As early as when the Qing army raised their bows, the command of the officers of the trapped camp at the head of the city had already sounded, and the musketeers who were standing at the battlements were still firing at the battlements and quickly retreated with their cannons and bed crossbows, while the rest of the soldiers moved the hangers to the battlements and put soaked quilts on the overlays of the hangers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the blink of an eye, a rain of arrows roared from under the city. Bursts of sharp arrows rang at the overhang, making a feeble muffled sound, and they could no longer inflict damage on the defenders of the city. However, there were still a few soldiers at the battlements who were slower, and before they could put the quilt on the grid, the arrows under the city flew rapidly. Suddenly, the soldiers who were caught off guard were hit by arrows one after another. However, fortunately, the firearms soldiers were equipped with iron armor, and the rest of the soldiers were also equipped with cotton armor and helmets, so few people were directly hit to the vital point, and most of the parts of the arrows were unprotected arms and thighs, and a very small number of soldiers were shot directly in the neck, lying in a pool of blood and dying, and they could not survive in sight.

After all the battlements were hung with hanging households, the lethal effect of the arrows under the castle was immediately minimized. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ganzhou military households waiting on the horse road on the inner side of the city wall hunched their waists and carried stretchers to the head of the city, carrying the wounded down the city and sending them to the special ambulance point in the city for treatment.

This time, in order to strengthen the defensive force and make the maximum use of the troops at hand, Pang Yue also organized hundreds of young and strong military households and more than 1,000 people in the city, and organized them into several teams to share the transportation of the wounded, the carrying of weapons and baggage, and other matters. As for the battalions of the four battalions in Ganzhou Town, they were all given armor and weapons, regardless of the combat auxiliaries, and were ready to fight at any time.

Seeing that the Ming army at the head of the city was forced to retreat, the Qing army under the city became even more excited, and their faces couldn't hide their ecstasy. The shield cart quickened its advance, and the archers behind it, under the command of the officer, continued to shoot a rain of arrows at the head of the city to suppress it, and the shouts intensified, as if it would not be long before the gates could be breached in one fell swoop. Some of the Qing officers and soldiers who got carried away even unconsciously exposed their bodies outside the protection of the shield car in excitement.

Before the soldiers could rejoice, there was another sound of fried beans at the head of the city, and the daredevils finally paid the price for their actions, and they were swept into a pool of blood by the sudden buckshot.

After the battlement was covered by the hanging household, the Ming musketeers shot at the Qing army under the city through the lookout and shooting holes on the city wall, which still caused a lot of casualties to the Qing army. However, due to the limited angles of the lookout and shooting holes, the effect was noticeably not as good as before.

As time passed, the shield chariots of the Qing army got closer and closer to the city walls, but the shielding effect also decreased. Looking from the lookout or shooting hole at the head of the city, you can already see the dense Qing army archers behind the shield carts, as well as a large number of Qing army auxiliaries pushing simple wheelbarrows full of earth and stones.

"Hit the clear dog behind the shield car!" Xie Wencong ordered loudly. Now that the Qing soldiers behind the shield cart have begun to be revealed, of course, there is no need to shoot at the shield cart in vain, killing and injuring more Qing soldiers is the first priority.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ...... "In the lookouts and shooting holes, a number of flintlock pistols, bird guns and lifting guns were fired downward. For a moment, the fire flashed and white smoke filled.

There was a rain of blood behind the shield cart again, and in the screams, the archers and auxiliaries of the Qing army fell like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind, and the survivors took refuge under the shield cart......

On the east bank, thousands of soldiers with yellow and blue flags are still silently on standby. Surrounded by many banners, Tulai was observing the battle situation on the other side with a group of Manchurian generals, and at this time, everyone's faces were serious and abnormal.

"The firearms of the puppet Ming army are so sharp?" Seeing the heavy losses of the green battalion soldiers on the opposite bank under the blow of the Ming army, Turai frowned. It's not that he hasn't seen the Ming army's firearms before, but in his eyes, the Ming army's firearms are simply chicken-ribbed things, not to mention the low rate of fire, and they often explode, and the lethality is minimal. But the firearm he saw today greatly surprised him, not only the rate of fire was extremely high, so that the firing sound was so dense that he couldn't hear the rhythm, and the range was also extremely amazing, and it could actually hit the flesh and blood of the green battalion soldiers from a hundred paces away. …,

"Lord Tulai, the slave is willing to lead the warriors of his headquarters across the river to teach the puppet army a lesson!" Seeing that the green battalion on the other side made little progress, a Zhenghuang Qijia Lazhangjing named Rabudu came to Turai to ask for battle, and the rest of the generals were also eager to try.

