The battle ended not long after entering hand-to-hand combat. The Guanning army fled and fled. The new army fired muskets to send these opponents. They did not attempt to continue to expand the results of the battle by cavalry snatching the city gates. Instead, they continued to maintain pressure on Tongguan until the new army of Oboi walked around behind Tongguan and retreated back to the camp.

The first battle of the new army directly gave the defender Hu Guozhu a powerful and heavy blow. The losses of the troops were minimal compared to the number of defenders, but the morale was really not light.

At night, the anxious carrier pigeons soared into the air and flew to the Guanning Army camp in Xi'an. At the same time, they also brought the details of how they were beaten by the new army in this battle to Wu Sangui's Prince Ji's mansion.

That night, the Guanning Army sent two troops to launch night attacks on the two camps in Jidu and Oboi, respectively, with the familiarity of the terrain. Especially the camp in Oboi, which was built for a short time and was more hasty. The military strategy said that since ancient times, the camp was stealing the camp, nine victories and one defeat, and that was the newly established camp, which was naturally the focus of Hu Guozhu's attack.

Unexpectedly, Obai had expected this, and the new army in the two towns had no rest at all, and easily caught Hu Guozhu off guard.

The next morning, Oboi pulled the prisoners of the Guanning Army's night attack troops to the front of the Guan and beheaded and displayed for public display. After damaging his morale, he returned to the camp to repair it. The Guanning Army in Tongguan did not choose to attack in the next few days and passively defended the city. Fortunately, the new army also did not launch an attack, and everything seemed to have stopped.

Such silence cannot continue. There are thousands of acres of fertile land in the pass, rivers pass through the city, and a large amount of food and grass are accumulated in the middle, but there is always a day to eat. There is no reason for the Qing army to delay it. Just as Liu Cheng said, what they need is a devastating victory. Every time a day is delayed here, it will be a certain blow to the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, and the longer it delays, the more severe the attack will come.

A few days later, the new army launched a large-scale move, but this time, they did not carry the siege equipment, but dragged a seemingly powerful artillery toward the artillery position that had been designated before.

Tongguan is condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Its architectural style is to better prevent cold weapons from siegeing the city. If the Qing army captured Tongguan, it would not be difficult to directly reduce the city, but it is far from easy to capture it. It is likely that there will be a conclusion that the troops and generals will be damaged, and the relocation will be delayed but it will still be unable to break it in the end.

Since ancient times, this kind of thing has been uncommon. However, today, firearms have developed to the current level. Guancheng, which is built purely to prevent cold weapons from siegeing the city, will appear much more fragile in front of artillery, otherwise Hu Guozhu would not have sent infantry to line up outside the gate to the mountains.

The Qing army's artillery team arrived, with twenty large caliber red artillery. This number was much different from the Qing army's attack on the Daling River before entering the pass. However, in addition to these red artillery, the Qing army also carried three mortars. Last year, it was transported by European maritime merchants, which cost a lot of money. It was also the entire mortar of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally prepared to encounter the brink of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang when the army headed south, but now it is used on Tongguan.

The new army did not have such heavy artillery organization, and at the same time, it was to prevent these artillery from slowing down the marching of the new army. The Eight Banners Army, which was under the leadership of Fushou, was always escorted by the Eight Banners Army, and it was inevitable to rely on rivers along the way. It was not until now that it was transported to the front of the army. The squeezing capacity led to the Fushou's army behind.

The Red Artillery Team advanced towards the prepared artillery positions under the escort of the new army, while the mortars remained behind the formation. The new army did not have professional engineers, and these artillery positions were learned by Liu Cheng during the recruit training camp. The half-month slope guardrail can perfectly absorb the kinetic energy of the opponent's shells and reduce the damage. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been using it over the years and is constantly improving. Liu Cheng sent auxiliary troops to build these days only the earliest specifications, but it is enough to deal with Tongguan in the distance.

Tongguan is high, but its city wall is often five or ten feet high, but it is not suitable for the placement of large-caliber artillery. It is not because of the fear that the heavy artillery will crush the city wall, but the huge kinetic energy of large-caliber artillery fire can push the shells to a few miles away. The excessively high city wall is absolutely unbearable, and there is no need to bombard the shells at all. Just need the defenders on the city to fire a few guns, and the walls of the city wall may shatter on their own, or even collapse.

