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Chapter 617 Decisive Battle in Southern Henan ([-])

Shang Kexi stopped his horse at the foot of Zuoyi Mountain, took out the binoculars to observe Zuobao, on the wilderness in the southern suburbs of Xiangcheng, there was a hexagonal fort, half of his body was hidden in the ground, and many banners were planted on it.

Before Duoduo came to Xiangcheng, Shang Kexi had tried to bypass Xiangcheng and attack the military fort, but he was disgraced and could only give up resentfully.

Although this fortress is small, it is not easy to attack. There is no moat outside the fortress. Instead, it is a deep moat three feet wide. One side of the deep moat is the city body. The upper wall becomes an inclined slope.

To be honest, this is the first time Shang Kexi has seen such a fortress with such amazing skeletons.

The advantage of building a fort in this way is that the height of the city wall does not decrease, but half of it is hidden underground, which cannot be bombarded by cannons, which reduces the area affected by the bombs. , unable to cause major damage to the wall.

In addition, the wall has a hexagonal shape, which can be seen as an upgrade to the enemy tower. The protruding sharp corners are more annoying than the square enemy tower in Xiangcheng.

Shang Kexi had never been to Eastern Henan, but after he described it to Duoduo, Duoduo immediately realized that these two fortresses were strange castles like Luyi.

After Duoduo pulled out a few simple and rough military forts in the east of Henan, he saw that the casualties were relatively large, so he didn't touch Luyi.

The Qing army hadn't built a real bastion yet, and the two fortresses in front of the Qing army were still simple versions compared to the western bastions, but they still looked a bit similar.

Shang Kexi didn't understand these things, he only knew that Gao Yihuan's fort was built very evilly.

Ordinary cities and fortresses have only one city wall. A big city has an inner and outer city, but the two walls are far apart.

In this small fort, behind the first fort wall, there is actually a second fort wall, and the distance between the two walls is less than fifteen steps, and the second wall is higher than the first wall, so the Qing army attacked the first wall After that, they will be shot down from the second fort wall.

But Shang Kexi hasn't attacked the first wall yet, so he hasn't had the chance to experience it yet.

At this time, he looked at the military fort with a binoculars, saw all kinds of flags flying, saw soldiers standing between the walls, and the dark artillery, he couldn't help exhaling.

At this time, he was ready to lose a large number of troops. In his opinion, as long as he was willing to die, he could win even in a strong fortress.

If ten times more troops can't be defeated, then he really can't get down.

At this time, more than 5000 Qing army stragglers had already touched the fortress. Behind them, ten freshly pulled artillery pieces sprayed orange-red flames, roared loudly, and fired iron bullets weighing more than ten kilograms into Sanli outside the fort.

Cannonballs roared and landed in front of the fortress, splashing patches of black soil, and some shells hit the city wall, but were bounced up.

At this time, more than 200 Qing troops, pushing more than [-] shield chariots, gradually approached the military fort under the strangulation of the two artillery pieces in the military fort and Xiangcheng.

Shang Kexi learned from his experience that the Qing army did not form a tight formation to advance forward, but used shield chariots as units, followed the more than 20 soldiers every two shield chariots, and spread out to press on the fortress.

"Hurry up and push!" A flagman brandished a knife and howled loudly, urging more than 20 green battalion and Baoyi to move forward.

In the wilderness, there are more than 200 shield vehicles, like earth tanks, each of which is followed by more than 20 Qing troops. Swords and shields, bows and arrows, firecrackers, and long guns are configured according to a certain proportion.

There are few people in Manchuria, and they can't afford to die. They are more particular about protection. There is a saying that there is no shield and no war.

There is a large shield in front of these shield vehicles, eight feet high, made of hardwood, which can withstand bow and arrow shots. If the large shield is covered with cowhide or wet quilts, the firecrackers will not be able to penetrate it.

The Qing army hid behind the shield chariots and moved forward, but they didn't feel very safe. The artillery on the military fort could smash the shield chariots, and the artillery on Xiangcheng could attack their sides.

