705 Siege of the Dead

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Finally, Qin Zhen's shout came from the city wall: "All ready, ready to shoot!" ”

"Whoa!"

The thousands of White Dragon Army musketeers standing on the city wall immediately raised their flintlock pistols and aimed at the soldiers of the Han Army who were rushing under the city.

As these soldiers of the Han army with white flags got closer and closer, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army on the city wall could even see each other's faces clearly.

"Rush, give me all rush, be careful not to mess up."

One of the Han soldiers leading the army was leading the white flag, and shouted loudly to the surrounding soldiers at this time.

And beside this leader, there were dozens of Tartar soldiers, one of whom was led by a Tartar wearing white cotton armor, a white tassel on his helmet, and a high back flag behind him.

This person was one of the Tartars in the white flag, and one was assigned to the Han army, and was responsible for supervising the battles of these Han soldiers.

The man who had been assigned to the Pushku was full of bags, wearing three layers of heavy armor, wearing a bright heart shield on his chest, holding a huge shield and a long-pole broadsword in the other.

He was followed by more than twenty elite Tartar foot soldiers, half of whom were warriors and half auxiliaries, all of whom were three-layer heavy armor, and even auxiliaries had two layers of armor.

In the ranks of each Han army leader, there was usually a small contingent of elite Tartar foot soldiers.

They were involved in these Han troops, on the one hand, they were responsible for supervising the war, and on the other hand, they could also participate in the war if necessary.

Don't look at the fact that there are only more than 20 of them, but if it is a round of melee combat, they are definitely elites, and it is not a problem to be one as ten.

Such a team of elite Tartar infantry soldiers once defeated thousands of Ming troops, absolutely fierce.

Of course, that also has something to do with the enemy's Taicai.

Soon, the infantry of the Han army with the white flag had already rushed to a distance of 100 paces, which was the best range of fire for the musketeers of the White Dragon Army.

"Artillerymen, musketeers, fire!"

With Qin Zhen's order, there was a loud bang on the north city wall of Dezhou, which was the sound of artillery.

Thundered!

Immediately, one after another explosive bombs exploded in the enemy group outside the city, killing and wounding many unfortunate enemy soldiers.

After a dozen loud bangs, it was time for the artillery to reload ammunition, and only then could a dull burst of gunfire be heard.

Qin Zhen, who was standing on the city wall, used a clairvoyant mirror to see that many soldiers of the Han army were shot one after another, and streams of blood immediately appeared on their bodies, and they staggered and were knocked to the ground one by one.

After Qin Zhen gave the order to attack, he didn't need to personally command the other artillerymen and musketeers to fire, so naturally there were the cavalry generals, even chiefs, and army commanders below to command.

Qin Zhen stood on the city wall, looking at the enemies killed under the city, listening to the series of gunshots around him.

The junior officers of the artillery and musketeers of the White Dragon Army are directing their officers and men to calmly open fire.

"Fire!"

Thundered!

The artillery continued to bombard the enemy troops in the distance, so that these enemy soldiers could not rush to the city so easily.

"Second row, put!"

The enemy soldiers who rushed to the front of the city were mainly handed over to the musketeers to fight.

As the first row of riflemen retreated, the second row stepped forward, and there was a burst of white smoke and loud noises, and the soldiers of the Han army who rushed up with white flags were knocked to the ground with a howl.

The lead bullet the thickness of the little finger, driven by the huge kinetic energy, easily tore through their armor, and rolled violently inside them, turning their internal organs into a pile of mud.

"These dog Tartars are not stupid, they know to find a bunch of cannon fodder to send them to death."

Qin Zhen looked outside the city, the Han army was attacking the city with white flags, and then looked at the more than 1,000 Tartar cavalry standing almost two miles away in the distance, and said with a sneer.

Of course, Qin Zhen could see that these Tartar soldiers attacking outside were actually Han people, and they belonged to the Zhengbai Banner of the Eight Banners of the Han Army formed by the Tartars.

But Qin Zhen did not have the slightest mercy for his artillerymen and musketeers who shot and killed these Han soldiers who were besieging the city.

In Qin Zhen's opinion, these soldiers of the Han army with a white flag, although they are Han Chinese, but at this time they are in the Tartar camp and serve the Tartars, that is, the enemy.

If you are an enemy, you do not deserve pity.

But Qin Zhen had to admit that these soldiers of the Han army with a white flag were very experienced in siege and were obviously strictly trained, and they were much stronger than those Tartars.

In particular, the group of giant shield soldiers at the forefront at this time attracted Qin Zhen's attention.

Each of these giant shields was armed with black iron shields, and when they charged, they would hide their entire bodies behind the giant shields to avoid being shot by the musketeers of the White Dragon Army on the city walls.

Dangdang!

The lead bullets fired by the White Dragon Musketeers hit the giant iron shields with a 'clanging' sound, but they could not penetrate them, effectively protecting the foot soldiers who were hiding behind and slowly advancing.

However, the protection of the giant shield is not a panacea.

Under the dense rain of bullets, there will always be projectiles through the gaps and shoot the foot soldiers behind, and one foot soldier who was shot in the abdomen was shot, and the intestines flowed out.

He struggled, crawled on the cold ground, let his intestines drag five or six meters behind him, and finally fell motionless to the ground and died.

