Naturalized in the south of the city.
The Ming army artillery is making final adjustments.
The artillery commander raised his flag and shouted, "All red cannons, listen to my orders!"
"Aim the muzzle of the cannon at the southwest corner of the city wall, load it with two and a half pounds of powder, and use a large solid bullet!"
"volley!"
The artillerymen immediately got busy.
After everyone loaded their ammunition, the artillery commander began the countdown.
"three!"
"two!"
"one!"
With a swish, the command flag fell from the sky.
All the artillery pieces lit their fuses simultaneously.
Sizzle——
boom!
One hundred red cannons fired at the same time.
That moment.
The world seems to have changed.
The Mongolian soldiers standing on the city wall saw a cloud of smoke rising from the south of the city.
Before they could react, a loud noise was heard in their ears, and then the city wall under their feet began to shake.
Bullet after bullet flew through the air.
Some of them hit the city wall, causing it to tremble and leaving shallow marks on the bricks.
Some of them flew over the top of the city wall, fell into the city and smashed down the simple houses.
Some of the bullets hit the battlements of the city wall, knocking off and smashing the blue bricks on the battlements.
One of the bullets happened to hit two Mongolian soldiers who were watching the fun.
The kinetic energy carried by the bullet directly pierced the body of one of the Mongolian soldiers.
Broken bones and splattered blood fell to the ground along with the dead body.
Another bullet hit the Mongolian soldier in the head.
The huge bullet blew away the head, leaving only a body standing motionless behind the battlements of the city wall.
vomit!
Although the Mongolian soldiers who ate raw meat and drank blood were accustomed to blood and death, they had never seen such a way of death and such a corpse.
They covered their mouths and forced themselves to suppress the urge to vomit.
The visual impact has just ended, and the sensory impact follows.
Under the bombardment of projectiles, the city walls and the earth began to tremble continuously.
The soldiers were unsteady on their feet and squatted down to steady themselves.
boom!
The shelling continues!
Although the artillery fuses were ignited at the same time, the burning speeds of the fuses were not consistent.
So the shots were fired in order.
Every time a brick was hit, the wall shook.
Every time the city wall shook, the soldiers' confidence decreased.
The entire bombardment lasted for more than ten breaths before it ended.
The moment the cannon fire stopped, all the Mongolian soldiers on the city wall regained control of their bodies.
They just felt dizzy, their ears swollen, and their legs weak.
In addition to these, they also have a feeling of surviving a disaster.
Horrible, so terrible!
Zuo Dutong Guluge took the opportunity to lean on the battlements of the city wall and look down. Although the city wall as a whole was fine, cracks appeared in the bricks in some places.
"How is it? Is the city wall okay?" asked the right wing commander Hang Gao.
"For now...it's okay!" Guluge said with lingering fear.
"That's good...wait, what do you mean everything is fine at the moment?" Hang Gao heard a clue from Guluge's words.
Guluge did not hide it and explained: "Some of the bricks of the city wall have cracks."
Hang Gao swallowed his saliva and said, "That is to say... as long as the Ming army has enough ammunition, they can completely blow down the city wall?"
"It's hard to say!" Guluge was unsure, "We have to find a way to fight back!"
"How do we fight back?" Hang Gao spread his hands and said, "Although we have a few small cannons, we lack gunpowder and projectiles. The most important thing is that we can't reach the Ming army!"
"Hmm..." Guluge frowned and thought for a while, "How about taking the opportunity to go out of the city and attack the artillery positions? I heard that not everyone can fire the cannon. As long as the artillerymen are killed, the cannons will become useless."
Hang Gao pointed at the Ming cavalry outside the city and shook his head: "Not good! The Ming cavalry may seem scattered, but in fact most of them are gathered near the city gates. As soon as our cavalry leaves the city, they will attack us."
"Also," Hang Gao pointed to the trenches crisscrossing outside the city, "these trenches are deep and wide. Our cavalry was blocked by the trenches after leaving the city, and they couldn't get close to the Ming army's artillery positions at all!"
After recognizing the facts before him, Guluge no longer fantasized about leaving the city to fight back, but began to think about how to defend the city.
However, the Ming army did not give him time to think.
After reloading, the second round of shelling began.
Boom boom boom!
The artillery fired continuously at the southwest corner of the city wall.
At first, the Mongolian soldiers lay behind the battlements of the city wall to avoid the projectiles. As more and more battlements were blown down, their hiding place became smaller and smaller.
boom!
A large projectile hit a section of the battlement of the city wall. The battlement was originally a bit loose, and the entire section fell off under the kinetic energy of the projectile.
With a loud crash!
The Mongolian soldiers hiding behind the battlements of the city wall were buried by the collapsed bricks.
"The battlements of the city wall have collapsed, hurry up and save people!" other Mongolian soldiers shouted.
Seeing their companions being killed or injured by bricks, the Mongolian soldiers panicked.
Because they found that there was no safe place on the city wall!
At first, there were still people defending on the city walls.
As the bombardment lasted longer, there were fewer and fewer Mongolian soldiers on the city wall.
To the end.
There was not a single defender on the city wall in the southwest corner; all of them huddled behind the wall to avoid the bombardment.
It was noon.
The Ming army infantry, which had been well-rested, set out.
The Mongols immediately shouted: "The Ming army has sent people to attack the city. Hurry up and climb up the city wall to prepare for the enemy!"
Although the Mongolian soldiers were afraid, they still picked up their weapons and climbed up the city wall.
Look around.
Outside the city, countless Ming troops were seen slowly approaching the southwest corner of the city wall.
They were wearing heavy armor and holding various protective weapons, giving people the feeling that they were about to attack the city.
But strangely, they did not carry any siege equipment.
The Ming troops stopped thirty steps away from the city wall.
The Mongolian soldiers on the city wall tried to shoot with bows and arrows, but most of them were blocked by their armor and protective gear.
Just when Guluge and Hanggao were puzzled, the rear guard of the second echelon of the Ming army arrived.
They quickly came to the back of the front team and started earthwork.
That means digging!
"They are going to dig a tunnel leading to the bottom of the city wall! Stop them quickly!" The knowledgeable Guluge suddenly understood and shouted to those around him.
To deal with a city without a moat, the way to minimize casualties is to dig a tunnel leading to the bottom of the city wall, bury gunpowder and blow up the tunnel after it is dug through.
As long as the tunnel is blown down, the city wall above will also collapse.
whoosh!
Under Gulug's command, the Mongolian soldiers began to fight back with bows and arrows.
The second echelon of Ming troops ignored them and continued to provide cover and dig pits.
At this time, the third echelon of Ming troops rushed up.
They held various long-range weapons and aimed at the Mongolian soldiers on the city wall.
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