The west city is about half a mile away from the west city gate to the north, and it is another siege site of the Ming army. However, because of the spread of troops, the Ming army here and outside the West City is also next to each other.

However, there are no ladders here, only dozens of shield carts covered with thick cowhide tops, each of which can accommodate more than a dozen soldiers. And now, these soldiers are holding axes and chisels, desperately prieing the bricks.

By the moat, there are more than 1,000 musketeers and crossbowmen, holding guns and crossbows to shoot at the city to protect the soldiers digging the city.

Perhaps because he felt that compared to the thick city wall, the Ming army's digging of the city did not pose much of a threat, and before the Ming army could dig up the city wall, Hong Chengchou's army had already killed back to Jinan. Therefore, the Qing army in the city did not stop the actions of the Ming army.

Except for the occasional gray bottle falling from the city, the Qing army did not take any other action, and no one braved the rain of bullets and arrows under the city to attack the Ming army under the city.

Even Li Chengdong thought that the Ming army here was to contain and attract the attention of the Ming army in the city, and the officers of the green battalion in charge of this section of the city wall would not pay attention to it.

The city bricks were difficult to dig at first, a city brick weighed more than ten catties, and the entire city wall formed a solid whole, so it was very difficult to pry it out.

The Ming army responsible for digging the city were all miner-turned-soldiers with a lot of experience. With hammers and chisels, they pried bricks from the walls, and it was much easier to pry off the bricks after one piece. An hour's work has pried more than one step of gaps in three places.

The pried bricks were set aside, and the miners began to dig up the exposed earth.

Most of the walls of this era were rammed earth walls with bricks on the outside. However, after hundreds of years, the rammed earth has long since dried up, and it is not as strong as the masonry. Chisel it away with a chisel, and only a small piece of dirt comes off.

However, there were many people and great strength, and hundreds of soldiers took turns to fight, digging out more and more rammed earth, and the holes became deeper and deeper.

At the east city gate, the siege battle continued, and the Ming army climbed along the ladder from time to time and threw grenades on the city.

Li Chengdong was furious, commanding the green battalion soldiers to fight back, and the soldiers braved the rain of bullets from the city to smash the bricks and stones into the city like raindrops, several shield carts were smashed, and the Ming army inside suffered heavy casualties.

The cauldron was re-erected on the city walls, the fire was burning, and the vegetable oil was boiling in the pot.

The two green battalion soldiers carefully picked up the oil pot and poured it down the ladder, and then threw down a lit torch, and the ladder suddenly burst into flames, and the Ming soldiers jumped off the ladder screaming and rolling on the ground, and the other soldiers under the ladder also fled in horror.

Looking at the tragic situation of the Ming army, Li Chengdong laughed heartily!

Muskets cannot be fired continuously, otherwise there is a danger of exploding. Without the cover of the musketeers, the soldiers could no longer stand under the walls.

So Li Yi decisively ordered all the soldiers to retreat and suspend the attack, except for the soldiers who were digging the city wall.

The Ming army retreated like a tide, but the artillery of the artillery array opened fire again, and the sound of "rumbling" cannons resounded through the sky, and the city walls trembled under the smashing of cannonballs.

However, compared with the accumulation of musketeers and archers of the Ming army, although the power of the artillery is fierce, the damage to the defenders of the city is not great, unless the unlucky cannonball happens to be touched, even if it stays in the city, there is not much danger.

"Lord Wang, General Hu asks for instructions, should we implement the plan to lure the enemy!" A pro-soldier ran from the city and reported to Li Chengdong.

"What's the hurry! Even if Kaecheng was lured to surrender, the Ming army had to attack again, so Hu Maozhen waited first. Li Chengdong ordered.

If it was so easy to open the city gates, how could the Ming army believe it?

"Lord Wang, the Ming army is still digging the city, what should we do?" Another subordinate asked.

Damn, I don't know what Li Yi thinks, can you dig down the city wall by digging the city? Li Chengdong sneered.

"Throw some brick and lime bottles down the city, don't scare them!" Li Chengdong said casually.

If the Ming army felt that the siege casualties were too large and did not attack again, it would be troublesome, and the Ming army would not have a good opportunity to surrender if it did not attack Hu Maozhen.

Therefore, Li Chengdong was reluctant to pay more attention to the Ming army that did not pose much of a threat. This thing is like fishing, it always has to be loose and tight to make people see hope.

"Great marshal, the city wall was dug deep enough, the hole was five feet high, dug one zhang deep, and then expanded on both sides according to your instructions and dug three feet each." Li Yulin hurriedly came to report.

"All three holes have been dug?" Li Yi asked.

"It's all dug up, and now it's being planted!"

"After the gunpowder is put away, we must pay attention to the sealing, fill the excess rammed earth back, smash it strong, and lay the city bricks for Lao Tzu!"

"Dashuai, do you need to be so troublesome?" Li Yulin asked.

"This is the secret technique of bombing the city taught by the prince himself, and the prince especially emphasizes a certain degree of tightness, and then the effect can be the best!" Li Yi said with a calm face.

"Yes, the last general knows!" Li Yulin agreed, and personally went back to the city to supervise the placement of gunpowder.

There were three large holes, each of which was filled with gunpowder as much as a coffin, and then the fuse was wrapped in oiled paper, filled with rammed earth, and built on the bricks of the city.

After personally supervising the completion of all this, Li Yulin ordered someone to send a message to Li Yi.

"Dashuai, don't wait for Hu Maozhen in the city?" Yu Feng on the side asked.

Li Yi sneered: "Some people are cheap, they don't cry when they don't see the coffin, and they still have a fluke when they don't despair!" Just now, our offensive was so fierce, Hu Maozhen didn't move, maybe he was still hesitating in his heart.

Even so, Lao Tzu didn't count on him! I want to see if we can break this Jinan City with our own strength! “

"But does this gunpowder really work? This wall is so high and so thick? Yu Fenghu was suspicious.

"The siege stunt taught by the prince is definitely no problem!" Li Yi said categorically, "If the bombing of the city fails, take advantage of the shock of the defenders in the city, and then attack with all your might, that is, climb along the ladder and attack the city wall." The more fierce our offensive, the more resolute Hu Maozhen's rebellion against the Qing army will be! If we can successfully attack the city wall, maybe we can take Jinan without Hu Maozhen as an internal response! ”

Li Yi said categorically, increasing his confidence for the generals around him.

"Since our Pingnan Army became an army to the Lord was crowned king, although we have won countless battles, we have never attacked a big city, and it all started today. Today, let's take Jinan, and he will be able to break through Beijing according to the prescription one day! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" Infected by Li Yi's confidence, all the generals claimed to be the same.

So, Li Yi assigned the tasks one by one according to the strategy of strong attack.

Li Yulin was responsible for the attack after the bombing of the city, and Ma Chuang was the follow-up, and if the bombing of the city failed, he commanded the army to forcibly attack the city.

Yu Feng led the cavalry to suppress the formation, if Hu Maozhen really opened the door and surrendered, he quickly rushed into the city gate with the cavalry and attacked the city!

Tasks are assigned one by one, and the big battle is about to start! (https:)

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