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Chapter 175
The situation on Yang Guozhu's defense line was also critical. He was similar to Hu Dawei. The cavalry accounted for nearly half of the troops in the battalion, and most of them used three-eyed guns.

Those three-eyed guns have an effective range of no more than 20 steps. Generally, cavalry shoot at more than [-] steps, and then use them directly as hammers. There is no need to change other cavalry weapons, but it is convenient.

But now the Qing soldiers no longer rushed forward like yesterday, but slowly filled the trenches under the heavy protection of shield vehicles, and pressed steadily, which also made him very anxious.

There are three or four ditches in front of the earth wall, and each person's three-eyed gun can only show its power when shooting at least after the Qing soldiers fill in the last ditch.

This is still aimed at the Qing army's auxiliary soldiers and the coated Aha. Even at a distance of thirty steps, the three-eyed gun is not very threatening to the Qing army's archers in cotton armor.

However, if they reached a distance of thirty steps, the Qing army's archers would pose a greater threat to them.

Layers of shield vehicles are approaching, and they have started to lay planks on the third ditch. The three-eyed musketeers in his battalion are all staring at each other like ants on a hot pot, but they don't know what to do. it is good.

Yang Guozhu hastily ordered Guo Yingxian to sit in the formation and command, and he rode his horse and rushed to Lu Xiangsheng in Jiazhuang.

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Today, from morning to afternoon, the Qing army's fierce offensive continued continuously. They had a large number of troops, and they could constantly change their troops to rest and eat, and then changed to another wave of people to attack immediately.

Moreover, although most of their archers were throwing arrows intensively, some archers who were good at shooting came out from behind the shield car from time to time, shooting straight arrows one by one, posing a considerable threat to Xuan Da's army.

Not to mention the lightly armored archers in the Qing army who are good at shooting are the auxiliary soldiers in their banners. Although they are not qualified to wear armor, they are also practicing bows and horses by urinating, and their combat capabilities are not bad.

When the archers of the Qing army flashed out from behind the shield chariots to shoot, the heavy armor soldiers of each banner stood guard on both sides of the shield chariots to prevent the Ming army from rushing out of the passage again to make a surprise attack.

The Qing army, attacking the defense line of the Xuanda Army, finally filled in another ditch. The stacked shield carts had already advanced to about forty steps in front of the earth wall. Before them, there was only one ditch left.

Compared with the bows and arrows of the Ming army, the bows of the Manchus and Mongols are weaker, but the seven fights have an effective range of [-] steps, and only when they reach [-] steps can they have obvious lethality on the target.

To break the opponent's armor, leather armor, cotton armor, iron armor, etc., the distance must be shortened by about thirty or forty steps. However, their arrows are also vicious.

The arrowheads are extremely long and shaped like a chisel, and the arrowheads are often soaked in horse manure, so it is difficult to take them out after hitting the human body, and the toxin is likely to spread and cause infection. Many people lost their lives because of this.

At this distance, the threat of the Qing army's bows and arrows increased greatly. Their arrows were ruthless and accurate. Waves of sharp arrow rain came, and many gunmen of the Xuan Da army were hit by arrows one after another.

Although the power of the firecrackers is fierce, there are many steps to reload the sub-drugs, and there is no room for any confusion. Therefore, in terms of shooting speed and accuracy, it is far inferior to the bows and arrows of the Qing army.

The Qing soldiers rained violent arrows continuously. There were too many of their archers. Behind the earthen wall, the gunners of the Xuanda Army had to lower their heads even lower. Tiptoe back to the back and slowly reload.

The roaring rain of arrows came, and there were always soldiers unable to dodge, and many of their helmets were shot through. Even so, the firecrackers of the Xuan Dajun behind the earthen wall still did not stop, but the deafening sound of firecrackers had become rarer. A lot has fallen.

Even so, there were still archers from the Qing army from time to time, as well as the auxiliary soldiers who filled the trenches, and the coated ahas were hit and rolled to the ground, and the casualties on both sides continued to expand.

Looking at the fierce battle in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng looked calm on the outside, but he was already secretly worried. The battle became more difficult. From yesterday to now, especially today, the casualties of Sergeant Xuan Da continued to increase.

Although they also killed and wounded many Qing troops, the Xuan Dajun, which consumed Lu Xiangsheng like this, couldn't stand it.

Although the Qing army also suffered constant casualties, most of the dead were slave cannon fodder such as the coated Aha and auxiliary soldiers who filled the trenches in various banners. , after all, there are many people.

There are also the Mongolian Eight Banners at the front, sharing most of the casualties. If this continues, the prospects are not optimistic.

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Lu Xiangsheng was on the watchtower, and saw that the Qing army was still rushing forward layer by layer. Although the trenches were a sharp weapon to stop the enemy, at this time, the Qing army had already filled up two trenches.

Moreover, the artillery fire of the Qing army in the east of Jiazhuang was even more intense today. The shield vehicles in front of them slowly pushed forward to fill the trench, while the artillery roared behind them, and the earth walls arranged outside the village had also collapsed in many places.

Even the village wall was bombarded. Fortunately, it was reinforced by relying on the original village wall. If not, many gaps would have been blasted open.

As the shield car advanced, the trenches were paved with long planks again, and he sighed in his heart: "Dive high, won't it come in the end?"

Hearing the sound of the rumbling artillery from the north, it had been almost half an hour, and he couldn't help worrying about whether Hu Dawei and Jiang Mingwu could hold it.

The Qing army outside the city is at least 5 horses, and there are only more than [-] on his own side. It is all because of the solid camp and sharp guns that he can hold on. Now listening to the roar of artillery fire in the north, it is clearly not Zihu Dawei and others Came from the defense line.

At this time, the stairs creaked, but Hu Dawei's nephew Qianzong Hu Zichen hurried up. Before he could speak, Lu Xiangsheng asked first, "How is the situation with Hu Zongbing?" ?”

Hu Zichen clasped his fists and hurriedly reported: "Minister, there are many slaves and thieves with artillery, most of the earthen walls outside the camp have been destroyed, and the camp walls are also damaged in several places, and the soldiers are injured..."

As soon as he said this, Yang Guozhu also came up quickly. He went upstairs and said, "Duchen, Duchen, the casualties are too great, it is not an option to go on like this!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Qing army that kept coming, and said in a deep voice: "Get ready to attack, repel this wave of attacks, and you should be able to hold on until dark."

As soon as Zhang Cheng rode his horse and rushed to the watchtower where Lu Xiangsheng was, before he dismounted, he saw a fast horse galloping towards him, shouting from a distance: "Tarjas sneak attack, there is a large group of Tartar cavalry attacking from the west..."

Hearing the sound, Yang Guozhu hurried downstairs and shouted loudly: "Zhang Cheng, little tiger, gather your troops and kill the tartars back."

After they galloped away, Lu Xiangsheng also hurriedly went down to watchtower.

He first sent an order to Chief Qian Zhang Guodong to lead [-] elite cavalry to the western front, and must repel the intruding Tartars.

Then he strode towards the east wall of Jia Zhuang. Chen An trotted over in disgrace, and hurriedly said, "Minister, it's dangerous here..."

(End of this chapter)