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Kangxi, who had just arrived here, happened to see the scene of the collapse of the pavilion on the city gate tower not far away, after a loud bang on the city gate tower, the pavilion above collapsed from the west, and half of the third to second floors collapsed, a large number of masonry fell, and suddenly a piece of dust flew, and the vision became unclear.

"Stop firing!" Outside the city, Jin Yinghu saw the collapse of the city gate tower, and immediately ordered to stop firing the artillery.

"Commander, what should I do next?" Fu Biao asked.

"Do you still need me to say it? Send a battalion up, shoot along the moat at the city wall, and tell the soldiers below to be serious to Lao Tzu and kill more Qing soldiers. And remember, the queue is slightly spread out, be careful of the city head bombarding us with scattered bombs. Let's test it first, if there are many miscellaneous cannons at the head of the city, we will retreat, anyway, we are not ready to attack the city! ”

"Yes!"

There were quite a few combat soldiers in one battalion, and more than 900 people began to disperse and march according to the formation of the squadron, forming ten small phalanxes within a range of more than 1,000 meters opposite the Yongding Gate. However, the warriors did not run to the moat river, which was so close to the city wall that even the bows and arrows of the Qing army at the head of the city could be obtained. In many ancient siege battles, why the casualties of the besieging side were so large, first, the city walls were as high as they were, and it was not easy to climb. Another important reason is the moat, if the besieging side does not lower the moat and fill in a path, there is no way to approach the city wall. You must know that when the enemy army is attacking the city, the defender of the city has already destroyed the bridge over the moat or pulled up the drawbridge!

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The form of the 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 1st Battalion, and 1st Squadron of the 4th Division of the Mawei Army is steadily advancing. Group trot. When they came to the edge of the moat, they lined up and began to shoot. This distance is about 150 meters. The rifle is very lethal at this distance, and the accuracy does not deviate too much. Of course, if you put the distance to fifty meters, the hit rate of the trained fighters will be very different. Around Yongding Gate, the gunshots continued to sound at the same time, and the gunsmoke began to spread on the south bank of the moat.

At this moment, a total of ten squadrons were scattered to shoot, and they were all staring at the city from a distance of one hundred and fifty meters. Anyone who popped up on the city wall was sent a series of mini catapults. The first shots rang out. At the head of the city, many Qing soldiers fell in response to the sound and were killed on the spot. In this way, the soldiers of the fourth division, one brigade and one battalion only fired a few shots, and the Qing troops at the head of the city did not dare to raise their heads at all. At this distance, the Qing army on the city wall also had archery, and the head of the city was so high that the archers could shoot arrows a hundred meters away, and there was a relatively large lethality. But at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, the lethality is almost negligible. Besides, the soldiers of the Mawei War Army were not so stupid to stand there and let the Qing archers shoot at the target. From time to time, I still move.

Kangxi, who had just come to the city wall, was really startled by the bullets of the Mawei Army, and several Qing soldiers were hit by the bullets just beside him. There was a bloody hole in the door of the head, gurgling with blood. After a few rounds of gunshots, the ground of the city wall began to become bloody, and Kangxi also squatted, afraid of being hit by the bullets of the Mawei Army.

"How can the rebels' muskets hit so far?" Kangxi just looked up at the location of the Mawei army under the city, it was on the opposite bank of the moat, and there was still a short distance from the bank, and the distance from the city wall was about forty zhang.

"This" Bahamu and the others squeaked and did not answer. How did they know that there were few muskets in their garrison, and they hadn't paid attention to this thing in normal times. "Your Majesty, I hope that these firearms of the Geng rebels were purchased from foreigners."

Kangxi didn't answer, and he knew that he was just angry just now. He also read the previous secret reports in the local area, and it was impossible for the Mawei Army to have so many muskets and cannons that they could be purchased from foreigners, and the foreigners did not and would not sell so many firearms to Geng Jingzhong, and they were such powerful firearms. He also had a few muskets in his hands from the Tsarist and the Dutch, but they were by no means so powerful.

