The deafening sound of firecrackers continued, and it seemed that the entire perimeter of the earthen wall of the Ming army camp was shrouded in dense smoke.

At this time, although the cold wind was biting and fierce, it could not dissipate the pungent gunpowder smoke and bloody smell. In this riverside place, the soldiers on both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties were tearing and killing at the expense of their lives.

The strategy of using the Ming people to fill the trenches failed, and those Eight Banner Tartars could only use shield carts and crude wooden shields, as well as their own flesh and blood, to compete with the Ming Bird Soldiers behind the earthen wall.

The Qing troops had a plan in advance, that is, to avoid the artillery passage of the Ming army, and mainly attack the low wall trenches on all sides, the first thing is to fill in several trenches in front of the earthen wall.

After the morning attack, the Qing army had already gained experience, and in front of the five passages where artillery was placed on each side of the Ming army's camp, all their chariots and wooden shields were far away, and stopped at least 200 paces away. Although the Ming army's Hongyi six-pounder cannon and Da Folang machine artillery still fired live ammunition from time to time, destroying these shield carts, the number of casualties among the Qing soldiers had been greatly reduced compared to the terrible shotguns.

And to be honest, many of the artillery of the Xuan army were also loaded with shotguns and stood ready to prevent the Qing soldiers from rushing in from the passage. Only the five Huzun cannons in the position of the new army in Xiahezhai still fired a few cannons from time to time.

Under the protection of the chariots covered with furs, the auxiliaries and followers of each banner continued to flash out from behind the chariots and threw the mud bags in their hands into the trenches of the first low wall.

Behind the earthen wall, the new army birds and soldiers of Xiahezhai kept aiming at these people and firing their guns, knocking over the people who flashed out from behind the chariot to the ground one by one. The archers of the Qing army behind the chariot were also desperately covering and shooting. However, the first low wall was seventy paces away from the earthen wall. At this distance, the power of the Qing army's arrows is not great, and it can't break through the iron armor of the soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai, even if they are hit by a few arrows, it doesn't matter.

There are fewer arrows to the arms of the new army birds in Xiahezhai, at this time most of the archers of the Qing army shot at the chest and the door of the face, at first some of the birds and soldiers, seeing the arrows of the Qing army shooting at their faces, but also subconsciously flashed. However, after the arrows were shot in the faces, the arrows were powerless to fall, and they could not break through their iron masks at all, but they were only hit with some pain.

Sometimes a thunderous sound sounded, and some Qing archers fired large rockets they had taken from all over the Ming Dynasty. With the experience of the morning, all the troops knew that the Tartars had rockets in their hands, and when they heard the sound, they quickly shrank down the wall, and they could dodge the dozens of rockets flying around. After all, the Qing soldiers looked down on the rockets of the Ming Dynasty, so there were not many rockets used in their army, and the launch frequency was not high.

The birds slowly put their minds at ease, except for the rockets, they ignored the arrows they fired, and just aimed at a Tartar soldier and pulled the trigger. They fought row after row of firearms, knocking down the archers, auxiliaries, and followers of the Qing army who were only wearing cotton armor to the ground.

These people were carried down by the auxiliary soldiers who crept behind them, and the ground was sprinkled with their blood, and the soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai could still hear their cries and howls in agony.

The dense chariots in front of the low wall were also crackled, and fur and wood chips flew everywhere. These chariots in the front row were all well-made shield chariots, with wheels to push, baffles in front, thick cowhide and iron sheets, and even splashed with water to increase protection.

However, those baffles covered with thick iron and leather, under the blow of the new arms in Xiahezhai, still left one big hole after another.

The trench behind the first low wall was still easy to fill, and after the Qing army units paid a certain amount of casualties, the Eight Banners Manchuria Zhenghongqi Yue Tuo Department that attacked the Ming army's defense line still used soil bags to fill the trench full of blood and internal organs.

Suddenly, behind the well-made shield wagons, the coarse shields tied together with thick logs, or nailed together with several thick door panels, were pushed by the auxiliaries of the white flags with poles, and passed the first low wall, and densely advanced the second low wall trench.

Looking at the earthen wall, in front of the entire defense line, there were dozens of wooden shields pushed over by the Qing soldiers one after another, and behind the wooden shields, I don't know how many people followed.

After the Qing soldiers pushed dozens of rough wooden shields over, in front of the low walls and trenches with different passages, a fox shape was suddenly formed every few pieces to prevent fire strikes from both sides. Later, under the protection of these wooden shields, the dense auxiliary soldiers carried the earth and used the earth to fill in and flatten the original trench. In order to prevent the Ming army from digging the trench again, they also brought water and poured it into the trench, so that it was frozen as hard as iron.

Not only that, in order to prevent the Ming army from digging a trench on the flat ground between these two low walls, Zhenghong Banner and a Jialazhangjing, and also commanded those auxiliary soldiers who carried water to pour water on the ground, which was really painstaking. Fortunately, the Artemisia River is next to it, so they have so much water to splash, and they don't know how many people they have to arrange to carry water.

Alazhangjing also tried to instruct his subordinates to dig up the first low wall. But after the earthen wall was built, water was poured on all sides, and it was frozen so hard that it was like a thick cement wall, and it was really difficult to dig it up.

At this time, some people in the Qing army suggested pouring hot water to make the earthen walls soft, but they were rejected by Jialazhangjing. Regardless of how many people are needed to boil the hot water, it will only cool and freeze quickly, making the low wall stronger and harder.

