Guanning Iron Cavalry on the left, Mongolian Eight Banners again, more than 10,000 cavalry, surging towards Luoyang City, all the gaps in the West City are tightly surrounded, Jierharang is very clear, only by virtue of the cavalry directly to the city wall, that is the brain into the water will do such a thing, the city wall of Luoyang City is three zhang high, unless the cavalry plugs in the wings, otherwise it will not be able to rush up at all, can only choose these few places to fight the gap to launch a charge, three gaps, ranging from two or three zhang to seven or eight zhang, enough for the cavalry to launch a surprise!

However, it is clear that Zilharang ignored the musketeers of the Ming army, and in his opinion, even if the Ming army had hundreds of muskets, it was difficult to pose a huge threat to the cavalry, after all, the muskets were inconvenient to reload and took time, but the biggest advantage of the cavalry was speed, and the cavalry had already rushed to the city before two bullets were fired.

The cavalry of the Qing army went straight to the city, and when there was still a distance of two or three hundred zhang from the city, the artillery on the head of Luoyang City had already risen upward, forty or fifty artillery pieces were fired in turn, and one shell after another shot down at the cavalry, which was mixed with a lot of flowering bullets, and they all fell in the queue of the cavalry!

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

Zilharang's eyes widened instantly, artillery! I didn't expect that the reinforcements in Luoyang City still had so many artillery, just looking at the density of the shells, it was not less than the number of the Qing army.

However, it was too late to say anything now, a shell fell in the queue, blowing up the cavalry team on their backs, the most terrible thing was not a solid bullet, but a flowering bullet, a flowering bullet fell to the ground, exploded in an instant, and all the surrounding cavalry were blown up, and the flesh and blood were blurred!

On the battlefield, the miserable cavalry continued to wail, and some frightened horses were ramming around, disrupting the charging formation, fortunately, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Mongolian Eight Banners were all famous elites, with good combat power, braving the artillery, after paying the price of more than 200 casualties, they finally rushed to the front of the city wall, leaving the range of the artillery, however, this is only the forward, there are still a large number of cavalry behind are still in the indiscriminate bombardment of artillery, the unlucky cavalry, now can only advance, can not retreat, retreat, Not only will they not be able to attack the city, but they will also be bombarded on the way back!

I thought that after dodging the shelling, the cavalry was already safe, but unexpectedly, after entering a distance of two hundred steps from the city, above the city, the musket rang out again, and the sound of the artillery was dozens of times denser, or even a hundred times, after all, there were only forty or fifty guns, and the rate of fire was still slow, but there were nearly two thousand muskets, and the time to fire one shell was enough to shoot three bullets.

The cavalry who rushed at the front screamed one by one and turned over and fell off their horses, and then they were trampled into a pulp by the cavalry who could not dodge behind, and 1,500 musketeers were all in place, firing in three rows in turn, and a few gaps were guarded to death, even if the cavalry was fast, it was difficult to get a bargain even if it hit the muzzle directly!

In an instant, pieces of cavalry fell off their horses, and no matter how much the cavalry attacked, they could not enter within fifty paces! It's just a distance of fifty paces, and it's an insurmountable moat!

Tens of thousands of cavalry braved the threat of artillery and muskets, launched three or four charges towards the city, and finally returned in vain, and had to retreat to the front of the position, on the route of the attack, there were already dead bodies everywhere, even these three or four charges, together, only about half an hour, the Qing army has paid nearly 2,000 casualties!

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, we can't attack anymore, we must not attack like this anymore, even if we have strong troops, we will definitely not be able to withstand such attrition, it's only been half an hour, if we attack for a day, we will have at least six or seven thousand casualties!"

Zu Dashou is anxious, distressed, Guanning Iron Cavalry, there are not many Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command, there are only 20,000 people in total, where can they withstand such consumption?

The Mongolian Eight Banners Mel Zhangjing Kabaye on the side also shouted: "Lord, the warriors of the Mongolian Eight Banners must not sacrifice so needlessly, no matter how many casualties there are, it will not help, we must find another countermeasure!" ”

Looking for another countermeasure, it is easy to say, now that the elite of the forty or fifty thousand Ming army is defending the city, where is there any good countermeasure? I can only attack it!

However, it is absolutely impossible to let the cavalry charge directly like this, these are the backbone of the Qing army, and they must not be consumed so easily.

"Order, the army retreats temporarily!"

Zilharang's cheeks were bulging, aggrieved, just a little bit, if it wasn't for the heavy rain the day before yesterday, if it wasn't for the sudden Ming army reinforcements yesterday, Luoyang City would be in the bag now! It's good now, even if the walls of Xicheng have collapsed, with dozens of cannons and countless muskets, their own cavalry can't imagine being able to kill them! It's simply impossible!

It would be nice if his gunpowder hadn't been burned, but it's too late to say anything now, nearly a thousand catties of gunpowder have already been wiped out, and the damn Ming army spies have come and gone without a trace, when did the Ming army become so powerful!

"Cabaye!"

Jierharang shouted: "Immediately send someone to send an order to Xinzhou and Taiyuan, and allocate a thousand catties of gunpowder to this king as quickly as possible, I want to be fast, the sooner the better!" Ordered Xinzhou to transfer 30,000 stone of grain to Luoyang again, this battle, at least we have to delay for half a month......"

Half a month? That's an optimistic estimate, today is already the eighth day, even if the gunpowder in the rear is delivered in time, it will be five or six days later, and then concentrate the troops, storm Luoyang City again, defeat forty or fifty thousand Ming troops, and occupy the entire Luoyang City, that's not a joke, where is it so easy?

As a result, Luoyang City finally returned to a short period of calm, Zierharang couldn't gnaw at the hard bone in front of him, similarly, Li Dingguo and Shu Xinchen did not have enough strength to defeat the 100,000 Qing army, after all, the strength of the people was too strong, and they were all elite divisions, just relying on the strength of two towns, it was really a bit whimsical to defeat the 100,000 Qing army.

Wait, both sides are waiting for the right opportunity, so as to hit the right one, find the right opportunity, and give the other party a fatal blow!

Luoyang City has entered a state of stalemate, from the Daimyo's Mansion to the Zhending Mansion, but now it has been sparkling......

(End of chapter)