Xie Ming

Chapter 204 The enemy increases its firepower!

The first round of 2,000 Han army flag soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty attempted to attack the city, but ended in failure.

In response to this, Ajige was furious. When the siege equipment and red-haired cannons were all unprepared, he issued another order, deciding to mobilize the more than 10,000 Han troops who had recently joined Jixi to fight in shifts and deploy in echelons to continue to claim lives.

The intention is to consume the morale and energy of the soldiers defending the city and not give them any chance to breathe!

This fight took another half hour!
The time came to noon on the sixth day of May, three quarters after noon (11:45)!

Boom boom!

Boom boom boom!
"General, be careful!"

At the moment when the enemy's artillery shells were attacking intensively, Chang Ting and Sang Menxing were quick-eyed and quick-handed. Seeing the danger, they rushed forward from both sides and pressed down on Xiao Lang behind the parapet.

After the artillery shells exploded at the door of the tower behind him, Mr. Liu Erye beside him also hurriedly rushed over, grabbed three people on the ground, and moved sideways to the right amidst the smoke and wood chips flying everywhere to avoid the enemy's concentrated firepower!
"Bah, pah!"

"Damn it! These Jiannu soldiers are so cunning!"

"A round of artillery fire, all aimed at the city wall, they want to blow me to death!"

Xiao Jingchuan was able to escape from danger thanks to the three people in front of him who risked their lives to protect him. He spat out the dirt in his mouth and started cursing!

"General!"

"How is it? Are you okay?!" Chang Ting asked with concern.

"Hahaha, no problem!"

Hearing this, Xiao Lang responded with a smile, and then checked Chang Ting, Sang Men Xing, and Liu Erye.

Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound, except that Death Star and Master Liu had a few scratches on their cheeks and scalps caused by flying stones and wood chips, but they were not serious!

"General! Look!"

"Damn Jiannu soldiers, bring up the tiger squat cannon!"

"Here, one, two, three, General, there are probably more than fifty gates!"

"Two hundred steps away!"

"Our archers can't reach them!"

Chang Ting had sharp eyes. Seeing several people escaping from the key artillery fire area, he quickly stuck his head out of the gap in the parapet, took advantage of the situation to look outside and said in surprise.

Boom boom!

Boom boom boom!
The enemy's tiger squat cannons under the Beiguan city fired another round of volleys!
Xiao Lang and his companions ducked to avoid the attack, and were all shocked.

"damn it!"

"Pei Zhong! Where is Sun Pei Zhong?!"

"Chang Ting, go find Pei Zhong and assign soldiers to raise the city defense artillery at the north end of the North Gate to the rear!"

"Aim two hundred steps away!"

"Give me a volley of fire!"

"Tell him to remember to coordinate the salvo fire!"

"The opponents are all small-caliber tiger squat cannons with strong mobility!"

"The reason why they are now concentrated in a horizontal formation 200 steps away is probably because we haven't fired any cannons yet!"

"Damn it, we don't have many shells. We originally wanted to take advantage of the Red Barbarian Cannon by surprise!"

"Tell Pei Zhong to get ready quickly! I'm not going to make it!"

"If they keep bombing like this, they won't be able to penetrate the city wall, but the battlements are about to be blown into pieces by these bastards!"

"Go quickly! Quickly!" Xiao Lang yelled at the top of his lungs.

Boom boom!

On the northern section of the city wall, artillery shells were still raging.

Xiao Lang stood beside the general, leaning close to his ear, and heard the general's order. He hurriedly replied in a loud voice, then turned around to find Pei Zhong to pass on the order.

"Soldiers!"

"Save ammo!"

"As for the enemies under the city, use arrows as much as possible to deal with them! Save the firearms for later!"

"We still have a long way to go with these bastards!"

Xiao Lang brought Sang Men Xing and Liu Erye and moved the camera further to the right. While patrolling, they could also stay further away from the enemy's concentrated fire range.

