But it cannot be ignored that at this time, the Dengzhou rebels still have a large number of small artillery, including some small Western-style artillery imitations according to the reduced scale of the Hongyi cannon, and also have a large number of various firearms, so the firepower is still not to be underestimated.

The most important thing is that when the rebels captured Dengzhou City, they captured a lot of Dengzhou defenders, among which there were a large number of gunners trained by Sun Yuanhua at the expense of blood and asked the Portuguese to train them.

Although the quality of these artillery is poor and the firing range is short, but for the ordinary Ming army, they can still pose a considerable threat to them, and don't look at the number of Hongyi cannons on hand in the rebels at present, but the gunner Su zhì is not to be underestimated, the east and west two Hongyi cannons are in the hands of the rebels, and the shooting accuracy is quite powerful, as soon as the cannons on the side of the official army sounded, they immediately began to return fire, and when the officers and soldiers flocked to Dengzhou City in large numbers, the large and small artillery fired together, causing considerable damage to the besieging officers and soldiers.

Soon an officer and general at the east gate was hit by rebel artillery and was killed on the spot, while at the west gate, a staff general and a guerrilla also fell under the rebel gun.

In addition, the rebels still have a lot of relatively sophisticated bird guns at hand, and even a small number of Lumi guns, so the officers and troops on the east and west sides suffered heavy casualties when attacking the city.

But on the south gate side, the situation is a different scene, Yu Xiaotian's Yu family army firepower fully suppressed the fire of the rebels' counterattack, the rebels' two Hongyi cannons just appeared, not long after, they were targeted by the artillery of the Yu family army, and the large and small artillery concentrated their firepower to knock on the position of the two Hongyi cannons.

All kinds of shells rained down on the city wall where the two Hongyi cannons were located, and the bricks and stones on the city wall flew in all directions, and the rebel defenders who were deployed in this area were also considered to have fallen into bad luck, and the stumps were flying around the shells, and the battlements were blown off by the artillery of the Yu family army one after another, and the rebels who hit had nowhere to hide.

The rebels' counterattack was very weak in front of the fierce artillery of the home army, and the two Hongyi cannons only fired less than five shells each, and they were lifted under the city wall by the heavy artillery of the Yu family army and directly scrapped.

After knocking out the two most threatening Hongyi cannons, the Yu family army officially began to attack the city, among the training subjects of the Yu family army, siege warfare is also a compulsory training subject, for which they have tested a variety of siege tactics, plus Yu Xiaotian's bug storage zài, to provide them with a lot of infantry and artillery combined with the method of attacking the fortification, so that after exploration and actual combat testing, they have mastered a set of good infantry and artillery combined with the tactics of attacking the fortification.

Yu Jiajun made full use of their advantage in firepower, first used artillery to fully suppress the rebels' various threatening firepower points on the city wall, that is, the artillery they placed on the city wall, knocked out the rebels' artillery one after another, and used the artillery to reach the outside of the city wall, using accurate aiming and shooting to flatten the battlements that could be used for the rebels to hide, not only knocking out the places where the rebels could hide, but also killing and wounding many rebel generals hiding behind the battlements.

From the very beginning, the rebels were suppressed by the artillery of the Yu family army and could not raise their heads, as long as there was a cannon that could not help but fire, its position was immediately locked by the artillery of the Yu family army, and then it was immediately hit by the artillery of the Yu family army, and their artillery could be knocked out in an instant.

The rebels were beaten with no temper at all, and could only passively defend, never daring to show their heads on the city walls.

Then the musketeers of the Yu family army armed with wolf's tooth rifles lined up to push some wheelbarrows or two-wheeled carts equipped with wooden shields, and pushed them directly to the outside of the city wall, a distance of 100 steps away from the city wall, lined up, and the musketeers hid in a row on the side of the shield carts, put the muskets on the shield carts, aimed at the city wall, and as long as they found that there were rebels coming up, they immediately opened fire and shot accurately, shooting them to death.

Some rebel musketeers or infantry archers had to hide under the battlements, and through the holes in the battlements, they fired or fired arrows at the city, but this still did not protect their lives well, and the small holes, at about 100 paces, were still within the reach of good marksmen with wolf-tooth rifles.

The first-class shooters and first-class marksmen in Yu's army were given a task, which was to find the rebels who were hiding behind the battlements and shooting at the city wall through the guò shots, and directly through the guò shots, sniping these rebel generals.

Often the rebel musketeers and archers only have a lifespan of one shot, as long as they are found, they will be immediately locked, and then they will be shot, once they are shot, basically they are shot in the face, and even many people are simply shot in the eye, and half of their heads are blown off with one shot.

