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On the archery tower at the head of the city, Mangui held the hilt of his sword and watched the Jianluo troops rolling in with cold eyes, without any panic on his face.

But below the arrow tower, the ordinary soldiers were not so calm. Most of them are soldiers from the Beijing camp, and they have toiled all year round. They have never been exposed to this kind of thing when they go into battle to kill the enemy!

Although they had seen Jianlu siege the city before, at that time King Qin's army was blocking the way outside the city. Now the only thing they can rely on is the city wall of the capital, so it is impossible not to panic.

Not only them, but also many of the civil and military officials watching the formation on the inner wall behind were panicked. Many imperial censors or doctors and ministers saw that Jian was getting closer and closer, but there was no movement on the city. They shouted at first, and then jumped on their feet: "Fire, fire! Don't let Jian Get closer..."

Hearing the shouts of the officers, the soldiers were a little panicked. Fortunately, Mangui's servants were guarding the formation. They only obeyed the commander's military orders, so they were able to hold on.

On the inner city archery tower, there was no one on Hu Guang's floor except for the empty seats next to him. Far away, there were the tallest civil and military officers of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhou Yanru, the assistant minister, saw this situation, he was a little panicked. He thought that Mangui hadn't ordered the artillery attack yet because he was afraid of accidentally injuring the fleeing troops in front. He couldn't help being angry and anxious, and immediately turned around and shouted to Hu Guangda : "Your Majesty, I have my heart set on what to do!"

Hu Guangzheng was looking at the battlefield of ancient cold weapons, feeling the golden and iron horses, and felt his blood boiling slightly. Just when he was wondering whether he was born to adapt to the battlefield, he heard Zhou Yanru's voice and couldn't help but turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I thought..." Before Zhou Yanru could finish speaking, he suddenly heard something unusual happening outside the city. He couldn't help but glance at it and was stunned.

Hu Guang also noticed it. He turned around and saw that in the rolling torrent of Jianlu troops, a part of the Jianlu cavalry suddenly accelerated significantly. They screamed strangely and approached the running Ming army's defeated troops, grinning ferociously. He slashed with the knife, and for a moment, blood spurted out and heads flew everywhere.

There were even some strong Jianlu, armed with iron spears, and with the help of horse power, they penetrated the backs of the defeated soldiers and took advantage of the situation. They watched the defeated soldiers still struggling in pain with their guns, and screamed strangely. The roar is approaching.

The soldiers on the top of the city were all pale with fear, and many soldiers' legs were even shaking unknowingly. The civil servants and military officers who were shouting just now had already forgotten about shouting and urging, and just stayed there. Fortunately they were not on the outer city wall, otherwise they would probably have been frightened to death.

General Mangui looked at these with cold eyes and sneered in his heart, knowing that this was one of Jianlu's usual methods to lower his own morale.

When he saw behind these Jianlu, relying on their superb riding skills, groups of Jianlu were rushing toward the city wall with ladders, he knew that these Jianlu were going to attack the city in one go.

This made him slightly surprised, because only this part of the Jianlu had already made an siege posture, and the other parts of the Jianlu were not close yet. They seemed a bit out of touch. This did not seem to be the situation that Jianlu should have.

But at this time, he didn't care to think about the reason, and immediately ordered the gunfire.

On the top of the capital city, the Hongyi cannon, the general cannon, and the large Folang machine gun opened fire one after another.

Accompanied by the sound of "boom, boom, boom", gunpowder smoke filled the top of the city, and for a while, it was impossible to see the situation outside at all.

But Man Gui, who was on top of the outer city's archery tower, could see iron eggs flying out one after another.

Some fell into the moat, smashed through the thin ice and disappeared; some did not fly directly to Jianlu at all, but flew out diagonally, with no effect.

Of course, some iron eggs fell and smashed into the pile of prisoners, tearing apart everything they encountered, whether it was a war horse or a human body wearing armor, they all ended up being disemboweled and torn apart. But this is like throwing a small stone into the sea, only a small wave appears, and then it is submerged by the army in the blink of an eye.

The rumble of horse hooves continued, and Jianlu was getting closer and closer. On the top of the city, the shelling continued. The first round is loaded in advance, and starting from the second round, it needs to be loaded.

Thanks to the howling cold wind, the gunpowder smoke at the top of the city only filled the air for a while before being blown away by the wind. Hu Guang happened to see the effect of the shelling, which made him frown. After thinking about it for a moment, I suddenly felt that it was so funny. A strong city and a sharp cannon were all nonsense.

The artillery at this time fired iron eggs. When the iron egg is fired at the top of the city, let's not talk about the hit rate of aiming. Let's just say that the iron egg flies out of the shell mouth from the height of the city head, falls to the ground in a parabola, and then needs to bounce to kill the enemy. Even if the enemies are lined up in a row for you to fight, you probably won't be able to kill many enemies if you fight them forever. Not to mention that Jianlu's siege of the city was all scattered.

For large army operations, this kind of artillery defends the city and bombards the enemy, and it has more of an intimidating effect. However, the enemies outside now are Jianlu who have experienced battles for a long time and have seen many artillery. It is strange that they can be frightened.

In fact, the most useful place for this kind of cannon is to siege cities. As long as the cannon is large enough and has a far enough range, it can be aimed at an immovable target as large as a city gate or city wall. After firing several times in succession, it will definitely be able to knock down the city head or city gate. It is truly the most effective siege weapon.

Hu Guang was thinking this when he suddenly saw a flash of fire on the city in front, and then smoke came out. He only heard a "boom", but saw a general's cannon exploding, and the soldiers around him were killed and injured. Some of the debris even reached the civil and military officials on the inner city wall, and several people were immediately injured.

Man Gui obviously noticed it, and someone was immediately ordered to come down from the arrow tower to reorganize the defense in this area. But after learning such a lesson, other gunners suddenly became timid. The speed at which the artillery was fired was comparable to the speed at which a presbyopic old woman could thread a needle.

This accident on the city head made Mang Gurtai outside the city even more convinced that his intimidation strategy was effective. He didn't want to wait for the other two Heshuo Baylor to lead people up, so he hurriedly urged his men to attack quickly.

After Jianlu's cavalry carrying the ladder rushed to the moat, they dismounted and carried the ladder to the moat. All of a sudden, there were already many prisoners outside the moat.

Behind these Jianlu who carried the ladders, another group of Jianlu dismounted and took out their bows and started shooting arrows at the top of the city to cover them.

Of course, the bows, arrows, blunderbuss and other long-range weapons on the top of the city were also aimed at the prisoners below the city. Those who shot arrows and those who fired opened fire.

The battle to defend the capital entered a fierce stage from the beginning.

Thanks to Wei Duxing and New Year Ruge for the reward. By the way, I would like to ask for book lists, good reviews, and recommendation votes. Thank you!