Early in the morning of the fifth day of the Ming army's attack on the city of Shenyang.

At this time, south of Shenyang City, on the north bank of the Hunhe River, Shi Langzheng, the first staff general of the Beiyang Fleet, led thousands of soldiers to the north, accompanied by more than 20,000 people, escorting a large amount of ammunition, money and food, and various supplies, and rushed towards Shenyang City in the north.

"Report!"

A man who did not collect his horse at night rushed to Shi Lang's approach, and said loudly: "General Shi, the elder of the pavilion has an order: order our army to speed up, before dusk today, we must arrive at the city of Shenyang, and if we overdue, we will be punished for delaying the military aircraft!" ”

Shi Lang nodded and took the military order, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, this place is only more than 20 miles away from Shenyang City, with the current speed of the army, it will be more than two hours to reach Shenyang City, and the time is completely in time.

However, for the sake of safety, Shi Lang still ordered: "Order the whole army to speed up, and be sure to arrive in Shenyang City within an hour and a half!" ”

"Yes."

This huge team of more than 20,000 people marched to the north, although it was in the "enemy-occupied area" in Liaodong, but Shi Lang and the whole army did not have much nervousness, this supply route should be said to be very safe, after all, almost all the troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been besieged inside and outside the city of Shenyang, even if there are Qing troops around, it is also a scattered rabble, in the face of thousands of elite Beiyang fleet officers, it is not an opponent at all.

In this way, Shi Lang led his troops to advance rapidly, and it took less than two hours to reach the west of Shenyang, at which time Liu Yan had already ordered the whole army to open fire and concentrate fire on the fourth line of defense of the Qing army, as well as all kinds of fortifications on the Shenyang city wall.

Rumble!

At this time, countless cannonballs streaked through the air, constantly falling on the walls of Shenyang City on all sides, as well as on the fourth line of defense outside the city walls. Large and small shells hit the city wall and flew dust, and the ground was dusty, constantly causing casualties to the Qing soldiers.

Although Shi Lang was young, he had also followed Zheng Zhilong for many years, and had seen fierce artillery battles more than once, and even led his troops to fight naval battles with the Dutch in Liuluo Bay, and saw Western warships and artillery.

However, like today, 10,000 thousands of artillery pieces of all kinds are almost frantically bombarding the enemy, and hundreds of enemy artillery are also frantically firing back, this kind of scene can be called almost unprecedented, it is an unheard of spectacular scene, Shi Lang and a group of Beiyang Fleet officers and soldiers were dumbfounded, but everyone's hearts were agitated.

Soon, Shi Lang handed over the materials to Liu Yan, and most of the materials transported this time were fixed-loading ammunition and fixed-mounted artillery shells, which greatly alleviated the shortage of ammunition in various departments of the Ming army.

Liu Yan was overjoyed, praised Shi Lang in front of the generals, and ordered him to continue to serve the country.

Being able to get Liu Yan's praise in front of everyone, Shi Lang seemed to be an immortal, only feeling that he was light, and he couldn't stop feeling joy in his heart.

"The last general must be loyal to the country and live up to the expectations of the elders!"

Then Shi Lang turned his head to look in the direction of Shenyang City, which was engaged in a fierce artillery battle, and said: "Elder Qi Pavilion, the last general implores the elder of the pavilion to let the last general lead his troops to participate in the battle and attack the Tartars!" ”

Liu Yan nodded and said: "General Shi's heart to serve the country is commendable, but the soldiers of all departments on the battlefield should perform their duties. At present, although the battle in Shenyang has made great progress, the consumption of ammunition is still huge, and there is not enough ammunition, so the officers and men of the various armies can only gradually advance with huge casualties. Therefore, the burden on General Shi is also very heavy. ”

"At present, the Beiyang Fleet uses the Haizhou Acropolis as a transit place for supplies, and General Shi wants to work with the rest of the generals to continue to quickly transport materials for the army to ensure the continuation of the firepower of the front departments, which is also a great achievement!!"

