409 thunder fell from the sky

Chen Mingwu's grandfather was once a military attache in the imperial court during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that he was later framed and convicted of a serious crime by the imperial court, and his house was beheaded.

Since then, his Chen family has directly fallen to the point that he is not even as good as ordinary people, and his father is unable to enter the court as an official because of his grandfather.

A martial artist can only carry a bag on the dock to earn that meager salary to support his family.

His mother was originally a young lady from a large family, and she was frail since she was a child, and later she couldn't afford to get sick.

But even though his family was poor, his parents never gave up on educating him, his father taught him martial arts, his mother taught him to read and write, and he once vowed that there would always be one to revive the lintel of the Chen family.

The year before last, he joined the imperial army, but the darkness of the imperial court officials and army extinguished his enthusiasm, and he deeply felt the darkness in the official army.

Subsequently, because of his unsociability, he was soon kicked out of the official army, and the disheartened Chen Mingwu went home without face and wandered around.

happened to hear the White Dragon Army's bloody battle against the Tartars, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he joined the White Dragon Army.

Subsequently, Chen Mingwu knew that he had made the most correct decision in his life.

If you want to be promoted in the White Dragon Army, the most important thing is merit, and the rest of the aspects, although there are references, are not too big.

Here, Chen Mingwu did not see the twilight and darkness of the Ming official army at this time, according to his ability, he would not die, and he would definitely have something to do in the White Dragon Army in the future.

So this time, he did not hesitate to apply for a place in the commando team from Qi Wei.

He was in a hurry to make meritorious service, and the two battle axes in his hands had already been sharpened, and he was waiting to drink the blood of the bandits.

"The bandits have already reached the top of the city," a soldier reminded Qi Wei.

"I see it."

Qi Wei replied calmly: "Blow the trumpet, raise the lantern, and let them beat the general hard." ”

Qi Wei finally gave the order to attack.

One of the bandits who rushed to the front climbed to the top of the city in one breath, and the bandit's eyes shone with indifference, and he pressed his hands on the head of the city, jumped up, and had already jumped up.

"Knock knock!"

At this time, in the quiet night sky, a burst of high-pitched drums suddenly sounded, and then three red lanterns suddenly rose on the flagpole of the dark city gate tower.

That was the rule set by Qi Wei, and the red lantern represented the order to attack.

"Kill!"

Chen Mingwu, who had been waiting for the signal to attack for a long time, jumped up immediately after seeing the signal.

I happened to see a bandit, who had just climbed to the top of the city, and was startled by Chen Mingwu's loud roar.

Just when the bandit was distracted, Chen Mingwu had already rushed to him, swung his axe, jumped high, and then slashed at the bandit.

The pair of battle axes made of stainless steel in Chen Mingwu's hand slashed fiercely at the head of this bandit, directly smashing the heavenly spirit cover of this bandit who couldn't react, and the red and white things splashed.

"The first one!"

Chen Mingwu pulled out the axe vigorously, and then raised his leg and kicked the corpse of the bandit whose head was chopped off and kicked down the city.

With Chen Mingwu hacking to death, this first bandit soldier started this battle before dawn.

Qi Wei commanded the White Dragon Army, and when the thieves and bandits were about to attack the city wall, it was also their most lax, and they were caught off guard.

is like a stick, so that the bandits who were still excited just now and will be able to take Ruzhou City immediately are like falling into the abyss.

On the city wall, countless white dragon soldiers suddenly appeared, they were wearing cotton armor with copper bubble nails, copper heart guards on the front and back, and eight-petal bright helmets on their heads, and the elite armor was so conspicuous.

Even the original officers and soldiers in Ruzhou City are equipped very well, although they are not as good as the White Dragon Army, but at least everyone has armor, holding shields, and steel knives are dangling.

The soldiers of the White Dragon Army, leading other officers and soldiers, holding shields, silver waist knives, or spears, suddenly appeared and soon stood all over the city.

Finally, the bandits who had just climbed the ladder and were about to climb to the top of the city found that sharp spears were emerging above their heads.

At this time, they are so short away from the southern city wall of Ruzhou, close at hand, but they are also close to the end of the world.

"Eat your grandfather with a shot!"

In the other direction, a White Dragon Army commander was also unwilling to fall behind Chen Mingwu, rushed over and raised his hand to shoot a shot, directly into the heart of the bandit, and then picked him down from the city.

Chen Mingwu glanced at the swarthy captain not far from him, and a slight smile appeared on his face, it was a captain who was the same as him, and he was also his biggest competitor for promotion.

