After the first round of firing, due to the different loading speeds of the artillery on both sides, the Hongyi artillery at the head of the city was more advantageous, and had the right to shoot at the Ming artillery positions outside the city one step earlier, but with the end of this attack with the gap in reloading, the gap between the artillery of the two sides was completely revealed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The artillery positions of the Ming army were built by engineers and artillery, and the fortification was not comparable to the city wall, but it was still possible to carry a few shelling of Hongyi artillery. However, the destruction of the city wall by the Ming army was even more alarming, but after this round of artillery bombardment, the 10,000-jin cannon on the head of the city was completely destroyed, and other artillery that could attack the artillery position was also damaged. As for the defenders, the physical casualties were not too great, but the psychological blow was particularly great.

Shang Kexi's overseers climbed the city wall and finally maintained order for the defenders at the head of the city. While the ruins and ruins that had hindered the defenders were hastily cleared, and the wounded who were wailing in pain were being treated urgently, the various artillery crews were restored to a series of steps such as repositioning, debrassing, aiming, and loading.

However, this round of shelling also completely woke up Shang Kexi's sweet dream. Since ancient times, the most taboo is to defend the city, previously because of the fear of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army field wave war and had to give up the attack, at this moment to this point, but also had to take a risk.

The loading and aiming on the head of the city was about to end, but the Ming artillery position in the distance took advantage of the panic of the defenders and took the lead in completing the preparations, and then shelled the city wall with the artillery group as a unit.

The Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang is like this, and most of the defenders are veterans, and under the supervision of the supervising team, they also understand that now they only have the only way to shoot. Seeing that the mortar cannon was firing again, and in the case of a new recruit who appeared in a panic again and was immediately killed by the Warlord, they could only continue to reload, and after hastily aiming, they opened fire again.

The hit rate of the second round of artillery bombardment of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has been significantly improved, although none of the 22 artillery shells have replicated the miracle of directly hitting the Hongyi cannon just now, but the attack on the city wall has become more violent.

There is a way that the son of a daughter does not sit in the hall, and Shang Kexi has already retreated from the city before the start of the confrontation and came to a place in the east of the city that is higher than the city wall to coordinate the overall situation. There were only Xu Erxian and the Overseer team on the city, but it was enough to intimidate the guards, but as the giant cannons on both sides were muted again, Shang Kexi could realize that in terms of actual killing, his 10,000-pound cannons and those mortars protected by cover outside the city were not on the same level at all, and the gap between the two was even widening.

It is definitely not a way to go on like this, and the gap between the two sides is still gratifying, but the reality is here, if the city wall is collapsed by the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, even if it is like Du Yonghe's strong help to the defenders when he defended Guangzhou, in that case, it will become a plate of loose sand, he has a lot of blood debts in Guangzhou, and if the people of Guangzhou do not come out to lead Chen Wen, it will be his wishful thinking.

"Where's Youyunlong?!"

Previously, he had ordered You Yunlong to prepare, and now it was inevitable to find this life-saving straw at the commanding heights. Fortunately, Shang Kexi's feudal soldiers were originally elite troops attached to the Han army, and Yunlong's response came almost instantly. A moment later, the urn city gate of the Great East Gate opened, and the drawbridge slowly fell, and before it landed, a big green horse jumped out, and the follow-up cavalry followed closely behind the cavalry and rushed out like a torrent.

The military general wearing armor on the Daqing horse was none other than the general under Shang Kexi, the initiator of the Xinhui tragedy in history, and the chief military officer You Yunlong, who was called the "ogre" by Chen Wen behind his back.

The general soldier of Yunlong was awarded by Shang Kexi after he reorganized the green battalion in Guangzhou, but his command, who climbed from the knife edge of a low-ranking officer to the high position step by step, was the most important cavalry in Shang Kexi's hands, and it was sent here to deal with the artillery groups that were protected by the cover.

The cavalry of the defenders rolled out, and the same was true in the Ming army's large array, and even as early as the slightest movement at the East City Gate, Chen Wen had already sent cavalry to cover the artillery crews that seemed to be lonely outside the city.

The cavalry of both sides invariably slaughtered there, because everyone knew that this was the key between attack and defense. The artillery positions were about to be attacked, but the artillery crews did not stop their work and continued to carry out the work of repositioning and cleaning the slag, so as to inflict greater damage on the city wall after loading and aiming.