This Tartar vanguard army, which did not carry artillery and cloud chariots, attacked such a city in Texas at this time, which was rejected by the White Dragon Army, was simply looking for death.

Because they could not suppress the firepower of the White Dragon Army on the city wall, the artillery of the White Dragon Army, the musketeers could fire at will.

Although, the giant iron shields equipped by the Han Army's White Flag Infantry were indeed very effective in defending against the White Dragon Army's musketeers.

But blind defense is not advisable, and the White Dragon Army is not unable to deal with these giant iron shields.

"Grenadier, prepare!"

"Bomb dropping!"

Here, when the Han soldiers under the city were marching under the white flag, with the help of the cover of the giant shield, rushed to the city wall of Dezhou, Qin Zhen issued a new order.

More than 100 soldiers prepared in the back took out iron-shelled mines from wooden boxes one after another, lit them and threw them off the city wall.

Boom Boom!

A moment later, a violent explosion rang out, and the city was screaming.

Many enemy soldiers with huge shields blocked the musketeers' shots, but they could not defend against the shrapnel that fired from the explosion of the iron-clad mines.

"Keep shooting!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy soldiers with giant shields were injured, many of the giant shields fell on one side.

At this time, as the musketeers of the White Dragon Army continued to shoot, the soldiers of the Han Army under the city, who had lost the protection of the giant shield, were shot and fell to the ground in pieces.

The choking smoke of gunpowder has filled the entire north city wall of Texas, accompanied by the choking gunsmoke, as well as the fierce gunfire and screams under the city.

"Don't let those people near the city gates, they have explosives bags in their hands, quick, shoot them."

Suddenly, Qin Zhen saw an enemy team, which was quickly heading towards the city gate, they were holding a large bag of sackcloth, Qin Zhen suddenly thought of something, and roared loudly.

At this time, there were explosive bags in the White Dragon Army, and when the White Dragon Army was practicing siege exercises, there was a tactic, which was to use the explosives package to blow open the enemy's city gate and kill it.

Therefore, at this time, after Qin Zhen saw the small group of enemy soldiers and horses under the city, he immediately guessed it.

With Qin Zhen's roar, the surrounding White Dragon Army musketeers also noticed that the enemy soldiers under the city who were trying to get close to the city gate were shooting wildly at them.

At the same time, many grenadiers also frantically threw iron-shelled mines at them, and in an instant, an area in front of the city gate was covered by a rain of bullets and the explosion of iron-shelled mines.

The dozen or so enemy soldiers with explosives were beaten into a sieve by the dense lead bullets before they could rush under the city gate.

After seeing that the enemy soldiers with explosive bags were all killed, Qin Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Qin Zhen also saw several such teams in other directions around, and it was obvious that there was more than one team of this kind of demolition team sent by the other party.

"Can't let them blow up the gates."

At this time, Qin Zhen also realized that he had exposed this link, and he couldn't let the Tartars blow up the North City Gate of Texas.

"Chen Li, you immediately take a hundred young people to the city to carry a batch of stones and soil bags, and plug the north city gate hole for me.

Prevent the Tartars from using explosives to blow open our city gates. ”

Immediately, Qin Zhen turned his head to his deputy Chen Li and shouted loudly.

"Yes, General, my subordinates will take someone to do it."

Chen Li answered, and took more than 100 young people to block the city gate.

Boom Boom! Bang bang bang!

The sound of artillery and musketeers continued, and the foot soldiers of the Han army outside the city with white flags, after paying a certain price for casualties, finally rushed to the city.

They began to set up ladders, and archers also threw them at the walls, covering the footmen to climb the ladders and try to kill them.

But soon, the combination of the musketeers of the White Dragon Army and the iron-shelled thunder made the Han army under the city wall white flag, and the ghosts cried wolves, and the casualties were heavy.

Such an attack, in Qin Zhen's opinion, is simply ridiculous.

From the beginning of the siege of the enemy outside the city, until now, the White Dragon Army has only paid the price of a dozen casualties, and it was shot and killed by the archers of the enemy under the city.

The enemy had fallen at least hundreds of corpses, but they had not even climbed the walls.

"General, you can't attack the city anymore, the enemy is equipped with too many firearms, and if you continue to attack, you will simply let the brothers go to death!"

At this time, two miles north of the city, the Han army was in the camp of the white flag foot soldiers, and a general said to the main general Wei Yan.

"Of course Ben will know, but this is Lord Bu Shunye's order, and I can't help it!"

Wei Yan's face was not good-looking, and he said in embarrassment.

"General, please go and meet Lord Bushunye, and let the Lord give the order to abandon this attack.

Otherwise, after a while, the two thousand brothers we sent will not be able to come back! ”

There were generals with white flags of the Han army, and they continued to plead with their main general, Wei Yan.

"Okay, Ben will go and ask Lord Bushunye."

Wei Yan also knew that the situation was urgent, but without the Tartar Jiala Jingzhang to issue an order to retreat, he really didn't dare to stop the attack without authorization, so he could only run to ask for instructions in person.

Dangdang!

A moment later, a golden gong sounded, it was the withdrawal order of the Han army Zhengbai Banner, and it was obvious that Wei Yan had asked the Tartars to have a result.

(End of chapter)