Chen Mingwu was not afraid of challenges, he believed in his own ability, he raised an axe in his left hand to block the slash of a bandit, and picked up a steel axe with his right hand and smashed it down.

The axe smashed directly into the waist of the bandit who had just rushed to the city wall, and the huge force made the bandit scream miserably, and he was directly kicked off the city wall by Chen Mingwu.

Chen Mingwu deliberately pointed at the swarthy man on the other side, laughing and shouting, "This is the second one." ”

At the beginning of the hand-to-hand battle at the head of the southern city of Ruzhou, the musketeers and archers on the arrow tower were also ready to shoot.

Compared to the hand-to-hand combat of the commandos, it is much safer to stop the bandits from rushing to the city walls, and the musketeers and archers standing in the arrow tower to shoot.

The four-story arrow tower is located above the city gate, and there are many shooting arrow holes on each floor, through which they can shoot at the enemy under the city, but the enemy can attack them very well.

Bang bang bang! Whoosh!

The fierce gunfire like fried beans, as well as the whistling of arrows, rang out at the same time, aiming at the dense bandits under the city.

In particular, under each ladder, the musketeers and archers took care of it.

In fact, because the bandits were in a hurry to climb the city wall one by one, but the number of ladders was limited, so they could only stay under the ladders one by one and wait, climbing up one by one.

It's a good thing now, they are in such a dense position, and the archers and musketeers on the arrow tower are blind, as long as they can fire downwards, they basically won't empty their guns.

"Come on, they will throw iron-clad mines and blow them up." Qi Wei shouted.

At this time, under the ladders all over the city, there are dense bandits, and to deal with this situation, the use of iron-shelled mines is undoubtedly the most efficient.

Hearing Qi Wei's shout, a personal soldier in the back waved his hand to the back, commanding a group of young people in the city to move several large wooden boxes up.

After opening the wooden box, black iron bumps were revealed inside, which were iron-clad mines.

There are three main types of iron-shelled mines of the White Dragon Army at this stage, which are divided according to weight, namely two catties, three catties, and five catties.

The five-pound iron-shelled thunder is the most powerful, but it is also thick and bulky, the size of a small wine jar, and there are not only purified granules of gunpowder in it, but also many broken iron pieces and iron nails.

This kind of five-pound iron-shelled mine cannot be thrown away at all because of its heavy weight, so this five-pound iron-shell mine can only be used for city defense.

When he was in Yiyang, Xu Wei didn't dare to let people throw five-pound iron-shelled mines down, because he was afraid that the power would be too great, and a few blows would blow up Yiyang's city wall.

However, this problem is not a problem under the city of Ruzhou.

Ruzhou City is the city of Damingzhou, even if it has not been repaired for more than ten years, but the tall city wall built with blue bricks is not easy to open even if it is bombarded with artillery.

The explosion of a five-pound iron-clad mine will not have much impact on it at all.

"Let's take three catties of 'melons' first, and give them a taste for the bandits." Qi Wei sneered and shouted.

Now the city is full of piles of bandits, who have just crossed the moat and ditch outside the city of Ruzhou, and are now crowded under the city wall, which is when the iron shell mine is most useful.

"General, you're ready."

Soon, a pro-soldier hugged a three-pound iron-shelled thunder that had already been plugged in, came to Qi Wei's side and shouted.

"The leads are all calculated." Qi Wei asked again.

"Everything is ready."

The soldier replied confidently: "I have asked the craftsman to design the length of the lead according to the height of the head of Ruzhou City, so that the iron shell mine can explode three seconds after landing. ”

Qi Wei thought for a moment and said, "After the iron shell thunder is ignited, don't be in a hurry to let the soldiers throw it out."

If you delay it, it's almost like shouting three or four counts in a row, and then throwing it out, so that the iron shell will explode before it hits the ground, or even before it hits the ground.

This point was told to me by the general, and according to the general, the power of this iron-clad mine landing explosion is not the greatest.

Exploding two or three feet above the ground is the most terrifying thing about the enemy. ”

Let the grenade explode in the air and the fragments will be splattered, and the lethality to the enemy will of course be greater.

"Okay, my subordinates know." After hearing this, the pro-soldier's eyes also lit up and responded.

"Cast it." Qi Wei nodded.

The pro-soldier was holding a three-pound iron-shelled mine, followed by dozens of recruits, all of whom were also holding an iron-shelled mine in their hands.

