Yan Mingtai soon realized that the number of these Lumi guns was too small, and the Pingyu guards in the city were divided into 2 groups, and after the 2 waves of alternating fire were completed, the next step was to clean up the debris and reload the gunpowder and gunpowder.

There was a noticeable pause.

This is also a common problem of arquebuses in this era, although according to Li Xianzhong's suggestion, they have already packed the amount of gunpowder in advance with paper, so that they don't have to load it every time.

However, the whole process still takes about 30 seconds, and it is impossible to shoot non-stop.

Nurhachi also discovered this problem, he said: "It seems that the number of firearms in the Ming Kingdom is not large, and the rate of fire is also very slow, each time it is to kill and injure dozens of us, just continue to add people." ”

Soon another 3,000 people with shovels joined the team to fill the pit.

Although the Ming army's continuous shooting made the morale of these coats very low, the overseers behind them still made them dare not have other ideas.

Seeing that the number of these coatings was more dense, Yan Mingtai let the tiger squat cannon in the city release two more rounds, and countless lead flew out and put a large number of coatings to the ground, closing a ghost crying wolf howl.

Finally some of the coats couldn't stand it anymore and they began to retreat.

But at this time, the Eight Banners soldiers who were supervising the battle in the back directly killed them mercilessly, and in order to reduce the amount of digging work, many of the coated corpses were directly pushed into the trap.

Some were buried alive before they could even breathe.

The operation of Tartar to kill and bury it also made the Ming army feel tremendous pressure!

At the cost of 1,500 men, they finally filled the trap and moved forward a bit.

Although the chariot couldn't stop the Ming army's Lu Mi gun at all, it still gave these coatings a little more sense of security.

There were only two trenches visible to the naked eye, but they feared there were other traps.

Sure enough, before the coaters had taken a few steps, there was a familiar collapse; However, they had already suffered a loss once, and they were obviously on guard, and only a group of unlucky people fell down with the car.

At this time they were only 60 steps from the city wall.

The coats behind these chariots began to draw their bows and arrows, and counterattacked the city gates.

As a Ming soldier was wounded by a stray arrow, it was announced to everyone that the real battle had finally begun.

There are a total of three sets of traps and two trenches outside Guangshun Pass, and it is only a matter of time before they fill in the current style of play of the Tartars who do not use the coat as a person.

Yan Mingtai only hoped that he could delay as much time as possible, and it would be much easier if he could delay it until dark.

Subsequently, the Ming army's arrow rain also came as scheduled, but a considerable part of the arrow rain was blocked by the chariot, and the actual number of killing and wounding coatings was not much.

However, due to the need to guard against the bows and arrows and firearms of the Ming army in the city, their efficiency in filling the earth became very low.

Especially at this time, Pingyuwei's two hundred bird's guns also joined in the shooting.

The three hundred flat guards began to divide into three groups, shooting alternately.

So that the firepower of the Ming army actually has a kind of coherence, of course, there will be a pause after the three rounds.

But it also multiplied the casualties of the coats.

Mang Gurtai, who was watching the battle from the rear, said: "Great Khan, the archery skills of the clothed people are so poor that they can hardly pose any threat to the Ming army in the city, and I request that the Eight Banner Archers be sent to release arrows in order to suppress the Ming army in the city." ”

Huang Taiji said: "No, this position will be attacked by the combined attack of the Ming army's tiger squat artillery and firearms, and the casualties will definitely be very large, so let's continue to increase the number of coats." ”

Nurhachi was still very depressed, thinking that this time there would be no Liaodong Iron Cavalry to add to the chaos, and the capture of Guangshun Pass would become very smooth, but he didn't expect the Ming army's firearms to be so sharp.

They pay a huge price for every step they take.

Fortunately, this time it brought a large number of coats to assist in the siege, if the soldiers of the Eight Banners are consumed like this, I am afraid that the Jianzhou Jurchen will be wiped out!

Although it took some time, at this time he could only use these coated auxiliaries to consume the firearms of the Ming army.

So another 3,000 coats were sent to Guangshun Pass.

At this time, the tiger squat cannon of the Ming army had already fired with all its might, and the coat came wave after wave, and it was too late to shoot the firecracker.

The Tiger Squat Cannon can fire seventy or eighty pieces of lead at a time, which is extremely lethal for this dense formation.

However, the consumption of ammunition is also very large, and half of it is used up quickly.

The Ming army could only suspend the shelling.

Soon Lu Mi also stopped shooting, not because there were not enough guns, they brought all the stocks this time, but the continuous shooting caused the temperature of the gun tube to be too high, and it was easy to produce explosions.

However, the Ming army's birds, bows and arrows are still harvesting the coats under the city.

Due to the strong wind, the white smoke left behind by the firing could not be dispersed for a long time. From a distance, Guangshun Pass seems to have become a city of heavenly palaces towering in the sky.

But under the gate, there was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and there were corpses everywhere, and the air was filled with a smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. The blood had seeped into the dirt, and it was already a crimson color when viewed from the gate.

This scene made several Ming soldiers who had never experienced a big war in Guan couldn't help but vomit.

After paying the price of 6,000 people, these coats finally came to Guangshun Pass.

All that stood in front of them was the last ditch under the last of the city.

The battlefield was quiet for the time being, because the three thousand coats who came up from behind were still advancing towards the pass, and the coats who had filled several trenches and traps in a row finally got a brief respite.

