"What are the casualties of our soldiers?" Bai Yin Dali held back his anger and asked the generals on the side.

"More than 800 of our officers and soldiers were killed and more than 300 wounded." Zhou Ding gritted his teeth and said.

Hearing this, Bai Yin Dali gasped and couldn't help but fall back.

"Why are there such high casualties?"

Bai Yin Dali frowned, just one day of siege battle, almost half of the Qing army's landing force had already been reimbursed.

"Your Excellency, the firearms that the enemy has deployed on the walls are indeed strange."

"It's like a god and a ghost." Mr. Huang on the side hurriedly said.

The Gao Lianlei Sanzhou soldiers led by him attacked Qiongshan as the vanguard, but suffered such a big defeat under Qiongshan City, and he couldn't help but be a little depressed at this moment.

"My lord, our army is no longer able to continue the siege of the city, let's wait until the follow-up troops arrive." Zhou Ding on the side suggested.

"If we don't fight this Qiongshan City, then we can take down the fort on the side first."

"In the previous battle, we also saw that the number of thieves defending the city was definitely not more than 1,000, and the number of thieves defending the fort was no more than 100, so we only need to gather elite soldiers and occupy the Qiongshan Fort immediately." Zhou Ding hurriedly spoke.

"The Humen Battalion, the Chaozhou Battalion, as the vanguard, will attack the Qiongshan Fort early tomorrow morning, and must take the Fort within three days." Bayindar gave the order.

"The last general commands."

At this time, the Qiongshan Fort was brightly lit.

In today's one-day battle, the Ming army also paid the price of more than 100 casualties.

A large number of wounded soldiers were pressed by the Ming army on board carts and sent to the city, and Xu Liangyuan in the city led hundreds of villagers to rush to reinforcements.

After this morning's battle, there were almost seven or eight hundred corpses of Qing officers and soldiers piled up under the city.

The Ming officers and soldiers, together with the people in the city, spent one to one afternoon just collecting the corpses of the Qing army.

Although the Ming army won a great victory, there was no joy of victory, and all the Ming soldiers were gloomy in their hearts.

The Qiongshan Fort was in an emergency, and the troops of Lingao Chengmai would not be able to arrive in a few days.

"General Xiao means that if it doesn't work, then give up the fort and defend the county seat of Qiongshan." Xu Liangyuan took hundreds of villagers to reinforce the fort and informed Lord Xiao of his proposal.

Hearing this, Zhu Linyue laughed and shook his head.

"I, Tiger Town, is the Governor's own army, and I can't resist this group of ghosts and spirits under the city."

"Thank you Lord Xiao for your kindness, but the town of Huben will fight to the death with the Qing army here, and will not take half a step back." Zhu Linyue said with a firm expression.

"Alas!" Xu Liangyuan sighed, if the fort was really lost, then the Ming army in the city would really suffer from the enemy on their backs, and it would be difficult to scream alone.

This is also why Xiao Wu sent him to persuade him, but he still gave him hundreds of village bravery.

If Qianzhen resolutely does not retreat, then he, Xu Liangyuan and these hundreds of villagers will accompany the officers and soldiers of Huben Qianzhen to die on this Qiongshan Fort.

In the early morning of the second day, the officers and men of the Chaozhou Battalion and the Humen Battalion gathered one after another to kill the Qiongshan Fort.

However, as soon as he arrived on the battlefield to supervise the battle, the garrisons noticed that something was wrong.

Because the more than 800 Qing officers and soldiers in front of them marched slowly, and they were chattering one by one.

I saw that the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were wearing cloth toves on their heads, and the black cloth still exuded an unpleasant stench.

Li Qidou, who led the two battalions, sent a garrison to inquire, only to learn that the nonsense of these Qing army generals yesterday had been heard by these grassroots officers and soldiers.

As a result, it spread to ten, ten to hundred, and in one night, the thief army had the help of gods and ghosts, and it spread all over the camps of the Qing army.

As a result, the officers and men of all battalions were panicked, and as a result, this morning's appearance took place.

The officers and soldiers who went to battle wore cloth sprinkled with the urine of a boy on their heads, praying that they could break the evil magic of the spirit.

Surprisingly, instead of dissuading and reprimanding, Li Qidou praised it.

Pass the order down and promote the three armies.

I have to say that this side of the divine operation is even recognized by the main general.

It actually made the Qing officers and soldiers feel at ease, and for a time they stabilized the morale of the army.

