"Don't mess up, steady, fire, shoot me, fight back!"

After all, the first wave of artillery shells of the Qing army was the first shot, and it has not yet been verified, and the hit rate is not very high, most of the shells are not close to the bombardment, and they fall at the root of the city, or they fly far away, and they fall in the urn city, and there are not many shells that really hit the city, and there are only more than ten of them, but even so, the shrenchnel that flies horizontally also swept down more than a dozen unlucky Japanese soldiers, and suddenly made the city head a mess.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Tokugawa Sansheng shouted like this, and the gunners did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ignited the fuse at the breech of the old artillery with a fusing stick, but in the midst of a burst of gunsmoke, more than a dozen artillery guns lined up at the head of the city fired shells to counterattack, but the range was too close, only flew out of more than 200 steps, and it was already smashed in front of the Qing army's array, except for splashing a burst of sand, there was no effect.

"Prepare all the cannons, three rounds of rapid fire, put!"

Although the artillery counterattack of the defenders at the head of the city was not effective at all, it successfully aroused the fire of the Qing artillerymen, one by one gritted their teeth to check the firing range, the hands and feet were extraordinarily sharp, and the verification and loading were even a few points faster than usual, but in the time of a cup of tea, more than 100 artillery pieces had completed the preparations for firing again, and with the order of the artillery commander guerrilla general Li Changlin, the Qing army's artillery attack began again.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Half of the shells of this round of artillery shelling fell on the head of the city, and it exploded into a piece in an instant, and countless shrapnel swept around, and the defenders of the city cried wolf howl, and only one round of shelling came down, and more than 80 defenders died on the spot, and more than a dozen people were unlucky enough to be directly hit by the shells, and they were immediately shattered into rotten flesh, and the stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, and the whole city was really like a hell on earth.

"Baga, quickly, all withdraw from the city and stick to the wall!"

The reason why the Qing army's rapid artillery attack will achieve such great results is that the Qing army's artillery can hit accurately, but another reason is that the density of the defenders on the city is too large, and under the crowding, isn't it just a cannon target, this point, Tokugawa Sansheng obviously also figured it out, how dare he let the Qing army's artillery bombardment continue, this is just the start of the war, his eight hundred samurai have already lost more than one percent, and a few more rounds, then there is no need to defend the city anymore, wouldn't it be more refreshing to report directly to the underworld? As soon as he thought of this, Tokugawa Sansheng didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly roared, and all the samurai who were in chaos at the head of the city were removed from the city, leaving only a dozen observation posts on the city to watch every move of the Qing army.

"Stop shooting, move forward with heavy artillery, and blast the gates open for me!"

After all, the light infantry artillery has limited power, although the lethality is good, it can be used to deal with the city wall made of blue strip stone, but it is obviously a little weak, Li Changlin is unwilling to waste cannonballs to do useless work, so he waved the small red flag in his hand and broke off his throat loudly.

The army's heavy artillery is a well-deserved heavy artillery, its own weight is more than 3,000 catties, the muzzle is as thick as 80 centimeters, it adopts the loading method of breech ammunition, the shells are divided into two kinds, one is a pointed bullet that focuses on penetrating ability, and the other is a round flowering bullet, the net weight is 30 catties, fired with a gunpowder bag, the effective firing range is far more than 600 steps, the gun carriage is equipped with a spiral adjuster, and there are calipers and other most advanced auxiliary aiming equipment today, equipped with gunners, loaders and other ten people, can be curved fire, can also be aimed directly, but when firing directly, The firing range is shorter, only about two hundred steps, this expedition, due to the limitation of cargo capacity, only three heavy artillery with the army, this is the treasure of the Qing army, today's siege is just a feint, the old thirteen will not expose all the heavy artillery, now only one is placed in front of the formation, waiting for Li Changlin's order, many gunners immediately shouted the trumpet, the heavy artillery forward, at the same time, there are more than 50 army soldiers to follow forward to cover.

"Target, city gate hole, put!"

After some busyness, the heavy artillery has settled down on the two hundred paces away from the city gate hole, with the order of the gun commander, one of his gunners pulled the cannon rope heavily, but after hearing a thunderous loud noise, the flames at the muzzle of the cannon flashed suddenly, and the huge pointed cannonball was already whistling towards the city gate hole.

"Boom!"

The huge cannonball slammed into the closed gate, and in an instant, it blew a large hole in the thick copper-clad wooden gate, and sawdust flew in all directions, and dust surged wildly.

"Damn it, come again!"

Suddenly, the dust dispersed, and the artillery commander found that the back of the wooden door was filled with sandbags, although the wooden door was broken, but the cannonball was exhausted by the sandbags behind the door.

