567 Burning Jinzhou City
However, while Jirgalang issued a military order, Zhang Mingwei outside the city observed through a telescope that the number of ten thousand people and enemies in the city was almost the same, so he immediately issued a military order.
As a blue flag rose on the side of the handsome flag, the other three points set in advance in the besieged city all raised the blue flags immediately.
The officers commanding next to each catapult cart were always paying attention to the new military order. When they saw the blue flag, they immediately shouted: "Hurry, change the bullets, move quickly, throw them hard!"
On the special side carriage, the Ming army soldiers next to them immediately carried a can of sealed ceramic jars and quickly put them on the catapult carriage. Immediately, these ceramic jars all rose into the air and flew towards Jinzhou City.
The sound of the "pa,pa,pa" cracking of the ceramic jar sounded one after another.
Jianlu was busy facing the enemy in the city. When he saw that the newly thrown in was not the enemy, but just the ceramic jar, he felt relieved. If there were more enemies in, there would be no enemy, and that would be a death.
However, before their thoughts were over, they saw a sudden fire and quickly burning. The Jianlu, who were fighting against ten thousand enemies, immediately caught fire.
"Oil, oil, it's oil..."
The miserable shouts suddenly rang in Jinzhou City.
The Jianlu who were extinguishing ten thousand enemies were burning with fire. At this time, they were still worried about extinguishing ten thousand enemies, screaming and running around and patting their bodies, but it was useless.
On the contrary, when they were running around, they led other places to burn.
Those Jianlu who were lucky enough to not be burned, when they saw this situation, they still had to worry about the fact that tens of thousands of people were not even tens of thousands of people, and immediately fled quickly.
However, at this time, the ceramic jar was continuously projected into the city by the catapult cart, and there were "bang, bang, bang" everywhere.
In just a moment, the fire in Jinzhou City can be described as surging fire. Jianlu in the city was either burned to death or fled to the side of the city wall. Only these places were dead corners of catapults, and it was fine for a while.
On the top of the city, Jirgalang was stunned when he saw this scene and stared at Jinzhou City, which was in full swing.
At this moment, he finally understood what the Ming army's trump card was!
It turned out that the Ming army did not want Jinzhou City from the beginning, but wanted to destroy Jinzhou City and burn Jinzhou City!
Thinking of this, he suddenly thought again, if there were people from the Ming Dynasty in Jinzhou City, no, if there were people from the Qing Dynasty, would the Ming army use such a vicious move?
At least the Ming Dynasty court wants shame, and it is impossible for it to do such inhuman things, right?
By the way, it seems that all the Liaodong soldiers and civilians were withdrawn into Shanhaiguan, which was the idea of the Duke Xingguo outside the city. Therefore, he was full of the Qing army in Jinzhou, and he had no scruples when using this move.
Thinking of this, Jirgalang suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Could it be that this Duke Xingguo had already thought of using this trick to deal with the Qing army from the moment he asked the Liaodong military to withdraw into the pass?
Such thoughts are really terrible! When did such a far-sighted person come out in Ming Dynasty?
At this time, Jirgalang was actually sure that Duke Xingguo was such a person.
Not only was it burning Jinzhou City, but it was still Ningyuan City? I secretly dug a tunnel before and killed 30,000 Qing troops!
This time...
Thinking of this, he suddenly came to his senses. At this moment, the scene could only make me think so much. Of course, this was actually just the thought that came to his mind for a moment.
Immediately, Jirhalang was usually a gentleman among Jianlu. He had his face ferociously and shouted loudly: "Break through, everyone breaks through..."
If we don’t break through, all the Qing army will be burned to death in the city.
If this is the case, it would be too frustrating!
After all, even if the entire army is wiped out, it will definitely not make the Ming army feel better. If a thousand deaths are killed, it is always okay to kill an Ming army of eight hundred, right?
Even with the combat power of the Qing army, it is possible that eight hundred deaths of the Qing army will die, and one thousand deaths of the Ming army will die.
But now, he is burned to annihilation?
This is absolutely not possible!
Then, just when the catapult cart outside the city was changed to a ceramic jar, the Ming army where the cart was located was already close to Jinzhou City.
These cars all came to the city gate.
As they were close, the Jianlu on the top of the city was not disturbed by tens of thousands of enemies, so they immediately fired the muskets and archers.
In this case, the Supreme Commander no longer needs to order.
