Chapter 557: Capture of Murkara City (2)
As Dolgon expected, although the Persian defenders on the city of Murkala were in full battle, according to their previous experience with the Braha cavalry, they did not think that the Manchus would definitely attack the city, and even if the Manchus really attacked the city, they did not think that the Manchus could break through Murkara, after all, Murkala was an important town, and they did not find that the Manchus carried any large siege equipment that could break through the town.
"My lord, what do you think the enemy is messing with?" A soldier of the Persian garrison of Murkala pointed to the city and said to the Persian general who was guarding the city of Murkara.
The Murkala city guard looked in the direction the soldier was pointing and immediately frowned.
I saw that in the Manchurian cavalry formation, about hundreds of Manchus unloaded many things that were originally transported on horseback, which looked like parts of some kind of equipment.
Could it be that the enemy really intends to attack the city of Murkara? The Persian defender of the city of Murkala couldn't help but wonder.
The Persian garrison of the city of Murkala did not hesitate for long, but saw that the people quickly assembled it, and soon the prototype of the thing appeared, twenty-seven strange objects that looked like cannons, but did not look like cannons. If it's artillery, it's a little too small, at a distance of at least five hundred meters now, whether it can reach them Murkara City is still the same thing, what can it do? But if it is not artillery, the thick iron pipe on the appliance is obviously very similar to the barrel of a common cannon.
"Be vigilant, don't relax for a moment!" The Murkala City Guard ordered.
Although he wasn't sure if the Manchus were making artillery or not, he didn't care much, but it seemed that the Manchus really planned to attack the city, so the necessary vigilance was still needed.
Soon, the Manchurians had finished the twenty-seven imitation Shenwu field cannons, and all the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the city of Murkara.
"King Qiqi Regent, the cannons are all in place!" The general of the Manchurian artillery battalion came to report.
Dorgon nodded, a cold smile immediately on his lips.
"Fire!" Dorgon gave the order.
"Boom, boom, boom", twenty-seven imitation Shenwu field cannons roared at the same time.
At the moment when the Manchurian cannon fired, the Persian defenders of Murkala City saw the rapid attack of the cannonballs, and their eyes instantly widened.
"It's really a cannon!" Before the Persian defenders of Murkala City could react, the cannonballs had already fallen rapidly on the head of Murkala City, and the powerful flowering shells exploded in an instant.
"Boom Boom"
These flowering bombs were all stockpiles carried by the Manchurians when they moved westward, and they were quite numerous and had amazing lethality.
"Ah" Although the Persian defenders on the city of Murkala were caught off guard, they were killed and wounded in large numbers by this wave of flowering shells, and in an instant, the bodies of a large number of Persian defenders who were killed were torn off the city wall by the shrapnel of the air wave.
"Boom Boom"
Only twenty breaths had passed, and the cannon full of men opened fire again, and another round of shells hit.
The powerful artillery fire of the Manchurians blew up the Persian defenders on the city of Murkala to the ground, and they were blinded by the sudden and fierce artillery bombardment, and they had never seen such a powerful cannon, especially since such a cannon was from the nomadic cavalry they had always considered barbaric and backward, which was simply Allah joking with them.
The Persian defenders of the city of Murkala were defeated, and the Persian defenders who defended the city were also defeated, and the shock and disbelief in their hearts were self-evident.
Not to mention the Persian guards and soldiers in Murkala City, even the three khanate servant armies around Dolgon under the city, from the generals to the cavalry soldiers, were also shocked, they couldn't believe it, they looked at Dolgon and the Eight Banners with more awe in their eyes, Dolgon has such a sharp weapon, and in the future, he will follow Dolgon with all his heart, and he is afraid that he will not eat and drink spicy!
Not only did the servant army become more loyal to Dorgon and the Manchus, but their morale also soared.
"Kill"
While the Persian garrison on Murkala was defeated, Dorgon ordered the cavalry to charge.
The first wave, led by 10,000 servant cavalry, rushed first.
A few dozen meters from the city of Murcara, the cavalry of the servant army began to bend their bows and arrows, pouring a large rain of arrows on the walls of Murkara.
"Woohoo"
A large number of arrows rained down on the city, and the Persian defenders, who had been crushed by the heavy artillery bombardment, once again suffered heavy casualties under this large amount of arrows.
"Shoot back, shoot back!" The Persian garrison of the city of Murkala shouted and ordered the Persian soldiers to return fire immediately, no matter what he could not let the city of Murkala lose in his hands, otherwise he would be a sinner of the empire.
The Persian defenders on the wall of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" also began to shoot a large number of arrows to return fire, killing and wounding many servant cavalry.
"Boom! Rumble! "The cannons defending the city of Murkala also began to fire, but unfortunately, as Dolgon thought, it was just a larger shotgun, the range was not longer than that of a bow and arrow, and the power of the shotgun was not very large, and the damage was limited.
The Persian defenders of Murkala City only had such a degree of resistance that was pale, and soon those large shotgun birds were destroyed one after another under the heavy shelling of the Manchurians, and at the same time in the face of the heavy artillery bombardment of the Manchurians and the rain of arrows thrown by the servant army, the Persian defenders were discouraged and demoralized, and there were not many Persian defenders who still had the energy to concentrate on archery, even if they barely shot arrows, the accuracy was greatly reduced, and the threat was not great.
"Kill!"
Dolgon calmly ordered from behind, and more cavalry of the servant army rode to the city of Murkara to rain down arrows at the city.
Under this massive rain of arrows and heavy artillery fire, the Persian garrison of Murkala continued to decline, and the morale of the city continued to drop to the lowest point.
"Go, blow open the gates of Murkara!" Seeing that the time had come, Dorgon ordered a team of soldiers of the Eight Banners to go and blow open the gates of Murkara City with ** boxes made of gunpowder, he expected that the Persian defenders of Murkala City must not have had time to seal the city gates, or that the defenders of Murkala City did not have the idea of sealing the city gates from the beginning.
"Wow!" A group of horsemen who had been prepared for a long time went straight to the gates of the city of Murkara.
The city of Murkara without a moat, coupled with the collapse of the defenders at the head of the city, could not shoot arrows to stop it, and was soon rushed to the city gate by this team of full cavalry, and placed a large number of iron boxes made of gunpowder.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the gate of Murkara City was indeed not sealed, and it was suddenly blown open by a full crowd.
"Rush!" Dolgon sat down on the belly of his horse with his legs between his legs, and rushed towards the city of Murkala with a full banner like a sword.
Dolgon's 100,000 iron cavalry rushed into the city of Murkala one after another, and after heavy casualties, the Persian defenders who were only a few thousand people were unable to organize resistance at all, and the battle was not suspenseful, and Dolgon occupied this important town of the Persian Empire.