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The first round of bombing is over.

Su Tiancheng, who had been observing with a telescope, had a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and Qu Qingze, who was beside him, put down the telescope and spoke to Su Tiancheng.

"Marshal, the power of the artillery is so huge, my subordinates never thought of it."

Su Tiancheng frowned slightly, now talking about the power of artillery, the key is to find out through the first round of artillery, what is the mental state of the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort, whether the morale has been hit, and how the Houjin Tartars dodge the artillery, how to reduce casualties as much as possible, so that in the second round of bombardment, the artillery battalion can make adjustments in time.

Qin Rui, the commander of the artillery battalion guard, had already ridden over.

Su Tiancheng looked at Qin Rui and quickly spoke.

"Qin Rui, the effect of the first round of artillery is very good, presumably the Houjin Tartars are going to assemble in the direction of the city gate at this time, they think we are going to start the attack, give you a quarter of an hour, immediately start the second round of artillery firing, you have to remember, the first round of artillery requires full coverage, I have observed, the Houjin Tartars in the direction of the south gate, the casualties are the most heavi, but the remaining three directions, the casualties of the Houjin Tartars are not very large, which also shows that the artillery is not omnipotent, It is impossible to completely cover every part of Xiping Fort, so during the second round of launches, you must observe at any time, pay attention to the direction in which the Houjin Tartars are evading, and concentrate artillery fire on the Houjin Tartars, to blow them up and make them completely lose their fighting spirit. ”

When Su Tiancheng said these words, Qu Qingze's face was a little red, and the marshal paid attention to how the artillery played the greatest role, and he only saw the power of the artillery.

"Qin Rui. You have to remember that the point of artillery is to bombard the Houjin Tartars, to give them maximum damage, I just observed, the Houjin Tartars are not prepared at all, they will not think of it. Our artillery is so sharp, this is very beneficial to us, I have just thought about it, the combat deployment should be adjusted, originally we planned to launch a full-scale attack after five rounds of artillery, now it seems that three rounds are enough. ”

"The second round of artillery will catch Houjin Tartars off guard. You have also noticed that the Houjin Tartars are assembling in the direction of the city gate, and at this time, another round of artillery will overwhelm them, and the casualties will be greater, so after three rounds of artillery, the Houjin Tartars will completely lose their cognitive abilities. Even their commander probably didn't know how to deal with it. At this time, if we launch an attack, we will definitely be able to destroy the withering and decaying. ”

"Qin Rui, hurry up and prepare, don't be stingy with the artillery, even if the cannon chamber is overheated and damaged. There is nothing remarkable, as long as you can take Xiping Fort and destroy the Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort, even if you lose a lot of artillery, it is worth it. You must know that the more fierce and accurate the artillery, the smaller the casualties of our soldiers, and the second round of artillery will continue to bombard the city walls, completely blowing up a large part of the city walls. ”

Qin Rui quickly left and made preparations.

At this time, Qu Qingze came to his senses.

"Marshal, the subordinates feel that it is necessary to make adjustments to the order of attack arranged earlier, the three-way army led by Liu Wenxiu, He Renlong and Di Huaixiang can charge at the same time, and the cavalry can rush to the front, after three rounds of artillery, the subordinates estimate that the Houjin Tartars have basically lost their ability to resist, at this time, give the Houjin Tartars the most violent impact, which can make them quickly defeated."

Su Tiancheng smiled and nodded.

"Lao Qu, the hero sees the same thing, it seems that you are thinking about it seriously, I have already thought of this, after three rounds of artillery, the charge must be fierce, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, so that the Houjin Tartars have no time to organize decent resistance, so that they can fall into chaos, so that our soldiers can minimize casualties, however, our soldiers must remember one thing, we can't let the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort escape, and it is our main purpose to exterminate their vitality."

The artillery finally stopped.

Shi Tingzhu didn't have time to clean up the casualties, and immediately ordered the soldiers to go up to the city wall, many places were blown up, piles of gravel and piles of rubble, became an obstacle, but at this time, Shi Tingzhu couldn't take care of so much, according to the convention, after the artillery, the Ming army was about to attack, and at this time it was necessary to resist and not panic.

Some soldiers began to quickly clear the rubble on the stone staircase, so that the soldiers behind them could go up the city wall, and as for the corpses scattered around, there was no time to clean up.

Shi Tingzhu's eyes were a little red, and the corpses and wreckage around him stimulated him, the two sides had not officially started fighting, and the casualties were so heavy, the key was that these bloody scenes had a great psychological blow to the soldiers, but unfortunately at this time, Shi Tingzhu couldn't think of a good way.

Ma Guangyuan and Bayan both came on horseback, their losses were not large, as for the soldiers guarding the north gate, there were almost no losses, but the heavy losses at the south gate still surprised the two.

