Geng Zhongming with a nervous mood, ordered his family to attack the city, to be honest, he was not willing to use his elites for siege consumption, but the large troops behind had not yet arrived, and the ones running in front were naturally elites, at this time, he couldn't, he could only bite the bullet, and even the basic siege weapons were not ready.

Li Shanyi was dumbfounded at the head of the East Gate City, he didn't expect these Manchu Tartars to be so big, they didn't wait for the arrival of the brigade, there were no cannons, and they didn't send people to fill the moat, so they sent people to attack the city, they didn't even have basic siege weapons, they just carried a few cloud-breaking ladders.

If this were before, Li Shanyi would definitely open the city gate and send people to kill him, where would there be such a reason to be despised.

But not at the moment, the defenders of the city are a group of rabble new troops, their own more than 500 veterans, left more than 100 in the important position of the city gate, with more than 100 as guards and overseers, and the remaining more than 100 as reserves, where can anyone send out the city?

……

Soon, the Qing army roared and rushed close to the city wall, almost to the place where the bow and arrow could be shot by the moat, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another, protecting the formation and trying to rush forward.

Because of the existence of the moat, his target could only be the bridge in front of the city gate, Geng Zhongming became extremely cautious at this time, and he was only trying to attack, what surprised him was that they had already rushed closer, and there were no cannons on the city wall, so he didn't even shoot down the bow and arrow at this time.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Geng Zhongming shouted and ordered to shoot arrows, since the other party didn't shoot, it was already within the range of the bow and arrow, and he had to shoot first.

……

Yang Xin looked at the recruits at the head of the city, more and more worried, they didn't have bows and arrows, not even shields, at this time they were carrying a piece of door panels, spread some bedding on them, pour some water, and a few people held one as a shield.

The homeless people he hired were even more panicked, and many of them didn't know what to do and were running around.

Yang Xin was not willing to put his elite musketeers into such a battle at all, but transferred them all into the city gate building, including Du Datou and some of his capable soldiers about twenty people, known as a reserve, and those placed outside were cannon fodder.

"Instigation ......"

The rain of arrows in the sky shot at the head of the city, like a dark cloud covering the top, and there were many screams at the head of the city, most of them were those who ran blindly, and the others were so frightened that they buried their heads under the battlements and under the door panels, waiting for the enemy's arrow rain to stop.

Screams rang out one after another, and countless soldiers who had been shot by arrows wailed at the head of the city, bleeding all over the ground, and most of the rest were trembling.

Li Shanyong was furious, this battle was too aggrieved, and the defenders of the city didn't even have cannons and bows and arrows, he couldn't let the enemy shoot arrows like this anymore, otherwise the morale would soon collapse, so he personally took more than 100 veterans to shoot at the Qing army.

Soon, the Qing army also began to suffer casualties, after all, it was easier to shoot arrows from the city walls, but the bows and arrows shot were sparse and sparse, far less than the Qing army.

Li Shanyong just wanted to suppress the arrogance of the Qing army, he didn't want to put all his troops into battle at this time, and he had to rely on these new army cannon fodder, so the arrows were also very conservative.

"See, those who have bows and arrows are shot at Lao Tzu, and the Qing army is still shot as hedgehogs!"

Li Shanyong loudly encouraged morale at the wall, and some of the hundreds of households in the new army bought bows and arrows, and some people, who had been hunters before, also had some hunting bows themselves, at this time, the counterattack of the veterans of the Dashun Army inspired them, and many people began to shoot arrows to fight back.

However, these people have not received military training, and they are fighting on their own, so naturally they don't want to make any big gains, but they are better than nothing and boost their morale a little.

"What about the 100 households of the third small banner? Didn't he have dozens of musketeers, where to hide? Go, get him, and tell them to shoot back! ”

Li Shanyong finally remembered that he still had a team of long-range firepower that was useless, so he ordered Qian Zhupole on the side.

At this time, the city was unusually chaotic, the Qing army was raining arrows, and the Dashun army occasionally fought back, Qian Zhugan looked at the past but did not see Yang Xin, so he could only hold a shield while guarding against arrows and walking forward.

Finally, after stepping over countless corpses, he saw Luo Er and a few people squatting at the battlement to shoot arrows and fight back.

"Luo Xiaofei, where is Yang Xin?"

Qian Zhugan asked eagerly.

Luo Er was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered something, and said: "He and Du Datou are both in the city gate building, saying that they are my reserves, and this city head can't show too many people, and it is easy to be shot by the Qing army by mistake......"

He looked excited, excited, and before he finished speaking, he stepped forward to shoot arrows again.

Qian Zhugan shook his head when he heard this, thinking that this Luo Er was really easy to deceive, and this Yang Xin was obviously cheating on him.

So he ignored Luo Er, and ran straight to the city gate, although the road was not far, but it was not easy to keep dodging arrows, and it took a lot of time to walk over.

Yang Xin was looking at the city wall outside the door with Du Datou at this time, and Du Datou was headed by Du San, holding a door panel to prevent arrows for the two.

Yang Xin silently counted in his heart, just such a round of arrow rain, the recruits on the city had at least more than 200 casualties!

Du Datou said worriedly on the side: "I wonder if they can stay until dark?" ”

Yang Xin shook his head and said that he didn't know, they were all waiting for it to get dark, but it wasn't yet noon.

"Yang Xin, what are your people doing! Tell your musketeers to shoot at the head of the city! ”

Qian Zhugan came in angrily.

Du Datou's heart tightened, and he said in his heart, something bad happened, the superintendent is coming, looking at the money bamboo pole holding the waist knife, he panicked in his heart.

Yang Xin didn't care, and said lightly: "Lord Qian, such a distance is too far, the accuracy of the musket is not enough, and it is not applicable, I refuse your order!" ”

Qian Zhugan and Du Datou's people all looked at each other when they heard this, and their mouths couldn't close in surprise.

Du Datou thought to himself, Yang Xin is ready to turn his face? Immediately nervously touched the hilt of the knife on his waist, and as long as the situation was not right, he would kill the herald of the sentry.

Qian Zhugan was dumbfounded when he heard this, he was furious in his heart, and scolded: "This is the military order of the sentry general, it is impossible if you want to disobey the military order!" ”

As he spoke, his face turned pale, he held the handle of the waist knife tightly in his hand, and stared at Yang Xin without blinking.

Yang Xin didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Lord Qian, you've just said this, how can you not obey the military order!" ”

Qian Zhugan was confused by his words, and urged: "Since you listen to the order, go to the city and shoot quickly!" ”

Yang Xin shook his head and said with a smile: "Lord Qian, the small one still can't attack, although the small one has purchased some muskets, but there is not enough ammunition to shoot at the Qing army at a long distance, if the adult can configure a batch of gunpowder marbles for the small one, he will immediately lead the team to attack!" ”

Du Datou almost laughed out loud, Qian Zhugan's face was pale, and he said in his heart, aren't you talking nonsense with your eyes open and fooling Lao Tzu? Don't have enough ammo? Damn, are you here with muskets?

Qian Zhugan's mind was racing, at this time, looking east and west, thinking about countermeasures, he suddenly found that almost all of Du Datou's soldiers pressed the handle of the knife, and their eyes showed a fierce light, and the musketeers under Yang Xin also looked at him with a serious and indifferent expression, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, looking at this situation, if he forcibly ordered them to attack, it would be difficult to force them to reverse their rhythm!

He couldn't afford to carry this pot, at this time, Qian Zhugan even forgot about his anger, and pretended to be calm: "Okay, I'll go and report to the general first, everything is decided by the general!" ”