Although the sound is loud, the suspension bridge is made very strong, so there is no sign of breakage.

"Send someone over to see if the artillery can pass." Wang Renfu immediately ordered to go down. At this time, Li Yan was watching from the rear and did not care about the command.

After a while, with the confirmation of his subordinates, Wang Renfu immediately asked the artillery and infantry to cross the bridge and form a formation within the moat to provide cover for the troops who crossed the river later.

Soon, most of the troops and artillery crossed the moat through the drawbridge, but not a single force was sent out of Shanhaiguan City. And the defenders in Xiluo City also withdrew into Shanhaiguan City, and did not defend it.

However, Wang Renfu still sent some soldiers to climb the walls of Xiluo City and keep watch on it. There is only one west gate in Xiluo City, which is actually a larger urn city built outside the urn city of the west gate of Shanhaiguan City. Moreover, the city wall of Xiluo City is much shorter than that of Shanhaiguan City, and it does not have the conditions to rely on the siege of the city, so it can only arrange some troops on the west city wall.

However, Wang Renfu still hoped that the enemy would come to fight for Xiluo City. Whether it is on the city walls or inside the city, they will have an absolute advantage.

However, his wish did not come true. Sukh Saha had fought in Tongzhou City, so he knew that it was foolish to fight with Li Yan for the city wall, and in order to protect the West Gate, he had rockets fired into the city of Xiluo. As more and more rockets landed in Ciro City, the entire Cilo City slowly burned.

Now that it's okay, the Qing army on the city is relieved, and Li Yan doesn't have to worry about the Qing army raiding from here.

Wang Renfu placed his troops on the north side of Xiluo City, preparing to deal with the northwest corner of Shanhaiguan City. The corners of the city walls are always the most vulnerable, so attacking here will do more with less.

Wu Sangui and others at the head of the city ordered the troops to transport more artillery to the northwest corner. Fortunately, the walls of Shanhaiguan City are wide enough, and there are more than two battles, so the transfer of artillery is quite smooth.

However, it was useless for them to transport it over, and Li Yan's more than 20 three-inch guns and four-inch guns here were ready and began to rumble towards the battlements. The scattered masonry killed and wounded the surrounding personnel, and the gunners also suffered many casualties.

After that, the gunners did not dare to operate the artillery anymore and began to flee in all directions, but they were driven back by the generals' own soldiers. The gunners were all dragging their feet and refused to go to work at the side of the artillery, and the generals had to kill two or three to make an example. Because the gunners knew that if they went to charge the Hongyi cannons, they would easily be killed. However, the gunners of those Franc cannons have a smaller burden on their hearts, after all, they can all operate in the back, which is relatively safer.

"Hurry, hurry, prepare the earth bags to be carried up and put behind the battlements," the Qing soldiers with two white flags and Han flags ordered loudly. These people are considered to be the overseers, although there are few people, but they are superior. The other Qing soldiers were all hit in the city by Haoge, whether they reinforced or retreated eastward, it all depended on the progress of the war.

Wang Renfu also prepared a bunker on his side, and the four-and-a-half-inch artillery began to bombard the city wall. However, the Shanhaiguan city wall is more than two zhang thick, so it is naturally impossible to be effective in a short time, so it is necessary to be prepared for a long battle. It was also necessary to guard against enemy attacks from other directions, so the three-inch guns, after the enemy's artillery did not dare to fire, reduced the rate of fire in order to facilitate long-term firing.

It was by taking advantage of this opportunity that the defenders at the head of the city finally slowly put up the sandbags, and the shells were hit without the debris of masonry, and the power was suddenly much smaller. Finally, the defenders at the head of the city began to fire artillery again.

Although the projectiles fired by the defenders of Shanhaiguan did not cause many casualties to Li Yan's troops, it would be a long battle, and no one knew when the walls of Shanhaiguan would collapse. And in this direction, there are also more than thirty cannons concentrated by the defenders, and over time, there may be more, and at that time there will be no fewer casualties.

Li Yan called Wang Renfu over and asked, "Is there any other plan?"

Wang Renfu was stunned for a moment, he felt that he was doing a good job, how could he make the handsome dissatisfied, he asked: "Dashuai, but what is not good?"

Li Yan said: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied with you. It's just that I think this kind of time consumes too much, and we don't have many reserve troops, so in case of an accident, we will be more passive. So I'll ask you if there's a quicker way. ”

"This," Wang Renfu thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "If you attack strongly, I'm afraid the casualties will be very large." ”

Li Yan instructed: "You go and discuss it to see if there is a way to attack the city wall in a short period of time without many casualties." Think about it, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us. ”

"Okay, let's go and find a way with the soldiers." Wang Renfu agreed.

At this time, on the city wall, Sukh Saha proudly patrolled the various enemy platforms. Of course, he walked the closest to the inside.

"It's not that easy to kill someone with a knife," Sukh Saha thought proudly. And shouted loudly to the gunners and the soldiers of Wu Sangui and others: "Don't be afraid, they can't go up the city wall." With my Eight Banners army here, keep you safe and sound."

After Wu Sangui and the others went through the initial panic, they found that these Qing army's methods were really effective, so they all relaxed. They let their subordinates wait under the city, and come for reinforcements when it is critical, or wait for the change of guard.

When Hauge heard that the battle had stabilized, he also brought his guards to the western wall. He found that Wu Sangui and the others only let the infantry prepare, and did not have any enterprising spirit, so he said dissatisfiedly: "King Pingxi, you should send cavalry to detour to the west bank of the Shihe River to recapture or destroy the drawbridge, and trap Li Yan's army under the Shanhaiguan."

The Qing court directly gave the title of Wu Sangui and others to the king, Wu Sangui was the king of Pingxi, Tang Tong was the king of Dingxi, and Gao Di did not have a title before, so he gave a king of Jingxi. However, the edict has not been officially issued yet, so it is Hauge who casually called out.

Wu Sangui didn't want to consume his cavalry anymore, so he prevaricated: "Prince Su, there is only that suspension bridge on this stone river, and you can't get around." ”

"King Jingnan, you have been here for the longest time, you should have a way to cross the river," Hauge immediately asked Gao Di.

Without waiting for Gao Di to reply, he said coldly: "I gave you the prince of the Qing Dynasty and let you take care of Ningyuan by yourself, so that you can become the help of my Qing Dynasty instead of letting you occupy the territory."

Gao Di was a little scared, so he hurriedly replied: "Prince Huisu, there is a way to cross the river." ”

Faced with Gao Di's gutslessness, Wu Sangui could only sigh in his heart. He could only hope that the defense force left by Li Yan was not very strong, otherwise his cavalry would suffer again.

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