After Hong Chengchou's order, the official army began to attack, and the first to move was the artillery battalion of the official army, which laboriously moved the artillery forward under the pull of manpower and livestock.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers was temporarily recruited, so the size of the artillery was different, and the firing range was also different, and most of the large artillery could only be used to defend the city due to the difficulty of moving. There were also no large artillery pieces with a particularly long range in the barracks. You can only open fire if you move closer to the security forces.

Zhang Chu was also observing the movements of the official army above the head of Yuncheng, and after being silent for many days, the official army launched an attack again, they must have something to rely on, and it was impossible to send them to death in vain. As the officers and troops approached, they could already see the artillery trucks in the ranks of the officers and troops, and it seemed that the officers and troops were going to have an artillery battle with the security forces first.

Zhang Chu immediately ordered the artillery under the city to prepare, and the officers and soldiers launched an attack as soon as they entered the firing range.

The speed of the advance of the officers and troops was very slow, and they approached the position of the security army little by little, and finally some officers and soldiers crossed a few inconspicuous signs, which were the firing boundaries first marked by the security forces. Several long-range guns in the security forces were fired. Several iron balls weighing more than ten pounds flew towards the ranks of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers looked up in horror at the trajectory of the shells, predicting where they might fall, causing a panic in the queue, and some people even wanted to run, but the general of the team hurriedly shouted loudly to stabilize the team.

Firing at the maximum range with artillery is not accurate at all, and the security forces can be said to have more intimidation elements in these artillery, and the shells have not achieved any results when they fall. In front of the officers and soldiers were artillery units, which were not lined up in dense formations, but were only gathered in groups pulling artillery carriages. It's still very difficult to hit them from such a distance.

Seeing that the shells had landed on the open ground and had not caused them any harm, the officers and soldiers were much more calm, and pushed and pulled the artillery carts even harder to speed up their advance.

The security army cursed that it was unlucky, and that a few shells didn't even hit a single person, while mechanically pushing the gun back to the gun position, opening the bolt, exiting the shell, loading new shells, inserting the bolt, adjusting the angle of fire of the gun, and preparing for the next shot.

Soon after, the second round of shelling by the security forces began. The officers and soldiers were somewhat accustomed to the sound of the artillery, and they were no longer so panicked about the shells that came from the incoming guns, and only accelerated the pace of progress under their feet. The shelling finally bounced off the ground, bouncing on the ground and changing the direction of flight, passing through a group of officers and soldiers pulling the gun wagon, breaking several legs with heavy iron balls before rushing out of the crowd and rolling far away before stopping. The wounded officers and soldiers fell to the ground and wailed in pain, and immediately a man came up and carried them down.

For an attacking contingent of several thousand men, this little casualty did not stir up a little wave. Some of the larger guns of the officers and soldiers quickly advanced into their own firing range, and the soldiers nervously laid iron stakes on the ground to fix the guns and make the final preparations before firing. And the small artillery is still desperately moving forward.

The security forces also spotted these stopped officers and soldiers, these artillery is also a threat to their own side, and the fixed target is naturally easier to fight than the moving team, and the artillery fired more shells at the stopped artillery. Although it did not directly hit the gun position, it also caused great interference to the officers and soldiers who set up the artillery position.

The firearms battalion of the officer's rear team also followed behind the artillery.

The officers and soldiers who rushed to the front finally stopped, their small artillery was able to hit the position of the security army, and they were about to set up a gun position to attract more fierce artillery fire from the security army. Before one of the gun trucks could be secured, a cannonball flew from the opposite side and knocked it to the ground, and the soldiers around it were also knocked down by the flying earth and rocks.

The larger artillery of the officers and soldiers who stopped first had been fixed and loaded at this time, and they hurriedly opened fire on the security forces. Their first target was the artillery positions of the Security Army, which were firing incessantly, but they did not achieve much success. It was very difficult to hit the security guard's gun emplacement directly, and even if it hit the gun emplacement, the bouncing shells were blocked by the earthen wall around the gun emplacement. Hopes of killing with ricochets have also been dashed.

