In the afternoon of the same day, hundreds of Ming troops came outside the Tonggu City, and the arrival of this Ming army not only supplemented the previous loss of the Ming army, but also exceeded 2,000 troops again.

What's more critical is that the Ming army that came over in the afternoon of that day also brought several bowl cannons.

When the Ming army put those bowl cannons outside the city, it proved that not only the new army of the Tang Dynasty played artillery, but in fact the Ming army also had artillery.

With these bowl mouth cannons, the Ming army outside the city seemed to have a great increase in morale, and when the evening was approaching, they launched an attack again, and many Ming troops shouted all kinds of chaotic slogans seven or eight times, and then ran to the copper drum guard hundreds of meters away.

At the same time, the Ming army also pushed the bowl cannon up, trying to get close to the city wall and shoot at the city.

After the major of the Tang New Army at the head of the city saw this, he couldn't guess the intentions of the Ming army, so he quickly ordered the musket unit to gather fire and try to get close to the Ming artillery unit.

The artillery of the Ming army is a bowl cannon of less than 100 catties, and the same as the 150 catties of battalion guns in the Datang New Army, they can only fire shotguns, and the limited range is relatively close, and there is basically no threat at a distance of 150 meters, but if these small-caliber shotguns are allowed to fire within a range of tens of meters, then the power is absolutely just.

Before the Tang New Army was able to hold the Acropolis of Tonggu, the two battalion cannons played a big role, especially on the top of the city, if the cannon was fired condescendingly, the power was better than using it on flat ground.

At this time, the new army of the Tang Dynasty naturally would not let the gunners of the Ming army easily approach those shotguns, and even fire at their city head within tens of meters.

As a result, at least one team of musketeers fired round after round of salvos at the Ming artillery.

At first, because of the long distance, the hit rate of the bullet was relatively low, but as the Ming army continued to advance, the hit rate increased rapidly.

In front of the gunners of the Ming army, although there will be people holding shields to cover, but if the shield can block the bullet, then the sword and shield hand will not be eliminated on the battlefield, let alone a shield or ordinary iron armor, even if it is a plate armor made of stainless steel, it still can't block the bullet.

However, what really made these Ming gunners collapse was not the shooting of muskets, but the fire from the new barracks of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the slow rate of fire of artillery, it often takes a long time to fire a second shot after the first shot, and in order to get the most results possible and destroy the enemy's confidence in approaching, the accuracy of the first shot is very important.

Therefore, one of the lieutenants who commanded the battalion artillery did not rush to open fire, but asked his gunners to wait after loading.

The gunners of the Ming army pushed those bowl cannons closer and closer, from two hundred meters to one hundred meters, and even after entering a distance of eighty meters, he still did not let people fire.

Because those gunners of the Ming army have not stopped and are still advancing.

After the Ming gunners entered a distance of about seventy meters, they finally stopped, and then began to load the guns.

But at this time, the lieutenant artillery officer had already given the order to open fire.

What he was waiting for was the last moment when the Ming army stopped!

As the two 150-pound battalion guns opened fire, thick white smoke suddenly rose from the muzzles, and the smoke raised from the two guns alone was more than the white smoke raised when many muskets were fired.

As the white smoke rose, there were also screams from the artillery positions of the Ming army in the open space outside the city!

If you look closely, you will find that the artillery positions of the Ming army are already full of flesh and blood, and many wounded soldiers fall to the ground and scream.

Seeing this scene, the corner of the lieutenant artillery officer who had just ordered the cannon to open fire showed a sneer on the corner of his mouth, these gunners of the Ming army were really stupid.

They ran into a distance of 70 meters, although they could enter the effective range, once the artillery fired, it would cause a lot of casualties to their own soldiers on the city, but they also didn't want to think that within these 70 meters, their own artillery would hit them one by one.

And seventy meters is also the effective range of your own musket troops and even archers!

Under the intensive long-range fire of their own side, how could these Ming gunners still have a chance to open fire?

Thinking so in his heart, he continued to observe the Ming army outside the city, while waiting for his gunners to reload and prepare for the next shelling.

In sight, the Ming army outside the city did not stop the pace of attack because of the heavy casualties of the gunners, in fact, the attack of the gunners was only a part of the Ming army's attack, and more Ming troops were rushing in the direction of the city wall.

The archers of the Ming army shot arrows at the head of the city from dozens of meters away, trying to suppress the long-range firepower of the new Tang army at the head of the city.

But they are suppressing the long-range firepower of the Datang New Army, and the long-range firepower of the Datang New Army is also causing them a lot of casualties.

The Tang New Army at the head of the city is protected by the city wall, and they shoot through the gap in the battlements, while the Ming Army outside the city has no cover, and the whole body is exposed to the long-range fire of the Tang New Army.

In this fight, the Ming army will suffer a lot!

However, although the Ming army outside the city had already expected this situation, after all, they were attacking the side, and they were still fighting siege warfare, so they expected the casualties and disadvantages encountered during the attack.

So they're still rushing forward!

The sword and shield soldiers at the front were already carrying a long ladder and were about to reach the city wall!

The wall in front of them was not very long, only a little more than four meters high, and if there was anything to step on, they could even climb the ladder to suddenly climb into it.

However, the city wall is not high, and it has brought another impact, that is, the Ming army has not yet climbed to the top of the city, and it has already begun to be attacked by the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

The spear in the hands of the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty is four meters and five meters long, and it can just be condescending to stab down with a spear at the head of the city.

Of course, the Ming army under the city can also fight back with spears!

Don't be surprised, like the new army of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the Ming army also has a lot of spearmen!

Because the infantry in the era of cold weapons basically came and went, and the three types of archers, spearmen, and sword and shield men were almost standard.

Although there will be some variations in different armies, for example, the sword and shield bearers will have heavy armor and shield soldiers, and there will also be sword hands who wear light armor, or simply have no armor and only hold a rotten iron knife. Spearmen will also have some kind of heavily armored spearmen, spearmen with shields, or simply a lone spear.

For a while, the spearmen on both sides stabbed each other through the wall more than four meters high, and the screams continued to sound in the fiercest place of the battle between the two sides!