"Heavy casualties!" Listening to the casualties reported by the soldiers, the corners of Lu Yanshou's mouth twitched slightly.

The battle between the two sides of Jining City has been fought until now, because the original Dolgon did not do his best, it was just a show, so the casualties were not large, so many days together were only more than 12,000 casualties, today's battle is the most tragic, hundreds of artillery bombardment of the Qing army, tightly on this day, the casualties of the Ming army reached more than 13,000 people, more than the original days combined.

That is to say, up to now, the defenders in Jining City have suffered a total of more than 25,000 casualties, of which 3,000 are Yinglong's army, and forty percent of them are directly killed! The other sixty percent were the disabled who had lost their combat effectiveness, and these disabled people were placed in the south of the city far away from the range of the Qing army's red-coated cannons, and when the time came, they were transferred to Xuzhou City in the south for resettlement.

Not to mention Lu Yanshou, Ji Feng was also very distressed, his Yinglong Army's First Army had already made up the establishment of 20,000 people when it was still in Tai'an, and now nearly half of them were killed and wounded, and I don't know how many people will be left after this battle.

Although Ji Feng and Lu Yanshou were distressed, they expected that the casualties of the Qing army would definitely be even heavier, and they had some comfort in their hearts.

Indeed, because the Qing army is an attacker, the casualties are worse than the Ming defenders in Jining City, the original casualties were 30,000, although there are hundreds of red-coated cannons to help the battle today, but the red-coated cannons are mainly to bombard the city wall, can not be too much auxiliary war, so today also casualties nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, the Qing army has suffered nearly 50,000 casualties under the city of Jining.

Moreover, the proportion of direct deaths of the Qing army was much more than that of the Ming army defending the city, reaching seventy percent, about 30,000 people were killed directly, and more than 10,000 people were wounded, all because the Manchu Qing Dynasty's battlefield medical treatment Ming was too backward, and Dolgon almost did not pay attention to these disabled people who lost their combat effectiveness, because in Dolgon's eyes, the lives of the people who were always full of people were precious, although the Han people of the Han Banner Army helped him fight, but in the end they were still Han people, and they were usually a little enveloped, and he didn't care about any more deaths in wartime.

At this moment, there are about 80,000 Ming defenders in Jining City who still have combat effectiveness, of which 12,000 are Yinglong troops.

"This is not a good sign, I am afraid that I will not be able to get a good night's rest tonight!" Ji Feng stared at the drizzling sky with a gloomy face.

Sure enough, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing outside the city, and there was no doubt that the Qing army planned to take advantage of this rainy opportunity to attack overnight.

"Prepare for battle now!" Ji Feng shouted.

Even if Ying Long's army quickly concentrated at the three gaps to organize the formation, the drizzle in the sky became thicker and thicker, and he didn't know if he could be loaded in the drizzle after firing a round of ammunition in the barrel.

Not only the Ying Long army, but also the ordinary Ming army also polished the steel swords in their hands and prepared to face the battle.

"Kill" Soon, the first wave of Qing troops came in from the gap.

Almost every Qing soldier knew that it was raining at the moment, and the muskets in the hands of the Ming Ying Long Army, who threatened them the most, were restrained, and the Ying Long Army was even worse than the ordinary Ming Army.

A Qing soldier Bai General was extremely excited, he was suppressed by the musket of Ying Longjun during the day, and his subordinates could not kill into the city at all, almost all of them were damaged in dozens of meters inside and outside the gap, so that his Bai General Team was now only himself and a dozen of his subordinates, this time, he had to avenge most of the dead men!

This Qing soldier did not hide in the back, but took the lead, leading more than a dozen of his subordinates to rush to the front. Of course, there are also some generals who are more intelligent and still hide behind their subordinates and command the charge.

"Fools, let's explore the way first!" A slightly backward Bai Zong stared at the person who rushed to the front and sneered, and it was impossible to compete for military merit like this.

"Bang bang bang" There was a gunshot in the city, and a group of Qing soldiers who rushed to the front immediately fell a large number of people, including the Bai Zong who took the lead, he was really too impulsive, and this was the price of his life.

"Bang bang bang" was another dense sound, once again harvesting the lives of a group of Qing soldiers who rushed to the front.

The Qing soldiers behind were suddenly frightened, and the muskets of the Ming Ying Dragon Army in the city could be fired in the rain, which was incredible, and many of the Qing soldiers who were rushing to the gap immediately stopped.

