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The Jiannu cavalry was the most powerful army of the era, and Nargutai's reaction was also very fast, but the Jiannu cavalry who dismounted could not exert even 30% of their combat effectiveness. Moreover, in the face of muskets, even a martial arts master could not withstand the volleys of fire from a well-trained army.
Hailasheng was a centurion in the Jiannu army and a famous warrior among the Jiannu people. If it weren't for his simple mind and inability to command the army, with Hailasheng's bravery, those thousand-household commanders would not be his match.
Among the guards on duty tonight was Hailasheng, and he was the first one to run down the city wall and rush towards the city gate. The gate of Shengjing was not very big. With Hailasheng's ability, it was definitely a situation where one man could block the city gate and ten thousand men could not get through. After the city gate was blown up, the first group to rush to the city gate were a dozen Japanese auxiliary soldiers. These Japanese were fearless under Tang Tong's generous reward, but Hailasheng was too powerful. In front of Hailasheng, the dozen or so people were killed by Hailasheng's knife like being chopped into vegetables and melons.
After Hailasheng knocked down the last Japanese soldier at the city gate, he shouted to his men to guard the city gate with him and wait for the arrival of other Jiannu reinforcements. When dozens of Jiannu soldiers who moved quickly ran to the city gate, even a stupid person like Hailasheng knew that the city gate would not be lost for the time being.
Hailasheng believed in his own bravery and the bravery of his soldiers, but some things could not be achieved by bravery alone. The second group to arrive at the city gate was the regular army under Tang Tong. The one hundred people armed with muskets saw that the Jiannu people had quickly blocked the city gate, and immediately formed a shooting formation. The first row of twenty guns were aimed at Hailasheng.
In this era, the use of firearms was already common in the world, but because the early firearms had a too short firing range and little power, the usage rate of firearms in the late period was not as high as in the early period. But no matter what, Hailasheng knew about the existence of firearms. When he saw that the other party was using a firearm, he knew that it would be painful to be hit by this thing, and generally would not kill immediately, but would die after bleeding out. So Hailasheng became furious, brandished a big knife, and rushed towards Tang Tong's soldiers with a loud roar.
But the breech-loading rifles of Tang Tong's soldiers were obviously not comparable to the iron sand guns used by the old people. Their penetrating power was several times that of the old muskets. Moreover, these soldiers had been trained for a long time and their shooting skills were very accurate. At such a close distance, the bullets from twenty guns all hit Hai Lasheng's body. One of the bullets broke Hai Lasheng's skull and the scattered brain matter was shocking even at night.
Then the second row, the third row...the guns fired in turn, causing the Jiannu soldiers who were coming from behind to fall down before they could figure out what was going on. Tang Tong's soldiers also rushed to the city gate in a continuous stream, covering each other and pressing into the city in turn. At this time, Nargutai had also arrived at the scene. His reaction was quite fast. After arriving, Nargutai immediately organized his men to fight back with arrows.
The Jiannu people's main skill lies in archery on horseback. If it were the firearms from the old days, they would not be a match for the Jiannu people in a shootout. However, the shooting speed of the breech-loading rifle is far superior to the Jiannu people's arrows. In such a shootout, it is the Jiannu people who suffer the most.
After Tang Tong's soldiers took control of the city gate, they immediately attacked the city wall. The Japanese auxiliary troops who arrived later also attacked the city wall desperately under the cover of muskets. As long as they could capture the city wall, Shengjing City would be completely captured.
Seeing that his side suffered heavy casualties in the exchange of fire, Nargutai had to change his tactics and asked his men to bring horses, preparing to use cavalry charges to drive the enemies who occupied the city gate back out of the city. But by the time the Jiannu soldiers got on their horses, there were already thousands of people pouring into the city gate. Some of them, armed with muskets, firmly controlled the street in front of the city gate, while the rest attacked the city wall and some infiltrated the city from the alleys on both sides of the street.
Although the street in front of the city gate was not the most important street in Shengjing City, there were only about ten cavalrymen that could be lined up side by side at a time. The entire cavalry team could not be deployed, and instead, Tang Tong's soldiers could slaughter them leisurely.
Yes, it was that feeling of being slaughtered. This was the first time that Nargutai discovered that the invincible Jiannu cavalry had no ability to fight back in front of this attacking team. The width of the street limited the impact of the cavalry. As more and more Jiannu cavalry fell, the impact speed of the cavalry team became slower and slower. When Nargutai came back to his senses from the shock, two of the three Niulu's men had been lost.
