Huang Degong saw that these left troops defending the city, under this absolute violence and death, were crushed like ants, and they had no power to fight back, and finally fled down the city in embarrassment, how can he say how happy he was.

Immediately, he quickly ordered: "Pass on the commander's military order, all the dragon artillery team, continue to fire salvo bombardment until this southern city wall is completely broken!" ”

"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, 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 Jiujiang 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 the Jiujiang city wall made Huang Degong secretly praise it in his heart.

After all, this is a city that has been carefully built since the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the structure of this Jiujiang City is far more solid than the Huai'an Mansion City, and even the Yangzhou City that it once defended.

This is because, although this Jiujiang City also adopts the same structure as other Han cities, that is, the rammed earth of the inner city and the bluestone underneath, but its outer wall, in order to be strong, is all made of hard cyan strip stones, first paste a layer inside, and then build green bricks outside, that is to say, this Jiujiang City is equivalent to a two-layer exterior wall structure, such a structure can be more solid than the blue brick method of only one layer of Lushun City.

In addition, this Jiujiang City is also specially designed as a thick and thin mode under the city wall, and the entire wall is slightly inclined, so that the iron bullet of the shelling can not be very good frontal force, and to a considerable extent, the damage to the city wall is reduced. In addition, reinforcement methods such as protruding forward horse faces are also all used. Therefore, the defense of the entire city is much stronger than that of Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou City.

Huang Degong knew that the last time the Tang army attacked Huai'an, the city wall of Huai'an was bombarded by six rounds of heavy dragon artillery before it finally collapsed. And now, if you want to capture this stronger Jiujiang City, it should be possible to bombard the one-time limit of the dragon cannon.

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

The entire southern city wall is becoming more and more damaged, the appearance is hideous, and the collapse and leakage of the corners can be seen everywhere, but it is still barely supported and has 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 Huang Degong couldn't help but sigh lightly when he saw that the artillery had finally been fired in the 12 rounds and was on the verge of exploding.

It's a pity!

There should only be one or two rounds of salvo fire, and it should be able to completely collapse the Jiujiang city wall, but I didn't expect that now that the artillery has reached the limit of one shot, the Jiujiang city wall can still survive, and it is beyond my own expectations.

So what do you do next?

According to previous tests, it will take about three hours for the dragon gun to be used again, which means that it may not be used until dusk.

Of course, Huang Degong 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 Huang 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, Huang Degong 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 best to wait for a while and wait for the artillery to return to service.

"Pass my military order, the whole army will continue to besiege the city, three hours later, wait for the artillery to recover, attack the city again, and be sure to break the city wall on the right side of the south of Jiujiang City in one fell swoop!"

"Order!"

At this time, hearing the rumbling cannon outside the city, Hao Xiaozhong, 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." Hao Xiaozhong's face was overjoyed, wiped a handful of dust on 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! ”

"Order!"

So, in the following time, the people in the city were urgently mobilized, and were driven by Hao Xiaozhong's soldiers, even beating and scolding, loading mud and soil, carrying bricks and stones, and began to urgently strengthen and repair the dilapidated city wall.

Moreover, to be on the safe side, Hao Xiaozhong was determined to make the best use of the abundant manpower in the city, and he ordered to build another earth and stone wall behind the original wall on the right side of the south to defend against the artillery attacks of the Tang army.

Hao Xiaozhong ordered, the right side of the southern city wall, suddenly busy, the soldiers and civilians in the city, afraid of its obscenity, have repaired the city wall without touching their feet, built a new wall, and were very busy.

In order to speed up the progress, Hao Xiaozhong ordered the demolition of the houses of the residents in 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, Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, who saw such a busy scene in the city, couldn't help but be very amused.

This Hao Allegiant, when he comes now, wants to use this way to stop the Tang army's attack, which is really ridiculous.

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, Huang Degong and the Tang army outside the city 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.

Time passed quickly, and as the sun set in the west, three hours finally passed.

At this time, the right side of the southern wall of Jiujiang City had just been repaired, and the earth and stone wall built inside had also roughly completed an external outline, and it looked like it was also defensive.

Only Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, knew that the two city walls reinforced and built by the enemy were actually just a spectacle, and under his own heavy artillery bombardment, their true effects would be immediately revealed.

