Yue Tuo and Kong Youde never thought that the Ming army's offensive would start with artillery.

In their impression, artillery is used to defend the city, which is very good, and the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty has also suffered for this, as for the artillery to attack the city, the effect must be there, after a bombardment, it must be able to make the soldiers defending the city feel afraid, but such sharp artillery, they have never seen it.

From the moment when the artillery began to attack, the two came to the city wall together, the big war came, they had no chance to be afraid of death, no matter how the soldiers around them blocked, holding the city is the best way, no matter whether the emperor sent troops to the rescue, they must first hold on, otherwise there is no chance.

The fierce artillery, accurate shooting, and the violent shaking of the city wall made Yue Tuo and Kong Youde's faces change, and they finally understood that Su Tiancheng was thinking about how to capture Dalinghe City, once the artillery exploded the gap, the Ming army would rush in along the gap, and the fighting did not happen outside the city wall, not during the siege, but inside the city.

Knowing this, both of them had a feeling of avalanche.

Written to the emperor, their prediction is accurate, the Ming army will attack, and the purpose is to take Dalinghe City, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Ming army to assemble, the reinforced Eight Banners Army can attack Jinzhou City without any scruples, but from the current situation, it must not be able to attack Jinzhou City directly, if so many artillery, directly at the army, what kind of tragic situation will be formed, they must be clear.

Such a dense artillery, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde have never seen it, even Kong Youde, who is familiar with firearms. He was also dumbfounded and pale, and he knew very well what the consequences meant under such a dense artillery attack.

Guarding the city wall, there is almost no way out, Kong Youde's eyes are inside. It's almost about to pop out of the blood, the red-clothed cannons on the city wall, yesterday, were still so majestic, and the Ming army that blew up cried for their fathers and mothers, but today's situation is completely different, these red-clothed cannons have no room to fight back. I watched it be blown up.

These red-coated cannons are Kong Youde's biggest capital, when he first took refuge in Houjin, it was because of many firearms that he helped Houjin achieve a lot of victories, if it is said that twenty red-coated cannons, all of them were lost, which means that Houjin has lacked firearms since then. In terms of artillery, it no longer has the capital to fight with the Ming army.

But the fate of these red-coated cannons. Kong Youde is very clear.

What made him even more shocked was that the artillery of the Ming army had such a great lethality, and when each shell landed, it exploded within a radius of about ten meters. There is almost no possibility of escape, when did the artillery become so powerful, is it really outdated, the artillery of the Ming army, has it developed in great strides.

Approached Yue Tuo's side. Kong Youde found that Yue Tuo's face was gloomy.

"Kong Youde, the artillery of the Ming army is so powerful, we don't know what to do, this is the most important information, no matter what, we have to report this news to the emperor, so as not to suffer the soldiers who came to reinforce the soldiers, by the way, have you ever seen this kind of artillery."

Because of the rumbling sound of cannons, Yue Tuo almost shouted these words when he said them.

Kong Youde also raised his voice.

"Marshal, the last general has never seen such powerful artillery, it seems that the city wall cannot be defended."

Yue Tuo said about reporting to the emperor about the Ming army's artillery, in Kong Youde's opinion, for the time being, he can't think of this, if the Ming army completely surrounds Dalinghe City, I'm afraid the most important task is how to hold on to his life, even if he loses Dalinghe City, as long as he can rush out of the city, it will be considered lucky, and the matter of reporting the sharpness of the Ming army's artillery is the next step to consider.

"Ben Shuai knows the way, Ben Shuai will organize the sergeants to launch an offensive in the city, hmph, as long as the Ming army comes in, keep them and let them come and go, you will follow Ben Shuai's side."

Yue Tuo still has such self-confidence, this is what Kong Youde did not expect, he is almost desperate, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, besieging Dalinghe City, once killed, with the absolute advantage in numbers, it is impossible for the Han army in the city to resist for a long time, besides, when it comes to life and death, those Han troops under his command, will they surrender, this is something that is not guaranteed, it has already surrendered to Houjin, and it is not a shame to surrender again.

"The marshal, the last general suggested that a sergeant be sent to take advantage of this opportunity to rush out of the city and hurry to Shenyang to report it."

Yue Tuo turned his head abruptly and stared at Kong Youde, his eyes a little vicious.

"The big war is imminent, if you continue to say such words, Hugh blames the commander for being ruthless, the Ming army is on the offensive, and at this moment send a sergeant to Lu, wouldn't it be sent to death, around Dalinghe City, there is no Ming army firmly surrounded, where can I rush out of the city, I can only desperately persevere, wait for dark, and then come to find a way."

