The last type of siege is something like a giant shield, made of double-layer logs as thick as a hand, one and a half-height, and a "shelf" extending backwards from the top.

This thing is simple and rough, and there is not even a wheel to push. It depends on the shoulders and hands of several big men to transport the entire giant shield to the vicinity of the city wall, which provides soldiers with a place to simply avoid arrows.

However, ordinary soldiers are not allowed to hide behind. Only those archers can hide behind to shoot arrows or pull the crossbow strings again.

The battle began like this, and countless huge wooden sieges were pushed to the high wall by a man who might have been an ordinary farmer a few days ago.

Countless "rebels" with white cloth strips tied around their waists and probably holding only a piece of agricultural tools in their hands, rushed to Tai'an County under the urging of "senior brothers".

Before someone could order the fire, some panicked soldiers had already started shooting.

The sound of muskets in the ground sounded in both camps, and the crooked lead bullets hit the unlucky ghosts in the crowd and the blue bricks on the city wall.

Musket - the originator of modern guns. It basically uses the power of gunpowder combustion and explosion to form strong pressure in the gun chamber to shoot out lead.

After the stability and increase of the barrel, a huge speed and accompanying lethality were finally formed within a certain distance.

The hot lead bullet roared into the human body, and then quickly began to roll and twist under the action of resistance... The soft lead condensation and shattering in the blood of the human body, causing huge lacerations on the human body in an instant.

As long as you understand the key points of the human body, it is not difficult to understand how much damage such a penetrating injury that tear the inside out is to the human body.

This is enough to easily kill people.

The few people who were shot in the White Lotus Sect's army siege did prove this. Almost without exception, a hole in the body was small in front and big in the back, and it seemed that they could not survive.

Muskets on the city wall kept ringing one after another. Although the musket accuracy was so low in this era. However, in this case, when there were enemies under the city, even if they were randomly hit, 90% of them would hit people. Therefore, with the continuous shooting of the Ming army on the city wall, the attacking soldiers of the White Lotus Sect continued to fall.

The painful screams of many seriously injured and undead believers made many believers a little timid and hesitant.

However, the senior White Lotus Sect, who had experienced several wars, had already had a countermeasure. Seeing that their morale was hit, some core officers - actually those old scholars of Nakamoto Kazuma. They were called "Senior Brothers" and "Senior Sisters". They immediately urged their subordinates to use the spear stick in their hands to drive away the slow-moving scholars, and hit them with the scabbard...

The speed of the entire advance was suddenly boosted.

Some believers who were good at agitating also began to tempt: "Master Hu Xiang said it! The first person to climb the city wall to receive silver and white liang! He has been promoted to Senior Brother Qingyi!"

"The first 100 people enter the city, the beef, mutton and pork are full within three days! The first 500 people enter the city, the first 500 people eat pork casually!" Some people desperately aroused the emotions of these farmers who had just put down their hoes.

Qianhu on the top of the city sneered and waved his hand: "Open the fire!".

As the order was issued, most of the Ming soldiers who were originally just loading ammunition quickly poked their guns out of the city and pulled the trigger.

The clip with the fuse rope suddenly fell down, igniting the gunpowder in the medicine room. A large amount of smoke suddenly spurted out from countless muzzles, and the scorching lead bullets roared down a large number of White Lotus Cultists.

But there were also casualties on the Ming army.

This casualty was not caused by the rare counterattack of the White Lotus Sect, but was caused by several sporadic chamber explosions in the Ming army's volley.

Several fire guns with quality problems were directly blown up after they were filled with some gunpowder. The flying slag and hot air flow made the Ming soldiers who used these firearms covered in blood. Two people even were shot into the brain by the flying debris and died directly.

"Where is the cannon!? Fire! Fire!" The two thousand households who also saw the musket accident were in a state of uncertainty, and finally suppressed their anger at the officials who fired these inferior muskets from the superiors, and roared wildly, trying to vent this emotion.

Boom boom boom boom...!

A series of explosions roared at the top of the city, and more than a dozen were much larger than lead bullets, and fist-sized shells flew out, stirring up blood flowers under the city.

Some White Lotus Cultists were even beaten to pieces, with brains and internal organs flying around...

The scene is very spectacular.

However, after this volley, the Ming army seemed to have no more means.

For this army that has been greatly ignited, in addition to artillery and muskets, they have very few crossbows equipped with them. Even fewer people are able to operate crossbows skillfully.

So, after two rounds of shooting, the entire Ming army's front calmed down.

If we were to use the later World War II period, it would be fucking dumb!

It is not difficult for those who know some war to understand how passive and miserable the entire front will be!

Although the White Lotus Sect had just revolted, its combat effectiveness was not strong.

But the White Lotus Sect, which has been hiding in the dark of the people for many years, has been planning for a long time!

Take Hu Datong, the White Lotus Sect, which is mainly preached by Hebei and Shandong, for example, several of its altar masters attached great importance to the role of bows and crossbows.

When preaching on weekdays, I pay attention to the exercise of using crossbows for core members, and crossbows are the main force to develop. After several generations of secret management, not only did they store a large number of crossbows, but also had a large number of craftsmen who were good at making crossbows and believers who were good at using crossbows.

At this time, these believers from Hebei and Shandong, who were the main players of the White Lotus Sect, were carrying crossbow machines and quickly shuttled through the crowd into the formation, hiding behind the walls of log shields, quickly pulled the crossbows they carried on and shot towards the top of the city.

Almost all these people are believers who have developed this incense of Hu Datong all year round, and some have even been old believers who have been passed down for generations. They have played with crossbows since childhood and often shot rabbits with crossbows. Their archery skills of pheasants are quite strong.

This round of unexpected shooting included a large number of Ming army arrows. Although the shooting from bottom to top consumed a certain amount of power, the sharp crossbow arrows would still cause huge damage to people.

The worst people were even shot into the brain by arrows. One of them was not dead on the spot, and the painful screams were terrifying.

The next battle is the world where the crossbow plays the protagonist.

Many people find it very difficult to draw the bow. Ordinary people lose the ability to continue shooting archery if they drive it about 12 times.

But please...if that's true.

In ancient wars, why did one civilization after another sweep the world with bows and arrows?!

Anyone with exercise experience understands that if you do the maximum physical exercise, you will naturally lose your strength soon.

If you only have 100 kilograms of strength, you will naturally get tired if you lift a 100 kilogram barbell if you can't lift it a few times.

But if it is 30 kilograms, you can lift more.

The same is true for shooting arrows. After long-term training and adaptation, the endurance of ancient people was even better than that of most modern people who were pampered.

Even though he could drive a bow of 80 pounds, he now only had a bow of 30 or 40 pounds, so he could shoot more times.

In addition, considering the archer's own rest and adjustment, an archer can draw at least hundreds of times in a day without affecting the battle the next day.

As the saying goes, "A soft bow and fast sword Mongolian horse can be exchanged even if it is a war!" This is the reason.
Chapter completed!