Huang Degong ordered sharply: "All artillery pay attention, start salvo bombardment again, 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.

I only heard a few rumbling sounds that 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 there were thick and deep cracks that spread everywhere like performance art, and the more unscrupulous teeth and claws on the wall, and the temporary repair of masonry and stone wood was splashed everywhere and messy, and the tense repair of only three hours was revealed at this moment.

"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! “

"Order!"

Finally, after four more rounds of volleys, the city wall on the right side of the south of Jiujiang 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! ”

"Order!"

The ensuing bombardment made Huang Degong discover that the temporary inner wall painstakingly built by the enemy was more fragile than he imagined.

After only two volleys, the temporary brick and earth wall that had been painstakingly built by the forced requisition and 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, Hao Xiaozhong, who was still guarding the main roads in the city with his soldiers, saw that the two city walls, which had been busy for three hours, were crumbling so quickly, and his chagrin and panic were indescribable.

He raised his head and looked at the sunset in the west, his mood as low and confused as this dusk.

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

When Hao Xiaozhong was in a state of confusion, Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang army, had begun to give orders to attack the city.

"Pass on the commander's military order, all 5,000 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 at the end, go straight into the city, and destroy a piece of enemy troops who dare to resist!"

"Order!"

Under Huang Degong's order, in the Tang army formation in the south, there were a total of 5,000 firecrackers, all of whom were wearing burning ropes, holding the black and shiny Lumi guns that had already been loaded, lined up in three rows and three sections, followed by the 2,000 shield soldiers in front, and walked towards the city in unison in the sound of neat drums.

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 left army hand-to-hand after the Lumi soldiers had withdrawn.

During this time, Hao Xiaozhong, who had retreated from the city, had led the left army and Qingzhuang 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 stepped in unison, commanding Hao Xiaozhong, who was deploying at the intersection of each street from the left, and personally escorting the formation, and felt that his face was like ashes.

Hao Xiaozhong had just seen with his own eyes in the clairvoyant mirror how much the Tang army's Lu Mi gun volley had a killing effect on the Manchurian cavalry that was rushing out of the city. It was a slaughter-like scene, and his heart trembled when he thought about it.

He saw with his own eyes that the small lead bullet that weighed only three coins from this flint was much more powerful than the ordinary firearms used by other Ming troops.

You must know that the average firearm can fight at most about sixty paces away, but this flint gun, which he saw with his own eyes, can shoot the best armored left cavalry in his own formation alive from a hundred and sixty paces away.

This is still such a brilliant result that can be achieved when the Tang armies did not gather and urgently dispatch, and now, these 5,000 Tang armies are shooting together, this power and lethality can be imagined how terrifying it is.

Looking at the Tang Army's formation getting closer and closer, and seeing the jet-black flint and reckless guns rushing from the pole, Hao Xiaozhong's heart beat like a drum.

What to do?

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

No, you can't let the Tang Army attack recklessly like this, and you must not just be a live target for any fight!

If the Tang army continued to shoot like this one hundred and sixty or seventy paces away, then his own men, no matter how many soldiers and horses, would be crushed by such a one-sided massacre.

Sitting back is the most incompetent and stupid solution.

Then, the only way for me now is to seize the time, take advantage of the superiority of troops, and order all the defenders to rush out together and kill these damned Tang army gunners, and we must not let them shoot their tens of thousands of subordinates like targets.

Thinking of this, Hao Xiaozhong's face was almost distorted.

He shouted at the deputy general next to him, who was also trembling, and shouted: "Grandma, if you continue to defend like this, I am afraid that you will not escape death in the end." Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to fight to the death! Listen to me, before the Tang army has come, you quickly lead five thousand elite defenders, as a vanguard commando, highlight the fortifications, and go to raid the Tang army's musketeers, fight with them in close combat, and make their firearms ineffective. Ben will then take all the soldiers in the city and fight them out. We must use the superiority of our forces to fight back these damn Tang troops! ’

"Yes! I understand it under it! “

The lieutenant wiped a handful of oozing cold sweat, answered the order loudly with a stiff face, and then he quickly selected 5,000 soldiers and prepared to go out of the city to fight in close combat with the Tang army battle formation that was getting closer and closer.

A brutal battle between hand-to-hand battles is finally about to begin.