The cannons were loaded with hundreds of lead bullets that rained down like rain. Since the muzzle was pressed very low, the lead bullets did not hurt the friendly troops on the city wall.
Most of the dozens of Shun troops who rushed into the city fell in a short while, and the remaining dozen or so were hacked to death with swords and stabbed to death with spears by the nearby Ming army before they could even see the situation clearly.
Chongzhen stood behind the artillery and continued to order: "Clean up the No. 1 artillery, and prepare the No. 2 artillery!"
In front of him, there were nine cannons placed side by side.
These cannons had just been moved out of the imperial city. They were lined up in a row, with their muzzles all pointed at the gaps in the city wall.
As long as the Shun army rushed in, these artillery pieces would fire in turn and kill them on the way to the charge.
Although the effect was good, Chongzhen knew it was not enough.
Sure enough, just as the first wave of Shun troops that rushed into the city was wiped out, the second wave of Shun troops attacked. Although the defenders on the city wall fought back, they were too numerous to stop them. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Shun troops rolled into the city along the earthen slope.
boom.
The No. 2 artillery fired, causing heavy casualties among the second wave of Shun troops.
Unfortunately, the Shun army in the third wave of attack had several hundred men, who quickly climbed up the mound and rushed directly into the city along the slope. When the No. 3 artillery fired, most of the Shun army had already left the artillery's killing range.
These Shun troops were armed with swords and guns, and they killed and hacked anyone they saw.
The defenders in the city were killed in chaos.
Most of these defenders were civilians recruited temporarily. They were good at cooking, keeping watch, throwing grenades, pouring kerosene, etc.; but when it came time to charge forward with real guns and swords, they were no longer able to do it.
Those with better qualities knew how to resist with knives and guns, while those with poor psychological qualities simply threw away their weapons, covered their heads and hid.
Seeing these people's behavior, Wang Chengen was so angry that he yelled: "Why are you covering your head? Pick up your weapons!"
"Your Majesty, let's go quickly. It's dangerous here!" Wang Chengen began to persuade Chongzhen.
Although Chongzhen didn't know the situation outside the city, based on the Shun army that rushed in, he guessed that the gap outside the city must be large, and more and more people would rush in.
He asked Wang Chengen: "Have the reinforcements from other city gates arrived?"
"Your Majesty, we are on our way here!"
Watching more and more Shun troops climbing up the mound, Chongzhen turned and looked at Pang Zijin, "General Pang, it's your turn."
Pang Zijin clasped his fists and turned around, shouting, "Yongweiying!"
"Here!" Two hundred soldiers from the Brave Guard Battalion wearing double armor shouted in unison.
Pang Zijin drew out his long sword and raised it above his head: "A real man should have lofty ambitions when alive and be buried in his horse's hide when dead. Follow me and kill!"
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