Duoduo led the main force of the Eight Banners Army to be stationed five miles away from the west city wall, a distance of five miles, even if the artillery at the head of the city could bombard here, the power would be greatly reduced, not to mention that the artillery of Yangzhou City was now busy dealing with their own artillery array. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The rumbling cannon roared, even if it was several miles away, it still seemed to be in the ear, and through the clairvoyant mirror, you could see that the Yangzhou city wall was riddled and crumbling under the bombardment of its own red-clothed cannons.

Maybe in a little while, the wall will be blown down, Dodor thought to himself.

The attacking team was ready, just waiting for the city wall to be blown down and rushed into Yangzhou. The Ming army in the city is relying on the city wall to have the courage to confront the Qing soldiers, if the city is broken, I am afraid that they will surrender without a fight, just like other Ming troops!

The other Ming troops in the city can be pardoned, but the Daishan army, which killed thousands of Eight Banner warriors and killed Bei Zi Shangshan, can't stay! They must all be killed.

The first army to attack the city was of course the Eight Banners warriors, and they looked down on the combat effectiveness of these green battalion soldiers who had just surrendered. It was necessary to rush into the city before the Ming army in the city blocked the gap, kill the Ming army defending the city, and establish a position to lead other armies into the city. Such a heavy task naturally belongs to the Eight Banners Warriors.

As for the candidate to lead the army, Duoduo had already chosen, and Belenikan would lead the army to the expedition to make meritorious contributions. With Nikan as the vanguard, the Zhenglan Banner Full Eight Banner soldiers with two Niu Lu, plus the four Niu Lu of the Zheng Yellow Banner Han Army, six Niu Lu, and nearly 2,000 warriors, are enough to defeat the Ming army defending the city and attack the city!

"Report, lord. Jiala's true ancestor Ying Yuan was killed! A herald with a banner on his back galloped on his horse, dismounted, and knelt down to report the bad news to Dord.

Zu Yingyuan is the Jia Lae Zhen of the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, responsible for commanding the artillery array to bombard Yangzhou, but he didn't expect to die in the confrontation with the red-clothed artillery of the Ming army!

"Order Jia Lae Zhen Li Xiangshun to take over the command of Zu Yingyuan, continue to bombard the city wall, and be sure to break the city wall of Yangzhou within an hour!" Duoduo frowned and ordered.

"Wow!" The herald kowtowed, jumped on his horse and galloped away.

I didn't expect the artillery battle to be so fierce, seven or eight artillery pieces were lost in less than a morning, more than two hundred gunners were killed and wounded, and now even Zu Yingyuan, who commanded the artillery, was killed by the Ming Dynasty!

Due to the inconvenience of carrying artillery during the long journey, the artillery used was captured from Sizhou. Since they did not carry artillery at the beginning, there were not too many gunners in the Qing army, and there were only about 1,000 Han army banners. Now that the loss is so large, it must be replenished.

After thinking about it carefully, Duoduo sent an order to transfer gunners who could fire cannons from the surrendered green battalion soldiers and handed them over to Li Xiangshun to command.

The artillery battle continued, although there were many artillery pieces of the Ming army at the head of Yangzhou City, only the twenty red-coated cannons could get the artillery position of the Qing army, but only half of the twenty were arranged in the west city, and the others were arranged in the south and north of the city. The red-clothed cannon is thousands of pounds at every turn, and it is very inconvenient to move, and it cannot be moved from the north and south cities. So in terms of firepower, the firepower of the Ming army is not comparable to that of the Qing army. However, the artillery of the Ming army has the advantage of height, and it is placed on a high position at the head of the city, and it can attack the artillery positions of the Qing soldiers to the fullest. And the artillery of the Qing army was mainly to destroy the city wall, not to destroy the Ming artillery in the city.

Therefore, under the artillery attack of both sides, the artillery of the Ming army had a great advantage, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties on the position, hundreds of artillery were killed by the artillery, and more than a dozen Qing artillery pieces were hit by shells and could not be used on the ground.

However, under the artillery bombardment of the Qing army, the city wall of Yangzhou continued to collapse, a large section of the city bricks in the northwest has fallen, and the rammed earth behind the bricks has also been smashed out of countless holes, and the city wall of that section is crumbling and is in danger of collapsing at any time.

At the head of the city in the west city, the masons who were urgently transferred to the head of the city were busy, building up large bricks one by one, and the top of the city wall more than three zhang wide was built horizontally with a thick wall, and the top of the city wall was cut in two. Two such thick walls were built in the north and south, completely cutting off the section of the wall that was about to collapse. In this case, even if the city wall was blown down, the Qing army would not be able to attack the city wall from the collapsed place.

And the city is also busy, and countless people carry mud and soil, and build low walls. Almost all the streets near the western walls were blocked by low walls. And there is not one low wall, there are several roads in each street, and behind each low wall there are Ming soldiers guarding.

This part of Xicheng was originally the cemetery of the Li family of the giant eunuch in Yangzhou, and the huge place was densely wooded, which was very unfavorable for defending the city. Liu Zhaoji and others suggested to Shi Kefa that these trees be cut down, but Shi Kefa did not agree because of the opposition of the Li family. Shi Kefa was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and after Ren Siqi became the supreme governor of Yangzhou, he immediately ordered the trees to be cut down, and at that time, the Li family had been raided because of the involvement in the Qing army.

After the trees were cut down, the place near the west city wall was wide and unobstructed, which was the burial place that Ren Siqi chose for the Qing army!

The sound of artillery continued, and a huge roar resounded throughout Yangzhou City. Under the pacification of many scribes sent by the shogunate, the mood of the people of Yangzhou gradually calmed down. With the Daishan army winning the first two battles, they believed that the Qing army would definitely not be able to break through Yangzhou under the leadership of Su Lubo. Under the admonition of the Yangzhou Prefecture and County Officials and Li Changjiazheng, all the people stayed at home honestly and were not allowed to leave the house without permission. And all the men are on standby at home, ready to wait for the call of the government.

The sound of artillery continued, and the Ming soldiers behind the barricades were in full array, they all knew their mission, and they all knew that the city wall was about to be destroyed by the artillery of the Qing army, and soon the Qing army would enter the city. The veterans of the Daishan Army are all calm, and in the eyes of the Qing Army in several battles, the Eight Banners are nothing more than that. In their eyes, the Eight Banners are invincible, from Liaodong to Guannei, from the Central Plains to Yangzhou, the Ming army has never won a battle, countless former colleagues have surrendered, and are now waiting outside the city to enter the city. And can you beat them yourself?

However, looking at the soldiers of the Daishan Army who looked calm and calm beside them, these Ming soldiers who were transferred from other departments did not feel at ease. The two victories of the Daishan Army just now gave them some courage, with Su Lubo, and these Daishan Army soldiers, maybe they could really defeat the terrible Eight Banners!

The cannon fire continued, and nearly 2,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners behind Nikan were ready to go, and their horses were kicking the ground with their hooves restlessly.

Looking at the Yangzhou city wall not far away, Nikan felt a fever all over his body, and an inexplicable excitement surged into his heart. The hateful Ming army, the cowardly and despicable Ming army that only dares to sneak attack, I want you to see what the invincible Eight Banners warriors are, I want to use your corpses and the whole Yangzhou to wash away the shame of my defeat! (To be continued.) )