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Chapter 118 The Battle of Tongzhou (4)

After paying the price of more than 1,000 Aha and more than 2,000 people captured the Ming people, the Later Jin army finally built several earthen platforms higher than the chest wall of the Ming army, and put the Folang machine cannons on it. The Han gunners brought by Sun Degong and Li Yongfang were carrying artillery and launched fierce shelling attacks on the Ming army formation.

The sound of cannons rumbling, and the artillery of both sides fired fiercely. The earth platform of the Later Jin army was already higher than the chest wall of the Ming army, and they shot from a high point. The shells fell into the Ming army formation. Many Ming army gunners, archers and bird gunners were hit by cannonballs, and their broken limbs and legs were scattered all over the ground. The Ming army's positions were beaten to pieces.

However, the Ming army was not completely at a disadvantage. The Ming army had a large number of artillery pieces and had long-range firepower of ten thousand-pound general artillery pieces. Moreover, the earth platform built by the Later Jin army was temporary and not very strong. During the attack of both sides, the Han gunners of the Later Jin Dynasty also suffered heavy casualties.

The Ming army did not fall behind in artillery battle, but the Later Jin army took advantage of the opportunity when its artillery attracted the firepower of the Ming army and ordered Baoyi Aha to escort the Ming people to fill the trench. Ming army archers and bird gunmen braved the artillery fire of the Later Jin army to shoot at the Baoyi and the captured people who filled the trench. The projectile arrows drilled into the crowd, and a large number of captured Ming people took Mabao into the trench. There were more and more corpses in the trench. The people behind carried Mabao into the trench. The bodies and sandbags quickly piled up and filled a section of the trench.

The shield chariot of the Later Jin army pushed forward, and a large number of archers followed the shield chariot.

Ten general artillery aimed at the shield chariots and bombarded the two shield chariots into pieces. The Later Jin army following behind also suffered more than ten casualties. However, there were too many shield chariots in the Later Jin army, and they still approached the chest wall.

"Shoot the arrow!" Niu Lu's of each Niulu shouted.

In the direction of Li Laoer, more than 3,000 Later Jin archers and more than 2,000 Mongolian archers who assisted in the battle all pulled their bows and shot light arrows overwhelmed. A row of long arrows flew into the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and flew over at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Rise the shield!" Cao Wenzhao shouted.

The arrows arrived in a blink of an eye, and a row of feathered arrows pierced on the ground, on the wooden fence, on the shield, and on the Ming army's defense line seemed to have suddenly grown a row of reed floes.

The Ming soldiers raised their shields to block the feather arrows falling from the sky, but a few people failed to block them and were shot into their legs by feather arrows drilling into the gap between the shields and shields. The arrows of the Later Jin army were extremely vicious, and the arrows were barbed. Many archers even soaked the arrows in the feces. The Ming soldiers who were caught in the arrows screamed and fell down.

Yang Guozhu urgently dispatched a group of Lumi gunmen to come up.

The Ming army gunman carrying the Lumi gun ran behind the chest wall, stretched out a musket from between the wooden fences, aimed at the Later Jin archer hiding behind the shield cart and shooting arrows, pulling the trigger.

The Lumi gun has extremely high accuracy. Many Houjin archers only exposed their heads and were hit by a bullet when they were hit on the front door and fell down screaming. Even if they hit the helmet, the helmet could not block the Lumi gun projectile at a distance of 40 steps. After the sound of the gun, a blood mist sprayed from the back of the shield car, and dozens of Houjin archers fell down.

However, there are not many Lumi guns. This kind of musket is well-structured and extremely expensive. During the entire Tianqi period, the Ming Dynasty only built two thousand Lumi guns. Now there are only two hundred Lumi guns in Tongzhou City, which cannot completely suppress the Later Jin archers.

The Ming army's Folang aircraft, tiger squat cannons and other small cannons aimed at the shield chariot at close range, and concentrated multiple artillery bombarded a shield chariot. More than ten shells hit a shield chariot one after another. Even if the shield chariot is strong, it cannot withstand it.

A shield car of the Later Jin army was shot in succession. When five or six shells were hit, cracks appeared on the shield car's large shield. Then another row of shells roared, and the shield car finally couldn't bear it. The wooden boards behind the iron sheet shattered, and the shield car baffle collapsed, exposing the Jin soldiers behind to the firepower of the Ming army.

The Ming army took advantage of this opportunity, bird guns, turtledove-foot guns, bows and arrows, and bullet arrows knocked down all the Jin soldiers behind the broken shield chariot in a pool of blood like rain.

Then another shield cart was beaten to pieces, and more than a dozen Jin soldiers were beaten into hornet's nests by the Ming army.

But the Later Jin archers were very powerful. As the distance approached, they could use strong bows to accurately shoot arrows from the gaps in the wooden fence. Many Ming army gunmen and archers were shot into the door and fell down on their backs screaming.

The two sides shot fiercely at a distance of forty steps. The Later Jin archers posed a great threat to the Ming army. The two sides shot in a round of fire, and there were many casualties.

A white-Arga Bayala, who was hiding behind the shield car, was very powerful. He had shot ten arrows in a row. Every arrow shot into the gaps in the wooden fence. Each arrow shot a Ming army gunner or archer, and they all hit vital parts such as the door and throat. The Ming army that was shot was basically unable to save it.

At this moment, a sharp arrow roared out and accurately shot the white-Argabayala's eyes. The arrow drilled into the eyes and came out from the back of the head with brain and blood.

"Good arrow technique!" Li Lao Er couldn't help but scream. He looked around and wanted to see who shot the arrow, but found that Yan Yingyuan was raising his bow and shooting another arrow. The heavy arrow pulled out a low and straight curve, flew over just an inch above a shield car, and accurately shot a white-armored Bayala's nose. Only the white-armored soldier screamed, a blood arrow spurted out from his face, and fell backwards.

Li Laoer, who was standing on the tower, also picked up his own fuse rifle and aimed at a white-armed Bayala who was hiding behind the shield cart two hundred steps away. When the white-armed soldier opened his bow and poked out half of his head, Li Laoer decisively pulled the trigger. With a gunshot, a blood hole appeared in the middle of the white-armed soldier's eyebrows and fell down immediately.

But there were too many archers in the Later Jin Dynasty. In the three attack directions, there were a total of 15,000 people shooting archers continuously. Every time the rain of arrows fell, the Ming army fell.

The Ming army's gunmen kept extending gun barrels from behind the wooden fence and counterattacked the Later Jin army. After firing the bullets, the Ming army's gunmen immediately retreated and squatted behind the chest wall to load gunpowder and bullets.

However, after the shield chariot of the Later Jin army continued to advance for a distance, it was blocked by the second trench and could not move forward. Behind this trench was the first chest wall, and the distance between the two sides was only more than ten steps.

At this distance, the Later Jin archers have extremely high accuracy, and can be said to be shot without any flaws. Every elite archer can shoot arrows from between the wooden fences, and they all accurately hit the Ming army's face, causing great casualties to the Ming army.

At this moment, a loud roar sounded from behind the wooden fence: "Sub!"
Chapter completed!
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