Kong Youde's plan to use red cannons to break the Jinzhou city gates quickly ended in failure.

Although the Yongwei Camp bombarded the Yizhou city gate with a shorter range of Folang cannons, it was built on the fact that the Jiannu who guarded the city had no long-range firepower to suppress the Ming army, and the Folang cannon was placed outside the coverage of Jiannu's bow and arrows.

The maximum range of cannons that Kong Youde brought when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty was only about four miles, and the effective range was only about two miles.

It is very difficult to control the cannon to hit the city gate two miles away. Even the artillery with extremely high accuracy in later generations requires several firings before hitting. According to the current level of shooters, even ten cannons cannons can hit the target for a day without knowing how many projectiles can hit the target. And the Red Cannon has a fatal flaw: it is a front-mounted smoothbore cannon. Every time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original shooting position. According to the normal operating procedures, it is necessary to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the direction angle and elevation angle again.

This is based on the situation where the opponent has no long-range firepower to pose a threat to you and let you attack. The Ming army, who is also equipped with red cannons, will certainly not watch you fire the cannon at will.

After the Ming army gunners at the top of the city set up a cannon position on the Han army flag and fired a round, they understood their intentions. The six cannons at the north gate began to fight back one after another. Although the firing distances between the two sides were similar and the accuracy was also the same, the ten cannons at the Han army flag needed a very large position, so the target was very obvious.

After the Ming army gunner fired two rounds without results, a gunner had an idea with an idea: six cannons concentrated their firepower to bombard the same area, and six projectiles will always hit, right?

Under the command of the cannon battalion's whistlebar, the cannons at the city wall changed their casting method and began to gather fire to shoot at a region.

This move worked. Although the six cannons were not volleys, the targets were the same. After this round of shooting, although most of the projectiles missed the target, a ten-pound projectile eventually landed on the cannon position of a Han army flag. Several Han army flag gunners and loaders were either killed or injured on the spot. Dozens of coats responsible for assisting were panicked and scattered in panic.

Although the dozens of coated men were finally cut off their heads by the Eight Banners soldiers, hundreds of breaths later, the Ming army's cannon fired another round. Although the projectile did not hit the cannon position, it plowed a bloody path among the coated men around the cannon, causing more than a dozen coated men's casualties.

Kong Youde, who was observing the enemy and us in the distance, saw that the situation was not good, decisively ordered the gunners to withdraw from their positions and also moved them away. The cannons were not bothered at all, and they would pull them back when the light dimmed. Anyway, the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Yue Tuo, who had been watching the battle in front of the formation, also saw the scene in front of him. Seeing that the cannon fired, the Jinzhou city gate shattered, and the Eight Banners soldiers flocked in, Yue Tuo had a dark face and said nothing, turned over and returned to the camp several miles away with his horse and his guard.

At around the time of Shen, the Eight Banners Army set up camps five miles away from the north gate of Jinzhou City and the west gate.

Around the You hour, Yuetuo's tent was brightly lit. Senior generals of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, as well as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others from the Han Army Banner were summoned here to discuss where to go next.

"This time, our Eight Banners used tens of thousands of troops to come to Jinzhou. They wanted to avenge Yizhou, but they didn't expect that the people were quenching into the city as before. Today's cannons are useless. With tens of thousands of people now, it is difficult to break through Jinzhou. We consume a large amount of food and come from afar. If there is no harvest at all, it will be ridiculous to spread it! You can discuss it, how should we use troops next?"

As the best among the younger generation of the Eight Banners, Yue Tuo established his position among the Eight Banners today with his military achievements and loyalty to Huang Taiji. However, if he led his army south to return empty-handed this time, it would be extremely unfavorable for him and the future development of the Two Red Banners, so he must gain something this time.

"Prince Cheng, I feel that it is difficult to get to Jinzhou, so why not bypass Jinzhou and fight to the south? Several fort cities such as Songshan, Xingshan, Daxing Fort behind Jinzhou should be easier to break than Jinzhou. As long as you break these several fort cities and get population and supplies, it is equivalent to avenging Yizhou's revenge. We have not been in vain. After we go back, the prince can hand over the mission to the emperor, right?"

Geng Zhongming went out to perform the rituals.

Yue Tuo pondered for a while and said, "It's true that the revenge of Yizhou must be avenged. Our Eight Banners cannot suffer such a loss! Since it is difficult to fight in Jinzhou, let's put it aside first and go somewhere else! A group of people left here in Jinzhou to watch, and the Zu Dashou in the province has other thoughts!"

Geng Zhongming bowed again, "Prince, we bring so many coats this time, so we can't let these Nikans be idle. Tomorrow, let these slaves dig trenches and surround Jinzhou from east, west and north. Then, only a small number of people will be left to look at Jinzhou, so that the Ming people can cut off our retreat!"

Geng Zhongming had forgotten that his ancestor was a Han Chinese, and now he regarded himself as a bannerman. In his eyes, those Han Chinese people were no longer his own clan, but some lowly damn Nikans. Since these dog slaves were holding the job of the bannerman master, they could not eat idle food in vain and had to find something for them to do.

"King Huaishun has a good idea. Tomorrow, you will lead a group of troops to monitor the Nikans to dig trenches, so that Zu Dashou, in Jinzhou City, cannot get out of the city gate! Jinzhou is the place that my Eight Banners must take. After my main force in the Eight Banners' Western Expedition returns, I will definitely come to attack after my cultivation. Let's do the best thing about digging trenches first. King Gongshun, you prepare the cannons properly. After the horse exploration is done, you and King Zhishun will take the Han army flag with me to Songshan; Borge, you leave two thousand horses to cooperate with King Huaishun to monitor the Ming army in Jinzhou just in case!"

As soon as the next day was bright, the gate of the Eight Banners Camp opened wide, and hundreds of horses in cotton armor galloped out, and walked from the west around Jinzhou City and headed towards Songshan, Daxing Fort, Xingping Fort and other fortresses. Geng Zhongming ordered his confidants to go to the Baoyi camp in the back formation separately, organize the Baoyi camp, bring various tools, and go to the Jinzhou City in a bustling situation.

The abnormal movements of the Eight Banners Camp had long been discovered by the Ming army on the top of the city. After the guerrillas in charge of patrol ordered the entire army to be on guard, they quickly got off the top of the city and rode their horses to Zu Dale's mansion.

Zu Dale, who was not awakened from the hangover, was sleeping soundly with her concubine in her arms. The housekeeper Zu Gui knocked on the door carefully. Seeing that there was no movement inside for a long time, Zu Gui urged with courage and shouted in a low voice: "Master, Ding Guerrilla has come to report, saying that there is an emergency military situation!"

After Zu Gui shouted a few times, Zu Dale's impatient voice came from the room: "Bad emergency military information! Ding Kui's gǒu     zá    zhǒng Don't guard the city and run to disturb my Qingmeng! Get out and tell him, don't come and call if Jiannu doesn't attack the city!"

Zu Gui knew that his master had such a temper. He could be more disciplined in the entire Jinzhou city, and he always used his own temperament to others.

In desperation, Zu Gui had to leave the inner house and return to the front yard. He said to Ding Kui, who was in the ear room, "Ding Guerrilla, my master said that you will go to the city to guard. He will go to the master's house to report this matter later!"
Chapter completed!