All kinds of siege methods have failed, and it is impossible for Wang Xinyu to send people to attack the city, so the loss is too great, and it will have a great impact on morale. Moreover, the auxiliaries in their hands are precious, and those Qing prisoners and native soldiers who have made meritorious contributions will sooner or later become war soldiers, and it is impossible for them to die in vain.

"I can only storm it! Build ladder cars, flying river cars, and prepare more shield cars. Bombard the walls from now on! Wang Xinyu gave the order.

The large ladder cart was an extremely effective siege tool, with four wheels on the chassis of the cart, thick baffles on three sides, and also covered with soaked felt, which could prevent the auxiliary soldiers of the cart from being attacked, as well as rocket attacks. The ladder cart is topped by a platform with a baffle, from which soldiers can jump directly into the castle without being attacked by weapons such as rolling logs and stones. Moreover, the platform and ladder are covered with copper skin, which can prevent enemy fire attacks. When attacking, the ladder cart is followed by a shield cart full of buckets, even if the base of the ladder is smashed into the oil tank by the Qing army, it can allow the auxiliary soldiers to extinguish the fire at any time.

Unless a cannon hits the ladder cart, neither a bow or an arrow, nor a rolling stone, nor a rocket can destroy it. Although Wang Xinyu knew that there were firearms such as 10,000 enemies in the city, there was a thick baffle in front of the ladder truck, and he was not afraid of the attack of 10,000 enemies.

However, the ladder car has a huge disadvantage: it is not easy to build, the advance speed is slow, and there are not many soldiers who can enter the city at one time. Moreover, it is difficult to build ladder trucks, and only four can be built. For other positions, it is still necessary to bombard with artillery, and after blasting a gap, the moat is crossed by a flying river cart, and the soldiers climb directly from the slope bombarded by the cannon to the head of the city to attack.

When the ladder truck was built, the red-coated cannon that had been placed in place began to be test-fired.

The gunner poured about six pounds of gunpowder into the 24-pounder cannon, stuffed it into a wooden board to reduce air leakage, and then stuffed a solid 24-pound shell into the muzzle.

"Put!" Gong Xiaoda gave an order.

The gunner lit the cannon, only to hear a "boom", and a shell flew out and landed in the moat, raising a milky white column of rushing water.

"The charge is a little less, a little more." Wu Haodong said to the gunner.

The loading of naval guns is very troublesome, and it is necessary to cool the barrel first, and then clean the chamber before reloading gunpowder and shells. The rate of fire of such a cannon is too slow, and it is already good to be able to fire a shell in two or three minutes.

About two minutes later, the cannon began a second test firing.

This time it hit a little farther again, and the shells flew over the walls, and I don't know where they flew.

In the third test firing, the cannonball landed at the base of the city wall and smashed down several city bricks, but because the drop point was too low and was blocked by the soil, the cannonball did not cause much damage to the city wall.

After the fifth test firing, the shells fired from the twenty-four-pounder cannon finally hit exactly one point below the female wall.

There was a sound of bricks cracking, and the female wall collapsed, and a large number of city bricks fell. A huge hole also appeared in the wall below the female wall, and the bricks were splashed everywhere, falling from the rammed earth one by one.

"Good!" Wu Haodong put down the binoculars, "Just this angle, such a charge!" All cannon salvos! ”

The gunners nervously reloaded, and after about three minutes, the first salvo of the redcoat cannon began.

The most cannon in Wang Xinyu's hand is this heavy naval gun, which is much more than the number of army guns. As long as he wants, he can concentrate more than a hundred twenty-four-pounder cannons to bombard the city walls! But it was not easy to transport more than 100 24-pounder cannons, so only 30 24-pounder cannons were transported.

Just the transportation of these thirty cannons, it was already exhausting the auxiliary soldiers and cattle to pull the cannons into place.

