The artillery of the Qing army also fired very quickly, after all, they were directly taught by foreigners. Super fast and stable updates, this article is made by. However, they did not use the pre-loaded cartridges, but still scooped gunpowder into them with a medicine spoon. It's just that the medicine spoon is quantitative, and one spoon is a catty, so the amount of medicine is calculated according to the number of spoons. Therefore, their firing speed is still not comparable to the speed of Li Yan's artillery.

However, the accuracy of the Qing army was not bad, and a few shots in the early stage could hit Li Yan's array almost every time, causing a lot of casualties to Li Yan's soldiers. However, after a while, the Qing artillery was not very powerful, because Li Yan's soldiers set up bunkers in the direction of the shells. The artillery of the Qing army was interfered with by Li Yan's artillery and was a four-wheel gun mount, so it was difficult to turn the angle.

Li Yan's artillery is getting more and more accurate. The artillery of the Qing army was not aimed at them in the first place, so they were much less disturbed. After each cannon fire, after fine-tuning, the shells got closer to the Qing army's artillery carriages.

Moreover, the four-and-a-half-inch artillery crew held a telescope that Li Yan asked his own soldiers to send to them, so that they could adjust the angle of the artillery more accurately. So soon, the artillery in the Qing army was hit.

As soon as there was a sound of "Kala", one of the artillery wagons in the Qing army was hit, and the entire artillery wagon was smashed into pieces. A few of the artillerymen around covered their faces and fell screaming, while the other artillerymen ran away. They all know that as long as one shell hits, the next one will be faster. If you stay here, as long as you are piggybacked on by a cannonball, you will be seriously injured if you don't die, who dares to stay where you are?

However, they guessed wrong, Li Yan's purpose was to destroy their artillery, and he didn't have much interest in them gunners. This four-and-a-half-inch gun, which had done its best, immediately turned and fired shells at another enemy gun.

Shi Tingzhu and Ma Guangyuan hurried to Dolgon's camp on the north bank of the Liangshui River. Dolgon retreated across the Liangshui River after Li Yan's artillery fired, because they saw that Li Yan's artillery had no shorter range than their Shenwei General Cannon, and as the commander of the army, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, it was dangerous to stay in front.

"Regent," Shi Tingzhu half-knelt on the ground and reported, "Li Yan seems to be dealing with our artillery, and there are already nine cannons of various types destroyed in front of him. ”

Ma Guangyuan also reported: "Yes, Regent." I also had twelve guns destroyed there. ”

"Can the cannon still be used?" Dorgon asked, frowning.

Shi Tingzhu replied first: "Two cannon lugs were broken, and one cannon barrel was hit, and it was already cracked and unusable. The other six were all gun trucks destroyed, and the cannons were still functional. ”

"Four of the minions' cannons are damaged and unusable, and the other eight are still intact." Ma Guangyuan then reported.

Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief. Artillery is a heavy weapon, especially when attacking a city, the role is especially important, and it is a pity to lose a single one. However, judging from the current situation, the losses are not heavy, most of them are just the destruction of the artillery truck.

"Push the spare gun cart up, load it and continue firing." Dorgon commanded calmly. Although he received a report that Li Yan was building a barracks, the effect of the artillery was not very significant. However, he still felt that his more than 100 cannons of various types would definitely cause heavy damage to Li Yan. Even if Li Yan's troops don't collapse, it can still consume Li Yan's ammunition, how much ammunition can a lone army carry?

Shi Tingzhu explained: "Regent, there are only a few spare artillery carriages, which are not enough. Moreover, the cannon weighs thousands of catties, and the projectiles fly sideways on the battlefield, which is really not easy to transport. ”

"Idiot! Why don't you bring more artillery trucks out?! You were punished for being lazy when you were the first emperor, and now you have made such a big mistake! Dolgon angrily pointed at the two of them and scolded. However, now is not the time to punish, so I had to scold: "Quickly go and pacify the team and continue to bombard Li Yan's army formation." After the war, your merits and demerits will be determined! ”

"Wow." Shi Tingzhu and Ma Guangyuan agreed and quickly withdrew from the big tent.

They also felt aggrieved, where could they expect Li Yan's artillery to be so powerful? Since the king of Sanshun came over with his troops, most of the artillery of the Ming Kingdom was just fired indiscriminately, and the momentum was more powerful than the actual effect. However, Li Yan's artillery was even more elite than their men, and within a quarter of an hour, nearly twenty of their artillery pieces were destroyed, and the gunners also damaged fifty or sixty people, which really shocked and frightened them.

When they returned to the front, they received another report that they had destroyed more than a dozen pieces of artillery. Moreover, there are only four of the most powerful Shenwei General Cannons left, which are undamaged. Shi Tingzhu personally went to find Ma Guangyuan, and after discussing it, the two decided to take advantage of the fact that the gun carriage had not been damaged and it was quite convenient to move, so they should quickly remove the four Shenwei General Cannons. If all the eighteen Shenwei General Cannons were destroyed, even if the two of them could be exempted from capital crimes, the culpability would not be small.

However, after they gave the order, only three gates were finally removed. They had the soldiers hide the three cannons in the baggage camp and cover them with felt so that no one else could find them. Because the spare artillery carriages they brought this time were all light artillery carts, and none of the artillery carriages of General Shenwei General Cannon were brought.

Although Li Yan achieved a lot of results here, he destroyed seventy or eighty percent of the dozens of heavy artillery pieces that were the most threatening of the Qing army within three quarters of an hour, but he also paid the price of more than 300 casualties.

He came to the gathering place of the wounded at the back of the military formation, looked at the wounded with broken arms and legs, looked at the ground stained red with blood, and listened to the terrible screams, and felt unbearable in his heart. Fortunately, the hemostatic powder prepared by Dr. He is very effective, and after the doctors tie the wound tightly, they apply several layers of hemostatic powder thickly, and then wrap it with gauze, and then they can only resign themselves to fate.

Dr. Wu's painkillers were also good, and each wounded person was forcibly poured into a large bowl, making them unconscious and slowly falling asleep. The screaming of the newly wounded stopped after a while, so the wounded did not have much of a negative impact on his troops.

"Is there enough potions?" Li Yan asked the chief physician in charge.

The chief healer replied, "It's enough, don't worry." ”

Li Yan nodded and ordered: "Give them good treatment, there are still parents and relatives at home waiting for them to go back." ”

"Dashuai, there are too many wounded, can you send some people to help?" The chief healer requested.

Li Yan immediately said: "I will immediately send twenty baggage soldiers to help." ”

"Subordinates on behalf of the wounded, thank you for the commander." The chief healer bowed down a little and said.

Li Yan waved his hand and said, "I want to thank you." Let's get busy, another wounded person is coming. ”

At this time, Liang Zhenfang came over and reported: "Commander, General Li Mu sent someone to say that the Qing army has moved, and it seems that it is about to rush again." General Li Mou has already informed all his ministries to prepare for contingencies. ”

Li Yan nodded and immediately ordered: "Go, go to the front." ”

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