When Dolgon was alive, the Manchu generals such as Jishiha and Lanbai were intimidated by Dolgon's might and did not dare to speak out against Dolgon's arrangement.

But right now, Dolgon is dead, and the new master is just a child under ten years old, which gives them an idea, the Second Banner Army plus 30,000 new troops is enough to lay the foundation of one party's forces, and big things can be done.

It is said that people have no long-term concerns, and there must be near-term worries, and Jixiha and Lanbai are obviously masters, masters, and masters taken out of context.

They selectively "dissected" the strengths and weaknesses of the first battle.

In their opinion, since the ironclad soldiers can attack the city wall once, they can attack it twice.

They believe that the main reason for the defeat in this battle is that the infantry can not keep up quickly, which leads to the fact that after the ironclad soldiers go to the city, there is no infantry to cover and cooperate, so that the defenders have the opportunity to take advantage of it.

This summary has almost become the general knowledge of many Manchu generals such as Ji Xiha and Lan Bai, and it is also true, otherwise there would be no such thing as "if you don't die, you won't die".

Jishiha concealed the report of the first battle, but quickly gave the order to attack the city again.

However, the Qing army still relented a little and learned some lessons from the previous war.

The Qing army took the 300 ironclad soldiers of the other banner as the first to ascend, and used 3,000 archers to suppress the musketeers on the city wall from both sides, while the wall-climbing infantry, which was originally advancing two miles apart, was only 100 paces apart, and the archers still followed behind the infantry.

In this kind of arrangement, the Qing army fought from outside the pass to inside the pass, which can be described as invincible.

The most important point is not in the infantry and archers, but in the light cavalry flying fire.

In the era of cold weapons, I am afraid that no class of troops can be stronger than light cavalry flying shooting when attacking a city, especially the northern rangers.

This kind of flying shot is simply a nightmare for the defenders.

Whether it's a bow or a musket, it's basically a waste of arrows and projectiles, because you can't aim at all.

There is only one way to suppress it, and that is to use the same cavalry to advance and interfere with the enemy.

Obviously, Yue Xiaolin did not have cavalry under him.

So, how is this battle fought?

Yue Xiaolin was worried, looking at the ironclad soldiers who were gradually approaching the city, Yue Xiaolin knew that it was impossible to repeat the old tricks, and having the ironclad soldiers who were covered by the infantry would be equivalent to having careful protection, and if he wanted to approach the attack with a "ground knife", it would undoubtedly be suicide.

To fight or not to fight? At the last critical moment, Yue Xiaolin still hesitated whether to open artillery to intercept it, he was afraid of wasting cannonballs, because the protection of musketeers was extremely poor, and if there was no artillery to defend the city, it would be impossible to defend the city at all, which was the truth that there was no artillery and no defense.

However, hesitation is hesitation, but the body is honest.

At the moment when the ironclad soldiers entered the range of the Tiger Squat Cannon, Yue Xiaolin gritted his teeth and waved his hand, "Open the cannon!" ”

If the city is lost, won't the artillery and shells be cheaper for the enemy?

It was this idea that made Yue Xiaolin ruthless and shoot all the shells.

In fact, Yue Xiaolin already wanted to withdraw, and it was precisely because he wanted to withdraw that he wanted to run out of shells and move in lightly, could it save trouble?

The salvo of the 100-door tiger squat cannon was as expected.

Although it has a certain lethal effect on the infantry in the rear following the ironclad soldiers, and also hinders the rapid advance of the infantry, it has no effect on the ironclad soldiers, as in the previous battle.

After the smoke cleared, the ironclad soldiers were already approaching the city wall.

The way of climbing the wall of the Qing army is relatively unique, with four ladders from four directions to build a well shape, with more than a dozen arms thick hooked wood to support it, its solidity and splicing smoothness, still better than ordinary ladders.

This was apparently designed for the Ironclad to ascend the city.

However, this kind of square ladder is also suitable for small cities and low walls, such as the high city wall of Xuzhou City, obviously has little effect, because no matter how strong the square ladder is, once the height is too high, it will also cause the lack and decline of physical solidity, and if the heavy ironclad soldiers shake a few times on the ladder, it is estimated that the following will have to fall apart.

At this time, the ironclad soldiers began to climb the wall, and the tiger squat cannon had no firing angle, all of them were dumb, and the enemy infantry that followed rushed forward to assist the ironclad soldiers to enter the city, and the archers began to shoot at the defenders' muskets.

The situation was very critical, and Yue Xiaolin finally thought of Wu Zheng's second way to fight against the ironclad soldiers in Changzhou, that is, to treat others in his own way.

The ironclad soldiers who had been wiped out by muskets on their helmets had been collected and their bodies were piled up, and the ironclad was still there.

Since firearms are difficult to shake, you might as well fight iron armor.

But the question is, can ordinary soldiers become ironclad soldiers by wearing iron armor?

Obviously not, this requires extremely rigorous training, once more than 100 catties of iron armor is on the body, even walking and turning need to be trained.

This is the same as the fact that the infantry is not cavalry when they get on the horse.

There is a way that things are dead and people are alive, and there are always more ways than difficulties.

Yue Xiaolin temporarily thought of a rut, that is, let the strong soldiers put on iron armor, and then stand on the edge of the city wall to block, in this way, things are simple, as long as they can bear the weight, there is no need to move.

……。

Yue Xiaolin's temporary tactics of cramming have produced great practical results.

The ironclad soldiers are unable to wield weapons, they fight, generally have two weapons, one is the cavalry spear used by heavy cavalry, held in both hands, the barrel of the gun is clamped under the armpit as a support, once the group moves forward, it can be described as indestructible. But the cavalry spear can only be used in field warfare, and the siege of the city is obviously not used with the cavalry lance, because it is already difficult for the ironclad soldiers to go to the wall, and it is undoubtedly suicide to hold the cavalry gun.

The other is the special weapon of the Qing army's ironclad soldiers-iron cone.

When the ironclad soldiers attack, their hands can only move back and forth, and they are not good at slashing up and down, so they stab forward with this object.

This is a somewhat stabbed-like weapon of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the difference is that it is magnified several times, weighs more than ten catties, is blunt, and has no edge and no blade, more like an iron whip with a thin front and a thick back.

But if it is attached to any creature by the ironclad soldier with its own weight and stabbed on any creature, it will be the end of one cone and two holes.

Yue Xiaolin asked the defenders to put on iron armor and stand in front of the battlements, the original intention was to block the iron armor soldiers from going up the wall.

But apparently the soldiers have their own ideas.

The favorite of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army is not actually the musket in their hands, this flint musket has one of the biggest drawbacks, which is unacceptable, that is, it is best not to aim, because once you aim, it is guaranteed to splash your face with twist.

In fact, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, nine times out of ten, are all "twisted" faces.

After aiming, the fingers move, the hammer falls, sparks fly, and the recoil can make the close face swell into a pig's head, even if you are careful to avoid it, the spots on the face will definitely increase.

Therefore, the favorite weapon of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army was grenades.