Just when Kangxi was about to summon Fan Yubin and issue the Great Qing Dynasty treasure banknotes, Wu Sangui's army had already launched an attack on Nanyang as agreed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After three days and three nights of preparation, the Wu army built fortifications outside Nanyang City, dug trenches, built earthen cities, laid down wooden fences, and surrounded Nanyang City like iron buckets. The auxiliaries of the Wu army have also built various siege weapons.

On the artillery position of the Wu army, 12 12-pounder cannons, 6 64-pounder mortars and hundreds of artillery pieces of other calibers were laid out, and these cannons were naturally sold by the Nanyang Company Army to the Wu army.

Wu Sangui, who was wearing a copper-yellow six-petal Mingguang helmet, wearing copper-yellow Mingguang armor and a bright red cloak, stood on the high platform and looked at Nanyang City in front of him with great ambition.

"Now our army is strong and strong, 100,000 troops are attacking the city, and there are only 1,000 fake Tartars and 5,000 people in the city, it is easy to take Nanyang!" The golden knife in Wu Sangui's hand pointed in the direction of Nanyang City.

"Father!" Wu Yingqi stepped forward and arched his hand, "Our gunners are all in place, ask for a siege!" ”

"Start the siege!" Wu Sangui let out a loud roar.

"Siege!" Wu Yingqi turned around and gave the order to his own soldiers.

The gunners of the Wu army picked up torches and stabbed them at the fire gate, and the artillery of one door let out a deafening roar, and the artillery positions were filled with white smoke, the muzzles of the guns spewed fire, and rows of shells smashed towards the city.

Rows of solid cannonballs smashed on the head of the city, the battlements of the female wall were shattered, the city bricks burst out, turning into countless sharp broken bricks, hitting the defenders hiding behind the flesh and blood, the cannonballs hit the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city, and all kinds of defending weapons were shattered. The flowering shells fired by the mortar cannons of the Wu army exploded above and behind the city walls, and the defenders of the city at the head of the city were crushed in the explosion, and the shells that exploded behind the city walls blew up many green battalion soldiers who were hiding from the shelling behind the city walls.

The blazing bonfire at the head of the city was hit by cannonballs, the iron pot set up on the bonfire was overturned, and the hot gold juice splattered in all directions, emitting a disgusting stench.

"Boom" A mortar cannon fired a flowering cannonball just landed in the fire oil tank stacked at the head of the city, the shell rose a ball of fire, the fire oil tank was torn apart, and the fire oil flowing out burned into a sea of fire at the head of the city.

Wu Sangui watched with satisfaction as his powerful firepower bombarded the city: "There are only more than 1,000 fake Tartars and more than 5,000 people in the city, we are killing chickens with knives!" ”

Liu Xuanchu said: "In order to reduce the casualties of our army, we should kill chickens with knives!" ”

Wu Sangui laughed: "The time is almost up!" Let the auxiliaries get on! ”

"Drumming! Sortie! Wu Yingqi turned around and shouted to his soldiers.

The pro-soldiers passed the order, and the chess players of the Wu army waved the banner and issued an order. On the wooden tower, Wu soldiers vigorously waved drumsticks and beat war drums.

With the rumbling sound of drums, a team of shield carts was pushed out of the Wu army camp. In the formation of the shield car, there were several watchtower cars that were higher than the city wall, and Wu Sangui's personal soldiers stood on the watchtower car, observing the movement in the city with binoculars.

"Hurry up!" A soldier of the Wu army shouted, drove away the auxiliaries, pushed the shield cart, and slowly pushed towards Nanyang City.

Most of the auxiliaries of the Wu army were soldiers of the Kuidong Righteous Army who had been captured a while ago, and after Wu Sangui defeated the camp in Hanzhong, he captured many people. These captives were incorporated into the auxiliary army by Wu Sangui, and today the siege battle began, and the natural auxiliary soldiers were used as the first batch of cannon fodder for the siege.

The auxiliaries pushed the shield cart forward slowly, the ground outside the city was very uneven, and there were many obstacles such as plum blossom piles and deer barricades set up by the defenders in the city, and the shield cart was advancing extremely slowly.

In the city, the Qing army and civilians used a winch to hang the tiger squat cannon and the small general's cannon that had just moved to the city to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Wu army, and then the Qing army erected these cannons. In addition to small cannons such as the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Little General Cannon, the defenders of the city also used an earthen cannon called the Pine Cannon.

The so-called pine cannon is an earthen cannon made of cut pine wood hollowed out in the middle and a circle of wire on the outside. Obviously, the number of artillery in the Qing army in Nanyang was extremely scarce, so this weapon was invented. However, this kind of earthen cannon cannot fire solid shells, because the inside of the barrel is very unsmooth, the friction is too great, and it is easy to explode when firing solid shells, so this kind of earthen cannon is filled with crushed stone and iron beads.

In addition to the pine cannons, the defenders also used their guns to carry their guns. Originally, the Qing army, like the Ming army, used turtledoves and guns, but the defenders of Nanyang did not have that kind of weapons, and they were reluctant to spend precious iron to make the shelves of turtledoves guns, so they rushed to produce a batch of very poor quality guns to help defend the city.

When the shield cart entered within 100 steps, the city head, which had just been silent, suddenly became lively, and the Qing troops at the head of the city lit the tiger squat cannon and the small general's cannon one after another, and the muzzle of the cannon spewed out a ball of fire. The Qing soldier who used the gun turned the muzzle of the gun, lit the fire door, and raised the gun to shoot a projectile the size of a goose egg.

The cannonball smashed into the shield cart formation, shattering the shield, jumping sandbags, and the auxiliaries behind the shield cart fell a lot. The bullet hit the shield cart, tearing a hole directly into the shield and piercing the auxiliaries behind.

"Up! Above! The soldiers of the Wu army brandished steel knives and pressed the auxiliaries to push the shield cart forward.

After all, there were too few artillery pieces at the head of the city, and it took time to reload after just one round of shooting, and the accuracy of these old guns was indeed too low, and the Qing army only destroyed five shield vehicles in the shelling. The Wu army auxiliaries took advantage of the Qing army's loading opportunity and continued to push the shield cart closer to the city wall.

In front of it were dense wooden stakes and deer barricades, blocking the way of the shield cart. The Wu army auxiliaries had to venture out of the shield cart and go to the front, swinging axes to chop through obstacles.

At this moment, a chaotic arrow like a locust was shot from the top of the city, and the rain of arrows pierced into the crowd, piercing the auxiliary soldiers without any armor, and the crowd suddenly flew flesh and blood, and a miserable scream sounded.

The Wu army's counterattack was also very fast, and the Wu army's own soldiers standing on the watchtower car waved small flags to guide the artillery to the target.

"Fire!" The Wu army's artillery roared again, and forty-eight six-pounder guns spewed fire, and the shells smashed into the city, causing heavy casualties to the Qing troops at the head of the city.

The resistance of the Qing army was very stubborn, and the Qing army at the head of the city braved the dense artillery fire of the Wu army, bombarded the city with guns loaded with shotguns, and pine cannons, and the Wu army auxiliaries who were chopping wooden stakes and deer barricades fell in large pieces. Some of the Wu army auxiliaries were so frightened that they turned around and wanted to hide behind the shield cart, but they were immediately cut down by the Wu army soldiers.

The sharpshooters of the Wu army also appeared, and two hundred musketeers of the Wu army, armed with rifled guns, stepped forward, and from a hundred and fifty paces away, raised their rifled guns, and fired at the head of the city.

Just when the offensive of the Wu army was in full swing, a spy came to report: "Report to the commander!" Discover the Tartar cavalry! ”