Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 890 Shelling the West City
Suke Saha exclaimed, and the Qing army on the city wall also reacted and scattered in a hurry. Just as Duoduo left the wall, a shell hit the city wall directly, and immediately gravel flew.

"Damn it's really accurate!" A Qing general scratched his head a little, and his face was pale.

Duoduo was protected and squatted down. After the shot was fired, he turned his head and saw that the wall where he was standing just now had been cut off in half.

A group of people in the city stood up slowly, with panic on their faces, looking at the high slope outside the west city, they were still in shock.

At this moment, there was another cannon shot outside the city, but this time it was not accurate, the shell fell into the moat, and the splashed water column shot up into the sky, then fell suddenly, and the top of the city was wetted by the water.

Duoduo did not expect that the Ming army would start shelling early in the morning. Of course, it may be because the Ming army on Shizhai discovered them, so they fired at the top of the city.

"My lord, let's go down to the city!" Suksaha was terrified, "The Ming army has already paid attention to us!"

"Don't panic!" Duoduo pushed Sukesaha away and glanced at the high slope outside the city. A few white smoke rose from the wall of the stone village. ! Bombard Shizhai, you can't let the Ming army bombard you!"

The morale of the Qing army is now low, and Doduo can't be bombarded and run down, but even though he said so, he waved his hands to let the many Qing generals disperse and don't stand together, and he retreated to a pile of broken sandbags while talking behind the parapet.

As soon as he finished speaking, nearly a hundred red-clothed cannons opened fire one after another on the wall of the village on the high slope. "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, Shizhai was filled with gunpowder smoke, like a cloud-topped palace, a hundred red cannons vibrated violently, and the black and thick cannon bodies retreated at the same time. Come out, whizzing and smashing towards the top of the city.

Shizhai was condescending, and the cannonballs shot down in straight lines, like meteorite rain in the sky, and hit the city wall. The bricks and stones were broken, and cracks appeared on the city wall. The broken masonry splashed up and fell into the moat, splashing white water.

"Beware!"

"Damn squat down!"

The officers on the top of the city exclaimed again and again, and before they finished speaking, the artillery shells roared towards the wall bricks, and the broken stones splashed across the surrounding Qing soldiers. Because the artillery shells were shot directly from a high place, After hitting the masonry at the top of the city, it immediately bounced and hit the chest of a Qing soldier. The Qing soldier's chest was instantly sunken, and his eyes went dark. The huge impact smashed his chest cavity and pushed his body towards him. Then it flew up, bumped into several people, and was carried by Juli until it fell from the city wall into the city.

For a while, the soldiers on the top of the city were in even more misery. The shells fell like hail, making deep holes in the top of the city, and some directly overturned the sandbags built by the Qing army in an instant.

After a round of shelling, the dust dissipated, and the Qing army wounded by gravel was everywhere on the city wall. They wailed and rolled, and the city wall was full of mess.

Duoduo couldn't help his heart beating wildly. This was completely different from his feeling when he watched the red-clothed cannon bombard the city. Only by experiencing it personally could he know the power and terror of the God of War. Under the bombardment, flesh and blood and personal bravery , is not worth mentioning at all.

"The artillery team counterattacked immediately, or the Ming army will bombard the city again!" Duoduo didn't pay too much attention to the wailing soldiers, but looked at the stone village filled with gunpowder smoke, and suddenly shouted anxiously.

Quite a few of the Qing soldiers who were still crouching with their heads covered, or whose frightened eyes were dull, came to their senses. Amidst the wailing and the sound of bricks and stones collapsing, they stood up timidly, and then quickly dragged the wounded aside.

Although it was in an extremely disadvantageous position to shoot at the Ming army in Xicheng, Duoduo could not give up Xicheng. He could only bite the bullet and mobilize most of the artillery in Yangzhou City to Xicheng to counter Shizhai. If the army is condescending, it will destroy all the defenses on the west city.

In order to resist the shelling of the Ming army, the Qing army built a lot of sandbags on the city wall to protect the artillery positions. At this time, many of them were blown away by the shelling of the Ming army. Cannon positions, the city is in chaos.

There was a long gap between the shelling of the red cannon, and there was a slight pause after a round of shelling, but everyone knew that a violent shelling would come soon.

At this time, many Qing generals began to persuade Duoduo to go to the city, but Duoduo remained motionless, not knowing whether he wanted to boost morale, or wanted to watch the artillery battle between Xicheng and the Ming army again.

On Shizhai, the gunners of the Ming army inserted a wooden pole wrapped in wet cotton cloth into the barrel of the gun, and there was a "sisi" sound in the barrel, and a burst of water vapor escaped from the muzzle. After the barrel was cleaned, the soldiers pulled out the wooden pole, Another gunner immediately put a pack of new powder into the barrel, while the gunner at the rear of the gun wiped the fire door with a damp cloth to prevent sparks from igniting the propellant.

At this time, the soldiers in front of the gun muzzle had already loaded the iron bullets, and the gunner in charge of cleaning the gun bore compacted the shells with the wooden pole again to complete the loading. bag, and then poured primer on the fire door to complete the preparation for launch.

When artillery fires against each other, the competition is time and the rate of fire. Whoever can fire first and fire quickly will have a huge advantage.

On the stone village, a bright flag fluttered. Chen Yujie took a telescope to observe the results of the shelling, and found that the dusty city wall was full of Qing soldiers, but Duoduo had not yet left the city, so he immediately put down the telescope and ordered: "Hurry up!" ! Play it again!"

After finishing speaking, he picked up the binoculars again and observed Duo Duo's figure. If he could kill this slave chief with one shot, he would be a great achievement.

The Qing army in the city was still reloading the artillery in a panic. The Ming army's second shot had arrived, and white smoke billowed up from the stone wall again. The dense smoke quickly blurred Chen Yujie's vision and filled his nose with thick gunpowder smoke. smell.

On the west city of Yangzhou, a Qing army artillery position that was still filling the artillery was suddenly hit by the Ming army. The cannon was smashed and made a sound of piercing the eardrums.

The head of the city, where the smoke and dust had just dissipated, was once again covered by flying gravel and raised dust under the impact of iron bullets. The sound of the city wall collapsing was mixed with many screams and panicked cries for help. came.

Of course, in the smoke and dust, one could also see a sudden dim yellow fire flashing, an iron bullet broke through the smoke and dust at the top of the city, whistling towards Shizhai, sporadic counterattacks from the top of the city slowly appeared.

After another round of shelling, the shelling stopped again. Chen Yujie picked up the binoculars and hurriedly looked towards the top of the city. The figure of Duoduo was gone.

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