As soon as the next day dawned, Zhu Hao led the main force out of the city and divided into two roads, Luo Yunqu and Zhao Yuansheng were ambushed in the west of the city, and Zhu Hao took the personal guards and Xiao Maoce's troops and cavalry battalions to guard on the east side, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army.

After waiting for two hours, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the north of the city, judging from the sound that it should be the cavalry of the brigade, and immediately a cavalry came to report, and the sound of hooves showed that there were about 3,000 cavalry, ten miles away. Zhu Hao frowned slightly, didn't the newspaper say that the Qing army dispatched 6,000 cavalry this time, and what about the other 3,000?

It's no wonder that he didn't know that Balatu originally led 6,000 cavalry to battle, but just after leaving Yanzhou, he received a report of deserters from Zou County, saying that the county seat was lost, and Balatu hurriedly replaced the 3,000 Han infantry and pushed the siege equipment south.

It didn't take long for the Qing army to march to 500 meters below the city of Zouxian, and Bala suddenly squinted his eyes for a while, and saw that the city was full of Ming soldiers, but no artillery was found, so he gave the order to go down, and the infantry began to attack the city.

Immediately, the 3,000 infantry of the Qing army rushed towards the city wall and the city gate with shouts carrying various siege equipment such as ladders, and the siege vehicles also began to advance.

"Artillery preparation, Gun No. 1 gives me the enemy's siege equipment, and Gun No. 2 fires freely." Wang Boda looked at the dense Qing army below and sneered, and ordered.

The artillerymen next to him immediately pushed out the hidden guns, ripped off the gun jackets, and revealed the hideous muzzles.

"The enemy siege vehicle is four hundred and fifty meters away, and the No. 1 artillery is firing!" The artillery captain gave the order to open fire.

There was a loud bang, and more than a dozen solid iron bullets roared towards the Qing army's equipment array with huge kinetic energy, crackling with a sound of wood breaking, and the Qing army's siege vehicles and stone throwers that had just been placed were smashed seven or eight in an instant. Although the rest of the shells did not hit, they also drilled into the soldiers who were operating, setting off a rain of blood, and one of the shells jumped more than ten meters in front of Balatu, killing a personal soldier.

Bala was taken aback, he didn't expect that the Ming army still had artillery, and quickly ordered the Chinese army to move back fifty steps.

Fortunately, the cannon was mounted at the head of the city, and the power was weakened a lot, if it was fired horizontally, with the penetrating ability of solid bullets, I am afraid that Balatu would be a corpse by now.

"Artillery No. 1, continue to fire at enemy rear, Gun No. 2 attacks enemy infantry."

After another loud noise, the large equipment of the Qing army has been destroyed, and the soldiers who operated it have also been stoned to death, so frightened that these people hurriedly ran back, their will to fight is not comparable to the infantry who often fight with the enemy hand-to-hand, and the tragic death of their companions has frightened them to the point of mental collapse.

Just as Balatu was about to clean up these routs, there was another rumbling and continuous sound of artillery in his ears, and this time the artillery fire seemed to be more fierce and dense than just now.

At this time, the No. 2 and No. 3 guns at the head of the city had already fired, and the dense explosive shells kept falling into the infantry formation of the Qing army, and many soldiers were blown to pieces with ladders. Forty No. 2 and No. 3 guns fired in a volley, and the power was so great that it was a massacre against the infantry, and each shell would take at least seven or eight lives.

Several rounds of artillery fire covered, the Qing army lost at least 1,000 infantry, huge casualties made these Han infantry who had always been smooth sailing frightened, the mutilated corpses of their companions were always reminding them that there was hell ahead, so that in addition to the infantry who escaped the artillery blockade, the other surviving soldiers cried and ran back with their heads in their hands, for fear that a shell that would not be long would fall on their heads.

In order to maintain a high degree of mobility, the Qing army has always disliked the use of artillery, except for large-scale storms and positional battles. Therefore, the Qing army that entered the customs this time did not carry much artillery, and the Qing army in front of them was all cold weapons.

Seeing that the stop was ineffective, he hurriedly ordered the cavalry behind him to step forward and cut down the rout, so as not to collapse the rear formation.

The cavalry of the Han army was still hesitating, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners did not have so many ideas, in their eyes, the Han army was all slaves, and they could kill if they wanted, and they shouted and urged the war horses to cut down the defeated soldiers.

"Someone has already rushed through the artillery fire of the Ming army, if you don't want to die, rush me, you cowards, the Han cavalry will attack immediately!"

As soon as these Han infantrymen who had lived under the authority of the Manchu soldiers for a long time saw that the Manchu masters had begun to kill their own people, they immediately came back to their senses, did not dare to resist at all, and rushed back with the cavalry.

Under the coercion of the cavalry, the entire Han army rushed through the artillery blockade line of the Ming army at the cost of nearly 1,000 casualties, and entered a place 200 meters away from the city.

"One hundred and fifty meters from the enemy, the musketeers are ready to fire." As soon as Wang Boda gave the order, there was a crackling explosion, and it was impossible to use a three-stage attack on the city wall, and the soldiers each occupied a battlement and scattered freely, unable to effectively exert the maximum power of the volley.

Even so, under the continuous fire of hundreds of people, the Qing siege troops still suffered heavy casualties, and at a distance of more than 100 meters, seven or eight hundred corpses were left behind before they finally rushed under the wall.