However, most of the Ming army hid behind the chariots, and Jianlu himself knew in his heart that the protection effect of muskets and bows was absolutely effective.
A layer of wooden board, then wrapped with a wet quilt, or a layer of iron sheet. This level of protection is really unsolvable except with cannons.
The Ming soldiers ignored the standing side of the car at all, and kept ringing the "bangbang" sound, which was a sound made by a lead bullet or a bow and arrow.
Ming Jun, who was carrying a big tube, immediately untied the big tube, and two other Ming Jun were already waving their shovels. By the time the big tube came down, a hole had been dug on the ground, and the big tube was put on, just about the same thing.
From their cooperation, we can see that these Ming soldiers had definitely trained many times in advance.
Several Ming army soldiers took things from the car and started filling the big tube. It seemed that they had put a small gunpowder bag, then put a wooden board in, and then a ceramic jar.
There was also a Ming army soldier who closed one eye, stretched out one hand, and raised his thumb. After doing this strange action, he immediately went to operate the elevation angle of the big tube again.
These Ming army soldiers can be said to have their own duties and are busy busy, but they are not at all confused.
Then, a thick smoke suddenly emerged from the back of a car, and then a big thing flew up from the back of the car at a speed visible to the naked eye, passed the car and fell towards Jinzhou City.
With a "bang", the ceramic jar was about to fall to the city gate, making a cracking sound, and the liquid immediately flowed all over the ground.
You should know that the Ming army's car was not just one, but there were many carriages in each city gate, facing the city gate in an arc shape.
One ceramic jar after another soared into the air, some fell to the city gate, and some even shot to the top of the city gate.
For a moment, although there were screams inside the city, as well as the sound of muskets and cannons on the top of the city, the sound of the ceramic jar breaking could not be covered. This shows that there are so many ceramic jars.
Of course, during this process, the Jianlu archers knew that something was wrong, so they used the method of shooting bows and arrows to deal with the Ming soldiers behind the car. There were indeed several Ming soldiers who were unlucky and did not hide well, and were shot by these shot arrows.
However, it has to be said that these shot arrows are actually not very powerful at all. If they were not shot to the point where they were shot, they would basically not cause much damage.
It may also be because Zhang Mingwei was accustomed to working together before the war. Even this threat was mentioned, so he had a way to deal with it.
The Ming soldiers behind the chariots were wearing iron helmets on their heads. If the arrows were shot down and just shot on their heads, they would just make a "ding" sound. At most, they would shock the Ming soldiers, but they would not cause much damage.
As for the cannons Jianlu on the top of the city, they are useless. Because they are too close, they are the dead corners of cannons. Only muskets and bows can be dealt with, but most of the damage is reduced because of the car.
At this time, looking at the car outside the city and the Jianlu on the top of the city, he hated these carriages as never before. I guess they had never thought that such a situation would happen before.
Seeing the Ming army behind the car, they had the situation in the city as a basis for the previous situation, and immediately knew that the Ming army was going to burn the city gate, block them in the city, and then burn them to death!
Jianlu cursed his ill-heartedness, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
At this time, Jirgalang's order to break through was passed down. After hearing this, Jianlu on the top of the city heard that in such a panic, there was no possibility of establishment. They ran to the city gate, hoping to rush out of the city before the fire broke out.
As for the 50,000 Ming troops outside the city, they were eyeing each other, and they didn't care about it and passed the hurdle in front of them first.
However, how could the Ming army give them this opportunity?
The Ming soldiers behind the car quickly shot out ten thousand enemies. The poisonous smoke and fire emitted by the ten thousand enemies immediately ignited the fire near the city gate.
And this time, the city head above the city gate and behind the city wall were also taken care of by the Ming soldiers on the side of the car.
In fact, the division of labor was clear from the beginning.
The catapult cart only cares about the city and projects ten thousand enemies and ceramic jars at the fastest speed. Of course, the approximate location of the projection was provided by Zu Dashou, so we know where it is easier to ignite a fire.
The projection tool behind the car is actually a conscience-free cannon from later generations. It has a short range and can shoot unconventional weapons. Later generations are explosive packs, which are ten thousand enemies and ceramic jars. The skilled artillery hiding behind the car is fired, and there are still so many. It is not too difficult to burn a few city gates.
Just like that, under the Ming army, which seemed to be free of money, the entire Jinzhou city and four city gates were ignited with raging fire.
Chapter completed!