The aftermath of the Battle of Anqing was not known for the time being, but two days after the good news spread throughout the army to boost morale, the attack on the three satellite cities began with the rumbling of artillery.

"Fire!"

Rumble –

The 12-pounder infantry gun, 12-pounder infantry howitzer, and 4-inch mortar all came out in full force, sending the swarthy solid and flowering shells into the air, and the screams like the grins of death fell into the middle of the wall - the three satellite cities were all surrounded by low stone walls, and it didn't take a few meters to storm the siege towers, as if the ladders and battering rams could break through the walls.

The city wall of Hexia City because of neglect to repair, the surface of the city wall is crawling with dense creepers, under the shelling of the Ming army, the whole city wall is shaking violently, the creeper on the surface of the city wall is also smashed and scattered, the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army on the city wall screamed and scattered in all directions, dodging the cannonballs falling from the sky. qs

"Hide! Find cover in place!"

In the shouts of the generals and thousands of generals, the Qing army was blown up by the flowering bombs that fell from the sky and cried for their fathers and mothers, and a few frightened Qing soldiers just ran to the bottom of the city wall, and a cannonball exploded at a position of about one meter above their heads, and the flying shrapnel immediately enveloped these Qing soldiers, and there were countless small scars on their bodies, like rag dolls paralyzed to the ground.

Outside the city, the Ming army continued to shell Hexia City for half an hour before it finally ended, and while the Ming army shelled Hexia City, the defenders of Hebei Town, who had not been attacked, fell into a restlessness, they knew very well the truth of the cold lips and teeth, don't look at the Ming army is now attacking Hexia City, but once Hexia City falls, they will immediately smash the dense artillery fire on the head of Hebei Town.

Therefore, the mind of the garrison of Hebei Town began to liven, he looked at the direction of the rumbling cannon, and made up the tragic situation of the artillery bombardment of Hexia City, and when he thought that the shell would hit his head, he couldn't help but shudder, weighing the consequences of surrendering to the Ming army in order to survive.

Huai'an City, Nikan and Caoyun Governor Wang Wenkui and a group of generals stood on the city wall of Lanyuan Gate, looking at the tragic scene of Hexia City under the bombardment of the Ming army, everyone's heart couldn't help but chill.

Wang Wenkui, the governor of Caoyun, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The Ming army is too bold to dare to use flowering shells on a large scale, aren't they afraid of shells exploding in the barrel?"

At this time, the Ming and Qing dynasties also had examples of using flowering shells to fight, so they were no strangers to this kind of shells that could explode, but their understanding of flowering shells was that this kind of shells were extremely unreliable, and the explosion was not stable.

What Wang Wenkui didn't know was that the flowering bombs used by the Ming army were produced by the system, and neither the quality nor the power of the flowering bombs made by craftsmen could be compared, so Su Yan dared to invest in the flowering bombs with confidence and boldness.

Boom –

I only heard a loud noise, a cannonball crossed the enclosure of Hexia City, roared and smashed on the wall of Huai'an Mansion, the contact between the solid bullet and the city wall made everyone in Nikan feel the shaking under their feet, and several green battalion generals suddenly turned pale, and hurriedly stepped forward to Nikan and Wang Wenkui and said:

"Lord Wang, Lord Governor, Lanyuan Gate is within the range of the Ming army's artillery, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, for the sake of the safety of the two of you, please leave the city wall!"

"What's the alarm?" Nikan said disdainfully, "I'm going to stand on the wall of this far gate today and watch how the Ming army takes Hexia City."

"Lord, are we just watching the Ming army conquer Hexia City? The last general is willing to personally lead a team of soldiers and horses to meet the Ming army, and teach them a lesson." Annan General Dasu said.

Nikan didn't answer immediately, he squinted his eyes and looked at the Ming army's main formation outside the city, although it was a little far away and couldn't see it really, but he could still vaguely see that almost all the weapons of the Ming army were firearms, but the top of the firearm was shiny, and it seemed that there were blades inserted.

What kind of weapon is this?

Nikan was confused, he had never seen such a strange weapon, to be precise, he had never seen the operation of attaching a blade to a bird's gun.

Seeing that Nikan didn't answer for a long time, Dasu was a little impatient, and he asked again, only to pull Nikan's mind back, after

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He frowned slightly, shook his head, and said, "Dasu, the Ming army surrounding Huai'an is not the weak and incompetent Ming army before, we can't be underestimated, we just need to stick to the city and wait for the imperial court reinforcements."

Hearing Nikan say this, although Dasu was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he still agreed and retreated into the crowd.

At this time when they spoke, the shelling finally stopped, under Su Yan's order, the auxiliary soldiers of the Shenji battalion carried the ladder and pushed the battering ram to rush towards the devastated Hexia City, the Qing army stationed in the Hexia City suffered heavy losses under the shelling of this half an hour, and the army's heart was shaken, but after seeing the Ming army attack, they still reluctantly walked up to the city wall under the organization of the Du Si, and shot arrows and projectiles at the Ming army.

Then, under the eyes of Nikan and others, the Ming army easily rushed to the bottom of the city wall with the weak firepower of the defenders, set up the ladder on the scarred city wall, and climbed up with a waist knife in his mouth, and some of the Qing troops still wanted to stop them, but under the accurate shooting of the Ming light infantry, these people were shot and killed, and the Ming army was able to successfully climb the city wall and fight with the Qing army.

After a fierce battle, the Qing army on the city wall was defeated, they either fled from the city wall screaming, or directly surrendered on their knees, and the auxiliaries who occupied the city wall opened the city gate as soon as possible to welcome the main force outside the city into the city.

The line infantry, dressed in cloth armor and armed with flintlock muskets, entered the city in orderly steps, and they engaged in fierce street battles with some of the Qing troops in the city who were still stubbornly resisting.

Nikan and the others condescendingly looked down at the performance of the Ming army in the street battle, and everyone was dumbfounded - in addition to firing, the Ming army's bird guns could actually be used in close combat, not being picked up and waved as a club, but piercing into people's bodies like spears.

The Ming army marched all the way, until it approached Huai'an City, it was stopped by the Qing army archers on the city wall to release arrows, and the city under the river was almost built against the Huai'an city wall, and its eastern city wall was close to the Huai'an city to leave a passage, so after the Ming army arrived, the Qing army archers were able to stop.

In order to prevent the Ming army from placing new eyes on them, Nikan finally left the city wall under the persuasion of the green battalion generals, and soon after they left, the city wall was retaliated by the Ming artillery, and the entire city wall trembled under the shelling, making a wail that could not be heard by human ears.

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