Perhaps tired of the status quo of petty fights and slow encroachment, both the officers above and the non-commissioned officers below want to take down a large city as a way to prove their ability.

They didn't dare to say it before, because no one could refute the authority of the Salvation Army to redeem the young master. Not to mention that almost all the officers have become Zhang Hongbin's followers, and Zhang Hongbin has also begun to go further and further on the road of deification.

Now, with Zhang Hongbin's permission, they can finally really face a siege battle of a large city.

Knowing the news, there is nothing unhappy from top to bottom. The previous victories have made them a little arrogant.

"Remember, I want minimal losses, and besides, I allow failure to withdraw!" Before Zhang Hongbin's large army set out, he solemnly said to Niu Jinxing.

"The subordinates are also initially involved in the military, so they can only do their best!" Niu Jinxing was standing in front of Zhang Hongbin in fear at this moment.

Obviously, Zhang Hongbin is younger than himself, but Niu Jinxing has no trespassing, after all, he will definitely not be an ordinary child who can develop an anti-thief leader like the Salvation Army. In other words, to be able to break out of such a force at this age, it is inevitably too wicked to redeem this guy.

"I naturally understand that this is also the first time you have faced a war in person, and it is easy to make mistakes with little experience. I allow others to make mistakes, but I don't want the same mistakes to happen to you a second time. Zhang Hongbin said very strictly.

"The same mistake, the subordinate will not make it a second time, this subordinate can use his head to vouch for it!" Niu Venus is also a rare show of loyalty.

"Go, if you can beat Tongzhou, then beat me down and prove your ability to the world! If not, bring my children back, I don't want to see too many families lose their children. Zhang Hongbin finally ordered.

"Yes!" Niu Jinxing resolutely shouted.

The army finally set out for the campaign, and according to the latest secrecy regulations, it was not until the third day of the march that the army began to march and the forces that had planted eyeliner in the base area around it did not know that the Salvation Army had dispatched 10,000 men and began to attack the city of Tongzhou.

When the governor of Tongzhou knew about this, the large army had already entered the range of Tongzhou City, and the city was still preparing to defend the city, the Salvation Army had already arrived at the scene and began to form a return cannon as soon as possible. This time, Niu Jinxing brought more than a dozen return guns.

In fact, this is also eighty percent of the inventory in the base, it is said that such a useful thing should be manufactured in large quantities, Niu Jinxing just can't understand why Zhang Hongbin has been restricting the number of manufacturing of this thing.

However, to capture a state capital-level city, ten return cannons are enough!

The infantry began to rest, and the scouts dispersed to reconnoitre. No one worries about whether the enemy will go out of the city to fight. After all, the previous battles have proved one thing, that is, these defenders of the Ming Dynasty do not have the courage to go out of the city to fight.

It is no wonder that soon after, after the Jin detoured from Mongolia to Shanxi to the Ming Dynasty, and after some looting, he was able to hang a mocking sign on the border with the words "no work and no delivery". At that time, the defenders of various cities in Shanxi only dared to shrink back, and none of them dared to fight, so they let the Tartars burn and plunder the towns and even smaller towns. Even if a group of soldiers were sent out to meet the battle in the later period, they were far behind the Tartars and did not dare to fight head-on, which is also the reason why that brand appeared.

After all, that scene, in the eyes of the Tartars, was the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were bidding farewell to their robbers who had just robbed their homes.

Well, it's completely stupid X, so stupid that people can't help but think about it, will it be another time next year?

Shaanxi and Shanxi were not too far away, and the Ming army here also did not have the courage to go out of the city to face the battle. Allowing the return cannons to be built one after another, there was no intention of going out of the city to start a war at all. In this way, the Salvation Army who was resting was full of them, and they couldn't help but whistle one after another, so as to mock those Ming troops.

It was at this time that there were suddenly a few thunderbolts, at least the sound was full of thunder.

In just three seconds, several huge iron balls landed in the Salvation Army's formation, plowing out at least six blood paths. Almost none of the soldiers on these six bloody roads are alive, and even if they are alive, they are seriously injured and will die.

Before the Salvation Army could react, only a minute before and after, the second thunder sounded again, and at least six bloody paths were peared out.

"It's artillery, there's artillery in the city!" After all, Niu Venus is well-informed, so he naturally recognizes this thing artillery.

"Spread out, spread out quickly! And the return cannon is ready to shoot immediately! Li Dingguo knew what artillery was from Zhang Hongbin, and he quickly understood how to deal with them.

"General, this time the return gun has not been debugged, and I am afraid that the first shot will not be accurate!" The commander of the return cannon said in embarrassment.

"Just launch it directly, no matter where it hits, give us a room to breathe!" Li Dingguo scolded.

