"My lord, no, the bottom of the city wall is full of stones, and it can't be blown up!" The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion trotted to report to Liu Hong.

Of course, Liu Hongjian also saw that if the wall of Haizhou City was also a blue brick, as long as it was bombed in turns, there would be hope.

But the stone is different, there is no force in the first place, the grenade explosion is empty, but the stone is not damaged.

If this is done by relying on grenades to blow down the five-foot thick city wall, it is estimated that the grenades may not be able to explode when they run out.

In addition to the 12,000 grenades distributed to the eastern, western, and southern cities, the grenade reserves of the main force of the Ming army outside the north gate were also not much.

The supply line is getting longer and longer, and the next ammunition supply is not known how many days it will take, and Liu Hong is gradually reluctant to use all the grenades to blow up the air.

In this way, even if the city wall is blown up and there is no biggest killing weapon, the Ming army will probably have to pay great casualties if it wants to annihilate the Eight Banners.

"The official doesn't believe it, Kong Er is stunned, give the official an armor-piercing bullet!" Liu Hong gradually beat his horse to the cannon position.

The cannon position was located north of the moat, which happened to be outside the attack range of the Shenyang city defense artillery.

"Obedience!" Kong Er was stunned and immediately ordered the gunner, and the armor-piercing bullets made of stainless steel were brought out one by one.

Boom-boom-boom—a moment later the cannon fired.

Liu Hong gradually raised his glasses and looked at the city wall, only to see the armor-piercing bullets inserted into the city wall like white radish, the effect was there, but it was ...... The results have been minimal.

If the shells are all armor-piercing, they will be able to continuously expand the cracks in the wall, and the key is that this thing is limited.

"Liu Qing, why don't you send troops to attack the city directly!" Chongzhen also followed, and found that Liu Hongjian had no way to propose this time.

For a long time, the Ming army relied on powerful firearms to be invincible, and never imagined that they would encounter such embarrassment after reaching the finish line.

"No, Your Majesty, we don't have siege equipment, and the casualties of the conventional siege are too great, you ...... You're going to go bankrupt. Liu Hong gradually frowned, and said subconsciously.

When the army set out on the expedition, Liu Hongjian did not think about the conventional siege, even if the huge siege equipment was disassembled and loaded, it would still greatly affect the mobility of the army.

And relying on siege towers, ladders and other things, how many people would have to die!

A soldier's pension is 500 taels, 10,000 soldiers are 5 million taels, 20,000 soldiers are 10 million taels, look at the height of this Shenyang city, how many lives do you have to fill?

"Is that all there is to it?" Although Chongzhen didn't know what bankruptcy meant, he didn't have siege equipment, and trying to climb this six-zhang high city wall was tantamount to a fool's dream.

"Yes, Your Majesty, let's just wait!" Thinking about your current situation, Liu Hong gradually became relieved.

Back then, Huang Taiji besieged Jinzhou, but it was half a year of siege, after all, it was the capital of people, and it was broken by you in a day or two, how faceless?

Do you think it's like when Li Zicheng was besieging the capital, there were so many courtiers who secretly opened the city gate!

As far as the defenders of this city are concerned, whether they are Tartars or traitors, how can they not know that if the walls are broken, they will all die!

"There must be at least four or five hundred thousand people in Shenyang City, and people will definitely not last long to eat horses and horses, so what are we anxious about? The Tartars must be in a hurry more than us! Liu Hongjian further explained.

Kong Er was stunned and continued to fire! Bomb me at the gate tower and the corner tower, and don't let the dogs and tartars in the city be idle! The ruler will let them not live in peace. ”

The wall can't move, and the city gate building made of wood can always be beaten, Liu Hong gradually gave Kong Er an order, and then followed Chongzhen back to the camp.

Even if it's consumed, it will consume you dogs!

In the next few days, the cannon began to roar as soon as dawn, and from morning to night, except for the time to cool the barrel, the moat was filled.

The first to suffer was the city gate tower on the city wall, after Kong Er's unremitting bombardment, the city gate tower and the corner towers around the city wall, and even the urn city were bombarded and collapsed.

The Ming army fought outside the gate for more than a month, and the last tremor was approaching, which could be regarded as a respite.

But the Tartars in the city were not so lucky, huddled behind the city wall one by one, and had to stare at the Ming army under the city from time to time.

Because from time to time, the Ming army would come up with a ghost idea and a whole moth, such as a letter to persuade surrender with arrow feathers into the city, etc.

At the beginning, the guards on the city wall still came to boost morale from time to time, and even scolded the Ming army under the city.

Until two or three Tartar generals were named by Yang Tianbao's AKM one after another, those generals no longer dared to come forward.

"Mr. Fan, it's been nine days, why haven't you seen the strong army coming? Isn't it the perfidy of those barbarians? As soon as he got out of court, Dorgon was furious.

Those leaders of the League cried in front of him every day to change their guards, and in order to prevent a mutiny, he had to change to the Manchurian Eight Banners.

Nine days have passed, and Hauge and Dai Shan have also sneered at him from time to time, ridiculing his divine soldiers for nothing.

If it weren't for the leakage of the secret of the embankment, Dolgon would have gagged the mouths of this group of generals a long time ago, but Rao was like this, Dolgon was still beating the drum in his heart.

That is the last hope of the Qing Dynasty!

In order to win the final victory, Dorgon spent the last two taels of silver in the treasury, a full 380,000 taels of silver, and invited the most powerful mercenary group in Europa, the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group.

Originally, Dorgon despised the barbarians of Europa, but when he saw the equipment, the powerful artillery, and the huge warship, Dorgon was finally shocked.

He firmly believed that if he could really invite this army, the thief general Liu Hong would definitely not be an opponent.

Defeated several times by the Ming army's firearms, Dolgon now had to admit that in the face of powerful firepower, even if there were many soldiers, it was difficult to win.

The only thing that made Dolgon's heart ache was that this mercenary group, which was equipped with 15,000 soldiers, actually asked for 800,000 taels of silver!

The entire treasury of the Great Qing Kingdom was less than 400,000 taels, and in the end, it was the dog slave surnamed Fan who came up with the idea, and the mercenary captain promised to pay half of it first.

The remaining half was paid off after the victory at the cost of a million Han Chinese slaves.

Dolgon couldn't believe that there was such a good deal in this world, and he praised Fan Wencheng a lot.

It's just that nine days have passed, and the silver was delivered half a month ago, but what about people?

"Your Royal Highness the Regent, don't worry, there is still one day left in the agreed deadline, and the head of the regiment, Arthur, is an extremely trustworthy person, and he will definitely not break his word." Fan Wencheng was calm on the face, but he was actually very irritable in his heart.

The city is besieged, and even a mouse can't get out, how does he know why this dog's mercenary group hasn't come yet?

"Let's go down, this king is not well, and I bother Mr. Fan to inspect the city on behalf of this king, and boost morale!" Dolgon waved his hand, and Fan Wencheng turned around in salute and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Dolgon stood still in the hall for a moment, and then walked out of the main hall and headed straight towards Qingning Palace.

PS: Europa, referring to Europe.