Chapter 86 The sound of cannons never goes out

On the steps of Zlinburg, one side was filled with soldiers, leaving only one side with room for action.

Corpse were lifted down from above. Blood dripped the steps red, as if it had become a bloody path.

No one ordered, no one urged.

After lifting a few corpses, soldiers who were close to the exit stood up silently and rushed into the rain of arrows.

The soldiers behind silently moved a step upwards and waited quietly.

"Dang."

The White Lotus Cultists below dragged more than a hundred corpses away.

Zhou Junzuo breathed a sigh of relief silently. He moved his arms slightly, and shooting arrows was a stamina. He was in the front again, and in a short while, he shot two pots of arrows and killed ten people.

Of course, if we talk about this, the Ming army suffered a loss. More than a dozen soldiers were shot to death on the top of the city.

If such an exchange continues, Zlinburg will soon be unable to bear it.

But he simply didn't use artillery because he knew that a bow and arrow could not rush to the top of the city. Artillery was his only support to defend the city. At this moment, no matter how many people died, he still had to have concentration.

Almost at the same time, another group of White Lotus believers rushed up. There were not many people, but more than a dozen people were carrying a long ladder. For a time, Zhou Junzuo counted more than a dozen long ladders. After all, this long ladder was very easy to build. The bark of the logs was not peeled off from these long ladders, so they started to use it.

Zhou Junzuo immediately said, "Pick up the guy."

Four cannons were lifted up and aimed at the bottom. The soldiers behind them held torches one by one.

Zhou Junzuo waited for the enemy to approach, and with a command, four guns were fired at the same time, and four projectiles were hit, knocking down several people in a row, causing the formation below to stir up a little. They lifted the shields high one by one.

Zhou Junzuo frowned slightly and said, "Change the shotgun below."

For infantrymen, this kind of solid bullet is not good enough. If you hit a line, even if you form a jump, you won't kill many people.

Soon when the enemy was about to put the long ladder on the city wall, four small cannons sprayed shots together, covering all one or two meters below the city wall. It was like a metal storm. When they rushed to the front, the three or four long ladders were immediately covered with blood. There were still a few people who were not dead and could only moan.

"Bang bang bang." The lead bullet hit the bricks and stones on the city wall, and some bricks burst out.

The White Lotus Sect also sent their firearm troops. However, they followed the Tartars and had no heavy weapons, most of them were muskets and rockets.

The remaining battles are simple and cruel.

The bows and arrows are connected, and the cannon fire is heard.

Under the firepower of four artillery as the center, the Ming army firmly suppressed the enemy under the city, and the city wall, which was only two meters high, became an insurmountable obstacle.

However, there is also a small episode in this. That is, there are not many shotguns in the castle. Zhou Mengchen gave each cannon a batch of shells, but they are all solid shells. In this case, solid shells are not useless. If the enemy uses a shield to retreat, and when he reaches the city, he will use solid shells to blast him, no matter how hard the shield is, it will collapse. After all, most of these shields are wood, and at most they are covered with a layer of iron on the wood. It cannot stop the close-range attack of the cannon.

As for the accuracy.

When you reach the bottom of the city, you will be at most twenty or thirty meters and you will be surrounded by people, so it is unlikely that you will not be able to hit it accurately.

Therefore, the White Lotus Sect did not use such tactics. They all fought on their own and rushed up. If it weren't for the limited circumference of Zlinburg, at most more than 1,000 troops would be invested at one time, and more troops would not be able to be put down. They would still want to push more.

Scopes are more useful to deal with these people.

So the shotguns were used up very quickly.

Zhou Junzuo had no choice but to order the soldiers below to start demolishing the bricks of the house from inside, then smashing the bricks and sending them up in baskets. First, fill gunpowder, and then stuff the brick fragments into it.

If Zhou Mengchen saw it, he would be stunned.

Although Zhou Mengchen did not set up any cannon operation manual, he felt that the cannon was too simple and had no innovation. It was enough to just keep it strong and durable.

But he didn't know that a good weapon would always make a comedy for the soldiers on the front line.

After that, it is not just brick fragments, such as stones, porcelain fragments, and messy things. As long as two characteristics are guaranteed, they can be used as shotguns, the broken and the hard ones.

With this gun, the powerful firepower of all living people within three or four square meters will be able to clear the White Lotus Sect’s deaths and injuries, and they will not make any progress.

But Master Xiao rode on the horse, counted silently, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Time has come. I heard that there are only four cannons in Zlinburg. Now, more than 200 cannons have been fired at one go. Even if the quality of the cannons is the best, it is almost the same now. If you shoot more than a dozen shots, you will definitely explode."

"Now, we will launch a general attack and order all departments to advance together. We only need to advance, but we are not allowed to retreat."

At the command of Master Xiao, the horn sounded rapidly.

For a time, thousands of White Lotus scholars joined forces. As mentioned earlier, the space outside of Zlinburg was limited. In this way, almost no matter what direction they looked at, there was a lot of people.

For a moment, Zhou Junzuo was dead. He looked back and saw the rolling wolf smoke still burning. He picked up a piece of raw horse meat, drank cold water and ate it. He thought to himself: "I will be a full-fledged ghost if I die."

The White Lotus Cultist attacked Zhou Junzuo a little dissatisfied. He even let the enemy rush to the top of the city several times, but Zhou Junzuo fought against each other and killed the people.

Of course, the contribution of the artillery is indelible.

They blocked the number of people rushing up the ladder to drive the enemy down, otherwise the enemy would come up continuously and the situation would be over.

Kill until evening.

Only then did Master Xiao order to withdraw his troops in a daze, and he said in his heart: "This is impossible."

In this battle, the White Lotus Sect suffered losses, more than a thousand people were killed in battle, and more were injured, and almost all of them were damaged. The most unacceptable thing he was, the four cannons, which were fired in total from morning to night. He had been waiting for the explosion, but it never happened.

Only one cannon exploded, and the Ming army would hesitate to use the other cannons. Once the firepower was empty, people from below could rush up and kill them.

But why did the sound of cannons above stop?

Master Xiao thought to himself: "Unless the four cannons are made of gold." Then his heart lit up and he thought to himself: "I am worthy of being Zhou Shangwen's son, the general Huzi, and he must have arranged a batch of cannons in advance here, but it doesn't need to. He kept the four cannons against the enemy. This is how we are today."

"Today, I am a mistake in my plan. How many talents are there in the Ming Dynasty?"

If Zhou Junzuo knew what Master Xiao said about him, he would be very confused.

After a fierce battle, Zhou Junzuo had only a hundred people. Many people were even injured, and they were all supported by one breath. Zhou Junzuo was the first to rush forward to attack the enemy.

At that time, Zhou Junzuo didn't think about artillery or artillery.

When he was on this adrenal hormone, there was only one word in his head: "Kill."

It was only when the twilight was approaching and the enemy retreated that I remembered to look at a few cannons.

At this moment, several cannons were hot and red. The gunner skillfully poured water on it, and bursts of white smoke came out.

Zhou Mengchen's standard for cannons to be fired 200 times in a row. In actual combat, it is difficult to have such a simple occasion. For example, although the battle has been fierce for a day, the enemy's attacks are generally divided into batches. Generally, more than 100 cannons are fired, and the enemy can no longer hold on and retreat.

At this time, the cannon can be dissipated. Although watering directly may damage the service life of the cannon. But who cares about this at this moment? The gunner almost pours a cannon of water as soon as he has free time.

Only in this way can the artillery be persevered.

Even so, I don’t know if there are too many shotguns that do not meet the specifications, and there are also various scratches inside the cannon. If you continue to use this, it will not last for a few days.
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