On the Jinyang front, the Huns also had a lot of artillery in their hands, adding up to hundreds, but the Huns' artillery was far less powerful than the Jin army in terms of shell power and range.

A total of 300,000 troops from both the Hu and Han sides gathered at the foot of Jinyang City, and the largest battle since the outbreak of the war was staged. Not only did the warring sides pay attention to the outcome of the battle, but even other forces have focused their attention here.

Tuoba Pugen, who was plotting to the south of Tuoba, very much hoped that the Huns would drag the Jin army under the city of Jinyang, so that he could have time to unify the entire Tuoba tribe. And the Xianbei people who fled to their hometown to survive also hoped that the Jin people would suffer in Jinyang, so as to change the current situation that was unfavorable to the Hu alliance in one fell swoop.

Three days later, the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty got up early in the morning. Today is the time to launch an attack on Jinyang, although there is some nervousness, there is a little fear, but more, it is a feeling of blood boiling.

After breakfast, the soldiers began to go to the logistics department to collect ammunition. At this time, on the artillery positions of the Jin army, all the cannons were deployed. A total of nearly 650 cannons, the hideous muzzles have been aimed at Jinyang City, just waiting for an order, you can launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the Huns.

A quarter of an hour after the Jin army had breakfast, General Zu Ti personally gave the order to attack, and the artillery positions immediately began to shell Jinyang. Clouds of smoke floated up in the sky above the position, and the powerful flowering bombs flew towards Jinyang City one after another. Suddenly, the shrill whistling of the cannonballs breaking through the air sounded in the sky.

"Fast forward and hide, the shelling of the Han people has begun!" As soon as the low-ranking officers of the Huns heard the explosion, they immediately commanded the ordinary soldiers in a loud voice. One by one, the Huns rushed towards the nearest bunker.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! A violent explosion sounded in Jinyang City, the flames were colorful, and clouds of gunpowder smoke filled the city walls. The Hun soldiers hiding in the corners of the wall huddled one by one, praying that their hiding places would not be directly hit by shells. Although Jinyang City is strong, most of them can only resist the bombardment of light infantry artillery, but if it is hit many times, it will also be destroyed, not to mention that the Great Jin artillery is also equipped with a lot of heavy artillery. Those shells fired by heavy artillery. If you hit the weak spot of the wall. One shot was enough to collapse the walls.

The heavy artillery of the Jin army launched a fierce bombardment of the position of the Huns in Jinyang City. The entire Jinyang City seemed to be completely shrouded in gunsmoke. One shell after another exploded, blowing up the fortifications that the Huns had built with great difficulty before the war. Some of the hapless Huns were also blown to pieces.

"Great Khan. The Jin army has already launched a heavy artillery bombardment. Please move to another place at once! Liu Yuan's guards grabbed Liu Yuan's arm. Pulling him back. Although the place where Liu Yuan was standing had not yet been shelled, it was not possible to ensure that the Jin army's shells would fall on their heads, and if Liu Yuan was killed by the other party. Then there will be no need to fight this battle.

"Send an order to Liu Xuan and ask him to organize a counterattack immediately!" Liu Yuan let his subordinates drag him to a safe place, and then gave the order to return fire. In Jinyang City, the artillery of the Huns also began to launch a counterattack against the Jin army from hidden places, and these artillery pieces were all hidden in hidden places, just to prevent being destroyed by the Jin army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! After a quarter of an hour of fighting, the Huns' artillery finally launched a counterattack, and one after another shells flew out of the city of Jinyang, and then fell on the positions of the Jin army outside the city. It's just that the Jin army did a good job in fortifications, and the power of the Huns' artillery was limited, so the casualties of the Jin army were extremely small.

For a time, the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle, as a result of which the two sides won and lost each other. Although the artillery of the Jin army had an absolute advantage in quantity and quality, the artillery of the Xiongnu was scattered and hidden in the city of Jinyang. Moreover, the cunning Huns usually adopted the strategy of moving immediately after firing a few shots, which made it impossible for the Great Jin artillery to completely destroy the enemy's artillery, and could only destroy these Hun artillery as much as possible.

In the end, the heavy artillery units of the Great Jin artillery continued to suppress the Xiongnu artillery in Jinyang City, while the rest of the light artillery began to clear the way for the next attack of the Xiang army. And at this time, Jinyang City was almost bombarded into ruins by the Jin artillery. A large number of buildings were destroyed under the heavy artillery blows, and even some houses began to burn into flames, but the Jin army's artillery fire continued to attack with impunity.

The fierce shelling lasted for a whole hour, and the entire Jinyang City was in shambles, and a large number of Huns could only hide in the corners and shiver, and the period of time that had just passed was completely hellish for some of them. However, compared to the Huns who had already been killed, they were already very lucky, because some unlucky people had already been killed under the shelling of the Jin army, and some did not even leave their bodies.

