Under the city of Yangzhou.

Beside the moat that has been filled, the corpses of the Qing and Ming armies are intertwined on the battlefield, and if you are lucky enough to clean the battlefield, you can see one picture after another of both sides dying together.

Of course, no one has the ability to send troops to clean up the battlefield, because whoever does this is tantamount to serving as a live target for the opponent's shock troops, so except for a few high-ranking officers whose bodies were desperately snatched back, the bones of the others are exposed to the air, and maggots and flies are responsible for removing their flesh and blood, leaving Sensen's bones bare on the ground.

The four walls of the city were scorched black everywhere, and the bricks in some places also fell off, which was the credit of the Qing army's artillery. With the passage of time, more and more Qing artillery was placed under the city, and the Qing artillery could be replaced with a new one after the bore was blown up, while the Ming army blew up one less and one less, and the sound of artillery on the city became smaller and smaller. Perhaps because of this, the Ming army went out of the city three times after the New Year, but was annihilated by the Qing army under the city wall. Since then, Zheng Xi has not sent troops out of the city.

"Knock knock knock!" Hundreds of war drums sounded on the battlefield, and several columns rushed out of the Qing army's camp, carrying waist knives or shortened maces, all of which were suitable for close combat. Obviously, compared with the old, weak, sick and disabled who threw straw bags a month ago, these people were at least a part of the Qing army worthy of a war.

They were followed by Manchurian soldiers wearing various colors of cloth and armor, if the green battalion soldiers in front of them were going well, then they would be able to take a lot of credit for the siege, and if the green battalion soldiers were not going well, these people would be the warlords, and when the time came, most of them would fight bravely because they thought that the Manchurian soldiers were more powerful than the Ming army.

The Qing army who was lucky enough to survive in the straw bag before was once again in the Shura field at this time; Although the artillery fire on the top of the city was far weaker than that day, within fifty paces, the birds with their heads and faces were struck. Piles of green battalion soldiers fell on the icy ground.

The Manchurian soldiers braved the casualties and raised their guns to shoot at the Ming army on the city wall, and these soldiers, who had been taught by their fathers and brothers since childhood, understood that the purpose of the shooting was not to kill and injure the enemy, but to cover the Nikans in front. Sure enough, the bright dog above was so pressed that he couldn't raise his head.

Eventually, several ladders were successfully built up the city walls. The ladder is not a long and thin ladder like in film and television dramas, and there is something like a shield car under the ladder, so it is difficult to "push it off".

As soon as he ascended the ladder, he was immediately hit through the iron armor by several firecrackers and fell down. This creep who had survived many kamikaze attacks was not favored by the shaman god this time.

A few people rolled down the ladder, and a few people made up for it. There were more and more ladders hitting the city wall on the south side, and the Ming army on the head of the city was clumsy left and right, and it looked like it was about to be unable to hold on.

"Quick! On the gold juice, lime bottle! ”

A Ming army sentry shouted with a vigorous wave of his arm.

Because the ladder is angled, the gold juice and lime bottles can only be useful at a particularly close distance. The burnt, viscous gold juice flowed down the ladder, and from time to time some of it flowed on the city walls, making every point of engagement taste very good.

Both sides no longer cared about this, and at this time, the troops in the city had been replaced by Manchurian soldiers who had been replaced, and their defense was greatly improved compared to the green battalion. When the Ming army saw that the eastern captives had become half-orcs, several spears more than a zhang long immediately appeared at the head of the city.

"Ahh A pampered Manchurian soldier was raised high by a spear and pushed down the ladder. As the most nourished group of people in this era, this Donglu weighed more than 100 kilograms plus armor, and immediately knocked out Donglu under the cloud ladder.

One after another, more and more Ming troops climbed the city wall, and in the face of the spear forest that poured up, even the Dongyu with the title of Baturu had to retreat. On the flat ground, even the red-armored soldiers have the confidence to be unparalleled among these people. But in the face of the city wall several feet high and the ladder that was only enough for one person to crawl, they could not use their strength or make a sound, so they had to stare at the city wall with hatred and retreat. On the city wall, the Ming army, which had escaped from the battle, leaned on the battlements and gasped.

The sound of retreating gold gradually faded away, and the artillery of the Qing army was raised again. Through the shelling in the past few days, the gunners have been able to stably know at what angle and what charge can probably send the iron ball to the head of Yangzhou City.

After a dull thumping fireworks, the cast uneven iron balls flew towards the city walls. The Qing army fired artillery from all sides, and the bricks in some places completely collapsed to the ground, and the exposed rammed earth area became larger and larger.

Rammed earth is easier to climb than brick walls, and even some agile people can climb it without relying on ladders.

The city also fired artillery in response, but most of the shells either hit the trenches or hit the battlefield, and only two overturned the cannons, and even then, the gunners who had withdrawn from their emplacements were not injured. The reason why the Qing army gained an advantage in the later artillery battles was, to a certain extent, the reason why there were more experienced gunners retained.

Listening to the sound of artillery outside the city, Zheng Xian let out a long sigh. In the original plan, he planned to let Yangzhou last for two or even three months. To this end, he also used the Lady Route to collect grain. As a result, there are still more than ten days of grain storage, and the city wall is about to be blown up?

This tower defense game, just a failure?

"Go, recruit me from the guerrilla camp Liu Guerrilla."

During the war, all the generals were resolute, and this Liu guerrilla was no exception, and in half a moment, Liu Guerrilla was wearing iron armor and knelt in front of Zheng Zheng.

"Tell me about your troops." Zheng Xi is too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Yes, after dozens of days of fighting, there are still 2,000 soldiers left under the command of the last general this morning. Among them, there was a thousand corps of three hundred and seventy on the west wall, and one thousand corps of five hundred and twenty on the south wall... The last general personally led 300 soldiers to be stationed in the city as a general reserve. ”

"The situation is not good!" Zheng Xi sighed. Originally, in his imagination, this ranger battalion was the largest reserve, and it was only to be invested when one of the walls and even a city gate was breached, but as the war progressed, it was forced to be thrown out like pepper noodles.

Three hundred, if it is three hundred tap firefighters, it may still be of some use.

"What kind of weapons did these three hundred people use?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, among them, there are 100 bird guns, 60 tap fire guns, and the rest are close combat spearmen and sword and shield hands."

A hundred bird guns are equivalent to thirty tap fire guns most of the time, and less than a hundred tap fire guns can hardly have a decisive impact on the battle situation.

With a wave of his hand, he was rewarded with wine, meat, and silver, and let the diligent firefighter go down, Zheng Xi was stunned at the map. He has already managed to send messengers three times, and two of them have heard back, how can there be no sign of reinforcements to this day?