Under Duoduo's strict orders, the Qing army began to step up the production of all kinds of siege equipment.

Battering rams, carts, ladders, trebuchets, you name it.

Due to the large number of craftsmen brought with them on the march, it did not take too long to complete this task.

When the siege equipment was completed, Duoduo immediately ordered to march to Texas City.

He has been completely enraged, lost the mood to play slowly with the Ming army, and wants to finish his work in one battle and take Texas City in one go.

Any conspiracy is a cloud in the face of absolute strength.

Duoduo wants to let these thieves who only know how to pretend to be gods and ghosts show the power of the real Manchurian warriors.

However, when the army marched about ten miles from the city of Texas, it had to stop.

Looking around, Dodor saw that he was surrounded by strangely shaped forts, and between them were deep ditches.

"What's going on?"

Duoduo turned his head to look at Ye Chen, this Manchurian red flag Gushan could only smile helplessly.

"Master, the minions don't know. The errands of the previous sentinels were all done by Kyoro Bahana. ”

Ye Chen only said a word and put the blame on Jueluo Bahana. If you think about it, there's nothing wrong with that.

It's just that Luo Bahana has been reprimanded by Duoduo, and he has to meet the thunderous fury of this prince.

"Dog-like stuff, it's really useless!"

Duoduo gave him a fierce glance at Jurobahana, and flicked his horsewhip; "No matter what he is making of thieves, this king wants you to bomb all these fortresses!"

Dordor did have the capital of insolence.

This time, he carried more than a dozen red-coated cannons in his army, all of which were transferred from Kong Youde.

The power of these red-coated cannons was terrifying, and Duoduo had seen it with his own eyes when he attacked Taiyuan and Tongguan.

Even fortified cities like Taiyuan and Tongguan can't withstand the bombardment of red-coated artillery, how can a few forts last a few rounds?

"Ye Chen, this king ordered you to command the artillery!"

At this moment, Duoduo has completely lost confidence in Jueluo Bahana, and after thinking about it, only Ye Chen can be useful.

"Slaves obey!"

Ye Chen was overjoyed when he heard this.

Being able to perform in front of the Duoduo master is extremely beneficial for dividing the military merits afterwards.

Although he did not specifically command artillery battles, he saw Kong Youde commanding.

It will not be much worse to draw a scoop according to the gourd.

Ye Chen clamped the horse's belly between his legs, turned the horse's head and headed towards the formation.

"Get out of the way and push the red-clad cannon to the front!"

Under Ye Chen's order, the infantry and cavalry dodged several passages one after another, allowing their companions to push more than a dozen red-clothed cannons to the front of the formation.

The redcoat cannon was heavy and creaked when pushed.

But fortunately, these things are very powerful, so I will have to wait a little longer.

When all the red-clothed cannons were in place, Ye Chen flicked his horsewhip and ordered: "Fire!" ”

The gunners were all directly asked for from Kong Youde's Tianyou Army, and they were very familiar with the process of firing artillery, so they didn't need Ye Chen to say anything at all.

As they skillfully loaded their lead bullets and ignited their primers, they heard a roar, and the cannonballs flew out and smashed straight towards the fortress not far away.

The red-coated cannons of Kong Youde's Tianyou Army were basically disassembled from Dengzhou City that year. The red-coated cannons in Dengzhou City are all imitations of Dutch, Franco-man, and ship-borne artillery.

The guns had a low angle of fire, so the range was not too long, but it was more than enough to cope with today's situation.

Duoduo was no stranger to the Ming army's fortress tactics.

As early as in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong once implemented this fortress group tactic.

He overhauled the fortress in Liaodong, in a vain attempt to repair the fortress all the way to the door of Houjin's house.

After the fortress group was repaired, it did look very bluffing, but when the Eight Banners Army arrived, the Ming defenders in the fortress abandoned it and fled, giving up the fortress to the Eight Banners Army.

What the Ming army really desperately defended was a few big cities, such as Dalinghe, Ningyuan, and Jinzhou.

It did take some effort on the part of the Eighth Banner Army to capture these places.

But those small fortresses are completely not worth mentioning.

So when Duoduo saw the fortress complex in front of him, he was not worried at all.

Judging from the size, these fortresses are inferior to the fortress groups built by Sun Chengzong in Liaodong back then, and the shape of these fortresses is extremely strange, most of the walls are sunken in, and I am afraid that a round of artillery will be blown up into a gap.

Hmph, the Ming army also occupied the advantage of artillery and firearms before.

Now that the Qing Dynasty also has these most sophisticated firearms, the Ming army can only be beaten passively.

"Boom!"

A buckshot smashed straight into the walls of the fortress, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Dodor became excited, clenching his fists tightly.

But his excitement didn't last long.

Because when the dust cleared, he found that there was no significant change in the wall where the buckshot had been hit.

"How is this possible!"

Dodor exclaimed.

It's impossible, could it be that Kong Youde didn't transfer the sharpest red-clothed cannon?

This dog slave is so daring!

Dodor had seen the power of the cardinal cannon firsthand, so he could only find a plausible explanation.

But now is obviously not the time to divide the pot and throw the pot, countless Eight Banners soldiers are watching, even if Duoduo is stubborn, he must order to continue fighting.

"Fire, keep fire!"

Even if Kong Youde didn't give him the sharpest artillery, it shouldn't be too much worse, right? If one cannon doesn't work, two shots, and if two can't do it, then three shots.

All in all, Duoduo wanted to blast open the walls of these ugly fortresses and blow up the Ming army that was cowering inside.

However, after a round of fire, the redcoat cannon must be cooled by pouring cold water into the chamber of the cannon, and then adjusting the position of the muzzle.

It takes some time to complete the whole set of movements.

Waiting, Duoduo observed that between these strange-shaped fortresses, there was not just one, but many deep ditches dug by the Ming army.

In this way, even if the Qing army wanted to fill these trenches, it would not be easy to break through the blockade of the Ming army.

"What a bunch of well-fed cowards who have nothing to do! Nothing but digging a trench bunker will do anything! ”

Finally, the gunners finished their preparations for firing the cannons and launched another bombardment of the fortress under the orders of Dord.

But after a round of shelling, there was still no obvious change in the ugly wall, only the dust raised in the sky.

"Fire, keep fire!"

Dodor roared almost frantically.

The Qing gunners had to repeat the action again and again.

But no matter how hard they tried, the fortress complex remained intact after more than a dozen rounds of shelling.

Dodor leaned back a little dejectedly, his teeth clenching at his lip.

The shelling has proven ineffective, now what to do?

Let the soldiers join the siege city?

But these forts were surrounded by trenches, and in order to besiege them, they had to be filled first.

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