Chapter 125 The Power of Artillery

Since the Red Barbarian cannon was moved to the top of the city, although it did not fire a single shot, it boosted the morale of the Ming army guarding the city. The scene when the two cannons siege that day broke through the city gate and the city wall, and exploded the chamber to kill dozens of Jurchens to death is still in the memories of the soldiers. They have an indescribable sense of trust in this extremely powerful cannon.

Seeing this situation, Tang Feng was even more satisfied with his decision. Whether Jinzhou City can be defended depends on how much courage the soldiers in front of him can muster. Although this city is more conducive to defense than Ningyuan City, if the morale of the army is unstable, no matter how high or thick the city wall is, it cannot withstand the enemy's attack. At the same time, Tang Feng hated Wang Huazhen who escaped in the face of the battle. If he really escaped, the soldiers would know how much noise it would cause.

Thinking of these things in his mind, Tang Feng didn't even notice that Wang Kai came to him, until the other party spoke to him: "Sir, judging from today's war, Jianlu seems to be brewing a bigger offensive." Although he understood that Tang Feng had limited knowledge of the way to defend the city, because the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, he was a little nervous and needed someone to share with him, of course, this person was Tang Feng.

Tang Feng was slightly stunned, and after analyzing the other party's words, he smiled bitterly: "Yes, I think the reason why Jianlu did not attack with all his strength today was because their ladders and storm vehicles, such as their ladders and storms, were burned yesterday. Today they must be stepping up to rebuild these things, and they will attack in the same way tomorrow." Speaking of this, Tang Feng had already seen Wang Kai's concern and comforted him: "But this is only beneficial and harmless to us. The longer the time is delayed, the greater the possibility of our reinforcements coming. We have already ignited the beacon for help, and someone will come to rescue him soon. As long as reinforcements from all over the country come one after another, even if they have more people, they will not be able to destroy our Jinzhou City!"

"But..." After hesitating for a while, Wang Kai said with difficulty, "But sir, have you ever thought that there may be no army nearby that can rescue us in time now. Although Ningyuan, who was stationed by Lord Yuan, is only half a day away, Ningyuan has already left half of its troops here, and he dare not take the risk of Ningyuan being thrown away. As for the people and horses everywhere, whether the troops are not enough to fight against Jianlu, or the distance is too far, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to wait for reinforcements." Although he made people ignite the beacon, he still knew that the situation this time was different from before.

Tang Feng felt a little unhappy when he heard him say such a disheartened thing, but then he thought about what he said was the truth. In fact, this is one of the reasons why Sun Chengzong refused to easily capture Jinzhou at that time. Now the Ming army has established a foothold in Ningyuan, which is not enough to go further. However, he has pulled out the seedlings and helped to take down Jinzhou City, but has put more than 10,000 soldiers into danger. This may be the gap between him and Sun Chengzong. Thinking of this, Tang Feng looked around and found that no soldiers were paying attention to the conversation between them and then felt relieved. He did not want to make such a statement that he could not defend the city.

Wang Kai also noticed this and smiled a little ashamed: "Sir, I'm too nervous, please forgive me."

Tang Feng patted his shoulder and said, "I know that this time Jianlu attack was indeed without us being prevented, but I firmly believe that we can defend Jinzhou!"

The next morning, with the rain of arrows all over the sky, the Jin soldiers launched a strong attack again. As Tang Feng expected, the reason why they failed to attack yesterday was that they arranged a large number of people to cut down trees and made them into equipment for siege. Although the craftsmen in Amin's army did not have too complicated equipment, many of them were built, and even two catapults were built. This catapult made using the principle of leverage was simple in the process, so the stones that could be thrown to the city were not too large. But even so, the stones that came from below still hurt many Ming soldiers, and even destroyed several battlements at the city's heads, making the soldiers guarding the city hate them.

At noon, with the protection of strong arrows and rocks flying up, the Jin soldiers rushed to the city again and successfully set up a ladder. The simple rushing car also hit the city gate under the full force of the Jin soldiers. However, the Ming army in the city had a way to deal with it. As soon as they saw the ladder appear, someone hid under the city wall and swung down with a spear made in his hand. Because they wanted to climb up with their hands and feet and land, many Jin soldiers could not avoid the spears that were stabbed by their chests, and fell off the city with blood in their screams. Some of them also flexibly avoided the spears and climbed into the city, but were slashed by the Ming army in the city with a burst of knives.