Seeing that the infantry finally rushed to the wall, Balatu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Eight banners charge, cover the infantry to attack the city on the periphery!" The remaining 1,000 full of eight flags were ordered, and the whistle sounded, and the hula began to attack.

A hundred meters away from the city wall, the crossbowmen of the Eight Banners began to bend their bows and shoot arrows at the head of the city. At such a long distance, it is a backshot, which requires extraordinary arm strength, even if there are only more than 100 people in the Eight Banners team, but more than 100 people have already caused trouble to Wang Boda at the head of the city. Soldiers began to be shot by stray arrows.

"Wooden shields come forward to protect the musketeers!" Wang Boda made a quick decision.

The civilian wooden shield hand who had been waiting next to him immediately held a wooden shield the size of half a door panel to cover the musketeer's head, this move immediately worked, only the aggressive sound was heard, and most of the arrows shot by the Qing army's crossbowmen were blocked by the wooden shield.

The musketeers were free to shoot at the Qing soldiers under the city, and many of the Qing infantry had already set up ladders and began to climb.

"Set fire to the ladder!" With Wang Boda's order, the people picked up dozens of cans of spirits and poured them up to the ladder of the city wall, and then lit them with torches.

With the sound of whirring fires, more than a dozen cloud ladders erected by the Qing army were instantly ignited, like fire dragons winding on the wall. The Qing soldiers who had almost climbed to the top of the city fell down from the city with fire screams on their bodies.

Balatu, who was commanding in the rear, didn't expect the resistance of the Ming army to be so strong, and immediately hesitated: Should too much energy be spent on this city?

Just as he was hesitating, there was a report from the Malay: the left and right flanks found that the Ming army was moving closer to this side!

Bala was suddenly startled, looking at the county town that was close at hand, and finally the pride of the people overcame reason, and issued an order to annihilate his entire army: "The infantry will attack the city with all their might, and the cavalry will annihilate the invading enemy!" ”

However, at this time, the siege troops of the Qing army had suffered more than half of the casualties under the blow of the Ming army's firearms, and the remaining people had also lost their sharpness at the beginning.

At this time, Zhu Hao and Luo Yunqu each led their troops to approach the battlefield, and the two sides could already see the whole picture. Against Zhu Hao's side is the six hundred elites led by Balatu himself, as soon as he saw that the other party was slowly advancing here in a horizontal column, the total number was not more than a thousand, and he immediately put his mind at ease, it turned out that the reinforcements of the Ming army were only so strong, as long as a charge could defeat them, at that time, the people in the city lost their support, and then attacked the city with all their might, they could go down with a drum!

Seeing that the other party's cavalry began to sprint with all their strength without asking, knowing that this enemy general had made the same mistake as Ao Erduo, he sneered and ordered the whole army to line up.

"One hundred and fifty meters from the enemy, enter the firing range, the first team fires!" Xiao Maoce lost no time in giving the order to open fire, the cavalry shooting ability of the Eight Banners is not covered, if they rush to within 100 meters, they will cause casualties to themselves.

The musketeers began to shoot again in a mechanical way, and the battle situation was not surprising, with 600 cavalry against 1,000 musketeers, there was no suspense, and one by one the Eight Banners were knocked off their horses by the huge force of bullets, and those who were lucky enough to die were also trampled into pulp by the horses of their companions behind.

"My lord, you can't rush anymore, let's withdraw!" Aoerdo, who accompanied the army, had not spoken since the beginning of the war, intent on making Bala ugly, but now when he saw that the situation was not good, he did not dare to keep it, and shouted to Bala.

"Bastard, coward, are you still not a warrior of Manchuria?" When Bala suddenly saw his own soldiers fall in front of the Ming army one by one, he couldn't help but burst his eyes and roared at Aoerduo, who reminded him.

"Come on, protect your lords, and evacuate with me!" Ao Erduo didn't talk nonsense with him, let his own soldiers set up Balatu and ignore his resistance, led more than 100 cavalry of the headquarters to turn north with a whistle, and fled in a hurry.

The 400 Eight Banners soldiers on the left flank against Luo Yunqu were not so lucky, and all but a few escaped from the battlefield, and all died on the way to the charge.

"You see, the indomitable and martial spirit of the Manchu people is still worth learning from the Han people." Zhu Hao sighed with emotion, "Send a signal to Zhou Da, and the rest of the people will clean up the mess and exterminate these Han troops." ”

Three flares shot up into the sky, and when Aoerdo saw these red "fireworks", he immediately felt bad, and hurriedly ordered everyone to take off their armor and scatter and flee.

Not far away, Zhouda's 500 cavalry has begun to surround it, if the Qing army can cheer up and take out the cavalry and archery skills of the housekeeper to break through to a point, then it is possible to retreat in whole body, after all, the Ming cavalry is not equipped with long-range weapons. But at this time, the remnants of the soldiers have become lost dogs, there is no will to fight, and they are scattered to break through, just before they arrived, they were immediately suppressed by the short guns of the Ming cavalry, and they were killed countless times in an instant.

All the Eight Banners soldiers wore gray underwear and bumped into them like headless flies, these people not only had superb riding skills, but also excellent war horses, so that Zhou Da's cavalry was also overwhelmed, and it took a good meal to let Ao Erduo protect Bala to break through and catch up.