After the rogue bandits retreated, they left behind corpses on the ground, several overturned vehicles, and weapons and weapons thrown down. A burst of warm cheers erupted on the walls of Yanzhou City, and the defenders were congratulating themselves on their retreat. The first attack of the rogue bandits.
But Shang Yi knew that the real attack of the rogue pirates had not yet begun. What they were doing now was just filling in the moat to prepare for the final siege. But Shang Yi did not stop the soldiers from cheering because of this Cheering and congratulations go a long way to boosting one's morale and eliminating fear of bandits.
At the same time, Shang Yi ordered the long archers to take some time to rest and stretch their arms. Because just now every long archer fired at least ten times in a row, and some even fired fifteen or sixteen arrows, which was almost the limit. , at this time everyone’s arms were so tired that they were shaking their hands vigorously, or constantly bending their arms, using the method taught by Shang Yi to relax the arm muscles and recover as soon as possible.
At this time, Shang Yi walked to the Folang machine gun. When the captain who had asked him for instructions just now saw him coming, he quickly stood up and saluted, saying: "Mr. Qian."
Shang Yi nodded. He had been observing this captain just now. He was about thirty-five years old, not tall, but stocky. Not only did he give orders just now, but he also personally made and filled the chamber. Shang Yi found that he was very proficient in a series of cannon firing movements, and his speed was much faster than the other two cannons, almost reaching the level of being able to fire once a minute, so he also asked: "What's your name?" "
The captain said: "Reporting to my lord, my name is Luo Yuanbin."
Shang Yi said: "I just saw that you fired the cannon very skillfully. How many years have you been a gunner?"
Luo Yuanbin said: "This villain has been a gunner for ten years."
Shang Yi was about to ask him, but at this time Zhou Shaohuan said: "President Qian, the traitors have started attacking again."
Shang Yi nodded again, patted Luo Yuanbin on the shoulder, and said, "Do your best. I'll talk to you again after the traitors retreat."
In fact, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and others were also very confused about whether to allow the change at this time, because half of the three thousand soldiers sent out to fill the Fangcheng River had been demolished, and most of the people who escaped were injured. Not yet. They were very surprised to suffer such losses when they started to attack the city.
After several of them joined forces, the total number of people was close to 70,000. Of course, more than half of them were family members, but there were also close to 40,000 combatable soldiers, but only 10,000 of them were the main force, with the best equipment and weapons, and the rest were auxiliary. People and horses are used as cannon fodder. Although the three thousand people and horses dispatched just now are cannon fodder, cannon fodder is still a person who can work and fight. Such a big loss still makes them feel a little unbearable. This is understandable why With Li Zicheng's strength, he could not defeat Kaifeng Mansion twice.
Therefore, Xu Bian wanted to retreat, so he said: "Yanzhou City is well defended. If we attack like this, our losses will be too great. I think we should retreat! Let's not look for other places to go."
Ma Jinzhong looked at him and said: "Where else can we go? Now there is King Chuang in the Central Plains, there are eight kings in Huguang, and there are Tatar soldiers outside Guanzhou in Hebei. Apart from Yanzhou, where else can we go?"
Xu Xu changed his words: "But didn't you see just now? More than a thousand brothers were killed before we reached the outside of the city. If we go down here, even if we capture Yanzhou, our vitality will be greatly damaged. If we kill all the brothers If it’s all gone, is there any way for the rest of us to survive?”
Ma Jinzhong said disdainfully: "Now the officers and soldiers only rely on the Fangcheng River to block it, so they are holding on. After filling up the Fangcheng River, they can directly attack Yanzhou City. By then, we will see what else the officers and soldiers have. Method. Besides, those who died were not brothers who were truly capable of fighting. Such people—" He pointed in the direction of Yanzhou City, "There are plenty of them in the city. As long as Yanzhou City is captured, we can replenish them as many as we die."
His words made Wang Guoning and Li Yangchun nod frequently, and Ma Jinzhong said again: "Don't forget, there is also a King of Lu living in Yanzhou Mansion. King Chuang captured Luoyang, captured Prince Fu's Mansion, and got the gold There is a mountain of silver and treasures, too many to count. The grain alone is enough to last for a year. The Prince of Lu's Mansion will not be that bad! Therefore, as long as the Yanzhou Mansion is captured, it needs people and money. If we have money and food, we can live a good life for a few days."
Hearing what he said, several other people were also tempted. Xu Xu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's fight and continue the attack."
After several people reached a consensus, the bandits immediately launched the second round of river filling attack.
Seeing the second group of bandits approaching the city wall, Shang Yi also knew the bandits' intention, which was to fill up the moat even if they were to save lives, so he ordered the long archers to rest and instead used short archers to attack the bandits who were filling the river. Archery. Luo Yuanbin and others also stopped using solid bullets and waited until the bandits' team came within a distance of 150 steps before attacking with explosive bullets.
The range and penetration of blooming bullets are not as good as those of solid bullets, but they are very effective against rogue bandits without much cover. The lethality at close range is much greater than that of solid bullets. With one bombardment, the rogue bandits are almost reduced to pieces. He fell down, only to make the bandits scream in agony.
