Under the city of Yazhou, the Ming army has set up small cannons, set up watchtowers, and launched eight nest cars higher than the city wall, each nest car has four archers on it.

The Ming army once again asked people to go to the city to persuade them to surrender, but the governor of Yazhou refused to surrender.

Wang Xinyu ordered: "Start attacking the city, don't really fight, fill the moat first." We will use artillery and bows and arrows outside the range of the defenders of the city to inflict casualties on the defenders at the head of the city! ”

Eight nest carts were also pushed forward, and the nest carts were out of range of the defenders at the head of the city, but the archers on the nest carts could shoot bows and arrows at the enemy with their divine powers.

The war drums rumbled, four wagons and twelve shield carts were pushed out, and the auxiliaries pushed the carts and advanced towards the moat.

Seeing the Ming army attacking, the Qing court governor at the head of the city anxiously shouted: "Hurry up and release the arrow!" Put rockets! Can't let them fill the moat! ”

When the shield cart and the chariot of the Ming army were about to approach the moat, the bow and arrow of the Qing army at the head of the city fired a volley, the arrow was like a flying locust, and the bullet was like rain, which made the shield cart and the chariot tremble constantly.

The Qing army at the head of the city also shot rockets, which were fired into the shield carts and carts hung with wet felt, igniting a little flame, which was immediately extinguished by the moisture in the wet felt.

However, a shield cart that rushed to the front was continuously shot by rockets, and the moisture in the wet felt was constantly drained, and I don't know how many arrows were hit, the shield cart was finally ignited by the rocket, and flames began to emerge in front of it.

More than a dozen auxiliaries of the cart insisted on pushing the burning shield cart to the moat, threw sandbags into the river, and then dropped the burning shield cart and turned to run.

Under the random arrows and bullets at the head of the city, more than half of the more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers fell, and the rest ran behind a chariot on the side and escaped the fire of the Qing army.

As the cart passed by the fallen auxiliaries, the wounded and dead auxiliaries were pulled in.

The Ming army archers on the nest car shot rows of wolf-toothed arrows, and the Qing army's bird-gun soldiers and archers who were shooting with bird guns and bows and arrows at the head of the city were constantly shot by heavy arrows, and they fell down one after another screaming.

Twelve four-pounder bronze cannons bombarded the city, and the cannonballs smashed on the female wall of the city wall, causing the female wall to be littered with rubble. The stones behind the female wall that had been hit by the shells also cracked, and some of the Qing soldiers standing behind were hit by the rubble, and their heads were broken and bleeding, and they let out bursts of screams.

"Boom" A female wall finally could not withstand the bombardment of the cannonballs, and collapsed a large area, revealing the city head above.

The musketeers and archers of the Ming army and the Nanyang Company army also pressed up, firing random arrows and projectiles at the head of the city. Especially those British and Portuguese, their guns were brought by themselves, these Western muskets were of good quality, they could be quickly loaded with fixed ammunition, and the rate of fire was much faster than that of the Ming army's bird guns.

Cannonballs, bullets and sharp arrows continued to shoot at the head of the city, and the blood and flesh of the Qing soldiers at the head of the city flew everywhere, screaming again and again, and the air was filled with scarlet blood mist.

The Qing army had nest carts suppressed overhead, artillery bombardment in front, and musketeers and archers below, although the Qing army had a wall defense, but it was at a disadvantage in the counterfire, and the city was soon filled with the corpses of Qing soldiers.

The Ming army also suffered casualties, but with the protection of the big wooden plaque, as well as the iron armor protection of the soldiers, and the firepower was far superior to the opponent, the casualties of the Ming army were smaller than those of the Qing army defending the city.

Taking advantage of their own firepower, the shield cart and the auxiliaries on the cart quickly pushed the cart to the moat, dropping a sack full of sand.

The Qing army at the head of the city desperately shot with bows and arrows and bird guns, trying to prevent the Ming army auxiliaries from filling the river, but under the suppression of the opponent's firepower, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties and still could not stop the auxiliaries.

The shield cart and the cart went back and forth again and again, and many auxiliaries threw sandbags and were about to retreat to the back of the cart, but they were hit by the bows and arrows and projectiles of the Qing army at the head of the city, and fell on the side of the shield cart and the cart. However, the Qing army at the head of the city suffered greater losses, and the auxiliary soldiers threw more and more sacks, and it was about to fill a section of the moat.

"Hurry up and smoke the wolf!" Zhizhou roared hoarsely, "Let General Gao hurry up!" ”

Seeing the emergency wolf smoke sent from the direction of Yazhou City, Gao Jinku was anxious.

"Hurry up and attack the city!" Gao Jinku shouted. If you can't relieve the siege of Yazhou and let Yazhou lose, then even if you commit suicide or die in Qiongzhou, it's useless, your family is in Guangzhou, Gao Jinku is worried that Shang Kexi will use this as an excuse to embarrass his family.

