On the battlefield near Xiayang Fort, the Wei army's guns and artillery flames flickered behind the earthen wall, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the entire front.

The bronze cannon of the Qing army was dragged forward and stopped at a distance of 200 steps from the earthen wall, and the soldiers dug out more than ten cannon pits, and piled up a mound of earth in front of them.

In the roaring cannon, the earthen wall had been smashed in several places, but the far and near firepower composed of firearms, cannons, rockets, and earth-shaking thunder on the Wei defense line still suppressed the Qing army behind the shield car.

On the earthen wall, the Wei army fired a salvo of various firearms, a swarm of rockets, and more than 1,000 arrows were shot out in an instant.

At this time, the Wei army's guns and the Qing army's guns were fired, the loess of the earthen wall was splashed, the wall was full of craters, and in the open space between the two army lines, layers of Qing army corpses were thrown to death on the way forward, and the horse rejection stakes were hung with the corpses of Qing soldiers wearing gray cloth coats.

Although the Qing army began to imitate the firearms of the Wei army and trained the soldiers according to the Wei soldiers' drill code, it was not so simple for the army to train them.

Without a system of rewards and pensions for military merits, soldiers have no enthusiasm, and they can only learn the surface. Moreover, the Qing army's firearms manufacturing was far inferior to that of the Wei army.

Azig also saw the gap between the two armies, and once again sent 3,000 men and horses to reinforce Li Benshen, and the sword and shield soldiers carrying shields rushed out of the gap, paying great casualties, moving away the horses and antlers that were blocking in front of him, and clearing several passages close to the trench.

The Wei army fired guns, the earth-shattering thunder continued to fly out, and the corpses of the Qing army piled up in front of the earthen wall were all over the place, and the screams came and went.

"Sun Maosheng, push your shield cart up!" Seeing that the spearmen carrying the ladder had been killed before they could approach the trench, Li Benshen pointed his knife at Sun Maosheng.

Sun Maosheng's heart trembled, but who called him not from Xuzhou Town, and without a backer, he could only do this kind of work.

"Up!" Sun Maosheng gritted his teeth, and the commander's subordinates pushed forward along the passage cleared by the sword and shield soldiers.

The Wei soldiers relied on the cover of the earthen wall to shoot the Qing army, and the projectiles hit the advancing shield carts and flew up clumps of cotton wool.

On the earthen wall, Zhao Mingchong spotted the Qing army's shield car approaching, and shouted urgently, "Artillery!" ”

The Qing army suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Wei army's firearms, but there were still many shield wagons that bypassed the obstacle and advanced to the edge of the trench, more than 20 steps away from the earthen wall.

At this time, in addition to artillery, the Qing army finally had new weapons that could threaten the Wei army's defense line, and at a distance of twenty paces, the earth-shaking thunder was enough to be thrown behind the earthen wall.

The two armies were separated by a distance of about twenty paces, throwing earth-shattering thunderbolts at each other, and the casualties of the Wei army finally began to increase.

"One more thousand bannermen!" Azig paid attention to the battlefield, saw six thousand soldiers and horses, and finally opened a trace of the situation in Xiayang Fort, and decisively threw himself into the Eight Banners, wanting to make a further breakthrough and open a gap, "Let Shang Ke be in the position!" ”

Behind the earthen wall, there was a loud bang, dust scattered and splashed, and the soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to cover Zhao Mingchong.

At this time, the battle had lasted for nearly two hours, and after the Qing army cleared the antlers and rejected the horses, they began to build entrenchment bridges and earthen walls.

After Shang Kewei joined the station, he shouted loudly with his war knife, urging the first two groups of six thousand green battalion soldiers to rush forward.

Sun Maosheng was hiding behind the shield cart and watching the green battalion soldiers who rushed out being killed in groups, but at this time, he was also urged to throw thunder forward.

After the green battalion soldiers cleared the obstacles such as horses and antlers in front of the trench, the Qing army's charge was unhindered, and a large number of men and horses rushed to the edge of the trench.

At this time, the Wei artillery on the earthen wall thundered, the shield cart in front of the trench was torn apart violently, and the Qing army fell to pieces.

Sun Maosheng shuddered, he wanted to stay where he was, several Han soldiers with blue flags carrying knives, and the commanders of nearly 100 green battalion soldiers rushed up with ladders, and a retreating soldier was immediately overturned by the banner soldiers who pressed the formation, Sun Maosheng hurriedly merged into the crowd, followed behind the sword and shield soldiers, and shouted forward.

After the second line of defense, Huang Bingzhong used the clairvoyant mirror to observe the front, the roar of the artillery resounded in his ears, he held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, and saw that the first front was about to meet in a short battle, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order Zhao Mingchong to retreat!" Let the mortar cannon be aimed at Xiayang Fort! ”

On the first front, Zhao Mingchong was commanding the soldiers to fight, and a brigade commander ran next to him, "General, why should the governor retreat!" ”

Zhao Mingchong was fighting hard, and raised his eyebrows, "Why?" Tell the Governor that our Rock Army is as strong as a rock and can hold it! ”

"General, the governor means that it is not cost-effective to engage in short-handed combat, let it in and fight again!" The palm brigade said urgently.

Zhao Mingchong frowned, but still waved his hand, "The two divisions of A and B retreat to the second line of defense, and the three divisions of Division C retreat to the left, get out of the way, and let the Tartars come in." Jin Sheng is the order, do not hesitate! ”

At the sound of an order, the soldiers immediately went to give the order, and after a short time, the sound of gold sounded, and the Wei soldiers immediately withdrew along the trench and the low wall.

Sun Maosheng followed the moat bridge, climbed over the earthen wall, jumped down with a knife, and saw the back of the Wei army fleeing, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and felt a rush into the air.

Behind him, a Qing soldier successively climbed over the earthen wall and broke through the first line of defense.

More than 5,000 Qing troops poured into Xiayang Fort, and the Qing troops on the front line suddenly raised their weapons and burst into cheers, "It's broken, the Wei army has fled!" ”

Shang Ke was surrounded by the Blue Armor Eight Banners, stepped on the Wei army front, and was overjoyed, "Wave the flag, report to Prince Ying, our department has occupied Xiayang Fort!" ”

On the top of the mountain, Azig saw the Qing army rushing through the Wei army's defense line, and his face finally showed joy, "This king's judgment is right, the Wei army's battle line is too long, and the troops are stretched into three noodles, this king can break his defense by concentrating his forces to attack a little!" ”

"What should I do now?" Zhun Ta Xi said.

"Immediately increase the troops, replace Li Benshen and Zhang Tianlu, and the king will carry the flag for them~" Azig was saying, on the third line of the Wei army, suddenly a huge cannon roared, raising clouds of white smoke, more than 20 black projectiles, soared into the air, jumped over the second line of defense of the Wei army, drew a parabola, and flew towards Xiayang Fort.

On the ground of Xiayang Fort, more than 5,000 Qing troops, holding their weapons high, were cheering in bursts, and they suddenly raised their heads when they heard the loud noise.

Sun Maosheng looked up at the sky, only to see a black dot quickly enlarge in his eyes, instantly occupying his pupils, making his face full of horror, "It's not good, shelling!" ”

The moment the shells fell, Sun Maosheng rolled into the trench, and a series of explosions rang out violently, and the corpses of Xiayang Fort suddenly flew wildly and fell into a sea of fire.

On the hill, Azig's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes protruded, his eyes seemed to be about to collapse, and his face was ~~~~~~ in disbelief

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