November 17, 2002.
On this day, tens of thousands of troops approached Guangning City.
More than 20 fortresses in the west, northwest, and north of Guangning City had been swept by the 30,000-strong Houjin Army yesterday.
Even though Zhu Heng had already fortified the walls and cleared the fields, he didn't leave anything for Slave Jian.
However, they still burned all the fortresses in anger.
The rammed earth walls were also destroyed by them.
One could imagine how furious Slave Jian was.
Once Guang Ning City was breached, what awaited them would definitely be a massacre.
Zhu Heng stood on the city tower and looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city with a calm expression.
However, when he faced the tens of thousands of soldiers of Slave Jian, he didn't feel that pressure.
This time, Huang Taiji sent 60,000 troops to surround the entire Guang Ning City.
Now, even a mosquito wanted to fly into Guang Ning City.
Zhu Heng used his binoculars to look at the flag of the central army in the distance.
This was Zhu Heng's first time meeting Huang Taiji.
He was wearing a set of blue satin iron armor, looking extremely luxurious.
Huang Taiji was currently saying something to someone beside him.
Not long after, this person shouted. Then, he heard the sound of a horn blowing from Slave Jian's central army.
"Wuwuwu…"
The concentrated sound of horns rang out, and the attack began.
Moreover, they were attacking from all sides at the same time.
Each wall had to face more than 10,000 Jianu infantry and cavalry.
On the other hand, there was an elite infantry regiment on each wall of Guang Ning City.
These line infantry regiments were even stronger than before.
This was also related to a new army type that Zhu Heng had received as a reward for signing in a few days ago.
Many people were not unfamiliar with this army.
Grenadier!
This unit was developed in Europa and was mainly used to throw grenades.
The grenade was very big and heavy.
Therefore, they were all elite soldiers with the strongest bodies.
The Grenade-Throwing Regiment rewarded by Zhu Heng's check-in was the same.
Although it was not as exaggerated as the Heavy Infantry Battalion, it was not bad either.
The Grenadier Regiment didn't have a battalion. It only had a basic company and platoon structure. Each company had 100 people, and the entire regiment had a total of 8 Grenadier companies.
Thus, Zhu Heng waved his hand and broke up the Grenade Regiment, replacing them with four line infantry regiments.
Zhu Heng did this for a reason.
With the rise of the light howitzer, the role of the Grenadier dropped drastically, and it was unnecessary to keep a regiment of grenades.
It was better to join the line infantry to replenish their firepower.
Zhu Heng had considered the fact that the troops did not have light howitzers, so he added them in.
When the future settled down and they had the corresponding technology and industry, they had to make up for the various firepower of the infantry.
However, this was all in the future. What he should think about now was how to deal with the attack from Huang Taiji.
At the front were all kinds of siege weapons and shield chariots.
Infantry and archers followed behind.
It was obvious that Huang Taiji had prepared a large number of siege weapons in order to take down Guang Ning.
Among them, there were charge chariots, arrow towers, shield chariots, catapults, scaling ladders, ballistae, ballistae, trench bridges, and so on. The only thing missing was large-caliber siege cannons.
Among them, the Red Cannon, which had been removed from the list, was missing.
There were only a few smaller and shorter caliber cannons, all of which were seized from the Great Ming Empire during the past years of war.
The artillery troops of Guang Ning City were all ready.
There was a cannon at each battlement. The smallest caliber was a 12-pound field cannon, and there were even 48-pound heavy cannons.
These days, with the continuous check-ins, Zhu Heng's strength had clearly been further enhanced.
There were many firearms and cannons in Guang Ning City.
Slave Jian, who was attacking the city, was still in the cold weapon era.
No matter how one looked at it, this scene did not seem to have happened in the same era.
But it did appear.
This was also a showdown between cold weapons and firearms. The outcome could already be seen at this moment.
"Release!"
Due to the slow movement of the siege weapons, this also made the speed of Hou Jin's troops very slow.
This was also a good time for the cannon to unleash its power.
When they were 1.5 kilometers away, the 24-pound heavy cannons roared.
On top of the three to four meter tall city wall, the 1.5 kilometer range was not a problem for these heavy cannons.
"Boom boom boom…"
The cannons roared as the solid shells smashed forward with great momentum.
Even though the smooth-bore cannon was not very accurate at a distance of more than a kilometer, it was still a little difficult to shoot.
However, they couldn't withstand the dense formation of the construction slaves and the huge size of the construction machinery.
Therefore, there were still quite a few shells that hit their targets.
One of the cars was slowly moving forward under the push of Jian Nu.
A huge iron ball weighing 10 kilograms smashed down.
The charging car could not withstand the attack of this level of artillery.
Wood shavings flew everywhere, and a large hole appeared on the body of the car. The structure inside was also severely damaged.
Slave Jian, who was pushing the cart, was unlucky. The flying wood shavings became fatal weapons.
A single cannonball smashed down and destroyed this large vehicle.
Many siege weapons were destroyed by this volley of cannon fire.
However, Slave Jian didn't feel bad about losing these wooden siege weapons.
This did not stop their siege.
The siege of Guangning City was still ongoing, and Jin Zhou City in the distance welcomed the return of an important figure.
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