At this moment, seeing the New Army being escorted the artillery team entering the predetermined position, large-caliber artillery could not be placed on the top of the city, and small-caliber artillery could not be hit there at all, Hu Guozhu had to open the city gate again and sent a large number of troops to attack the Qing army's artillery positions.

The defenders were seated in the city but had to go out to fight with their opponents who had defeated them in the field a few days ago because they knew very well that only by destroying the artillery, the heroic artillery, could they continue to hold on. However, Hu Guozhu's idea was very clear, but Liu Cheng was also prepared for it.

The new army of the brigade was already waiting for the artillery positions, with the spearmen behind and the musketeers in front, just in front of the artillery positions, but it seemed like an insurmountable gap.

The Guanning Army launched a large-scale move. When the infantry was still gathering in formation outside the gate, the cavalry of the brigade had already rushed over. Facing the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the cavalry of the new army also met without hesitation. The two sides fought on the battlefield, and they fought hard for a moment.

Finally, the Guanning Army infantry, who had hurriedly left the pass, completed the array and began to rush to the artillery positions. But at this moment, the new army's red artillery had completed the loading during this period. At the first loud roar, the artillery shells were fired one after another from the red artillery cannons.

The shells drew invisible speed in the sky, and almost the next moment when the cannon sounded, Hu Guozhu, who was standing on the wall of Tongguan, could already feel the vibration under his feet.

"Occurrence, let those guys outside the city speed up!"

Tongguan is the gate of Shaanxi. Now the Qing army has begun to unlock the locks and will destroy the unlocking tool quickly. Then, the defenders in the city, not to mention defending the city, even if they wait for Wu Sangui's reinforcements, they will probably be just a delusion.

With the commander's flag pressing forward, the Guanning Army accelerated its speed toward the artillery position of the new army. Liu Cheng looked at the distance, and the movements of the Guanning Army were exposed to the telescope, which were faster and clearer than those who were probing horses. Seeing some special features in this Guanning Army, Liu Cheng smiled coldly and then said to Jidu: ​​"Prince, the rebels have already put in all their strength."

"Yes, but the new army is far from doing its best now."

While laughter was heard, the Red Barbarian Cannon finally finished its preparations after a few minutes of resetting, clearing the slag, loading, aiming, etc., and then with the order from the gunner, a new round of strikes was once again reflected on the city walls of Tongguan.

The artillery, artillery, and aiming technology of the Qing Dynasty was based on experience, but not strength. After Liu Cheng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he especially began to train new troops, and in the aiming technology, he invited Jesuit missionaries to teach, making great progress. At this moment, the first round of test firing was over, and more shells were hit on the city walls of Tongguan in the second round of artillery bombardment, and some of the wall bricks at the hit had shown signs of loosening and shattering, and the only difference was the number.

The artillery fire sounded again, and the troops that appeared in the Guanning Army accelerated and rushed towards the new army that was ready for battle. The Red Armored Cannon had the advantage in the range of the Red Armored Cannon, and the distance between the two sides was farther than a few days ago. Even if the Guanning Army accelerated forward, it was only after several rounds of the Red Armored Cannon shooting that it was closer to 120 steps.

Going forward again, the distance of the hundred steps was the range of the Lumi gun. After the battle a few days ago, the Guanning Army had already understood the range of the opponent's weapons. Therefore, when the army arrived here, it immediately adjusted its formation, holding the auxiliary soldiers who had the door panels removed from the city as the front row, and just waited for the reorganization to finish and then continued to advance towards the new army.

The Guanning Army's response methods were so good, but the new army was not touched at all, and still maintained the line of musketeers in front. When the Guanning Army entered a distance of 100 steps, rows of volleys were unfolded again, but this time it hit the door panel, the effect was far inferior to the last time.

These door panels were removed from the homes of the people in the city, with varying thicknesses, but with this layer of protection, the kinetic energy of the lead bullet will be reduced a lot, and some of them cannot even be shot through, let alone causing damage to the human body.

