Valley Emperor

In the afternoon of the same day, hundreds of Ming troops came from outside Tonggu City. The arrival of this group of Ming troops not only supplemented the previous loss of the Ming army, but also exceeded 2,000 troops once again.

More importantly, the Ming army who came this afternoon also brought several bowls of artillery.

When the Ming army placed those bowl-mouth cannons outside the city, it was proved by facts that not only the new Tang army played with artillery, but the Ming army actually had artillery.

With these bowl-mouth cannons, the Ming army outside the city seemed to have a great increase in morale. As the evening approached, they launched an attack again. Many Ming soldiers shouted various slogans and then ran for hundreds of meters. Bronze drum guard outside.

At the same time, the Ming army also pushed up the bowl-mouth cannon, tried to get close to the city wall and then shot at the city head.

After seeing this scene, the major Tang Xinjun at the head of the city could not guess the intention of the Ming army, so he quickly ordered the musket troops to focus on the Ming army artillery troops to try to approach.

The artillery of the Ming army were all bowl-mouth cannons that were less than 100 jin. Like the 150 jin battalion guns in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, they could only fire shotguns, and the limited range was relatively close, 150 meters away. There is basically no threat, but if these small-caliber shotguns are allowed to fire within a range of tens of meters, the power is definitely just right.

Before the new army of the Tang Dynasty was able to defend the bronze drum acropolis, the two battalion cannons played a big role, especially if they were mounted on the top of the city, and if they fired from a high position, their power was even better than that of using them on the flat ground.

At this time, the new army of the Tang Dynasty naturally would not let the gunners of the Ming army easily approach those shotguns, or even shoot at their city head within a few dozen meters.

As a result, at least one team of musketeers launched round after round of salvos at the Ming artillerymen.

At first, because of the long distance, the hit rate of bullets was relatively low, but as the Ming army continued to advance, the hit rate increased rapidly.

In front of the gunners of the Ming army, although there will be people with shields for cover, but if the mere shields can stop the bullets, then the sword and shieldmen will not be eliminated on the battlefield, let alone mere shields or Ordinary iron armor, even plate armor made of fine steel, still can't stop bullets.

However, what really broke these Ming army gunners was not the firing of muskets, but the firing of guns from the new barracks of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the slow rate of fire of the artillery, it often takes a long time to fire the second shot after one shot is fired. In order to obtain the greatest possible results and destroy the confidence of the enemy to approach, the accurate hit of the first shot is very important.

Therefore, a lieutenant in command of the battalion gun did not rush to fire, but let the gunners under him wait after loading.

The gunners of the Ming Army pushed the bowl-mouth cannons closer and closer. From 200 meters to 100 meters, even after entering a distance of 80 meters, he still did not let anyone fire.

Because the gunners of the Ming army have not stopped, they are still moving forward.

After the gunners of the Ming army entered a distance of about 70 meters, they finally stopped and began to load the guns.

But at this time, the lieutenant artillery officer had already ordered to fire.

What he was waiting for was the last moment when the Ming army stopped!

As the two 150-pound battalion guns opened fire, thick white smoke suddenly rose from the muzzle. It was only the thick smoke raised when the two guns were fired, which was stronger than when many muskets were fired. More white smoke.

As the white smoke rose, screams were also heard from the artillery positions of the Ming Army in the open space outside the city!

If you look closely, you will find that the Ming army's artillery positions are already full of flesh and blood, and many wounded soldiers fell to the ground and screamed.

Seeing this scene, the lieutenant artillery officer who had just ordered the firing showed a sneer. These Ming army gunners were really stupid.

They ran into a distance of 70 meters, although they could enter the effective range. Once the artillery was fired, it would cause a large number of casualties to the soldiers on the city. An accurate one.

And 70 meters is also the effective range of one's own musket troops and even archers!

Under the intensive long-range firepower of their own side, how could these Ming army gunners still have the opportunity to fire?

With this in mind, he continued to observe the Ming army outside the city while waiting for his gunner to reload and prepare for the next bombardment.

In sight, the Ming army outside the city did not stop the attack because of the heavy casualties of the gunner. In fact, the attack of the gunner was only a part of the attack of the Ming army, and more Ming troops were rushing towards the city wall.

The archers of the Ming army shot arrows at the city head from dozens of meters away, trying to suppress the long-range firepower of the new Tang army on the city head.

But they are suppressing the long-range firepower of the Datang New Army, and the long-range firepower of the Datang New Army is also causing a lot of casualties to them.

The new army of the Tang Dynasty on the top of the city is protected by the city wall~www.wuxiaspot.com~ They shoot through the gaps in the battlements, while the Ming army outside the city has no cover, and the whole body is exposed to the new army of the Tang Dynasty. under remote firepower.

In this fight, the Ming army will suffer a lot!

However, although the Ming army outside the city had already anticipated this situation, after all, they were on the attacking side, and they were fighting a siege battle. They had expected the casualties and disadvantages they would encounter during the attack.

So they are still moving forward!

The sword and shield soldiers at the forefront are already carrying long ladders and are about to reach the city wall!

The city wall in front of them is not long, only four meters high. If there is something to stand on, they can suddenly climb in without even needing to climb the wall ladder.

However, the city wall was not high, which also brought another influence, that is, the Ming army had not yet climbed to the top of the city, and it had already begun to be attacked by the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

The spear in the hands of the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty was four meters and five long, and it was just right on the top of the city to be condescending and stabbed down with the spear.

Of course, the Ming army under the city can also fight back with spears!

Don't be surprised, just like the new army of the Tang Dynasty, there are actually many spearmen in the Ming army!

Because the infantry in the cold weapon era basically came and went like that. The three arms of the archer, the spearman, and the sword and shield are almost standard.

Although there will be some changes in different armies, for example, the sword and shield will have heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, there will also be light armor, or there is no armor at all, and the swordsman only holds a rotten iron sword. Spearmen will also have some heavily armored spearmen, a spearman with a shield, or simply a solitary spear.

For a time, the spearmen on both sides stabbed each other across the city wall more than four meters high, and screams continued to sound in the most fierce battle between the two sides!