Sun Maosheng was holding a firecracker, and followed the tail of a shield chariot, in front of him was a sword and shield carrying a long ladder, beside him were soldiers holding bows, arrows and firecrackers, and behind him was a flagman wearing cotton armor , responsible for supervising the battle, anyone who dares to hesitate to enter, or escapes, will be executed on the spot.

Sun Maosheng held the firecracker tightly in his hand, followed behind the shield car, bowed his head and walked forward. From time to time, shells hit him, splashing mud into the sky, and then falling down, forming a cloud of mud rain, crackling on his bamboo hat.

At this time, the stragglers of the Qing army had entered within [-] paces of the fort wall, an orange-red light flashed on the fort wall, and there was a "bang", and a cloud of white smoke was sprayed out.

A gust of wind blew past, and a three-jin artillery shell flashed in front of his eyes, and landed in front of the shield car, splashing a piece of soil. The top of a shield car next to it.

With a bang, the shield car was thrown back by the shell, and the wooden board on the top exploded with a bang, splashing countless sawdust.

These wood chips were like sharp flying knives, splashing around, and the Qing army pushing the cart behind fell down instantly, covering their faces and thighs and screaming.

This is Wei Jun's copper cannon fired.

Compared with the cumbersome Hongyi cannon, Wei Jun's copper cannon fires faster and is easier to aim, and it is easier to hit moving targets than the Hongyi cannon.

On the ground, several Qing soldiers fell to the ground and howled miserably, and the banner soldiers holding bows and arrows behind them immediately drew their knives, one at a time, ending the wailing of the wounded soldiers.

"Don't panic, keep moving forward!" Qi Ding roared with a ferocious face while holding a bloody saber.

Seeing this, the rest of the Qing army hurriedly pushed up the half-cut shield chariot and continued to move forward.

"Bang" was another loud bang, and from time to time, orange flames flickered from various artillery positions in the city, and white smoke billowed up.The shield vehicles traveling in the wilderness, as if being called, were paralyzed one after another.

Sun Maosheng listened to the deafening gunfire and the strong wind of iron bullets whizzing by, and saw the bloody and howling wounded on the ground, his forehead could not help sweating.

For a moment, Sun Maosheng felt terrified, and turned his head to look at his comrade behind him.

That was an acquaintance of his, who had worked in a flag farm. His name was Yan Chongnian. He had always encouraged him to work hard and be loyal to his master.

Yan Chongnian saw that Sun Maosheng turned his head with sweat on his face, gave him a smile, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, don't run, the master is supervising the battle~~"

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind blew in. Sun Maosheng was horrified to see an iron bullet shot directly from the side, flying Yan Chongnian's body, and instantly tore it to pieces, turning it into countless limbs and shredded flesh, and sent it to him. Flying around, Sun Maosheng's face was sprayed with blood mist, and his trouser legs were wet immediately.

This shell was not fired from the front fortress, but from the artillery on Xiangcheng, bombarding them from the side.

Five thousand Qing troops were strangled by artillery from two directions, and finally rushed to the side of the deep trench. The scattered shield vehicles were now gathered together, in groups of five, to form sections of shield walls beside Haogou.

Sun Maosheng hid behind a section of shield wall, and filled it with trembling hands. In the gaps between each section of shield wall, Qing soldiers fell down the ladder and leaned directly on the first fort wall.

The soldiers with swords and shields stood against the shields, stepped on the ladders and rushed towards the fort wall, but the sharp corners of the fort wall were shot with firecrackers, shooting and killing the Qing soldiers on the ladders from both sides, and the Qing soldiers immediately shot one by one Falling, the body fell into the deep ditch, and was immediately pierced by the sharp wood below.

The characteristic of the bastion is that no matter which side is attacked, it will be strangled by firepower from at least two sides, and there is no dead angle of firepower.

In a short while, the soldiers of the Qing army's first wave of boarding the city were killed and injured.

At the foot of the left wing mountain, the muscles on Shang Kexi's face twitched, and Li Guohan, who was on the side with the blue flag Gushan, reminded: "My lord, the firepower on the fort wall is too strong. If you don't suppress it, you won't be able to rush up after you die."

Shang Kexi immediately waved his hand, "Another 3000 people! Send another [-] archers to suppress the city!"

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