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After the hour, the rebel camp was opened, and I saw groups of rebel soldiers marching in line, stopping two miles away from the Cheng'en Gate in Pingdu City, forming a large formation.

After having breakfast with the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion at the head of the city, Feng Jian returned to the tower of Cheng'en Gate and carefully observed the rebel array with a telescope, and gradually frowned.

Through the telescope, it was found that there were only about 3,000 soldiers and about 2,000 cavalry left in Cheng'en Gate, and 20 Western cannons were placed in hidden positions two miles away, and the gunners were nervously adjusting the firing angle of the Western cannons.

Kong Youde's rebel army had 12,000 foot soldiers, and looking at the situation of the rebels on the opposite side, the rebels' other forces must have other destinations, and it was obvious that the rebels were going to attack at the four city gates at the same time.

What was the purpose of the Kong Youde rebels' scattered forces to attack the city? It's nothing more than a test of one's own reality and the strength of the defensive strength of each city gate.

Feng Jian grinned, using the lives of his soldiers to test the other party's reality, it was really stupid! It seems that this Kong Youde is also in vain, and when the battle is over, I am afraid it will backfire!

Feng Jian put down the binoculars and said to Zhao Shougang, who was frowning and thinking on the side, "See, the rebels want to attack the four gates at the same time." ”

Zhao Shougang nodded and said: "I have seen it a long time ago, the other party is nothing more than attacking through the four gates at the same time, looking for the weakness of my defensive strength, it is really stupid, and doing so will weaken their attack power."

Feng Jian nodded with satisfaction, Zhao Shougang's point of view was the same as his own, Kong Youde and other rebels on the one hand underestimated the enemy, and on the other hand, they were suspicious of the guards who suddenly appeared in Pingdu City. As a result, they made the decision to divide their troops and attack the city, which just revealed the cowardice in their hearts.

Feng Jian looked at the rebels outside the city. He continued: "The other side is trying to attack today, and perhaps tomorrow he will seize the direction of a city gate and strike a fatal blow. Tell all the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion that they must be prepared for a hard battle, and Zheng Qinghe and his supervisors should promptly enlighten and encourage the soldiers who defend the city, especially the soldiers of the teaching team who have just been in the army for three months, they are the first time to really fight the enemy, so timely enlightenment and care can greatly relieve the pressure of the soldiers. ”

Zhao Shougang looked at the rebels outside the city and said, "My subordinates understand that maybe tomorrow and tomorrow there will be a victory or defeat in the battle between the enemy and us." ”

Feng Jian nodded and said, "Let's wait and see what happens for the time being!" ”

"Tom, tom, tom" A dull drum beat came from the rebel army outside the city gate, and I saw 80 shield carts pushed by 800 people in shabby clothes, heading towards the Cheng'en Gate.

After the shield car. It was followed by four rocket cars, each with ten rocket men, thirty in each car, ten bird soldiers in each car, and eight general cars with twenty gunners in each car.

In order to escort Minzhuang to fill the moat, the rebels did not hesitate to send a part of the firearms and chariots of the car battalion to assist, Feng Jian and Zhao Shougang were a little stunned.

Each chariot was expensive to build, and the carriage was wrapped in iron sheets. It can effectively resist the attacks of bows and arrows, birds, and even artillery.

This kind of chariot was specially used by Qi Jiguang to restrain the cavalry according to the characteristics of the Mongolian cavalry.

When the two armies faced each other, the enemy cavalry attacked. The chariot battalion formed a square camp, and waited until the enemy cavalry reached the firing range, and the birds, rockets, and francs were cast in turn.

If the enemy cavalry continues to charge forward. The firearms on the rocket car and the general's car were fired in turn, and many of the more powerful firearms were fired in turn. It can be cycled on and on.

In this case, the enemy horse is in turmoil. There are few who are undefeated.

If the enemy cavalry continues to approach, the infantry detachment following behind the chariot will go out of the car to form a mandarin duck formation, the rattan player in front, the second palladium hand, the second pikeman, and the second bird gunner to fight with the enemy cavalry, at this time the enemy cavalry has become a strong crossbow at the end, naturally it is a blow to the crush, at this time, our cavalry took the opportunity to pursue.

Now the rebels are using the chariots used against cavalry on the battlefield for siege operations, which is really a terrible thing! Feng Jian couldn't help but scoff.

It's a pity that these precious chariots were not used against the Tartars, but they were used by Kong Youde and others to plague ordinary people!

The main purpose of the siege war was to seize the city gate, and the purpose of Kong Youde and others to dispatch the chariot must have been aimed at the Cheng'en Gate, because the firearms of the chariot could directly bombard the city gate and cause harm to the city gate.

Pingdu City is a medium-sized city, the city wall is more than three zhang high, the thickness of the city wall is one zhang and seven feet thick, and the city gate is built with hardwood wrapped in iron sheets.

The Zhenshan Battalion has already made sufficient defensive preparations in the city, even if the rebels fill out a passage in the moat, it will be difficult to really shake Pingdu City in a short time, and the killer weapon of the Zhenshan Battalion can be used at the critical moment to give the rebels a fatal blow.

Minzhuang pushed the shield cart slowly towards Cheng'en Gate, surrounded by cavalry riding horses.

In the carriage of the rocket car, the rocket soldiers had already prepared the "Divine Fire Flying Crow" rocket.

The bird soldier in the carriage has also tightened the trigger and waited for the launch.

The general's car was equipped with a Franc cannon, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the city gate and entered the firing state.

Feng Jian looked at the rebel chariot convoy that was slowly approaching, and at this moment, there would also be such a convoy attacking the city gate at the other three city gates.

