In March, the war in Heluo was thick, the smoke was not extinguished, the king of Chu of the Ming Dynasty led 104,000 elite people in Huguang, defending the camp to avoid the battle, the Jinqing coalition army could not fight, and the 190,000 army stormed the Ming army camp.

At this time, in the direction of Xuzhou, the positions of the attacking and defending sides happened to be transferred.

Dai Zhifan, Liu Shun led 130,000 elite soldiers, and surrounded the Qing general Ma Guanghui with 50,000 people in Xuzhou to attack desperately.

The Ming army approached the city in February, under the cover of artillery, after January preparations, the moat had been filled, the road was paved for large siege equipment, and the time for a general attack had come.

Under the city of Xuzhou, the 130,000 Ming army surrounded Xuzhou on three sides, leaving only the north side unattacked.

At this time, the horns and war drums outside the city came and went, and the spears and canines of the Ming army were intertwined, like a steel forest, and the flags were flying, like rolling red clouds. The army was lined up in nearly a hundred phalanxes, countless equipment stood like hills, goose carts, ladders, siege towers, cave houses and other large equipment were ready to move, just waiting for a general order to approach the siege.

In the large array of the Chinese army, Dai Zhifan stood on the tall lookout car, hundreds of wrestlers beat the war drums behind him, and the cavalry who gave orders rushed out of the Chinese army, and between the gaps of the various phalanxes, the horses galloped wildly, raised the yellow dust, and passed the military orders.

The artillery position of the Ming army in front of the formation, first began to bombard Xuzhou City, hundreds of red-clothed cannons, deafening cannon sound, lightning and thunder, the rising regiments of gunpowder smoke covered the long front, each artillery artillery mount retreated, and more than 100 iron bullets of more than 10 catties rushed out of the muzzle and smashed into the city wall.

Immediately, dust flew from the city, and countless rubbles rose into the air and rained down, as if a stone rain was falling in the air.

Ma Guanghui waved his hand to sweep away the smoke and dust, and walked around the city wall with the rumbling of cannons, he felt the shaking of the city wall, and his face was so heavy that he could drip water.

His subordinate Li Youlong hurried over, with his soldiers holding shields to protect Ma Guanghui, and the latter asked directly: "I'm afraid that the Ming army is going to attack generally, and it will see blood soon, how are the defenses prepared everywhere?" ”

"Rest assured, Governor, everything that should be prepared is ready! It's just that the artillery of the Ming army is too fierce, and the city wall is afraid that it can't be eaten! Li Youlong replied with some concern.

Ma Guanghui's eyes fell on the outside of the city, just at this time, the artillery outside the city completed the second loading, they adjusted their positions, the second round of fire came again, and the smoke on the position quickly shrouded the position.

All the Ming army used solid bullets for siege, and these iron bullets basically have more than ten catties, but there are exceptions.

In the artillery array of the Ming army, there is a huge cannon, the cannon is one zhang five long, weighs 15,000 catties, the barrel is five inches thick, and one cannon can fire more than 600 catties of iron bullets.

This is the super cannon cast by the Ming army from last year in September, after Jiang Xiang anyway, in order to fight Luoyang and Kaifeng. The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and Xiyi cast together, cast a total of three parts, and finally assembled, only one of them could be used, and was transferred to Huai'an by Wang Yan to attack Xuzhou, so that the Eastern Route Army could quickly break through and outflank.

This huge cannon, which was extremely heavy, was transported to the city of Xuzhou before it was assembled.

Such a huge cannon is extremely powerful, but it is also very troublesome to operate, the loading is lengthy, and it takes nearly 100 people to operate a cannon together, and the interval is extremely long, and it is impossible to fire a few shots in a day.

The red-coated cannons of the Ming army kept coming, and the sound of bricks and stones collapsing from the side of the Xuzhou city wall was constantly heard, mixed with many screams and panicked cries for help.

The city wall was in shambles, the smoke and dust were billowing out, Ma Guanghui was protected by the soldiers and squatted on the city to avoid the shelling, his vision was not clear, and he only heard the sound of screams for help and the crackling of the city tower.

"Governor, it's too dangerous here, please hurry down to the city!" After the second round of shelling, the guards hurriedly hugged Ma Guanghui and walked down the city.

Along the way, there were Qing soldiers who had fallen to the city and the enemy was dead, Ma Guanghui bypassed the corpses, passed through a section of the city wall, and saw that the wall battlements had collapsed, the city bricks were broken, and the adobe had been exposed, and perhaps after a period of bombardment, the entire section of the city wall would collapse.