The city wall was really dangerous, Kangxi didn't stay long, and went down after watching it twice. The Mawei army fired for seven or eight minutes in a row, and tens of thousands of bullets poured on the city wall, but it was in the first two rounds that the Qing army had a lot of rage, and there were not many gains at all. At the beginning, the Qing army was caught off guard and was hit by many bullets, killing and wounding more than 300 Qing troops in the first three shots. But in the back, the Qing army rarely showed its head again, and several archers who stood up to fight back were killed as soon as they stood up, making all the Qing troops ostriches. The Qing soldiers on the city wall were hiding, but the arrow tower on one side was still fighting back.

There were multiple shooting holes on the arrow tower, which caused some trouble for the Mawei Army. The main thing is that in addition to bows and arrows, there are some hard crossbows on the side of this arrow tower. Although these hard crossbows are slow to fire, their power should not be underestimated. The crossbow had a much longer range than the rifles of the horsetail warriors. Within three hundred meters, the lethality of this long crossbow arrow was terrifying. This kind of crossbow arrow is equivalent to a spear, which is thrown down heavily, and it really dies when it is touched. Several soldiers were unable to dodge and were hit by crossbow arrows and were directly nailed to the ground, and two soldiers were even worse and were strung into gourds by a crossbow arrow.

After firing for a quarter of an hour on the Mawei Army's side, Mingzhu arrived with the newly formed Shenji Battalion.

"Your Majesty, the late arrival of the slave has frightened the emperor! Minions are capital offenses. ”

"Oh, what so much nonsense, hurry up to the city wall to fight back. Use all those bowls and guns, these wastes are useless, they are all pressed by the rebels and dare not raise their heads, and they don't even dare to put a cannon! Kangxi was roaring angrily.

Mingzhu didn't say a word, and waved his hand. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and others are on the head of the city. This Shenji Battalion had not been formed by the Qing court before. But there were some of Kong Youde's Han military flags back then. Kangxi was dissatisfied with the weak combat strength of the former Han army's firearms battalion. Therefore, according to the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, the current Shenji Battalion was formed. There are 3,000 soldiers and horses in a Shenji battalion alone, but this is not much, in the Ming Dynasty, there were 5,000 people in the Shenji battalion.

At this time, the cannon could not be moved to the city wall, but the three-eyed guns, arquebuses and other firearms were all taken up.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Tom"

On the side of the city, arquebuses, three-eyed guns, bowl-mouth guns and other firearms began to be fired, and bursts of thick white smoke also floated over the city. But as far as the eye could see, there was almost no defeat of the Mawei soldiers, but the Qing soldiers of the Shenji Battalion didn't care about anything else. Keep loading, keep shooting. At the same time as they fired the arquebus, there was a burst of laughter on the side of the Mawei Army, the arquebus, such an old antique, was also taken out and used, not only the firing speed was slow, but it could not shoot far. Not to mention one hundred and fifty meters, it is a hundred meters away, and he can't even wear the clothes on his body.

After thick white smoke filled the moat and the walls, the view was also blocked. By this time, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion received an order to return to their positions. No more fighting. The effect of deterrence has been achieved, and it is time to implement the second plan. The whole army turned, the goal, the granary of Tongzhou.

According to the plan of the General Staff, turning to Tongzhou is not really to take Tongzhou, it is not yet the time to attack Beijing City in an all-round way, if Tongzhou is taken, the 100,000 troops in Beijing City will go crazy, and it is estimated that the whole army will be killed and fight a decisive battle with the Mawei Army. This is a lot of what they want, and it is not in line with Geng Jingzhong's strategic goals.

At this time, Kangxi must feel the danger and mobilize troops and horses to gather in the capital to help. In this way, the Qing army on the front line of the battle against the Wu army would collapse, and the speed of the Qing army's demise would be accelerated. And if the Mawei Army attacks the capital on a large scale at this moment, or takes the capital, it will indeed plunge the world into chaos, but it will be all taken by Wu Sangui. Maybe the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops on the front line will all surrender to Wu Sangui, and his Mawei army will not be able to get anything.

