After taking a deep breath, he shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him who were also stunned by shock......

"What are you doing here? Immediately go up to the city wall and prepare for battle, the officers and soldiers are about to rush up......"

"You must remember to me, after I go up to the city wall, I will hide behind the city wall, and do not expose my body to the front of the officials and soldiers, and the musketeers of the officers and soldiers outside the city are not vegetarians...... A buckshot can kill you. ”

More than 1,000 soldiers, holding cold weapons, quietly touched the city wall.

The 3,000 musketeers of the Beijing camp, who had moved outside the city to less than fifty paces away from the city wall, raised their muskets at the same time, lit the arquebus, and prepared to shoot at the head of the city.

It is conceivable that if the defenders had not given up their muskets, they would still have intended to use the muskets to fire at the officers and soldiers outside the city.

The expectant defenders, perhaps just showing their bodies on the city walls, and before they could even raise the spears in their hands, they were attacked by three thousand musketeers outside the city, and were beaten into a hornet's nest by lead bullets.

However, on the city wall in front of him, there was a dead silence, but it surprised everyone.

The musketeers of the 3,000 officers, who were ready to attack, did not see the target they wanted to shoot on the city wall.

Faced with such a situation, a bold idea quickly came to the mind of the 3,000 officer musketeers in chief.

"Could it be that the defenders on the city wall have been blown up in the shelling just now......"

As soon as this thought appeared in the mind of the main general, it became lingering. To confirm this suspicion, two thousand sword and shield men were in charge of the attack. Directly under the command of the main general. Beyond the musket array. Approaching the city walls.

Of course, the officers and generals with cautious personalities did not use all the strength at hand.

A musketeer formation of 3,000 musketeers was still standing in place, muskets held aloft, aimed at the city, ready to shoot.

Forty steps, two thousand sword and shield hands. It was already forty steps away from the wall. The city walls, which were aimed at by 3,000 muskets, still did not move......

Thirty steps, still not the slightest movement...... Twenty steps, and there is not the slightest movement......

Just when the commander-in-chief of the officer and army had already begun to confirm his judgment in his heart and was about to send out the three thousand musketeers around him, an accident happened that he didn't want to see the most.

In the dead silence of the city, hundreds of grenades emitting white smoke were suddenly thrown.

After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, these black grenades. It was like rain, and it fell directly among the two thousand sword and shield men he had sent out.

Under the gaze of more than 3,000 pairs of shocked eyes. These landed grenades exploded.

The flames that rose from the ground, the black smoke that quickly spread to the surroundings, and the violent explosion...... It's like a god of death with a bloody mouth open, constantly devouring the fragile lives of the sword and shield hands around them.

Seeing the tragic picture in front of him, the face of the Lord General instantly became gloomy.

The commander, who had seen the tremendous power of grenades, knew that as long as the defenders were equipped with enough grenades, the only way to go was to annihilate the entire army of the 2,000 sword and shield men he had sent out.

As the most elite unit of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme commander of the 5,000 Beijing battalion soldiers. Of course, the officers and generals will not watch their subordinates fall into a dangerous situation of being passively beaten.

As soon as the first round of grenades thrown by the city head exploded, the order to retreat was given by the commander......

Two thousand sword and shield men, under two consecutive rounds of grenade attacks by the defenders, managed to retreat to the offensive position, and only 1,200 men remained. That is to say, the 5,000 officers and soldiers, without even seeing the shadow of the defenders, lost almost 20% of their troops.

Looking at the subordinates who were retreating with wolf faces beside him, the main general's face turned red directly from anger.

At this time, the adjutant general beside him suddenly spoke: "General, the rebels have grenades, and we also have ......."

"As long as we can rush ten steps from the city wall, we can also throw grenades at the top of the city, so that the rebels can taste the power of the court grenades, and also give them a taste of what it is like to be bombed......"

The general's eyes lit up, and his face, which was flushed with anger, rekindled hope.

Facing the adjutant general in front of him, he affirmed loudly: "You're right, we also have grenades...... Immediately divide the grenades sent by the imperial court to us in 1,000 pieces...... Send out five hundred musketeers, one armed with two ......"

"Under the cover of the sword and shield men, the five hundred musketeers quickly approached the city walls. Then, in the shortest possible time, throw these grenades at the top of the city...... Let the rebels in the city also taste the taste of being bombed. ”

Soon, a new offensive of the officers and troops began.

On the surface of a quiet city wall, Tong Guò has just fought and tasted the benefits of grenades. Without exception, all of them greeted the second round of attacks of the officers and troops with full expectations. Prepare to use grenades to deal another fatal blow to the officers and soldiers outside the city.

However, the officers and troops of this round of attack seem to have become well-behaved.