The Jiannu cavalry at the back no longer dared to charge forward. Although the Jiannu people in their past were fearless in battle, they were still afraid of this kind of pure suicide. At this time, the two thousand soldiers under Tang Tong and the three thousand Japanese auxiliary troops had basically entered the city and occupied the city wall. Under the command of Zhang Yiheng, two hundred soldiers were left to guard the outside of the city wall, and the rest of the people advanced into the city.
Under the pressure of gunpoint, the Jiannu people no longer had the courage to launch a second attack. As Tang Tong's men in front of them continued to advance, the Jiannu people kept retreating. Anyone who retreated a little slower would be shot without mercy. Seeing the scene in front of him, Nargu knew that the situation was hopeless. The most important thing now was to protect the palace and wait for reinforcements from other places. Once the palace was breached, even if he and his entire clan were executed, I am afraid that Huang Taiji would not be able to get rid of his hatred.
The short battle at the city gate had already left thousands of Jiannu corpses. There were tens of thousands of regular troops in the entire Shengjing City. Under normal circumstances, even if a hundred thousand people came, they would not be able to capture Shengjing in a short time. If the old, weak and slaves in the city were included, at least ten thousand troops could be recruited. In that case, Shengjing City would be even less likely to be captured. Even if the city was captured, such a large force in the city could delay the arrival of reinforcements. However, the rapid attack speed of Tang Tong's men made it impossible for the people in Shengjing City to organize those old, weak and slaves.
In the entire Shengjing City, there are at least 40,000 Han slaves working like slaves for the Jiannu people. In times of peace, under the pressure of swords and guns, these people could be used as cannon fodder in the war. But at this time, the Jiannu people were defeated and had no time to force these Han slaves to be cannon fodder. Instead, some Han slaves took up swords and guns after being liberated and fought with the Jiannu people. Most of these people had their families broken up by the Jiannu people. It can be said that they had a blood feud with the Jiannu people, and they were naturally fearless in the fight.
However, there were also some spineless people who, after being liberated by Tang Tong's men, neither participated in the battle nor fled, but hid in the corner waiting for the matter to be over. Tang Tong couldn't help but sigh in contempt for such people.
There were also many people who defected to the Jiannu and lived quite well among them. For these people, Tang Tong had only one word: kill. In Tang Tong's mind, the Jiannu people could allow them to surrender, but Tang Tong felt that there was no need to keep these traitors alive. In Tang Tong's view, the harm caused by these people was even worse than that of the Jiannu people, and keeping them would always be a harm.
As Tang Tong and his men's victory continued to expand, nearly 30,000 of the 40,000 Han slaves joined Tang Tong's team. These people had some understanding of the situation in Shengjing. Under their leadership, most of the powerful Jiannu people in Shengjing were caught. A small number of them saw the opportunity early and opened another city gate to escape. Although they did not escape, their belongings were left to Tang Tong and his men.
The remaining Jiannu soldiers all retreated into the palace. This palace was a city within a city and was built quite solidly. However, under the threat of muskets, these Jiannu soldiers could not even stick their heads out, so Tang Tong's men repeated the same trick and blew open the palace gate. This time, Tang Tong did not let his soldiers go in first, but let the Japanese take some of the powerful Jiannu as shields and kill their way into the palace.
The gates of the palace were wide open, and every Jiannu soldier felt that they were finished. Even if they did not die on the battlefield, they would be beheaded by Huang Taiji afterwards. In this situation, the Jiannu soldiers fought even harder, but no matter how hard they tried, cold weapons were far less effective than hot weapons. Tang Tong ordered his men to advance little by little. There were Japanese auxiliary troops fighting in the front, and Tang Tong's soldiers were shooting from behind, causing the Jiannu soldiers, whose number was originally similar to that of the Japanese auxiliary troops, to be beaten back step by step. Seeing that victory was in sight, the Han slaves who helped Tang Tong surround the palace suddenly fell into chaos.
Although those Han slaves did not have a deep hatred for the Jiannu people, they had lived under the whip for a long time and were deeply afraid of the Jiannu. When Tang Tong's men attacked the palace, these slaves who were watching the excitement outside the palace suddenly saw a group of Jiannu soldiers appear in front of them. They panicked and the timid ones immediately ran away.
Tang Tong never dreamed of such a situation, and it also taught him a lesson that was neither small nor insignificant.
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