At the head of the city, Chen De took a heavy breath and quietly relaxed a little: "Today, this damn Jiannu won't launch a general attack, right?" ”

Chen De looked at the corpses that almost fell under the city, and said in his heart that this Linqing City had really become a hell Shura.

In just half a day's effort, at least thousands of corpses were lost.

At this moment, the strength of the army at the head of the city has been expanded to three times its original strength in vain. With the addition of the 6,000 main battalions, there is no shortage of manpower in the officers and soldiers.

Although the Qing defenders were only half as large as the attacking side compared to the besieging Qing army. However, it must be known that siege warfare can only be fought when the besieging side has a superiority in troops.

Sun Tzu's Art of War said that the ten rules of siege means that the strength of the army has a tenfold advantage before it can be said to be a siege.

At the same time, because of the special relationship of siege battles, the defending side can suppress the advantage of the besieging side with the defense equipment, so in the battle, it is often found that only two or three thousand people can actually exert their combat strength after investing 10,000 troops.

The way of ant-attached siege is to rely on the combat power that can be delivered by siege equipment, and 300 ladders and 41 siege equipment are the key to determining the delivery capacity.

Now, the remnants of the enemy army at the head of the city have been completely disturbed. The tug-of-war between the two sides has also returned to offense and defense.

In Chen De's view, the Qing army should not continue to waste its strength and launch a general offensive at this juncture.

But suddenly......

Chen De remembered something.

"What about siege vehicles that haven't appeared on the battlefield for a while since they first appeared?" Thinking of this, Chen De suddenly found that the forty-one siege vehicles had rushed through a puff of smoke at some point. Quietly approaching within a hundred paces of the city wall, he began to rush quickly.

On the contrary, the artillery of both sides began to fire at each other. The artillery fire of the defenders at the head of the city could no longer concentrate on destroying the siege vehicles a hundred paces away.

In this way, forty-one siege engines and six thousand Mongol warriors began to rush forward.

Seeing this scene, not only Chen De's eyes widened, but also Hu Zichen and the Red Lady all had solemn expressions.

Soon, more than a hundred ladders began to charge towards the city. Chen Dewan didn't expect the general attack to start like this.

Two more Mongol kings roared and led their soldiers to charge.

The siege vehicle was already close to a distance of more than ten steps, and it was not long before it was directly set up on the top of the city.

The so-called siege vehicle is a huge one. A giant chariot that can be propelled. Compared to the rudimentary ladders, siege engines can directly carry soldiers and directly approach the city walls. Then he jumped down and didn't need to climb to rush into the city to fight the defenders.

At this time, neither the rolling stones nor the trees can be destroyed, and even the burning oil may be destroyed by the prepared sand.

Along with the remaining forty-one siege vehicles. Anyone knows. A test of life and death is coming.

Chen De looked at the subordinates around him who had been fighting for a long time and had suffered a lot of damage, and kept thinking about what to do in his mind.

"How? The 2,000-strong Fourth Infantry Battalion had been fighting for half a day, and had already suffered heavy losses in terms of physical strength, spirit, and casualties. The number of people in the competition alone will never be beaten! ”

Suddenly, Hu Zichen's voice rang out: "Brothers, attention! It's the elite soldiers of the Jurchen Tartars! ”

"It's a Jurchen Tartar!" The red lady answered, and disappeared silently.

But when Chen De heard this, he was tense: "It's such a tricky and powerful opponent who came!" This is really a general offensive! ”

"At least three Niulu are coming! Chen De, be careful. There's one running for you! This time, Hu Zichen finished speaking. He roared and commanded his soldiers to resist.

Soon, a thumping sound rang out, and the screams of killing almost immediately obscured all the words.

Chen De listened to it in his ears, looked at the Jurchen elite soldiers who were killed along the way, and suddenly shouted in his heart: "The soldiers and horses of the Jurchen headquarters are all brave and not afraid of death, how did Hu Zichen defeat the Jurchen soldiers in the first place!" ”

"Invincible, it's absolutely impossible!" Chen De looked around at the soldiers around him, looked at the eyes that came one by one, and said, "Half of the combat power of our Royal Guards Legion comes from firecrackers!" If the enemy can't do it, then you can only outwit, but how to outwit? ”

"The firepower of the firearm depends on the gunpowder being fired to propel the lead. It's not enough to rely on reinforcements to increase firepower, so how can you shoot more lead? ”

Chen De couldn't stop muttering.

At this moment, the officers and men of the 4th Infantry Battalion were making final preparations.

Someone put the next prepared knife and gun in the most convenient place next to him. Others wiped the guns in their hands, filled them with gunpowder, and placed lead.

But suddenly......

When Chen De saw Su Ming, the small flag of the second general flag of the 300th household, he suddenly looked at a large number of eyes: "Su Ming, what are you doing here?" ”

Being shouted by Chen De like this, Su Ming was suddenly startled, thinking that something was wrong, he looked at the paper bullet in his hand blankly, and said, "Captain, my subordinates are loading bullets." ”

"Reload?" Chen De's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"It's reloading." Su Ming touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "When I was teaching the use of firecrackers in the last training camp, my subordinates ...... The subordinate just had a bad stomach, so he didn't understand. In addition, when his subordinates enlisted in the army, they were frequently prepared for war, and literacy classes were stopped, so they couldn't understand the books on the use of drill manuals, so they could only ask for advice. It's a pity that the robes around me don't understand, and they come to ask their subordinates. was in a hurry, so he figured out a solution by himself. ”

"Isn't this fire gun just gunpowder spewing lead? The subordinates weighed the gunpowder with paper, pre-packed it, and packed the lead with paper. Then, the subordinates put the gunpowder and bullets in small bamboo tubes, and pressed them with deerskin stained with lard. In this way, I don't have to worry about installing more when the time comes, and I don't worry about installing less. The key is to put the fixed paper-wrapped gunpowder and paper bullets directly into it and then ignite the fire rope. It seemed quite convenient, so I got through it for a while...... It's only when I look at it today that I realize that it is a little different from the robe......"

Hearing this, Su Ming was a little embarrassed, obviously feeling that he might be a little inappropriate to do this.

As for Chen De, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The arquebuses of this era were actually extremely cumbersome. Just to reload the charge, you have to prepare a small pot or even a small scale, which is more troublesome than making baked desserts.

As a result, even well-trained gunners in this era could only maintain a rate of fire of one shot per minute. But now, things have changed! (To be continued.) )