The cannonballs fired from the city failed to penetrate the shield cart, which greatly encouraged the Qing soldiers behind the shield cart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info And at this time, the Qing army also noticed that the speed at which the guns in the city fired were very slow. Of course, this is related to the fact that these cannons are too old, but in a sense, it can also be seen that the training level of the Ming army in the city is not enough.

The shield carts were well able to block the artillery attacks from the city, and now the only thing that the defending side could pose a little threat to them was the rain of arrows thrown by the Ming army. There were quite a few arrows shot by the Ming army, but they were basically light arrows. These arrows can be fired from a long distance, using anti-aircraft ballistics, and can pass over the shield cart and hit targets behind the shield cart. However, the lethality of these light arrows is very limited, especially against armored targets. It can only pose a certain threat to the completely unarmored cloth, but there is no threat to the armored soldiers, even the cotton armor worn by the second tartar is enough to block such an attack. As for the iron armor on the white armor soldiers, it is not something that such a light arrow can penetrate.

Now that the shield cart was temporarily parked in front of the trench, the cart's coat naturally could not stand still, although they would have liked to run directly against the thick planks of the shield cart (so that they would not be hurt by the light arrows thrown at them by hiding in the dead corner), but they had to be responsible for filling the trench. The shield cart was followed by a number of carts with thick planks on them, which were used to help the shield cart cross the trench. Under the call of the Manchu soldiers, Huang Deshui and a few Bao Yi ran over and laboriously lifted a thick wooden plank, and they had to carry these things around the front of the shield cart and spread them on the trench. This means that for a while, they will be completely exposed to the fire of the Ming army.

These actions of the Qing army were naturally seen by the defenders on the city wall, so the rain of arrows thrown became more and more intensive. An arrow fell, and it landed on Huang Deshui's shoulder. Although such light arrows could not threaten the Manchu armorers wearing various armors, they were enough to kill and injure those who had only one rag garment. The arrow went in without surprise. Huang Deshui let out a painful cry, and as soon as his hand was released, he threw the wooden board he was carrying on the ground.

A soldier glared at Huang Deshui, and was about to step forward, but saw that the second tartar had already rushed over, and slapped Huang Deshui's face with the scabbard, hitting him with a nosebleed.

"Dog thing, useless Nikan! Don't hurry up and lift the board up yet! I'll kill you with one slash! The second tartar shouted.

Huang Deshui endured the pain and bent down to lift the plank again, and the second tartar escorted him to the front to lay the plank.

"One moment the other side shoots you with an arrow, shoots you in the body, or hits you with a musket, and you fall into the ditch and pretend to be dead!" The second tartar whispered.

Huang Deshui didn't say anything, he gritted his teeth and carried the plank around the shield cart and ran towards the trench in front, and a few people in the trench farther away suddenly came out and shot at this side with muskets, Huang Deshui fell down before he could put the plank up, and fell into the trench at once.

"Dog's day! Was he being beaten? The second tartar shook his head, he didn't know if his coat had really been hit by a musket or if it was loaded.

A few of the coats were rushed up to lay the planks, and behind them, several white-armored soldiers also flashed out from behind the shield carts, and shot or shoot arrows with their strong bows and heavy arrows at the outcrops.

A few more were shot by muskets and fell to the ground—literally, for their blood was pouring all over the ground. But the planks were laid out.

"You, go to the cart!" The second tartar was clinging to the plank of the shield cart, and took advantage of the gap between the rounds of gunfire on the opposite side, stretched his neck, and looked over the side of the shield cart, when suddenly a hand grabbed him and pulled him back.

The second tartar turned his head, but saw that it was a white armor, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "The slave will ...... immediately" It turned out that Baoyi was killed several times just now, and the person pushing the shield cart was not enough.

It's just that the white-armored soldier didn't pay attention to him. So the two Tartars hurriedly grabbed the handle of the shield cart.

The shield cart began to move forward again, and the city's cannons were still firing, and many shells still hit the shield cart, but it could not stop its advance.

……

On the city wall, Chang Le and several officers were discussing.

"Ready, right?" Chang Le asked.

"Don't worry, it's all ready, guaranteed to explode!" Zhang Qingxi replied, "There are a lot of cannons that we played in the gun factory, and there is absolutely no problem." ”

"Alright, let's stay away." Chang Ledao.

……

Duoduo looked at Xingshan Fort from a distance, his shield carts were continuing to advance, from the trench in front, a group of Ming troops had already run out, but they were not charging back against the Qing soldiers, but running towards Xingshan Fort, and at the same time dancing as if shouting to the people above to open the city gate and let them in. At this time, at the head of Xingshan Fort, there was a sudden explosion, and the smoke rose high, and it took a long time before there was a rumbling explosion.