Amid the hail of bullets and flying arrows, Xiao Lang also took out his portable monocular telescope and looked outside as he walked!

After checking again, he found that outside the North Gate, apart from the small-caliber Tiger Crouching Cannon, there were no other large-scale artillery to support it! He wondered if the large-scale artillery, such as the Red Cannon, was difficult to transport and could not arrive? !

Following this, he also carefully studied the various siege actions of the Han army and miscellaneous soldiers who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty!

It turned out that not only the long-range, high-powered artillery had not been delivered, but even some special siege equipment might have been delayed as well!

It makes sense. This group of Jiannu soldiers chased Li Zicheng all the way from the capital to here. How fast would the cavalry in the vanguard be?

It is normal that the logistics, baggage and artillery cannot keep up and fall behind!

Thinking about this, Xiao Lang suddenly had an idea. He gritted his teeth and spoke to Master Liu who was standing beside him.

"Master Liu!"

"The enemy's artillery is not of large caliber!"

"I think it's probably because of the large-caliber red cannons and a large number of siege equipment that were left behind and couldn't catch up for a while!"

"Go, run to the west gate of the city and pass on the message!"

"Tell Li Hongsheng to lead his troops to replace Xu Jizu's troops guarding the west gate immediately!"

"Quickly replace Xia Jizulai and secretly order him to lead the army out of the south gate without stopping!"

"The more than 500 war horses previously allocated to Sun Peizhong are now ready in the stables at the south gate of Baoding Prefecture!"

"Give it to him as well!"

"Tell him to lead his troops on a forced march, detour around the Xushui area west of Anlan, avoid the Jiannu scouts, and head straight to the enemy's rear thirty miles away!"

"Once you reach the north, deploy your forces and head upstream!"

"You must intercept the enemy's baggage train in the rear for me!"

"This Li Zicheng escapes quickly!"

"These wolf-dog Jiannu cavalrymen run even faster!"

"So I guessed that this large artillery and baggage must have been left behind and couldn't catch up for a while!"

"Tell Xu Jizu!"

"Soldiers are expensive and quick!"

"Even if your legs break, you must find a way out as soon as possible to intercept the enemy's baggage!"

"The Red Cannon is the key! Ajige can't possibly go out without cannons!"

"Blow it up!"

"Intercept it and blow it up at all costs!"

"In the battle of Baoding, if the enemy does not have large-caliber artillery support, then we will have won half the battle!"

"If Jizu can lead his troops to successfully destroy the enemy's heavy artillery in the rear!"

"Then he is the first contributor to this battle!"

"go with!"

"Go!"

Xiao Jingchuan observed the situation on the battlefield, analyzed the situation, and hurriedly pulled Master Liu in front of him, shouting orders at the top of his voice.

"General!"

"But in front of you." After hearing the order, Master Liu was still hesitant and worried about Xiao Lang's safety!
"oops!"

"Don't worry about me, I still have the Death Star here!"

"Go!"

"You better go quickly!"

Xiao Lang was anxious and annoyed. He knew that Mr. Liu had good intentions, but at this moment, he couldn't care less.

As he was talking, he pushed Mr. Liu out.

"Ugh!"

"Yes! I'm going right now!"

After staggering two steps, Master Liu was unable to persuade the opponent, so he had to clasp his fists and accept the order. He turned around and found the way up the stairs, then rushed down and headed straight for the west gate!
Boom boom!

Boom boom boom!
Even though the enemy had artillery support, the siege troops still found it difficult to gain any results for a while!
Arrows rained down, logs and rocks rolled down!
As the Han soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in western Ji gathered more and more under the city, the trenches in front of the northern gate of Baoding City, which had only been dug two days ago, now seemed to be almost filled with the corpses of enemy soldiers in some places!

However, it was still very difficult for the enemy to climb the walls using siege ladders!

(End of this chapter)