"There's no hurry." Turai waved his hand, observed the other side for a while, and ordered Goshha beside him: "Pass the order to go down and let the artillery battalion shell at Jianchun Gate in the west of Ganzhou!" ”

"Huh!"

Turai's order was quickly passed on, and a dozen guns of the artillery battalion were pushed to the opposite side of Jianchun Gate, and the muzzles of the black hole were aimed at the opposite bank. However, from the artillery position of Jiannu to the Jianchun Gate on the other side of the river, there is more than a mile away. At this distance, that is, the nine-pounder cannon can play a role, and although the shells of the six-pounder cannon can barely reach, the power and accuracy will be greatly reduced. As for the rest of the artillery, it can only be heard by the defenders at the head of the city, and it will have some deterrent effect.

It was the Gangfeng Battalion under the command of Lu Qiwu who was responsible for defending Jianchun Gate, and the movements of the Jiannu artillery on the other side naturally could not hide from the eyes of the soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion at the head of the city.

"My lord, Jiannu's artillery!" After a sharp-eyed flag general saw the muzzles of those black holes on the other side, he said to Lu Qiwu anxiously.

"I don't need you to talk too much, I can see it all!" Lu Qiwu replied nonchalantly, and shouted to the heralds around him: "Jiannu is going to be shelled, quickly let everyone hide behind sandbags!" ”

"Yes!" Several heralds were given the order and quickly left.

In a short time, Lu Qiwu's order spread throughout the western city wall, and the soldiers jumped nervously and orderly behind the sandbag fortifications at the head of the city. Prior to this, Pang Yue had expected that Jiannu was likely to bombard Jianchun Gate, so he had already ordered the fortifications to be piled up at the head of the city with burlap bags filled with sand and soil to reduce the losses of the soldiers. I didn't expect it to come in handy.

"Damn, when our Ganzhou Town casts a more powerful artillery, we must let those Jiannu know that it is powerful!" Lu Qiwu, who hid behind the sandbag, spat unwillingly.

Not only Lu Qiwu, but also the officers and soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion were all unwilling. It's no wonder that artillery was originally a sharp weapon in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that now, as the official army of the Ming Dynasty, I have to avoid the artillery of Jiannu, which is really a bit laughable. Although Ganzhou Town also has artillery, it is far inferior to Jiannu's artillery in terms of power, and the number is not large, so it is impossible to effectively fight back at Jiannu.

"Boom! - "Boom! ——”…… Soon after, the Jiannu on the east bank opened fire.

More than a dozen artillery pieces fired at the same time, and the sound of artillery shook the heavens and the earth, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air wantonly, which was extremely spectacular. Before the sound of the cannon fell, there were waves on the surface of the river, and almost all the shells from the bronze cannons and three-pounder guns fell into the river, but the shells of the four six-pounder guns and three nine-pounder guns hit the surface of the river and roared towards the Jianchun Gate.

"Boom!" "Boom!" With a few loud bangs, two nine-pounder cannon shells hit the head of Jianchun Gate, shattering the outer bricks of several battlements. For a moment, the gravel at the head of the city flew sideways, and even the soldiers of the Gangfeng battalion who were hiding behind the sandbags felt a noticeable shaking, and if everyone was still standing in place, they would have to suffer heavy casualties. However, after shattering the battlement, the shell continued to hit the sand wall after crossing the female wall, knocking the sandbag crooked. Another nine-pounder shell actually went straight through the battlement, bounced off the passage at the head of the city, and then fell sharply behind a sand wall.

"Get out of the way!" An experienced Gang Battalion General couldn't help but exclaim when he heard a strange noise outside the sandbags. But it was still a little late, and the red-hot shell caused casualties among seven or eight soldiers, two of whom died on the spot and fell in a pool of blood. …,

Fortunately, the six-pounder shells were much less lethal, one of them fell into the sand on the west bank shortly after crossing the river, and after a few rolls, it was silent, and the other three barely touched the middle and lower parts of the wall, making a few dispensable muffled sounds.

