On the morning of the eighth day of October, the siege of Yongning officially began, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the second and third battalions acted in unison and launched an attack on Yongning County.

The twenty three-pounder cannons and twenty tiger squat cannons brought by the army were lined up by the Xingtian Army in the southeast, and with Xiao Tianjian's order, these cannons fired together and fired towards the city.

After only a series of cannon sounds were heard, the artillery array of the Xingtian Army outside the city suddenly rose up with clouds of gunsmoke, and dozens of cannonballs flew to the city wall with a whistling sound, and the solid projectiles fell everywhere on the city wall, and suddenly the gravel on the city wall flew wildly, so that the officers and soldiers defending the city let out an exclamation, and they all hurriedly lay down under the city plate.

The entire southeast and southeast directions of Yongning County are like boiling pots, and even the ground seems to tremble in the sound of artillery, and a group of Xingtian soldiers and generals who have been waiting for the day to prepare for departure have made six rounds of salvo fire in a row, because the barrel of the cannon began to overheat and stopped firing, only then did they let out a loud roar, Luo Li and Li Xuanzhu each commanded their generals, and rushed up towards the southeast two gates with the long ladder built by the engineer battalion overnight.

The artillery of the Xingtian Army was very lively, but this time Xiao Tianjian did not bring the artillery battalion because he was lightly armed south, and considering that their initial goal of going south was in the mountains of western Henan, although the six-pounder cannon was sharp, it was relatively cumbersome, so he only brought the three-pounder cannon of the direct artillery team of the second and third battalions to accompany the expedition, and the three-pounder cannon is a light artillery that is best used in the field on weekdays, and when it comes to attacking fortified positions, the power is very limited. Cannonballs often only break a few bricks on the strong city walls, and it is difficult to cause structural damage to the city walls.

Therefore, this opening of fire is more of a deterrent to the defenders, and it is just to strengthen the courage of the Xingtian army, and the real solution to the problem is to rely on the two battalions of infantry to attack and solve the problem.

Originally, to deal with such a fortified city, the engineer battalion should be able to play a very good role, and it was best to drill the gopher beam iron head to dig tunnels and blow up the city wall, but Xiao Tianjian did not have too much time in this battle, so he wanted to take Yongning County in the shortest possible time, so he finally adopted the method of attacking.

Groups of infantry carried the newly built long ladder on their shoulders and rushed towards the city wall with a shout of "What Heaven", while a group of firecrackers carried bird guns, followed closely behind, lined up in a horizontal line, and also pressed towards the city gate.

Looking at the soldiers of the Xingtian Army who swarmed like ants under the city, as well as the scarlet battle flags of the Xingtian Army that were hunting and fluttering in the team, Wu Dalie couldn't help but sweat nervously, he had only heard about the Xingtian Army a few times before, and knew that the government in Shanxi had carried out several raids on the Xingtian Army, and finally returned with a feather, even at the beginning of this year, the two provinces of Shanxi joined forces to suppress it, and it ended in failure, and Shanxi's famous general Hu Dawei was almost killed on the spot.

In the past two years, the Xingtianjun can be said to be famous in Shanxi, but what he can't figure out is that the Xingtianjun has stayed well in Shanxi, and his life is very nourishing. And they chose Yongning County, which he managed, as the target of their first battle, and saw the well-equipped and high-morale Xingtian Army surging towards the city wall, Wu Dalie's heart was almost hanging to his throat.

Originally, as a civilian official, he could have sat in the county government to command a battle like this, but considering that the morale of the defenders was not high, if he, the parent official of a county, did not dare to come to the battlefield in person, this battle would not be able to be fought, so Wu Dalie gritted his teeth, personally put on an iron armor, and wore a black gauze hat on his head, and carried a Qingfeng sword to the south gate of the city, running back and forth on the city wall to cheer up the defenders.

"The soldiers all listened, this time King Wan'an took out a bounty, as long as he killed a thief army, he would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and it was cashed on the spot! Cheer up! Remember that your relatives are also in the city, and you can't let them into the city under any circumstances! Even for the sake of your own family's lives, you can't be merciful! Beat them down for this officer! Let them know that our Yongning County is not something they can fight if they want to! Kill! ”

Although Wu Dalie was a literati, he was still a little bloody, shouting hoarsely at the officers and soldiers defending the city on the city wall, and directing them to prepare for battle.

