The commander of the artillery of the Tang Army, who commanded the firing of the artillery, held the red order flag in his hand again.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The heavy artillery roared, the embers flew away, the smoke filled the sky, and after another round of heavy dragon cannon salvo bombardment, the sound of huge iron bullets crashing and the collapse of the city wall was like the roar of death, and it resounded continuously.

The entire southern city wall was splashed with large pieces of rubble, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, and the pheasant moat and the female wall were scattered in all directions like torn pieces of cloth.

Only a few rumbling sounds made the earthquake tremble, and the entire southern city wall showed a more broken and peeling shape, the outer wall was peeled off in large pieces, and the bluestone lining inside was also cracked, and in the thick and deep cracks that were permeated everywhere like performance art, the yellow rammed earth in the middle fell out a lot, dyeing the outer city wall into a sand yellow.

"Keep attacking, don't stop, until the walls are broken!"

"Order!"

Soon, the 7 rounds were put over, and the Liaoyang city wall was already bombarded to a very broken point, and from a distance, it looked like a candle in the wind, leaving only a remnant of breath. However, despite its crumbling damage, the wall still stands.

The solidity of this Liaoyang city wall made Monk An secretly praise it in his heart.

This is an important city that has been carefully built since the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and it is really not easy to take it quickly.

And now, if you want to capture this stronger Liaoyang City, it should be possible to bombard the one-time limit of the dragon artillery, and you may have a chance to succeed.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate anymore and immediately ordered,

After Monk An's order was issued, the Tang army fired a volley one after another, and after 7 rounds of salvos, and after continuing to fire 5 rounds, it finally reached the limit of one firing of the dragon cannon, 12 times.

The four walls of the entire Liaoyang City are becoming more and more damaged, the appearance is hideous, and the collapse corners and leaks can be seen everywhere, but they are still barely supported and have not collapsed.

At this time, the dragon cannon in the Tang army's formation was red on the door gun, and the barrel of each dragon cannon was red and gorgeous, with a strange beauty. When the gunners wiped it with a damp cloth, a large cloud of water mist, mixed with the choking smell of gunpowder, rose into the air with a snort, choking the gunners and coughing repeatedly.

Coach Monk An, seeing that the artillery had finally reached the verge of exploding after the 12 rounds of fire, he couldn't help but sigh lightly.

It's a pity!

I thought that I could completely collapse the Liaoyang city wall within the limit of the number of times, but I didn't expect that now that the artillery has reached the limit of one shot, the Liaoyang city wall can still survive and is quite strong, which is beyond my expectations.

So what do you do next?

According to previous tests, it takes about five or six hours to resume use of the dragon hammer in such a hot day, that is, it may not be used again until late at night.

In this case, it is impossible to attack at night with artillery in this era, that is, today's siege has come to an end, and it is impossible to fight again.

Of course, the commander of the Tang army, Monk An, had another choice, that is, to order his soldiers to forcibly attack the city, fight the city wall with the enemy army in the city, and fight to the death.

But Monk An didn't want to do that.

Because, quite simply, when firearms can blast through the city walls, it is really foolish to waste the lives of his soldiers in vain.

What's more, the defenders in the city are already like trapped beasts, and they can only fight to the death.

Moreover, Monk An believed that as long as the city wall was broken, the enemy's garrison in the city would become useless, and the Tang army was absolutely capable of completely defeating the defenders in the city in a night battle.

After analyzing it like this, it is the best choice to stay for a while, even if it is until tomorrow dawn, when the artillery is back in service.

"Pass on my military order, the whole army will leave its troops and continue to besiege the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will temporarily enter the camp to rest, wait for tomorrow's artillery recovery, and attack the city again, and be sure to break through the city wall of Liaoyang City in one fell swoop!"

"Order!"

At this time, hearing the rumbling cannon outside the city, there was a sudden silence, and Zilharang, who thought that the Tang army was about to break the city, was worried about how to resist the Tang army's attack on the city, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Okay, the Tang Army has no shells, grandma's, God bless." Zilharang looked happy, wiped a handful of dust from his face, and said loudly: "Hmph! Their artillery has become a waste and has no offensive ability, so now we have to hurry up and repair the city wall on the spot to prevent the next wave of attacks from the Tang army! ”

"Huh!"