"What's going on?"

When it was worth the Qing army's heavy artillery fire, Tokugawa Mitsui was leaning against the root of the city wall to avoid the sacking of the Qing army's infantry artillery.

"No, it's not good, the cannon, the cannon of the Chinese people, the cannon ......"

Tokugawa Mitsuyoi had not yet come to his senses, but he saw that a sentry at the head of the castle who was originally in charge of the lookout rushed down the castle with a rolling belt, shouting with a pale face.

"Yaga, make it clear, what cannon?"

Tokugawa Mitsui was on fire, and when he saw that the sentry was indistinct, even if he was angry, he grabbed his corset, picked up his slap and slapped it hard.

"Cannon, big, big cannon, cannon......"

That sentry had already been frightened by the power of the Qing army's cannons, and he was whipped by Tokugawa Mitsuyo like this, and he couldn't tell what was going on.

"Yaga, waste!"

Seeing that the sentry chirped crookedly for a long time and didn't say a reason, Tokugawa Sansheng was furious, and he didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he pushed the sentry to the ground heavily, but he took three steps and two steps to the top of the city, and looked outside the city, and immediately gasped.

"Boom!"

Before Tokugawa Mitsui could take a breath of cool air, he saw that the huge cannon shook suddenly, and in a flash of flames at the muzzle, another huge cannonball roared out, and unstoppably smashed on the already dilapidated city gate again, and the earth and stones flew up, and the entire section of the city wall suddenly shook wildly.

"Yaga, gunner, hurry up to the city, counterattack, counterattack!"

Under the trembling of the city wall, Tokugawa Sansheng was once again shocked and fell to the ground unsteadily, but at this moment, he couldn't care about the pain in his body, and he jumped up with a grunt, and rushed to the entrance of the building with a rolling belt, and roared hoarsely.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Since Tokugawa Mitsui gave the order, the Japanese gunners did not dare to delay, and ran up to the city again, hurriedly opened their hands, and took advantage of the moment when the Qing artillery stopped, desperately shooting at the place where the Qing army's heavy artillery was, trying to knock out the Qing army's heavy artillery.

The wishes of the Japanese gunners are undoubtedly good, but unfortunately the reality is cruel, a round of artillery bombardment, not only failed to destroy the heavy artillery of the Qing army, but attracted the fierce counterattack of the Qing army's infantry artillery clusters, the quality of the artillery on both sides is very different, the technical and tactical level of the artillery is also very different, so back and forth artillery battle, even if there is the advantage of the city wall, the Japanese gunners are undoubtedly in the absolute disadvantage, the battle until noon, more than a dozen rounds of fire, the artillery of the defenders of the city head have all been devastated, The only result was to force the Qing siege artillery to retreat to its position, and other than that, there was little effect to speak of.

With the whole army of the defenders' artillery exhausted, there was nothing that could be used to block the attack of the Qing army's heavy artillery, but fortunately, there were enough sandbags pre-filled in the city gate hole, although the Qing army's heavy artillery cut off layer after layer, and even the city wall near the city gate hole was broken out of several huge potholes, but the city gate hole was still not completely blasted open by the Qing army's heavy artillery.

"Collect the troops!"

The battle is coming to an end, the already gloomy sky has gradually darkened, the war can obviously not continue, with the old thirteen orders, the Qing army departments will collect troops and return to the camp, the day's siege battle is now over, the battle between the two sides is very strong, but the results of the battle, are lackluster - although the defenders of the Japanese country have suffered a lot of casualties, but they can be regarded as holding the city, as for the Qing army, two people died in the artillery battle because they could not dodge, and three others were injured, in general, Such a small loss is obviously negligible.

"Ben Sei Saburo, hurry, go and send a letter to the general, just say that the people of China are attacking the city very urgently, the artillery is sharp, our army is difficult to support, ask the general to send troops to rescue as soon as possible, if there is a slight delay, Kyoto will not be guaranteed, go quickly, go quickly!"

Looking at the Qing army slowly retreating to the camp, Tokugawa Sansheng's heartstrings that had been tense for a day were finally slightly loosened, but at the same time, the worry in his heart was great, and he had completely lost confidence in the matter of sticking to Kyoto, but seeing his anxious face, he summoned a messenger to the front, and hurriedly explained a few words, and urged the messenger to set off quickly.

"Hay!"

Those who can become messengers are the most loyal samurai in the family, and at this time Tokugawa Misei was already angry and corrupt, and the messenger who was named did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and hurriedly responded to it, and hurried down the city gate, rode through most of the city, and left the city from the west gate where the Qing army deliberately left no siege, and with the help of the cover of the night that had fallen, he galloped in the direction of Edo......