Shang Kexi stopped at the foot of the left wing mountain, took out the clairvoyant mirror and observed the left fort, in the wilderness on the southern outskirts of Xiangcheng, a hexagonal fortress, half of the body hidden underground, with many flags planted on it.

Before Duoduo rushed to Xiangcheng, Shang Kexi had tried to bypass Xiangcheng and attack the military fort, but he was so disgraced that he could only give up.

Although this fortress is small, it is not easy to attack, there is no moat outside the fortress, but instead there is a deep moat three zhang wide, one side of the deep trench is the city, half of the fort wall is below the ground level, and the wall above the ground level is an inclined inclined plane.

To be honest, the skeleton of such an amazing fortress, Shang Kexi is still the first time to see it.

The advantage of building a fortress in this way is that the height of the city wall is not reduced, but half of it is hidden underground, and the cannon cannot be bombarded, which reduces the area of the bomb, and the exposed wall is tilted, and the cannonball smashes on the inclined plane, and it is easy to form a ricochet, which cannot cause great damage to the wall.

In addition, the wall is hexagonal, it can be seen that it is an upgrade of the enemy platform, and the sharp corners that stretch out are more annoying than the square enemy platform on Xiangcheng.

Shang Kexi had never been to eastern Henan, but after he described it to Duoduo, Duoduo immediately realized that these two fortresses were strange castles like Luyi.

After Duoduo uprooted several simple and rough military forts in eastern Henan, he saw that the casualties were relatively large, so he did not touch Luyi.

The Qing army has not yet fought a real fortress, and the two fortresses in front of the Qing army now, compared to the western fortresses, are still a simple version, but they still look a bit similar.

Shang Kexi didn't understand this, he only knew that Gao Yihuan's fort was very evil.

Ordinary cities and fortresses have a city wall, and the big city has an inner and outer city, but the two city walls are far apart.

This small fort, after the first fort wall, there is actually a second fort wall, and the two walls are less than fifteen steps apart, and the second wall is higher than the first wall, so after the Qing army attacks the first wall, it will be shot condescendingly from the second fort wall.

However, Shang Kexi has not yet attacked the first wall, so he has not had a chance to experience it yet.

At this time, he looked at the military fort with a clairvoyant mirror, saw all kinds of flags flying, saw the soldiers standing between the battlements, and the artillery with black holes, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, he was ready to lose a large number of troops, and in his opinion, as long as he was willing to die, he could take it in a strong fortress.

If ten times the strength of the army can't be defeated, then he really can't get off the stage.

At this time, more than 5,000 stragglers of the Qing army had already touched the fortress, and behind them, ten newly pulled artillery pieces, spraying orange cannon flames, let out a roar, and hit more than ten catties of iron bullets at the military fort three miles away.

One after another, the cannonballs whistled down in front of the fortress, splashing pieces of black dirt, and some of the shells smashed on the city wall, but they were bounced.

At this time, more than 5,000 Qing troops, pushing more than 200 shield carts, gradually approached the military fort under the strangulation of the two artillery pieces of the military fort and Xiangcheng.

Shang Kexi learned from experience, and the Qing army did not form a tight formation to advance, but used shield carts as a unit, followed by more than 20 soldiers after every two shield carts, and scattered to press towards the fortress.

"Hurry up and push!" A banner soldier waved his knife and howled loudly, urging more than twenty green battalions and Bao Yi to move forward.

In the wilderness, more than 200 shield carts, like earthen tanks, were followed by more than 20 Qing troops behind each one, and swords, shields, bows and arrows, firearms, and long robbers were arranged according to a certain proportion.

The Manchurians have few people and cannot afford to die, so they are more particular about protection, and there is a saying that there is no war without a shield.

In front of these shields was a large shield, eight feet high, made of hardwood, which could withstand the fire of a bow and arrow, and if the large shield was covered with cowhide or a wet quilt, the fire could not penetrate it.

The Qing army hid behind the shield cart and moved forward, but there was no sense of security, the artillery on the military fort could smash the shield cart, and the artillery on Xiangcheng could attack their flank.

Sun Maosheng held a firearm and followed the tail of a shield cart, with a sword and shield carrying a long ladder in front of him, a soldier with bows and arrows and firearms around him, and a banner man wearing cotton armor behind him, responsible for supervising the battle, and anyone who dared to hesitate to advance, or escaped, would be beheaded on the spot.