Thirty twenty-four-pounder cannons spewed fire one after another, and the sound was like rolling thunder, and the muzzle flames were dazzling. Thirty twenty-four-pounder cannons fired continuously, and most of the shells accurately fell on the city wall, smashing the female wall, and the city bricks under the female wall were broken in many pieces, and the rammed earth was exposed in several places. A few cannonballs hit high, flew over the women's wall, flew over the head of the city and landed in the city; A few more shells hit a little lower and smashed into the base of the city walls.

The city wall that was hit by the bullet, the stone city bricks were broken, the rammed earth was splashed, and the city wall shook violently.

The location of the shelling was on a section of the wall south of the city, where the section of the moat that had been filled by the auxiliaries was located. After blasting a gap from here, you can rush through it without using siege tools such as flying river carts and moat bridges. It's just that when you break into the gap, you will definitely face a fierce bloody battle.

The small cannons and mortars of the Ming army also fired a volley of shells at the city wall at the same time.

The thirty-two-pounder mortar cannon, although the muzzle velocity of the cannonball is slow, but the cannonball is heavy, and it still has a certain destructive effect on the city wall; The other six-pounder, four-pounder, and three-pounder cannons, the Franc cannon, although they cannot destroy the city walls, can destroy the female walls, can destroy the towers, and can kill and injure the Qing soldiers at the head of the city.

The cannon roared, the ground shook, and from time to time there was a terrible wail from the city walls.

Watching the Ming army bombarding the city wall with siege artillery, Zhu Zhiguang knew that the city wall would be blasted open a gap sooner or later. However, he was very calm, and called the commander and general of the Qing army in the green battalion, the commander of the local soldier banner, the general secretary, and the Minzhuang officer who was served by the official to arrest the fast, and ordered them to build a wall behind the city wall that had been bombarded to prevent the Ming army from breaking the city.

The Qing army's commanders, generals, local soldiers, commanders, and leaders of the people, led people and began to carry bricks and stones, and built a wall behind the city wall that had been shelled.

After nearly half an hour of shelling by the Ming army, all the red-coated artillery stopped. Because these cannons have a large charge when fired, they are prone to overheating. Even if it cools down at any time, the cannon still gets hot quickly.

The gunners poured water into the barrels to cool the cannons.

After the shelling stopped, Wu Haodong and Gong Xiaoda picked up binoculars to observe the effects of the shelling.

"There hasn't been a gap in the walls yet." Wu Haodong put down the binoculars and said.

"Where is it so fast!" Gong Xiaoda said, "At least a day of shelling!" It takes a lot of gunpowder! ”

"This cannon blasting is much more gunpowder than the method of blasting through the city wall through the tunnel! It is estimated that there is no way to smash a gap without about 10,000 catties of gunpowder. And the gap is smashed, and the Tartar can still plug the gap in it, which is really not cost-effective. Therefore, after we have collapsed a gap, we must attack the city at the same time, and we must not give the Tartars a chance to plug the gap, otherwise we will waste so much gunpowder. Wang Xinyu pointed to the city wall and said.

The artillery bombarded the city, even if it opened the gap, it would still have to be a bloody battle at the gap, and the Qing army would definitely block the gap to the death. At this time, while concentrating forces to attack the gap, it is necessary to use cloud ladders to attack the city from other places to disperse the forces of the defenders.

When it got dark, in order to prevent the Qing army from sending people out of the city to repair the city wall, the Ming army used trebuchets to throw a large amount of firewood under the city wall, and then ignited it with rockets to illuminate the city as if it were day. At the same time, the shelling did not stop, and 30 24-pounder guns took turns bombarding a section of the seven-zhang long city wall, and smashed one shell after another.

By the moat, the firewood and grass thrown by the Ming army were burning, and the flames were soaring to the sky, illuminating the city wall red.

With the help of the light of the fire, the cannons bombarded the walls intermittently.

The female wall was bulldozed, all the city bricks under the female wall were bare, and the cannon lowered the height a little, aiming at the city bricks below to continue shelling.

