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As Jin Shenghuan swung his sword with his right arm, hundreds of cannons outside Kuiguang Gate roared instantly, and tongues of fire spurted out one after another. The huge roar was deafening, and the billowing smoke was endless;
Hundreds of solid bullets, with a thrilling whistling sound, slammed towards Kuiguang Gate like a meteor shower.
Especially the shells fired from the red cannons, which weighed as much as 24 pounds, hit the city walls hard, causing a shocking impact. The solid city walls shook and broken bricks and stones flew like rain.
The heavy "Bang! Bang!" sounds struck the hearts of the Qing troops on the city wall like thunder, causing pain in their chests and almost bursting their blood vessels.
Most of the iron bullets flew over the city wall and fell into the city, while some hit the parapet, causing it to collapse, raising a large cloud of yellow dust. The Qing soldiers hiding under the wall were hit by the collapsed bricks and stones, causing their heads to be cracked and bleeding profusely.
Although the casualties caused by the first round of volleys were not heavy, the earth-shattering sound dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Qing army. Many people hid in the soldier caves, and they were so scared that they shrank their limbs and turned pale.
Several tiger squat cannons on the top of the Qing army's city walls also went silent. Under such fierce bombardment by the Qin army, no one wanted to go up and fiddle with something that couldn't hit the enemy.
"Cough cough..." Chen Xiaoman was choked and coughed continuously. He couldn't help but curse his bad luck. Today, a hundred cannons were placed outside the South Gate. The north wind blew, and the smoke blew in his face. Chen Xiaoman's face was covered with charcoal black. "Quick, lower the muzzle one notch, quickly!" He coughed and yelled.
At the artillery position, even if the commander Jin Shenghuan came, Chen Xiaoman had the final say. During the Battle of Hanyang, the King of Qin had taught a jumping eye distance measurement method, and Chen Xiaoman was one of the people who received the King of Qin's personal teachings.
With his extraordinary talent, he stood out among many "disciples of the emperor" and became the top-ranked artilleryman in the Qin army. His position was constantly improved with his artillery skills, from sentry leader to captain and captain. Now he is in charge of an entire artillery battalion.
At his roar, the artillerymen who had reloaded their gunpowder lowered their guns slightly... ... ... .. "Fire!" Chen Xiaoman waved his flag, and the soldiers lit the fuses and ran away a dozen steps. Covering their ears... ... ..
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom... ... ... .
There were bursts of thunderous roars again, and the artillery shells spurting out with tongues of fire once again rushed towards the top of the city like meteors hitting the moon. This time most of the shells hit the city walls, and the walls were shaking and trembling.
Two of the bullets hit the city gates, wood chips flew everywhere, and the two city gates were shaking and collapsing. The city gate tower above was hit by countless bullets, and it was ravaged by the sound of bangs. It collapsed with a loud bang, tiles flew everywhere, and smoke and dust billowed... ... ...
"Stop, move forward three hundred steps!"
After the Qing army on the city wall was bombarded so hard that they could not even raise their heads, Chen Xiaoman ordered the artillery position to move forward. It reached 500 steps outside the city gate, repositioned the artillery, loaded the shotgun shells, but did not fire immediately.
Six thousand infantrymen suddenly shouted in unison, carrying pontoon bridges, ladders and other siege equipment and rushed towards the south gate. The Qing army in the city hid in the cave. Hearing the shouts outside the city, they rushed to the top of the city to defend under the shouts of the generals, "Quick, the Qin army is coming, hurry up! Quick!" Mandula's voice was like a ghost urging his life.
When the Qing army rushed to the top of the city in a panic, the Qin army outside the city dispersed to both sides under the command of the drums. Chen Xiaoman's artillery roared again, and this time it was a horrifying barrage of bullets, and countless small marbles covered the top of the city like a rainstorm.
There was a crackling sound from the top of the city wall. The Qing army that had just rushed to the top of the city wall ushered in a terrible nightmare. The violent marbles either broke their shields, or smashed their heads, or broke their arms. A bunch of blood flowers dyed the top of the city wall red. One by one, the Qing soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, with their bodies lying on top of each other.
“Retreat quickly…” Mandula looked at the tragic scene on the top of the city, his eyes tearing up and his heart shattered.
In this round of shotgun bombardment, the Qing army suffered more than 200 casualties. The blood formed a stream and flowed down the city wall. The broken corpses covered the top of the city wall. It was a heartbreaking sight.