As for the rushing car, after several exerting force, it broke through the already reluctant city gate. However, the Jin soldiers were not happy because the city gate was not the road leading to the city, but piled up stones and soil. The city gate was sealed the day before, leaving only a foot above, and I don’t know what it was for. The Jin soldiers naturally refused to give up just like this. Immediately someone wanted to use weapons to pry open these hindrances. At this time, they knew what the space above was for. With a burst of creeping beeping, a large number of lit hay was thrown out from it. The Jin soldiers were caught in a hurry and wanted to retreat, but found that the rushing car that had just been built was reimbursed again. With burns and anger, the Jin soldiers returned to the formation first.

Seeing that his troops and horses were still difficult to take down for a long time, Amin was a little unbearable. In the past, no enemy could resist as his troops pointed out. Even the enemy who was several times his own was not the enemy of his army. He did not expect that he suffered a great loss at this Jinzhou city today. At the same time, he also had a comparison in his mind. His troops and horses were easily captured by the enemy, but these Han people could hold on. Are he really so incompetent? Once this idea appeared in his mind, Amin wanted to lead his troops to kill him. In fact, this was because he was inferior to himself. The Jin soldiers were best at attacking. If they were to defend the city like the Ming army, they would not be able to play their advantages, and the generals of the Jin army would not know how to rely on the geographical advantage and the things in their hands to defend it.

After gasping for a while, Amin ordered the entire army to retreat. It was already noon and the soldiers also needed to continue fighting after dinner. The Ming army on the city then relaxed and picked up the dry food prepared early and started eating.

Tang Feng felt guilty when he looked at the wounds on the city and the soldiers who were still fighting with injuries. He was still a man from the modern times, but he couldn't even think of a way to defeat the enemy. The only thing he could do now was to inspire the morale of the army and let the soldiers eat better.

Just as Tang Feng was a little guilty, Wang Kai walked over with a serious look on his face and said, "Sir, Jianlu's offensive today is too great, and the newly built catapult car is powerful, and hundreds of soldiers have been injured and lost their combat power. If this continues, it may be very unfavorable for us. We have just succeeded in this city, so the equipment guarding the city is too simple, it is really..."

Wang Kai said this not because he wanted Tang Feng to come up with a way to deal with the current predicament, but because he needed an audience to have a heart. Of course, he could not say that he knew with the soldiers guarding the city, and only increased their pressure, so he could only talk to Tang Feng. When Tang Feng heard this, his eyes fell on the red cannon that he had never used after the city was transported to the top of the city. Should he use it now? Although due to limited gunpowder and other objects, this cannon could only be fired with five or six cannons, it would be too late to wait until the soldiers in the city were killed or injured. So after gritting his teeth, Tang Feng decided to take out the last magic weapon and use it.

The cannon was moved to the entrance of the city wall by the soldiers, and the black muzzle was aimed at the Jurchen camp under the morning and evening. Tang Feng said to the person who could operate the cannon: "Are you sure you can use the cannon to knock out the two catapults in front of the other side?"

The man looked at the distance and lowered his head to calculate it. He said with no confidence: "Sir, although the small one will use this cannon, it has not been used several times, so the small one cannot assert that he will definitely hit the target, so he can only do his best."

Wang Kai said from the side: "You must hit this time, otherwise I will take your head!" The man shivered when he heard this. Tang Feng stopped Wang Kai from threatening with his eyes: "This way, try your best. There is not much gunpowder in the city. I hope you can hit it accurately."

The gunpowder was poured into the muzzle, and then it was filled with the medicine twist. In the expectation of the soldiers, the man lit the long twist and then went to the side by himself. A few of the Ming army looked at his movements curiously. I don’t know why he was so scared, but with a loud bang, these people were shocked to death by the strong recoil of the cannon.

At this time, Tang Feng no longer cared about the unlucky sergeants, and looked out of the city after the cannon fired.

The Jin soldiers had already used up their meals and were about to gather together to launch an attack again, but they found that artillery was set up on the top of the city. Although the Jin soldiers had been fighting with the Ming army for some time, they had never experienced the power of such red cannons. Seeing that they wanted to set off firecrackers at such a long distance, they laughed and didn't know where to avoid the direction of the gun.

Then with only a loud bang, a huge explosion and powerful impact appeared among them, blowing dozens of Jin soldiers upside down, and some of them were even more lucky and were directly blown away.

When Tang Feng looked down from the city, he happened to see the Jin soldiers' miserable appearance. The two catapult cars happened to be bombarded by this gun, and they had turned into a pile of fragments.
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