After a night's rest and change of guards, the two-mile city wall had been replaced by more than a thousand well-armed musketeers

At the same time, twenty-seven heavy mortars, nine medium mortars, and nine light mortars were all erected in the city of Yangquan County behind the city wall.

Of course, after a night's rest, more than a thousand Yangquan defenders with vengeful anger gathered at the city gate. Hold your weapons tightly and prepare to avenge the brothers who died in battle with the heads and blood of the officers and soldiers outside the city in today's counteroffensive.

On the other hand, the officers and soldiers outside the city, after a night of reflection and summarization, the officers and soldiers directly thought that they would be. During the two-day attack, a very important reason why the soldiers under his command could not gain a firm foothold on the city wall was that the siege troops sent out by themselves were too few, and they could not guarantee a steady stream of soldiers to climb the city wall and fight with the defenders to expand the breakthrough.

Therefore, in today's first round of attacks, the main general Zhou Haoguang directly increased the offensive force from 4,000 to 6,000, almost half of the troops on hand...... The remaining 2,000 grenades were also taken out. Prepare for a battle and take down the county seat of Yangquan in front of you, which you have attacked for two days.

The officers and troops attacked the position, and the main general, Zhou Haoguang, took a cold look at the dilapidated city wall of Yangquan County, and directly issued an attack order with a confident face.

As a result, the roaring sound of Hongyi artillery shelling, like thunder, sounded on the battlefield.

The two-mile-long city wall was also covered in a few breaths by the recreation of the flowering bomb.

In order to take Yangquan County in one fell swoop, Zhou Haoguang, the chief general of the official army, not only sent additional offensive troops. The Hongyi cannon used to bombard the city walls. It has also increased to as many as fifty. It can be said that I gave my best.

Such an unprecedented shelling. It lasted for half an hour before it slowly ended.

As the explosion of the flowering bomb slowly dissipated, the main city wall in front of him was once again slashed by the artillery fire by almost two feet. What's more, the two-mile-long city wall was blown out of a huge gap with a width of one zhang in the shelling just now.

If the siege is carried out from this gap, the officers and troops attack the troops. Maybe you can't even use a ladder, you can directly climb the gap in the city wall that was blown open and rush into Yangquan County.

Faced with this situation, Wang Feng ordered loudly: "Add a musket team at the gap, and the others will immediately go up to the city wall and prepare for a counterattack...... Artillery, ready to open artillery ......" heavy artillery battalion, responsible for destroying the official army Hongyi artillery...... Medium and light mortars, bombing the attacking units of the officers and troops...... As long as Ben will give an order. Just shoot at the general and use up all the shells he brought......"

6,000 officers and troops outside the city who were in charge of the attack. Blown gaps in the walls were also found.

Plus they knew that the musketeers could not pose a threat to the defenders on the walls. The attacking troops, consisting of musketeers and sword and shield bearers, rushed towards the breach with a howl like wolves smelling of fish.

Facing the officials and soldiers outside the city who were getting closer and closer to him, Wang Feng, who had a murderous face, ordered loudly. "Start a counteroffensive and let the officers and troops outside the city know the true combat effectiveness of our Shanxi army."

The sound of gunshots like popping beans, the sound of violent grenade explosions, the explosion of flowering bombs like ordinary thunder...... It was like a war symphony, which quickly sounded on the battlefield.

The attacking troops of the officers and soldiers, who only thought about dodging grenades and had no idea of muskets and artillery, were covered with the whistling lead bullets and flowering bullets in the blink of an eye.

When the officers and troops were swept to the ground, on the battlefield, the Hongyi artillery position of the officers and troops, which had been flaunting their might for two days, was also covered by the smoke of gunpowder produced by the explosion of more than 20 flowering bombs at this moment.

Standing next to the Hongyi cannon, the official gunners who had no way to hide, like paper paste, were blown to the ground by the fragments of the shells produced by the explosion of the flowering shells. What's more, the bones were directly blown up by the flowering bomb......

Buckshot and flowering bullets from Yangquan County, when they killed and injured the soldiers under their command round after round. Zhou Haoguang's face, which was not far from the artillery position, had changed from the self-confidence just now to the gloom now.

After slamming his clenched fist on the desk beside him, he said in a heavy tone: "It's a flintlock musket and a new type of artillery that can fire flowering shells...... As far as the general knows, these two weapons are only equipped with the Haw Par Army in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. "Judging from the intensity of gunfire and artillery, there must be reinforcements from the Haw Par Army in Yangquan County, which is placed in front of us.

Speaking of this, a sigh full of helplessness also came out of Zhou Haoguang's mouth. "The general has long heard a rumor that in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, both the elite ironclad cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army and their infantry are equipped with war horses. Ben didn't believe it when he first heard the rumors. After all, war horses are not something that can be bought with money. However, now it seems that this rumor may be true...... "Otherwise, it would take three days to get reinforcements from the Haw Par Army in Yangquan County, why would they come so quickly......"

After Zhou Haoguang finished speaking, the faces of the generals standing beside him were instantly covered with solemnity and worry.

Facing Zhou Haoguang, who had a gloomy face, he asked directly: "My lord, the reinforcements of the Yangquan defenders have arrived, and even the fifty Hongyi cannons we are equipped with have been shelled by the Tiger and Leopard Army...... Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to continue to open a passage from here to attack Datong Mansion...... What should we do next, please tell the general ......"

Zhou Haoguang ordered angrily: "What else can I do?" "The firearms of the Haw Par Army are so powerful, if they don't withdraw immediately, the 6,000 soldiers who will be sent out will be killed by the Haw Par Army's firearms............ Retreat, immediately order the attacking troops to withdraw......"

After the sound of retreating gold sounded on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers who were suffering in the rain of bullets were like balls that suddenly deflated, and instantly lost the courage to continue fighting.

Spread his legs and fled backwards without hesitation.

The rain of lead bullets and flowering bullets did not intend to let them go just like that. Follow them in retreat and shoot them in the back.

At the same time, the more than 1,000 Yangquan garrisons, who were already eager to try and full of revenge and anger, were like hungry wolves out of the cage, roaring and rushing out of the county seat. Holding his weapons, he pursued in the direction of the retreat of the officers and troops at an increasing speed.

There were pursuers, and there were deadly flowering bullets and lead bullets that kept falling from the sky, and these officers and soldiers, who had lost the courage to fight, were like frightened rabbits, and began to rush towards their starting positions regardless of a single thing. (To be continued......)