"Quick! Carry the wounded soldier down! Then put sandbags behind the women's wall! Taking advantage of the Qing army's reloading, Lu Qiwu shouted loudly, and then some soldiers began to get busy according to his instructions, preparing for the second round of artillery bombardment by the Qing army.

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At the south gate of the town, after a long struggle, the Qing army besieging the city finally made a little progress, and the auxiliaries had filled in several passages for the moat with earth and stones in the carts. Subsequently, seven or eight long ladders were erected at the head of the city, and a large number of Qing soldiers began to enter the city with round shields, knives, axes and other weapons, while the archers still hid behind the shield cart and suppressed the Ming army at the head of the city with bows and arrows.

However, in order to get to this point, the price paid by the Qing army is not undeniable. Beneath the city, the ground was soaked with blood, the grass on it was almost dyed red, and the corpses of the red hats were spread from a hundred paces away to the moat, especially the corpses of the auxiliaries and the wheelbarrows crooked to the side.

"Rush to the city! Break through Ganzhou! The first to attack the city will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver! Li Yingzong shouted excitedly, although his troops suffered heavy losses, he was still very excited that his soldiers had been able to enter the city. With his many years of experience, only his own side began to ascend to the city, which meant that victory was not far away.

However, as soon as Li Yingzong's words fell, an unexpected scene happened: dozens of stones fell from the city, smashing several shield carts, and many Qing archers who were shooting arrows in the back were also killed. Several long ladders were also hit, and the Qing soldiers who were ascending the city fell down like dumplings, letting out a terrible scream. And that's not all, a steaming golden liquid was also poured from the city. Although Li Yingzong didn't know what it was at first, the stench that wafted over and the ghostly howl of the Qing soldiers who were poured soon made him suddenly realize, and he once again scolded the viciousness of the Ming army.

The screams of the Qing soldiers under the city have not subsided, and the Ming firearms soldiers in the face of the horses at the head of the city have also opened fire. This horse face is a rectangular pier that protrudes from the outside of the city wall, and the battlements on the left and right sides of the wall have battlements to facilitate the throwing of bricks and stones, and the purpose of firing arrows is to attack the enemy who ascends the city from the side. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking under the city, the battlement wall on the front did not open the battlement, so the Ming soldiers did not participate in the fight against the Qing soldiers just now. However, now that a large number of Qing soldiers have poured under the city wall, how can such a good shooting opportunity be missed? With the sound of fried beans and the continuous flashes of fire, the Qing soldiers under the city walls were beaten to the ground by the dense lead bullets fired from both sides, and those who dared to stop there had no reason to survive.

Seeing the bloody scene in front of him, the excited red on Li Yingzong's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a bloodless white......

The Jiannu artillery on the east bank carried out several rounds of artillery bombardment on the Jianchun Gate, and under the artillery bombardment, the head of the Jianchun Gate was damaged in many places. However, fortunately, the soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion were prepared, so there were no casualties. After several rounds of shelling, Turai ordered Ke Yongsheng's troops on the west bank to attack from Jianchun Gate.

After receiving the order, Ke Yongsheng personally led 5,000 people to attack from the detour to Jianchun Gate. In the face of the tide of Qing troops, the soldiers of the Gangfeng Battalion were not afraid of the Jiannu on the east bank to open fire, and jumped out of the bunkers at the head of the city one after another, shooting at the Qing army under the city with various weapons. For a while, blood was splashed and screams were heard again and again under the city, and the scene at the south gate of the town was repeated here......

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The battle lasted for an hour and a half and lasted until dark. But until nightfall, the Qing army still failed to break through the city gate, and the few Qing soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were also wiped out under the encirclement of the Ming army, and the corpses under the city were actually built into hills. Even if the Qing army dared to fight again, the sky would not allow it.

Finally, in the sound of the gong of retreating, the Qing army, which had paid a heavy price, returned with regret in vain. I have to say that there are also many fierce and warlike people in the Qing army, and many people are also red-eyed and brave, but it is a pity that they met Ganzhou Town, although they fought hard and bloodily, but all their efforts finally came to naught when night fell.

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