Li Xingzhi destroyed the book and issued a declaration of vowing to live and die with Gaoyang, which made Lu Liangzhi, who was on the side, also admired in his heart.

Several of the Manchu envoy's entourage were also quite stubborn, and saluted Li Xingzhi: "Huang Shuai wants to fight to the death, but let us bring the head back." ”

Li Xingzhi sneered: "If you want to bring back the first level, you will not allow it, but you have to leave something down." ”

After that, he took another step forward, and the long knife in his hand swung down again, slashing several times in a row, but it cut off the left ears of several people.

"Huang Shuai's methods, we have written them down, and we will come to teach Huang Shuai Huwei in the future!" Several attendants sneered, covered their wounds and bowed, turned their heads and climbed onto the hanging basket.

"Okay, good, good Huang Wenchang, there is still such a backbone general in the Ming Kingdom, send an order to all departments, when the camp is built, the armies will return to the camp for a day of rest, and tomorrow Japan will personally meet this Baoding general army."

Abatai looked at the few soldiers in front of him who were still dripping blood from their left ears, and looked at Gaoyang Dongcheng and shouted angrily.

At dawn the next day, the desolate sound of the horn spread in the eastern city of Gaoyang City, and the drums and cannons of the Qing Dynasty's seven Belle Abatai troops shook the sky

More than 4,000 Zhenglan Banner Han Army and Wuzhen Chaoha Heavy Infantry were divided into six large arrays, and the large array was filled with all kinds of shield carts, rushing carts, ladders, and wells.

Dozens of trebuchets and more than twenty artillery pieces were neatly arranged behind the large array.

The Qing court spared Bel Abatai, dressed in the golden helmet and gold armor given by the old slave and Nurha, and stepped on the platform with a sword surrounded by a group of blue flag generals and Goshha.

These Goshkha are the most elite blue flag white armor soldiers, all of them wear blue flag color armor, pointed helmets on their heads, and cotton armor on their bodies. The cotton armor was made of thick cotton inlaid with iron sheets, and fixed by copper nails, and the end was majestic.

When there was a great drought in the north, although it was already October, the weather was still sultry, these Goshha were wearing heavy cotton armor, but there was no complaint at all, all of them had solemn faces and steady steps, all of them were elite veterans of a hundred battles.

In addition, there are more than a dozen generals and officials under Zhenglan, including the metropolitan commander, the deputy metropolitan commander, the assistant leader, the staff leader, Zhang Jing, and each side of the stand, everyone with a saber in their hands, and their faces are dignified.

"Let's get started!"

Abatai's three-foot-tall gilded dakh swayed forward continuously, signaling the Zhenglan Banner Han Army and Wuzhen Chaoha in front of him to approach in the direction of the city wall.

More than 20 artillery pieces and dozens of trebuchets were also set up in front of the main array, and the first test firing was carried out.

Obviously, the first test shot was not very satisfactory, only a few cannons smashed on the city wall, and the rest of the stone shells and cannons either smashed into the front of the city wall or roared into the city.

After the first round of test firing, he ordered all the artillery and trebuchets to reorient themselves, and be sure to hit the stone shells and cannons on the wall of the Ming thieves.

After two rounds of test firing, dozens of catapults finally got their range right.

Huge stone projectiles rained down on the city walls.

Suddenly the earth and wood flew on the city wall, bricks and stones splashed, and from time to time the wall battlements and arrow towers arranged behind the city wall were smashed apart.

Some of the Jingbei troops defending the city hid in the caves, some hid behind the battlements, and the shields were dead, and the young men who assisted in defending the city were even more pale, shrunk in the corners and trembled.

The cannons also had a terrible scream, and from time to time they smashed on the wall battlements, and some unlucky young men and Jingbei soldiers were directly hit by the cannons, and it was okay to hit the hands and feet, but if they were smashed on the head and body, there was no possibility of survival.

When Li Shuotai commanded the Han army of Zhenglan Banner and was about to arrive at the city, the trebuchets and artillery of the Qing army finally stopped firing.

Under the leadership of Li and Li Guozhu, the generals of the Tai Army, Gang Atai and Li Guozhu, groups of Han army banners pushed dozens of shield carts, rushed to the east of Gaoyang City.

From the top of the city, it was like a blue wave, surging and crashing.

After the Qing trebuchet attack stopped, the Jingbei army on the city wall climbed out of the bunker under the command of each team of small flags and entered their intended defensive positions.

Li Xingzhi also shouted after watching the surging Qing army enter the range of the artillery on the city wall: "Open the cannon!" ”

The ten great general's cannons deployed in Gaoyang East City were fired at the same time, and a choking smoke of gunpowder suddenly filled the city.

There was no need to aim at all, and the iron balls smashed into the Qing army's formation, and blood flowers were splashed suddenly.

There was even a shield cart, which was hit by a roaring cannon, and it was torn apart in an instant, and the flying wood smashed into several Han troops who were gathered around the shield cart, which was a burst of ghosts crying wolf.

Dozens of people were killed and wounded after the first round of artillery bombardment, but they did not care at all, and still kept their horns and clashed forward desperately.

Most of these Han soldiers are battle-hardened veterans, and they know that although the artillery of the Jingbei Army is fierce, it will not necessarily fall on their heads, but if they turn around and flee now, they may face the butcher's knife of the blue flag vest.

Countless Han troops burst into smoke and fire and poured towards the city wall.

The Jingbei army guarding the city looked at the Qing soldiers who were getting closer and closer to the city wall, and lit the small tiger squat cannons erected on the city wall.

The firecrackers of the Steelfront Battalion did not show weakness either, and kept taking turns shooting under the wall.

Countless cannons formed a barrier of death under the city walls.

Although the Zhenglan Banner Han Army was all brave men in double armor, under such a dense cannon, the offensive was still sluggish.

The traitor army who was hit by the cannon was covered with dense bullet holes on the cotton armor, one black and one red, so it didn't seep people.

Those Han army flags that were shot in the face fell to the ground instantly, and before they could even struggle, they were trampled to death by the Han soldiers who followed.

Li Shutai Chinese New Year's Eve today, and he can be regarded as having been on the battlefield for a long time, and quickly calculated the firing gap between the artillery of the defenders in the city, and took advantage of the moment when the Ming army in the city changed their uniforms and artillery, and urged his soldiers to attack forward.

"Prepare to roll wood and stones and gold juice, Dongyu is almost in the city."

Li Xingzhi looked at the Qing army getting closer and closer with a solemn face, and continued to issue military orders.

After receiving the order, the young men who helped the battle at the head of the city hid behind the battlements, and kept throwing logs and stones from the battlements to the bottom of the city.

Under the city wall, arrows and stones flew together, and from time to time the Han army with the blue flag was hit and fell to the ground, and then was drowned by the Han army flag that followed.

The Han army that followed Li to lead Tai to defeat Ming was originally Li Yongfang's old pawn in Tieling, and its combat effectiveness was extremely strong, which was not comparable to the ordinary newly attached Han army.

They didn't care about the dead and wounded, and under the command of Gang Atai and Li Guodong, they pushed the ladders up the city wall, and then climbed to the top of the city with their shields.

The Jingbei army on the city wall was also unfazed, and kept using the fork pole to push the ladder outward, and the young man who helped the battle poured a pot of hot gold juice down the ladder.

Even if the Han army flag is a heavy infantry in double armor, it is scalded by the hot gold juice, and it is also a hot ghost crying wolf, constantly rolling down the city.