Therefore, although the team defending the city lacked long archers, they also caused a lot of casualties to the rogue bandits. After these rogue bandits retreated, the number of corpses parked outside the city almost doubled. In one morning, at least More than two thousand bandits were killed, and the casualties among the officers and soldiers were extremely small. Only a dozen people in the Muling army were injured by arrows, and no one died. The other two Qianhusuo armies combined, no more than ten people died. .
The moat of Yanzhou City is not wide, only two feet, which is more than six meters in the metric system. And it is not necessary to fill in the entire moat, only a few channels need to be filled in. After two fillings by the bandits, After the work, more than half of several areas have been filled in. Of course, many of them are filled with corpses. If the bandits carry out the filling work two or three more times, they can fill in five or six roads in the city protection. .
However, at this time, the sun was in the middle of the sky, and at noon, the bandits also stopped attacking and ate in front of the formation. The officers and soldiers in Yanzhou City also cooked their own meals according to each department and sent them to the city wall.
All Mu Lingjun ate were the same white flour steamed buns. At this time, a lot of steamed buns were made when setting off from Mulingguan, which was easy to carry along the way. Because it was cold, there was no fear of spoilage. But today was the last batch of white flour steamed buns. In the afternoon It's time to eat white rice, but the steamed buns have also been re-steamed, very soft and steaming. Each soldier of the Muling Army was given two steamed buns, a large bowl of broth and a large piece of horse meat - this It is made from the dead horses of the bandits in the First World War in Qufu County. Regardless of soldiers or generals, they all eat the same.
Although the taste of horse meat is not delicious, in this winter, it is a very good treatment to be able to drink a bowl of hot broth and eat horse meat with steamed buns. Look at the other two thousand people.
Husuo's army, as well as the sixteen gunners, could only eat black flour cake heads. Even Yang Mingyuan and Feng Zhigang's servants could only eat half of white rice. The other was a wild vegetable dumpling. It was the same as the food of Mu Ling's army.
Compared to, it's too far behind.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers all watched Mu Lingjun gulp down soup, meat and steamed buns, and they were so greedy that they swallowed their saliva. They were also thinking, we are all soldiers, why is there such a big gap!
However, Shang Yi still asked someone to give them each a basket of steamed buns and a bowl of broth. After all, everyone was fighting side by side at that time. And in the next few days, they will also fight against the bandits together. The relationship between them is still
It had to be dealt with. Naturally, Yang Mingyuan and Feng Zhigang were very grateful. After taking the steamed buns and broth, they went to enjoy it each.
Jiang Yiqu held a bowl in one hand, scratched the entrance of the battlement, looked outside, and murmured: "Damn it, so many heads cannot be cut outside, otherwise it would be such a big achievement!"
Zhou Shaohuan laughed on the side and said: "Uncle Jiang, just save it. There are so many bandits, aren't these heads enough for you to chop off?"
Cheng Jin also said: "That's right, there's more behind the head."
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and finally returned to their previous relaxed attitude, not caring about the bandits at all.
Shang Yi then turned to the group of gunners, and he also gave them a portion of the steamed bun soup. Because there were few gunners in this group, everyone could get a steamed bun and a bowl of meat, and they ate it with gusto.
Seeing Shang Yi coming, the gunners all stood up to greet them with a very respectful attitude. Shang Yi asked them all to sit down and asked Luo Yuanbin: "In addition to firing cannons, do you also know how to shoot blunderbuss?"
Luo Yuanbin hurriedly said: "Replying to my lord, I have bird guns, Lumi guns, three-eyed fire guns and other weapons. I, the villain, and this group of brothers all know how to use them."
Shang Yi was a little surprised and said: "So you know how to use a lot of firearms?"
Luo Yuanbin said: "I'll tell you the truth, sir. I was originally an officer and soldier in Dengzhou. I learned how to use various firearms under the guidance of the Western instructors under Governor Sun. Later, when Shandong rebelled, I was assigned to Yanzhou."
I came to the government to take charge of a team of gunners, so I also taught them some."
When Shang Yi heard this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoiced. This trip to Yanzhou Prefecture was not in vain. Of course he knew that the Governor Sun mentioned by Luo Yuanbin was Sun Yuanhua, the Governor of Denglai in the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631). He was the governor of China in the late Ming Dynasty.
If the famous firearms scientists had not died young, their achievements would never be as great as those of Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing.
When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Dengzhou, he hired a Portuguese named Teixeira Correa to lead some Portuguese soldiers to help the Ming army test-cast European-style cannons, and was responsible for training the Ming army's gunners and musketeers. Only
Unfortunately, after Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others rebelled in Shandong, Sun Yuanhua was beheaded by the court and abandoned. Only three of Teixeira Correa and his Portuguese soldiers survived. A scientific base that applied advanced Western firearms technology was also destroyed.
Destroyed once.
More than 30 new artillery pieces cast by Sun Yuanhua in Dengzhou were also brought to Liaodong by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others to surrender to Huang Taiji. In the Ningjin Battle in the 13th year of Chongzhen (1139), they helped the Qing army exert its power.