If this point in time were pushed forward a little further, he would probably be able to kill Hong Chengchou directly!
If this point in time is pushed back further, Jianlu loses more battles, and a consensus is formed on the strength of the Ming army, then maybe he will listen to Hong Chengchou's suggestion.
But in the current situation of neither getting better nor worse, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort actually agreed with Hong Chengchou's proposal in his heart. However, in the superficial public opinion atmosphere of the Qing Dynasty, which was still very strong, he couldn't do it without even fighting. Ran!
At this time, Hong Chengchou not only persuaded him to escape again and again, but even in the public square at the top of the city, the Zhenjiang Fort guard was really angry. Was he shameless? What a shame!
So, he slapped Hong Chengchou again, hitting the other half of Hong Chengchou's face with a loud "snap", then knocked Hong Chengchou to the ground, and then shouted sternly: "Come on, slap me!" Lock him up and wait until he defeats the Ming army and then let him out and have a look!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, his men immediately swarmed up and took Hong Chengchou down to the top of the city.
Along the way, the few Jianlu who dragged him punched him a few times and cursed at him, for how dare he look down on them like this.
The warriors of the Qing Dynasty are not as weak as Ming Gou, who can escape at every turn!
………………
Outside the city, when Gao Yigong led his troops around the west gate of Zhenjiang Fort and set up a defensive position in a sidecar, the Hongyi artillery position at the east gate of Zhenjiang Fort had already been deployed.
Zheng Hongkui looked at the Jianlu who were waiting on the top of Zhenjiang Fort, and shouted loudly to the artillerymen, that is, the naval artillerymen from the Zheng family: "This is our first battle ashore. They have been fought for me. Take aim." , don’t embarrass me, don’t embarrass our navy, do you hear me?”
Of course, his men also longed for military glory. It was rare that they were no longer spectators. When they had such an opportunity, they were naturally excited. They immediately agreed loudly and started fighting.
There was a "boom" from the cannon, and an iron bullet shot out, passed over the head of Zhenjiang Fort, and fell into the city.
But everyone knew that this was a test firing of the cannon, and it didn't mean anything if it wasn't accurate.
There was another cannon blast, and another iron bullet shot out.
This time, the iron bullet hit the arrow tower at the east gate of Zhenjiang Fort. Suddenly, the tiles and wood fell to the ground, dust rose, and the city was in chaos.
As a result, the relevant shooting parameters spread immediately, and each Hongyi cannon began to correct the shooting parameters.
After a while, the thundering sound of cannons rang out from Zhenjiang Fort.
"Boom boom boom..."
From the Ming Army's artillery position, gunpowder smoke rose into the sky. At the same time, iron bullets shot out and hit the city head where the east gate was located with a loud bang, bang bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Earth and rocks splashed and dust flew up, covering a large section of the city wall.
The infantry soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, holding the heads of their flintlock rifles with their handles propped on the ground, acted like melon-eating crowds, whispering about the effects of the shelling.
"The fight was pretty good, but with just one round of shelling, the archery tower was almost gone, haha!"
"One round of artillery fire? These are more than thirty Hongyi cannons. When have you ever seen so many artillery fires? It's normal for the archery tower to be gone!"
"I don't know if there is any leader of Jianlu inside. It would be nice to be beaten to death!"
"Did you see that the Jianlu nearby fled away one after another? Did you see that they were all scared to death?"
"With so many bombardments, who dares to stand on this wall? It would be weird if a flesh-and-blood body doesn't get smashed into meat patties!"
"..."
Amid their discussions, the artillerymen finished loading again.
"Boom boom boom..."
The deafening sound of artillery sounded again.
On top of Zhenjiang Fort, some dust that had just been blown away by the sea breeze filled the air again. However, it can be seen that a large part of the Zhenjiang Fort's city wall has collapsed, and the city gate is completely in tatters. Some movement can be seen inside the city gate.
However, the Ming army's Hongyi artillery did not stop bombarding, but continued to fire at other city walls.
"Boom boom boom..."
When the poor Zhenjiang Fort wall was first built, one would have thought that one day it would be bombarded by Hongyi cannons, and moreover thirty Hongyi cannons.
The city wall could not withstand the bombardment of the Hongyi artillery. It was smashed to pieces one after another, and the dust almost filled the entire Zhenjiang Fort.
Those prisoners on the city walls who did not have time to escape would end up with broken arms and legs as long as they were slightly grazed by iron bullets. Many others were hit by rocks and wood that were thrown away, and they were also dripping with blood.
The flesh and blood body, under the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon, was simply like paper.
Fortunately, there were no high-explosive bombs at this time. Otherwise, the entire Zhenjiang Fort would have ceased to exist if it was hit by heavy artillery.
But even so, the small Zhenjiang Fort, under the repeated bombardment of more than 30 Hongyi cannons, was already disfigured by the bright lights. At least the east gate of Zhenjiang Fort can no longer be called a city wall.