Rushing from Yunlong's headquarters, Yi Chenxi's artillery crew was the first to bear the brunt. The auxiliaries below became more and more panicked, but Yi Chenxi didn't pay attention to them, but instead focused all his attention on the aiming of the artillery, while skillfully using those tools, he wrote and drew with charcoal on a whiteboard, and quickly determined the angle required for the next shot based on numbers, experience, and the observation results of the previous shot.

The whole artillery crew devoted all their energy to the next round of shelling, and as the cavalry came, the auxiliaries began to look around.

However, their panic did not rise rapidly in the thunder of the horses' hooves trampling the earth, and soon reached the point of panic, but remained in the artillery position, as if the place where they were about to be attacked by a large number of cavalry was the safest place on the battlefield.

The cavalry of the defenders to launch a surprise attack is getting closer and closer, and the cavalry of the Ming army, although not slow, may not really be able to seize the favorable terrain to better protect them. But at this moment, two groups of infantry poured out of the small bunker behind the entire artillery crew, one on the left and one on the right, blocking the gap on the left and right of the artillery position at a very fast speed.

Each mortar and its crew exist as one, and if a crew member is damaged and unable to fight, the effectiveness of the shelling will be impaired. This is due to the fact that each gun will be slightly different, and only a dedicated gun crew will be the best to understand the difference in its use.

In this case, it is even more impossible for Chen Wen to simply count on the cavalry, and the spear forest of the infantry is the best means of protection for the artillery. And now, Yunlong needs to face a two-pronged defense.

Twenty-two mortar cannons, Yun Long knew that even any one of them had the ability to independently collapse the city wall. In this case, he had no choice but to surprise separately. In an instant, a cavalry team led by Yunlong himself had already killed to the left of Yi Chenxi's artillery group, and a spear formation infantry team from the Yuyao Division was guarding here.

The spear of one foot and five feet was pointed obliquely outward, and the firearms team had already strode forward, but after a round of volleys, several cavalry of the Shang army fell off their horses, and even two war horses were directly killed by the turtledove's foot and fell to the ground, throwing the cavalry above.

Although the Lumi and Turtledove were superior in range to the birds, especially the latter, they were opponents of the cavalry, and the firearms team retreated to the infantry to reload after this round of firing.

The cavalry was coming in an instant, and the firearms team was still loading, but in the face of the infantry spear forest, although Yunlong was a brave general in the Shang army, he still didn't dare to hold it up, so he had to ride and shoot for a round and then bypass again to find the direction of the attack again.

In such weather, fighting in armor for a long time will affect the combat effectiveness of the infantry. The firearms team here did not have a single piece of armor, and even the hoplites only wore helmets, visors, and half-body armor that firearms teams usually wear. In this way, cavalry fire can directly inflict damage on infantry as long as it hits those parts such as limbs, and two infantry are ineffective in this round alone.

The muskets of the pikemen took the place of one infantryman, and the firemen of the firearms took the place of another. The battle formation was restored, but You Yunlong did not kill after going around in a circle, but rushed towards the Ming cavalry, which was belated.

Fighting broke out on the left and flank of the various artillery positions, and the bunkers of the positions, the spears and guns of the infantry, and the cavalry that arrived were all doing their best to hold back the surprise attack of the defending cavalry. A new round of artillery bombardment sounded as scheduled, and the artillery battle between the two sides continued, but Chen Wen did not pay attention to the bombardment of the city wall and the interception of the cavalry, but still paid attention to the drawbridge that was still not put away at the Great East Gate.

A moment later, the gates were reopened, and the infantry of the brigade rushed out under the banner of the squad and began to form outside the city after crossing the moat. The small north gate in the northeast and the small east gate in the southeast were also opened one after another, and the defenders with the banners of horse, yellow and Wu also came out.

The military situation was reported back from the exploration horses everywhere, and Chen Wenzi's intention was clear. The key to the confrontation between the two sides lies in those mortars, there is no doubt about it. Since it is now difficult for cavalry raids to play a role, instead of passively waiting for the mortar artillery to collapse the city wall, it is better to fight in the field with the city back.

The defenders went out of the city, and Chen Wen also gave the order for a general attack. The cavalry behind the formation came out in all directions, covering the battlefield, and the army marched forward, Chen Wen gave the command to Zhang Zisheng, Hou Guoyuan, and An Youfu, while he refocused his attention to the bombardment of the city walls.

The east wall is located in the area north of the Great East Gate, and the battery has long been bombarded to the point that it is unusable, and there are even cracks in the city wall, which are not only visible to the naked eye, but even more obvious than the previous shot.

