Chapter 785: The Red-Coated Cannon Strikes
Azig has always been calm, standing at the head of the city and whispering to the lieutenant general beside him.
And Ji'er Harang beside him was not so calm, he was wiped out by Qin Shuhuai in the battle outside Qian'an City, and finally ran out, if he hadn't grown up with Huang Taiji and had a good relationship, he would have been beheaded.
Despite this, now that he is one of the eight great Heshuo Baylors, he can only be a staff officer in the army, and he doesn't even have a descendant army of even a few hundred people, how can this make him not hate Qin Shuhuai to the core?
Thinking of this, he was really angry and shouted, "Ming army Han slaves, your master general Qin Shuhuai is here?"
Lai San'er, who was standing at the front, was immediately happy when he heard it, hey, does this guy want to fight with us first?
Others can bear it, but he can't help it.
He immediately clapped his horse and shouted, "What kind of tartar are you, who is calling from the head of the city?" Of course our marshal is here, do you want to see him?"
Zilharang exclaimed, "Of course I want to see him!"
"Haha!" Lai San'er laughed, "You can see him if you want!" Open the city gate, kneel on the ground, and then shout three times that Huang Taiji is a bastard, he will definitely let you see him!"
As soon as he finished saying this, everyone in the Ming army camp burst out laughing, and they kept echoing it.
"yes, but you'll have to put on another piece of makeup!"
"Then you have to squat and pee!"
"Hahaha, this is good, let a grandfather take a look?"
Zilharang's face turned pale with anger, and he shouted, "Go back and tell the surnamed Qin, since he has come to my Dajin's territory, then don't think about going back! I, Jierharang, will one day chop him up and feed the dogs!"
"Oh, who wouldn't talk big! I still want to use your Huang Taiji's head as a night pot!"
The sound of scolding each other in front of him reached Qin Shuhuai's ears, which made him laugh.
Then he said to Li Jingting, "Don't waste time, give the order to prepare for the siege." Capture it early, so that it is convenient to deal with the left and right roads. β
Li Jingting nodded, then ran to the front with the handsome flag, and yelled with full luck, "The whole army listens to the order and prepares to attack the city!"
As soon as his words fell, two flares were raised.
The army then dispersed and seized Tai'an from the south, west, and east.
The Houjin soldiers on the city wall immediately became nervous, bowed full of strings, turned around with cannons, and waited for battle.
Unexpectedly, after the Ming army was outflanked, they all stopped 500 meters away from the city wall.
Just when the Houjin army was wondering, suddenly a thousand kilometers away, there was a rumbling cannon.
Boom! Boom!
Fifteen red-clad cannons are in full swing!
In this expedition, Qin Shuhuai brought a total of thirty red-clothed cannons, which Xu Guangqi led people to rush out day and night.
Fifteen of them are equipped in the Chinese army.
The fifteen red-coated cannons were gathered and only bombarded the southern wall.
In an instant, fifteen huge cannonballs roared from the sky, but because it was the first fire, the landing point was not adjusted, and only three hit the city wall.
But the power of these three is enough to surprise all the Tartars!
With the sound of violent explosions, I saw that three holes in the city wall appeared two feet square, and the entire city wall could be clearly felt to shake violently, and a few people even didn't stand firm and almost fell!
Of course, this has the relationship that the walls of Tai'an City are not thick enough and a little long, but it also directly reflects the huge power of the upgraded red-coated cannon!
And the remaining twelve cannonballs that did not hit the city wall, all of them hit the city, and two of them happened to fall at the gathering point of the Houjin soldiers, and after the explosion, they were put down on the spot!
A few more hit a large mansion directly, and the house collapsed in half in the blink of an eyeβit was a brick house!
Before Jin Bing came to his senses, the second batch of fifteen shells exploded!
This time the head was much better, and half of it landed on the wall, making the wall a few more big holes, and shaking even more.
There was even one that fell on the battlements, and the battlements exploded into countless rubbles on the spot, and the iron pieces mixed with the explosion of the cannonballs knocked down a piece of gold at once.
The Baya soldiers beside Azig immediately panicked, and hurriedly took Azig down the city wall and moved to a safe place.
And Zilharang was even more frightened, how could he still be in the mood to scold, and hurriedly ran down.
Houjin's Furlong cannon at the head of the city can only stare dryly at this moment, because the range of the Furlong machine is less than five hundred meters, how can he fight back?
The red-coated cannon continued to wield its might.
Boom Boom!
The tall-looking but old walls of Tai'an City were ravaged by heavy artillery fire.
After about half an hour, the city wall was full of holes, and even the city gate was blown down.
"Boom, boom!"
After nearly 100 more shots, a section of the southern city wall collapsed!
Nearly 100 Houjin soldiers were all buried inside!
But the Ming army still didn't attack and continued to bomb!
If this continues, the entire southern wall will fall, and no one standing on it will want to live!
The Houjin soldiers on the city wall have a feeling of being a live target, they can't hit others, they can't run if they want to, they can only stand stupidly and be beaten, what is this not a live target?
On the artillery position a thousand meters away, Zhang Xiao watched everyone busy with a smile.
To say that this thing is really good, especially after Xu Guangqi's old guy transformed, not only can it shoot far and powerful, but also its accuracy has also improved.
At this moment, someone suddenly ran over and shouted, "General Zhang is not good, a large force of cavalry suddenly appeared on the east and west sides and rushed to outflank us!"
Zhang Xiao smiled, but he wasn't too nervous, and asked calmly, "How much?"
"At least five thousand!"
This made him frown slightly, "It's a lot!
He immediately ordered, "The horse infantry immediately set up and come according to the predetermined plan!"
Qin Shuhuai asked Zhang Xiao to sit in the artillery position, of course, it was impossible for him to command the artillery, but to let him protect the artillery!
Now there are 15,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Xiao, of which 10,000 are shield soldiers and pikemen, who specialize in dealing with cavalry, and the other 3,000 are cavalry, which are used as mobile forces to adapt to changes.
Why this configuration?
The reason couldn't be simpler! Those who can sneak attack the artillery positions in the rear of the army can't have a second branch besides cavalry! So, of course, Zhang Xiao must be assigned a special unit to restrain cavalry!
With Zhang Xiao's order, the pikemen and infantry arranged around the artillery position immediately moved closer to the artillery, and surrounded them in a square.
Among them, the outermost circle is the shield soldiers, and behind the shield soldiers are the pikemen, and the pikemen are equipped with three-meter long spears, all of which are pointed outward, and the whole formation is like a copper wall with thorns.
Inside the city, Azig commanded in an orderly manner.
"Have Darko's cavalry already set off?"
"We're already going!"
"Oh, that's good! It's almost enough to get Sakhalin moving. β
"Wow!"
In response, the herald immediately ran out.
Azig sneered through his nostrils.
"Qin Shuhuai, I want you to lose half of your troops here first!"
Soon, two flares were raised in the city.