The soldiers of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion have never had experience in defending the city, so they are afraid that they will be seized by the rebels!

Zhao Shougang looked at the shield car slowly approaching and the ragged people behind the shield car, and asked Feng Jian in a low voice: "Commander, what about the people behind the shield car?" ”

Feng Jian put down the binoculars and sighed: "No matter who it is, as long as it is not conducive to my Pingdu City, they can be attacked as a rebel!" ”

Zhao Shougang's expression was obviously relaxed, and he turned to the Chinese army beside him and ordered: "Prepare for an artillery attack!" ”

Seeing the rebel convoy enter within a mile, Zhao Shougang shouted: "Artillery fire!" ”

The four Western cannons on the Chengen Gate made an earth-shattering sound almost at the same time, and four six-pound iron bullets slashed across the shield car like meteors on the horizon, and two of them smashed into the rear of the chariot, making a huge noise.

The other two solid iron bullets roared and smashed into a general's car in the middle of the chariot at the same time, and in an instant, the body of the general's chariot was scattered to the ground, and the two horses pulling the cart were directly smashed into pulp, and the general's carriage rolled and smashed into a car next to it. The car was knocked to the ground in an instant.

The tumbling carriage finally stopped, and a large amount of blood gushed out of the closed carriage. It was obvious that the twenty Franc gunners in the carriage were no longer alive, and they flowed around and frightened the soles of the people's feet.

The power of the new iron bullets roared, smashing a row of wandering cavalry and horses into pieces.

After a brief moment of stunnedness. More than a dozen people who pushed the shield cart forward seemed to be crazy, threw down the shield cart and howled and fled back, and just ran to the back of the chariot, they were cut off by the cavalry wandering around.

Witnessing the tragic scene, the people pushing the cart were afraid and did not dare to push the shield cart forward, and the rebel cavalry wandering around shouted and cursed loudly, staying in place could only become the target of the opponent's artillery fire again, as long as the opponent's artillery was close to the city wall, it would be useless.

The twenty Western cannons hidden by the rebels also began to exert their power at this time, but the rebel gunners were not very skilled in firing their guns. The whistling solid iron bullet "bang bang bang" smashed on the city wall, leaving only some potholes on the city wall, and occasionally a shell shot into the city wall, which naturally caused some casualties, because there were defensive measures in advance, the harm of artillery was minimal.

Minzhuang woke up like a dream under the shouting and scolding of the rebel cavalry, and pushed the shield cart to run desperately towards the moat.

At the head of the city, Feng Jian revealed his figure from the bunker, and saw that Xilao, the commander of the foreign craftsmen, had already commanded his gunners to aim at the battle convoy under the city again, and the four Western cannons roared again.

The artillerymen such as Silao fired artillery with a skill that the rebel gunners could not match, although there were only four Western cannons. But its power was far greater than that of the rebels' twenty Western cannons.

After a thick burst of gunsmoke, six or seven rebel shield vehicles were smashed under the city, a large number of people fell in a pool of blood and howled, and a rocket car and a passenger car in the convoy were overturned by shells and fell to the ground.

The horses that pulled the carts were apparently specially trained. Although frightened by the barrage, they did not flee in all directions, and restlessly followed behind the shield cart towards the city gate.

It was clear that the rebels were trying to bombard the city gates with the firearms carried on the chariots. However, he underestimated the power of the artillery at the head of Pingdu City.

The Western gunners such as Silao at the head of the city dodged the fire of the rebels, and immediately commanded their subordinates to issue various orders. Recalibrating the muzzle angle, the shells whistled again and flew down into the rebel convoy.

This round of firing from the Western artillery finally frightened the horses pulling the chariots. No longer under the control of the rebels in the chariot, the horses galloped along the city with their hooves, and the people who pushed the shield carts were the first to suffer, and a large number of people were trampled by the horses dragging the chariots, and those who were not affected quickly abandoned the shield carts and fled in all directions.

The cavalry who were wandering around and supervising were busy dodging the chariots at this time, and they had no time to care about the scattered and fleeing people, and in an instant, the chariot that attacked Pingdu City fell into chaos.

Xilao and other Westerners did not pity the people under the city, and there were two rounds of artillery bombardment, and more than 80 shield wagons and four or five chariots of the rebels were smashed into scraps, and more than 800 minzhuang were almost half killed or wounded, and more than 40 chariots were destroyed and more than 10 were destroyed.

Looking at the chariot convoy that fled back to the rebel camp in a hurry, Zhao Shougang said disdainfully: "The chariot battalion is a sharp weapon used to restrain the Tatar cavalry on the battlefield, but it was used by Kong Youde and others in siege operations, how can he be invincible in a chaotic command like him!" ”

Feng Jian stood beside him, and said with a smile: "It's not that the rebels are too light on the enemy, but that Kong Youde and other rebels are too light on the enemy, and their intention is to cover through the shield car, so that the chariot can exert its power when it arrives, and the ordinary firearms at the head of the city cannot pose a threat to them, so it is possible to directly break through the city gate." I am afraid that the rebel generals, including Kong Youde, did not realize in advance that the Western artillery at the head of Pingdu City had exerted such a huge power, causing Kong Youde and others to fail in their plot, and this credit should be attributed to Xilao and other Western craftsmen. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to Xilao not far away, signaling that Xilao and other Western craftsmen were shooting well.

Zhao Shougang stared at the array of rebels, and suddenly said excitedly: "Commander, look, the rebels have retreated!"

Feng Jian picked up the binoculars and observed them carefully for a while, then put down the binoculars and said slowly: "Today is just a test of the rebels, and the real fight has not yet begun." ”！！ (To be continued......)