However, some of the recruits' hands were trembling, because they had also seen the power of these iron-clad mines before, and they were afraid that this thing would suddenly explode.

Even the soldiers of the White Dragon Army have told them 10,000 times that this iron-clad mine will not explode if it is not ignited, and it will not explode if the lead is not burned.

But these recruits are still instinctively afraid of the iron-clad thunder.

"Everyone listens to the order, and after lighting the fuse, after listening to the shouting, I say throw it, you will throw it to a place with a lot of people under the city, I don't say before throwing it, if anyone throws it out, the military law will punish it."

The pro-soldier looked at the trembling hands of many recruits, his face was gloomy, and he reminded these recruits.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too few soldiers in the White Dragon Army, they would all be used in the most critical positions, and this pro-soldier really didn't want to use these recruits.

"Ignition!"

The pro-soldier roared, picked up the torch next to the recruit, and immediately lit the iron-clad thunder fuse in his hand, and the sparks burned.

"One, two......"

The soldier shouted loudly and counted, and did not rush to throw it down, but waited for the fuse to burn for a short time, and then threw it down.

Originally, this pro-soldier planned to shout four numbers before throwing it, but when he only shouted 'two', one of the recruits couldn't help it and threw it at the city.

Seeing that someone threw it, several recruits next to him also followed suit and threw out the iron-shelled mine in their hands.

"Damn, three, throw!"

After seeing this scene, Qi Wei's personal soldier scolded angrily, but he had to see three in advance, and then shouted and threw it away.

Throwing an iron shell thunder is like throwing a brick or a watermelon, you have to hold it with both hands, and then throw it down the city.

The head of Ruzhou City, which is less than four feet, is not high, and the iron-shelled thunder quickly fell.

Although the throwing was not satisfactory, most of the iron-clad mines suddenly exploded in volleys at the moment they were about to land.

After a loud bang, accompanied by gunpowder smoke in the sky, fragments of iron-clad mines were splattered in all directions.

Immediately afterwards, there were screams from under the city wall, and Qi Wei stood in the arrow tower, looking down through the arrow hole.

However, all he could see was a cloud of white smoke, but he could hear the screams below.

"It looks like it's working well."

Even if Qi Wei couldn't see the specific situation clearly, just listening to the screams, he estimated in his heart that the bandits below must have suffered a lot of casualties.

Qi Wei asked people to throw a few torches down, and the oil torches fell to the ground, and the flames drove away the smoke.

At this time, Qi Weidu finally saw that there were a bunch of bandits waiting to climb the ladder just now.

And now, a large number of them have fallen, except for a few who are motionless, and the rest are all holding a certain part of their body and screaming.

"Okay, at least a hundred bandits will be killed in this round." Qi Wei said with a smile.

"However, the general did not leave many iron-shelled mines in Ruzhou City, and they were all brought to Yiyang, so they could not be used in such a lavish manner in the future.

Zhang Ming, you will take people later, and throw mines at the ladder under the city to kill and injure as many bandits as possible. ”

Qi Wei said to Zhang Ming, the leader of his own soldiers.

In times of war, only a very small proportion of soldiers were killed in direct battle, and most of them were injured.

And often when a soldier is injured, he loses his combat effectiveness, and instead of dying, he needs to be taken care of by other soldiers, and even has to consume medicine, which will hit morale.

The sudden attack of the White Dragon Army not only made the bandits who climbed the city wall to the point of blood mold, but now even the bandits below have also suffered.

Zhang Ming then led people to throw iron-shelled mines on the arrow tower on the city wall, and threw iron-shelled mines to the crowded places below.

With every loud noise, several bandits, or even a dozen bandits, were injured, and the iron pieces and nails that were splashed out by the explosion were simply unstoppable.

"Ahh My legs, my legs! ”

When an iron-clad mine exploded just now, a piece of iron was splashed and pierced into the thigh, and the thigh immediately bled profusely.

No matter how the bandit covered it with his hands, the sad blood couldn't be stopped, and the huge pain kept coming, making the young bandit let out a terrible scream.

If a doctor had been here, he would have seen that the flying piece of iron had obviously cut the artery in the bandit's thigh, and it was impossible to stop the bleeding again.

In this case, the artery was cut, and the death sentence of the bandit was basically declared, but it was just a reprieve.

"Ahh My eyes, I can't see, my eyes can't see. ”

Right next to it, there are quite a few unlucky guys.

One of the bandits had a pair of eyes, full of blood, and the iron nails that shot him hurt his eyes, leaving him completely blind.