From the evening of the first day to the next morning, the Ming army fired more than 2,000 rounds of 24-pound artillery shells, which consumed more than 10,000 catties of gunpowder, and also fired countless other small artillery shells.

After dawn, Wang Xinyu saw that the city wall that had been shelled overnight was already full of potholes, the city bricks had basically fallen off, and the rammed earth inside had been smashed and dented. It is estimated that after a little more bombardment, this section of the wall will collapse.

"Array! Sortie! Wang Xinyu gave the order.

The war drums rumbled, the banners were hunting, and the footsteps of the Ming army's neat formation shook the earth, and one by one the square formations slowly advanced, standing a hundred steps away in front of the city wall, waiting for the moment when the cannon blasted open the gap.

One after another, the shells swept over the heads of the Ming army's large array, pulled out a low and straight trajectory and smashed it on the already riddled city wall, causing the city wall to rise up with clumps of dirt.

It is estimated that the bombardment is almost over, and Gong Xiaoda suddenly changed the method of shelling: "Thirty cannons in one salvo!" ”

The sound of the cannon gradually subsided, and the gunners cooled the cannon, cleaned the chamber, and loaded the gunpowder and projectiles. After everything was completed, the gun captain gave an order: "Release!" ”

Thirty twenty-four-pounder cannons fired a salvo, and the already dilapidated city wall could no longer hold it, and there was a loud noise, and a large cloud of yellow dust rose up, and the masonry and rammed earth slid down with a loud noise. When the smoke cleared, a five-zhang long gap appeared in the city wall. However, the city wall did not collapse in its entirety, but formed a slope, which allowed the Ming army to climb up the slope more easily.

"Kill!" Wu Zhudan, the officer of the short knife team who was responsible for the attack, pulled out the Miao knife and was the first to rush towards the gap.

"Kill!" The daggers in the back rushed towards the gap.

Wearing iron armor, the short knife hand is the vanguard used to break through the gap. Although they don't have the sturdy armor of the ironclads, they are also very good at resisting bows and arrows, and the sharp Miao knives in their hands are best suited for hand-to-hand combat.

The archers and ornithmen, who were tasked with covering, rushed out, and the ironclads, pikemen, and swordsmen ran after the shortsword team. Although the ironclad soldiers have the largest load, and the shield and iron armor add up to sixty catties, the ironclad soldiers are all composed of strong men, and each of them can lift four or five hundred catties of weight, so their running speed is not slow.

The auxiliaries mingled between the soldiers, carrying planks to the breach.

"Plug the gap!" Zhu Zhiguang pulled out his long sword and let out a hoarse roar.

"Put!" Wang Xinyu roared.

The auxiliaries pulled the trebuchet, and the rows of bundled bottles were ejected by the trebuchet and smashed into the gap.

The Qing soldiers just converged towards the gap, and were smashed into the middle of the crowd by the overwhelming falling Guojia bottles. Only a series of violent explosions were heard, and the Qing army that had just gathered suddenly flew with blood and flesh, screaming again and again, stumps and broken bodies flew in all directions, the exploding heads spewed out brains, and the internal organs of the intestines flowed out of the stomachs that had been cut by tribulus terrestris and ceramic shards, and the gap suddenly became bloody like Shura hell.

"Up!" Zhu Zhiguang continued to urge the Qing army to go up and plug the gap.

When a local soldier flag commander saw the human parts all over the ground at the gap, and the flesh and internal organs covered with city bricks, his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak, and cold sweat broke out on his head, and he didn't dare to step forward at all.

Zhu Zhiguang grabbed the clothes of the commander of the Tubing Banner: "You give it to me!" ”

"Big, big, great, sir, we should hold on behind the wall. The trebuchet of the pirates ......" replied with a trembling voice. But before the words fell, Zhu Zhiguang pierced his heart with a sword.

Zhu Zhiguang raised his sword again, cut off the head of the head of the native soldier banner, held it in his hand and shouted: "Those who retreat lightly, behead!" Then he added: "The thieves are near, and the thieves' trebuchets will not be dropped again!" ”

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