In fact, if the artillery of Niuzhuang Fort had been fired on all fronts, those shield wagons would certainly not have been able to advance to such a distance. It's just that Huang Zhao felt that he had to keep a hand and couldn't let the Qing army fully know his firepower here, so he was only allowed to use captured artillery to fire.

As the shield wagons of the Qing army continued to approach, the more than a dozen captured Fran cannons also began to fire.

At a distance, the power of the Furlong cannon is quite limited, and it is difficult to cause much damage to the shield car. But now that the distance is closer, even the Furlong cannon can cause considerable damage to the shield car. It's just that the shells of the Furlong cannon are still on the small side. In many cases, even if you break through the shield cart, you can only make a hole in it. If there is someone behind him, and he is hit by this, that person will naturally be a dead end. But the others didn't suffer much damage, and the shield cart, despite having a hole in the front, could still be pushed forward. Unlike the Hongyi cannon, if it hits, the entire shield cart will be shattered, and the flying fragments will also overturn a large group of people.

Li Tai continued to push the shield cart forward, during which a small cannonball from the Furlong cannon pierced the shield cart he was pushing, first through the wooden plank in front of it, and then through the layer of quilt attached to the back, throwing a lot of cotton wool into the air, but the passing cannonball did not hit anyone. Li Tai continued to push the shield cart forward, and at this moment, there was a "boom" sound, and the shield cart slammed to the right and fell to the ground. Li Tai was also taken out of balance and fell to the ground. Fortunately, at this time, there were no white-armored soldiers who came up to kill him, because they were only more than ten steps away from the wire rejection, and those Qing soldiers couldn't care about him anymore, and they all rushed forward with their weapons.

According to their thoughts, the wire of this barbed wire fence is not very thick, it should be cut with a few knives, in fact, it is not a big deal. But it's not easy to cut it. The first is to face the fire from the opposite side. Not far behind the barbed wire fence in the belly of the snake was a breastwork, behind which were the soldiers of the Model Army. The guns in their hands had a range sufficient to cover the entire barbed wire area. To cut through the barbed wire, you first have to face their fire. A group of Qing soldiers pounced on them, and before they could swing their knives and slash through the barbed wire, they were knocked to the ground by a volley from the model soldiers. However, it took a lot of time to reload the front flintlock pistol, so the death of this group of Qing troops bought time for the Qing army behind them. They rushed up and swung their long knives at them, only to find that the barbed wire was not as easy to cut as they thought. Because the barbed wire fence in the belly of the snake is not staggered between the stakes with iron wire, but in a circle. Its shape is maintained by its own elasticity, so when the knife cuts it, the wires can slide and are not affected by force at all, so it is difficult to cut. But if you want to drill into it, you will be caught by the thorns above.

Therefore, these Qing soldiers practiced wielding long knives and slashed several times, but they couldn't cut through these barbed wires, and at this time, the model army on the opposite side had already loaded their bullets and fired another volley. These Qing soldiers who were helpless in front of the barbed wire were knocked down. Then the Hongyi cannon, which had been replaced with shotguns, fired at the same time as the Fulong cannon, and knocked down a lot of Qing soldiers.

"Let the warriors come back!" Duoduo put down his binoculars and said, "We won't be able to rush through that rejection today." ”

So the gong sounded, and the Qing soldiers who were not dead immediately turned around and ran. The artillery of the Model Army pursued with fire and killed some Qing soldiers, but some of the Qing troops retreated.

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In this battle, the number of people invested by the Qing army was not large, so the number of casualties was not high, but if you look at the proportion of casualties, it was quite high. In this attack, the Qing army invested 20 shield carts, including the coating of the shield cart, a total of 1,000 people, including 100 people from the Eight Banners, 100 people from the Eight Mongolian Banners, and the rest were Han or Koreans. As a result, nearly 300 people died in Baoyi, and 200 people lost 160 people, of whom only three rushed in front of the barbed wire fence and came back alive.

However, this attack also gave the Qing army a real understanding of the barbed wire of the model army. In order to deal with this new thing, Duoduo even asked the blacksmith in the banner to build a barbed wire fence according to the description of the soldiers who returned alive, and then began to seriously study how to deal with it. Now, Duoduo and a group of officers were carefully studying this section of barbed wire.

"There are only a few places where this thing is fastened with thick wooden stakes. Everything else is held up by its own elasticity. The knife slashed, and the wire slid away. You see, Orzi slashed several times just now, but he couldn't cut the wires. Everyone knows Orzi's knife technique, and even he can't cut through the barbed wire at once. Do you have any ways to deal with this thing? Dodor said to the others.

"Lord Wang." One of the officers replied, "The minions think, since we keep chopping, can we put a plank on it and pass over it?" ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, right?" Shang Kexi shook his head and said, "This thing is soft, and the wooden board is unstable on it." ”

"Wouldn't it be perfect if you could press this thing to the ground?" Dodor.

"That's what the prince said." Shang Kexi said, "It's just that I think it's better to try." ”

Duoduo nodded in agreement, he also knew that many times, thinking about what he thought was good was not easy to use. So let's give it a try.

Soon, a soldier moved over a door panel. They threw the door panel against the barbed wire, and as soon as they let go, the door slid to one side and fell vertically. Several soldiers hurriedly pulled out the door panel, put it back on, and then carefully let go, this time the door panel was pressed against the barbed wire and did not fall again. A soldier rushed over, stepped on the door panel, and then his foot was crooked and slipped, and he immediately lost his balance and fell to the barbed wire. Fortunately, there were no barbs on the barbed wire of the cottage, otherwise the soldier would have been injured.

Duoduo looked at it, but just shook his head. Is this still without enemy interference, if you really go to the battlefield, the enemy's shells and guns are flying everywhere, and you want to cross the barbed wire in this way? Dodor thought it was almost impossible.

"Lord Wang, the slave thinks that this barbed wire fence is made of wrought iron. If you want to say that it is strong, it is actually limited. If you put it on a cutting board, you can easily cut it with a knife. Now the minions keep chopping it, it's just because this thing is hanging in the air, and there is no force to cut it. The minion wondered, can we make a big pair of scissors. Use scissors to cut this thing. If it is cut, as long as it is cut in a few places, you can open an opening, and then it is easy to say. Another officer said.

Hearing this, Duoduo nodded and said, "I think Orzi's idea may work, well, Orzi, you go and discuss with the blacksmith to see what kind of big scissors are easier to make." If you do a good job, this king will be rewarded! ”

Na Orqi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, lord!" ”