When Gao Zhengli heard the first explosion in the direction of the east gate, he guessed that the Ming army had launched an attack at the east gate, but he was not sure whether the Ming army was going all out to attack one gate or feint to attack the east gate, and intended to attack the other three gates.

Therefore, he can only choose to sit back and watch.

But when Gao Zhiping's messenger for help arrived, Gao Zhengli immediately transferred his 10,000-strong army to the east gate for reinforcements.

An army of 10,000 marched mightily towards the east gate, but they didn't want to, when an army of hundreds of men descended from the sky and blocked their way for miles directly in front of them.

Hundreds of people dare to block the way of the army of 10,000 people, and only a madman like Yang Tingshi dares to do it.

Even a reckless man like Bailiyi would not dare to think about it, but miracles always happen from the daring and reckless.

At this time, how did the people see people descending from the sky? Especially this group of people who have been in the army for a few days, they have guessed in their hearts when they see this scene, could it be immortals?

The so-called art masters are bold, there has been a death trip on the bank of the Huang River, Yang Tingshi, for today's arrogant behavior is already a piece of cake, when the Huang River, the landing of the hot air balloon is not controllable, whether you fall to death or not can only be left to fate, and because of the urgency of the situation at that time, it was lifted into the air in the dark night, and the danger was beyond imagination.

In their panic, Yang Ting's department completed the temporary assembly and cleanup, forming a temporary fortification erected from the wreckage of the hot air balloon.

And these 800 soldiers were equipped with the latest muskets of the Ming Armory, as well as eight grenades.

The steel of the barrels of these muskets was tougher and the structure was more humane. In addition to the fact that rifling has not yet been prototyped, its range and lethality are much higher than those of the muskets equipped by the Forces nouvelles.

Moreover, prefabricated musket cartridges have been substantially improved. It is characterized by a lighter weight of ammunition and more power.

The light weight means that you can carry more ammunition.

This is also where Yang Tingshi's confidence lies in daring to land and intercept an army of 10,000 people.

In Yang Tingshi's opinion, 800 people, 6,400 grenades, and 16,000 musket shells were enough to stop this 10,000-strong army. As long as the new army outside the city can cooperate, breaking through the east gate is a sure thing.

Yang Tingshi was not worried about the cooperation of the new army outside the city, he knew it. The three people outside the city are all brothers and confidants of the emperor, and they are all masters who want to fight and die, how can they miss this good opportunity to break the city?

Therefore, Yang Tingshi calmly blocked the enemy's army. This is a blocking battle. It was the most glorious example of the Ming Kingdom's resistance war.

When the Gao army calmed down, under the order of the general, the army began a tentative attack.

The so-called temptation is to send dozens of people forward to reconnoiter with their lives.

Dozens of people hesitated to move forward, step by step.

It is conceivable that after sufficient time to aim, dozens of people were completely wiped out after a row of gunfire rang out.

This is enough to deter all the enemies present, and the generals don't know what to do. On the one hand, he ordered the whole army to be on alert to confront the enemy, and on the other hand, he sent people back to the north gate to ask Gao Zhengli for instructions.

After Gao Zhengli heard the news. In view of the fact that there was no fighting at the north gate, he brought another 3,000 defenders to reinforce him in person.

After arriving at the battlefield, Gao Zhengli gave the order to attack, he ordered the army to be divided into three rows and three columns, nine phalanxes, each phalanx of 600 people, the first three rows of six phalanxes for sword and shield soldiers, and the back row of three squares for crossbowmen, the sword and shield soldiers slowly approached forward, until the crossbowmen stopped within the range of the crossbowmen, and then the crossbowmen covered the enemy and fired.

After all, Gao Zhengli was born in the military and had a seasoned command, and when he didn't know the reality of the enemy, he did not immediately confront his own people and blindly assault, but let the sword and shield soldiers cover the crossbowmen to enter the firing range, and then solve the enemy with arrows.

And he himself will lead the remaining army of 8,000 men, ready to charge the enemy at any time, and in his opinion, no matter how strong the enemy in front of him is, in front of his army of 13,000 is like crushing an ant.

But Gao Zhengli, like Gao Fang, is old, he doesn't know the weapons of this Ming army at all, and he doesn't know that the range of the weapons of this Ming army is much higher than the range of bows and crossbows.

This range is actually about five zhang more.

But these five zhangs, this is the line of life and death, because these five zhang is a gap that the crossbowmen of the Gao army can never cross.

After the sword and shield soldiers entered the range of the muskets, Yang Tingshi gave the order to shoot without mercy, and the three-stage shots were almost time-apart, and the sound of shooting sounded between each breath.

And with each shot, the sword and shield soldiers fell in rows, like the scythe of death.

The soldiers of the Gao army were unable to fight back at all, and they couldn't even find an opponent even if they tried desperately.

This was a one-sided massacre, until Gao Zhengli saw that the situation was not good and gave the order to retreat, and in just such a pillar of incense, at least half of the three thousand six hundred sword and shield soldiers in the six phalanxes lay on the ground and could not stand up again.

Gao Zhengli was stunned in his heart, even if he slaughtered more than a thousand sheep, the time spent was far more than the time of this pillar of incense.

This result not only had a psychological impact on Gao Zhengli, but also on the soldiers of Gao's army who had just joined the army for a few days.

The density of fire from a single musket can never reach an insurmountable level, especially when the enemy is several times or more than ten times over, charging in a swarm, even if one shot is one, it cannot be blocked, and the three-stage shot is only a sacrifice of the fire density in exchange for the effect of visual bursts.

But the Gao army was confused by this illusion of continuous fire from top to bottom, and in their opinion, the Ming army's front was seamless.

Therefore, Gao Zhengli could only change the method, he hurriedly transferred the shield to the treasury, this is a half-body shield, thick, huge, equivalent to the height of half a soldier, but it is not invincible, it also has a disadvantage, that is, it needs two soldiers to carry forward.

After the shield is erected, the left and right soldiers need to use one left arm and one right arm to put in the hoop on the shield, and then lift it to the chest-level position, and then cooperate to move forward to cover the advance of the team behind.

Adjusting the shield is a matter of one sentence, but if you really want to transfer thousands of shields, it will take more than 100 vehicles, and it will take more than 10,000 hours for the dispatch and transportation alone, and more than 10,000 Gao reinforcements will be blocked in the center of the city by Yang Ting's 800 Ming army, unable to rush to the east gate.

At this time, the battle of the East Gate had begun, and the three of Bailiyi each led their troops to launch a fierce attack on the East Gate from the three directions of the Acropolis on both sides and the Wengcheng in the middle.

The so-called violent, that is, regardless of casualties, but the Ming soldiers do not climb the city wall, since there are firearms, the practice of the Ming army to break the city is to blast.

Tengchong City is strong, but no matter how strong the city is, its city gate is a weakness, and the city gate cannot be built as strong as the city wall, after all, it needs to be moved and opened every day, so it has weaknesses. (To be continued......)