In many cases, they don't care whether they can hit the enemy or not, as long as they fight, as long as they counterattack, it represents a very important attitude.

This attitude will inspire others to fight back.

They were in the city, and it was very high, and it was so wide that these iron bullets could never penetrate it.

Once you have such a reliance, you will not collapse directly because of fear, and you will not even fight.

All kinds of firearms rang out at the head of the city, and bows and arrows were fired, although they couldn't reach the Qin army at all, but this seemed to dispel the fear in their hearts, so they attacked frantically.

Holding the clairvoyant mirror and looking at the city wall for a while, Qi Dayong sneered: "They are already in a mess, they don't care if they can beat us or not, they just keep fighting, and order the gunners to bombard the city tower, knock out their little spiritual energy, and finally charge again!" ”

"Yes!"

The herald immediately stepped forward to convey the commander's order.

The Hongyi cannon roared out, and after the distance was adjusted, such a long city wall could always be hit, that is, it hit the city wall to deter a little smaller, and smashed on the city tower to deter a little more, and it could also destroy their defensive firepower by the way, reducing obstacles when the infantry charged.

Every soldier is a precious asset, and everyone does not understand how rare this literate soldier is.

Xiao Ruxun has been implementing the concept of attaching importance to wounded soldiers and never giving up a wounded soldier since the Battle of Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty, and this concept continues to this day and has been better implemented because of the use of Hongyi cannons.

There are always sufficient military doctors and field medics in the Qin army, and they will definitely be rescued and treated when they encounter wounded soldiers.

Every soldier on the battlefield will firmly remember that the first priority under the military order is to listen to the command, and the second priority is to save the wounded companion and hand it over to the military doctor for treatment.

Xiao Ruxun's idea of making soldiers literate also has the idea of making generals pay more attention to human life, and the gap between literate people and illiterate people in this era is quite large, and this concept will continue for a long time before universal education is fully rolled out.

Being able to read and write is a symbol of identity and role, and there is always food to eat, and there will be no starvation.

Soldier literacy is even more so.

In siege warfare and in part of the field battle, the long enough range of the Hongyi cannon can reduce the difficulty of the infantry advance, which can deter the enemy, hit the enemy's morale, minimize the obstacles encountered by the infantry army, and indirectly reduce the casualties of the infantry army.

Just like the current situation, the rear pass is so high, if the infantry army attacks, I don't know how many troops will have to be lost to take it.

And now with the Hongyi artillery, everything is different, the way of fighting the war has been changed to a certain extent, the importance of muskets and artillery has become the consensus of the whole army, muskets and artillery and other long-range lethal firearms have been more and more valued and used by the army.

In terms of the way of fighting, the Qin army also began to move towards the modern army, which was undoubtedly revolutionary.

The Hongyi cannon rumbled, the city of Houguan was smashed by iron cannonballs, and the city gate tower of Houguan had been smashed, and the city was in a mess.

There were still artillery muskets firing, and bows and arrows were fired, but now there was nothing, and six iron cannonballs smashed on the city gate tower, and the city gate tower instantly fell silent.

Qi Dayong looked at it in the clairvoyant mirror, and felt that the situation had changed, and now was the time to charge, so he gave an order, and the war drums rumbled.

The Qin army fought in formation, chanting "drink and drink" in unison, the shield car and shield soldiers were in front, the siege troops were behind, the birds and hands were mixed in, and the dragoons holding rifled flintlock pistols also dismounted and followed in the formation, shooting accurately at any time, and the Qin army advanced to the rear Guancheng.

Qi Dayong thought that the resistance of the Banzhou soldiers was over, as long as he boarded the city and began to attack, he would be able to take the city of Houguan very smoothly, but when the Qin army entered the range of one mile and continued to advance, several Weiyuan general cannons suddenly appeared on the city of Houguan and made a loud noise.

A few flowering shells exploded directly on the edge of the Qin army's battle array, and a few of them also exploded in the Qin army's battle array, and more than a dozen Qin soldiers were blown away in an instant, and there was a sound of birds and guns on the city, and a rain of arrows fell.

The sudden blow hindered the Qin army under the city slightly, some soldiers who were not very lucky were hit by lead bullets or crossbows, fell to the ground and shouted in pain, Qi Dayong saw it, he was furious, and immediately ordered the whole army to charge and attack the city immediately.

The sound of the drums changed, and the organization formed by the strict training of the Qin army played a role at this time, and after being hit, it insisted on not being chaotic, the formation remained unchanged, and continued to advance.

After hearing the order, the large array dispersed, and the siege troops quickly rushed out of the large array, and the bird gunners and crossbowmen immediately hid behind the shield carts and fired arrows on the city wall to cover the charging Qin soldiers.

The rapid counterattack of the Qin army caused heavy losses to the Banzhou soldiers who were caught off guard in the city, dozens of birdmen, crossbowmen and gunners were shot and fell to the ground, and some fell directly down the city wall, the native soldiers were afraid, and Yang Wei on the city wall immediately shouted for the officers to sort out the army.

As a result, there was another burst of gunshots, and several officers fell in a pool of blood, Yang Wei was startled, and quickly bent down and hid under the battlements of the city wall to protect himself.

In this short distance, because of the rapid counterattack of the Qin army, the firearms on the city failed to carry out a second strike, and the Qin army's siege troops had already rushed to the bottom of the city, the ladders were erected, and the soldiers had begun to attack the city.

Yang Wei didn't care about his own safety, and shouted for the Banzhou native soldiers to throw the rolling wood and stones prepared on the city wall and the smashed stones downward, and the bird gunners and crossbowmen lowered their arrows, and the gunners immediately stabbed the ladder with their guns, resolutely preventing the Qin army from landing on the city.

The Qin army was killed by rolling logs and crossbows, and many fell straight down the ladder and died, but the rest of the soldiers were unmoved and continued to climb up with their shields.

The birdmen and crossbowmen under the city desperately shot the soldiers covering the city, and the battle was fierce under the city.

Qi Dayong saw in the clairvoyant mirror that the Banzhou native soldiers on the Houguan Pass were putting up extremely stubborn resistance, and the fierce resistance momentum was unprecedented since the march, and the Banzhou native soldiers on the Luomeng Pass were simply one heaven and one earth.

"Since the start of the war, I have never seen such a tenacious Banzhou native soldiers, basically they are all about to collapse at the first touch, it seems that these are the real elite!"

His staff captain said with a sigh beside him.

"That's natural, it's not enough to take out the elite at this time, then I really have to wonder what he Yang Yinglong has been arrogant for so many years, and how wasteful those local soldiers of the former Ming are!"

After thinking about it for a while, Qi Dayong knew that this was the real Banzhou elite, and it also had the nature of a dead soldier.

They still fought endlessly under the strong impact of the Qin army's superior firearms and troops, and they didn't seem to plan to retreat at all, and they fought hand-to-hand with the Qin army at the head of the city, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, which was probably Yang Yinglong's real life-saving card.

PS: Everyone, I want to apologize to you, I made a big mistake before, the Fran cannon and the Hongyi cannon can't hit the flowering shell, the Ming Dynasty began to have flowering shells during the Jiajing period, but only with mortars and howitzers that kind of short-bodied and long-caliber guns can be fired, such as Weiyuan General Cannon, the power is barely equal to the grenade, the long-barreled artillery to open the flower shell can not be realized until the invention of a reliable fuse, that is the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century, I didn't check the information carefully before, I'm sorry, Now I can't change the previous text, you know, I will make changes later.

PPS: Tomorrow the whole family will hold a living farewell ceremony for my brother, who is about to go to college, and I will take a day off for the time being.