Shi Lang had no choice but to clench his fists and take his life when he heard this, Liu Yan said with a smile: "Besides, in the future, my Ming Dynasty will not be stagnant, even if I destroy the Manchu Dynasty, there will be no shortage of opportunities to fight for the country in the future." General Shi is eager to serve the country, his heart is commendable, and he will have the opportunity to show his strength in the future. ”

Shi Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately saluted and thanked him again, and then hurriedly took his leave and led the army south to continue to transfer ammunition and materials for the army.

At the same time, the artillery of the Ming army was still roaring, and the hundreds of Qing artillery pieces on the Shenyang city wall became the target of concentrated attacks, and almost all the Hongyi cannons equipped by the Ming army were aimed at the city head salvo.

At this time, the artillery positions of the various units of the Ming army had advanced for several miles, and the range of the Hongyi cannons of each department could cover almost the entire battlefield, while the large number of Franc machine guns equipped by the Ming army could not hit the Shenyang city wall, but the firepower could cover all parts of the fourth line of defense.

Among the hundreds of artillery pieces deployed by the Qing army on the city wall, there was no heavy artillery such as the Hongyi cannon, almost all of them were large and small Franc machine guns, and the firing range could only reach the front of the Ming army's artillery array, and almost only three to forty percent of the shells could fall on the Ming army's artillery array, and there were not many shells that really hit the target.

After a long period of shooting, after the Ming army fired a large number of shells, the four walls of Shenyang City have become full of holes, and a large number of sandbags deployed on the city wall have not been able to keep all kinds of fortifications, a large number of arrow stacks and sandbag walls have been destroyed, especially those hot oil pots were hit by the shells fired by the Ming artillery, and they were immediately blown apart, and the hot oil was scattered and splashed, and the soldiers and horses of the two yellow flags and two white flags of Manchukuo were scalded in an instant, or even scalded to death!

The Qing artillery deployed on the city wall was relatively dense, so when firing at each other, many Qing artillery pieces were hit by shells. These Qing artillery pieces were either blown away by shells, landed on the upper wall, or fell under the city, or were directly smashed into pieces, and the fragments of the artillery were like blades fired at high speed, sweeping a large number of Qing soldiers screaming and falling to the ground.

At this time, the city walls of Shenyang City were in a mess, full of corpses and all kinds of broken debris, and the bonfires that were knocked over by cannonballs also ignited many places, so that many places on the city were burned, causing many Qing soldiers to run back and forth in horror to fight the fire.

Duoduo rushed to the north city wall of Shenyang City at this time, and at this time the outside was densely packed with Ming soldiers and horses, like an endless sea of red, which could not be seen at a glance, which made Duoduo's heart heavy, and even had a sense of depression that could not breathe.

"Put!"

A Jia Lae Zhen of the Manchurian White Flag next to him roared angrily, and the Qing artillery on the northern city wall opened fire one after another, even if these firepower could not be compared with the Ming artillery fire, but those Qing gunners still fought back.

Behind the sandbag walls and other fortifications on the city wall, there were still a large number of Qing soldiers, and at this time, these Qing soldiers knew that their Great Qing Kingdom had reached the last moment, and everyone became excited and crazy, holding their weapons one after another, ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

Duoduo looked at it for a while, and hurriedly squatted down again, and three sandbag walls were deployed around it to guard against the artillery fire of the Ming army.

Suddenly, the artillery fire of the Ming army gradually thinned out, and a Manchurian Zhenghuang Qijia Laezhen shouted: "Prince Yu, the Ming army is about to attack the fourth line of defense outside the city again!" ”

Duoduo was shocked, and hurriedly looked out again, and sure enough, he saw that a large number of Ming troops had advanced a lot from the distant military formation. Duoduo raised his clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, only to see that the banner of the Ming Army was the Fifteenth Army of the Wehrmacht.

"Order the fourth line of defense to prepare and serve the Qing Dynasty when the time has come!!"

"Huh!"

