The roar of the three-inch cannon was far less muffled than that of the larger guns, and the sound was much more crisp than that of the larger muskets. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 With the crisp sound of cannons, the four three-inch cannons spewed out hundreds of small iron balls. The small iron beads arced through the air, past the crowd in front of them who were pulling out the stakes with their heads down, and then crackled like a dense rain in the ranks of the Manchu soldiers.

The original task of the Manchu soldiers was to go into battle after the cannon fodder had pulled out the stakes in front of them, pushed away the horses, and had been consumed. So they were in armor. It's just that the armor is very tiring when worn on the body for a long time. Because it is estimated that the time of the charge is still early, many people's heavy armor is not worn on their bodies, but placed on their horses. However, even if it was worn on the body, the heavy armor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not stop the shotgun fired by the three-inch cannon. Those hail entered the ranks of the Manchu soldiers, like hail hitting the wheat field, and with a crackling sound, those Manchu soldiers suddenly fell down.

Torhan was among them, and a shotgun struck him in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground, and almost at the same time, another shot hit his right arm, splitting it in two.

This sudden blow not only caused the Manchu Governor team behind to fall into chaos for a while, but also made the cannon fodder in front of him a mess. At this moment, several people suddenly appeared from the opposite trench and shouted together: "Quick, come into the trench!" Run along the trenches! ”

The crowd that had been in the chaos suddenly had a direction and began to run towards the trench not far in front of them. There was also a wooden rebuke between the trench and them, but it was not very high, and it was not difficult for an adult to climb over it. However, this will lead to slowdowns and congestion. For a moment, these people were blocked by the rejection of the horse.

At this time, those Manchu governors had already reacted from the round of blows just now, they got up, and saw that those ordinary people were jumping over the horses and jumping into the trenches one by one, and immediately understood, so before anyone could give an order, some people began to shoot arrows at those civilians, and some even drew their swords and rushed towards those civilians. At the same time, the Qing army, which was farther away, also began to move towards the Zheng army's defensive line.

At this time, Zheng Jun's three-inch cannon opened fire again. Another group of Qing soldiers was knocked to the ground.

Bayan mingled among the refugees and ran towards the trench. There were also several people around him who were similar to him. With sharp knives hidden in their arms, their mission was to sneak in and cause chaos and assist the main Manchu forces in conquering the stronghold. It is said that this stronghold is a trading post, and there may be a lot of rare goods in it.

In the blink of an eye, the trench was in front of him, and Bayan jumped in at once, and several other people followed suit.

The trench was not wide, nor deep, but it was just as deep as a man. After Bayan jumped in, he realized that it seemed to take a little time to climb out of here again.

The crowd moved along the trench in the trench, which had many forks, but these forks were blocked by flaps, leaving them with only a way forward. Bayan noticed that as they walked further along the trench, the walls of the trench on either side of them grew higher and higher. Or rather, the trench is getting deeper, from more than one person deep to almost two people deep.

At this time, Bayan's eyes suddenly widened. In front of me is a large courtyard similar to the urn city, surrounded by high walls, and there are arrow towers on the top of the wall, obviously all the refugees will be locked up here first, and then slowly deal with them later. Bayan knew that if he didn't make trouble at this time, he would never have a chance again, so he glanced at the person next to him, and then took out a sharp knife from his arms and shouted......

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At this time, the large forces of the Qing army had already begun to advance towards the positions of the Zheng army. Walking in front was the coat pushing the shield cart.

The shield cart is a commonly used weapon in the Qing army's war, it is a kind of trolley, on which a two-inch thick wooden board is erected, and then wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, then wrapped with a layer of cowhide, and then put a layer of watered quilt on the outside. The Wrappers pushed this kind of shield cart forward, and the Eight Banners followed behind, and a shield cart could generally cover about twenty soldiers.

The shields on these shields are so thick that they can't penetrate the projectiles fired by muskets, crossbows, or even shotguns from artillery. Of course, the solid shells fired by the artillery can easily penetrate this thing, but my Da Ming's artillery skills are a joke, when using solid shells, they basically rely on luck to accurately hit moving targets such as shield vehicles.

