Some distance behind the phalanx of archers in these chariots was the Jianlu carrying improvised ladders, and the dozen or so huge ladder carts were steadily advancing in the dust.

The benefits of the condescending head of the city are revealed, in the first contact battles, those sharpshooters are relatively agile, hiding behind the battlements, and shooting an arrow at the city in the cold, and occasionally unlucky to have an arrow just when the probe comes and is unlucky. However, the cavalry Jiancun suffered more casualties, and the casualty ratio on both sides reached at least ten to one.

After the distant chariot approached the range of the cannon, Man Gui's military order was passed down, commanded by the family at the head of the city, and two to three cannons were aimed at a chariot and fired. The reason for this was that the accuracy of the Ming artillery was too poor.

It was only at this time that Hu Guang suddenly discovered that among the soldiers operating the artillery at the head of the city, there were many Westerners, but because of the armor, they had not been found before.

Li Fengxiang's attention was mostly focused on the emperor, and when he saw Hu Guang's face showing a hint of surprise, he looked at it and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, those Xiyi were all begged by Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Oh?" When Hu Guang heard this, it was Xu Guangqi again, and he asked a little curiously.

Li Fengxiang saw that he was interested, so he became even more energetic, and immediately replied: "At the beginning of October, when Jianyu first arrived in Beijing, Xu Shilang begged these Xiyi to go to the city, but later these Xiyi seemed to have some conditions, and there was Qin Wangjun outside the city, so he didn't stay in the city all the time. ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he groaned for a while and said, "Spread the word Xu Shilang to meet you!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Shiyue on the side heard it and hurriedly agreed.

At this time, a person came up from the arrow tower, and everyone looked at it, but it was Cao Huachun, the commander of the East Factory. He had come to report to Emperor Chongzhen about the situation in the city.

That is, what people have gone to the streets, how many people have been transferred from which prefectures, how much is the reserve people now, how much money and grain has been paid by each prefecture, and so on.

After hearing this, Hu Guang nodded and asked, "What is the change in the Jin merchants in the city?" ”

Liu Xingzuo had reminded him before, and he was afraid that the Jin Chamber of Commerce in the city would take the opportunity to make trouble. Therefore, Hu Guangcai asked this question.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid has already sent people to secretly stare at the Jin merchants in the city, and no abnormalities have been found!" When Cao Huachun heard this, he hurriedly replied.

Hu Guang nodded after hearing this and said: "Okay, you have done a good job in the logistics of the city, you have to communicate with Manqing for the follow-up matters, and the wounded who have been withdrawn from the city must be properly handled, understand?" ”

"Slave obeys!" Cao Huachun agreed, and went down to the arrow tower to continue to work.

At this moment, only the sound of "boom boom" sounded. Hu Guang looked up when he heard the sound, but it was the city's artillery that fired.

About twenty or so iron bullets shot out, flew in a small arc, and then fell to the ground and began to bounce.

Although the cavalry was scattered, it was to avoid more casualties from the city's artillery. However, it was inevitable that some Jianyu cavalry could not dodge, and even the people and horses were smashed by high-speed catapult subway bullets and were smashed to pieces and shattered.

However, as if they had not seen it, they were not affected in the slightest, and it was as it should have been, and the severed limbs and wreckage were soon drowned in the sea of cavalry.

Even if there were Xiyi cannons, only one of the twenty or so iron bullets hit a cart, and the sound of "bang" was faintly audible in the rumbling hooves of horses.

I saw that the shield surface of the cart was obviously a little tilted, and there was a big groove, however, the cart was okay after all, and it could continue to be promoted. However, it can be seen that after the cart left the place, several people who pushed the cart fell to the ground, apparently being shocked when they were pushing the cart just now.

Hu Guang saw a little regret, the distance was a bit far, and the bounce after the shell landed also consumed a lot of kinetic energy, so he failed to destroy the car.

Suddenly, he saw that many of the cavalry had dismounted not far from the moat and planted torches on the ground.

At the head of the city, Man Gui's family was shouting orders again, and then he saw that more firecrackers began to approach the battlements. The sharpshooters also abandoned the mounted captives and hailed the dismounted ones instead.

Hu Guang looked a little inexplicable, and he didn't know what Jianyu wanted to do. However, he soon became aware that after the Jianlu lit the torches planted in the ground one by one, when the Jianlu's cavalry approached, they first stretched out arrows and ignited the ignition tied to the arrows, which became rockets, and then they did not shoot directly, but threw them at the head of the city. And the focus of their projectile was the city where the artillery was fired just now.

"So cunning!" Hu Guang sighed, this was to ignite the gunpowder on the artillery position at the head of the city. At least with rockets, the guns will fire much slower.

Where there is a spear, there is a shield, and the military order was quickly handed down, and one by one the battle sheds were assembled and pushed to the artillery positions. When those rockets fell, they were all blocked by the tent. Because of the fire protection measures, these rockets could not ignite the war shed.

As the fighting continued, the wagons outside the city were getting closer and closer, covering countless prisoners approaching the city walls. Finally artillery began to work and hit those cars.

There was a loud "bang", and the seemingly solid car was torn apart like a paper paste, and it fell apart. The pile of prisoners hiding in the back was affected, and there were immediately casualties.

But even so, there was no retreat, and even if there was less cover, they continued to advance towards the city wall.

Thousands of people marched forward with shields in their hands. At first, these shield soldiers fell behind the chariots, but slowly, closer to the city walls, and when they entered the city head, they began to overtake the chariots and accelerate towards the city.

From Hu Guang's point of view, outside the Desheng Gate at this time, in the dust, countless Jianyu were flocking in, and the scale was so large that it felt that the outside of the city had been filled with Jianyu.

The archers of the captives, under the cover of their chariots and shields, were already approaching the moat. In the distance, those ladder carts have already moved slowly, looking at the itinerary, it should be when the Jianyu archers just form a suppression of the city, and the ladder carts will be able to reach the city. In the middle of the ladder truck, there are also those crash cars.

Huang Taiji looked at the battle under the city from afar, and seemed to be a little satisfied, and the current casualties were also within the acceptable range.

"Amma, the defense of this Ming Kingdom Jingshi is far inferior to Ningyuan outside the Guan, the child is willing to be the vanguard, the first to climb the city, for Ama Yangwei!" Twenty-one-year-old Hauge looked excited and begged loudly.

Huang Taiji heard it, glanced at him, seemed a little displeased, and said coldly: "When can you stabilize your temperament, take a good look at the first!" ”

Although he was satisfied with the casualties at this time, it didn't mean that he felt that the head of the city was so strong. He always remembered the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, but just a few casual words, which not only made him return in vain, but even boosted the morale of the city.

At this time, Huang Taiji has one thing in his heart that can be determined: the emperor of the Ming Kingdom should not be underestimated!