Daming pirates

Gao Qiqian led a group of royal guards and young eunuchs. In the name of military supervisor, he went deep into the officers and soldiers in various areas of the city under his jurisdiction in the past two days, conducted strict inspections, and urged the officers and soldiers defending the city to fight to the death and not retreat.

Please tell me the emperor's decree, saying that if anyone retreats from the battle, his head will be killed.

On the morning of the general attack, Yu Xiaotian also asked his men to issue an ultimatum to the garrison on the city at various city gates for the last time, and shot a letter toward the city, which was written by Yu Xiaotian "personally" to these people.

A letter from the defenders persuading them to surrender. In the letter, he stated very "heartbrokenly" that he had no choice but to raise troops to attack the capital this time. He angrily accused some officials in the court of being corrupt and did not want to serve the country, but instead framed Zhongliang.

If he wants to attack the city now, he will definitely cause some casualties to the defenders. He is very sad and intolerable about this, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he has to do this. He hopes that these officers and soldiers can find their way back and capture Gao Qiqian.

Open the city gate to welcome him into the capital, and after he gets rid of these black sheep in the court, he will definitely restore peace to the world and restore Lu Xiangsheng's innocence.

This letter was copied in many copies by military scribes and scattered across the city by archers. Some of the letters that were shot onto the city were immediately confiscated by Gao Qiqian's men, but

Some of the letters fell into the hands of the city defenders. Some of them didn't know how to read, so they quickly found someone who could read them.

The content of this letter immediately spread like the wind among the defenders, and everyone who heard the content of this letter became even more demoralized.

As soon as morning arrived, Yu Xiaotian issued the order for a general attack. Immediately, the artillery positions had been set up, and thunder-like cannon fire sounded immediately.

Various types of artillery shells roared and hit the crenellations on the city wall. After the first and second rounds of calibrated firing, the Yu Jiajun's artillery became larger and more accurate.

Within a few hundred steps, with the accuracy of Yu Jiajun's artillery and the quality of the artillerymen, hitting a target like a crenel was simply a piece of cake.

In addition, the watch towers on the city are not to mention. It can be said that after the calibrated firing, the subsequent shelling was almost perfect.

The enemy towers were bombarded by the heavy artillery of the Yu family army, and soon the bricks and stones were flying everywhere. One after another, they were destroyed and collapsed. The officers and soldiers guarding the enemy towers were so beaten that they fled like rats, one by one.

Escaped the enemy tower.

As the Yu Jiajun launched an artillery bombardment, the official troops on the city were also ordered to start fighting back. At this time, the number of artillery pieces of the official army on the city wall was not much less than that of the Yu Jiajun, and many of them had some heavy Hongyi cannons. These artillery operators

The gunner, who was ordered to dive high, immediately fired back.

Therefore, the official gunners were reluctant and had to fire the cannons. They saw clouds of flames and smoke suddenly spewing out from the city wall. The blue, black and gray smoke suddenly filled the entire battlefield.

Various types of artillery shells from both sides whizzed through the air and smashed into each other's heads. Such a scene could be said to be unprecedented in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Firearms dominated the battlefield at the beginning of the war.

It is a pity that the artillery of the government army is mostly old-style artillery with short range and poor shooting accuracy. Moreover, the gunner training is extremely lacking. In addition, many artillery have no objects to aim at at all. Aiming depends entirely on the experience of the gunner, and the amount of charge is also based on the gunner's experience.

Depending on the experience of the gunners, their artillery accuracy is extremely poor.

At the beginning of the artillery battle, the official artillery was completely suppressed by the Yu Jiajun's artillery fire. Although they also fired a lot of artillery shells, most of the artillery shells fell on the open ground and did not hit the Yu Jiajun artillery at all.

How much of a threat does the position pose?

Moreover, the Yu Jiajun's artillery position was well constructed. The main body was piled with soil. A lot of cloth bags were obtained from Tongzhou and filled with sand and soil in advance and piled up in front of the artillery emplacement. In order to absorb the kinetic energy of the artillery shells, they also

Many wicker baskets were made, filled with sand and soil, and piled up in front of the fort.

The main types of artillery ammunition in this era were still solid bullets, and the army was only equipped with a very small number of explosive ammunition. Moreover, the operation of the explosive ammunition in this era was very complicated. It was necessary to temporarily cut the signal tube to set the shell explosion.

time, and during operation, it is easy for accidents to occur, causing the chamber to explode or explode as soon as it is released from the chamber, resulting in heavy casualties to the operating gunner.

Therefore, even if the officers and soldiers were equipped with a small amount of explosive bullets, few would dare to use them. They could only use solid iron bullets or stone bullets for shelling.

The most important thing for these solid bullets to work is to make full use of the ricochet effect, relying on the shells to bounce up after landing and continue to rush forward, killing living targets or enemy equipment along the way.

In the current artillery battle, although the government troops fired a lot of artillery shells, they lost their effect in front of the Yujia army's well-established artillery positions. Even if individual shells landed in front of the artillery positions, the shells would bounce forward and most of them would be hit by these

The wicker baskets, sandbags, and mounds of earth blocked the way from destroying the artillery on the emplacement.

