HCB Chapter 200: Artillery Preliminary Test
Chapter 200: Artillery Preliminary Test
However, within the city, several important strongholds, granaries, armories, and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion were all stationed with Duke Dingguo's most direct troops.
Naturally, he is loyal to Duke Dingguo.
When they learned that government troops had rushed into Hushan Pass, they gathered quickly and anxiously in the middle of the night, shouting continuously.
But in the second half of the night, the First Army attacked too quickly.
Before they could gather together, they had already been defeated by the First Army.
Before they could react, the 3,000 soldiers stationed at the granary and armory completely collapsed and easily occupied the two important strongholds.
However, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion could not be taken down for the time being.
This place is equivalent to a small city within the city.
Three thousand real Fang family soldiers are stationed in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
They were all fed with money by Duke Dingguo, and the generals had received favors from Duke Dingguo.
The commander was Fang Weihong, the eldest son of Duke Dingguo.
Fang Weihong, who is in his thirties, has been in the army for twenty years and can be considered an experienced general.
He was also the commander-in-chief guarding Hushan Pass.
But while I was sleeping, I heard loud shouting and screaming outside.
When Fang Weihong hurried out, he heard his servants anxiously reporting that the government troops had entered the city.
Moreover, the granary and arsenal are gone, and now only the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is still holding on.
Fang Weihong was shocked. How could this be possible? There were clearly 20,000 soldiers stationed in the city, so how could the soldiers suddenly enter the city?
"Quick, gather all the soldiers and servants, and go to the top of the city to defend it."
"Send a message to my father immediately and ask him to send troops to help us immediately."
Fang Weihong hurriedly put on his armor and climbed up to the top of the city wall. He found that the outside of the city was full of flames, shouts of killing and yells were deafening.
Just a rough glance revealed that there were probably over ten thousand soldiers and horses that entered the city during the entire night.
The damn defenders actually betrayed the Fang family and let the soldiers enter the city without any resistance.
Fang Weihong gritted his teeth, but the more important thing now was to motivate the soldiers to defend the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
"Tell the brothers, as long as you hold on until dawn, reinforcements from the Duke will arrive, and everyone's reward will be doubled."
The soldiers, who were already very loyal to Duke Dingguo, were even more excited.
When the First Army's troops came with ladders and attacked, they were indeed beaten badly by the Fang family army above.
This caused the First Army, which had always been going smoothly, to finally suffer some hardships.
After several failed attacks, the servants were so angry that they waved their swords and howled.
However, the Fang family army was not having an easy time either, especially these officers and soldiers who came from nowhere. They had some things in their hands that kept smoking and shooting out marbles. At close range, their armor was almost useless. They were such terrifying weapons.
When Wang Hu led the Fourth Regiment over, he asked what was going on.
The commander of the third regiment in charge of the assault was frustrated: "General, this wall is too high, and the rebels on it are too tough."
Wang Hu was an old general. After taking a look, he said, "Don't charge forward. It's useless. Bring up all the Tiger Dun cannons and fire upwards."
This time when they entered the city, they brought almost no Tiger Dun cannons with them for the sake of convenience.
That thing is a treasure, difficult to make, and needs to be distributed to a large number of troops.
Therefore, each regiment of the First Army only had a few guns, and they were all extremely precious.
Fortunately, after so much training, there are still many qualified artillerymen, but it is a bit expensive.
After all, that kind of powerful gunpowder is very difficult to manufacture, and the amount delivered by the gunpowder base is always very limited.
Under constant urging from behind, more than ten horse-drawn carriages pulled a row of Tiger Dun cannons and placed them on the ground.
Wang Hu asked them to fire at the top of the city wall, but because it was too high, the Tiger Dun cannon had to be forced up.
Fang Weihong on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief. These officers and soldiers finally retreated. They probably suffered heavy casualties.
He was also very curious about where these officers and soldiers came from. Their weapons were all varied, and even their helmets were round, like pot lids. He had never seen such officers and soldiers before.
They only defended the city and suffered several strong attacks, and they actually lost hundreds of people. Such terrifying fighting power shocked Fang Weihongdu.
"Young Master, the soldiers have retreated. It seems they have suffered heavy casualties and are afraid to attack rashly. We just need to hold on. It won't be a big problem."
Fang Weihong nodded slightly: "That's true, everyone should be careful."
Just as he finished speaking, there was suddenly a "boom boom boom boom" outside the city like thunder, and many people looked over curiously.
Not far away, sparks kept coming out of the ground, followed by a cloud of white smoke.
Not long after, several stone balls fell from the city wall.
Several soldiers of the Fang family army screamed, and stones kept flying everywhere.
"What is this?" Fang Weihong was shocked. This is not a catapult.
But how did this stone get up here?
And he doesn't know.
The city was also in chaos.
Wang Hu angrily yelled at the artillerymen: "What are you doing? You blew away all the treasures. Do you know how precious they are?"
Because the muzzle of the Tiger Dun cannon was too high, when it fired, the cannon flew far backwards and even injured their own people.
The artillerymen were frustrated and had to re-set up the Tiger Cannon and secure it with sacks of bricks.
He started aiming again. Just now it was a test, but this time he fired all twenty guns at once.
Twenty round stones were thrown at the city wall and the surface of Duke Dingguo's city.
But Fang Jiajun, who met him for the first time, was terrified.
At the same time, Wang Hu also ordered archers to continuously shoot arrows at the city walls to suppress the situation comprehensively.
Something like the Tiger Dun Cannon would be enough to scare the enemy if it were used in a decisive battle on flat ground.
However, the effect of this upward attack is greatly reduced.
Even so, Fang Jiajun, who met them for the first time, found it a little overwhelming.
Coupled with the continuous shooting of arrows by the officers and soldiers, the Fang family army became unstable.
At Wang Hu's command, a group of soldiers from the First Army, led by the servants, rushed forward again with ladders.
This time, in the face of the panicked resistance of the Fang family army, which had weakened a lot, they forced their way onto the top of the wall.
The two sides immediately engaged in a bloody battle.
When the soldiers of the First Army first climbed onto the wall, they were indeed panicked. Many of them were on the battlefield for the first time.
Fortunately, there was a passionate servant boy holding a command knife and shouting angrily, organizing them into a mandarin duck formation according to their training.
On this narrow wall, the Fang family army was defeated and retreated step by step.
The Fang family army felt extremely frustrated. If they were normal officers and soldiers, they would have no problem fighting with swords and guns, and it would be enough to drive away the officers and soldiers who rushed up.
But these officers and soldiers were carrying brooms and kept harassing them. When they rushed over, they were stabbed by spears.
Especially when the servants shouted: "Where are the musketeers? Where are they? Fire quickly."
Several musketeers rushed up to the city wall and fired a burst of "bang bang bang bang bang" with their three-barreled guns through the wolf-whip, making the Fang family army scream in pain at such a close distance.
After the First Army formed its mandarin duck formations, it quickly gained an absolute upper hand, forcing the Fang family army to retreat continuously and suffer rapid casualties.