After the shelling, there was silence on the battlefield, except for the faint pungent smell of gunsmoke that still wafted from time to time, which could prove that an artillery bombardment had just taken place, as if the shelling just now was an illusion.

Surrounded by officers, Field was listening to Castro's debriefing.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the results of this shelling have come out." Castro said with a solemn expression, "In the shelling just now, the enemy carried out nine rounds of shelling against us, firing nearly 400 shells, and we lost 12 people and 29 people were seriously wounded, most of whom were young and strong, and the losses were not large. ”

Although Castro's expression was serious, Field could still see a look of excitement in his eyes.

Under such intensive artillery bombardment by the other side, they only suffered so many casualties, which can already be said to be a very remarkable achievement.

As the so-called cannon sounded gold 10,000 taels, in the era of industrialization has not yet entered, whether it is artillery or ammunition is not cheap, take Spain as an example, a shell of a 32-pound cannon contains three parts: projectile, gunpowder, and butt, at least one Dobloon (gold coin) is needed, and after the shelling just now, hundreds of Dobloons are gone.

In particular, the Spanish currency of the 17th century consisted of three currencies: Dobroon (gold coin), Pistol (silver coin), and escudo.

One Dobron is equal to eight Pistors, and one Pistol is equal to two Escudos.

Nearly 400 Dobrons are already equivalent to the salary of Field, the governor for more than half a year, and the consumption is so large, but the harvest is so small, Castro believes that the Ming army will not be so stupid to continue this futile attack.

Field also nodded with satisfaction, and the arrogance returned to his face, and said pretending to be reserved: "Presumably those Ming people are also aware of this, so they will definitely be worried about this, whether to continue to spend precious gold coins to bombard our castle or withdraw in frustration, I am very much looking forward to seeing the expression of His Excellency the Marquis of Daming." ”

"Hahaha......"

The officers around him all laughed face-wrenchingly, as the nest that the Spaniards had painstakingly managed for decades, the fortification of Fort San Petro was naturally unquestionable, which could be seen from the shelling just now.

On the surface, the southern walls of Fort San Petro looked like they had been blown up like a pie eaten by an old book, but the scar could not be repaired in half a day.

So the shelling just now was of no use to them at all, not to mention that now they have covered the entire castle with bags of cloth filled with dirt, so that the castle is more resistant.

"Look...... The Ming army has begun to attack! Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

Everyone looked forward, and sure enough, they found that a phalanx that was originally lined up on the left suddenly spread out to the left and right, and at the beginning, there were people behind them carrying engineering equipment such as ladders, shields, and carts slowly approaching the south city wall.

Seeing hundreds of Ming soldiers in dark green uniforms slowly approaching the city wall with muskets in their hands, an officer immediately rubbed his hands and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, order the artillery to open fire, right?" ”

Field shook his head slowly: "No, wait a minute, the distance between the two sides is too far now, and the distance between them is too scattered, let's wait." ”

"Yes!"

Field ignored the officer, and after casually giving an order, he raised the clairing mirror with a solemn face and continued to observe.

The Jiangning Army's attack formation was very strange, and it ran counter to the method of dense formation that was now popular in the West.

Now the West has just begun to enter the age of firearms, because the big guys are using front-loading smoothbore guns, the accuracy of this kind of musket is not very good, once the bullet is fired at a distance of more than 80 meters, whether it can hit the target can only depend on fate, so now the Western world is using the tactics of lining up in a dense formation to kill the enemy.

This tactic was evaluated by later generations as a fight between two fools, you punch and I punch, and then see who falls first. Although it seems really stupid, there is no way to do it, after all, the accuracy of today's firearms is too poor, and whether or not you can hit someone depends on luck, and only this tactic can maximize the power of the smoothbore gun.

But today Field saw a completely different tactic, the soldiers of the Ming army were all scattered, and everyone was at least four or five meters apart from each other, and there was no way to exert the power of rifled guns at this distance.

Immediately, an officer exclaimed: "Are these Ming soldiers crazy, what is the difference between them doing this and sending them to death?" ”

There were also clever officers who retorted: "No...... This is not a death, their formation can effectively avoid our artillery fire! ”

"But if there is an engagement, they can't concentrate their firepower to fight back, so what's the point of them charging?"

"Now they can at least survive, if they don't have their lives, what will they do to fight back?"

"Then it's better not to charge, wouldn't it be better to save your life?"

Several officers quarreled as they spoke, and there was a more and more fierce posture, which made Field a little unhappy, but Castro knew his boss best, and when he saw Field's brows furrowed, he hurriedly began to drink.

"Enough, what are you arguing about. Since the Ming people have put up this formation, they naturally have their reasons, what we have to do is to stop them outside the city walls and kill them to the greatest extent, that's all. ”

A herald ran up to them panting and asked, "Your Excellency the Governor, the enemy is only three hundred meters from the city wall, and Major Hector has sent someone to ask if he can open fire!" ”

Field and Castro glanced at each other and nodded slowly: "Tell Hector that you can fire the cannon and let them shoot on time!" ”

"Understood!"

After the herald had taken the order, Field said to Castro: "You immediately send someone to inform the soldiers that once the Ming army enters a distance of two hundred meters, they will immediately enter the firing position, and when they reach a distance of one hundred meters, they can open fire freely." ”

"I see." Castro nodded solemnly.

"Boom ......"

Just as the three of them were talking, the Spanish artillery on the city wall finally opened fire, and one after another solid bullets flew towards the Ming army that was approaching the city wall with a whistling sound.

"Spread out...... Spread out again...... Widen the distance......"

One of the sergeants waved at the sergeant next to him and shouted loudly, but as he shouted, he didn't notice that a cannonball fell from the sky and concentrated on his head.

His head disappeared with a snap, and the remaining headless body shook for a moment before falling to the ground, blood spurting from his broken neck.

The shell, which hit Shichang, jumped and rolled for more than ten meters before it stopped rolling......