The Houjin Tartars, who surrounded the county seat, did not seem to intend to give the county defenders the slightest time to prepare.

As soon as the sky was dawning, the roaring explosion sounded at the red-coated artillery position.

Then, thirty flowering bullets with a screeching sound smashed towards the county seat.

To the good fortune of the commander of the Haw Par Musket Regiment, the first round of flowering shells did not hit the city walls.

Otherwise, with the power of the flowering shells, as long as a few of them fall on the head of the city, they will cause very heavy casualties to the Haw Par Army, which has no anti-artillery preparation.

Because, no one thought that the Houjin Iron Cavalry, which had already surrounded him, would suddenly send so many firearms troops, and there were so many red-coated cannons.

However, even so, the more than ten flowering bombs that fell in the city still managed to set off more than a dozen fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke.

The regimental commander standing on the city wall, condescendingly, saw with his own eyes at least ten Tiger and Par troops, killed and wounded in the explosion of flowering shells.

Of course, during the entire explosion, the number of ordinary people killed and injured by the explosion was at least three times that of the Haw Par Army.

Many people, without even having a chance to react, were buried in the rubble of the bombed-out houses directly in the sound of the explosion......

Faced with this situation, while the regiment commander was shocked, he subconsciously exclaimed: "Quick, order all the defenders at the head of the city to prepare for anti-artillery...... Also, call me the commander of the artillery company right away, hurry up and ......"

A large number of tiger and leopard troops began to rush down the city wall, hiding at the foot of the wall, and began to prepare for the second round of Tartar fire. The commander of the artillery company, who was out of breath, rushed directly to the regiment commander and asked......

"Commander, what are you looking for me?"

Although the regiment commander knew that the mortars in the regiment were very powerful and had a limited range. But. In order to hold the county seat. Still full of expectation, he pointed to the red-coated cannons outside the city that were about two miles away from the city wall, and asked the commander of the artillery company who came in a hurry: "The mortar of the artillery company, can you knock out those red-coated cannons.......

To the disappointment of the regiment commander, as soon as he finished speaking, the commander of the artillery company shook his head in denial with a helpless face......

"Commander, it's too far...... The Tartars obviously knew the range of our medium mortars and deliberately placed artillery positions more than a hundred paces outside the range of the mortars...... It was more than a hundred steps away, and if the red-coated cannon of the Tartars went more than a hundred steps further. The artillery company can fight against them. Even if you can't knock them out, you can harass them and make them less brazen to shoot flowering bombs at the city. ”

"If these Tartars can come two months late, when we complete the expansion of the army and equip ourselves with heavy mortars, I will definitely fight the Tartars' red-coated artillery as soon as possible to destroy them......"

"It's a pity that time waits for no one, and the Tartars are here so soon......"

As soon as the commander of the artillery company finished speaking, a new round of shells screeched across the sky, and then it sounded over the battlefield.

Thirty flowering bombs in this round. It's a lot more accurate.

A whole four flowering bombs smashed directly on the city.

Faced with a battle situation that can be called passively beaten. Facing the helpless expression on the face of the artillery company.

The regiment commander had to admit that if the battle continued like this, with the limited strength at hand, he might not be able to hold out even for a day.

Thinking of this, the regiment commander's face changed greatly, and at the same time, he hurriedly opened his mouth and ordered: "For the lives of the soldiers of the whole regiment, we must not sit still and wait for death......

"Company Commander Zhang, I will hand over all the artillery of the whole regiment to you...... Once the Tartars attack, your artillery company must hold them back for me and hold out until the musketeers re-ascend the walls......"

"Also, immediately light the beacon of urgent help and ask for help from the Governor's Palace......"

Liaodong Governor's Mansion, Wang Feng with a solemn face, thinking about the specific solution to the bad situation in front of him.

A herald, as if frightened by something, rushed into the governor's palace with a frightened face and rushed in front of him......

"Commander, urgent military intelligence...... The 2nd Regiment asked us for help through the Beacon Fire, and the 2nd Regiment was being attacked by the 10,000 Houjin Iron Cavalry and the 10,000 Houjin Firearms Troops...... The troops suffered heavy losses and could only hold out for a day at most......"

"What? Time of day...... How could it be so fast...... Did the scouts of the cavalry division come back with specific information...... When did Tartar become so powerful......" After listening to the report, Wang Feng, who was full of shock in his heart, sat up directly from his seat. Facing the herald, he asked rhetorically with an incredulous expression......

Just when the herald didn't know how to answer, the commander of the cavalry division appeared in front of Wang Feng in a very timely manner......

"Commander, I have the latest information from the scouts just sent back...... The second regiment is being attacked by at least 20,000 Tartars...... The 20,000 Tartars were also armed with a large number of cannons in red clothes...... As soon as the battle began, the Tartars bombarded the walls with red-coated cannons......"

"In order to avoid exposure, the scouts did not continue to approach, so it is not clear the specific battle situation at this moment!"

Hearing this, Wang Feng directly showed a relieved expression on his face. Then, he said to the commander of the cavalry division: "Now I finally know why the Second Regiment, which has more than 2,000 soldiers, asked for help from Luo Bu just after being attacked, and it couldn't even hold out for a day. It turned out that the culprit of this qiē was the dozens of red-clothed cannons equipped by the Tartars......"

"Ten thousand musketeers, dozens of cannons in red...... That's a lot of money. Not surprisingly, this is Huang Taiji's move on us......"

"Move...... Commander, what do you mean......" The cavalry division commander frowned, and subconsciously asked rhetorically......

He waved his hand and motioned for the herald to leave. Wang Feng didn't hesitate at all, and said directly: "It is indeed Huang Taiji who made a move...... Don't forget, there are still 20,000 traces of the Tartars, and we haven't found them until now......"

"For Huang Taiji's move, if we are next, then we have to send reinforcements. And the elite of the 20,000 Houjin army, where we have not yet found a trace, is likely to give the reinforcements we sent to deal a devastating blow to ......."

"If we don't take the call, let the Tartars attack the second regiment. Then, the end of the second regiment must be the annihilation of the whole army......"

"Of course, it's still the best outcome...... After the defeat of the second regiment, the Tartar Huang Taiji will have more mobile troops in his hands. If he wants, he can break through each of the six musket regiments we have scattered...... Finally achieve the goal of destroying our Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army......"

"This Huang Taiji, he really dares...... For the sake of Liaodong's food, he even transferred the troops of the entire Houjin Kingdom to deal with us......"

"Isn't he worried that our Tiger and Leopard Army will send troops directly from the border pass to attack Houjin, which is already empty at this moment......" (To be continued......