Two more rounds of shelling, eight flowering shells fell in the queue of the Ming army, and the Ming army suffered a large number of casualties, although the soldiers had long been prepared and wanted to fly away when the flowering bombs landed, but the speed of the flowering bombs was too fast, and the crowd was very dense, so they couldn't dodge.

There was even a flowering bomb that directly hit the shield wall, blowing the upper part of the shield wall to pieces.

The shield wall of the Ming army is composed of many square shields combined, and many small holes are designed in advance on the four sides of the shield, and when the shield wall needs to be installed, it is directly connected with two pointed jujube core nails, and now it is torn apart by the flowering bomb, or the jujube core nail is broken, or the small hole on the side of the shield is destroyed, and it cannot be repaired for a while.

The huge shield wall was cut off the upper part of the high bulge, leaving only the lower half of a person high, Li Zicheng on the city head saw it, not only was he overjoyed, but the Ming army lost the protection of the shield wall, once it entered the range of the rifle, it would become the target of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the armor could not effectively block the bullets of the rifle at all.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are also very happy, especially the auxiliary soldiers, if the Ming army loses the protection of the shield wall, then today's siege, the casualties are definitely not few, as long as they go through this "effective battle", they will automatically be promoted to soldiers!

One by one, they prayed in their hearts: God bless, the Ming army must not retreat, and must be brave!

The Ming army under the city is Hong Chengchou's descendant, and the weekday training is quite strict, without Hong Chengchou's military order, how dare he easily retreat?

Although the shield wall could not be repaired for a while, the Ming army still came up with a small half of the shield, and within a moment, it had already entered the range of four hundred paces.

Ma Youshui saw that the Ming army was very numerous, so he wanted to shoot a moment earlier, "Dadudu, do you want to shoot in time?" There are too many Ming troops, and there is an open field outside the city, so it may not be easy to block them from the death line of a hundred steps! ”

Li Zicheng looked at the Ming army that came up like ants, and couldn't help but feel a sigh on his face, howitzers have appeared on the battlefield, after this large-scale siege, if the Ming army has to suffer huge losses, Hong Chengchou may have to withdraw the army, and there is no need to hide it anymore, fully display the range of the rifle, and also scare Hong Chengchou.

"Okay, the Ming army is too dense, just shoot a salvo, how many can be killed!"

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Ma Youshui saluted Li Zicheng before turning around to convey the military order.

The gunners of the Mandate of Heaven have long been impatient, the first two times to defend the city, in front of the shield wall of the Ming army, are not able to enjoy themselves, this time with the assistance of artillery, the shield of the Ming army is only a section of the height of a person, although it can protect the front, but the Mandate of Heaven army stands at the head of the city, can shoot condescendingly.

The direction of the head of the Ming army was already an undefended area.

"Bang...... Bang...... Bang......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

The target of the rifle was the Ming army that entered the firing range, but the Ming army was too numerous and the queue was long, and the howitzer could just hit the rear.

When Li Zicheng set off from Xining, there were only 24 flowering bombs, but after Li Zicheng left, the Firearms Bureau stepped up production again, and transported them to Guguan in time, and finally caught up with the howitzers transported in front of them, and transported them to Guguan together.

The Firearms Bureau is still in production, and it will be shipped to Guguan soon, so there is no need to worry about running out of flowering shells.

Under the city of Guguan, the Ming army cried wolf howl, although the sound of flowering bullets was terrifying, but the speed of howitzer firing was slow, compared to the Xining rifle, the real casualties of the enemy army, but also relied on the rifle, when the gunners joined the trend of shooting, the casualties of the Ming army suddenly increased greatly, especially the archers who were far away from the half-section of the shield wall, the casualties were even heavier.

If the front of the Ming army was not protected by a shield wall, Li Zicheng believed that even if there were only more than a thousand gunmen on the city, it would be difficult for the Ming army to get close to the city wall.

The last time in Kadang City, when Zhou Binbu faced the Mongolian Maili cadres, even though the Mongols were all cavalry, they did not have the protection of shields, and the Mongolian cavalry that entered the city were all annihilated.

Although there were only more than 1,000 gunners in the city, the Ming army was too concentrated and almost did not need to aim, and a round of shooting was more than 1,000 bullets, even if the hit rate was only forty percent, there would be four or five hundred casualties of the Ming army.

If there are three rounds, four rounds of shooting......

Looking at the Ming army behind the shield, Li Zicheng had already lost interest, and before they approached the city wall, they would lose at least half!

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers to the head of the north city, the north city is very narrow, there is only a valley road less than two zhang, the Ming army thousands of people can not be used at all, so they lined up two long lines outside the east city, slowly approaching the north city.

Since the starting point was also from the east city, the personnel were very crowded, and they fell behind the Ming army outside the east gate.

The Ming army was also hidden behind the shield wall, making the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army at the head of the city anxious, Li Zicheng was furious, and he patronized the Ming army outside the eastern city just now, but forgot about them, "Herald, tell the gunners, first knock down this shield wall, so that the gunners can shoot!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The heralds hurried to the east of the city and hurriedly gave the gunners the order.

"Boom...... Long ......"

The gunners turned their guns to the left front, and this shield wall, which was actually still outside the eastern city, just near the edge of the valley road, was still within the range of the howitzers.