A very interesting phenomenon happened: the Ming army attacked the city in Yazhou, but the Qing army attacked the city in Banling.

The war drums sounded in unison, and groups of Qing soldiers carried simple ladders and bamboo flying bridges to rush towards Tucheng.

The bamboo row flying bridge was lowered and erected on the trench.

"Kill!" A large number of green battalion soldiers armed with shields and machetes shouted and rushed towards Tucheng.

Arrows and projectiles were shot down from the top of the city, and the shields of each Qing soldier were full of arrows, and they looked like hedgehogs. Some Qing soldiers were hit by sharp arrows and projectiles, exposing their arms and calves outside the shield, and fell down screaming.

Just when dozens of Qing soldiers formed a straight line and were about to pass over the bamboo row flying bridge, suddenly there was a dull sound of large-caliber firearms shooting at the head of the city.

"Boom" A projectile the size of a goose egg passed through the crowd of Qing soldiers, and the shield of the Qing soldier at the front broke, the power of the bullet did not decrease, and after shattering the shield, the whole head of the Qing soldier was opened. Then the projectile penetrated the second, third, and fourth Qing soldiers.

The projectile the size of a goose egg pierced through seven Qing soldiers in a row before it lost its kinetic energy and fell into the dirt.

Behind the wooden fence at the head of the city, a huge musket carried by two people was pulled back, and the musketeers nervously cleaned the chamber of the gun, filled the musket with gunpowder, and finally stuffed a projectile the size of a goose egg into the muzzle.

The gun weighs more than 30 catties, the length is more than one zhang long, the caliber is 20 millimeters, and the power is much greater than that of ordinary bird guns. This kind of firearm is not very useful in offensive warfare, but in mountainous and hilly terrain, in the defense of the city, this weapon can show great power because it is lighter than artillery.

"Boom" was another heavy musket that fired a huge projectile, and the bullet the size of a goose egg pulled a scarlet blood line in the crowd of the Qing army, and a straight line of Qing soldiers fell.

Twelve heavy muskets took turns firing from behind the wooden fence, and the smoke of gunfire filled the city, and the Qing soldiers who rushed across the bamboo row flying bridge fell like harvested rice.

The rest of the Ming army was not idle, bows and arrows, birds, and guns, constantly beckoning to the Qing soldiers under the city.

A large number of Qing archers and bird gunners also pressed up, standing behind the trench under the city, and counterattacked the Ming army at the head of the city. However, because of the thick wooden fence embedded in the city, the Ming army could shoot arrows and projectiles from the gaps in the wooden fence, while most of the arrows and projectiles shot by the Qing army were blocked by the wooden fence. In the confrontation between the two sides, the Qing army obviously suffered a big loss.

"Quick, rushing to the city is victory!" Gao Jinku shouted anxiously.

The earthen city in front of it is very short, only one zhang high, not to mention compared with the fortified cities like Guangzhou and Hangzhou, even the ordinary Yazhou city is three zhang high, which is three times higher than the ridiculous low city in front of it. Such a dwarf earth city, Gao Jinku believes that it can be taken down with just one attack!

Under the indiscriminate arrows and bullets, the Qing army rushed across the bamboo row flying bridge and arrived at the city.

Just when the green battalion Qing soldiers set up the ladder one after another, the clay bottles with green smoke suddenly flew over the city and fell in the crowd of Qing soldiers.

"Ten thousand enemies!" The Qing soldiers cried out in horror.

It was not 10,000 enemies that were left behind, but a large national surname bottle. This is a kind of national surname bottle for defense, which is one and a half feet high, about seven inches in diameter, and weighs more than ten catties.

Unlike the one-and-a-half-pound national surname bottle, this kind of large national surname bottle is definitely not far from the throwing distance and cannot be used in the attack. But when defending the city, it was more powerful than the 10,000 enemies of the Ming army before.

In addition to thistle terrestris and gunpowder, some additives are actually useless at all, and the Chinese people thought that adding some things could poison the enemy, but in fact, the effect of the explosion was reduced, and the effect of thistle terrestris and iron sheet that could really kill and injure the enemy was reduced, and the effect was counterproductive. And in the national surname bottle, there are no useless additives. Because Zheng Chenggong was originally good at firearms, the bomb he invented was aimed at increasing the power as much as possible.

"Boom, boom, boom" There were violent explosions one after another under the city.

Dazzling firelight burst out, and fragments of clay pots and iron sand and iron beads filled with them flew in all directions.

The Qing soldiers who rushed to the bottom of the earth city were blown to pieces, and none of the more than 300 people could stand firmly, and the ladder that had been erected at the head of the city was also blown apart.

The first attack of the Qing soldiers was repulsed, and the large muskets at the head of the city were also aimed at the backs of the retreating Qing troops, firing a volley that overturned several people.