However, this time, the speed of the Qing army slowed down, and it was not until noon that the Qing army launched an attack.

"Bang bang." On the Ming army's position not far away, four Franc machine guns continued to roar.

Puffs of thick white smoke rose from the position.

Grape bombs after grapeballs, smashed open on the positions of the Qing army.

Leadbullets and fragments scattered at high speed fell on the Qing army's position like scattered flowers.

On the gun position, the Ming gunners constantly adjusted the muzzle of the gun and replaced the sub-gun.

Under the cover of the vine shield, hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers led by the Ming army passed through the rejection horses set up by the Ming army and killed them in front.

"Let's go." When the Qing army reached dozens of paces, the Ming army's Baizi Gong began to exert its might.

The barrel of a cannon forged from wrought iron shook, and puffs of white smoke rose one after another.

Ha, the shield of the Qing army collapsed in an instant, and more than 20 shield players of the Qing army led by him fell down screaming.

The Ming army longbowmen in the rear also fired at the same time.

The superiority of the longbow accurately suppressed the archers of the Qing army.

Due to the threat of coastal batteries, the Qing army could only land with smaller fishing boats.

Fishing boats simply can't carry large and heavy guns.

The attacking Qing army could only use large bird guns and bows and arrows as long-range shooting weapons.

But whether it was a firearm or a bow and arrow, the quality and quantity of the Qing army were far inferior to that of the Ming army.

"It's been a quarter of an hour since the bastard thing was attacked, and he didn't even take down the hillside." Pan Yi, the general of the Chaozhou battalion who was supervising the battle on the side, scolded angrily.

"General, you can't blame the officers and soldiers, the firearms of the thieves on this hillside are too powerful, and there are few gaps, I really haven't seen them." One of the guards, covered in blood, was crying there.

"Hey, if the red-coated cannon had been transported ashore, and the firearms of the thieves were still afraid, this fort would have been taken down a long time ago." Pan Yi, the deputy general of the Chaozhou battalion, lamented.

In just a quarter of an hour, the casualties of the Qing army broke 200 people.

But the Qing army could not even overcome a hillside defense line in front of the fort.

"Lord Li, how can this thief's combat power be so strong?"

Pan Yi looked at Li Qidou on the side with a wry smile.

At this time, Li Qidou's face was also pale.

Who would have imagined that he couldn't take Qiongshan County, and he thought that the army could take this fort, but now he couldn't even take this small slope.

"Copperskin Fire Thunder, prepare!" Qing officers and soldiers came from the slope again, and a Ming army assistant roared.

Immediately afterwards, more than 20 officers and soldiers took out the fire thunder from their waists, lit the fire rope and threw it downhill.

This was followed by bursts of firelight and black fog in the sky.

Then there was the screams of the Qing officers and soldiers.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Qing army launched more than a dozen attacks one after another, all of which were repulsed by the Ming army.

Under the small hillside, the corpses of one or two hundred Qing officers and soldiers were piled up.

The Ming officers and soldiers also suffered more than 30 casualties, basically from the Qing army archers.

The Qing army was able to take advantage of the lack of garrison of the Ming army and rushed from the official road.

The Keming army spent the night blocking the official road with horses and artillery.

Coupled with dozens of boxes of fire mines and four six-pounder Franc cannons brought by the townsfolk in the city, the firepower of the Ming army was raised to a higher level.

However, the artillery consumption of the Ming army was also amazing, half of the fire and thunder were consumed, 1/3 of the shells were also consumed, and even a Franc bombardment was directly blown up, causing three Ming soldiers to die on the spot.

In the end, the Qing army did not attack, but sent archers to shoot at the Ming army.

The Ming archers and firecrackers occupied the terrain, but they were also able to suppress the Qing army's crossbowmen.

Whenever the shield bearers of the Qing army wanted to cover the crossbowmen, the Ming army directly used the small franc cannon to bombard the Qing army, and as a result, in an afternoon, the Qing army not only did not attack

work, but it lost hundreds of archers and rattan players.

At night. Pan Yiqin, the Chaozhou guard, led two hundred Qing troops and took advantage of the night to kill the hillside.

Fight with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army's Huben Town Changdao Association.

The two sides fought for a quarter of an hour, and the Ming army Hu Ben soldiers killed hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers, and beheaded Pan Yi, the general of the Chaozhou battalion, and held the position.

On the second day, Li Qidou had to report to Baiyin Dali and send reinforcements.