One by one, the archers and firecrackers leaned over the battlements, looking nervously towards the city, seeing the thieves outside the city getting closer and closer, I don't know who couldn't bear it, and lit the firecrackers in their hands, only to hear a tom, causing the defenders in the city to scream one after another, while emboldening themselves, they have to fight the bows and crossbows in their hands and firecrackers towards the outside of the city.

Zhao Erdonkey, as the deputy commander of the third battalion, was sent to the front by Li Xuanzhu to personally supervise the battle, looking at the smoke rising from the city, he sneered, their front team was still nearly a hundred steps away from the city wall, and the officers and soldiers were both arrows and guns, except for a very small number of strong crossbows that posed a certain threat to his subordinates, the rest of the bullets basically fell on the open ground.

At such a distance, not to mention bows and arrows and ordinary three-eyed guns, even the tiger squat cannon does not pose any threat to the people under the city, which fully shows the weakness of the defenders.

"Speed up! Musketeers come up to cover the attack! Zhao Erdonkey was wearing a set of iron armor, and a layer of cotton armor inside, but he looked majestic, holding a single knife, rushing to the center of the team, constantly waving the single knife in his hand, and giving orders sharply.

A group of soldiers carrying a long ladder shouted loudly to kill, under the leadership of the captain, strode towards the city wall, no one looked up to see what would fall above their heads, in this case, they only remembered one, that is, to rush forward, never turn back or retreat, as for whether they will die is not their concern, the officers often say, damn the face up, not to die and the New Year, as long as they are soldiers in the Xingtian Army, they can't be afraid of death, anyway, whether they are injured or killed on the battlefield, In the end, they will be properly settled, if they are injured, someone will treat them, and if they are disabled, they can become a security chief after they recover from their injuries, and even if they die, their generals will take care of their families and will not let them suffer, so this life will be sold to their generals.

As we got closer and closer to the city wall, the bullets from the city became more and more dense, and from time to time there would be a knife player or a spearman carrying a long ladder snorting and suddenly falling to the ground, but at this time, no one cared about these fallen brothers, as for the wounded, their own ambulance team behind them was responsible for transporting them down, and there would be no situation where these people were discarded, and the rest of the soldiers still carried the ladder and continued to carry the bullets like flying, rushing towards the city wall.

Seeing that there were already casualties in the army, Zhao Er Donkey shouted: "The firecrackers are lined up! Give Lao Tzu to suppress the defenders on the city wall! Cover the Brethren Charge! ”

Roughly a company or so of firecrackers were already under the leadership of their company commander at this time, and followed the stormtroopers to a distance of about fifty steps near the city wall, and with Zhao Erdonkey's order, the firecrackers of this company immediately stopped.

"Gun under the shoulder! Aim...... Put! An officer armed with a single knife pointed at the wall at the front of the line, ignoring the bullets that were being fired at him from the city, and shouted loudly at the musketeers behind him.

The more than 200 musketeers immediately and faithfully followed his orders, and completed the completed action, and several musketeers were unlucky, and before they could aim and fire, their bodies were shot, and they immediately threw their guns and fell down in the queue, and howled in pain, but the remaining musketeers were unmoved, and continued to raise their guns to aim, and after the officer's order was called, they pulled down the dragon head of the arquebus.

Only a dense burst of beans like a shower was heard immediately under the city, and more than 200 projectiles struck the city wall.

The officials and soldiers in the city were also forced out of their bloody nature by Wu Dalie at this time, thinking that he was a dignified county magistrate, and they were all dressed in battle, and they were considered martial artists, how could they not even be as good as civil officials? Seeing that a large number of Xingtian troops were about to lean against the foot of the city wall, these generals also went crazy and fired arrows at the city, trying to prevent the thief army under the city from leaning against the foot of the city.

But at this time, the group of thieves under the city suddenly opened fire with bird guns, and a dense projectile splashed on the city wall like splashing water.

There were more than 20 officers and soldiers who were leaning out at the battlement to release arrows or guns under the city, and suddenly a cloud of blood mist rose on their bodies, almost all of them were shot in the chest and abdomen or in the head, some people were beaten on the spot and fell on the wall, and the blood from the terrible wounds was splashed all over the ground, and several officers and soldiers fell off the city wall on the spot, only to hear a few plopping flesh on the ground, and then there was no sound.

Such a salvo of birds immediately pressed the defenders on the city wall to lie down under the battlements in panic, and a few timid officers and soldiers, looking at the fallen robes around them, even peed their pants in fright on the spot, and screamed hysterically holding their heads.