Under the cover of the shield carts, the Manchu army could keep close enough to attack with Manchu heavy arrows. The Eight Banners soldiers of this era were often accustomed to using heavy arrows to shoot at targets. Unlike the light arrows used by the Ming Dynasty army, the effective range of heavy arrows is quite limited, often only a dozen or twenty steps. But the lethality of heavy arrows is incomparable to that of light arrows with a much longer range. In addition, the Eight Banners have superb archery skills, and they can often accurately attack deadly positions such as the façade at such a distance. Therefore, such shooting is often more likely to lead to the shaking of the Ming army's military formation. Once the Ming army's military formation was shaken and chaos appeared, the Eight Banners immediately launched a charge, and then the result was often a complete rout of the Ming army. In many previous battles, such as the battle of the Daling River to send reinforcements, the Manchus relied on this method to achieve victory.

Wang Zhixian and Guo Huaiyi are now looking at the battle ahead on the walled city by the sea, and Wang Zhixian's face turned white when they saw the Manchu army approaching with a shield cart.

"General Guo, can you stop it?" Although he had asked this question several times, he had asked it again now.

Guo Huaiyi couldn't help frowning, he looked down on this coward a little, but he still replied: "Don't worry, adults, how can you strike a blow?" Adults just have to see how the sons and daughters break the thieves. ”

At this time, the shield car of the Qing army had already entered the range of the three-pounder guns arranged in front (in fact, it had already entered the range of the six-pounder guns, just to prevent the Qing army from knowing the range of the six-pounder guns, and these six-pounder guns of the factory protection team were strictly forbidden to fire at the maximum range. In accordance with the area that had been measured in advance, the three-pounder guns of the factory guards began to fire.

This shot used a solid shell, which has a much smaller impact area than a shotgun, and is naturally much more difficult to hit. However, a single spherical projectile has a better storage rate, more concentrated energy, a longer natural range, and a greater destructive power after hitting.

The average Ming Dynasty army, because of the lack of correct guidance and training, when carrying out artillery bombardment on long-distance targets, the hit rate was quite touching, and it was basically just a sound. Therefore, when my artillery was fighting, it was basically based on the use of shotguns.

But the artillery of the factory protection team was completely different, and when they used solid shells for long-range attacks, they were no longer at a level lower than European artillery. Their shooting was much more accurate, far from being comparable to other armies of our Ming Dynasty.

The three-pound iron ball shot from the three-pounder cannon drew an arc in the air, and then hit a shield cart headlong, the two-inch thick wooden planks on the Manchu shield cart could not block such a blow at all, in front of the shells of the three-pounder guns, they were like a piece of paper were easily pierced, the shells passed through the shield cart, and immediately smashed several Qing soldiers hiding behind into pieces.

Gerboko was also a veteran, and this time he was following behind a shield cart with his younger brother Gil Zhan. Gil Zhan was on the battlefield for the first time, and he was a little nervous, so his brother had been comforting him.

"In fact, the Ming army is just a group of two-legged sheep, looking at the big horns, it seems to be very powerful, but in fact, except running, there is nothing to do. is a little hairy child in his teens, with a knife, he can kill him ten or eight in one go. ”

At this time, the sound of artillery came from the side of the Ming army.

Hearing the sound of cannonballs, Gilezhan couldn't help but shrink his neck. Geboko couldn't help but smile, and was about to say to his younger brother, "The artillery of the Ming army is just a sound, and it is useless at all." But suddenly I saw that a shield cart next to it turned into fragments with a bang, and those large and small fragments flew straight over, and one of the wooden thorns pierced straight over, and pierced into Geboko's left arm at once, and blood flowed out at once.

Gerboko bared his teeth, and then smiled at his younger brother, who was so frightened that his face turned white: "Dog's luck is good today, and I actually let ......"

Before he could finish speaking, there was another cannon fire in the distance. Giljan felt something slam into his head, knocking him to the ground in an instant. Then something pressed against his back. At the same time, a warm liquid poured over him.

It took him a long time to breathe a sigh of relief, and he reluctantly pushed away the mass of things that was pressing on his back, sat up, and looked blankly in all directions.

The shield cart in front of him had been reduced to pieces, and a large fragment of it was stuck in the head of a cart's coat. The wrapper fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, but he didn't move, apparently dead.

There were still a lot of corpses lying around him, and many more were pushing shield carts past him, and they were noticeably faster than before.

"Where's my brother? Where is my brother? At this time, Ji Le Zhan was a little sober, and began to look around to find his brother. Soon, he found Gerboko as he wished, albeit only halfway. The top half of Goboko's body lay beside him, the mass that had just pressed against his back. Apparently, the shell had just pierced the shield cart and hit Gerboko again, and then easily tore him in half.