Seeing Ma Guangyuan and Bayan, Shi Tingzhu immediately spoke.

"General Ma, General Ba, I think about it, transfer 5,000 soldiers from the north gate to stick to the south gate, it seems that the focus of the Ming army's attack is on the south gate, what do you think."

Ma Guangyuan quickly spoke.

"Marshal, my subordinates agreed, and my subordinates suggested that two thousand five hundred soldiers should be transferred from the east gate and the west gate respectively, so that the number of soldiers stationed at the south gate reached 30,000, and the attack of the Ming army, no matter how sharp, should not think about taking advantage."

The opinions of the three were quickly unified, but they would soon regret this decision.

The Han Eight Banners were also well-trained, and the soldiers of the East, West, and North Gates soon began to assemble towards the South Gate.

Shi Tingzhu has been observing the movements of the Ming army, according to his understanding, the Ming army will soon launch an attack, but why is it so quiet after such a long time.

If it weren't for the ruined city walls and the corpse remains, Shi Tingzhu would have thought he was confused.

Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze, who were standing on a high place, found signs of the mobilization of the Houjin Tartars in Xiping Fort, a large number of Houjin Tartars, assembled in the direction of the south gate, and it was precisely because of this adjustment that Su Tiancheng ordered not to start the second round of artillery fire for the time being, and wait until the Houjin Tartars were assembled in place, and then start the second round of bombardment.

When this decision was made, Su Tiancheng sighed secretly, feeling that the commander of the Houjin Tartar was a little unreasonable, he had already learned the sharpness of artillery, and he was still thinking about gathering sergeants, wouldn't this mean that more sergeants would be sent to death.

Although this situation is very beneficial to Jiang Ningying, Su Tiancheng is still a little sad, this may be the general psychology of the traverser, when the killing is opened, the psychology of the traverser is always different.

Of course Qin Rui was happy, as the commander of the artillery battalion, he regarded the artillery as life, although Su Tiancheng made a request, not to take into account the loss of the artillery, but Qin Rui couldn't bear it, and the soldiers below would be even more distressed, many soldiers were using the cold water that had been prepared for a long time, desperately pouring it on the gun chamber to cool down the artillery. At this time, Su Tiancheng's order came, and the artillery should not be fired for the time being, waiting for the order.

The position of the artillery was not able to observe the situation in Xiping Fort very well, but Qin Rui couldn't think of it so much, as long as it could be launched, it would be the thing he was most happy about.

Two quarters of an hour passed.

The red flag was finally raised.

In an instant, the earth-shattering cannon sound resounded in the sky again.

When the cannon sounded again, Shi Tingzhu had the intention of committing suicide.

Two quarters of an hour passed, the Ming army has not launched an attack, Shi Tingzhu faintly felt that something was wrong, this situation is too strange, from the north gate, the east gate and the west gate mobilized soldiers, all in place, ready to fight, pay attention to the scene ahead, the mood of the soldiers, also slowly began to calm down, this is a happy thing, after being bombarded by artillery, the soldiers can be calmed down in the shortest possible time, they can do their best to fight with the Ming army.

Just when the artillery began the second round of bombardment, Shi Tingzhu thought that if the Ming army bombed again, wouldn't it cause greater casualties.

This time the bombing was as fierce as ever, but the losses were even heavier.

Most of the soldiers were concentrated on the walls and at the base of the walls.

The cannonballs accurately fell on the city wall, the root of the city wall, and in an instant, the bloody breath began to spread up and down the city wall, and this time there were more soldiers who were blown into the air, and many soldiers were directly bombarded by the cannonballs in the air.

It was a tragic sight to witness.

Some of the soldiers were stunned by the explosion, and they dodged without knowing the way, watching the soldiers around them fall, watching their arms and thighs fly into the air, and some even rushed in the direction of the artillery fire.

The rubble above and below the city walls became the biggest killer, and the flying stones hit too many soldiers.

The soldiers on the city wall basically have no chance to escape, the soldiers at the root of the city wall have experienced a round of artillery attack, they try to hide at the root of the city wall, and do not run towards the empty front, they think that the artillery of the Ming army will still advance to the front.

It's a pity that their experience made a fatal mistake.

The bombardment had been concentrated above and below the city walls, and the casualties of the sergeants were increasing.

By this time, some of the sergeants understood, and began to run towards the open area, avoiding artillery fire.

Shi Tingzhu's face was pale, his eyes were red, he had already understood Su Tiancheng's strength, without a single soldier, just relying on artillery, he almost destroyed the morale of the 30,000 troops stationed at the south gate, conservative estimates, one-third of the soldiers have lost the ability to resist, and the casualties have reached such a level, what kind of resistance is there to talk about. (To be continued......)