No longer rushing towards the city wall, but holding a shield high, holding a big sword in hand, three or four steps apart from each other, rushing towards the city wall in a very orderly manner.

In the face of the sudden change in the official army, the defenders at the head of the city were shocked, but they did not take it seriously.

In their eyes, no matter how scattered the formation of the officers and soldiers is, they will gather at the foot of the city wall. As long as they gather at the foot of the city walls and hold the grenade in their hands, they can exert their maximum power. At that time, as long as there are enough grenades, it can still deal a fatal blow to the officers and soldiers outside the city who have changed their attacking formation.

However, what they didn't expect was. The grenades they can trust are not only equipped with them, but also with the officers and soldiers outside the city.

And the more than 1,000 defenders who held the city wall were destined to pay a very heavy price for their contempt for the officers and soldiers.

At the interval of 20 paces, in the face of the scattered officers and troops, in order to maximize the power of the grenade, the 300 bombardiers, under the order of the adjutant general, did not drop the bomb.

They waited until all the officers and troops had gathered on the front line of the city wall, and then threw grenades, using a limited number of grenades to achieve maximum results.

However, their opponents, the officers and soldiers, wanted this opportunity.

Facing the city head that still did not have the slightest movement in front of him, a strange smile appeared on the faces of all the officers and soldiers.

What's more, some of the officer-soldier musketeers, armed with grenades, have already begun to pull out grenades and fire folds. A pair of murderous eyes, staring at the city, ready to drop bombs.

Twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps......

When the defenders of the city still did not have the slightest movement, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the middle of the attacking troops of the official army.

Throw a grenade......

As soon as the command sounded, the five hundred musketeers hidden in the hands of the sword and shield moved.

After lighting the grenade that he had prepared with a fire breaker, he threw it at the head of the city with all his might......

The more than 1,000 defenders hidden on the city walls, without exception, all saw the great power of the grenade in the battle that had just ended. In the face of a grenade that exploded in a large area, the more he knew his power, the more he was afraid of it......

And now, the grenade that he was afraid of actually flew towards him with white smoke.

In just an instant, most of the faces of most of the more than 1,000 soldiers turned pale in an instant.

Maybe it's because of shock, maybe it's because of panic...... In the face of the whistling grenade, these soldiers were stunned on the spot, waiting for the grenade to land next to them and explode.

Relying on the geographical advantage, less than one-third of the grenades thrown by the officers and soldiers on the city wall actually hit the target.

However, even these more than 100 grenades still killed and injured more than 300 soldiers hiding in the city wall.

At this time, under the influence of the sound of explosions, the defenders who were in shock finally reacted.

Under the protection of the guards, the lieutenant who dodged the grenade attack also reacted from the shock.

As soon as the violent explosion stopped, a roar filled with anger came out of his mouth.

"I'm still stunned for what to do, and immediately throw the grenade out... The officers and soldiers were also armed with grenades and had to be blown back. Otherwise, we will continue to lie on the city wall and be bombed..."

There are still more than a hundred bombardiers left on the city walls, and there is finally a reaction ....

In the roar of the lieutenant general, grenades were lit one after another, and the walls were thrown ...

However, they were fast, and the officers and musketeers were also very fast.

When the grenades emitting white smoke were thrown out of the city one after another. The second round of grenades thrown by the officers and soldiers had already arrived and flew towards the city.

Explosions sounded, and the defenders, who were less than a thousand men left at the head of the city, lost three or four hundred men again.

At this time, there were less than forty defender bombardiers who could continue to throw grenades outside the city.

In the face of the slightest grenade attack, the officer's saber and shield hand, who had already rushed to the corner of the city wall, quickly erected the ladder.

After biting the large knife in his hand, he holds a shield in one hand to guard against rolling stones that may fall from the sky. Holding the ladder with one hand, he began to climb towards the city with both hands and feet.

In a few breaths, there were officers and soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city.

Faced with the officers and troops close at hand, the adjutant general simply did not have time to pay attention to the subordinates who were wounded by the grenade.

After picking up a spear of a fallen soldier, he stood up sharply.

Holding his spear, he slammed into the nearest officer.

The spear head that emitted a cold light outward, with the sound of the wind, stabbed into the chest of the officers and soldiers. A loud roar also sounded in the mouth of the adjutant general.

"Spearmen, sword and shield bearers, and those who can still move, stand up for me, and kill the officers and soldiers who climbed the city wall for me-...."

"Bombardier, keep throwing grenades at me......"

"Kill..."

The more than 500 spearmen and sword and shield men who could still move on the city walls once again mustered up their courage under the immersive encouragement of the lieutenant general.

Clenching the weapon in his hand, he screamed and rushed towards the nearest officer.

So, the first close-range battle in the entire offensive and defensive battle began. (To be continued......)