Zhuo Butai saw with his own eyes that a gray-black cannonball landed less than five steps beside Aobai, and when the cannonball landed, it emitted a terrifying explosion, fire and smoke, engulfing a large area of land......

"Ao Bai ......" Zhuo Butai rushed over like a madman, split the smoke with the scimitar in his hand, and shouted while chopping: "Ao Bai, where are you, Ao Bai, you must hold on, the big brother is here......"

The smoke finally cleared, and the drop point was a crater that he didn't expect.

Ao Bai is gone!

No, you can still see some traces, the place where Ao Bai was lying just now has become half a crater, and at the edge of the crater, only some broken armor remains......

Zhuo Butai picked up the broken armor and held it in his hand, the heat burned his palms so much that he snorted, but he didn't care at all, "Aobai, where are you?" Aobai, is this you......"

"Lord Ezhen, this place is within the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven, dangerous!" Zhuo Butai's guards rushed over and tried to pull him away.

Zhuo Butai stared at the blood-red eyes, pushed several guards away, and spun in place, "What about Aobai?" Where's Aobai? Tell me!"

"Lord Ezhen, Lord Ao Bai is dead......

"Dead? Who killed it? Zhuo Butai turned around and stared viciously at the guard who was talking, "You killed you, didn't you?" ”

The guards looked at the bright scimitar, and hugged their heads in fright, "Lord Ao Bai was not killed by a villain, not a villain......"

"Who is it?"

"It's the Mandate of Heaven army outside the city!"

"Destiny Army? The Mandate of Heaven is still outside the city, how can they kill Aobai? You must be lying!" Zhuo Butai threw away the mutilated armor in his hand, but glared at the panicked guard, "Ao Bai is the first warrior of the Qing Dynasty, how could he die in the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"My lord, it is indeed the Mandate of Heaven Army, the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

"Artillery?" Zhuo Butai remembered, when he saw Ao Bai just now, he was already missing half of his leg, could it really be that he was injured by the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army? However, there were no guards around Aobai......

Aobai's personal guards, when Aobai was wounded, actually threw him down and ignored him, causing Aobai to die from the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven, if they retreated with Aobai, Aobai would not have died!

It must be so!

"Your Excellency......" Seeing Zhuo Butai put down his scimitar, the guards were a little bolder, and slowly leaned towards him.

"The guards of Aobai, as well as the soldiers who defended the city just now, abandon the wounded general and leave him in a dangerous place," Zhuo Butai said word by word: "All these people, kill!"

"Your Excellency...... Now is the time to employ people, so let's let them make meritorious contributions......"

"According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, the Lord will kill all his subordinates who die in battle," Zhuo Butai said: "What's more, Ao Bai died from the artillery fire of the Mandate of Heaven because his subordinates ignored it, such soldiers, who would dare to trust them on the battlefield?" Can't stay, kill!"

"Yes, sir!" The guards had no choice, so they had to give an order: "The soldiers who defended the city here just now are all killed!"

The soldiers defending the city, who had just fled from the city, were driven back by Zhuo Butai with the soldiers, and when they heard the military order, they cried and shouted one by one:

"My lord, you have been wronged......"

"My lord, we didn't know that Lord Aobai was injured!"

"The sound of artillery was too loud just now, and there was smoke on the top of the city, and we really didn't see Lord Aobai......"

……

Zhuo Butai didn't care about the soldiers crying and screaming, the lord general Ao Bai died, and his subordinates should not survive, this is the law of the Qing Dynasty, even if Dolgon came, he couldn't save them!

Within a moment, hundreds of soldiers with yellow flags were slaughtered, and a large number of relatively intact corpses were added to the city!

When Bai Yintu heard the message, he rushed over in person, but he was already a step too late, and he looked at the corpses and blood on the ground, and his eyes were confused.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Countless flowering bullets fell from the sky in black pressure, and the artillery fire extended forward for hundreds of steps, and many of Zhuo Butai's personal guards were also shot.

Bai Yintu saw that it was not a problem, and said tentatively: "Zhuo Butai, the artillery fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army is too fierce, let's avoid avoiding the city, lest the warriors sacrifice in vain......"

Zhuo Butai glared, "Bai Yintu, what did you say, the emperor's uncle and the regent handed over the southern city to you and me, did you lose the city so quickly?" ”

Bai Yintu hurriedly said: "I don't mean that, we just avoid artillery, once the Heavenly Mandate Army attacks the city, our warriors will kill it back, and the Heavenly Mandate Army will definitely not be able to break the city." ”

"You mean, the soldiers who left observation at the head of the city?"

"That's exactly what it means," Bai Yintu said busily, "otherwise, the warriors will die in vain from artillery fire, and if one day orders the army to attack the city, who will defend the city?" ”

Thinking that this was indeed the best way, Zhuo Butai nodded, and withdrew five hundred steps down the city with the broken armor of Aobai, leaving only four or five observers, all close to the battlements of the city wall.

As soon as Baiyintu returned to his city gate, Jiala'e Zhen Shar Huda cried and shouted to meet him: "My lord, the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven is too powerful, there is not a single figure in sight, the casualties of the warriors have exceeded two hundred, and the wounded warriors are all missing arms and legs, and they can no longer go to the battlefield......

The warriors with yellow flags are only seven or eight thousand people in total, and Bai Yintu's subordinates are less than four thousand, and in the blink of an eye, there have been two hundred casualties, and his heart is really painful, "Withdraw the city head for temporary shelter, leave a few observation soldiers, and when the Heavenly Mandate Army attacks the city, we will come back!"