The commander instantly understood, but before he could command the launch, six more iron balls smashed over, but the result was that the six return cannons were directly smashed to pieces. The return cannon had already been put on the noose, but now the main body was damaged, but a stone projectile was fired towards the sky, or at any random place, and the result was that he was accidentally injured again.

"Back off, back now!" Li Dingguo panicked and could only give the order to retreat.

The army withdrew so quickly that even the remaining four return guns could not be put away and taken away. Just like that, I stopped and stopped, and finally settled down three miles away. At this distance, the opponent's artillery also stopped firing.

"Liu Ben, if you assemble the return cannon in this place, how powerful is it?" Niu Jinxing summoned Commander Liu Ben to ask.

"It's a pity, if it's this distance, the return cannon won't be very powerful." Liu Ben replied regretfully.

"How many brothers have we lost before?" Li Dingguo asked casually.

"More than 100 people were killed in the battle, in fact, those shells stopped after crushing five soldiers, but the scene was so terrible that many brothers are still in shock, but they are afraid that their morale will not be raised." Adjutant Zhang Tao (Tie Niu) immediately reported the battle damage.

"Not to mention those soldiers, I'm also afraid, in fact, if such a cannonball hits my head, I'm afraid that no matter how good my martial arts are, I will have to finish playing." Wang Er said with emotion.

"The young master said that the use of muskets and artillery is an inevitable trend of the progress of the times, and it is precisely because of this that he has put in painstaking efforts to study muskets and artillery. Seriously, originally I thought that the young master was making too much fuss, according to our weapons, where can't we fight down? Besides, in today's firecracker killing, it is not as good as our strong crossbow and strong bow! Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh.

"On the contrary, I understand why the Lord restricts the manufacture of return cannons. Artillery is the future of combat is the mainstream, whether it is defending or besieging cities. You see, the enemy can attack us from a distance of three miles, and for our return artillery to be effective, it must be within two miles. I also calculated that the time it would take to return the cannon to one fire was enough for the cannon to fire three times. According to this calculation, even if we counterattack once, the return cannon will eventually be destroyed by the opponent's artillery. "Niu Venus analyzed it very objectively.

"So what now? You can't, just withdraw it, right? Wang Er said a little unhappily.

"It's very simple, let the sword and shield men escort the grenadiers to the other side of the city, I'm sure that the opponent's city defense equipment must have few or no strong bows and crossbows. As long as we are close to the throwing range, with the cover of grenades, we can suppress the opponent's defenders, and then we can find a way to enter the city with a ladder or a ram...... However, in this case, the consumption will be higher. "Niu Venus has already had an alternative.

"Then what are you waiting for, you can't let those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty underestimate our Salvation Army, right?" Wang Er said excitedly.

Niu Jinxing didn't speak, just looked at Li Dingguo.

"Go ahead, no matter what, you have to fight once, otherwise if you go back like this, you won't be able to get over your face." Li Dingguo also agreed to this plan.

The rest of the story is easy to say, cut down the ladder and ram, and then rest outside for the night.

Early the next morning, the army was again overwhelmed, and the sword and shield men were already in the front, the grenadiers were following behind, and the soldiers with ladders were further behind.

As expected by Niu Venus, the opponent did not fire any arrows at all, in other words, the enemy could not pose a threat to himself at all in the long-range range. It is rare for the army to advance to an effective throwing range, and it looks like it is about to throw grenades one after another.

At this time, a row of black holes appeared on the city wall, and they were aimed at the Salvation soldiers below the city wall at an angle of thirty degrees.

Immediately, a burst of gunpowder smoke filled the air, accompanied by a thunderous sound.

It is true that it is not a round ball, but a large number of small round balls, which are grapeshot, which is also known as scattered balls.

It is true that such a scattershot can only be fired in a certain area, and if it exceeds this area or is smaller than this area, it will not be able to attack the enemy. However, the gunner was obviously an experienced man, so the Salvation Army had just entered this range and fired a fire.

With a burst of bullets, the shield of the sword and shield soldier was instantly broken, and with it, the death of many soldiers.

Before the Salvation Army could come to its senses, the defenders above had already begun to carry out the second round of filling, and arrows appeared at the same time. I have to admit that the number of arrows is not much, and it is obviously not a strong bow and crossbow, but in the current situation where the sword and shield soldiers have been torn open, they can shoot the grenadiers behind them very effectively, after all, the grenadiers carry more grenades in order to be light, but they do not wear much armor.

Less than a minute before and after, the second round of shooting began, and there was another large number of scattered bullets, and another burst of blood mist, and death.

"Withdraw...... Go back and ask the young master...... During this time, we are really too complacent! Li Dingguo sighed and gave the order to withdraw the troops.