Clearing the obstacles in front of the city wall is just an appetizer for the siege. The Qing army only fired artillery and further delayed the time. The Ming army not only did not rush to dispatch siege equipment, but the cannon fodder sent were also slightly weaker among the prisoners, and there were even a large number of auxiliary soldiers mixed in.

However, when these cannon fodders cleared the road for the siege equipment to advance, the Ming army's siege equipment began to advance slowly, and the real siege battle officially began.

The rushing car, the ladder, the watchtower, and a large number of siege equipment began to slowly push forward, and behind these, there were also a large number of soldiers holding swords, shields and spears, and auxiliary soldiers carrying bags of soil. At the same time, the Ming army in the brigade even escorted the captured artillery group of the Qing army to push the artillery car to follow behind.

The artillery carriages provide firepower support to the siege troops after entering the range. Youdao is to make a concerted effort, and then decline, and then exhaust them. The Ming army put on a stance of giving all their strength, so the Qing army naturally dared not take it lightly.

The person in charge of the East City Wall guard was Jiangxi Admiral Liu Guangbi. Since the Battle of Shentangyuan, he has been considered a veteran opponent of Chen Wen. Years of confrontation have also caused Liu Guangbi to hear that Chen Wen seemed to have an unwritten practice, that is, those who created the city massacre will inevitably be punished by Lingchi.

Lingchi is usually punished only by a heinous crime, but there were quite a lot of massacres in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The Qing army was used to it, and even eager to try it out. Chen Wen used to Ma Jinbao in Jinhua two years ago because of the Jinhua slaughter. Zhang Yong's fate was even more because of Ji'an's massacre. Both of these slaughtered cities were his part. After the scene just now confirmed his fear, he naturally strengthened his determination to defend the city.

"Appoint the cavalry to be dispatched to interfere with the Ming army outside the city."

Waving the flag, the Qing cavalry, who had been on standby north of the bastion, quickly moved.

"Master, the Tatar cavalry have been dispatched."

The movements of the Qing army were already in the sight of the Ming army. To the west of the Ming army's front is Guangxin Prefecture City, to the east is Daying, and to the south is Xinjiang. If you want to interfere, you can only come from the northeast direction. Chen Wen naturally had no reason not to know about this, and even the Qing army made a default on this, but he still rushed out blatantly.

The number of cavalry in the Qing army was far better than that of the Ming army. This problem that had troubled him for a long time was still hindering the Ming army in Zhejiang, and now it is necessary to prevent them from interfering with the rhythm of siege.

"Order Li Ruixin leads the Iron Cavalry Battalion and the mixed cavalry brigades of each battalion to fight."

The siege troops were still moving forward, and the huge engineering facilities were moving slowly and were bombarded by the Qing army from time to time, but they did not dare to stop under the surveillance of the Ming army behind the hall.

A moment later, smoke and dust were flying north of the battalion, heading towards the Ming army's siege point. The Ming army's cavalry also emerged from behind the formation and lined up to the north of the battle formation, and jointly responsible for the flanking defense with the three battalions of Yiwu, Lishui and Chun'an. However, far away from the smoke and dust rolled up by the Qing army blew into the Ming army's battle formation, the siege artillery team was the first to approach the range and began to fire artillery to suppress the artillery fire at the top of the Qing army's city.

"put!"

After receiving the order, the captive artillery team ignited the fuses one by one. Compared with the cannon fodder, their technical troops were still treated to a certain extent by Chen Wen. Not only did they have enough food, they would not be whipped at any time in the past few days. Chen Wen had only one requirement for them, and the worst shells would have to hit the city wall. It would be fine to blast into the city, but if they could not even touch the city wall, and the three shells would be like this, the entire artillery team would be pulled down and beheaded, and would never tolerate it.

Chen Wen did not express any confidence in the artillery skills of masters and apprentices and fathers and sons, and naturally he did not require any accuracy. As long as he aimed at the direction and greeted him far away. Anyway, Guangxin Mansion City is tall and the East City Wall is even more so. Even if it is just hit on the city wall, it has a certain chance of destroying the female wall and causing damage to the Qing army at the top of the city. This is enough.

Adhering to the spirit of Zhaoyuan's attack, these artillery groups all use their intelligence and talents to strive to drive the shells further.

When the Qing army fired fire to bombard the Ming army's siege troops, with the sound of cannons under the city, shells flew out of the muzzle one after another. The nearest shell suddenly plunged into the moat, carrying water vapor, which stirred up water splashes nearly half the height of the city wall. Most of the other shells hit the city wall, and one of them hit the female wall directly, not only destroying the female wall, but also sweeping away the nearby Qing army.

"Just this angle and loading amount, aim it and continue to hit me!"

Behind each gun group, there is a Ming army. What they are responsible for is supervising these gun groups to fire and evaluate their shooting results. Those who fail will be recorded, and after three times, they will not need to fire again. They will directly drag down and behead them. Those who are qualified will continue, while those who can fight the defenders will record their merits and will receive better treatment after the battle.

Facts have proved that as long as there is a knife behind it, these experienced Qing army gunners can fully estimate the maximum charge of their own artillery, and there will be no accidents in the explosion. Even the shooting accuracy can be improved.