And the Ming army in the city also stopped the attack of fire guns and bows and arrows, and they were gnawing on horse meat with relish.

It has been a full hour and a half since the fight was fought at 1 p.m., and it is now time for the "snacks".

Although it was just a shot and a firecracker, and there was no direct fighting, the physical exertion of the Ming army was not small.

Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of Jianyu was not on the line, they had to quickly replenish their physical strength, otherwise they would be hungry to fight against the Jianzhou Eight Banners who were waiting for work, and the result could be imagined.

The more than 600 people under Mao Wenlong's command did not participate in the battle as a reserve, and they had already eaten in advance and took on the task of vigilance.

At this time, everyone had to admire Yan Jianjun's foresight, if he hadn't arranged the horse meat in advance, everyone would have to fight hungry now.

Although horse meat is not as good as beef and mutton, it is satisfying for everyone to be able to eat a bite of meat.

At this time, Mao Wenlong said: "Yan Jian Army, this group of miscellaneous reinforcements has arrived, and they have already begun to fill the last trench. ”

Yan Mingtai shouted: "Everyone stay close to the city wall, pay attention to avoid arrows, take a rest first, and put them close before fighting." ”

At this time, they were less than ten meters away from the city wall, and the Ming army's three-eyed gun could finally be used.

Seeing that the Ming army in the city did not attack them, the Baoyi hurriedly hurried to fill in the soil, after all, this was already the last trench, and they could go back to receive the reward after filling these up.

Since they were only a few meters away from the city walls, many of them were left to fill in the earth without the protection of the chariots.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Ming army's firearms silently carried out a wave, causing the unsuspecting coats to be shot and fall to the ground.

Seeing that they were about to get through to the reward, they were actually shot by the Ming army at this time, and this loss of "falling before dawn" was written on their faces full of regret.

And when their bows and arrows were fired at the head of the city, most of the Ming army was attached to the city wall, and they did not achieve much success.

Soon the Ming army in the city picked up the three-eyed gun and began to light the fuse under the cover of the shield soldiers.

800 three-eyed guns, facing the city is three consecutive shots.

Although many people were blinded, fortunately, the number of people in the city was quite dense, and they still put down a lot.

2,400 guncorps were ejected, plus 300 bird's guns and Lumi's gun, and five or six hundred coats were knocked down at once.

made these people retreat quickly, for fear that the second round of fire from the Ming army would come again.

This scene made Nurhachi, who was watching the battle in the rear, also have palpitations, the closer to Chengguan the more fierce the firepower of the Ming army, fortunately it was just some clothing, if it was replaced by Eight Banners, who could bear the casualties?

Just as he was about to replenish the coat again, Huang Taiji on the side said: "Qiyu Great Khan, now that it is close to the city wall, the firepower of the Ming army is too fierce, I suggest sending eight banners to release arrows to the Ming army in the city to suppress their attack, otherwise it will be difficult to fill the last few meters of trenches." ”

At this time, Mang Gultai was furious, and he said: "When I proposed this before, you tried desperately to stop it, why do you come to suggest it again?" ”

Huang Taiji said: "This time, that time." The firepower of the Ming army was not so fierce before, and although the casualties of Baoyi were large, they could still complete the task. ”

"Now, if we don't do it, I'm afraid these coatings won't be able to complete the task at all. And in more than an hour the sky will be dark, we must hurry up and attack the city, and drag it out until it is dark to give the Ming army a chance to breathe. ”

Nurhachi also knew the importance of time for this raid.

Despite the possibility of casualties, he had Du Du's white banner send 3,000 archers to suppress the Ming army in the city.

The coats had retreated, but under the butcher's knives of the Warlords, they quickly resumed their filling.

At this point, the battle was already in a heated state.

Due to the excessive number of uses, the Ming army's bird guns have been exploded several times, and the three-eyed guns allocated in the Kaiyuan Mansion before were even more shoddy, and they exploded seven or eight strokes in a while.

It was a big blow to the morale of the Ming army.

At this time, a large number of white flags holding shields high had already come to the place where seventy or eighty steps below Guangshun Pass.

Yan Mingtai knew that something bad was going to happen, and he hurriedly ordered the Pingyu guards in the city to shoot at these Eight Banners.

At this time, the inlaid white flag was still relatively confident, after all, these coats were not armor-wearing, and they felt that they were wearing heavy armor and covered by shields, which should be able to block the firearms of the Ming army.

This distance is actually close to the limit of the Bird's Gun's armor piercing, although it can penetrate the shield, but it can't directly kill these white flags, but Lu Mi Gun can still easily knock them down at this distance.

However, the number of Lu Mi Gong was small, and although they caused dozens of casualties to the white flag, there was no way to stop their rain of arrows.

Soon Guangshun Pass was suppressed by waves of arrows, and many Ming troops were directly shot by the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners when they shot downward.

In desperation, Yan Mingtai had to order the tiger squat cannon to fire again.

However, after all, the inlaid white flag was wearing heavy armor, and although the tiger squat cannon caused them some casualties and chaos, it was not as good as the effect of the previous packing clothes.

In the end, after paying a heavy price of casualties, the Jianyu managed to fill in the last ditch.

Yan Mingtai knew that an even more tragic siege battle was about to begin.

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