The concentrated use of artillery made Zhenjiang Fort "lucky" to hit it for the first time.
The Jianlu in the city were bombarded by the Hongyi artillery and were forced to hide everywhere, and the organizational structure almost ceased to exist.
At this time, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort regretted it and felt that it would have been better if he had listened to Hong Chengchou. Under this level of bombardment, it would be impossible for reinforcements to arrive!
In fact, the defense system in Liaodong was built at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Including the scale of the castle, the selection of the site, etc., they were all suitable for the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
After nearly three hundred years of development, especially the popularization of firearms and siege weapons like the Hongyi Cannon, the original defense system was obviously no longer suitable.
The destructive power of artillery on the city wall far exceeded the considerations of those who originally designed this defense system. The distance between the castles may not necessarily meet the time required to support each other.
Not to mention, the Jianlu cavalry here are now being transferred to escort the Jianlu cavalry moving inward along the coast to deal with Li Guo and Li Laiheng's cavalry.
Knowing that no one could stand on the east side of the small Zhenjiang Fort, and that Zhenjiang Fort would be broken sooner or later, the Zhenjiang Fort guard finally thought of breaking out from the west gate.
After the military order was passed down, Jianlu swarmed out of the west gate.
Gao Yigong had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw that the Jianlu were about to break out from him, he naturally said nothing. He immediately organized the Fusiliers and started a blocking battle using side carriages as protection.
The few carriages were pushed by Jianlu to cover their approach to the Ming army's position.
Therefore, the first thing to roar at Jianlu was the Fran machine gun on the side car.
"Boom boom boom..."
During the rumbling of the cannon, some iron bullets hit Jianlu's carriage, or cracked the shield on the carriage, or just shook the shield.
The reason for this is that on the one hand, the distance is a bit far, and on the other hand, for the convenience of the march, we rushed to the west gate of Zhenjiang Fort in time to block the road. The artillery in Gao Yigong's belt were all medium-sized or below, which were field artillery and lightweight. But also in this way, the power is not enough at long distances.
Jianlu, on his side, was also very anxious and jumped over the wall. Everyone rushed forward as if they were desperate for their lives.
Finally, fierce gunfire rang out.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The chariot rafters were immediately hit by countless lead bullets, and those prisoners who were not covered by the chariot rafters, once bitten by the lead bullets, immediately lost the ability to attack and fell to the ground.
The other Jianlu didn't care about the injured Jianlu at all, they just rushed forward desperately.
Jianlu, who held a gun in his hand, also opened fire on the Ming army; more archers began to shoot arrows on the Ming army.
The battle on Ximen's side became the most intense after just the beginning.
One side wanted to stop the Jianlu and prevent them from escaping; the other side wanted to stand out and surround them instead of dying here.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
"Boom boom boom..."
"Kill..."
The sound of gunfire and shouts of killing immediately became loud.
On the Ming army's side, the first one is that they have more troops, and the firepower is naturally more intensive; more importantly, they are hiding behind side cars, which is equivalent to having a large shield erected in front of them, which not only effectively protects them, It also allowed the Ming army to focus more on killing prisoners.
After getting closer, the power of the Fran cannon began to be revealed. With the bombardment, those carts could no longer effectively block iron bullets, and were often smashed to pieces by iron bullets.
The advantage of the flintlock gun was also revealed in this pair of shots. The dense formation made the barrages they fired more densely. Unlike Jianlu's matchlock guns, they had to be far apart from each other to form an effective killing barrage.
Suddenly, the charging Jianlu fell in front of the Ming army's formation.
However, no matter what, under Jianlu's counterattack, some Ming army soldiers were shot and some were hit by arrows. But relatively speaking, it was far smaller than Jianlu's losses.
Under Jianlu's life-threatening breakout, the distance between the two sides became shorter and shorter.
At this time, Gao Yigong suddenly discovered that the newly transferred recruits in the army began to panic. The time to reload ammunition is often much slower than during normal training.
He is a veteran of the military and knows that he cannot rush them at this time. The more he rushes them, the more anxious they will be, the more mistakes they will make in the rush, and the harder it will be to reload ammunition.
At this time, it was unrealistic to comfort and encourage them. The sound of guns and artillery on the battlefield was too loud. Even if he shouted, not many people would be able to hear him clearly.
The fastest people in Jianlu were already rushing to the side car.
The fusiliers do not have bayonets, which affects the reloading speed; although everyone has a saber, their hand-to-hand combat capabilities are not strong. Once you are captured, you will suffer a lot of losses.
Seeing this scene, Gao Yigong did not hesitate and immediately ordered to his guards: "Pike soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, follow me to fight!"
Shuai Qi leaned forward and followed Gao Yigong, who was holding the red tassel gun.
The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers who were waiting behind immediately followed them as soon as they saw it.
"kill……"
