"kill!"
Hundreds of Jiannu soldiers saw that the city gate was wide open and immediately organized their forces to attack inside the city gate.
Although they knew that there was an inner city wall inside the city gate, as long as they occupied the city gate, they could attack the city from inside the inner city wall, or they could defend the city gate and pry bricks and dig the wall.
After all, the moat is too slippery and one could easily fall into the river if one is not careful.
As soon as the leading commander rushed into the city gate, he found that there were hundreds of Ming soldiers coming towards him. They held shields and long armor-piercing spears and stood motionless near the city gate.
Just when he was wondering, he suddenly discovered the artillery in front of the Ming army.
There were more than twenty cannons in total, and the black muzzles were all pointing at them.
There was a Ming soldier standing near each cannon, holding a lit match in their hands and using it to ignite the cannon's fuse.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" The Jiannu commander turned around and ran out without even having time to explain.
However, he underestimated the determination of these grassroots Eight Banners soldiers to achieve success.
When the Eight Banners soldiers saw the city gate open, they thought they had broken through the Ming army's defenses, and they all rushed forward bravely, fearing that if they fell behind, the credit would be taken away by others.
The temptation of being granted a worldly position is too great!
Those in front ran backwards, and those behind pushed forward, and there was sudden chaos near the city gate!
At the signal of the artillery, more than a thousand Ming soldiers squatted down and covered their ears with their hands.
boom!
Three cannons fired at the same time.
Two of the guns were loaded with large solid bullets, and one was loaded with a hundred-bullet rapid-fire bullet.
The large solid bullet shot out from the muzzle with unstoppable force, passed through the city gate, and landed on the ground dozens of meters away.
The short range is not due to insufficient gunpowder, but because the muzzle pressure is very low.
The two solid bullets, carrying the anger of the people of Xuanfu Town, carved out two bloody paths.
The Eight Banners soldier who was pierced by the large solid bullet felt his body suddenly lighten, and then his consciousness began to blur, and his body fell down uncontrollably.
"ah!"
Some Eight Banners soldiers were hit in the arms and shoulders by artillery shells. They fell to the ground screaming, covering their wounds and struggling in pain.
In addition to the large solid bullets, there is also a cannon that uses a hundred-bullet rapid-fire bullets.
At such a close distance, let alone double layers of armor, even three or four layers cannot stop these little finger-sized projectiles.
Puff puff puff!
The sound of bullets penetrating into the body was endless, and as the blood mist rose, screams of pain were also heard.
There was suddenly a sea of blood near the city gate.
"Form a battle line and leave the city!" Ding Yi picked up the armor-piercing spear on the ground and stood up first.
The rest of the Ming troops stood up, crossed the artillery positions and began to form a battle formation.
Walking in the front were the shield soldiers, holding shields more than half a person's height and quickly coming to the inside of the city gate.
The spearmen followed behind, thrusting their spears through the gaps between their shields.
At the back were some infantrymen holding cavalry shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands. They stared at the ground intently and finished off the Jiannu soldiers who were hit by spears but not killed.
The Ming army was divided into teams of fifty men, and they rushed out one after another despite the counterattack of the Jiannu soldiers.
The Jiannu soldiers were unwilling to be outdone and immediately organized a counterattack.
The heavily armored soldiers came over with heavy steps. They pushed the armor on their left arms hard and swung the swords on their right hands hard at the wood behind the spears.
After two slashes, the wooden handle of the armor-piercing spear was chopped into several large gaps. The left arm armor pressed down hard, and the wooden handle broke from the gaps.
The spearmen suddenly turned into stickmen.
Without the threat of the armor-piercing spears, the heavily armored soldiers regained their spirits and continued to charge forward.
The Ming army did not panic. The shield soldiers in front used their shields as weapons to block the advance of the heavy armored soldiers.
Some of the Ming soldiers behind drew their swords and slashed at the heavily armored soldiers through the gaps in their shields. Another part of the Ming soldiers took the spears from their companions behind them, raised them high, and stabbed the upper bodies and heads of the heavily armored soldiers.
This was the first time the two sides came into real close combat.
The advantages of heavy armored soldiers are thick armor and high defense; the disadvantages are that they are bulky, move slowly, and consume physical strength.
If it is just a one-on-one fight, the advantage of heavy armored infantry is not obvious.
The enemy can use the space to dodge and then counterattack when the heavily armored soldiers are exhausted.
But in large-scale battles on the battlefield, the advantages of heavy armored soldiers were instantly magnified several times.
The battlefield was full of people, especially on the front line of fighting between the two sides, where there was no place to hide.
You can only charge forward bravely!
Moreover, heavy infantry do not need shields because the armor on their bodies serves as shields.
It is difficult to hurt them with ordinary swords and knives. The only things that can hurt them are armor-piercing spears and various blunt weapons.
However, wielding a blunt weapon for a long time would also consume a huge amount of physical strength.
The Jiannu heavy-armored infantryman dodged the stabbing spear by leaning sideways, grabbed a corner of the shield with his left hand, and while lifting the shield, he swung the sword in his right hand half-slashing and half-stabbing.
The Ming soldier holding the shield was a little panicked. He was not as strong as the Jiannu soldier. He was reluctant to let go of the shield, but he could not compete with the opponent.
He could only watch helplessly as the shield was pulled down by the opponent.
The bright sword pierced directly into the neck of the Ming soldier, and the bright red blood instantly moistened the blade.
When the murderer saw the blood, he grinned grimly, drew his knife with his right hand, and chopped at another Ming soldier again.
"Be careful!" Guerrilla general Ding Yi, who was at the front of the team, swung his sword to block and saved his companions in time.
Swish, swish, swish!
The spearmen behind Ding Yi thrust out their spears and then quickly retracted them to prevent the wooden handles from being chopped off by the enemy.
laugh!
An armor-piercing spear pierced the shoulder of the Jiannu heavy armored infantryman, and blood oozed out as the spear was retracted.
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