So, in the following time, the people of the city were urgently mobilized, and the soldiers under Zilharang were driven by beating and scolding, loading mud and soil, carrying bricks and stones, and began to urgently strengthen and repair the dilapidated city wall.

And, to be on the safe side, Zilharang was determined to make the most of the abundant manpower in the city, and he ordered the construction of another wall of earth and stone behind the original walls to defend against the artillery attacks of the Tang army.

Zilharang ordered, and the walls were suddenly busy, and the soldiers and civilians in the city, fearing their intimidation, repaired the walls and built new walls without touching their feet, and were very busy.

In order to speed up the progress, Zilharang ordered the demolition of the houses of the inhabitants of the city, and used the timber and masonry in them as materials for repairing the city wall and building new walls, so as to speed up the repair and construction. His decision made the people of the city secretly scold, but no one dared to disobey his orders.

At this moment, through the gap in the ruined city wall outside the city, Monk An, the commander of the Tang Army, who saw such a busy scene in the city, couldn't help but be very amused.

It is really ridiculous that this Zilharang, when he is coming now, wants to use this way to stop the attack of the Tang army.

They completely underestimated the power of the Tang army's artillery, but they relied almost superstitiously on their own temporarily repaired city walls and newly built earth and stone walls.

Therefore, Monk An and the Tang army outside the city all had a very leisurely attitude, and seeing the defenders and people in the city hurriedly repairing the city wall was like watching a group of busy ants.

It's just that in his heart, there are also worries.

It's just that he doesn't know whether this Liaoyang fortified city, if it can't be captured tomorrow, will cause a major blow to the morale of the whole army, but it makes the enemy soldiers in the city gradually shake up, and thus strengthen their determination to defend it more and more.

However, now that the troops are approaching the city and the heavy troops are gathered, even if the artillery cannot be attacked, they will find another way to capture the city, how can they show weakness to the enemy?

If it really reached the point of being pressed, Monk An would never mind putting all these more than 200,000 soldiers and horses on the gambling table as bargaining chips, and use their lives to take down this Liaozhong backbone city that was extremely important to both the Tang army and the Qing court.

As a general, mercy is not in charge of the army, you have to pay when you should pay, and you do not hesitate to sacrifice when you should sacrifice. Of course, such a choice will only happen when there is really no way out.

At dawn the next day, the second siege battle officially began.

At this time, the walls of Liaoyang City had just been repaired, and the earth and stone walls built inside had also roughly completed an external outline, which looked like a defense.

Only Monk An, the commander of the Tang Army, knew that the two inner and outer city walls temporarily reinforced and built by the enemy were actually just a spectacle, and under his own heavy artillery bombardment, its true effect would be immediately revealed.

Unlike yesterday's siege on all sides, Monk An concentrated all 360 heavy dragon guns on the right side of the south of Liaoyang today, hoping to concentrate firepower to break through one place and launch a key attack.

Monk An ordered sharply: "All artillery pay attention, immediately start a salvo bombardment, and we must completely destroy this southern city wall!" ”

"Order!"

The commander of the artillery of the Tang Army, who commanded the firing of the artillery, held the red order flag in his hand again.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The heavy artillery roared, the embers flew away, the smoke filled the sky, and after another round of heavy dragon cannon salvo bombardment, the sound of huge iron bullets crashing and the collapse of the city wall was like the roar of death, and it resounded continuously.

The entire southern city wall was splashed with large pieces of rubble, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, and the pheasant moat and the female wall were scattered in all directions like torn pieces of cloth.

Only a few rumbling sounds made the earthquake tremble, the entire southern city wall, showing a more broken and peeling shape, the outer wall bricks peeled off in large pieces, the inner ancestral lining bluestone also cracked, one by one like performance art everywhere thick and deep cracks, more unscrupulous on the wall teeth and claws, those temporary repair of masonry and wood, is even more splashed and messy, after a day and a night of intense repair, at this moment the original shape is revealed.

"Hmph, Ben Shuai knows that the enemy's repair is his mother's silver-like wax gun head, which is useless. Let's continue to attack, don't stop, we must knock down the city wall! Seeing that the city wall of Liaoyang was seriously damaged, Monk An was overjoyed and immediately gave an order.

