At a quarter to nine in the afternoon, Zhu Bomu led four thousand men on a boat and successfully crossed the Red River, stepping on the land under Haiyang City.
In an hour, the East Gate of Haiyang City had already become a ruin.
The city gate tower on the city gate had collapsed, and the female wall had many holes from the Hongyi Cannon's cannonballs. The only wall that was relatively good was uneven. Occasionally, there were a few places where the rammed earth behind the wall bricks could be seen.
This was the era where firearms and cold weapons coexisted.
The city walls were gradually unable to withstand the growing firearms. Other than the prefectural cities, passes, and capital cities, which had walls that were more than five meters thick, the rest of the city walls could only silently turn into ruins in the face of hundreds of cannons.
Looking at the ruins of the east city wall and the four to five meter hole in the wall, Zhu Bomu immediately ordered,""Tell the soldiers in the rear to clean up the bricks and mud at the breach immediately. I want to climb up the city wall of Haiyang City in 25 minutes!”
"Understood!" The commander of the 3,000 Battalion clasped his fists and immediately ordered the soldiers to clear the breach. On the other side, the 3,000 cavalry of the 3,000 Battalion was already ready.
This was a 3,000 Battalion that was comparable to the timid Xue Cavalry. If they were placed on the battlefield of the northern borders, they could deal with several times the number of Mongolian cavaliers, let alone the Zheng Army that only had leather armor!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Don't be afraid! All of you, take it! The handguns in your hands are not for nothing!”
After the soldiers rushed up, some of the Zheng family's handguns, which had been lying in ambush, immediately pulled the trigger at the soldiers. Most of their handguns had different ranges.
Therefore, after the soldiers were appeased by their commander, they began to slowly attack the Zheng family's musketeers hiding behind the gap like they did during training.
In this era, as long as one didn't back down at the last minute and didn't face cavalry, there was no way to defeat the design of three rows of spears.
Rows of bullets were fired from the muskets, and white smoke filled the battlefield in front of them, making it impossible for Zhu Bomu to see the casualties of the Zheng army at the breach in the city wall.
However, seeing that the soldiers had not made any progress for a long time, he was a little anxious. He immediately called out,"Tell the thousand-man army to set up cannons on both sides. I don't believe they can withstand the cannonballs!”
"Yes, sir!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After about 15 minutes, the soldiers in front of them started firing according to Zhu Bomu's instructions.
The body of the crouching tiger cannon was very light. A person with slightly greater strength could carry it and run. It was equivalent to the Ming and Qing versions of mortars.
After the crouching tiger cannon fired the stone bullets, screams and wails immediately sounded from the ruins.
The first type of artillery shell was solid and unbreakable. It had a long range and was mainly used to attack cities and fight on the water. It was also the legendary one shot into the soul. It was made of solid iron balls and granite balls.
The first type was fragile and could be divided into solid or hollow ones. The solid ones were mainly made of sand and tile balls and were mainly used to kill people.
This type of shell was loaded as a whole, but when it came out of the barrel, it would shatter into fragments of different sizes. It was a big shotgun, and its range was relatively short.
Of course, in the early stages, it was directly filled with crushed stones and iron sand, and in the later stages, it was filled with iron sand in earthen jars.
There were three types of cannonballs, namely solid bullets, grapeshot bullets, and explosive bullets. Solid bullets were the commonly seen iron balls, mainly used to attack hard targets, such as broken city walls or city gates.
If the iron ball shell hit the ground after being fired, it would rebound and continue to attack. Because the ancient shell was round, it would roll far after being fired, and anyone who touched it would die.
Moreover, another advantage of the solid shell was that after the shell was fired, if it was on flat ground, it would directly pierce through the enemy who dared to charge into the formation, plowing out a blood canal.
When the soldiers saw this scene, it was a huge blow to their spirits and morale. Therefore, after Zhu Di established the three battalions in the Ming Dynasty, there were no more foolish Mongolians who attacked the musketeers head-on.
Musketeers and cannons would be the nightmare of the nomads in the future.
In the Battle of Baliqiao of the Qing Dynasty, that guy had not fought with an elite firearms unit for many years. He thought that the other party was like him, and that he could be scared away by simply charging and releasing arrows.
Then, they would chase after the other party and reap the rewards.
It was a pity that they had suffered heavy losses. Moreover, after charging into the enemy's camp, the so-called cold weapons were no match for the enemy in close combat and bayonet fights. It was simply a waste.
Just like Zheng Jun, who was at the end of his rope, when he saw his comrade beside him being torn apart by the Ming army's artillery and stone bullets, and his internal organs splattering everywhere, this was simply hell for Zheng Jun.
Gradually, people started to flee. When a person ran away from the battlefield, it meant that the headquarters were not far from being defeated.
"Zheng Jun's formation is unstable. 3,000 battalions, get ready!!!”As he spoke, Zhu Bomu, who desired victory, drew his sword from his waist and pretended to command the three thousand battalions to charge.
" Long live!!!" Seeing that Zhu Bomu wanted to lead the army to attack the enemy, Shen Lian immediately pulled the reins of his horse.
The commander of the 3,000 Battalion had sharp eyes as well. He was afraid that he would be dragged into the whirlpool of Zhu Bomu and Shen Lian. Hence, he did not care if Zhu Bomu did not charge forward. He led his men and started charging forward.
In the blink of an eye, the originally impenetrable breach in the city wall was easily broken through by the soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion.
Some of the musketeers who wanted to reload were hit by the flying stones thrown by the Three Thousand Battalion.
After getting close, an armor-breaking hammer struck the skull. The sound of bones cracking and the bloody soldier fell.
As such, the city wall of Haiyang City changed hands…
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