"Hit...... The shield wall of the Ming army is destroyed! ”

However, two or three rounds of artillery bombardment, the Heavenly Mandate Army at the head of the city came with cheers, for them, the shield wall is almost a natural enemy, and now without the protection of the shield wall, the Ming army is rushing to die, for the auxiliaries, this is the best chance for them to be promoted to soldiers, and it is also their last battle as an auxiliary.

The soldiers have already experienced many battles, their hearts are much more peaceful, there is no shield wall for them, for them, the difference is not big, the Ming army can never climb the city, death is only a matter of time, there are the governors, they hope that the Ming army will attack more fiercely, the more urgent the Ming army attacked, the denser the number of people, the greater their military exploits, the reward they get, and the monthly pass, the more they will be.

In their eyes, the Ming army is not an enemy at all, but a reward for white flowers! As long as you raise your finger, these bounties will go into your pocket, and when you go home in the future, you don't have to worry about the silver when you marry your mother-in-law!

Damn the Ming Army, come quickly! I can't wait!

Although their minds were different, the hearts of the auxiliaries and the soldiers still issued a common cry!

It's a pity that Hong Chengchou can't hear all this, he is at least two thousand steps away from the city, or in the woods, if he is not riding on horseback, he can't even see the situation under the city.

He couldn't see through the thoughts of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he could only see from afar, every time the Ming army took a step forward, it would leave behind many casualties of soldiers, although it was a little distressing, but how could there be immortals in the war?

Throughout the ages, battles have been about attrition, and whoever can't withstand the pressure is the losing side!

It is extremely rare to have a battle like this in which both sides die at 5 to 1 or 10 to 1, unless it is an officer or soldier who catches a thief, and there is no need to think about "zero casualties", and he has never even seen it in a military book.

However, the casualties of the Ming army today seem to be too great, and the soldiers who fell to the ground before they were close to the city wall, even if they were wounded, I am afraid it would be difficult to survive.

What's wrong with the Mandate of Heaven? Their firearms have too ...... range

The Ming army did not win the opportunity to shoot, and now it is still a hundred steps away, and even bows and arrows cannot shoot to the head of the city!

Hong Chengchou shuddered suddenly, whether it was artillery or fire # guns, the Mandate of Heaven Army had thrown off the Ming army a lot, what happened in this distant frontier? How much else do you not know?

The imperial court did not have any information about the Heavenly Mandate Army, if it weren't for the last time Wang Yongxiang chased the thieves to Guguan, he, the governor of the three sides, still didn't know that there were such powerful thieves in his jurisdiction, was this his own fault, or the fault of the imperial court?

Thinking of the issue of responsibility, Hong Chengchou was even more alarmed, the Mandate of Heaven Army seemed to have greater responsibility in his own land, besides, which big man in the imperial court would take such responsibility on himself? They will only sit in the capital division and push their responsibilities cleanly, and they, the trilateral governor, must take all the responsibilities, even if they are like Yang He, as the scapegoat for the bandits in Shaanxi!

No, no matter what the cost is, we must take the solid pass and destroy the Mandate of Heaven Army!

He has already paid the price of tens of thousands of troops, if he can't eliminate the Heavenly Mandate Army, I'm afraid there will be no more chances, although the Ming army is huge, but it can't withstand such a toss.

Hong Chengchou has always faced Shaanxi thieves, almost invincible, the self-confidence and desire for victory accumulated in his heart have made him always look down on thieves, a group of rabble wrapped in the old and weak, what kind of combat effectiveness does it have?

Such an idea has been tried and tested repeatedly, even in the face of thieves with an absolute advantage in numbers, he will attack and fight, but when he came to Guguan City, he was confused, is he really not the material of a famous general?

If God really won't favor him, why did he give him a chance? Let yourself make meritorious contributions many times, so that you can command hundreds of thousands of troops on the three sides of Shaanxi?

He spat fiercely, almost smashing out the dust on the ground, no, Guguan is just a small test, his tens of thousands of troops, will definitely be able to take Guguan, today is a decisive battle, do not take Guguan, never withdraw troops, even if you pay a heavy price, even if these soldiers are exhausted, they will not hesitate!

The Ming army seems to have a common mind with Hong Chengchou, although the casualties are quite large, but they did not stop the pace of advancement, Li Zicheng at the head of the city, immediately thought of the "spiritual warfare" in World War II, clearly let the soldiers die, that is, let the defenders kill softly, and then collapsed in their hearts, thinking that they had met a god general who was not afraid of death.

It's a pity that the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven have no culture, and in their minds, they only have God who favors them, and there are white flowers and silver rewards, and the "spiritual warfare method" has no effect on them.

Seeing that the Ming army had suffered casualties on the ground, he smiled and asked He Xiaomi beside him, "How about it, the Ming army's casualties are 5,000, right?" ”

"Dadu Governor, there must be more than this number, even outside the East City, it should be more than five thousand," He Xiaomi's heart was happy, so far, the Heavenly Mandate Army has not suffered any casualties, and the casualties of the Ming Army are almost half, "And those wounded soldiers, the bullets are all deep into the body, even if they can crawl back, they can't survive...... Metropolitan Governor, will Hong Chengchou order to stop the attack? ”

As he spoke, the Ming army outside the eastern city had already entered the range of bows and arrows, but surprisingly, the Ming army did not release arrows at the head of the city.