"You minions! Whoever told you to stop, hurry up and rush to Lao Tzu! The musket of the Ming army has only one round of ammunition that exists in the barrel available, what are you afraid of! A Manchurian Eight Banners general who was overseeing the battle roared angrily.

The fact that the musket of the Ming Yinglong Army could keep a bullet stored in the barrel in the heavy rain was known to all the Manchu generals that Dolgon deliberately did not tell the generals of the Han Banner Army, so the generals of the Han Banner Army rarely knew about this.

"Poof! Death to the fears! Rush! The Manchurian general who supervised the battle slashed a soldier next to him with a single sword, and shouted angrily.

The deterrence of blood, everyone immediately reacted from the shock, gritted their teeth and rushed to kill again.

In the city, after the soldiers of Yinglong Army finished firing a round of ammunition in the barrel, they immediately retreated to the back to reload, because it was a drizzle, the rain would not flow into the barrel quickly, and the gunpowder was stored in a waterproof oil-paper bullet.

A soldier of Yinglong's army quickly took out a paper shell bullet, bit the lead bullet on his mouth with his teeth, poured the gunpowder in the paper shell into the barrel, stuffed the lead bullet in his mouth into the barrel, and poked the small wooden stick from the muzzle into the barrel.

"Bang bang bang" Ying Long's army kept firing, and the Qing soldiers at the gap were really piled up again.

In the fourth round, the fifth round, and the seventh round, as the drizzle became heavier and heavier, Ying Longjun's clothes were gradually wet, and the flintlock pistol in his hand began to drip dew.

Finally, when Ying Longjun loaded the bullet again, a few drops of rain and dew accidentally flowed into the barrel from the muzzle.

"Bang bang" sparse gunshots, and only a part of this platoon of Ying Long's army successfully opened fire.

"Oh no! My gun won't fire! After a Ying Longjun hooked several times in a row, he still couldn't launch, and suddenly shouted with wide eyes.

"Mine can't be fired either" More and more soldiers of the Ying Long Army were accidentally dewed into the barrel of the gun, wetting the gunpowder inside.

As the drizzle gradually turned into a light rain, all the muskets in Ying Longjun's hands became burning sticks.

"Hahahaha! The gunfire is gone, and the Ming army's musket city is scrapped! Brothers, rush" A Qing army general laughed, excitedly commanding the soldiers to charge.

The morale of all the soldiers of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and their morale almost climbed to the peak.

"Lord Wang, the muskets of the Ying Long Army in the city are no longer used, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners are asked to kill them in the city!" A bloodthirsty general licked his lips and came to Dolgon to ask for his life.

The people were bloodthirsty, just watching the Han Banner Army charge, they only felt itchy and unbearable, and wanted to rush and kill a few soldiers of the Yinglong Army to wash away the grievances in their hearts.

When Azig, who was standing next to Dolgon, heard this, he was slightly stunned, and his eyes also showed bloodthirsty, and he also wanted to wash away the shame of Tai'an City.

"Fourteenth brother, please allow me to lead a team of Eight Banners warriors to charge! I'm going to cut off the heads of a few Ying Long soldiers with my own hands to vent my hatred! Azig's eyes lit up with bloodthirsty hatred.

Dolgon glanced at the Eight Banners warriors who were full of fighting spirit under his hands, knowing what they were thinking, the Eight Banners started from the birth of the Ying Long Army, and after several battles, more than 10,000 warriors died in the hands of the Ming Ying Dragon Army, and the Eight Banners hated the Ying Long Army to death.

It's just that in normal times, Ying Longjun holds powerful firearms, and the Eight Banners are too aggrieved to fight head-to-head with them, and they can't rush and kill like the ordinary Ming Army, but now it's okay, Ying Longjun's firearms can't be used, and the Eight Banners are full of people who are gearing up one by one, and they all want to cut off the heads of a few Ying Long Army soldiers.

The fighting spirit of the Eight Banners Warriors cannot be underestimated.

"Good! If the twelfth brother wants to go, he will lead a team of eight banners to kill after half an hour, and I believe that with the ability of the fourteenth brother, he will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army in the city in one fell swoop. Dorgon said with a smile, not intending to flick Azig, but he didn't let him charge immediately!

Azig frowned, a little dissatisfied with Dolgon's letting him charge after half an hour, but after glancing at Dolgon, he finally didn't say anything to question Dorgon's orders, and turned to prepare.

At the same time, several fast horses rushed from the direction of Xuzhou to Xuecheng, and were rushing towards Jining City.

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