At the same time, Huang Taiji also kept sending scout cavalry to reconnoiter the city defense of Zhenjiang Fort.

Although these scouts were within the range of the artillery, they were very careful not to get within the range of the crossbow arrows, and only observed the defense of Zhenjiang Fort from a distance.

Occasionally, a few scouts kept shouting and scolding in the distance, which made Lu Yan and them feel angry.

"Brother Lu, don't worry, this is what the siege looks like. If you're really angry, they'll get their way. If you are so angry that you lead your troops out, they will laugh out of their big teeth with joy. Sometimes the Mongols attack the city, and the scolding is called an ugly one. ”

Wang Fu seemed to see Lu Yan's impatience, so he said to him with a smile.

He is also an old soldier, and he has seen a lot of big scenes, which is really nothing.

Lu Yan nodded, he also understood that Wang Fu was right.

But if this continues, the morale of the Ming army will only drop a little.

So he said to Mao Wenlong: "My lord, why don't you send us out to fight the Jurchens." ”

Before the Jurchens arrived, they had already discussed various tactics, including relying on the artillery on the city wall and those trenches to kill the Jurchens, and Mao Wenlong also agreed at that time.

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and said, "That's fine, but you have to be careful." ”

"Yes, my lord."

Lu Yan said.

After speaking, he gathered his troops and horses with the overlord and others, and prepared to go out of the city to challenge the Jurchens.

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Inside the tent of Huang Taiji.

Although they had suffered some shock just now, they quickly calmed down their panic.

As more and more information was transmitted back by the scouts, Huang Taiji, Amin and others were also constantly discussing the friendship of attacking Zhenjiang Fort.

At this moment, a pro-soldier suddenly rushed in.

"Enlighten the two Baylors, and one of the enemy's soldiers and horses suddenly went out of the city."

"What did you say, the enemy is out of the city?"

Hearing this, Huang Taiji and Amin were both shocked.

Could it be that the enemy has a problem with his head, and the good city walls are not guarded, and he dares to go out of the city to engage in a field battle with them.

"The enemy only went out of the city and lined up, and did not cross the trenches."

The pro-soldier hurriedly added.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said, some things have to be seen with your own eyes to make a decision.

Soon he saw that the soldier was not lying, and at this moment the west gate was opened, and a crowd of people came out of the castle.

These people have different colors of armor, some white and some red, but all of them are brightly armored and have high morale.

After leaving the city, they quickly lined up, and then, leaning against the city walls, began to line up.

"Did they really come out?"

Amin was pleasantly surprised.

It's a good thing that the enemy is willing to come out of the turtle's shell, it's better to fight than to hide in the turtle's shell.

Huang Taiji frowned, unable to tell whether he was happy or sad.

Tong Yangxing gritted his teeth and said, "Two Belle Masters, let me fight." Mao Wenlong arrested my brother, and if I don't take revenge, I swear not to be a man. ”

Huang Taiji's eyes flashed, and at this time, an earth-shattering roar suddenly sounded on the opposite side.

"Do you dare to fight!"

"Do you dare to fight!"

"Do you dare to fight!"

“……”

The soldiers who had fallen into the camp and the Iron Eagle Warriors beat their shields with their weapons very rhythmically, while shouting loudly with the other soldiers.

The many voices converged into a torrent, startling the birds on the mountain east of the town, and it spread far away, even the Jurchen soldiers who were digging in the dirt could hear it clearly.

Hearing this, all the Jurchens were furious, these people were too arrogant.

Some Jurchens shouted and cursed, and some cowardly Nikans dared to invite them to fight.

The Ming army at the head of the city laughed, and it was obvious that the words of these soldiers made them feel very relieved.

"What a damn Nikan! I'm going to kill them! ”

Amin said almost through gritted teeth.

Huang Taiji is also gloomy, and these people's words are too arrogant.

Don't say it's Amin, even he has the mind to teach these people in front of him a lesson.

"Old eight, let my people immediately after a while, I must let them know how powerful our Jurchens are."

