Chapter Seventy-One: The Bloody Battle of Songshan

"My lord!" the patrolling soldiers saluted the patrolling Sony, who had always been cautious, was still not worried about the safety of Matsuyama Castle, and had already led people to inspect the castle tower several times.

"Don't worry! Even if the Ming army comes to attack us, we will do our best to hold on and wait for reinforcements, so please be relieved!" Looking at his lord's serious look, the deputy general next to him couldn't help but feel relieved.

"I hope the prince has a smooth trip!" Sonny sighed deeply.

"You must 、、、、、、"

"Boom!" Before Sony could finish speaking, there was a sudden loud noise, and the entire city wall shook, and everyone staggered for a moment and did not stand firm.

"What's going on, what's going on?" Sonny asked loudly, pushing aside the crowd who were holding him.

"Report!" a bloodstained lieutenant general trotted and shouted loudly, "Oh no, my lord, there are a large number of Ming troops at the east gate!"

"What?" Sonny, who heard the news, was a little unsteady on his feet and almost fell backwards, but fortunately, the guard next to him was quick and hurriedly helped Sony.

"What are you talking about?" Sonny said, not believing his ears, as he lifted up the lieutenant's collar to confirm again.

"Great 、、、、、、, big man! A lot of Ming troops appeared from the east gate, just now their artillery was bombarding the east gate, and the wall of the east gate was about to be smashed into a big hole!"

"Rest, rest!" At this time, Sony was a little anxious to jump to his feet, but the last thing he wanted to see was born.

"Report, my lord, there are a large number of Ming troops at the south gate!"

"Report, my lord, there are a large number of Ming troops at the West Gate!" Just as Sony jumped to his feet in a hurry, the alarms came one after another.

"Hit the plan, hit the plan!" At this time, Sony's face was like ashes, Wang Feng really set a trap, and his purpose was obvious. Sony's heart was now uneasy, and he seemed to have seen the end of Matsuyama's defenders.

"Quick, everyone is ready to meet the enemy, hurry!" Sonny hurriedly urged his generals. All of a sudden, the originally quiet castle tower became noisy and uneasy, and the sound of weapons and footsteps was mixed together.

When Sony was still arranging at the head of the city, the army of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou had already joined Songshan City, and since Hong Chengchou was captured, it was the first time that the Ming army appeared on a large scale under Songshan City.

"Finally back!" Looking at Matsuyama City, Zu Dashou couldn't help but sigh. As the old man of the Guanning Army, Zu Dashou can be said to have experienced every battle in Liaodong, and he still remembers the battle of Songshan City vividly.

"Uncle, don't be emotional, it's not too late to sigh when we capture Songshan City!" Compared with Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui is more concerned about how to take this Songshan City.

"Yes! Sangui is reasonable!" Zu Dashou touched his beard, and was very satisfied with this nephew, Zu Dashou, "Sangui! The red-clothed artillery given by this handsome man is really powerful! I have never seen this sound before!"

On this expedition to Songshan City, Wang Feng specially asked Wu Sangui to bring fifty red-coated artillery pieces bought from the Portuguese, and the deafening sound just now was the masterpiece of these fifty cannons.

"Uncle, wait for my side to storm the east gate, and your side will take advantage of the fact that all the enemy's forces are concentrated at the east gate to attack from the south gate!" For Songshan City, which has a thick wall, Wu Sangui adopted a strategy of virtual and real, and he wanted to maximize the power of these fifty cannons.

"Sangui, pay attention to safety, we'll see you in Songshan City!" Zu Dashou said a few words, turned his horse's head and led his own soldiers towards the south gate.

"Order, all artillery fire is concentrated at the east gate of Songshan City, and not a single cannonball will be left! Fuck me! Go!" Wu Sangui pulled out his waist knife and slashed through the air, shouting loudly.

"Boom, boom!" Hundreds of gunners kept loading and cleaning the barrels, repeating many times, and as they were busy, shells continued to shoot out from the dark barrels and smashed heavily on Matsuyama City.

"Bang!" A cannonball hit the city wall directly, splashing countless flying stones, and a colonel who was dodging back and forth was directly hit by the oncoming stones, and immediately blood stained the entire stone.

With a bang, under the continuous power of the Ming artillery, the city wall of the east gate could no longer support it, and collapsed with a bang, and the originally neat and solid city wall was instantly opened.

"Quick, plug it for me!" As soon as he saw the opening at the east gate, Sony didn't care about his own safety, and stood up and commanded loudly.

"Watch out, sir!" Sony's lieutenant pounced on the standing Sony, holding him firmly under him, and between the lightning and flint, the stones not far from Sony's side were smashed to pieces by the whistling cannonballs, and the flying stones spilled everyone.

"It's okay, my lord!" the generals hurriedly helped Sony, who was in close contact with the earth, quickly shook the gravel on his body, "Quickly concentrate the forces of the whole city to plug the gap, and mobilize five thousand cavalry for me to go out of the city to destroy this artillery." ”

The power of this artillery made Sony subvert the previous view of the Ming artillery, rather than being greeted by the artillery here in vain, it is better to organize people to rush out to fight, if this artillery force is not eliminated, it will be difficult for Matsuyama Castle to hold at all.

With Sony's order, almost all the defending troops of the other gates were transferred to the east gate to defend the gap, for fear that the Ming army would storm the gap. And the cavalry unit of 5,000 people was also assembled, and at this time Sonny was already in military uniform, and at this moment he had to go to the battlefield in person, only in this way could it be possible to destroy the artillery unit of the Ming army.

"Immediately order the artillery troops to move their positions, the sword and shield hands come forward, the pikemen press the formation, the musketeers follow, and the cavalry guards the two wings! The enemy must not be allowed to attack the artillery troops!" Wu Sangui was very satisfied with the masterpiece of artillery, and he had already known the Qing army's tactics for many years, and what he had to guard against at this time was the Qing army's attack on the artillery unit.

The closed gate of Songshan Castle slowly opened again, and with the opening of the city gate, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves instantly sounded between heaven and earth, just like the rolling thunder from afar, which made people not afraid.

"Charge!" Sonny was the first to charge, his saber held high, shouting loudly, and countless cavalry shouted as loudly as he did, constantly whipping his horses and charging forward again and again.

At this time, the Ming army had already lined up in formation, and the two thousand musketeers had already been loaded, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the charging Qing army, just waiting for the general's order, all the guns and bullets would be greeted by these Qing soldiers.