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Chapter 195 The Earth is shaking

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Zhang Ning rode his horse and followed the brigade to the city wall for more than 200 steps. Suddenly he felt something bad, so he turned around and asked casually: Do you smell the stinking?

Old Xu took two breaths hard and said calmly: It's golden juice.

What is golden juice, a weapon to defend the city? Zhang Ning asked again.

At this time, Song Hu couldn't help but speak: It's boiled feces.If you are burned by that thing, you won’t be a joke. No medicine can cure it, and the wound will definitely be ulcerated!

Zhang Ning: ...

Suddenly there was a crackling sound, and the bad horse under Zhang Ning was so scared that he screamed and retreated repeatedly.

The wooden chips on the city tower flew, screaming and roaring. A man jumped off the building with a scream, and smoke and steam were emitting from his body, as if a pot of gold juice was turned over and brought to their own people.

With a dull sound, the smoker fell violently from Zhaoyu's height to the city, but he didn't even die. He struggled and cried there in a very miserable way.

The sporadic ejections on the city tower disappeared, shouts and cries came, and they were in chaos.

This situation made Zhang Ning's confidence at least double: the defenders' ability to resist strikes was almost negative.

He had been working on Fengxia Mountain for several months, and the firearms training team was of course clear of lethality. Under current conditions, more than 20 people were able to hit a volley of people on the city tower in a round, and the defenders could not stand the resilience.

However, being hit by a lead ball is indeed much more miserable than being shot. If you are shot in the torso, you will not be able to survive. The lead ball is softer and cannot penetrate the human body. If you penetrate it, you will cause large-scale injuries and even if you are shot in the limbs, you will be disabled. The medical conditions of this era cannot be cured at all.

Wei Bin yelled to change teams. After firing, the first column retreated and finally rushed to clean the muskets with a single bar. The second row stepped forward in unison and raised the guns one after another when he heard the command. The movements in actual combat were not as neat as training, but the order was still maintained very well.

The sound of gunpowder bursting, the shouts and scolding of the generals, the drums echoed each other, and the projectiles destroyed the old brick and wooden city tower like tiny hail.

The city tower is also simple, without a warhead on the city wall, but a perforation hole built with wooden strips. The defense of musket projectiles is very limited. Within a hundred steps, the lead ball can penetrate the rotten wooden board without pressure.

With eight consecutive volleys, you can see the city tower being beaten up with bullet marks with naked eyes.

The sound of gunpowder burst temporarily stopped, and the smoke filled the sky above the camp, and the pungent smell of gunpowder made Zhang Ning feel uncomfortable.

The pain of the oh, the crying, and the moans in the distance seemed to have caused the whole world to be in pain and torture.

After a while, seven or eight miscellaneous soldiers behind the camp trotted towards the city gate with various tools. Half of them were holding big shields pieced together with wooden boards, while the others were holding shovels and shovels and other tools.

They ran to the city gate and were almost not attacked from a long range. When they arrived at the place, the shield hand protected the left and right up and down, while the others rushed to wield their tools and worked.

There were bricks and stones near the city gate, but they were quickly stolen, and everyone then dug soil under the door.

After a while, there were screams and curses on the city tower. Some people in torn clothes and cloth covered them with cloth emerged, and raised the logs and stones to smash them down.

As soon as the group of people emerged, a loud noise came from the open space camp below, and the pot suddenly exploded. The howling of ghosts and wolves was extremely exaggerated, and several people were squeezed out of the city.

As soon as the gunshot stopped, another stone was smashed down. A wooden shield below was smashed over, and then several arrow feathers flew down from above. The soldier holding the shield was not lucky and was arching his back to pick up the wooden shield. As a result, he happened to be hit by an arrow on the back of his neck. He immediately hugged his neck and slapped his feet on the ground, screaming.

The sergeant behind hurriedly grabbed his ankle and dragged it into the wooden shield defense.

The war at this time is so close.

I could hear the shouts on the city tower clearly, but someone could hear them shouting: Go and move oil, tung oil!

Use a cloth strip to wrap the arrowheads, and it’s oily, send someone to find it!

Send someone to hold on from the door, and don’t let the thieves get in.

Zhang Ning looked back and said: It turns out that the guard thought we wanted to dig a hole and drill in.

Not long after, one of the people who dug the pit turned around and waved his arms.

Seeing this, Wei Bin ordered another team of prepared soldiers to advance, with shields on the front and on the left and right sides. In the middle, the two men carried a large wooden barrel with iron hoop and walked forward quickly.

Now the above finally understood, and someone was shouting: The bandits were carrying gunpowder, and they were going to blow up the door!

When the people carrying the medicine approached the city gate, some burning wood was thrown down from the city tower, but most of them were not hit, and one or two were blocked by the shield; then another musket was fired, and there was a scattered ball on it.

The digger carried the tools and threw away the wooden shield, and ran back.

The people behind finally moved the barrel into the dirt pit under the city gate, and then most of them turned around and ran away. The man who was shot in the neck was also carried away, leaving two torches pulling out the lead.

Now no torches are thrown on the city tower. Occasionally, someone will draw his bow and hide when he fires the arrow.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning fell to the ground in his heart, and drew a long sword from his waist. Wei Bin also prepared the knife.The two soldiers at the opposite city gate threw the torches and ran back.

