While Dolgon was busy ordering the Qing soldiers to go down the city wall, the flowering shells fired from outside the city were still falling from the sky, and the continuous explosion of cannonballs made the Qing soldiers scurry around, and the city wall was in shambles.

A swarthy flowering shell gushed out from the muzzle of the cannon, it carried a large stream of gunsmoke, drew a long arc along the sky, smashed heavily on the city wall, and landed next to a group of Qing troops who were evading the artillery fire.

But the screams of the soldiers did not last long, and the flowering shells exploded.

"Boom ......"

A loud bang was accompanied by a burst of smoke, and the screams of the Qing soldiers were drowned out by the loud sound of the explosion, and countless pieces of iron were blown into pieces by the powerful explosive force and flew around, and the shrapnel swept all the surrounding Qing soldiers to the ground, and several Qing soldiers who had not died after being shot were still climbing on the ground.

Dong Guo's eyes moved away from the clairglass, and he coldly gave the order again, "The target city wall, four hundred and fifty steps ahead, three chains in height, put!" ”

"Yes, four hundred and fifty steps, three chains of height!"

The gunners on the left and right officers responded in unison, hundreds of guns turned the gun carriage in unison and made a squeaky sound, and the aiming men nervously adjusted the position of the muzzle, because this primitive gun did not have a resetter, so it had to be readjusted after each shot, so the firing procedure was very cumbersome.

After a while, a report came from the left and right: "Lord Qiyu, the artillery is ready!" ”

"Ready!" The voices of the artillerymen were heard all around.

Dong Guo nodded, raised his scimitar and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Target, city wall...... Four hundred and fifty steps away, put! ”

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Boom ......"

A Napoleonic cannon spewed fiery red flames, puffs of white smoke erupted, and at the same time, black flowering shells roared forward.

As if it had been agreed collectively, hundreds of artillery pieces let out an earth-shattering roar together, and its power was so great. So much so that the whole earth trembled slightly, as if a long time had passed, and there was a loud thunderous sound in front of me.

Looking at the billowing smoke coming out of Shengjing's city, Dong Guo's eyes flashed with a crazy gaze, and he raised his scimitar and shouted: "Prepare for artillery fire, load shells!" ”

At this moment, Dong Guo seems to have become a vengeful god of war, and he wants to seek justice for the Han people who have died in vain on this land for decades. He's going to send all those executioners to hell.

On the position of the Dahua Army, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and other Liaodong generals looked at the scene of the city wall opposite, their faces were full of shock, and their hearts were also shocked, Zu Dashou's artillery fire was too sharp and accurate, they couldn't imagine what would happen if they faced such artillery fire one day?

Two quarters of an hour later. The artillery fire gradually stopped, looking at the messy city wall, Li Yan nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to Zu Dashou beside him and said, "General Zu, the artillery fire has stopped, you can start attacking the city." ”

"Yes, obey the orders of the overseer!"

Zu Dashou and the generals behind him looked excited, and after seeing the effect of Dong Guo's shelling, they were more confident in the next attack.

Zu Dashou's expression was solemn. He turned around solemnly and said: "The soldiers of Liaodong, killing the enemy and serving the country is just around the corner, and now they are all obeying the orders of their generals and preparing to attack the city!" ”

"Zu Dale!"

"The last general!"

"You lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to attack from the left!"

"Zu big porridge!"

"The last general!"

"You lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to attack from the right!"

"The last general obeys!"

After finishing the order, Zu Dashou turned back to Li Yan and hugged his fists and said, "Supervisor, the last general still has a small request, please ask for the Supervisor's permission!" ”

"Say it!" Li Yan looked very kind.

Zu Dashou said with a normal expression: "The last general heard that my Dahua's fast gun is unparalleled in the world, although Liaodong has not yet been equipped with this kind of firearm because of the production volume, but the last general implores the superintendent to send a battalion of soldiers to cover my Jinzhou soldiers to attack the city." Reduce the casualties of our officers and soldiers. I don't know if it's possible? ”

Li Yan smiled faintly, and with his cleverness, he naturally heard a trace of resentment in Zu Dashou's words. But this kind of hunger and thirst policy was formulated by Pang Gang himself, and he did not dare to open this opening.

"Absolutely!" Li Yan laughed and then explained: "It's not that the governor doesn't equip Master Zu with this new type of fast gun, but this kind of fast gun is really in short supply, because our army is expanding too fast, the production of fast guns has not been able to keep up, so we can't redress you in time......

"But ......"

When he said this, Li Yan lengthened his voice. Li Yan immediately found that Zu Dashou's eyes showed a look of expectation, and Li Yan, who was secretly smiling in his heart, couldn't bear to tease this veteran who had already half of his beard turned gray anymore, and said simply: "But this official still has five hundred spare fast guns here, if Lord Zu can attack the city, this governor will take the initiative to transfer these fast guns to your department first, what do you think, Lord Zu?" ”

Where would Zu Dashou be unwilling, last time Li Yan rewarded Wu Sangui's department with 800 fast guns, and the effect was very good after the trial, which made the Jinzhou soldiers red-eyed, and now that Li Yan is relieved, how can they not work hard? Overjoyed, he immediately thanked him: "The last general has thanked the Governor, if the last general can't capture Shengjing City, he is willing to be dealt with by military law!" ”

Li Yan helped him up and said kindly: "You're welcome, Master Zu hurry up and organize the soldiers to attack the city!" ”

"Yes!"