"As far as we know, these gunners, or the original gunners of the Ming Dynasty, many gun crews used guns to reduce the amount of medicine not only to prevent the explosion of the chamber, but also to save the gunpowder and sell it for money. Many of them even sold gunpowder before the war, and they could not do it even if they wanted to install too much during the war."

Zhao Qian, the former first commander of the Nantang Camp, was promoted to the Zhiguo Captain who was the earliest officer in Chen Wen's army. Although he was an officer of an engineering background, although he was unable to command a war barracks, his status as the chief military engineer under Chen Wen's command in recent years was not low. However, Chen Wen did not intend to use him during this attack on Guangxin Prefecture, at least for the time being.

"The people in the city are really good at playing."

** is a very fatal factor that eroded the combat effectiveness of the army. There were many jokes that Chen Wen had heard in the late Ming Dynasty, and even more similar jokes in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. However, his attention was not here, and he just replied casually and continued to pay attention to the situation of the war.

After the first round of artillery attacks, the siege troops were still advancing, while the artillery began a series of work such as restoration, clearing slag, loading, and aiming. At this time, the Qing army's cavalry quickly rushed to the right side of the Ming army's front line.

Since the beginning of the discovery of the Qing army, the distance between the two was only a few miles, and the cavalry roared and it didn't take long. However, the Ming army was prepared for this. With the right wing troops responsible for restraining the Qing cavalry, under the command of Wu Dengke, the third battalions of Yiwu, Lishui and Chun'an quickly listed hollow square formations in bureau units, which was exactly the only way for the Qing army to harass.

The Qing army in the brigade had already begun to run towards the square formation where Wu Dengke's flag was located. With the beginning of the third shelling, the Ming army's siege equipment finally approached the position suitable for them to launch an attack after a series of baptisms.

After three rounds of shooting, the shells could basically be shot onto the city wall. Some experienced gunners successfully sent the shells to the female wall after one to two rounds of test shots.

The so-called female wall is meant to be spy-off. The defenders can use female walls to cover their bodies, and at the same time use them to observe the enemy's movements, or even use them to fight back. However, when shells containing huge kinetic energy hit the female wall, these buildings not only fail to play a defensive role, but instead increase the killing.

A cannon not far from Liu Guangbi was built. It was protected by a female wall in front of it, so the gunners could naturally stroll behind the wall and shoot. The third round of artillery fire of the Ming army sounded, and a shell flew straight towards the female wall. Only the moment it hit the female wall, the blue brick wall fell apart like tofu, but the splashed stones swept away the Qing army behind the female wall in a flash.

“Supplement the running position!”

Without Liu Guangbi's command, an officer under his command immediately instructed the troops on standby at the city to make up for it. At the same time, the auxiliary soldiers cleaned up the dead bodies and wounded people on the run, but the stones on the ground deliberately left behind some relatively large ones. These stones remained and would soon come in handy.

As long as there is spare strength, the wounded must be sent as soon as possible, otherwise it will seriously affect the morale of the defenders on the city. This is especially true for the Qing army, which was forced to defend the city after defeat.

The officers guarding the city were experienced and arranged in an orderly manner. However, during this period, the moat under the city was filled with a lot of earthbags carried by the large chariots, chariots and auxiliary soldiers. Even as the shelling was bombarded, the first ladder was also mounted on the top of the city.

"Wait, don't worry, wait until the Ming army below climbs halfway before pushing."

The officer shouted loudly, but the soldiers below could not calm down a little. There were not just this one, but even the area where the officer was responsible for several ladders.

The prisoners in Ming army uniforms under the city were biting the blade and climbing upwards, and they were either holding on to each other or waiting to follow up. Although the shouts were full of Qin opera in Ganzhou and Shaanxi, the Qing army guarding the city did not dare to be ruthless, because these former fellow villagers are now wearing Ming army uniforms and fighting under the command of the Ming army, and even their braids were cut. They are the real Ming army, the mortal enemy who came to take their lives!

A large number of cloud ladders were climbing onto the city wall. One of them had an ant-attached soldiers who had climbed halfway through the attack. The Qing army guarding the city did not try to push the cloud ladder down, but instead raised a big stone to smash the soldier.

The stone fell, and the captive was hit on the head without any surprise. He fell straight from the ladder, and seemed to be out of life. However, under the urging of the Ming army's commander, the subsequent soldiers did not dare to delay at all, but instead continued to climb up.

The Qing army won the first prize, but the moment he threw the big stone down, a bullet from the viewing platform from the distance hit his face, and directly killed the big man on the top of the city.

The Ming army's muskets have a considerable advantage in range. The pressure of the Ming army shooters on the watchtower is far lower than that of the captives who attacked the city by the Ant Attachment, but there are many things to pay attention to. For example, the Qing army's artillery not only has enough range, but can also destroy the entire watchtower with one or several guns.

Wherever Chen Wen saw, a watchtower could no longer bear the weight of himself and the Ming army on the stage after several shots. He reluctantly bent and twisted until it broke, and fell to the ground, and buried several auxiliary soldiers under the watchtower in the ruins.
Chapter completed!