At present, Jialazhangjing is still satisfied with such results, as long as it is gradual and step by step, it will eventually advance to the edge of the earthen wall dozens of steps away.

The Qing soldiers quickly filled the first trench, which surprised the defending Wang Bo, who was wearing refined iron armor and a red cloak, looking very energetic. However, at this time, Wang Bo's face was full of worry, and he was just surrounded by guards, watching the movements of the Qing soldiers from outside the earthen wall.

At this time, the bird soldiers beside Wang Bo, under the command of the officers of the various general teams, were still shooting at the Qing soldiers outside the earthen wall in bursts.

Now most of the people are shooting freely, and from time to time Qing soldiers and archers who flash out from both sides of the wooden shield to fill the trenches are hit by them. At this distance, even the Qing soldiers in heavy armor could not resist the shots of the new army birds in Xiahezhai. Not to mention the auxiliaries and followers, most of them were dressed in cotton armor without inlaid iron leaves, and as long as they were shot, a large thick blood mist was shot out of their bodies, and they rolled to the ground in pain.

The new army of Xiahezhai is equipped with a powerful bird, which makes those wooden shields fly sideways, not to mention the wooden shields, and sometimes breaks the weak spots between the thick wooden shields, knocking the Qing soldiers behind the wooden shields to the ground, causing them a lot of insecurity.

However, although the deafening sound of the new army in Xiahezhai was incessant, and the Qing soldiers were also suffering casualties, their advance was still very firm. At this distance of about sixty paces, the threat of the Qing archers increased slightly, and when they got closer to fifty paces, or even forty or thirty paces, the threat of the Qing archers was even greater.

"The Tartar has become cunning and patient, and has come up with this stupid method. The advance is slow, but it is very effective, how can we stop their advance? Wang Bo thought silently.

I don't know when, Liu Yan also came to Wang Bo's side, thinking about this question as well. The frontal defense line of the new army in Xiahezhai is like this, and the situation on the two flanks of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei in the Xuanda camp is even more serious.

There were 1,000 firearms and cold weapons in each of the two battalions, of which the three-eyed guns accounted for most of them. Those three-eyed guns, with an effective range of no more than thirty paces, did not rush as recklessly as they did in the morning, but filled the trenches under the heavy protection of the chariot and wooden shield.

There are seven low-walled trenches, and the three-eyed guns of the people must be filled in at least three or four trenches by the Qing soldiers before they have the power to shoot. It is still aimed at the Qing army's auxiliaries and followers. Even at thirty paces, the three-eyed gun did not pose much threat to the Qing archers in cotton armor. Thirty paces closer, the archers of the Qing army posed a greater threat to the soldiers of the Ming army on both wings.

The Qing troops who attacked in the afternoon were also much smarter than in the morning, and did not attack the flat passages protected by artillery in the slightest. It also does not attack the small gaps defended by the Franco's artillery and tiger squat artillery in the formation that only have trenches and no low walls.

In the blink of an eye, the Qing soldiers filled in two trenches in front of the battle, and the layers of wooden shields marched towards the third layer of low-walled trenches. The three-eyed men in the two-person camp were all wide-eyed, all of them were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but they didn't know what to do. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were also worried, and just ordered the birds in the army to shoot.

However, the bird guns used in the two-person camp are arquebuses, and the cold wind blows in bursts, and many of the bird guns are blown out by the cold wind.

In this case, it is still fighting according to the trenches, and if it is in the field, then the Ming army is basically finished at this moment. The anxious shouting and urging of the officers beside him continued to sound, making those bird-stalkers even more flustered.

On the right flank of the Xuanda camp defended by Hu Dawei, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, a bird gun has taken out the lead bag and stuffed it into the gun pipe one after another, and did not forget to stab it a few times with a cane. The rope of the bird gun in his hand was blown out by the wind many times, and this time it was finally ignited.

The fire rope lit the primer in the fire door, a puff of fire appeared, and then there was a loud noise, only to see the bird's hand covered with blood on his face, covering his head and face and screaming miserably, he filled the gun tube with too much gunpowder, and the lead in it was stuffed with an unknown number of pieces-, and the bird gun exploded on the spot.

The poor bird's eyeballs were blown out, and looking at his miserable appearance, some of the birdboys around him had earth-colored faces, and they looked at the birdboys on their hands again and again, and they hesitated to shoot. The Three-Eyed Gunners were secretly glad they hadn't used the damn Bird's Gun.

Hu Dawei, who had been looking at the enemy outside the earthen wall, was alarmed, and he asked a few family members beside him, as well as a healer in the camp, to carry the bird's hand down to heal. When the bird's hand was carried down, he cried again and again to Hu Dawei's side: "Junmen, I'm sorry for you." ”

At this moment, a subordinate general rushed up anxiously and shouted to Hu Dawei: "Junmen, the Tartars are filling in the third trench, and it is not okay to go on like this." ”

The subordinate general was a guerrilla general under Hu Dawei, and at this time, he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Why don't you let the last general lead some men and horses to go out and kill for a while." ”

Hu Dawei shouted: "No, stick to the trench, and the lives of the brothers must not be indiscriminately damaged." ”

Then Hu Dawei groaned slightly, and said to the guerrilla general: "You immediately go to the governor for help, and ask him to transfer some birds, the superintendent's battalion has hundreds of reluto guns and self-generated firearms, which can fight in the cold wind." ”

Some people died, but not completely......