In the early morning of the next day, Chen Bangyan beat drums and gathered generals to arrange the attack on Shizhai, which must be pulled out, the last stronghold of the Qing army outside Yangzhou.

He ordered Wang Yi to lead 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers to monitor outside the northern city, and asked the general Xu Kaicheng to lead 3,000 people to monitor the west gate and attack Shizhai, which was still handed over to Liu Shun.

Under the high slope outside the west city, flags were flying, spears were standing in a forest, and nearly 100 artillery pieces were hiding behind the erected baffles, pouring bullets and rain down the mountain, splashing the gravel on the top of the mountain.

After an hour of shelling, the smoke of gunpowder covered the Ming army's front, and the stone village on the top of the mountain was also shrouded in dust.

Liu Shun pressed the war knife with his right hand, waved his left hand, and the 3,000 Ming troops who attacked in the first round, with the sound of the Chinese army drums, more than 1,000 soldiers carried short ladders and trench bridges, held rattan cards, and climbed up the slope.

The slope of the mountain outside the west city is not steep, not as steep as the mountain in the southwest, and the slope is relatively gentle, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has dug four deep trenches around the stone fort.

Unlike the purpose of the Ming army digging trenches to trap the enemy, the purpose of the Qing army digging trenches was to prevent the Ming army from getting close to the stone fort and to protect themselves.

Most of the slopes in the south of the Yangtze River are dirt bags, which are not difficult to excavate, and Hui Sai asked his subordinates to dig each trench wide and deep, and also inserted bamboo sticks underneath, which need to be crossed with the help of moat bridges and short ladders.

This made it more difficult for the Ming army to attack the fort, making it difficult for the Ming soldiers to approach the fort wall, while the fort wall behind the four trenches was full of guns, forming a complete defense system.

In the war drum of "dong dong dong", the Ming soldiers formed a straggler formation, climbed up the slope, and the dense figures soon approached the trench outside the fort.

At this time, Hui Sai couldn't help but sneer, and shouted: "Fran machine gun!" ”

Most of the Qing army's red-coated artillery was lost in Jiangnan, and only a few artillery batteries on the north bank of the Yangtze River were transported to Yangzhou.

The Qing court also had cannon foundries in the north, but the hesitant economy collapsed, and it could no longer be compared with the Ming Dynasty, which was producing at full capacity.

The main artillery of the Qing army was still concentrated in the city of Yangzhou, and only ten red-coated cannons were equipped on the high slopes, but there were many Franc machines, because compared with the red-coated guns with a slow rate of fire, the Franc machines were undoubtedly more conducive to defense.

Duoduo also became a good doctor after a long illness, he attacked Yangzhou for three months, he attacked Wuchang, and finally fled in a hurry. He has basically experienced what equipment the Ming army used to defend the city and how to defend it, so when he wanted to defend the city, his brain turned, and many painful experiences emerged.

In order to avoid the bombardment of the Ming army's red-coated artillery, the Qing army first carried the hundred Franc machines under the fort wall to avoid the shelling.

"Put!"

Hui Sai gave an order, nearly 100 Franc machines, immediately fired at the same time, the fortress wall was filled with gunsmoke, 100 shells shot out together, the bullets were like hail, the force was great, the rattan card of the Ming army could block the bow and arrow, but could not block the power of the Franc machine.

In an instant, the shield of the Ming soldiers was broken, and many soldiers were smashed upside down and flew out, only to hear the screams of the soldiers, and dozens of soldiers in the front were smashed to pieces and their helmets were broken.

In the middle of the Chinese army, Liu Shun put down the clairvoyant mirror and was a little surprised, "Is the artillery of the Qing army on Shizhai strengthened?" ”

Zhang Youde, who was next to him, also noticed this, "The soldiers who patrol the night reported that there was some movement in Xicheng last night, and it is estimated that Duoduo saw that we blocked four gates, so some artillery fell from the city and transported it to the mountain." ”

Between the west city wall and the high slope, within the coverage of the Qing army's firepower, it is impossible for the Ming soldiers to garrison here, so the Qing army can also sit on the hanging basket and fall from the city to contact the high slope.

After Liu Shun listened, he didn't speak, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and continued to observe.

At this time, although the Ming soldiers faced the fierce bombardment of the Buddha machine, but the pace did not stop, still shouting and running forward, the soldiers in front began to build the trench bridge, on the trench, the soldier stepped on the trench bridge, and quickly crossed the first trench.

At this moment, the Qing army's gunners and archers on the city wall began to exert their might, and the gunners standing on the fortress wall began to stand up, shooting in three columns, while the archers were not on the fortress wall, but standing behind the fortress wall, lined up in nine rows, bending their bows and throwing them into the sky, a cloud of arrows rose into the sky, the sky was dimmed, and the arrows fell like flying locusts.

Seeing this, Liu Shun's brows furrowed, it seemed that Duoduo had increased his troops to Shizhai overnight.

This stockade, the Ming army fought several times, how many cannons, how many guns, archers, the Ming army has basically figured out, and now the situation is that not only the artillery has been added to the stone fort, but the number of soldiers has only been replenished back to 5,000.

"We block the city, and Duoduo will increase the army in Shizhai!" Liu Shun scolded, then turned around and ordered: "Mingjin collects his troops and lets Zhou Fangrong withdraw." ”

The military order was conveyed, and there was a burst of "Dangdang!" The bell rang, and the Ming army, who was in charge of the first round of temptation, dropped hundreds of corpses, and retreated from the high slope like a low tide.

The soldiers scolded and retreated to their own formation, but in fact everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, among the various departments of the Ming army, there was a good atmosphere of courage and ruthlessness, from the small Keju competition to the battlefield fighting, all of them had to be compared.

The 3,000 Ming army responsible for the temptation was the new Wuyi army of the imperial court, and the main force was the green battalion soldiers who surrendered in Nanjing, although they joined the Ming army not long ago, but they also felt the atmosphere of competition between the Ming army, even if they were afraid in their hearts, but they would not say it on their lips, but in the way of insulting the Qing army, to show that they were not afraid of the Qing army, so as not to let the brother troops look down on them.

The 3,000 Ming army retreated, and the general Zhou Fangrong, who was also the general of the Qing army who surrendered during the Battle of Nanjing, was originally a thousand generals, and then won a great victory and was promoted.

He led a few generals to the Chinese army, and immediately knelt down on one knee, "The last general is incompetent, he failed to approach the wall, and he asked the national government to punish him!" ”

"The strength on the mountain has increased, this is not to blame, and the means of the Qing army have basically been used, the purpose of your temptation has been achieved, there is nothing to punish, but there are merits."

"The last general and others Xie Guogong cultivated!"

"You just stay in the Chinese army and watch the battle with your town!" Liu Shun waved his hand to make them stand up, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Youde, "Give you half an hour to prepare, this time you must take down the stone village, otherwise you will go back to Nanjing and explain to His Highness!" ”

Zhang Youde's Xuanwu battalion was equipped with the equipment that Wang Yan asked Lu Shikui to send, if he didn't perform well, he would really live up to Wang Yan and Liu Shun's expectations.

"Don't worry, the last general will never let you look up in front of His Highness!"