Chapter 7： Home-made bombs

The Qing army marched to a place about 300 meters away from the city wall and stopped and began to line up to organize a siege formation.

In front were some soldiers holding shields, followed by soldiers carrying siege ladders, and behind them were archers and firecrackers, who were responsible for suppressing the rebels at the head of the city.

At the back is a team of swordsmen and shields, they are the supervising team.

If the soldiers retreat without ordering them, they can kill them directly.

However, these fifty war-supervising soldiers played more of a deterrent role. When soldiers rout on a large scale, they can't stop them.

The Qing army advanced in an orderly manner, while the rebels on the wall were waiting.

When the Qing army entered firing range, Wu Changqing ordered free shooting at crowded places. Compared to guns, bullets are still relatively cheap.

As long as an average of ten bullets can hit an enemy, he makes a lot of money.

With a burst of gunshots, Zhang Yuqin in the distance craned his neck and looked far away.

Seeing only a few people fall, Zhang Yuqin smiled: "But so."

"Master Zhang, the sights of this kind of firecracker at close range are very high, don't be careless."

Xue Wu reminded.

At the moment they talked, the Qing army got closer to several tens of meters, and at the same time more people fell.

Within a hundred meters, the head of the army in charge of the command urged him to rush down.

The archers and firecrackers also stood up and started shooting arrows at the city wall.

"Fight the approaching swordsman."

Wu Changqing ordered.

Although there were more than a hundred archers and firearms in the Qing army, because of the relatively long distance, their attacks did not actually have much effect.

Bows and arrows are a little better. Skilled archers have a certain level of accuracy. The formation of a dense rain of arrows can cause some casualties to the rebels. As for the fire blunders, at a distance of more than a hundred meters, the bullets didn't know where they went.

The deterrence effect of this offensive is far greater than the actual results.

Some soldiers with poor psychological quality, seeing that archers can threaten them, and those swordsmen who are still charging without threats, will subconsciously want to solve the archers first.

But in fact, because the archers are standing far away, their flintlocks are actually not accurate. In other words, before the appearance of the musket, firearms were not accurate.

Prioritize attacking archers, which is very uneconomical.

And those swordsmen rushed under the city wall, threatening more than archers.

Therefore, Wu Changqing ordered the soldiers to overcome their fear, ignore those flying arrows, and shoot at the approaching soldiers.

He wanted to see if his mobs couldn't hold it first, or the elite swordsmen couldn't hold it first.

Wu Changqing is now very prestigious in the army, and his orders are basically obeyed by the rebels.

With the sound of gunfire, the approaching swordsmen fell in pieces like wheat being cut.

For soldiers who are accustomed to cold weapons, seeing this kind of sight will make their legs feel weak.

After all, with cold weapons, the soldiers fell one by one. But under the blow of the flintlock, these soldiers fell in pieces.

The visual impact caused by the two is not at the same level.

Many Qing troops already had the idea of ​​running away, but unfortunately the corps leaders and the chiefs next to them were still shouting, "Hurry up and don't retreat."

The saddest moment of being a soldier is this. Forward is death, and backward is death.

The arrow fell to the top of the city, and several hapless arrows lost their combat effectiveness.

However, this had little effect, and an alternate immediately picked up their flintlocks and joined the battle.

"Master, it's dangerous here, you'd better go to the tower and command it."

As a family general, Wang Dafu is still used to calling Wu Changqing the young master, not the general soldier.

Seeing the Qingjun archers keep shooting arrows, he worried that Wu Changqing would have an accident.

Go to the tower?

Wu Changqing also thought that he was also afraid of accidents. Although the probability of hitting the arrow is actually very low, there is such a probability in the end.

However, he could not do this. The morale bonus he brought to the soldiers by standing at the head of the city was extraordinary, and there would be no such effect when he went to the city tower.

"It's okay, I want to personally command here." Wu Changqing rejected the personal advice and continued to command.

Hearing Wu Changqing's words, the morale of many soldiers was greatly boosted.

Soldiers are actually very simple. From their point of view, since the superior generals are facing dangers with them, what reason do they have not to work hard? Is it that they are more noble than the generals?

Many ladders were already leaning against the city wall, and the Qing army began to climb upwards, biting their swords.

"Grenades, throw them at crowded places."

Wu Changqing shouted.

Suddenly, the rebels who had already prepared lit the fuse, and then hurriedly threw the grenade down.

At present, the fuse of the grenades is a cotton rope soaked with glutinous rice and dried, and the burning speed is very unstable. Sometimes it burns fast, it’s not about bombing the enemy, but about bombing yourself.

Soldiers exploded themselves during the experiment before, so now the grenadiers have learned their lesson and threw them when they ignite.

As to whether it will be found by the enemy and destroy the lead in time, Wu Changqing is not worried. This new type of thing that the Qing army saw for the first time, how could they find this kind of fate in an instant.

Sure enough, the Qing army was a little dazed by the iron box thrown by the rebels.

They don't understand, if they want to kill people, why not use the stones that can be seen everywhere, but use this kind of iron box that needs to be forged?

However, they will soon understand.

As the explosion sounded, a cloud of dust was raised under the city wall, and at the same time, there were waves of screams.

The grenades made by Wu Changqing are far less powerful than later generations, so unless a few people close to them are killed, more people are just shot by the iron pieces after the explosion.

Those soldiers would not be killed immediately unless they were shot in the head by a piece of iron, but the pain was indispensable. The soldiers injured by the bombing also immediately lost their combat effectiveness.

Not everyone can kill the Quartet with an arrow like the protagonist in a movie and TV series. This kind of pain will make it more difficult for them to walk, let alone climb a ladder.

"What is that, cannon? Where is it?"

Zhang Yuqin looked at Xue Wu and wanted an answer.

It's a pity that Xue Wu was also embarrassed at this time, so he could answer no matter what.

Xue Wu said: "I haven't seen such a thing, do the people in Jiading City have any demon tricks? Why do weird things appear every time."

Zhang Yuqin was so angry when he heard that, if the two were not equal, he would like to slap Xue Wuyi in the face.

They marching and fighting, how can they believe in some demon method.

If the soldiers under his men believed that the man on the other side had a demon method, where would they dare to attack the city again. Xue Wu's words are simply disturbing the military's mind.

"Let the supervising team lean on, and those who retreat will be killed without mercy. Today, I must be on the top of the city."

An inexplicable irritation arose in Zhang Yuqin's heart, so he couldn't wait to take Jiading and didn't want any accidents.

Xue Wu on the side was already in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that the situation would be so bad after he had so many reinforcements. According to the current trend, even if Jiading was captured, more than half of the casualties would be expected.

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