This place is not far from the urn city, although it is easy to be flanked by the defenders, but once the city wall collapses, it is difficult to say how much fighting spirit the defenders on the urn city will have. Therefore, it was here that Ban Zhifu's infantry was the most advanced in the formation, and it was obvious that he had realized this.

It took time for the defenders to march out of the city, and so did the Ming army advancing to the bottom of the city. The distance between the two sides was constantly approaching, and the attack and defense around the artillery positions became more and more intense.

Passing by by mistake, even You Yunlong, who was famous for his martial arts and bravery in the Shang army, only set up the opponent's weapon, and then relied on his war horse to disengage from contact.

The Ming army cavalry general just now has been fighting with him for several rounds, and he doesn't look very old, but he has superb martial arts, and he can't get into the water by riding a gun in one hand, and after a few rounds, he was almost killed on the spot twice. Such an opponent, Yunlong was full of enthusiasm, and when the war horse turned a corner, he straightened his spear again and rushed towards the Ming army cavalry general.

It was none other than Yu Youming, who was now promoted to the deputy commander of the Xinchang Cavalry Battalion of the Four Ming Divisions. The cavalry is a detached army, and the needs of mobile warfare have created a deputy battalion officer to strengthen the operational command and also serve as the squadron leader of a cavalry squadron.

Yu Youming came with this cavalry to kill, and soon fought with You Yunlong. The infantry pays attention to no battle without formation, and the cavalry is much worse in this regard, and the direction they require is more focused on mobile raids, and the worship of individual martial arts is also the most significant among all arms.

Killed by Yunlong, Yu Youming shouted, and then rushed up. The two shots were staggered, sparks were flying, but there was still no one who could help the opponent. The battle between the main generals of the two cavalry was originally mixed with other cavalry, but later only they were left, and the others each rushed around Yi Chenxi's artillery position.

The cavalry battle continued, but with the formation of the Shang army's battle array, especially the strides of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military formations, the cavalry guarding the infantry began to converge with the cavalry here, and soon shifted from the left of the artillery position to the flank of the two armies.

The armies of Ma Xiong, Wu Liuqi and Huang Yingjie left the city one step earlier, and even a large part of them came out of the Great East Gate with Ban Zhifu's subordinates. The phalanx of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang was outside the range of 10,000 catties of giant cannons, and advanced for a distance of nearly three miles.

Without a moment's pause, the phalanx of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang went straight to the defenders who were fighting behind the city. The battle was about to break out, and the artillery on the head of the city also reversed its direction and no longer continued to bombard the artillery positions, but poured artillery fire on the Ming army's formation.

The shells bombarded the hollow phalanx, compared to the previous record of dozens of Hongyi cannons bombarding a few rounds but only dumbing out two mortars, and the infantry without cover was obviously a better target.

However, in the midst of the artillery fire, the casualties began to rise, but the phalanx of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies still maintained a uniform speed, as if they were not moved by it at all.

A moment later, the Ming army entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat with Shang Jun's firearms with firm steps. In just an instant, the Shang army that was arrayed behind the city was suppressed by the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang.

The spears stabbed the infantry, and the guns were aimed at the defenders at the head of the city to suppress and shoot, and the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies, as the attackers, attacked the defenders above and below the city in the most active way at the same time.

The city is lined up, the city gate is closed, the drawbridge is pulled up, there is a moat, and the defenders out of the city are not only fighting against the city, but also fighting against the water. The family members in the city behind the guards had no way to retreat, and the morale of the Shang army almost reached the peak that the feudal army could achieve under normal circumstances.

However, the generation gap between the two armies exists, the gap in technical and tactical level is too large, although the defenders under the city are still bravely fighting fiercely with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, but their battle formations are retreating, and the moat behind the formation is getting closer and closer, especially the foreign armies on both wings, their combat will cannot be compared with the Shang army headquarters, and there is not even much left.

The Ming army drove down the moat like dumplings, and it seemed that this would be a precursor to the collapse of the left and right flanks, and even the complete collapse of the defenders who were fighting behind the city. However, in the next moment, everyone's eyes, including the two soldiers who were fighting the battlefield, were almost all focused on a mortar shell. Because as this cannonball smashed into the earlier moment of cracking, which was more and more obvious, the city wall finally could not withstand the bombardment. Towards the inside and outside of the city, it collapsed!