At this time, in the north of Shenyang, the chief military officer Zheng Chenggong looked at the front with cold eyes, and the fourth line of defense in front was garrisoned by more than 20,000 people of the Qing army's Manchurian Zhenghongqi, led by the Manchu Qing Prince Dai Shan, among which there were 20,000 or 30,000 remnants of the first three defense lines, as well as tens of thousands of Manchu township soldiers, Mongolian tribesmen and other troops, so many troops were crowded in the same line of defense, it can be said that the troops were very sufficient.

However, after a long period of artillery bombardment, Zheng Chenggong believed that the Qing army in the defense line must have suffered a lot of casualties, so this attack, his own side should have the advantage.

"The officers and men of the whole army advance quickly, throw their hands forward, disrupt the enemy's defenses, and open the way for the army!!"

Zheng Chenggong walked forward and gave an order: "Order the black slave musket team to come forward and participate in the battle!" ”

At this time, Zheng Chenggong still had three elite teams in his hands: the black slave musket team, the white slave heavy armor soldiers, and the iron man army, and the remaining two soldiers and horses played little role in the firearms attack.

Rumble!

Soon, Zheng Chenggong led the army into the range of the Qing army's artillery, and there were more than 100 artillery pieces on the north wall that could still shoot normally, which posed a huge threat to the officers and men of the 15th Army of the National Defense Army at this time.

In particular, the 3,000 black slave firecrackers who walked in front of the military formation, I don't know if it was because the blacks were more conspicuous on the battlefield, and at this time, this army of soldiers and horses became the concentrated target of the Qing army's artillery fire.

Rumble!

A cannonball directly penetrated the military formation of the black slave firecrackers, and several rows of soldiers in front and behind were killed by this cannonball, and several people on both sides were implicated by the aftermath of the cannonball.

Immediately afterwards, several more shells entered the formation, each shell swept out a flesh alley, although those black slaves were elite, but they did not have the iron will to fight of the Ming soldiers, at this time they had begun to waver, and after a while, they fled backwards with a bang.

The remaining more than 2,000 black slaves rushed to the back, and immediately rushed to the Ming army that followed closely behind, Zheng Chenggong was furious when he saw this, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered to open fire.

"Put!"

After two dense volleys, more than 2,000 black slaves fell in a pool of blood, so far Zheng Chenggong's 3,000 black slave firecrackers were all killed, and this way made a concluding speech.

Although the artillery fire of the Ming army has weakened a lot, the Hongyi artillery in the northern artillery array is still bombarding the city wall, providing fire support for the officers and men of the 15th Army of the National Defense Army, so that the more than 100 Qing artillery pieces on the city wall cannot bombard the Ming army with all their might.

The soldiers of the Ming army led by Zheng Chenggong were also able to continue to move forward, but the destruction of the black slave fire gun team made Zheng Chenggong's heart very uncomfortable, although they were all black slaves, as long as they had silver, they could buy a few thousand more from the Dutch and the Francophone at any time, but after all, these three thousand black slaves had followed their father Zheng Zhilong and themselves for many years, and they had some feelings.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong glared ahead, turned all the anger in his heart into hatred for the Manchus, and immediately ordered the whole army to start a rapid charge.

"Charge! Take down the Tartar defense!! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

After three angry roars, the officers and men of the 15th Army of the Wehrmacht began to charge, and the more than 1,000 throwers in front of the formation strode forward without fear of death, preparing to open up the way for the main army with earth-shaking thunder.

In the fourth line of defense, Prince Li's face was stained, looking at the front tiredly, his heart was full of despair, and the soldiers and horses in the defense line were even more shocked, but everyone knew that they had no way to retreat.

Now the Han people in Shenyang City have almost disappeared, and in the face of this blood feud, whether it is Liu Yan or the Ming army, they will not give the Manchus and Mongols a way to live, and even the soldiers of the Han army banner will not end well.

Therefore, at this time, there is no need to be encouraged by Dai Shan, all the Qing soldiers and horses in the fourth line of defense are in good spirits and ready to fight to the death.

(End of chapter)