"Order!"

Finally, after six more rounds of volleys, the city wall on the right side of the south of Liaoyang City completely collapsed in a deafening roar. Dust splashed in the sky, staining the sky yellow. The originally majestic and well-groomed city wall has become a small dilapidated and scattered mound.

"Excellent! Continue to fight, and then put the temporary earthen wall they built inside, and give Lao Tzu a! Monk An cheered loudly.

"Order!"

The ensuing bombardment made Monk An discover that the temporary inner wall that the enemy had painstakingly built was more fragile than he imagined.

After only four volleys, the temporary brick and earth wall that had been painstakingly built by the forced requisition of the people and the demolition of the people's houses collapsed completely with a loud bang, and it was almost impossible to maintain the shape of the wall.

At this time, Zilharang, who was still guarding the main roads in the city with his army, saw that the two city walls, which had been busy for three hours, were crumbling so quickly, his frustration and panic were indescribable.

He raised his head and looked at the clouds hanging low, his mood as low and confused as this gray morning.

The city wall has been broken, and he has led the defenders in the city, can he really hold this Liaoyang City?

Monk An, the commander of the Tang army, has begun to give orders to attack the city.

"Pass on the commander's military order, all the musketeers, cooperate with the shield soldiers, form a three-stage strike formation and attack the city directly, cover behind the rampant sentry, and the spearmen are lined up at the end, go straight into the city, and destroy a piece of enemy troops who dare to resist!"

"Order!"

Under Monk An's order, there were more than 10,000 firecrackers in the Tang army formation in the south, all of whom held the black and shiny Lumi guns that had already been loaded with Mini bullets, lined up in three rows and three sections, followed by more than 3,000 shield soldiers in front, and walked towards the city in unison in the sound of neat drums.

This formation of the Tang army made full use of the width of the city wall to ensure that it could launch an all-out attack on the defenders of the city without dead ends.

Behind the Musketeer, a mecha-like sentry followed. They were divided into two parts, separated on two sides, and firmly guarded the two wings.

In the end, a large number of spearmen followed closely, ready to rush forward and fight the Qing army hand-to-hand after the Lu Mi soldiers withdrew.

During this time, Zilharang, who had retreated from the city, had led the Qing army and young men in the city to urgently build fortifications at the entrances of various streets and alleys, and was ready to fight street battles with the Tang army in the city.

Seeing the Tang Army's shield soldiers and firecrackers in the distance, they all stepped in unison, and they were commanding a Qing army to deploy at the intersections of each street, and personally escorted Jierharang in the rear, and he didn't feel that his face was like ashes.

Looking at the Tang Army's military formation getting closer and closer, and seeing the jet-black flint and reluctance rushing from the pole, Zilharang's heart beat like a drum.

What to do?

Do you just shrink back and wait for them to attack?

Just when he was at a loss, suddenly from the west of Liaoyang City, there was a dense sound, and when you listen to it, it seems like a muffled thunder rolling across the sky.

Jierharang turned his head to look back in shock, but he heard the soldiers stationed in the west, and there was a surprise shout: "Prince Zheng, a large number of reinforcements have arrived in the west, and our Liaoyang City has been saved!" ”

Hearing the shouts, Zilharang couldn't believe his ears.

He quickly left his post and hurriedly climbed the western front city wall, and sure enough, in the west, a large number of reinforcements were really rolling in. There seems to be a black line, which is extremely thin and faint at first, and gradually becomes thicker and thicker, and finally this black line is like magic, changing countless soldiers and horses and flags, dazzling swords and guns, neighing, whistling and shouting, surging in their own direction.

In the boiling heat, these rushing soldiers and horses, showing twisted and strange shapes, look very unreal, as if they exist in a dream.

Zilharang raised the clairing mirror to take a closer look, and a smile of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

Because he saw clearly, the reinforcements that came were actually the soldiers and horses of the Duoduo Division. Unexpectedly, they withdrew from Jinzhou and did not return to Shengjing, but instead came to aid Liaoyang, and this time, the strength of Liaoyang's defenders was greatly enhanced.

Zilharang suddenly became as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order! Reinforcements have arrived, and our army should cooperate with them inside and outside to defeat the besieging Tang army in one fell swoop! ”

"Huh!"