After a while, there was a loud bang suddenly, and the earth was shaking like an earthquake. A large stream of black smoke rose from the city gate, and the earth, stones and wood chips scattered, and the bricks and dust on the city walls fell down.

Many Shu horses were so scared that they ran around behind, and some miscellaneous soldiers felt sorry for the valuable horses and rushed to chase them.

The soldiers looked ahead in a daze. Zhang Ning finally managed to control the frightened mount with the help of his subordinates. He also paid attention to the black smoke in front. There was nothing in the thick black smoke, and he was not sure whether the city gate had collapsed.

Zhang Ning was unable to calculate the explosion equivalent of black gunpowder when planning. This thing sounded loud and its power was unknown; it was impossible to estimate it by experiments, because Fengxia Mountain's resources and productivity are very limited, and the output of gunpowder was very small. It was very difficult to meet the use of artillery medicine at the beginning. It took a long journey of sulfur and other raw materials to get it.

So in order to increase their chances of scoring, they first dig holes under the door and then set up powder barrels.This is also a method based on the weak defense of this county town.

There was no wind around, and the rolling smoke was slowly rising and dissipating.In order to prevent the city from organizing a second wave of defense, Zhang Ning finally shouted: Order an attack.

Wei Bin turned over and pointed to the thick smoke with a single knife, shouting: Kill!

The troops picked up the musket and ran and advanced. The person who had not yet loaded the gun drew out a single sword and followed the brigade.

Zhang Ning held the sword and rushed towards the city gate with his subordinates.

Everyone rushed into the thick smoke, and saw that the city gate had already opened, the wooden door was lying in the mess, and the wooden blocks on the ground were still burning sporadically.

The morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they coughed mixed with shouts. They spread out the rectangular square array, and ran in with small flags.

When they rushed to the city, they did not encounter resistance. After entering the city, the troops formed formations one after another without encountering fighting.Zhang Ning turned around and saw that there were many messy living people on the city tower and walls, and shouted: Zuo Zongqi!

The big-headed man Chen Gai ran over and said: The last one is here!

Zhang Ning looked at him and said: You immediately bring the first and second teams of the Left General Banner to clear the enemy soldiers. Those who resist will kill them, and those who surrender will disarm.After fighting this gate, there is no need to garrison, and then escort the prisoners to the county government to meet with the brigade.

Chen Gai clasped his fists and said: The last one will get the order!

Wei Baihu!The formation was rectified and the entire army was launched towards the county government.

Get order!

People under the city were lined up, and Chen Datou and his men rushed up along the steps of the inner wall.

Zhang Ning looked back and saw a young man dressed in a commoner sitting on the ground with a spear in horror. Chen Datou rushed forward, holding a knife and stabbed the young man in the belly.

The scream sounded heartbreaking from close range. The young man rolled on the stone steps for a while and fell to the ground and was not dead yet. He covered his stomach with his hands, and a pool of soft things flowed out as if they were intestines and the ground was covered with blood.

Zhang Ning felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach and his face turned pale. The young expression could not be removed in his mind, and the expression was simply distorted to the extreme.

The miscellaneous soldiers and supplies were still outside the city, and Zhang Ning couldn't control it anymore. He followed the large group of people and advanced north along the street.

The shops and houses on the street are all closed, and there is no one in the people, so the road is extremely easy to walk on.

There were some people who seemed to be a village hero running away in all directions and could not organize resistance at all.

Many escaped townsmen held long and short weapons in their hands, but this feature was like an armed force. In addition, their chaotic dress was completely devoid of the army.

Zhang Ning realized that the group of people in his hand could be called elite soldiers.

The troops quickly advanced to the county front street, and the county government office was already within sight, and the government offices similar to those of most local government offices were in dilapidated.

A group of people came out of the screen wall one after another, and each of them had weapons without a queue. Among them were officials with high hats and officials in official uniforms, there were about a hundred people in total.

Zhang Ning's men stood up when they reached more than 200 steps, and formed ten deep formations under the officer's shouting orders, because the streets were not as wide as the open space outside the city.

A young man wearing a green robe and a black official hat first attracted Zhang Ning's attention. Zhang Ning also served as an official, and of course he understood the clothing level of officials. At the county government level, the only seventh-rank official wearing a green robe was the magistrate. This young man must be the magistrate of the Supreme Chief Executive of Shimen County.

The young official shouted: As an official of the Ming Dynasty, I defended the territory on behalf of the emperor, ate the emperor's food and maintained loyalty and righteousness, and served the country with justice and justice. Today!

Zhang Ningzi immediately stepped forward, pointed his sword at those people and shouted: Except for those who are officials, everyone is afraid that they have not eaten any imperial grain. Why should everyone die?Surrender can avoid death.

Most of the people looked at the neat queue opposite in panic, with one-colored iron helmets and clothes slowly took a few steps back.

The young magistrate pointed at Zhang Ning and cursed: "Thieves!"

Wei Bin behind said angrily: Your Highness doesn’t need to talk nonsense to them, and a few rounds of volley shots were wiped out.