Amin said viciously.

"Okay, but I hope you can cooperate well with Tong E, and Tong Eyu's subordinates can also make some efforts."

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said.

"I know."

Amin nodded, and the work of filling the trenches was left to them, and they Jurchens only needed to be responsible for the battle.

Tong Yangxing also nodded, and after discussing for a while, they immediately began to deploy troops.

Soon, those Jurchen armies began to prepare for the attack.

The Jurchens' combat style has always been that the long-armored soldiers are in the front and the short-armored soldiers are in the rear.

This time was no exception, except that they did not ride horses, but all on foot.

Standing in the front row are infantry men in chain mail and shields, followed by archers in cotton or leather armor.

The whole formation is quite dense, and all the people are fully armored.

Then there were some Han soldiers, who led the horses, and the horses carried some mud bags on them.

Their task was to throw mud bags into the trench in order to fill it.

In addition to this, there were some cavalry in the rear of these infantry, and of course they would not attack with them.

But as soon as those trenches are filled, they will quickly break through to tear apart the enemy's defenses.

On the right side of the team is Tong Yangzhen's artilleryman, with more than a dozen Franco cannons lined up and standing in place in horse-drawn cars.

Seeing this, Lu Yan's eyes tightened, and he gave an order to Grenwell, allowing him to choose his target freely, but he must give the highest priority to destroying those artillery.

Amin and Tong Yang looked confident, believing that it would be easy to defeat the enemy in front of them with their strength.

Lu Yan is also very confident, with many strong soldiers in his hands, he must let the Jurchens meet in Zhenjiang Fort and break the bloodstream.

A desolate trumpet sounded, and the Jurchens finally attacked.

The Jurchens walked in a neat step and began to move slowly.

The sound of heavy footsteps, the clashing of armor, the neighing of horses, and the desolate sound of horns constitute an incomparably magnificent picture of war.

"My lord, the enemy's artillery has come within range of our artillery."

Grenwell said to Lu Yan.

"Order the soldiers to open fire, remembering to take out the enemy's artillery first."

Lu Yan said coldly.

"Yes, my lord."

Grenwell said hurriedly.

Soon Lu Yan's order was faithfully conveyed, and after receiving Lu Yan's order, the artillerymen who had been waiting impatiently immediately ignited.

A rumbling cannon sounded, and a burst of smoke and fire immediately rose from the head of Zhenjiang Fort.

Ten buckshot whistled at the artillerymen, and then smashed heavily into the ranks of the artillerymen, quickly setting off a storm of blood among the artillerymen.

"Ahh

"Ahh

A large number of artillery and war horses let out a terrible scream, and some people were directly crushed into meat by the shells before they even had time to scream.

The carriages were also smashed to pieces by the whistling shells, and there was no way to stop the powerful lead bullets.

The shells rolled all the way back, and everything they touched was broken, and the ground was full of parts of people and horses and carriages, and it looked extremely bloody.

Seeing that those Han soldiers and Jurchens were all chilled, no matter how strong their bodies were when they encountered this kind of lead bullet, they were useless.

Some Han soldiers could not stand this bloody scene and fled backwards with a look of horror.

Seeing this, Tong Yangxing couldn't help but scold.

The two Belle Lords are here, but those artillerymen are fleeing, isn't this a slap in the face?

Huang Taiji's face was a little unkind, but Amin looked indifferent.

He never expected to rely on these artillery pieces to defeat the enemy, and in his opinion, the greatest credit was that those artillery pieces were able to attract enemy fire.

As for how many enemies those artillery were able to destroy, he really didn't care.

Soon the Jurchen cavalry rushed forward, slashing at the fleeing artillerymen, and shouting for them to hurry back or kill them all.

After nearly half of the escaped artillerymen were cut down, they saw that they were also dead, and in the end they could only obediently go back and continue to advance with the artillery.

But at the end of this round, five of the ten artillerymen had died, and there were less than six of the cannons that could move.

It didn't take long for the three eagle cannons at the head of the city to fire at the same time.

