Chapter 2308 The **** battle of Gui Zi Juan, every second counts
Wave after wave of attacks made the defense line on Tieling Acropolis crumbling, but it was always able to survive at the last moment.
Wang Xuan and Guan Bingzhong personally sat at the top of the city, which could be regarded as stabilizing the mood of the soldiers. Especially after "notifying in advance" that the court reinforcements were nearby, the mental state and fighting spirit of the soldiers improved a lot.
Soldiers are not afraid of dying in battle, but they are most afraid of dying in a hopeless battle. Now that they see hope, their will to resist will be much stronger.
Tieling Acropolis is not that tall and steep, and it has experienced a lot of damage after one or two months of siege and attack. But for the Jianzhou Army, siege is not what they are best at, but Now they have to shoulder this task.
For the Jianzhou Army, the only good news is that the people of the Han Army Banner began to participate in the battle, and the scale of investment was increasing.
Ambeyangu personally directed the attack on the Tieling Acropolis.
He knew that this battle would not be easy to fight. By this time, perhaps the Zhou army in the city had realized something, and the resistance had become more fierce and tenacious. Logically speaking, the Jianzhou Army was not suitable for fighting such a battle, but now it is not. choose.
Fortunately, the Great Khan was finally persuaded to allow the Han army to attack. In addition, the defenders in the city were not bombarded by small artillery like what Eyidu encountered, and the scale of the firecrackers was not as large as what Eyidu encountered. Large, look at the offensive and defensive battles on top of the city, duels with spears, swords, shields, and bows and arrows still account for a large proportion.
Looking at the armored soldiers using ladders to build up the city wall, leather shields and wooden shields formed a dense protective circle, covering the soldiers as they began to climb up the city wall.
The attack on the city gate on the other side also entered the most intense stage, and the Xiyi artillery was pushed out by the Jianzhou Army.
This is a large-scale artillery made only in Jianzhou. They learned the Western cannon-casting technology introduced from Japan, but they have not been able to successfully cast the cannon. The main reason is that the iron smelting technology is not up to par.
It wasn't until Li Yongfang led tens of thousands of people from Fushun Pass to join Jianzhou, many of whom were iron smelters, that the iron smelting technology in Jianzhou had been greatly improved, and the cannon casting technology began to be gradually improved and trial-produced. It was only when I got up that I had this breakthrough.
Even so, the Jianzhou Jurchen side still complained about the difficulty of casting cannons and the yield rate, and it took a huge amount of manpower, material and financial resources to cast three cannons.
Now it’s finally time to put this thing to use to attack Tieling Acropolis.
Zhao Menglin on the city wall also noticed this situation and was shocked in his heart.
He did not expect that the Jurchens in Jianzhou actually built Xiyi cannons. He knew the power of this cannon. Although it was heavy and difficult to move, its power, especially against other weapons such as attacking cities and breaking down walls, was better than other weapons. Incomparable.
For a while, Zhao Menglin didn’t know how to deal with it.
This kind of Western cannon can actually be manufactured in the weapons workshops of the Zhou Dynasty. However, for the Zhou army, which already has tiger crouching cannons and heavy muskets, the siege task is not that big. What is more important is the need for field artillery.
Therefore, the squatting tiger cannon is very popular, but the Xiyi cannon, which is difficult to move and is too large, is not so practical. Therefore, except for the installation of such cannons in big cities such as Shenyang, Guangning, and Zizaizhou, there are no other cannons in the country. The army is widely equipped.
Zhao Menglin knew the opponent's intention as soon as he saw the Jianzhou Army pushing the Xiyi cannon on a gun cart in the direction facing the city gate.
This is to directly bombard the city gate. The solid round bullets fired by this kind of cannon are tens of kilograms of hard stone bullets, or even cast iron bullets. It only takes one or two bullets to hit the city gate to completely smash it. destroy.
Similarly, even if it hits the city head, it can still smash the city head that is covered with square bricks and filled with rammed earth. With a few more hits, the entire city head can be destroyed. The power it brings is also It's enough to demoralize the defense.
"Go and fill up the city gate immediately. Hurry, hurry up!" Zhao Menglin thought for a moment and then hurriedly ordered, "Pack soil in cloth bags and fill the city gate hole. Immediately! After it is full, pile up the entire line of the city wall. Go ahead and ask Zhang Hu to bring the Eagle-billed Gun Team over!"
The soldiers at the city gate also saw the Western cannons that were being set up and aimed at in the distance, and they were shocked in their hearts. Did the Jurchens in Jianzhou actually have such huge cannons?
Where did they get it?
I have to be thankful that the Jurchens in Jianzhou are still somewhat deficient in cannon-casting technology. Although they advanced to within three hundred steps, the solid bullets they fired still deviated from the city gate, only hitting a huge crater in the city wall. At the same time, turtles were everywhere. The cracked wall also showed its powerful impact.
Jun Jun rushed up to the city tower desperately and raised his telescope to see. Three Western cannons were lined up. It seemed that the Jianzhou Nuzhen was going to concentrate their firepower on the east gate, although the earth under the east gate was still being filled urgently. , but looking at the power of the artillery, even bombarding the city wall is still very dangerous.