Unless the artillery shells are accurately smashed into the artillery positions, it is possible to destroy the Yu Jiajun's artillery. Therefore, in the face of the poor artillery skills of the army, the Yu Jiajun's artillery positions basically did not suffer much damage.

On the other hand, the gunners of the Yu Jiajun were well trained, had advanced sights, and shot very accurately. Fighting on battlements was just like playing without any pressure.

Although the battlement parapet itself is very strong, it is far inferior to the main body of the city wall. It is no problem to use it as a bow and arrow, but it is impossible to block the cannonballs.

As long as it is hit by a cannonball, the crenel will be immediately hit by bricks and stones, and then collapse with a crash. The officers and soldiers hiding behind the crenel will also be unlucky, either being blown away directly, or being smashed to death by the bricks and stones.

Injuries may occur, and may even be buried alive underneath by collapsed masonry.

For a time, the defenders on the city were beaten so hard that they screamed and ran around on the city wall to avoid flying cannonballs and flying bricks. It was a mess.

Gao Qiqian was still on the city wall personally supervising the battle. When he saw the Yu's army's artillery fire being so fierce, he turned pale with fright. He fled down the city wall with his tail between his legs and jumped under the city wall, shouting, and continued to urge the officers and soldiers to defend.

Yu Jiajun's tactics were quite effective. The crenellations were knocked out one by one amidst the roar of the cannons. The originally neat city wall soon turned into an old lady's gums, with gaps appearing everywhere.

The officers and soldiers did not dare to stay on the city wall, let alone hide behind the crenellations. Whoever hid behind the crenellations might become the next victim and be knocked over by cannonballs along with the crenels.

As for the artillery on the city, they are the focus of Yu Jiajun's attention. The artillery has special observers to indicate the targets to the gunners. They stare closely at the city wall and use low-power telescopes to search every crenel on the city wall. As long as they find any official

Army artillery, immediately provide instructions to the gunners.

The gunners immediately adjusted their guns to aim at the positions of these artillery pieces according to their instructions, and then fired to destroy them.

At the beginning, the gunners of the official army were still fighting happily, but it didn't take long for them to find that something was not good. Many artillery fires would soon lead to bombardment from the cannons of the Yu Jiajun below the city. After a while,

Many artillery pieces were destroyed by Yu Jiajun's artillery.

Even if it was not hit directly, the cannonball hit the parapet, and the splashed bricks and stones caused the gunners to fly bloody and bloody. The gunners on the city suffered heavy casualties.

The morale of the officers and soldiers was originally low. After discovering this, many gunners hurriedly stopped firing, and even quickly dragged the cannon back, not daring to let the cannon show up again, so as to avoid the bombardment outside the city.

The artillery that was originally firing lively on the city wall completely stopped firing in less than half an hour. Either it was destroyed on the spot by the Yu family army, or it was so frightened that it retreated and did not dare to show its artillery to fight back.

.

After the initial rapid fire, the Yu Jiajun artillery completely suppressed the official artillery on the city wall, began to slow down the bombardment speed, and continued to knock out the crenellations on the city wall in an orderly manner, flattening many crenels and turning them into a

Piles of rubble.

Needless to say, the officers and soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. The rest either lay down in safer places on the city wall, holding up their shields to protect their heads and did not dare to get up, or they fled under the city wall, making the wall almost invisible.

Several figures.

The bombardment lasted for an hour. At noon, the Yu Jiajun engineers and siege infantry who had been waiting for the attack received Yu Xiaotian's order. Then the officers pulled out their sabers one by one, raised them above their heads, and let out a sound.

Howling like a wolf: "Brothers, follow me!"

Countless officers and soldiers of the Yu family, pushing various siege equipment or carrying many siege equipment on their shoulders, swarmed out from their starting point like a tide. Under the leadership of countless officers, they rushed towards the city wall.

passed.

The cry of killing suddenly resounded throughout the battlefield, like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, rolling over the entire capital.

It was finally time for the engineering troops to show their power. Although they were not the main attacking force, they were responsible for opening the passage close to the city wall for the main attacking force.

Yu Xiaotian directly gave up attacking the city gate, because all the outer city gates of the capital were built with strong barbicans. Even if he attacked the barbicans, he still could not break into the city, so he simply ordered the attacking troops to attack the city wall directly.

Pan Cheng went up and captured the city gate.

So they had to open the passage near the city wall first, but it was not a simple task to open this passage.

Because the capital, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of defense fortifications are very complete. In addition, after the Chongzhen year, Jiannu entered the pass several times. The first time he entered the pass, he went straight to the capital city, which made Chongzhen very nervous.

, even sparing no effort in manpower and material resources, and vigorously strengthened the city defense after that.

Therefore, looking around the world, there is almost no city that has such complete fortifications as the capital.

(Thanks to book friend 3135473 for the tip. During this period, my eyes are not working well, and my fundus bleeds frequently. I take medicine every day and have to take eye drops. My wife ordered me to stop updating and rest for a while, but it is absolutely impossible to stop. Just

I can use the computer for an hour every day and work hard to code out a chapter. Don’t think it’s too little. After all, it affects Han Feng’s major events in the rest of my life. I don’t dare to be careless, so please bear with me!)