Gao Jinku was furious: "Pull the cannon!" Blasting out the earth city for me! ”

Along with the Qing army's baggage transport team, there were small cannons such as the Qing army's Franc machine, general cannon and tiger squat cannon. Heavy artillery such as red-coated cannons was too heavy to be transported because of their weight, so Gao Jinyuan left all the red-coated cannons in the capital city of Qiongzhou, Wanzhou, and did not bring them out to reinforce Yazhou.

The Qing army panted and pushed the small cannon, ready to push the small cannon up to bombard Tucheng.

However, behind Tucheng was the gradually rising hillside, and Gong Xiaoda, who was observing the movements of the Qing army on the top of the mountain, found that the Qing army was pushing out the artillery, so he let his artillery strike first and launched an attack on the Qing gunners.

The six six-pounder copper cannons that had not been fired suddenly opened fire, these six copper cannons, all British man-made cannons, the inner chambers have been carefully polished, very smooth, the cannons are well-made, although the caliber is not large, but the firing range is long, the accuracy is high. What's more, these cannons take the form of a fixed charge pack!

Six British guns opened fire, and the shells fell from a height and landed in the crowd of Qing gunners who were pushing the artillery, and the shells bounced around the ground, smashing over a general cannon and killing more than 20 Qing gunners.

Seeing the sudden cannon shooting in the Tucheng in front of him, Gao Jinku was startled: "Haikou also brought the cannon!" ”

However, seeing that the opponent finished shooting a round, Gao Jinku shouted: "Hurry up and set up the cannon!" The enemy is not so fast in the next round of shooting! Blast the earth city open, and we'll be able to get in! ”

But what Gao Jinku didn't expect was that the second round of shelling soon came again!

As soon as the British gunners had finished a round of fire, they hung down the muzzle of the gun, cleaned the chamber with a wet mop, and at the same time played a role in cooling the chamber, and then stuffed the fixed cartridge into it, and then stuffed a wooden board used to seal it to ensure airtightness, and finally loaded the shell.

The muzzle of the gun was again aimed at the Qing troops, and the British gunners pierced through the fire door with an awl, pierced a hole in the medicine pack, and inserted the fuse into the fire door.

Guns with fixed charge packs are fast to reload, firing up to six shells in a minute.

"Fire!" The small flag in the hand of the British gun captain pointed forward.

The six guns that had been reloaded were fired again, and the Qing gunners were shot with blood.

Gong Xiaoda was not worried that the Qing army could set up the artillery, because he still had four Franc machine guns in his hand that had not been fired, just in case. Although the Franc cannon had a fast rate of fire, due to poor air tightness and poor accuracy, Gong Xiaoda did not use these Franc cannons for the time being, but first used the British artillery team to shoot.

In just one minute, the British artillery had fired three volleys, and the Qing gunners dropped their guns one after another, turned and fled behind.

The Overseer team, which was served by the Eight Banners, cut down several gunners and forced the Green Battalion gunners to continue to push the guns to attack.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the Qing artillery team was beaten to pieces by the company with artillery. The remaining gunners, even if the overseer team slashed and slashed, refused to go up and die again.

Seeing that the opponent had a cannon, Gao Jinku fell into despair. He wanted to give up the siege and retreat to Wanzhou. But at this time, the wolf smoke signal was sent from the direction of Yazhou again, telling Gao Jinku that Yazhou was already in danger!

"Attack me! If you can't relieve the siege of Yazhou, the king of Pingnan wants to kill Lao Tzu's family, and Lao Tzu will cut you down first! Gao Jinku roared hoarsely.

In Yazhou, the moat has been filled in many places, the Qing army on the head of the city has been killed and wounded, and the female wall has also been bombarded by artillery fire in many places, revealing the bare city head above.

"Kill!" A large number of Ming troops shouted, carrying simple ladders, and posing as if they were preparing to attack the city.

The Qing army braved a dense rain of bullets and fired rows of random arrows at the head of the city.

The Ming army threw down the improvised ladder one after another, turned around and fled back.

"Finally repelled another round of attack by the pirates!" Yazhou Zhizhou breathed a sigh of relief.

From just now to the present, the Ming army has carried simple ladders to attack the city several times, but they have been shot back by the Qing army with random arrows. Although the Qing army at the head of the city suffered great losses, it finally forced the Ming army back.

In fact, it is impossible for Wang Xinyu to really go to the ant annex to attack the city, so his own losses will be too great. Just let the soldiers carry the ladder in order to attract the firepower of the Qing army, so that they can shoot the Qing soldiers with their various long-range weapons.

"Report to the General! There are local natives visiting! A soldier came to report to Wang Xinyu.

"Local natives?" Wang Xinyu asked.

"It's the Li people!" The soldier replied.

Wang Xinyu remembered that the local Li and Miao people often broke out in uprisings, and the Qing army carried out bloody suppression of the rebels. If he wants to gain a foothold on Hainan Island, he has to deal with the Li and Miao people, and the Li and Miao people are also natural warriors, and their desire to oppose the Qing is no worse than that of the Han people. So he said to the soldier, "Call him in!" ”

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