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On October 9, 1846, at dawn, the positions of the 17th Army of the Imperial Army were busy. The heavy artillery battalion attached to the army, the brigade artillery battalion of the five infantry brigades, and the heavy artillery battalion temporarily transferred from the 14th Army were all pushed down on the artillery positions with the efforts of the artillerymen. A total of 48 105-mm light howitzers and 120 75-mm field guns. All of these cannons were gathered in an area less than four kilometers east of Shengjing City. The east of Shengjing City will be the direction of the Imperial Army's key attack this time.

The 17th Army of the Imperial Army dispatched three brigades to the south, west, and north of Shengjing City, and the elite 17th Infantry Brigade and the 35th Infantry Brigade to the east, and they were to undertake the task of the main attack. Once the city defenses of Shengjing City are breached, the 14th Army of the Imperial Army will also join in. Dealing with the 50,000 or 60,000 Qing troops in Shengjing City with two armies was completely effortless. Although Shengjing City was a fortified city, there were also a large number of Qing troops in the city. However, the Imperial Army had no doubts about conquering Shengjing City.

Major General Chen Wenjie, commander of the 17th Army of the Imperial Army, stood outside the headquarters and observed the head of Shengjing City with a telescope. On the city wall, there is not half a figure. However, he believed that the Qing army must have been ready for battle. However, even if the Qing army was well prepared, there was only one final result, and that was to be wiped out by the powerful army of the Chinese Empire. These banner people not only oppress the common people. Now they are colluding with the Russians to cede large areas of territory to Russia, which is simply a traitor to seek glory. The Imperial Army looked down on such people the most.

"Commander. The artillery is ready to attack. A staff officer reported to Major General Chen Wenjie.

"Hmmm! Order the artillery to open fire. They have half an hour, and I want to make the Qing army lose the courage to fight with us. Major General Chen Wenjie said. Shengjing City is a fortified city, and the walls are all made of bricks and stones. It is almost impossible to knock down the walls with artillery. If you want to break the city, you can only use the old way, that is, let the sappers take action. Use explosives to blow up the city walls. This kind of thing is often done by the sappers of the Empire, and they are already very skilled. For them. It is not difficult to blow up the walls of Shengjing City.

"Yes, Commander!" After saluting, the staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

7 a.m. Artillery of the 17th Army of the Imperial Army. An artillery bombardment of Shengjing City was launched. When the first shell fell, the entire Shengjing City began to fall into a sea of fire. Not only was the eastern city wall the focus of the Imperial Army's artillery bombardment, but even the Shengjing City was also subjected to indiscriminate shelling. Shengjing City is one of the rear base camps of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the people who live here are basically banner people, and most of them are Manchu nobles or clan children. Killing them is not killing innocents. For these guys. There is no good feeling from the whole empire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Crimson flames shone in the muzzle, and shells flew out of the muzzle. Roaring into the Shengjing City, black gunpowder smoke rose from the Shengjing City. A large number of houses were blown up, and some of the timber was not ignited by fire, and a raging fire broke out.

Those Qing troops defending on the city wall had never encountered such a scene, and they were all stunned.

"Boom!" A shell exploded on the city wall, shrapnel shot everywhere, and the surrounding Qing soldiers were torn to pieces by the shrapnel after the shell exploded. The remaining Qing soldiers who were lucky not to be killed by the bombing were also frightened, and ran down the city wall one after another screaming, hiding underneath, not daring to go up to the city wall to die.

General Xi En of Shengjing had not slept all night since the Imperial Army troops arrived in Shengjing City yesterday, although Yi Xiang, the commander of the 19th Army of the Qing Army, had assured him that the 19th Army would be able to hold out until Russian reinforcements arrived. However, Sheen still couldn't believe it. After all, the Chinese Empire was too strong, the Chinese Empire's army strength was too strong, and the Manchus had suffered a lot at their hands over the years. If they had not been able to hold Shengjing before the Russians arrived, they would have been loyal to the country as high-ranking Manchu officials.

When the sound of intensive shelling rang out. Sheen sat up from the bed at once. Ignoring the glamorous concubine's hair, she quickly put on her clothes and rushed out of the room. This is not the time for pleasure, you have to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army first, otherwise, your life will be gone, what else to enjoy!

"Someone, are those rebels attacking? Sue Sù Yixiang, General Ben has high hopes for him. If he defends Shengjing City and repels the attack of the rebels, he will be a great achievement! Sheen beckoned one of his servants over and commanded him.

