The arrows of the Eight Banners were shot very accurately, and this time, in order to take revenge, Duoduo spent his blood and sent all the warriors of the Mongolian Banner of the Eight Banners, most of whom were superb in archery. At the head of the city, many Ming military gunners had just shown their heads and shot down, when they were shot by arrows through the battlements. More than 1,000 archers of the Eight Banners shot arrows at the same time, and the rain of arrows covered the entire city, forcing the Pingnan army in the city to have a shield on their heads to guard against arrows that could fall at any time.

The rate of fire of the bow and arrow is much higher than that of the firecracker, and it is too wasteful for the firecracker to reload the gunpowder projectile, and in the time it takes to launch it once, the Eight Banners have already shot several arrows. Li Yi, who was in charge of the command on the city wall of Xicheng, was shocked to find that although there was a city wall cover, the firecrackers did not take much advantage in the shooting against the Eight Banners.

More than 100 firecrackers died under the arrows of the Eight Banners, and Li Yi had to give an order to order the sword and shield soldiers to hold shields to provide cover for the firecrackers.

Although there were 10,000 enemies and other firearms in the city, the Qing soldiers were far away from the moat, and these defensive firearms were not needed at all. At present, they can only rely on firearms, bows and crossbows to shoot at the Qing army.

The Ming army in the city felt the pressure of the Qing army, and the pressure on the Ming army outside the city gate was even greater.

Guo Hu was a general of the Ming army outside the city, and was ordered to lead a battalion of 3,000 soldiers to guard the stone bridge outside the West Gate. Guo Hu is also a general under Gao Jie, and the Pingnan Army that surrendered with Li Chengdong was appointed as the battalion leader of the new battalion because of his strong ability, and now leads a battalion of soldiers to guard the Ximen Stone Bridge.

Chen Yue arranged a battalion in the moat outside each city gate outside Yangzhou City, one was to guard the stone bridge, and the army in the city formed a three-dimensional defense line to defend the moat. And then as a fist that sticks out, so that it can strike at the Qing army outside the city at any time.

At first, Chen Yue also thought about some strategies such as attacking the enemy camp at night, but he just thought about it.

Fighting against a strong enemy like the Qing army, it is better not to play too many tricks, after all, the combat power of both sides is too obvious, and it is likely that the gains outweigh the losses.

At first, many generals thought that Chen Yue valued the combat strength of the Qing army too much and despised his own combat strength, and they were very dismissive of this. thinks that they are all two shoulders with one head, and the Eight Banners are not much greater.

However, after the actual battle, many people knew that the Eight Banners were really powerful. For example, the city is covered by the rain of arrows of the Eight Banners Li Yi, and the city is under the attack of the Qing army.

Guo Hu's troops were deployed behind the Ximen Stone Bridge, and a battalion of 3,000 men was stationed in a narrow area between the city wall and the moat, which was only a few zhang wide.

In order to prevent the Qing army from attacking, a four-foot-high breastwork was built by the moat, and now the Ming army is relying on this breastwork to attack the Qing army outside the moat.

There are more than 500 crossbow archers in Guo Hu's 3,000 people, and there are more than 10 tiger squatting cannons in the team, which are leaning on the chest wall and shooting wildly at the Qing army array outside.

The 5,000 Green Battalion led by Li Shuotai was responsible for attacking Guo Hu, and was fighting along the stone bridge to the Ming army's defensive line.

Under the strong orders of Li Shutai, the Green Battalion launched a fierce attack on the breastwork behind them. The stone bridge was erected on a wide moat, more than a zhang wide, enough to allow two carriages to cross each other, and now the stone bridge was littered with the corpses of the fallen green battalion soldiers.

Behind the stone bridge, more than a dozen tiger squatting guns were fired in turn, and scattered bombs blocked the entire bridge deck, dealing a great blow to the attacking green battalion soldiers. Not to mention that there are also Ming military gunners who specifically target the green battalion soldiers on the stone bridge.

Seeing that his Green Battalion soldiers had retreated again, Li Shutai was furious, and ordered the soldiers to flee back first, and then sent a second group of Green Battalions to attack Shiqiao.

"Tell Li Shutai that regardless of casualties, you must take the stone bridge and attack the camp of the Ming army."

After the battle, Ibaitu, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief, couldn't stand it anymore and ordered someone to give Li Shutai an order. The firepower of the Ming army in the city was too strong, and the Qing army suffered great casualties at every moment.

"Pass the order, and all the soldiers who retreat will be killed!" Li Shutai gritted his teeth and ordered. With his order, the two Niulu Eight Banner soldiers directly under him raised their swords and guns, in this case, for the attacking green battalion soldiers, retreating is death, although he scolded Li Shutai countless times in his heart, but he didn't dare to take a step back.

Batch after batch of green battalion soldiers attacked the stone bridge under the drive of Li Shutai, or died under the guns of the Ming army, but the undead did not retreat, gritting their teeth and attacking the Ming army's position.

Finally, a green battalion soldier crossed the stone bridge, reached the side of the breastwork, and stabbed the Ming army behind the breastwork with their weapons. Then there were more and more green battalion soldiers crossing the stone bridge, and the green battalion soldiers and the Ming army were engaged in a brutal battle across a low breastwork.

Several black dots were thrown out of the breast wall and landed on the stone bridge, "boom", a violent explosion occurred, countless fragments shot out in all directions, and the flames that rushed to the sky ignited.

A large number of green battalion soldiers were shot dead on the stone bridge, but those who were lucky not to die were shrouded in firelight.

Ten thousand enemies, the defensive weapons developed by the Ordnance Department of the Ming Army played a great role.

A round jar made of pottery, with a small jar embedded in it, and the small jar contained two catties of gunpowder. Between the small jar and the outer jar, there was a mixture of oil and lead, iron filings, and stones. Then wrap the outermost piece of cement to prevent the jar from shattering after being thrown.

The heaviest 10,000 enemies weighed 80 pounds, and were used to throw them from above the city to the bottom of the city when defending the city. The lightest one also has twenty pounds, which can be used in positional warfare.

Of course, twenty pounds is not easy to throw, in order to be used in battle, the Ordnance Department specially developed a small stone throwing machine, which can throw 10,000 enemies dozens of steps away.

Of course, this kind of 10,000-strong enemy is too limited to be used for offense at all, but only for defense. However, under certain conditions, the power that can be exerted is extremely powerful.

For example, now, just concocted two 10,000 enemies and landed on the stone bridge, and with the sound of explosions, the dense green battalion figures on the stone bridge turned out to be empty, replaced by severed arms and stumps, and more than a dozen fiery bodies that let out a miserable howl.

Taking advantage of the fact that the green battalion soldiers on the stone bridge were wiped out by 10,000 enemies, the Ming army behind the breastwork launched a fierce attack on the green battalion soldiers attacking the breastwork, and quickly eliminated these enemy troops without backup.

At the same time, two trebuchets came into operation, throwing one after another 10,000 enemies into the array of the Qing army outside the moat.

"Boom", with a sound of explosion, countless fragments of lead and iron filings flew, harvesting the lives of the enemy, countless fire points splashed, falling on the body of the Qing soldiers, and the Qing soldiers were screaming miserably everywhere.

In the distance, looking at the tragic scene of the battle through the clairvoyant mirror, Duoduo let out a long sigh, knowing that it was not easy to break through the narrow stone bridge and attack the city, and he didn't know how many lives would be consumed, so he could only reluctantly order the withdrawal of his troops.