"Yes!" Sha Erhu was overjoyed and hurriedly went to convey the military order.

The soldiers with yellow flags, except for the observation soldiers, all left the city, far away from the artillery fire of the Mandate of Heaven army, and by the way, they took all the casualties with them.

Li Xin extended the artillery fire forward again, and no one could be seen on the top of the city, so he ordered the shelling to be stopped and the infantry was used to attack the city.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, there were 4,000 soldiers of 1,000 households, lined up in a horizontal line, running briskly towards the city, but the last 1,000 households were carrying ladders, siege vehicles, etc., and followed far behind.

The observers at the head of the city saw it and hurriedly reported the map.

Bai Yintu didn't dare to be careless, and immediately took all the soldiers back to the city, and the cavalry was not used in the siege battle, and the cavalry with yellow flags could only be used as infantry now.

More than 3,000 soldiers appeared densely at the battlements, and all the soldiers were stretched out with bows and arrows, and the arrows were aimed at the Heavenly Mandate Army under the city.

Shar Huda used a hard bow, the range was slightly farther than ordinary bows and arrows, and it was shot from top to bottom, the range of the arrows could reach at least seventy paces, he had already aimed at a soldier of the Mandate of Heaven, as long as he entered the range of seventy paces, he would not hesitate to shoot the arrow.

"Han dog of the Mandate of Heaven Army, as long as you dare to get close to the city wall, grandpa will definitely shoot you into a beecomb......"

However, to his disappointment, the Han dogs under the city did not dare to enter the range of bows and arrows at all, and about a hundred paces away, all of them stood on their feet, and they were still in four neat horizontal columns.

"Ma Qiao, I know that you Han dogs are not planted!"

Sha'er Huda's words inspired the soldiers at the head of the city, and they scolded in unison:

"Han dog, Han dog!"

"Han dogs are not planted!"

"Giving birth to a child without a fart #...... eyes"

……

Although Du Cheng couldn't understand the Manchu language, he knew in his heart that what the Tartar said must not be a good thing, so he took a rifle from the soldier's hand, held it to his chest, and aimed at the city.

But the bullet didn't go out, and he shook his head and sighed, looking annoyed.

Sha Erhuda poked his head out of the battlement, waving the bow and arrow in his hand, "Shoot Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is here, if you don't shoot, it's a Han dog, and you have no fart to give birth to a son#...... eyes"

Du Cheng raised his rifle again and aimed at the city, but he still put it down very regrettably, causing a burst of laughter and scolding from the city.

Du Cheng heard the footsteps, turned around and looked at it, the soldiers carrying the ladder and the engineering truck had come up, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When all the soldiers who were temporarily responsible for the transportation task came up and stopped behind the gunners, Du Cheng raised his gun again and aimed at the most noisy Tartar in the city, the head and upper body of this Tartar fell outside the battlement, and the effective part reached almost half of the body.

He took a deep breath, the muzzle of the gun was slightly higher than the top of the Tartar's head, and the sight, the crosshair, and the cover door were three points in a line!

"Bang!"

A bullet flew out of the muzzle, and the flesh was barely visible, but could be felt.

The bullet hit Shaerhuda's forehead, a black hole the size of a thumb, slowly oozing blood......

The blood ran down his forehead and left his cheeks, and as soon as Sha'er Huda's hands were loosened, the bow and arrows fell towards the city, his head lowered, and his upper body fell out of the battlement, and the bow and arrows fell to the city almost at the same time, with a "snap", there was no breath!

In Shengjing City, Sha Erhuda was the first person to die from a rifle!

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Du Cheng's gunfire was the signal to shoot, and the gunners in the first row of the city took advantage of the fact that the Tartars were in a daze in the city, quickly shot bullets, and then squatted down to reload the bullets, leaving effective shooting space for the second row of gunners.

The gunners in the second row, although they could still see the Tartars, did not know who had been shot and had been killed or wounded, as long as it was a person, it was the target of the shot.

At this time, the tartars on the head of the city had already reacted, and they left the battlements one after another and hid behind the city wall.

By the time the third row of gunners was ready to shoot, there was no need to waste a salvo of bullets, and the soldiers automatically switched to point fire, and if any of the Tartars reacted slowly, or showed their bodies and heads at the battlements, they could only blame themselves for not being long-sighted.

The corners of Du Cheng's mouth moved, looking at the rapidly disappearing Tartar, the corners of his mouth showed a sneer, on the battlefield, the loud side may not be the final victor, the ignorant Tartars, may achieve a temporary victory, but they will eventually be conquered by Huaxia!

Thinking that the second regiment would most likely be the first army to enter the city, he smiled again, this time not with a sneer, but with a smile.

Du Cheng waved his hand, "Stop shooting, but keep aiming, and wait for the Tartar to appear again!"

"Yes!"

Du Cheng glanced at the transport soldiers behind him, but he made a move, "Siege vehicle, get on!"

"Yes!"

Ten simple siege vehicles, erected and evenly distributed under this section of the city wall of the second regiment attack, the main structure is four falling logs, maintaining balance, connected by horizontal logs in the middle, every half a person high, there are rungs for up and down, the top is a flat made of rough wood, on which two people can stand, and there are one person-high handrails on the left and right.

The siege engine was three feet higher than the city walls, and the soldiers stood on top of it, looking down on the city.