"Yes, sir!" After making a gesture, the subordinate hurriedly rushed out of the general's mansion and went to the barracks to convey Xi'en's order to Yixiang.

"Boom!" "Boom!" The dense explosion made the city wall east of Shengjing City almost a dead place. The walls had been blown to the ground and littered with rubble. There are also many severed limbs and corpses of Qing soldiers who were killed in the bombing, and the whole scene is like a Shura hell, and the timid people don't dare to look at it directly.

"General, what are we going to do? The shells of the rebels are endless, and the brothers have already suffered heavy casualties. Major General Yuming, commander of the 75th Infantry Division of the Qing Army, said with some concern.

"What about our artillery? Why not fight back? Lieutenant General Yixiang asked coldly. Originally, he had promised Sheen that he would be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived. But now, the attack of the Imperial Chinese Army was so fierce that he felt a little drumming in his heart.

"General, the cannons of those rebels are at least 8 miles away from Shengjing City, and our cannons can't reach them at all!" Major General Yuming said with some grievances. Although the artillery equipped by the Qing army was all purchased from the British, they were all advanced breech guns. However, most of them were small-caliber cannons, with a relatively short firing range, and were generally used as infantry support artillery, so they could not engage in artillery battles with the powerful artillery of the Chinese Empire.

"Holy shit, we seem to be being cheated by those Brits!" Yixiang said. As a child of the clan, he is clear about some news about foreign arms purchases. In order to buy these arms, the Manchus paid a lot of money, and borrowed 20 million pounds from the British. However, these weapons purchased now cannot be compared with the army of the Chinese Empire. This shows that what the British sell them is inferior. In fact, Yixiang also blamed the British. In order to strengthen the strength of the Manchus, the British were already sparing no expense. They knew that once the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the Chinese Empire, the loan of up to 20 million pounds would not be recovered. However, in order to make trouble for the Chinese Empire, they did not hesitate to do so. In addition, the weapons they sold to the Manchus were also the most advanced weapons equipped by the British army at that time. It's just that there are some gaps between the equipment of the British Army and the standard equipment of the Imperial Chinese Army.

This state of being passively beaten made Yixiang very aggrieved. However, there is no way, I can only endure it. And try to reduce the losses of the troops as much as possible. It will be several days before Russian reinforcements arrive! It would have been miserable if they had fought it out before the Russians arrived.

"General! Checkmate! The rebels are on the attack. An observer galloped down from the city wall and bowed to Yixiang. In order to reduce losses, all the Qing troops on the city walls have been withdrawn. Only a handful of observers were left on the walls. For these observers, that's a life-and-death mission! The shells of the Chinese Empire did not have eyes, and even if they hid behind the women's wall, it was not safe. If the shells exploded next to them, they would also be dead. If it weren't for the huge bounty that Yixiang saw, absolutely no one would dare to take on such a task. However, Yixiang's bounty of one hundred taels of silver was too tempting, so those outlaws would agree. Rao is like this, among the dozen or so observers, only a few people survived.

"Good! It's so good to come. Yuming, let your men go up to the city wall and prepare to resist the attack of the rebels. In addition, the artillery is ready, let those rebels taste our awesomeness! Yixiang said loudly. After being beaten hard by the Chinese Empire for so long, it was finally their turn to fight back.

"Yes, General!" Major General Yuming said loudly.

Thousands of Qing soldiers began to run up the city walls, preparing to defend themselves against the attack of the Chinese Empire. However, when they had just run up the wall, they found out. The soldiers of the Chinese Empire, who launched the attack, suddenly stopped attacking, and one by one they lay on the ground and did not move.

At this time, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! Some experienced veterans have changed their faces. They are no strangers to such a sound, it is simply the sound of a cannonball cutting through the air at high speed!

"Shelling! Hide! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Dense shells bombarded the eastern city wall of Shengjing City, and the Qing soldiers who had just run up the city wall to prepare for battle were blown up into the air. Shrapnel swept across the city walls, lightly harvesting the lives of these Qing soldiers.

Dense shell explosions, the Qing army paid a heavy price for this, and the city walls were almost bleeding.

"The traitors of the dog day are really despicable and shameless, they actually use such a shady trick, it is simply impossible to die!" Seeing his soldiers being killed continuously, Yixiang was about to crush his teeth. (To be continued......)