Li Yan's bombardment of the city wall continued until the end of the second watch. し。 The soldiers in Li Yan's troops who had their turn to rest all slept with their ears plugged, but Dolgon was not at peace here. He asked people to pay attention to the movements outside the city at all times, and he couldn't figure out what Li Yan was going to do next.

In fact, Li Yan didn't have any special intentions, but he just consumed the remaining shells. Wait for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, if they can't hit Tongzhou City, these heavy artillery without artillery trucks will naturally not be able to take away, so the shells will be useless. He had the craftsmen make the wooden cork, and when it was time to retreat, plug the muzzle of the cannon, and then ignite the excess gunpowder inside, and blew the cannon apart.

The Qing army did not launch an attack all night, and yesterday's night attack scared them, and it was really painful to be burned alive. Those survivors of the two white flags were also killed by Li Yan's troops after dawn the next day, and there were more than 300 elites who attacked, and few of them came back, which of them was willing to bear such a loss

As for sending troops to harass Li Yan's rear, their small group of cavalry did not dare to go out, and Li Yan's cavalry of thousands of people was also very powerful. When the cavalry went out, Li Yan didn't pay attention to them, because they found that Li Yan didn't have any baggage to transport at all. Moreover, Dolgon did not dare to let the cavalry leave Tongzhou, otherwise the Mongols might have withdrawn directly. Now at this moment of low morale, anything could have happened without the Manchurian Eight Banners watching.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Li Yan's five three-inch guns were ready. After getting Li Yan's order, he began to launch with a bang.

The Qing troops at the head of the city were used to it, so they just glanced at it casually, and continued to hide behind the battlements to rest. Their Shenwei General Cannon didn't fire anymore, and there wasn't much ammunition they brought back when they retreated, and they couldn't do any damage to Li Yan's troops, so they simply didn't fire it.

Soon, however, they discovered the difference in the shelling. Every time the projectile hit the city wall, the sound was very loud, and the earth in the city wall fell in large areas every time, and the vibration was also obvious.

The Qing troops on the city wall in the southeast corner were nervous, they didn't dare to stand on the city wall indifferently, and they all avoided on both sides. After a while, cracks appeared in the walls.

When Dorgon got the report, he went to see it for himself and found it dangerous. He acquiesced in the soldiers' dodging to the sides, and instructed the men and horses above and below the walls to be cautious.

Before he could return to his lodgings, he heard a loud bang, and the walls in the southeast corner disappeared into smoke. So he immediately ordered the defenders to close the gap immediately, and the others were also on high alert.

But it's too late. Before the city wall collapsed, Li Yan's artillery had already wiped out all the low walls leading to the southeast corner. As soon as the walls collapsed, his troops rushed over, and set up the ravines and moats with the prepared wooden platoons, and more than a thousand troops rushed over quickly.

Before the smoke had yet fallen, the soldiers squinted and rushed onto the mound of dirt and rocks. A line of sword and shield men and a line of pikemen quickly lined up at the top of the gap, followed by two rows of crossbowmen. The crossbowmen who followed him, each carrying a bag containing six bombs in addition to the crossbow arrows, were to make a cameo appearance as grenadiers for the time being. The Tiger Squat Cannon under the mound also began to place artillery, ready to fire shells deep into the gap.

The soldiers in the back erected long ladders on the walls on either side, and the grenadiers lit the fuses and dropped bombs on the walls. The bomb exploded with a bang, knocking down the Qing army near the breach of the city wall. Although these Qing troops did not necessarily suffer casualties, the huge explosion still made them unstable on their feet, even fainted, and lost the ability to resist.

The notched crossbowmen also began to fire crossbow arrows, blocking those who had rushed out of the blast zone created by the Tiger Squat Cannon. Although the Qing troops who rushed up were all elite soldiers, in the face of the crossbow arrows that were fired at close range, as well as the bombs that exploded around them, the cotton armor on their bodies was of little use.

More importantly, the Qing army behind did not keep up in time, leaving these elites who rushed up isolated and helpless, and could not form an effective shock force. The few Qing troops who were able to rush up the mound of earth and rocks were also quickly strangled by sword and shield men, pikemen, crossbowmen, and a dozen of Li Yan's personal soldiers.

After last year's contest with the Qing army on the edge of the Yellow River, as well as the Qing army's cavalry charging a few days ago, Li Yan and others have realized that the Qing army's personal combat effectiveness is very strong. The approaching Qing army must be wiped out as quickly as possible, and they must not be allowed to rush into the array.

So this time, he specially sent more than a dozen personal soldiers to help with handcuffs. The power of the handgun at close range is much greater than that of the crossbow arrow, as long as you give the Qing army a shot, it can basically make the Qing army lose its combat effectiveness, so that the spearmen and sword and shield players can easily destroy these Qing soldiers.

Li Yan's follow-up artillery also quickly followed, and after the artilleryman unloaded the artillery from the front car, he immediately pulled the mule and horse and the front car to retreat. The artillerymen immediately pushed the artillery to the position where it was being leveled. These guns were all improved Frankie guns, and they wanted a fast rate of fire and light weight. The ammunition cart will be able to catch up soon after a while.

As soon as the Frankie cannon stopped, it was immobilized, and the ammunition man put the sub-cannon that had long been loaded into the mother gun, the gunner fixed it, and the igniter was ready to fire at any time. Their task was to be on guard on both sides, so that the breakthrough force would not be disturbed from both sides.

In the face of Li Yan's all-round attack, the Qing army was a little blindsided. The Qing army on the city wall had no way to strike at Li Yan's troops under the city, because there were already Li Yan's troops on the city wall.

Li Yan's troops advanced quickly, because they not only had large shields and spears, but they also had muskets. At the beginning of the city were crossbowmen, who used their high rate of fire to force the Qing army back. When the musketeers had enough to go up, they took the place of the crossbowmen, followed by the shields and spears, and advanced deeper into the walls.

The musket is much more powerful than the handcuff, and the shields and pikemen in front of them can just move forward slowly, and the Qing army in front of them has no general. Within 30 steps, as long as you are hit by a projectile, you will be seriously injured at least or directly killed.

The musket team is still in a four-row queue, the front one is only responsible for shooting, the last one is responsible for loading, and the middle one is only passing, so the rate of fire is also quite fast. In addition, after they advanced for a certain distance, the tiger squat cannon behind them also went up to the city wall, and the Qing army on the city wall could not hold on.

In the violent explosion, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties and began to stop holding on, but went down the city wall and fled into the city.

The Qing troops outside the city in the south and north also suffered a blow, they were already hit by Li Yan's artillery fire, and later bombs and crossbow arrows continued to fly down from the city walls, leaving them vulnerable on both sides. So they could not hold any longer, but fled around the city to the west and north.

The Qing army outside and on the city began to retreat, something that Dolgon had never expected in any case.

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