Hong Chengchou was very satisfied when he watched the officers and soldiers advance the artillery into place without major casualties. The firearms battalion in the rear was immediately ordered to move forward over the artillery. The artillery did not attack the enemy's artillery, but instead attacked the trenches of the security forces and suppressed their counterattacks.

Hong Chengchou's order was quickly carried out, and the musketeers of the firearms battalion quickly crossed the artillery position, formed a phalanx in front of the formation, and walked forward with their guns in the sound of the order.

The security forces soon discovered this more valuable target, adjusted the data of the artillery, and fired shells at the ranks of officers and soldiers. A few shells passed through the ranks, knocking all the officers and soldiers in their path to the ground, and the shadow of death loomed over everyone.

The soldiers of the Security Army hid in the trenches and felt the shock of the shells falling on the ground. Suddenly, the squad leader shouted: "Enter the position." The soldiers mechanically ran out of their hiding places and into their pre-arranged combat positions. Looking up a little outside the trench, I saw that the officers and soldiers of the brigade were rushing towards the position of the security army.

The security forces entered the position and casualties began to appear, shells flew from the opposite side and fell on the positions, and from time to time soldiers were wounded. The squad leaders worked hard to reassure their soldiers, constantly shouting: "Steady, check the firearms, prepare to shoot." ”

The first to fire were the "swarm of bees" and "a hundred tigers rushing arrows" behind the firearms battalion of the officers and soldiers. The range of these rockets exceeded that of muskets, and hundreds of barrels were fired at once, and thousands of arrows flew towards the positions of the security forces under the impetus of gunpowder.

The dense rain of arrows fell from the sky, and the security soldiers tried their best to cover their faces and shrink their bodies behind the trenches, but even so, many security soldiers were injured, and the medical soldiers rushed over to treat them regardless of their own safety.

Taking advantage of the fact that the security forces were suppressed by rockets, the musketeers of the officers and soldiers advanced a considerable distance.

"Fire." Seeing that the officers and soldiers had rushed into the range of the security army's muskets, the squad leader decisively gave the order to shoot.

The musketeers of the officers and soldiers sadly found that the range of the muskets in their hands was closer than that of the security forces. At this time, he was only beaten by the security army but could not fight back, and the officers and soldiers stood there straight, but the security army hid in the trench behind the earthen wall.

Fortunately, after many trainings before the war, the officers and soldiers resisted the urge to shoot, so they did not ping pong and let off a shot, and then turned around and fled. In the past, the use of firearms by officials and soldiers was basically done in this way.

The drumbeat of the advance intensified, urging the officers and soldiers to speed up their advance.

The soldiers didn't want to be beaten there passively and couldn't fight back, so they rushed forward desperately one by one, ignoring their comrades who were constantly falling.

Hong Chengchou observed the situation on the battlefield and knew that this was the critical moment of the battle. Immediately ordered the soldiers with cold weapons in the rear to follow closely and the musketeers also rushed forward. On the one hand, it was to facilitate the charge, and more importantly, to block the way for the musketeers to retreat, so that they could not retreat and flee for their lives in the battle with the security forces.

The officers' musketeers rushed within range of their muskets, tightening their ranks and lining up closer to each other at the sound of the captains' orders, which was intended for a more intensive firepower output, but also provided better targets for the security forces.

The battle went to the most tragic stage of the queue to shoot, the queue of the officers and soldiers musketeers was stripped of the flying bullets layer by layer, and the soldiers behind continued to make up for it, and the bullets they fired also killed and wounded the security soldiers exposed from the position one by one. The security forces can only keep filling the vacancies by constantly moving people from the rear to maintain the density of firepower.

The two sides have reached the stage of a contest of wills, to see who has the stronger will and who has more reserve soldiers. (To be continued.) )