With the strong support of musketeers armed with wolf's tooth rifles, the rest of the infantry in charge of the attack became much safer during the attack, not to mention that they were all wearing armor and shields, and the knife players played an extremely important role at this time.

They held shields or large shields in both hands, protecting themselves and providing cover for other comrades to block the guns and crossbows fired by the rebels from the city.

In front of the Yu family's army, a group of seven or eight hundred people were also used, but the Yu family's army was not so mad that they used these people as cannon fodder.

When the people were forcibly conscripted to the front of the army, Yu Xiaotian ordered the Huotou Army to give each of them a piece of multigrain cake and a bowl of hot porridge, so that they could eat something first, but they were not allowed to eat too much.

These people basically use rice bran or bran to combine some wild vegetables and grass roots all day long, and they can't even find such things as bran and rice bran, so they peel off some bark and grind it into flour mixed with wild vegetables to eat, and give them too much food at once, which will kill them.

When the people were forcibly recruited, many people were reluctant to fight, and the war was the affair of the government, not their business, but they were going to be forcibly conscripted to die, although many people also knew that they might die here in this battle, and even if they did not die here, they were about to starve to death.

But these people still don't want to die here in vain, their faces are like ashes, they don't have any spirit, and even when they look at the officers and soldiers, there is a trace of resentment in their eyes.

Not to mention the fate of the people who were assigned to other officers and soldiers, but when these people who were assigned to the Yu family army, after arriving in front of the army, they found that the Fujian soldiers here were not bad for them.

People who have not eaten decent food for many days, when they see these foods, they are immediately smoked by the fragrance of the food, and when they get the food, they are like wolves and tigers, and they swallow these things into their stomachs.

When they still wanted to eat, the soldiers of the Yu family army told them that they wanted to eat more, but they had to work first.

Yu Jiajun made a rule, that is, if someone sent a bag of soil or a bundle of firewood, arrived at the trench outside Dengzhou, and successfully filled the trench, then they could rely on this merit to come back and receive a multigrain cake, complete two trips, and give a bowl of broth made from cow or sheep bones or pig bones.

Although they knew that they would have to take a lot of risks, many people thought that as long as they worked twice, they could eat two multigrain cakes and drink a mouthful of broth, then even if they died, it was worth it, at least they could be a full ghost, and it was better than starving to death by turning back.

So the enthusiasm of the people was completely mobilized, and at this time the cauldron had been shelved, a fire was raised, and the bone broth was boiled, and the fragrance of the fragrant bone broth almost stretched out a hand in their throats, so they screamed, and followed Yu Jiajun to the place of departure.

Those with weak bodies were selected and were responsible for loading bags of earth or tying bundles of firewood, while those with strong bodies were responsible for transporting these things and following Yu's army up to fill in the trenches.

As soon as the war broke out, these people frantically carried dirt bags or bundles of firewood, and rushed towards Dengzhou City under the cover of the family army.

Although on the way, occasionally some people were shot by the rebels' bullets or arrows and died on the way, but under the cover of the strong firepower of the family army, the casualties of the people here were not heavy, and even in front of the head, there were Yu family army sword and card players holding shields and lining up to cover them.

These people didn't expect to have this kind of treatment, and they worked hard, although they were very weak because of long-term hunger, but at this time, they didn't know where to rush out of a force, carrying heavy things, and frantically rushing towards the trench.

When they reached the trench, they threw their belongings into the trench, turned around and ran back to the starting point, where they were given multigrain cakes on the spot.

But there are also a few people who are slippery, who lose the things on their shoulders halfway, and try to deceive them to get through the multigrain cakes, but some people are always staring at them, and once they find this kind of person, they immediately lift him out, take off his pants, and hit the board on the spot.

In this way, there is a reward, the people naturally do not dare to play tricks anymore, so they have to work honestly, these more than 700 people, like ants, run back and forth in front of the battle, bags of earthwork and bundles of firewood into the trench.

Although some were shot or wounded by the rebels, under the cover of the family army, their casualties were bearable, and most of them soon received the agreed bone broth, holding the steaming bone broth, and squatting on the ground with the obtained multigrain cake dipped in the bone broth while eating and drinking, and many of them cried loudly while eating.

(Today, I would like to thank the four brothers of book friend 2610684, Da Mo Xiaoxi Feng, Pian Pian Ju, and Wandering Jiangnan!) Keep shouting for a monthly pass! Don't go down again at the end of the month! Hehe! ）