"It's useless, the eagle-billed gun can't hit that far." Jun Song observed for a moment, then waved his hand, "The Western cannon is at least three hundred steps away, and the hawk-billed gun can only hit a hundred steps, and beyond 200 steps It’s not lethal enough.”
The Great Zhou Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty system. One step is about 1.5 meters to 1.6 meters. The power of the hawkbill gun is already extremely powerful. It can penetrate wooden boards and light armor within a hundred steps, but if it exceeds 150 steps, it will Both accuracy and lethality have dropped a lot.
“What should we do?” Zhao Menglin asked anxiously.
"What should we do? Take human lives to pay for it." Du Song said coldly: "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Everyone knows what the consequences of the Jurchens' losses will be after they capture the city, so this is a last-ditch battle, not theirs." Death means our death, there is no other result.”
Zhao Menglin gritted his teeth and said, "Well, let's fight to the death!"
"Don't be anxious or panicked. The Jurchens even pushed out the Western cannons that they had probably hidden for a long time, and they didn't care about the losses caused by attacking the city like this. It can be seen that they are really anxious. It is estimated that the imperial reinforcements will kill them. I couldn't resist the fight anymore, I really admire that little Governor Feng, he actually forced Nurhaci to be like this in such a short time, he seems to be stronger than Governor Feng."
Jun Jun was still able to hold his own, with a calm and indifferent expression: "Even if the Western cannons can destroy the city walls and towers, if the Jurchens want to attack the city, they still have to use their armored infantry to defeat us with musketeers and bows and arrows. The soldiers are ready, the point is to shoot these armored soldiers, I will let them understand how naive they are to expect to break the city with the help of Western cannons alone."
The coach's calmness finally made the people around him calm down.
Think about it, after all, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in Tieling Guard City. In a life-and-death situation, the combat effectiveness will be exploded to the extreme.
Everyone understands that once the Jurchens break the city, massacre is the only result. As long as we can withstand the opponent's attack, the imperial reinforcements may be able to reach the city tomorrow and tomorrow, allowing the Jurchens to return in defeat.
Nurhaci and Fei Yingdong did feel the danger.
Daishan was beaten by a group of Beijing troops and actually retreated to Huabao to ask for help. This shocked the entire Jianzhou Jurchens, no less than E Yidu's defeat at the Yilu Suo line.
You must know that Daishan is the most outstanding among Nurhachi's sons in terms of courage and military strategy. At this time, even Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai were inferior, and only Chu Ying could rival him.
However, Chu Ying's military prowess was better, but his strategy was not as good as Daishan's. Therefore, Nurhachi was very optimistic about Daishan, so he let him lead an army to guard the east.
All intelligence showed that it was the Jingying camp with nearly ten thousand people that pushed Daishan into a desperate situation. It was not the Jizhen Army or the Liaodong Army pretending to be the enemy. Daishan also had five or six thousand troops in his hands, but he was defeated by a force that was only slightly larger than him. Zhou Jingying was forced to retreat and even asked Fei Yingdong for help.
Nurhaci didn't believe that Daishan didn't understand what he meant by asking Fei Yingdong for help. Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai and even Chu Ying were all staring at him. It could be said that Daishan would not do this unless he was in a desperate situation, but Daishan Good things were done anyway.
Fortunately, Fei Yingdong also understood the importance and did not ignore the danger in Eryidu just because Daishan asked for help. He only sent a cavalry to support him. As long as he steadily delayed the Zhou army's offensive in the east, it would not affect the overall situation.
But this is enough to show that the situation is reversing. If the Juniper tribe in Tieling Acropolis is not solved, the success may be in vain, or even the situation will be reversed, and the Jianzhou Jurchens will lose all the rice.
Because of this, Nurhaci and Anfeyangu agreed to capture the Tieling Acropolis even if they had to pay the price of another attack. This arduous task would be undertaken by Li Yongfang's Han Army Flag.
Nurhachi believed that Li Yongfang could understand his difficulties. After hiding the Han Army Flag behind him for so long, all the Eight Banners of Jianzhou were filled with resentment. It was time for the people of the Han Army Flag to prove themselves.
"Please look at my brother-in-law, the Xiyi artillery is really powerful. After just a few rounds of shelling, the east gate is already crumbling." Anfeiyanggu was extremely excited and couldn't help but rub his hands. "Two more rounds and the east gate will definitely collapse. , the rest depends on the side of the Han Army Flag. On the north gate, Ba Beile personally supervises the formation, and the offensive is very fierce, but the Great Khan still hopes that the Han Army Flag can break through the city first, which will allow the emperor and the Han Army Flag to In the future, people can be proud and proud within our Jianzhou Jurchens, and no longer look at other people's looks, and be looked down upon by others..."
Li Yongfang calmly glanced at An Feiyanggu, who was working hard to encourage him. This guy was a little more immature than Fei Yingdong and He Heli, and he didn't have so many scruples when speaking.
However, Li Yongfang also knew the truth behind the other party's words. He and the people of the Han Army Banner had no choice. If they wanted to survive in the military group of Jianzhou Jurchen, they had to prove themselves.
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