Geng Jingzhong still wanted Yue Le to fight more battles with Wu Sangui, this time forcing Kangxi to transfer troops back to the capital to help, Wu Sangui would definitely not give up this opportunity. Then the gap between the remaining forces of the Qing army and Wu Sangui is not large, and the two sides will definitely fight to the death, and the consumption of troops is normal

"Division commander, the Qing army was really fooled and caught up!" In the command tent, the officers of the Fourth Division gathered here, and the commanders and chiefs of staff of the first, second, and third brigades were beaming with joy. Bing Guangyan was impressively in the ranks, he took the initiative to surrender the Mawei Army, and fought a beautiful battle outside the Anxi Gate in Tianjin, and later played a key role in the night raid, and made a lot of achievements, and was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the Fourth Division by Zeng Yangxing, and the official position had to wait for Geng Jingzhong's personal appointment.

"Of course, if this is not accurate, then won't so many operational staff officers in our staff department all eat for nothing?! Besides, this Tongzhou is so important to the Qing court, they can only ignore it! ”

"That is, once Tongzhou is lost, then the capital will really have a food shortage."

"Zhao Yuhou, Fu Biao, how is the ambush point arranged?" Jin Yinghu asked.

"Commander, just take a look!" Zhao Yuhou, commander of the Second Brigade, said with a smile. "We have a high slope over there, and we have set up barricades and dug trenches. As long as the Qing army attacks, keep them there is no return! ”

"It's the same on our side, I'm afraid that those Qing army chasing troops won't dare to come up!"

"I don't think so, this Qing army chasing after me may not attack immediately, but it must have sent people to Tongzhou City to let the defenders of Tongzhou City encircle us from the east. It is estimated that on the east and west sides, they will attack at the same time, so the third brigade must also be careful on guard! The chief of staff of the Fourth Division pointed to the improvised sand table and said.

"Of course, the first two brigades are the top of the Qing army, and our third brigade can't run out of stomachs, isn't it, it's not that Tongzhou will send up to 5,000 men and horses, it's enough to have our three brigades!" Xue Fan, the commander of the Third Brigade, tapped his fingers on the table and said confidently.

"Okay, that's it, let's all go and prepare, once the Qing army attacks, they will all beat me hard!"

"Yes!"

There are a lot of small three-pounder cannons on the positions on the east and west sides, and these small cannons are not good for attacking the city, but they can be of great use when placed on this position. The Qing army really attacked, and 20,000 soldiers and horses came out of the city of Beijing, including 5,000 cavalry. The Qing army arrived in Tongzhou ahead of schedule and ordered the Tongzhou garrison general and the capital reinforcements to launch an attack at the same time at noon, attacking from the east and west, preparing to defeat the Mawei army in one fell swoop. None of this exceeded the expectations of the General Staff.

In front of the position, grapeshot bombs swept through the sky and rained down in the middle of the Qing army. The advancing Qing army fell one after another, like a gourd rolling on the ground, constantly rolling on the ground, concocting all kinds of movements. Most of the Qing troops were very fast. This means that after they fall, they have to roll forward by inertia. After some Qing troops fell, they tripped over the Qing troops behind, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

After those Qing soldiers fell, the weapons and equipment on their bodies, as well as all kinds of debris, all rolled to the ground. Anything else is enough, but arrows are very dangerous. If you are not careful, those sharp arrows will stab the person behind. Especially when you accidentally fall down and are stabbed by an arrow, it must be more than lucky. Many Qing soldiers did not die under the guns of the Mawei Army, but under the arrows of their comrades. Many Qing soldiers did not die under the guns of the Mawei Army, but under the arrows of their comrades

As the battle unfolded, with the continuous firing of the Mawei Army's cannons, and with the continuous falling of grapeball shells, the Qing army's offensive formation appeared in a strict chaos. In the face of the crazy guns of the Mawei Army, they all subconsciously tried to avoid the battle. As the battle unfolded, with the continuous firing of the Mawei Army's cannons, and with the continuous falling of grapeball shells, the Qing army's offensive formation appeared in a strict chaos. In the face of the crazy guns of the Mawei Army, they all subconsciously tried to avoid the battle. (To be continued......)