The artillery outside the city, the muzzle of the cannon was still filled with white smoke, and the Ming army was busy cleaning the chamber of the cannon, preparing to shoot again.

Ma Guanghui walked to the steps of the city, this is the back of the city wall, it is basically safe, he immediately stopped, and explained, "Okay, the governor himself goes down to the city, you guard the city wall, you need support, wave the red flag, the governor immediately let the reserve team up..."

Before the words were finished, there was an unprecedented loud sound of "bang", which was like the sky falling apart, and it was like the thunder of the sky exploding in the ears.

A section of the city wall of Xuzhou City suddenly exploded, the entire section of the city wall was deformed, it seemed to be violently pushed down by a huge force, countless gravel rose, the sky was dark, the city wall rumbled down a section, and the thick dust rose into the air, completely submerging that section of the city wall.

Ma Guanghui's heart trembled, knowing that it was the big guy of the Ming army who was powerful, and he immediately felt frightened, and regretted a little that he did not accept the surrender conditions proposed by Dai Zhifan.

After the Ming army arrived in Xuzhou, he went to the book to recruit Ma Guanghui, but Ma Guanghui wanted to support the city and respect himself, plus he had defeated Dai Zhifan before, so he wanted the duke and the governor of Shandong to divide Shandong, plus his eldest son was hostage in Beijing, so he did not agree to the Ming army's proposal to reorganize the army and grant the marquis.

Outside the city, Dai Zhifan stood on the watchtower, sneered and put down the clairvoyant mirror, suddenly waved his hand, and shouted: "Attack!" ”

In the wilderness, the drums of the Ming army sounded, the shouts of the soldiers suddenly rose, and the overwhelming Ming army rushed up like a dam bursting, hugging the equipment forward.

The sword and shield hand in front carried the ladder to climb the city, and ran wildly, while the companion behind leaned forward, pushing the ladder and siege tower with all his might, pressing towards the city wall.

The Qing soldiers on the city of Xuzhou were stunned by the huge artillery bombardment just now, and did not react for a while, and when the Ming army rushed halfway, the artillery on the city began to spew flames, raise white smoke, and fight back sporadically.

The moat of Xuzhou, in a month's siege, has been filled in by the Ming army, as soon as the battle began, the sword and shield hands braved the rain of arrows to rush to the city wall, at the same time, the Ming army's large equipment also began to approach the city.

As the Ming army attacked the city, the bombardment of the red-clothed artillery stopped, which made the Qing army at the head of the city breathe a sigh of relief.

Behind the city wall, the artillery carts of the Qing army began to counterattack, and countless artillery stones rose into the air to bombard the charging Ming army, and many large equipment of the Ming army were destroyed by the artillery stones of the Qing army.

Li Yuanyin led 3,000 armed guards straight to the collapsed place, and they braved the rain of arrows and cannons to climb the city wall along the messy bricks and mounds of earth after the collapse.

The dense Ming army clinged to the collapse like ants, and when it was about to reach the top, the Qing army occupying the top immediately spears stabbed, and several Ming soldiers in front were stabbed, screaming and rolling down. The Ming army behind immediately roared, brandished this weapon and fired back, hacking a few Qing troops to death above, but the Qing army behind immediately filled up, the two armies crowded together, fighting for their lives, and soldiers on both sides continued to roll down the slope.

At this time, under the city wall, the sword and shield hand carrying the ladder to climb the city had already erected a ladder to climb. A siege tower that is level with the city is getting closer and closer to the city wall, and everyone knows that once the siege tower is on the city wall, the Ming army can flock to the city.

"Quick! Fire Pot! A Qing army general waved his sword and shouted, but as soon as he finished speaking, his head was hit by the Ming army under the city with a firecracker, and he fell directly off the city wall.

Although the general died, the Qing soldiers in the city still listened to the order, and they picked up the fire pot and smashed it into the siege tower, the jar was broken at the top of the tower, and the flame flowed down with the fire oil, which instantly ignited the entire siege tower!

On the city, the siege battle was extremely fierce, and the Qing troops defending the city waved red flags again and again, asking for support.

Ma Guanghui sent several reserves one after another, there were not many men and horses in his hands, he couldn't help sweating on his forehead, suddenly, he grabbed a personal soldier with one hand, and shouted urgently: "Quick, you immediately go out of the city, go to Jinan to move the rescue troops, let Wang Zhongqing count as many as he wants, and all of them will be rushed to Xuzhou for the governor to fight against the Ming army." ”

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