The tentative bombardment continued until evening, and the Ming army was in a position like a simple strong man, who had no complaints about pranks, and always looked at Bernal from a thousand paces away with calm doting eyes.

The artillery of the Western Army was not discouraged, as if it would not attack without destroying the Ming fortifications with artillery, and kept bombarding the barrier wall with those four small cannons, which was indeed useful.

By the third reload of the four Furlong guns, with a total of 16 guns, the Western artillery was able to accurately project at least two shells onto the barrier wall, even at a distance of 1,000 paces.

It's just not possible to break through.

With plenty of time and no return targets, the Spanish artillery projected two wagons of shells into the position in the course of an afternoon, greatly reducing the burden on the baggage, but the Ming position on the opposite side was still the same as when they came.

Two guns were also scrapped.

"Can anyone tell me why the Ming Dynasty built such strong fortifications in the canyon, those slaves never showed amazing talent for strength when planting corn, why were they able to transport stones here for the Ming army to build a defensive line?"

Bernal was a little annoyed, although his troops did not suffer any losses, which was much better than Herrera's two hours of annihilation, but the fact that thousands of people watched and shoot targets in a place like the canyon for an afternoon, only to have the target fail but the cannon broke first, which in itself was very infuriating.

"What did we do all afternoon except a shell that punched a hole in the shed?"

Jesus, who was named Jesus, was also discouraged by this, and walked through the canyon nearly half a mile wide, with more than ten low castle-like barriers, and two impregnable lines of defense, which he spent the afternoon trying to breach.

"It is impossible to attack without breaking through the defensive line, they are learning, the arrangement of those fortifications, the same arrangement as our corps company after it is deployed, the gap flashed in the middle, and it is filled by the phalanx behind, as long as the legion attacks our phalanx, it will be hit from many directions like the Indians attack our phalanx."

"And they are also learning in the layout of the fortifications, that the stone walls are covered with turf and earth, the same as the outer walls of the fortress, which can absorb part of the impact of the cannonballs, and the inside should be made of wood and solid stones, which cannot be destroyed by the boomerang."

In fact, Jesús's biggest question was how thick the walls were, which were tens of meters wide, and he said to Bernal: "Our lookouts who climb up the cliffs should bring back more information about the fortifications." ”

"I think the most urgent thing right now is to build the canopy and the wooden wall in front of the formation, because it is a bit windy and cloudy earlier than usual, so it may rain at night."

Jesús tasted his breath with his nose and said, "The rain is not good, and the company of musketeers I specially prepared for the Ming army will not be useful." ”

"No, the Ming army has more muskets than us, much more, and it's raining well."

Bernal shook his head and said: "You should tell the merchants behind you the news, if it rains their stone cannons will be useless, tonight, I will use two stone cannons to advance to a distance that can hit the fortifications, but not a single silver coin will be paid to them." ”

"If those two heavy guns can come in handy, I'll pay them a tenth of the loot after victory."

"Regardless of the method, bombardment with stones, and when it rains, kill with swords, shields and knights, we don't have much time, we must attack the port as soon as possible."

Bernal walked to the door and lifted the white curtains, the phalanx in front of the formation had already changed a group, the soldiers were slackened by exhaustion, and their morale plummeted in just one afternoon.

The inability to destroy the fortifications greatly undermined the soldiers' confidence in victory, especially in the face of the Ming army, which had defeated them many times on multiple battlefields.

At least until this moment in the battle, if the whole process is transmitted back to the Old World, it will become a laughing stock that will follow Bernal all his life - the battle was fought from noon to evening, and the Ming army did not fire a single shot, not a single shot, and not a single person died.

On the contrary, four soldiers of the Western Army were disemboweled by the explosion of artillery.

"The naval battle should have begun, it will only take four days at the earliest, and the Ming cavalry will be able to go around behind us from the north, and the attack must be fast."

Jesús glanced at Bernal, and he could feel that the strong fortifications had not only broken the soldiers' confidence in victory, but also Bernal's.

Although it was said that they were only in charge of fighting, and that they did not need to think about the future, everyone could feel this atmosphere now - if this battle was lost again, no one in the whole of New Spain would dare to fight against the Ming army in the future.

Even if there were enough troops, the prestige of the Ming army would make every Spanish soldier fearful, and when they heard the news of the Ming army's attack, they would drop their weapons and flee.

Just like what the French army did on the battlefield when it met the Spanish phalanx in a narrow way.

The servant whispered a few words in Bernal's ear, and went to the final line of the army on behalf of his master to seek out the merchants to talk about the use of the stone cannon, and it was not long before the Indians, with turkey feathers on their heads, emerged from the bushes under the northern cliffs and ran straight in the direction of the white tent.

It was dangerous and difficult to climb the steep mountain wall to observe the Ming army, and few people in the whole army could climb up and then climb down like no one else, and the Indians who ran back were the best among them, even in his own tribe.

"Their walls are so wide." The Scout was as wide as his forearm, unsure, and expanded to his entire arm, saying, "Maybe so wide?" ”

Jesús didn't look good, and letting the scouts observe a barrier from a distance was a foolish decision in itself.

He asked, "What about the Ming army's defense?" Outside the fortifications, how many soldiers did they have? ”

"Two armies arrived in the afternoon, eight hundred? There are also cavalry, they will appear and run to the other side of the canyon, I don't know how many of them there are, it doesn't seem to be much. ”

It doesn't seem like much, but it's actually a lot?

"What about their will? What are their people doing when our artillery is constantly bombarding them? Hiding behind a stone wall shivering? ”

The scout with the pattern on his face shook his head earnestly, "No, they have people behind the stone wall all the time, and they keep rotating, one team of people from the back to fill in, and one team of people from the stone wall, they may have moved like this six times. ”

"Six times, what is this doing?"

Bernal was puzzled, and asked himself if there were fortifications, his soldiers would not be so constantly dispatched, why did the Ming army not conserve their physical strength like this?

The scout thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's eating, there is smoke on the other side of the canyon, and those cavalry appear in groups, all of them immediately with their things, put them down behind the stone wall and leave, and then come back later." ”

Bernal felt the muscles on his forehead throb violently, and his brain ached.

Dine?

He explained that the army was eating.

Do these bastards know how to respect people?

I'm attacking them, attacking them with at least four times the superiority of forces, four Furlong cannons can shoot eight shells a minute, and they eat?

"By the way, Your Excellency the Governor, just now, just when I was about to return, two groups of people from the Ming army walked far forward with cloth the same color as the stone wall, and they seemed to have picked up all the shells."

The Acting Governor of New Spain was particularly angry.