Zu Dashou hugged his fists and immediately went down. Wang Zhi, Li Yuan, Wei Jiang and others on the side glanced at each other, and they all secretly admired Li Yan's imperial skills. With this bait, he doesn't worry about his ancestors' longevity.

After a while, more than 10,000 Jinzhou soldiers divided into several pairs and began to attack the city, and behind them was a battalion of riflemen sent by Li Yan ordered by Li Yuan to cover behind.

Zu Dashou personally stood in front of the whole army with a ghost-headed knife, and said sharply: "Sons, the city in front of you is called Shengjing, which is the nest of the Tartars. But in the past, this city was not called Shengjing but called Shenyang, Ming Hongwu 20 years, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty had placed Shenyang Zhongwei here, which was under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Command Embassy. In March of the first year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi, an old thief, occupied this place, and later moved the capital here and renamed it Shenyang, which is why there is today's Shengjing. The old man hates, this place was originally where my Han men galloped on war horses, but at this moment it was occupied by the barbarian Tartars, today I Dahua Xing soldiers are here, and they are about to recover the second city, and the old man has patted his chest to the superintendent, ensuring that my Jinzhou athletes can be the first to board the second city, sons, can you do it? ”

There was silence in front of the battle, and it took a long time for an earth-shattering cheer to sound, "I am a great victory!" Wansheng! ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Tens of thousands of people floated in the air, and a fierce murderous aura soared into the sky.

Zu Dashou nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, all of them, siege the city!" ”

"Siege Wow!"

Countless mid-level officers waved their blades, urging their soldiers to attack the city, while the remaining junior officers and non-commissioned officers rushed forward frantically with ladders.

And behind them, a battalion of Dahua riflemen raised their fast guns in their hands and began to suppress them from a distance, as long as any Qing soldiers dared to show their heads, they would immediately attract a stormy blow.

The walls of Shengjing were seven feet five inches high (2. 79 meters), around thirty-two miles and forty-eight steps (16. 080 km), with an area of 11. 9 square kilometers. It is an irregular trowel circle, rammed earth building, set up eight gates, the door is simpler, two brick posts, there is a horizontal fang on it, and the upper cover is a polio tile. Eight gates are eight side gates.

That is: the big east gate of the big dongguan outside the door, and the small east gate of the small dongguan outside the internal governance gate; The big south gate of Da Nan Pass outside the Desheng Gate, the small south gate of the small South Pass outside the Tianyou Gate, the big west gate of the big West Pass outside the Huaiyuan Gate, the small west gate of the Xiao Xi Pass outside the Wai Gate, the big north gate of the Big North Pass outside the Fusheng Gate, and the small north gate of the Little North Pass outside the Di Zai Gate. In this way, Shenyang City has the division of "Eight Gates" and "Eight Gates".

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he clearly divided the boundaries of the residence of the Eight Banners, Fujin Guan and Dadongguan are inlaid with red flags, Neizhimen and Xiaodongguan are red flag boundaries, Desheng Gate and Da Nanguan are inlaid with yellow flags, Tianyou Gate and Xiaonanguan are inlaid with blue flags, Huaiyuan Gate and Daxi Pass are inlaid with white flags, Wai Kou Men and Xiaosiguan are positive yellow flag boundaries, Fusheng Gate and Dabeiguan are positive blue flag boundaries, and Dizaimen and Xiaobeiguan are positive white flag boundaries, and the places of residence are orderly and not confused at all.

Now the north gate of Zu Dashou led his troops to attack is subordinate to Fusheng Gate, which was originally the defense area of the Zhenglan Banner, but after Li Yan besieged the city, it was clear that the chariots and horses were going to attack here, so by now, there are not only the men and horses of the Zhenglan Banner here, but the people and horses of the Eight Banners have gathered nearly forty percent, of which the people and horses of the Zhengbai Banner of Dolgon are the majority.

The Qing army, which was originally bombed by the flowering bombs, was in misery after the Dahua army stopped shelling, and slowly got out of the hiding place, and now seeing that the Dahua army began to attack the city, countless Qing soldiers did not need their own officers to supervise, and prepared gold juice, bows and crossbows and other things to prepare for the Dahua army to face up.

When Zu Dashou's men and horses ran a hundred paces away from the city wall, the city let out a unison shout, and countless bows and crossbows shot out from the city.

"Ah......h

A soldier who was carrying a ladder forward was shot in the head by an arrow that fell from the sky, and the heavy arrow pierced through the back of his head, and the man fell to the ground without saying a word. But immediately afterwards, another soldier next to him took his place, and the others continued to rush forward carrying the ladder.

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