In this era, the hit rate of front-loading smoothbore guns was a great tragedy, even if the target was the walls of a vast estate that could accommodate a population of several thousand.

Therefore, in previous battles, regardless of land or sea battles, Xu Shiyang always emphasized that artillery should shoot at close range, and it is best to directly withstand the opponent's chest.

Today's long-range shooting, which is still a little more away from Target 2, is actually more like a training - Xu Shiyang is worried that when facing the main force of the Tartars, his low-quality artillery will not be able to play the maximum role, so he needs to give the artillery a chance to grow before possible.

And artillery bombardment in actual combat is undoubtedly the best way to train soldiers.

On the other hand, from the perspective of Zhu Jiajun, in the absence of long-range firepower confrontation at all, the best choice at present is to launch a firm charge against Xu Shiyang's artillery position, hinder the observation of artillery, and neutralize the firepower superiority.

But Zhu Jiajun did not do this, perhaps because he was not aware of the dangers of artillery, or perhaps because he had some scruples about the Qingzhou Army, which had an advantage in strength.

The Zhu family's choice allowed Xu Shiyang's naïve artillerymen to shoot calmly, adjusting the trajectory of each shot with an extremely low rate of fire.

After a long time, the seven general guns in the new army each fired two shots, but they still failed to get any direct hits, so that the Zhu family soldiers, who were very panicked by the amazing cannon at first, gradually relaxed their hearts.

Now it seems that this kind of scary thing should not be as powerful as it is rumored to be.

Many people even think that these cannons may never hit anything.

"Hmph, the merchants who came from the east also said that the cannons of the Qingzhou soldiers are powerful and can crack the mountains and rocks, but I don't think it's just like that, it's just to scare and scare people!" Zhu Biao smiled nonchalantly:

"The magic skill is ingenious, after all, you can't get on the big table, and if you want to shoot and kill, you have to rely on a strong bow and a strong crossbow!"

The Zhu family had a good relationship with the Tartars, and sometimes, to help the Tartars work, they would use some strong bows and heavy arrows instead of pay, so the Zhu family army had a lot more bows and arrows than most of the dock forts in Jiangbei, which was also the capital for them to gain a foothold on the side of the canal.

Hearing his younger brother's emotion, Zhu Long, who was holding back the fire in Xu Shiyang's belly, also agreed: "What the third brother said is reasonable! No matter how powerful the cannon is, what's the use of not being able to hit it accurately? I don't think this thing can beat a bow and arrow! ”

Shout~~~

Rumble!!!

Before the words fell, Zhu Long suddenly heard a sharp howl from far and near, and then there was a thunderous explosion from the soles of his feet!

The east wall of Zhujiawu Fort, which was facing the Qingzhou army, was like a giant being shot by a crossbow arrow, and it began to tremble violently, and it only stopped after two breaths.

Zhu Chaofeng, Zhu Long, Zhu Biao, and the master and others who were watching the battle at the head of the wall had to hold on to the wall with both hands to avoid falling.

Only Han Tao, who was strong in kung fu, could directly stabilize his figure, and he hurriedly stretched out half of his body to carefully observe the dock wall here.

"Oops!" After a while, Han Tao shouted, "I was hit!" ”

The general's artillery, which had already fired more than twenty test projectiles, finally made its first direct hit!

There was a cheer from the Qingzhou Army's position - after getting the first hit, the next thing would be much simpler.

Xu Shiyang has been promoting the more accurate public system of weights and measures that he "invented" in artillery and military factories, which belong to high-tech arms.

At this time, although the tolerance of the weapons of the Qingzhou Army is still very large, it is far less than all other weapons of this era, especially the general cannon of the same model, and the difference in ballistics is minimal!

Therefore, all the general guns of the entire artillery group can follow the firing table of the same observation data target, especially for a large, non-interference, and immobile target like the dock wall, one hit means that more hits will be obtained later!

"Infantry attack!"

Xu Shiyang has been patiently waiting for the results of the artillery test firing, and he does not want the infantry to advance to affect the artillery observation and landing point and affect the hit rate.

But it doesn't matter now, the gunners of the general artillery will do their next job to draw a scoop according to the gourd, during which only a small tweaking is required, and the infantry attack will have no effect.

With Xu Shiyang's order, the infantry that had been prepared for a long time began to move.

The 22 shield carts were slowly pushed out of the Qingzhou Army position by the auxiliary soldiers and began to advance towards Zhujiazhuang, which was not far away.

Xu Shiyang's shield cars were not much different from the Tartar shield cars he had ever seen, they were all seven to eight feet high, and the thickness of the front bezel was between 5 and 6 inches (15 to 18 mm), which was enough to withstand powerful cold weapons such as the Eight Ox Crossbow.

Xu Shiyang once did experiments, and he also had a certain defense against the 15mm muskets of the main force of the Qingzhou Army, but he was completely unable to fight against artillery, whether it was a general cannon, a god cannon or a wooden cannon, it could only block shotguns at most.

Of course, for the army of this era, such a defense is enough, at least Zhujiazhuang definitely does not have the weapons that can destroy this shield car from a distance.

There are 4 small wheels installed at the bottom of each shield cart, and 2 musketeers stand on it, who can shoot from the top of the shield cart to the outside, and each shield cart is pushed by 6 auxiliaries, followed by another 6 auxiliaries carrying hoes or dirt bags, who are responsible for filling the trap in front of the gate of Zhujiazhuang under the cover of the shield cart.

Between the shield carts and the shield carts, the elite melee soldiers carried knives in one hand and shielded their heads with round shields in their left hands, and followed the shield carts forward.

The 22 shield wagons were like a moving wooden wall, slowly moving forward, and when they encountered obstacles such as horse pits, deer rocks, or thorn bushes, reinforcements immediately stepped forward, either filling in or moving away.

During this period, the shield car formation will have a short pause to avoid the breakage of the line, although this method is rigid, it does not give the opponent a chance to take advantage of it.

If the Zhu family army launched a counterattack at this time, they would be equivalent to feints on a low wall, if they continued to watch the shield car array advance like this, then they would be a live target for artillery!

While the shield car was advancing, all the general guns began to fire at a rate of fire of one shot per 5 minutes at the Zhujiazhuang dock wall, unlike the previous test firing, this time, the artillery that was still completely undisturbed achieved an extremely high hit rate - 5 direct hits in the first salvo, 4 in the second round, and 5 in the third round!

In the second round of salvo fire, the dock wall of Zhujiazhuang collapsed a lot, but the artillery of the Qingzhou Army still did not relax, and the 4-pound iron ball continued to smash heavily on the dock wall, setting off large pieces of dirt and human stumps.

The soldiers of the Zhujia Army, who were still laughing at the inaccuracy of the artillery just now, kept letting out inhuman howls, some of them had a nervous breakdown during the shelling and jumped directly from the dock wall, and more people could not bear the dilemma of being beaten and unable to fight back, so they threw down their weapons and fled back to their homes in Zhuangli.

The morale of the Zhu family army has dropped sharply at a speed visible to the naked eye!