The first row of shooting had minimal damage. The most obvious effect was that the auxiliary soldiers in the front row of Guanning Army were slowed down by half a beat while being shot. After a moment of pause, they mustered up the courage to move forward again after being scolded by the officers behind.

In response to this, the new army did not slow down. When Liu Cheng was training the new army's musketeers, he imitated Chen's method and strictly prohibited the musketeers from observing the shooting results. After the shooting ended, the tactical movements of the next stage should be immediately entered, and there should be no stagnation at all.

After more than a year of training, the new army was like the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After the shooting, the first row of musketeers turned around and walked back to the third row. At the same time, the second row and the third row also strided forward, and then the second row of musketeers pulled the trigger under the command.

Guanning Army continued to advance with the door panel, but as the distance continued to get closer, some of the lead bullets either caused more damage to the parts that could not be protected, or penetrated the door panel and then hit the auxiliary soldiers. The door panel formation gradually began to be damaged, and casualties began to rise straight.

However, for this Guanning Army, it is a blessing compared to the camp that confronted the new army in the previous few days. With the fire of the musket, the Guanning Army approached a distance suitable for charge at a very small price. Then, with the start of the charge and throwing of the sword and shield soldiers, the two armies quickly entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat.

However, once the hand-to-hand combat stage is entered, the door panel array that can reduce some of the previous killing will have no effect on the new army's armored infantry. Although the spear may not be able to pierce the door panel, those places that cannot be blocked will naturally become the spear's concentrated fire target.

As we walked so far, we naturally had to carry the door panel together. The door panel was already bulky, so the auxiliary soldiers would have no possibility of deliberate assassination.

The gate panel formation was instantly broken, and the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen behind were quickly suppressed by the New Army's hand-to-hand infantry. The New Army once again suppressed the Guanning Army's offensive with the iron armored infantry.

"kill!"

The dense spearmen kept stinging, and the musketman who abandoned the gun and drew his sword skillfully squatted under the wings of the spear and launched a fierce attack on the Guanning Army. With a one-sided posture, the Guanning Army still had no strength to fight back. As the casualties continued to rise, morale gradually fell to a low point, and he was defeated and returned after too long.

This time, the new army no longer saw off with musket shooting, but formed a formation to press forward, forcing the Guanning Army to defeat, and soon even the cavalry were carried towards Guancheng.

While the two armies were fighting, the successive shooting of the Red Barbarian cannons was constantly baptizing the city walls, but the number of shootings was too many and the overheating of the gun barrels forced the Qing army to temporarily suspend the shooting for cooling. However, as the new army launched a counterattack, the mortar cannons also approached the position suitable for launching the artillery as the new army advanced.

The long preparations began. All the gun crews of these mortars were trained by European gunners found by the Jesus. The time was not short, but the loading speed and aiming were still too bad. When Liu Cheng was in the recruit training camp, Chen began to train the mortars gun team, but it was carried out secretly, and Liu Cheng knew nothing about it. However, this time, the defenders of Tongguan left the city and were defeated again in the field. The city wall was too high and there were no artillery enough to threaten these mortars. They also allowed them to prepare slowly and wait for the moment when the city wall collapsed.

It was unknown how long it had passed, but the cooling of the Red Barbarian Cannon had ended and the shooting was resumed. These mortar cannons were completely prepared and then bombarded the city walls of Tongguan.

The huge shells rose into the air and fell rapidly. The three shells in the first round hit the slope in front of the pass without exception. They did not cause damage to the city wall, but the vibration was not inferior even when it was directly bombarded by the Red Barbarian Cannon.

The mortar cannon was silent again, the gate of Tongguan opened and the cavalry rushed out. However, in front of the new army, there were only some goods coming to die. Not only did they not complete the task of destroying the mortar cannon, but they were soon killed by the cavalry of the new army and the infantry, and retreated to the other city gates in a hurry.

Next, the mortar was restored, cleared the slag, loaded, and readjusted the angle. The second round of artillery bombardment began. Although only one of the three shells hit the city wall, it blasted the city wall out in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!