The Qin army did the same thing in the second round, and the Qing army was no longer fooled, and the Qin army did not immediately attack. Jin Shenghuan simply let some soldiers return to the camp, eat and rest for two hours. At that time, only some troops were left to protect the artillery from bombardment;
At dusk, when twilight fell, the Qin army, which had rested sufficiently, set out again.
Night fighting was the Qin army's strong point. The vast darkness could conceal the Qin army's actions. Jin Shenghuan first sent two hundred people to each city gate to prevent the Qing army from launching a surprise attack from other city gates. Then he acted as he did during the day, sending infantry shouting to rush to the south gate, leading the Qing army to climb the city wall, and then bombarding it with artillery.
The Qing army could not see the situation outside the city clearly and dared not to go up to the city to defend it. Every time they went up the city, they were often bombarded with heavy casualties. After several rounds, the Qing army really did not dare to go up the city anymore.
Jin Shenghuan then ordered his troops to replace their guns with solid bullets, raise the muzzles of their guns, and take turns firing into the city. They did not seek to injure the enemy, but only to create the sound of continuous artillery fire. Some of their guns did not even load ammunition, but fired blanks directly. The Qing troops in the city smelled the continuous rumbling of artillery fire and hid in their soldier caves, not daring to come out.
At this time, the Qin army's real siege began. Thousands of soldiers carried pontoon bridges and pushed them into the moat in the dark, just like Zu Dale crossed the Chu River.
Yu Xing was a soldier of the Han army flag, responsible for lookout on the top of the city wall. The Qin army outside the city had few torches, so he could not see anything clearly. He was lying under the battlement when he suddenly heard a strange sound in the moat. He looked down, but there were only shadows below the city. He felt something was wrong and shouted in fear: "The Qin army is attacking the city! The Qin army is attacking..."
"Pah! Pah! Pah!" Yu Xing had just yelled twice when suddenly a series of objects fell from the top of the city wall, rolling around and emitting sparks. "Ah!" He yelled and scrambled away.
But before he could run far, boom! boom! boom! A series of explosions sounded on the top of the city. These were Qin's thunder bombs. Although they were not as powerful as rockets, nearly ten thunder bombs exploded at the same time, and the flying shrapnel was enough to kill Yu Xing ten times.
Suddenly, a large number of torches were lit up under the city. Teams of Qin soldiers carrying ladders quickly ran across the pontoon bridge. The soldiers who crossed the bridge first threw thunder bombs onto the top of the city from time to time. The wall of Xuzhou was only two meters high, so it was not difficult to throw thunder bombs weighing more than one kilogram onto the top of the city.
Hearing the shouts of the lookout on the city wall, the Qing army rushed out of the soldier hiding cave, only to see continuous explosions on the city wall and the roar of artillery outside the city. They thought that the Qin army was luring them into the city again, and these frightened birds actually shrank back into the soldier hiding cave.
Even the Qin army attacking the city could not have imagined that such a situation would occur.
Wu Yingfu was the first Qin soldier to climb up to the top of the city wall along the ladder. When he jumped off the city wall, he was ready to fight hard. However, he was stunned at that moment because there was no opponent on the top of the city wall.
On the city wall where torches flickered, apart from the bodies of those killed by artillery fire that had not yet been collected, there were only a few lookouts who could not call for help amid the rumbling of artillery fire and were running away. Apart from them, he did not find anyone else who was breathing.
Wu Yingfu suddenly felt a wave of loneliness surge in his heart. This loneliness came so suddenly and so unexpectedly that he was a little at a loss.
"Oh no! Could it be that the Tartars have an ambush?" he exclaimed.
The corporal Fang Zhou who followed closely behind him climbed up to the top of the wall, slapped him on the head, and said fiercely: "What are you still standing there for? Go and guard the horse path, quickly!"
Horse paths are usually built on both sides of the city gates. To put it simply, they are two slopes leading to the top of the city wall. The defenders in the soldier hiding caves under the city want to go up to the city, usually through the horse paths.
The artillery outside the city was not just firing blanks. From time to time, solid bullets whizzed past the top of the city walls and slammed heavily into the houses inside the city. Every time a bullet hit the city walls, it would cause a house to collapse with a loud bang, making a terrifying sound.
One of the shells flew over Wu Yingfu, and the shrill sound scared him so much that he almost fell down. He finally understood why there was no Qing army on the top of the city wall. He was so frightened by just a shell flying over his head. The Qing army had been bombarded for most of the day, and anyone would have been scared.
It was not until they controlled the horse crossing and raised fire as a signal that the artillery fire outside the city stopped, and the Qing troops in the hiding cave woke up as if from a dream, rushed out one after another, howling and killing... ...
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