The Eight Banners soldiers who poured kerosene onto the ladders were shot dead on the spot.
Although he was dead, kerosene began to flow down the ladder.
"Go to hell!" Another Eight Banners soldier threw the lit torch into the flowing kerosene.
call!
Kerosene will ignite as soon as it comes into contact with fire, not only igniting the ladders, but also forcing the Ming army attacking the city on the ladders to retreat.
Some fell off the ladder, while others quickly retreated from the ladder.
The surrounding soldiers hurriedly sprinkled dirt on the burning soldier to put out the fire.
Without waiting for orders from the Ming army generals, the second group of Ming troops attacking the city climbed up the ladders.
The heavily armored soldier at the front had thick wet cloth tied on his hands. He wiped the burning area with the wet cloth while climbing up.
Although this cannot put out the fire, it can reduce the intensity of the fire and the burning speed of the ladder.
As long as the fire is not too big, it will have little impact on the attack.
After all, the armor on them is impervious to water and invulnerable to fire.
Seeing this, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall raised stones and smashed them hard at the Ming soldiers on the ladders.
As soon as the Ming soldiers wearing iron helmets raised their heads, they were hit on the head by stones falling from above.
With a loud bang, a piece of the iron helmet was directly dented.
The skull under the iron helmet was also smashed and dented, and blood and brain matter flowed down through the gaps in the iron helmet.
The Ming army soldiers died on the spot and their bodies fell from the ladders.
The Ming army behind lay on the ladders to avoid the falling bodies, and then continued to climb the ladders to attack the city.
These are the elite troops of the Ming army.
The most basic quality of an elite is strict discipline!
We must never retreat before the call is made.
Even if I die, I must die on the way to charge.
"kill!"
As soon as the Ming army in front fell, the Ming army behind rushed forward and continued to attack the city.
Seeing that the Ming army was about to climb to the top of the city wall, the Eight Banners soldiers used a powerful move.
An Eight Banners general shouted behind him, "Where's the earth-shattering mine? Throw it now!"
During the attack on Xuanfu Town in the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Eight Banners soldiers were traumatized by this type of grenade.
When they returned to Liaodong to summarize their experience of defeat, they believed that this oversized grenade could be very effective in defending the city.
So they started imitating it immediately.
This type of grenade is just an advanced idea, but its technological content is not high.
Thanks to the careful research of the craftsmen, the Eight Banners soldiers soon also possessed this weapon.
"Here they come!" The Eight Banners Baoyi held up an oversized grenade with a lit fuse and threw it down the ladder.
Bang!
While throwing grenades, the Eight Banners Baoyi were accurately shot and killed by the Ming army with bird guns.
Zi——
The oversized grenades fell in sync with the sound of burning fuses.
boom!
Before the grenade hit the ground, a loud explosion was heard.
The shock wave carried bullets, stones and iron filings in all directions.
The Ming army at the center of the explosion fell down in large numbers.
The seriously injured were knocked unconscious and lay motionless on the ground.
Those with less severe injuries either rolled on the ground or squatted there with their heads covered and howled in pain.
The wounds on their bodies began to bleed, and dizziness and buzzing in their ears followed.
Lost combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
The Ming army, which was a little further away, was in better condition. They reorganized their formation and launched another attack.
The heavy armored soldiers are in front, and the sword and shield players are behind.
They tied small shields to their left arms and continued to climb up with knives in their right hands.
The slope of the ladder is not steep.
These trained soldiers can even climb up without using a ladder.
"Kill the Jiannu, recover Liaodong, charge, brothers!" The Ming army attacking the city issued a deafening roar.
Seeing that the Ming army was rushing up again, the Eight Banners soldiers took out another weapon to defend the city: Ten Thousand Enemies.
This weapon for defending the city was also learned from the Ming army.
The method of making Wanren Di is very simple. Just dip a quilt in gunpowder and roll it up.
When using, light the quilt and throw it at the target.
A quilt covered with gunpowder will be blown away by the wind when it burns violently. Once you touch something, you will be stuck to the quilt and burned by the flames.
Unless you take off your clothes or jump into the water, the flame will not go out!
Under the command of the Eight Banners soldiers, the Eight Banners bannermen carried out the quilts soaked in gunpowder.
After lighting a corner of the quilt, Ten Thousand Enemies floated down from the city wall.
"Ten thousand enemies are coming, quickly grab the bamboo poles!"
The Ming troops near the ladders suddenly became busy.
Amidst roars, they raised high the bamboo poles they had prepared in advance.
This bamboo pole is very long, with a half-meter-long horizontal bar tied to the head.
When the Eight Banners soldiers threw down Wan Ren Di, they held up bamboo poles to touch it.
When Wan Ren Di touches the bamboo pole, it will stick to it. At this time, the Ming army holding the bamboo pole will throw the bamboo pole and Wan Ren Di together to the open space on the battlefield.
The Ming troops near the open space would sprinkle soil on it to put out the fire.
Seeing that the Ten Thousand Enemies strategy was ineffective, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall once again raised the oversized grenades.
Although the Ming army also had grenades, they did not use them during the siege.
In the chaos, soldiers throwing grenades can easily lose their accuracy, and the grenades originally thrown at the defenders may be thrown to the side of the city wall. After falling to the ground, they may cause accidental injuries to friendly troops near the ladders.
This kind of accidental injury is almost devastating to the morale of one's own side on the battlefield.
Therefore, after the drill, the Ming army decided to prohibit the use of grenades during the siege.
Boom!
Oversized grenades kept going off.
Although the Ming army fell wave after wave, the Eight Banners soldiers also suffered heavy casualties.
Because the battlements of the city wall were relatively high, the Eight Banners soldiers needed to expose their heads or lean out their bodies when counterattacking.
Fan Jingwen once mentioned in "Shi Lu": This gun can hit the target eight or nine out of ten times, even flying birds in the forest can be shot down, hence the name.
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