boom! boom! boom!
Cannon fire continued outside the city.
On the top of the city, the soldiers guarding the city continued to suffer casualties during the bombardment, and even the soil on the city wall fell off in large areas.
Tiancheng Wei has been at peace for a long time, and its armaments have long been lax.
Facing the heavy bombardment, the defenders in the city had no choice but to fight back. The arrows stretched out from the city were far from reaching the gunners near the cannons outside the city.
Even wanting the arrow to reach the cannon is a luxury.
The Tiger Banner's army did not make any move to attack the city, but allowed the cannons of the artillery team to bombard the city wall in front of them in turn.
On the top of the city, officers and soldiers were hit by cannons from time to time and fell from the city wall outside the city.
After two rounds of shelling, the defenders on the top of the city were already in chaos. People were crowded and bumped into each other. Many people did not die under the shelling, but were knocked off the city wall by their fellow defenders.
If you fall from a six to seven meter high city wall, even if you don't fall to death, your bones and tendons will be broken, and most of your life will be lost.
"Deputy Commander, are we ready to attack?" Liu Qingzhou looked at the chaotic situation on top of the city and couldn't help but ask Gao Zhongyun who was standing aside.
Gao Zhongyun took down the monocular telescope in front of him, shook his head slightly, and said: "It's not time yet. The Tianchengwei's city wall is in disrepair and cannot withstand many cannons. After a while, the artillery team destroyed a wall, and you are attacking."
After hearing this, Liu Qingzhou had no choice but to wait patiently.
One cannon after another continued to bombard the city wall on the official side, and some of the cannons even passed over the top of the city and fell onto the houses behind the city wall.
Large holes were exposed on the roofs of many houses close to the city wall.
This time Gao Zhongyun brought dozens of cannons, most of which were four-pounders and six-pounders, and there were also two nine-pounders.
After being bombarded over and over again, Tianchengwei's city wall finally couldn't bear it anymore. A place slightly far away from the city gate was blown down, causing dust to fly all around.
Seeing this scene, Liu Qingzhou clenched his fist tightly.
He knew that one part of the city wall was blown down, and the walls in other places would not last long.
After another round of shelling.
The gap in the collapsed city wall became larger under the bombardment. The gap that could only accommodate one or two people to enter and exit was now able to allow carriages to enter and exit freely.
There was no one on Tianchengwei's city wall at this time.
As long as the city's defenders could still move, they had already fled from the top of the city. The only ones left on the top of the city were corpses and some surviving companions.
"The city is already in chaos. We can attack after waiting a little longer." Gao Zhongyun kept observing the situation in the city through a monocular telescope.
Liu Qingzhou nodded slightly.
Cannons continued to hit the gaps in the city wall, making the gaps in the city wall bigger and bigger. In the end, most of the city wall collapsed.
"Go, the third battle barracks can attack the city." Gao Zhongyun said to Liu Qingzhou.
Liu Qingzhou clamped the horse's belly between his legs and urged the horse forward.
The soldiers and horses of the third battle camp separated into several thousand-man teams and rushed towards the gap in the city wall.
The artillery team also received the order and stopped the bombardment.
At this time, there was not a single defender on the city wall, and the soldiers from the third battle camp easily entered the city.
The cry of killing soon came from the city.
The commander Qian Shi who was sent by Zhou Tong to guard the city immediately fled back to the commander's office with his people as soon as he got off the city wall.
Although the gunfire occurred outside the city, the yamen was already in chaos, with panicked officers and servants everywhere.
"The general is in trouble, Zhenyuan Gate has been lost." The commander yelled and ran towards the back office.
Before he could reach the back office, Zhou Tong had already walked out.
"General, run away quickly. Zhenyuan Gate has been lost and the rebel army has entered the city." The commander said eagerly when he saw Zhou Tong.
After hearing this, Zhou Tong's feet went weak and he took a few steps back uncontrollably. He didn't stand firm until he hit the door frame.
I heard him ask in a heavy voice: "Why did Zhenyuan Gate fall? Didn't General Wang lead people to the top of the city to defend the city? Are you lying to me?"
At this time, he still did not believe that the Zhenyuan Gate was broken by the bandits.
From the sound of cannons to the fall of Zhenyuan Gate, the time was really too short.
"The rebels' cannons are so powerful that the defenders on the city can't resist them. General, it's better to escape for your life before the rebels come over!" said the commander.
Zhou Tong suppressed the panic in his heart and asked, "Where is Mr. Wang? Where are the others?"
"As soon as the bandits attacked the city, there was a chaos on top of the city. I really couldn't find General Wang." The commander said, not saying that he was frightened by the bandits' cannons and was ordered by Wang Bao. The thing about people knocking down the city wall.
kill!
Just when Zhou Tong was about to ask something, shouts of death came from the direction of Zhenyuan Gate.
The conductor's face turned pale.
He only knew that the Zhenyuan Gate could not be defended. When he escaped with his men, the Zhenyuan Gate was only bombarded by the bandits and had not yet fallen. He did not expect that the bandits had actually entered the city at this time.
"Take your men and follow me to Ying'en Gate." Zhou Tong didn't dare to stay, so he took his soldiers and the bags he had prepared and rushed to Ying'en Gate.
To get to Ying'en Gate, you need to pass through Zhenwu Temple and Bell Tower.
However, the streets at this time were already in chaos, with countless defeated soldiers and people in the city fleeing in all directions. There were many tables, chairs, benches, and vegetables and other messy things scattered on the streets.
This made Zhou Tong and others who came out of the commander's office on horseback unable to walk faster even if they wanted to.
