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Sure enough, soon the Qing army launched a full-scale attack. They first made a detour to the east and west, quickly interspersed from both sides of Qian'an City to the north, and then closed the dragon in the north of the city, completing the complete encirclement of the Ming army. Of course, the focus of the attack was still on the south, because the terrain was the most flat and wide, which was conducive to launching a large-scale charge.

The Ming army also fought-for-tat, Meng Gong had already ordered the artillery to place the two Yuanrong guns with the longest range to the southeast and southwest corners of the city wall, and the rest of the artillery was mainly distributed on the south city wall. As soon as the Qing army launched a charge, two Yuan Rong cannons began to bombard non-stop.

Although this kind of solid artillery shells had limited lethality to mobile and flexible cavalry, they had a great psychological deterrent effect, and the Qing army could only spread out as much as possible to avoid being smashed by a large number of shells. And they also rushed through the distance of three miles to one and a half miles from the city wall as quickly as possible according to their previous experience against the Ming army, because the Hongyi cannons in Ningyuan, Dalinghe and other cities had a range of one and a half miles, that is, more than four hundred and fifty steps, and within four hundred and fifty steps, they could only rely on the Franco's machine guns.

However, the Qing army did not know that the Hongyi cannon was just an old-fashioned thing cast by European countries decades ago, and now the two Yuan Rong cannons on the head of Qian'an City are the main guns of warships representing the most advanced level of the Spanish and Portuguese navies. Compared with the Hongyi cannon, this cannon is lighter, more sophisticated, and has a faster rate of fire, which makes it more convenient to adjust the firing angle and strike at targets moving on the sea surface. Although it has been moved to land by Zhu Youzhen now, it is much the same when used.

Seeing the rapid advance of the Qing army, the gunners immediately lowered the elevation angle and aimed at the relatively dense part of the Qing army to fire again. From 200 steps to 3 miles, it was all the firing range of the Yuanrong cannon, which also greatly improved the efficiency of the use of this heavy artillery.

However, compared with the Yuan Rong cannons, the ones who really took on the heavy task of defending the city were eight free cannons, sixteen rapid-fire cannons and four flowering cannons. In the naval warfare of this era, the side guns played the most important role in the output of firepower, requiring accurate and fast shooting, so the gun body was small, and the loading speed far exceeded the main gun.

As soon as the Qing army entered within 450 paces, eight free cannons immediately came to fire a salvo. Of course, the killing range of eight shells was much larger than that of two shells, and the Han flag cavalry, which rushed to the front, once again played the role of an unlucky bastard, killing more than 20 people in this volley.

But Amin gave a death order, no matter how scared these traitors were, they could only continue to rush forward, otherwise it could only be a dead end. Therefore, the Qing army was only slightly disorganized, but the momentum of the charge was still not weakened, and it soon rushed within 300 paces.

But how did they know that the true baptism of blood was just coming? Seeing that the enemy army was getting closer and closer, and the formation was getting denser, Meng Gong immediately ordered the eight rapid-fire guns arranged on the southern city wall to open fire fiercely. The gunners had already filled up the guns, and all the guns were turned in front of the city gate, where the enemy troops were most densely populated, and immediately set fire.

With a dense burst of cannon fire, eight shells roared out of the chamber. This was not the same as the separate fire of the Yuanrong cannon and the Xiaoyao cannon, but a carefully calculated concentrated salvo, and all the shells fell within a radius of less than five zhang. At this time, it was not easy for the Qing army to scatter the charge, and about 17 or 8 cavalrymen in this range were either hit by shells or hit by severed arms and stumps flying from front, and they lay down in an instant, and none of them were spared.

Less than half a minute later, the commander waved his red flag and fired eight rapid-fire guns again, still bombarding a small area in a concentrated manner. Although the range covered by the shells is not large, as long as there are enemy troops in this range, then don't think about survival, and the efficiency is higher than that of the Yuanrong cannon and the Xiaoyao cannon.

Moreover, the biggest feature of rapid-fire guns is "rapid-fire", and the standard procedure is to fire three times in a row and then cool down once. Just in time for the bitter cold weather, the barrel cools faster, and the firing speed is faster.

At this time, the Qing army had already rushed within a range of one hundred and fifty paces, and the Han army banner at the front suffered heavy casualties, and the Manchu cavalry that had fallen slightly was also uncomfortable, because the Yuan Rong cannon and the Xiaoyao cannon were also constantly firing against the enemy troops in the rear.

Without careful calculation, Amin could estimate that the Qing army had at least 200 casualties. But now he doesn't care about casualties, and only thinks about taking Qian'an and reclaiming the food in the city, so that he can have the conditions to retreat. Otherwise, even if he goes out of the customs directly and treks hundreds of miles back to Liaodong under the condition of heavy snow covering the grassland, he can only kill horses to satisfy his hunger, then his white flag will be greatly damaged, and there will be no good fruit to eat when he goes back.

But Amin miscalculated one point, that is, the firepower of the Ming army was far from reaching the limit. Seeing that the enemy army had entered within one hundred and fifty paces, Meng Gong ordered the four flowering cannons scattered on the southern city wall to open fire immediately.

The gunner who was responsible for firing the flowering cannon immediately ran away from the distance after firing, and several loud noises were heard, and the three flowering cannons successfully discharged the shells. However, one of the cannons exploded, and the powerful explosives lifted the cannon into the air, tumbling and falling into the city. Fortunately, the Ming army had already taken precautions, and there was no one within a radius of a few zhang, so there was no accidental injury.

"What a fucking bad luck!" Meng Gong first scolded angrily, and then embarrassedly explained to Hao Yongzhong and Cao Wenzhao, "Two generals, this flower cannon is not good at all, it will occasionally explode, or it will be equipped in large quantities earlier." ”

Hao Yongzhong said with a smile: "It's normal to blow up one or two cannons, and in the past, Hongyi cannons with such thick barrels sometimes exploded." It's good that you didn't hurt your own people, and besides, the killing effect is also here! ”

Cao Wenzhao looked in the direction pointed by Hao Yongzhong, and sure enough, after seeing that three flowering shells fell in the Qing army's formation, they did not smash one or two cavalrymen, nor did they smash a string, but exploded directly, and the enemy troops within a radius of two zhang were all cut to pieces by scattered shrapnel.

Cao Wenzhao had been in the army for a long time, and he had always believed that artillery had a limited lethal effect on the flexible Eight Banner cavalry, and that only by building a cavalry stronger than the Qing army could it be possible to completely destroy the other side. But when he saw the huge power of the flowering cannon with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and muttered: "One shell can kill so many Tartars?" If I had changed this, I would not have been spared! ”