After the artillery bombardment was over, the infantry on all fronts of the Jin army immediately jumped up from their positions and rushed towards some of the collapsed corners of the Jinyang city wall, trying to enter the Jinyang city in one fell swoop while the Huns had not yet reacted. Behind them, there were also light infantry guns that provided them with fire support.

The person in charge of guarding the eastern part of Jinyang City was General Liu Qin, who commanded a total of 50,000 subordinates, which seemed to be a lot of numbers, but compared with the 50,000 Jin troops under the city, the Huns did not have a numerical advantage at all. Therefore, Liu Qin was well aware of the arduousness of this task, and as soon as the shelling stopped, he immediately urged the soldiers to climb the city wall to defend it.

"Get up, get up quickly, take your bow and arrows, and hurry to the wall. MD, hurry up, I don't know that the Han people are coming? In addition, Ben will warn everyone here to fantasize again, as long as the city is broken, we Huns will never end well. Liu Qin plucked out his ears with his hands to adapt to the environment as soon as possible, and at the same time kicked and beat the Hun soldiers who survived the shelling, telling them to take up arms and enter the position to resist the Jin army's attack.

"Whoosh!"

Soon the Huns on the city wall began to launch a counterattack with bows and arrows, especially some giant bed crossbows on the city wall, they shot bows and arrows like raindrops at the attacking Xiang soldiers, in order to stop the Jin army's offensive.

"Bang bang bang!" The crisp sound of the musket like fried beans also sounded, this is the musketeer caught in the front of the Huns, the Huns have also obtained more than 1,000 muskets from the Great Jin Dynasty through smuggling, theft and other means over the years, and this time they were all taken out by Liu Yuan.

The attacking soldiers of the Xiang Army, under the baptism of the rain of arrows fired by the Huns' bed crossbows, many people were still shot in critical places and lost their lives. However, most of them were lucky enough to avoid being shot, and the artillery units in the rear, seeing that the besieging troops were blocked, immediately approached to cover the attack.

In addition, some sharpshooters in the Jin army with special muskets also began to hunt the Huns at designated points, and they were specifically responsible for clearing the low-level officers among the Huns, soldiers responsible for operating bed crossbows, and some powerful marksmen. They aimed at the important targets of the Huns, and cleared them one by one, clearing the way for the infantry to charge.

"Boom!" A cannonball happened to land in one of the Huns' bow and arrow phalanx, and as a result, hundreds of Huns were easily blown up with heavy casualties. For a time, the power of the Huns' archers was greatly reduced, and after suppressing the enemy's firepower, the Xiang soldiers began a new offensive.

When the Jin soldiers rushed to the firing range, they immediately began to shoot at the Huns with their muskets, although the Hun archers no longer had an advantage in front of the Jin musketeers, but the Huns still bravely fired at the Jin army.

"Rush, rush, rush, rush me!" A chief led his subordinates to take advantage of the fact that the Huns' bed crossbow at the head of the city was knocked out by artillery, jumped up from the ground, and quickly rushed towards the gap in the city wall. Rushed to a place less than thirty meters away from the city wall, at this time the power of the Huns' bows and arrows was suddenly displayed, and many of the Xiang troops were hit by the Huns' archers on the way to charge, and then fell to the ground.

"MD, not dead yet? Grenades are waiting! The commander in charge of the charge roared, and several grenades flew over the heads of the soldiers in front of them and flew into the Huns on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom!" After the grenade exploded, all the Huns near the gap in the city wall were killed, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Jin soldiers jumped up, and within a few breaths, they crossed the city wall and killed into the city of Jinyang.

"Bang! Bang bang! Several soldiers of the Xiang Army cooperated with each other, and a few shots killed several Hun soldiers who were screaming and rushing over. At the same time, other soldiers of the Xiang Army also took the opportunity to expand their gains.

"Quick! Give it to me! Get those Han people out! "A Hun general was driving these hundreds of Hun soldiers towards the soldiers of the Xiang army who had entered the city.

"Bang bang!" At the critical moment, another group of soldiers came up to reinforce them, and they aimed at the Huns who were rushing over with a burst of fierce fire, and the Huns who rushed to the forefront immediately fell in a pool of blood, and the rest of the people seemed to be frightened and instantly routed.

More and more Xiang troops began to pour into Jinyang City from the gap, and the entire defense line arranged by the Huns at the head of the city collapsed at once, Liu Yuan did not have much frustration when he saw this scene, but let Liu Xuan and others give up the position at the head of the city, and all retreated into the city, he was ready to fight a tragic street battle with the Jin army in Jinyang City, in fact, he did not expect to be able to hold the head of the city at the beginning.

Since the advent of artillery, the traditional city walls have lost their original usefulness, which was vividly reflected in the great war. It was impossible for Liu Yuan not to be touched, so he put all his hopes on the street battle with the Jin army. (To be continued......)