"Haha! These fools blew up the cannon themselves! Dodor couldn't help but laugh. When I was building weapons, I cut corners and were irresponsible, which was known to Duoduo and others. For example, I have seized a lot of bird guns in the Qing Dynasty, and I also know that this thing is easy to blow up, but after the Denglai Rebellion, Kong Youde and others took craftsmen or something to vote for me in the Qing Dynasty, but I found that as long as no one forced them to cut corners or something, the bird guns created were actually not so easy to blow up. The power is still considerable.

Of course, even such a bird gun or cannon, compared to the "Dutch" goods that were obtained before the sailors were completely killed, would be completely in tatters. Now, the cannon on the opposite side of the city has actually exploded, what does this mean? Doesn't this mean that the opposite side is definitely a fake Ming army?

"Master, it seems that the people in this city are really not Dutch, they can't hold this city! Do you want our cattle to go up too? Haninga asked. Xingshan Fort is the logistical support point of the Ming army, there must be a lot of good things in it, if it is inlaid with a yellow flag, I am afraid that when the things are divided, the inlaid white flag will suffer.

"Master, Nikan has been defeated, let the minions go!" Another officer said.

"Haninah!" Duoduo thought for a moment and said, "You take two Niulu and go up too!" ”

……

The shield cart had advanced in front of the second trench, which was not deep, but it was much wider, and it was as wide as one, but fortunately I was well prepared in the Qing Dynasty, and I also carried a long thick plank, enough to build a bridge in this trench. Just now, a large group of Ming troops ran out of the trench and ran towards the city gate. There was no one in the trench now. It's just that at this time, the shield cart is already relatively close to the city wall, and the cannons on the city wall can already hit the shield cart with shotguns. Although these shotguns could not defeat the shield cart, they did kill many of the coats that were preparing to frame the planks.

"You! Go put the planks up! A white-armored soldier pointed at the two tartars.

"Master, I still want to ......" Before the second tartar could finish speaking, he saw the white-armored soldier's hand gripping the hilt of the sword.

"I'll go!" The two tartars hurriedly shouted as they ran towards the front. Together with another bannerman, he struggled to lift the wooden plank that had fallen in front of him, but fortunately, at this time, the Ming troops were probably loading shells, and their artillery was missing a lot, and their firepower was also weakened a lot. So now there are no cannons firing at him.

……

"Xiao Chang, it's really useful for you to blow up that cannon, you see, the people with white flags have also come up." Guo Huai.

"Well, when they come up, you can start fighting." Chang Le said.

"I'm going to get ready." Zhang Qingxi said.

……

Just as the flagmen with white flags caught up, the two tartars had already laid the planks, and then rushed back to the back of the shield cart like a rabbit with an arrow.

"Master, I'll push the cart!" Seeing that the white-armored soldier was still glaring at him, the second tartar hurriedly said this.

The shield cart slowly pressed the wooden plank, and at this time there were more armor soldiers behind the shield cart - they were all flagmen with white flags who had just arrived. Only the last big trench remained, a trench about a foot wide, and the excavated earth was piled up on one side of the trench, and a low wall was piled up. Behind the ditch, a group of Ming soldiers could be seen still shouting towards the city, and the city gate was still not open.

"Nikan is really a vulnerable coward." As he pushed the cart, he thought about it, and couldn't help but think of how many things there must be in the city, silver, cloth, and grain......

At this time, some parts of the low wall on the opposite side suddenly collapsed, revealing dozens of cannons that had been prepared for a long time.

Before the soldiers could react, the sound of artillery rang out. The first to fire were several 12-pounder guns, and firing at such a target at such a distance as a shield car was hardly justified by the artillery of the Model Army. The 12-pound iron ball easily pierced the shield cart, and the double-layered planks and watered cotton could not stop the solid shells fired by the 12-pound gun.

The second tartar was holding on to the handle of the shield cart, and the shield cart cracked suddenly, but fortunately, the watered cotton still played a role, and the scattered wood was much less, but the shield cart still fell into the trench as soon as it was crooked. The second tartar also fell into the trench, and then remained motionless, not knowing if he was really dead.

Several of the shield wagons fell to almost the same fate, except for the two that had not had time to push the planks onto the trenches, and the two shield wagons also fell to the ground, and the great force of the shells as they pierced the planks also broke their axles. As a result, most of the Eight Banners Army, which was originally hiding behind the shield car, was directly exposed in front of the muzzle of the Model Army.

"Boom!" Another dozen or so cannons fired together, and this time they fired the deadliest shotguns. Thousands of grape-sized iron beads swept towards the Eight Banners like raindrops, and just this round of artillery bombardment swept away the hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers who rushed forward, only the two shield carts that were still crooked on the ground, and dozens of Qing soldiers were still breathing.