Although the range of the Eagle Cannon was not as good as that of the cannon in the city, it was much farther than the Furlong cannon.

Moreover, these artillerymen are well-trained and very accurate in firing their guns.

After the rumbling of cannons, the artillery of the Han army once again set off a bloody storm.

These artillerymen even want to die, and this feeling of being able to only take a beating and not be able to return fire is really terrible.

After the cannon fired, the cannons began to reload again.

Huang Taiji watched all this quietly, and he suddenly said to Amin: "Have you noticed that the artillery at the head of the enemy city has only fired one shot so far. ”

Amin nodded, and then said, "It seems that although this kind of artillery is powerful, it is not as fast as the Franco. If it's a field battle, they probably only have a chance to fire a shot, and we will soon be able to rush in front of their formation. ”

They are all veterans of battle, and they can see the shortcomings of the Hongyi cannon at a glance.

The Franc machine has five to nine different sub-guns, and the ammunition is encapsulated in the bullet and directly stuffed into the mother gun when fired, so that the launch speed is very fast.

Compared to the Franc machine, the speed of the Hongyi cannon is much slower.

Of course, this does not mean that the artillery of the DPRK is necessarily better than that of the West, or that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty is inferior to that of the West, but this is the difference in development concept and needs.

The enemies of the Ming Dynasty mainly came from the land, so the Ming Dynasty's artillery was mainly for the infantry army, so the artillery has been developing towards the pursuit of field warfare and miniaturization.

Take the Western Franco artillery, for example, they have been miniaturized by the Ming Dynasty and developed a variety of models.

On the contrary, the West is now in the Age of Discovery, many artillery pieces are placed on battleships, and there is no need to think too much about the weight, in order to destroy the enemy's warships, it has been developing in the direction of high power and long-range, so there is a powerful artillery such as the Hongyi cannon.

After discovering the shortcomings of the enemy's artillery, both Huang Taiji and Amin relaxed.

If they encounter such artillery in the field, they will definitely be able to kill those artillerymen.

The uneasiness that had been caused by these cannons has completely disappeared.

"The two Belle Lords are really wise and powerful, and they can see the shortcomings of the enemy's artillery at a glance."

Tong Yangxing said with a flattering face.

Amin gave him a look of disdain, what a sycophant.

Huang Taiji smiled and encouraged him a few words, which made Tong Yangxing feel that his bones were a little crispy, and the bad mood that he originally felt a little embarrassed in front of the two Baylors was also much better.

After seeing that the enemy's artillery was basically finished, Sima Nan commanded the crossbowmen of the Shenwei Army to stride forward.

It continued until it was next to the first trench before stopping.

The first ditch was only 60 steps from the wall, while the outermost ditch was 150 steps from the wall.

Seeing this, those Jurchen infantry all sneered, and they really thought that they were very awesome, and they dared to take the initiative to attack them.

Soon the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and at this time they were no more than two hundred paces away.

The Jurchen generals did not give the order to release arrows, a distance that only a very few extremely brave archers could shoot.

And even if you shoot at such a distance, you can't penetrate the armor, and it's useless at all.

Sima Nan also had his own concerns, the person at the front of the enemy was not only wearing heavy armor, but also holding a shield, and it was still a little difficult to penetrate the heavy armor and shield at the same time at this distance.

The distance between the two parties slowly narrowed, and Lu Yan and the others all watched all this nervously.

When they were one hundred and seventy steps apart, Sima Nan finally couldn't help it, and then roared and said, "Release the arrow!" ”

After receiving Sima Nan's order, those god-armed crossbowmen immediately rained down arrows.

Due to the sheer speed of the Divine Arm Crossbow, they even produced a burst of screams when they fired.

The arrows easily pierced through the skinned shields and through a layer of iron armor.

Some of the Jurchens were shot in their shield-wielding hands, while others were only slightly wounded.

The soldier with the arrow in the arm was quickly replaced, and someone else took their place, walking in the front with shields.

"Onward! Advance! ”

A cow said loudly.

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