the side. However, the short archers of the Muling Army and the two archers behind the Qianhu Army joined in, which increased the number of people. More than a hundred archers were recruited, and many people threw stones at the city. Because the distance was too close and the rogues were stationed densely, almost no arrows were missed, and every stone was answered. The rogues were almost all lined up. The platoon fell down. Many of them fell headfirst into the moat and were part of the effort to fill in the moat.
After the bandits had emptied all the dirt and gravel from the wooden carts, they retreated back. But this time, the speed was obviously much faster. Everyone was sprinting at a speed of 100 meters, and they all suddenly flashed. The archers chased and shot but failed to hit a few. Even Shang Yi sighed greatly. Who said that the sprinting ability of yellow people is worse than that of black people? It is a pity that there is no Aoyuan meeting now. Otherwise, at least ten can be selected from them. Not unlike Bolt's excellent sprinting talent.