Jiannu, who was hiding outside the city, did not find the Ming army charging under the cover of artillery in time, and the thick smoke produced by the explosion of the artillery obscured the sky and the sun, seriously affecting the field of vision. Therefore, when the Ming army rushed to the vicinity of the city wall, the defending Jiannu found that the situation was wrong.

However, it was too late, and the Ming army, which rushed to the front, was a group of fifty people, holding a few large bags in their arms, using the power of artillery to continue firing and the cover of thick smoke, and rushed to the south gate when the Jiannu inside and outside the city had no time to respond. After building several bridges with ladders and crossing the moat, they quickly rushed to the city gate hole and folded a few square-shaped bags in their hands into the city gate hole. More than 50 explosives cannons were stacked into a hill close to the city gate. After the fuse was lit, the daredevils quickly retreated to the other side of the moat via ladders.

By this time, about 8,000 musketeers and 8,000 cavalry guards had rushed outside the South Gate. 8,000 cavalry and 3,000 musketeers were divided into two wings to protect the 5,000 musketeers who were responsible for the siege of the city, and at this time they had already exchanged hands with the Jiannu who reacted outside the city. Some of the Jiannu who received the warning in the city also rushed to the head of the city, but there was too much smoke, and they couldn't completely see the situation under the city.

Just when the Jiannu inside and outside the city were hurriedly arranging their formations, preparing to meet the siege of the Ming army, there was an earth-shattering huge explosion in the direction of the south gate of the city. Nearly 50 explosives packages, each explosive package about 20 catties of gunpowder, a total of more than 1000 catties of explosives explosion power is very huge, not only the south gate of the city gate was blown up, but also the south gate of the city gate tower was half collapsed, hiding in the city gate hole of the Jiannu was all blown up, some of the Jiannu generals on the city gate tower were pressed under the ruins, not dead or wounded.

Because the city gate cave is sturdy, there is basically no major damage except for some broken bricks. The ancient city wall is still very strong, there is absolutely no tofu scum project, and the air wave generated by the explosion radiates in the direction of the two spaces in the city gate hole. The damage to the gate hole was also greatly reduced. It's just that I pity the Jiannu who are hiding in and near the city gate cave, many of them have not understood what is going on, they were killed or injured by a huge explosion, and those who were lucky not to be killed or injured were also scared stupid, and they temporarily lost their hearing, and they couldn't recover for a long time.

The suspended bridge was also reduced to fragments due to the huge blast wave of the explosion.

With this huge explosion. On the position of the Ming army, the horn of the charge sounded, except for some of the men and horses guarding the position behind the palace, as well as the sailors and soldiers, the rest of the horses all jumped up from the position and rushed to the south gate of Liaocheng.

At this time, a number of temporary bridges had already been erected on the moat. The musketeers and cavalrymen, who had approached the south gate, alternately covered the bombed gates and rushed across the moat from these temporary bridges. Rush into the cave of the South Gate. The sound of musket shooting rang out, and those Jiannu who were lucky enough not to be killed fell under the musket fire of the Ming army one after another.

The first wave of musketeers and cavalry guards who entered the south gate of Liaocheng were very fast, and it didn't take long to wipe out all the thousands of remaining Jiannu who had been out of order near the city gate. After these slaves are destroyed. They did not continue to charge, but stood near the city gate, taking advantage of all favorable terrain to block a possible counterattack by Jiannu.

And the follow-up centaurs. A steady stream of people rushed into the city to consolidate the defenses within the already occupied city gates.

Coincidentally, after the vanguard attacked the south gate of Liaocheng. The sky began to blow a strong wind, and the black smoke over Liaocheng was quickly blown away. The black smoke was soon blown away, which became more and more conducive to the shooting of the Ming army. The canal passes through the city from Liaocheng, and the warships wandering on the canal also quickly approach the vicinity of the south gate, using the artillery on the warships to support the Ming soldiers who attacked the city.

Before formulating the siege plan, Cao Yue did not think too much about the safety of the people in the city, he knew that when the city was broken, the people would definitely suffer, he only hoped that the people could know the interesting location and hide in the house and not run outside. When he ordered his troops to attack, he did not ask them to take into account the safety of the people, and the only thing he needed to consider was that he could try his best to win the war when his troops were inferior.

As long as Liaocheng can be successfully captured, the lives of the remaining people can be guaranteed. If the siege fails, and Jiannu finally wins, then the people of Liaocheng will still suffer, and Jiannu, who suffered heavy losses, will definitely not let go of the people of Liaocheng.

Near the south gate, there were still a lot of Jiannu guards, but under the fierce bombardment of the Ming artillery, they did not dare to stay on the city wall, and most of them found a place to hide. When the Ming army blew open the city gates and attacked the city, they were still in disarray, and there was no way to organize an effective defense.

The houses blown up by the artillery became obstacles to the counterattack of the Jiannu cavalry, but these obstacles did not have much trouble for the attacking Ming army, and the musketeers could use these obstacles as a cover for shooting and effectively killing and injuring the counterattacking Jiannu.

As more and more Ming troops crossed the moat from the bridge, the Ming defense line in the south gate slowly stabilized, and the follow-up men and horses began to attack the city. Cavalry, infantry and musketeers continued to cover each other, advancing alternately. On the south gate wall, there are at least 5,000 musketeers and thousands of infantry troops defending, and they are ready to meet the counterattack of the Jiannu on the city wall.

The news that the south gate was breached also reached Cao Yue for the first time.

After hearing this news, Cao Yue didn't have much excitement, he knew that such a siege direction, when he used it for the first time, it would definitely work. After a few days of artillery bombardment, Jiannu did not dare to stay in the city, and Jiannu did not block the city gate hole with mud and stones, and the wooden or even iron city gate could be blown open with an astonishing amount of explosives.

As long as the city gate is blown open, it will not be a problem to capture the south gate.

However, the south gate guarded by Jiannu's heavy troops was broken so quickly, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Li Chengdong and others were dumbfounded, they couldn't understand, how could Jiannu be so vulnerable and so easily broken through the south gate by the Ming army?

It's just that Cao Yue didn't have time to explain anything to them, and he had already asked all the men and horses except the Third Guards Division, the artillery and the Sailor Division to join the siege. Cao Yue wanted to see how to defend the south gate that had been broken by our Ming army, and retreated to Dolgon in the city.

Theoretically, if the city gate is broken, the city will fall hard, and Cao Yue thinks the same way.

Jiannu was mainly cavalry, and the space in the city was even narrower, which was not conducive to the large-scale movement of cavalry. But musketeers can still fire in groups in formation, no less powerful than hiding in a trench. (To be continued.) )