Kong Youde almost fainted, the sky was not yet bright, so he said that he insisted on it until dark, it seems that Yue Tuo really has extraordinary self-confidence, but this kind of self-confidence, whether it can produce miracles, Kong Youde can't believe it.

But at this time, there is no other way than to hold on, under such dense artillery fire, send sergeants to rush out, and they will immediately become the target of artillery, and there will be no chance to enter the city.

The arrangement was quickly unfolded, the Daling River is still not small, 30,000 people are stationed, and they do not feel crowded, over the years, the sergeants stationed here have also spent some effort, and the houses are built very steadily, that is, in case of future attacks, these houses can also become a defensive position.

Yue Tuo didn't care about the city wall anymore, and began to gallop his horse to arrange it in Dalinghe City.

Yue Tuo's war horse, extraordinary, is said to be a thousand miles horse, also known as the sweat and blood horse, even if it is not far away from the rumbling of artillery, but this war horse, still comes and goes freely, without any impact, the rest of the many war horses, it is not good, some war horses can not even take a step, obviously there is no cannon frightened.

The sergeants on the city wall began to retreat step by step.

Fortunately, the artillery fire of the Ming army was mainly concentrated in the south gate, which was the place where the Ming army was preparing to launch the main attack, and the rest of the places were not greatly affected for the time being.

With Yue Tuo's gallop back and forth, the sergeants in Dalinghe City slowly became calm, and began to unfold the arrangement, the sergeants on the city wall, there are not many, but it is impossible to completely withdraw, the artillery of the Ming army was strong in the past, and the sergeants who died in the artillery fire were hundreds, and it was too late to count the injured.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde had finished arranging.

When they came to the south gate again, the two were horrified to find that the south gate was invisible, and the wooden door wrapped in iron sheets had been blown away, and a huge gap had begun to appear, which meant that the Ming army was about to attack.

Yue Tuo gritted his teeth angrily, turned his horse's head, and prepared to leave.

A cannonball fell not far away, several pro-soldiers desperately pounced, and opened Yue Tuo's people and horses, after the cannonball landed, it exploded quickly, and several pro-soldiers were thrown into the air in an instant, when it fell, his mouth was full of blood, and he couldn't speak, Yue Tuo looked at all this, and his body began to tremble.

The other soldiers knew that the artillery of the Ming army began to extend the attack, and they did not wait for Yue Tuo to speak, protected Yue Tuo, and headed towards the city, and the edge of the city wall had become a dangerous area.

Kong Youde is familiar with firearms in the end, he has long felt that something is wrong, the artillery of the Ming army, when he first began to attack, the shells mainly fell outside the city wall and on the city wall, and there were very few people who entered the city wall, as Kong Youde, who was familiar with artillery, knew very well that this was not a cannonball that could not fall into the city, but the main goal of the Ming army was to blow up the city wall, at this time, there was a huge gap in the city wall, and the shells must have been launched in, after some bombardment, when the Ming army rushed in, it was able to minimize casualties.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde avoided it relatively far, and the shells that fell not far away could not threaten him for the time being.

But seeing such a scene, Kong Youde's heart appeared a chill, this is a well-prepared attack, I am afraid that when Su Tiancheng was organizing, he did not plan how long it would take, at most within a day or two, to take Dalinghe City, at that time, the Eight Banners Army that was preparing to reinforce was probably not yet able to arrange.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde suddenly felt that he should remind Yue Tuo to prepare early, there are still some problems with overconfidence, at least prepare for a breakthrough in advance.

After catching up with Yue Tuo, Kong Youde quickly spoke.

"Marshal, in order to prevent accidents, the last general thinks that he still has to report to the emperor, and the sergeants who come to reinforce need to be vigilant, and they must not fall for the Ming army's scheme."

"This point has long been prepared, once the Ming army begins to enter the city, our army will grab a few sets of Ming army uniforms, take advantage of the chaos to kill out of the Lu, quickly go to Shenyang, report to the emperor, pay attention to the Ming army's artillery, even if it is to reinforce Dalinghe City, it is best to attack at night, so that the Ming army's artillery can not be fired, and there will be no power."

Kong Youde was suddenly a little angry, but also a little discouraged, the arrangements for the defense of Dalinghe City, almost all of them were arranged by Yue Tuo, he did not discuss with himself, his task was just to implement Yue Tuo's deployment, and now it has come to this point, seeing that the Ming army is about to start entering the city, the face-to-face battle is about to begin, at this time, Yue Tuo still seems to have enough self-confidence, as if everything is under control, so Tuo Da, haven't you thought about it, in case of failure, or even the danger of annihilation, is there any final response. (To be continued......)