Sun Maosheng clenched the firearm in his hand, followed behind the shield cart, and walked forward with his head down, and from time to time there were cannonballs around him, splashing the earth into the sky, and then falling, forming a rain of mud, crackling on his hat.

At this time, the stragglers of the Qing army had already entered the fort wall within 200 steps, and the orange light on the fort wall flashed, and a "bang" sound, spewing out a cloud of white smoke.

A gust of wind hung up, and a three-pound cannonball, flashing in front of his eyes, landed in front of the shield car, splashing a piece of dirt, and the power of the cannonball was undiminished, and the soil bounced up and hit the top of a shield car next to Sun Maosheng.

With a bang, the shield car was smashed back by the cannonball, and the wooden plank on the top exploded with a "bang", splashing countless sawdust.

These sawdust were like sharp flying knives, splashing in all directions, and the Qing army pushing the cart behind instantly fell into a piece, covering their faces and thighs and screaming miserably.

This is the bronze cannon of the Wei army firing.

Compared with the bulky Hongyi cannons, the Wei army's bronze cannons had a fast rate of fire and easy aiming, making it easier to hit moving targets than the Hongyi cannons.

On the ground, several Qing soldiers fell to the ground and howled, and the banner soldiers with bows and arrows behind them immediately pulled out their knives and stabbed them one by one, ending the wailing of the wounded soldiers.

"Don't panic, keep moving!" Qi Ding carried a bloody war knife and roared with a hideous face.

Seeing this, the remaining Qing troops hurriedly pushed up the half-cut shield cart and continued to move forward.

"Bang" was another loud bang, and the various artillery positions in the city flickered orange flames from time to time, raising clouds of white smoke. The shield carts marching in the wilderness were paralyzed one after the other, as if they had been named.

Sun Maosheng listened to the deafening sound of cannons, the strong wind whistling by the iron bullets, and saw the wounded who were blurred with blood and flesh and fell to the ground and howled, and his forehead couldn't help sweating.

For a moment, Sun Maosheng felt frightened, and turned his head to look at his comrades behind him.

That is his acquaintance, who has worked in a banner village, called Yan Chongnian, has always encouraged him to work hard, be loyal to his master, and make an appointment to carry the flag together and be the master of the Eight Banners.

Yan Chongnian turned his head when he saw Sun Maosheng's face full of Han, gave him a smile, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, don't run, the master is supervising the battle~~"

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind struck, and Sun Maosheng saw an iron bullet with a frightened face, which shot directly from the side, taking Yan Chongnian's body away, tearing it apart in an instant, turning into countless stumps and broken flesh, flying around, Sun Maosheng's face was sprayed with blood mist, and his trouser legs were wet at once.

This shell, not from the fortress in front, but from the artillery on Xiangcheng, was bombarding their flank.

Under the strangulation of artillery in two directions, the 5,000 Qing troops finally rushed to the side of the deep trench, and the scattered shield carts were gathered at this time, and a group of five vehicles formed a section of shield wall on the side of the ditch.

Sun Maosheng hid behind a section of the shield wall, his hands trembling to reload, and in the gap between each section of the shield wall, the Qing soldiers fell down the ladder and directly leaned on the first fort wall.

The soldiers holding the sword and shield, holding the shield, stepped on the ladder and rushed to the fort wall, but the sharp horns of the fort wall stretched out were shot with firearms, shooting the Qing soldiers on the ladder from both sides, and the Qing soldiers suddenly fell one after another, and the corpses fell into the deep trench, and were immediately pierced by the sharp wood below.

The characteristic of the fortress is that no matter which side is attacked, it will be strangled by at least two firepower, and there is no fire blind spot.

In a moment, the first wave of soldiers of the Qing army in the city were killed and wounded.

At the foot of the left wing mountain, Shang Kexi's face twitched, and Li Guohan, who was inlaid with blue flags on the side, reminded: "Lord, the fire on the fort wall is too fierce, if you don't suppress it, you won't be able to rush up after you die." ”

Shang Kexi immediately waved his hand, "Three thousand more!" In addition, 3,000 archers will be transferred to suppress the city! ”

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