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Li Zicheng and his old brothers who had followed him to fight in his world for many years did not have much trust in the Ming army generals who had surrendered in the past year or two, and were secretly wary of them.

Dang Shousu naturally did the same to He Zhen.

He Zhen repeatedly suggested that he go out of the city to fight with the Wei army, which made him more suspicious, thinking that He Zhen might have secretly surrendered to the Wei army.

But he has no evidence.

Although He Zhen was a general who was surrendered in the former Ming Dynasty, he was also a powerful general in Dashun, only one rank lower than him.

Without conclusive evidence, he was reluctant to touch He Zhen.

After staring at He Zhen for several times, he said: "The enemy situation outside the city is unclear. If you lead the troops out rashly, there will be even fewer defenders in the city. We should stick to the city."

He Zhen added: "Since the general is not prepared to support the forts outside the city, it is better to let the soldiers in the remaining forts withdraw into the city."

In the various fortresses around Fengxiang Fucheng, most of them were soldiers from the former Ming Dynasty and other miscellaneous soldiers, and a few of them were even He Zhen's subordinates.

Dang Shousu believed that He Zhen's suggestion was probably because he didn't want to lose too many soldiers who had been surrendered in the past Ming Dynasty.

But how can there be no death in a war?
There are many soldiers in Dashun. If you sacrifice some and buy time, it will be cost-effective.

So he shook his head and said, "We can't withdraw - if we withdraw, the Yi army will probably be able to attack Fucheng soon."

He Zhen was speechless, sighed heavily, and went to patrol elsewhere.

Dang Shousu believed that even if none of the forts could be defended by the barriers, it would still take time for the Yi army to capture the forts, and they would have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to attack Fucheng.

But he was wrong.

Before the sun was about to set in the afternoon, more than 10,000 troops rushed to the outside of Fucheng. Without much rest, they pushed the artillery truck out of the military formation.

The party guard saw that the artillery carriage of the Eijun army had stopped three or four miles away. Although he could not see clearly clearly, he estimated that there were at least thirty guns, and he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

He summoned the commander in charge of Fucheng's artillery and asked, "Can our artillery hit that side?"

Generals of the Shun army had little experience in using artillery, even middle- and low-ranking generals. Even the existing gunners were mostly trained urgently last year.

The flag-bearer said anxiously, "It's so far away, and I don't know if the general can hit it."

"Then let's try - we can't let the Wei army set up the cannon with peace of mind."

"As ordered!"

Because the Yong River outside the city flows in a north-south direction, Fengxiang Fucheng is to the east of the Yong River.

Considering that the number of red cannons was limited, Dang Shousu arranged four cannons on each of the east and south walls, while only ordinary red cannons were placed on the west and north walls.

After the artillery flag was received and the order was received, the gunners were immediately ordered to use the maximum charge of the four Hongyi cannons.

Due to their early preparations, the gunners of the Shun Army fired the first round of artillery quickly.

Boom boom boom!

Amidst the sound of cannons that shook the city, four iron bullets were fired towards the Wei army's formation outside the south city gate.

Unfortunately, these four shells landed about three miles away. And because the ground was mostly mud, the iron bullets could not roll very far and could not threaten the Yi army's artillery position more than three miles away.

Zhang Qi looked ugly when he saw this.

Dang Shousu also saw this result and said decisively: "Clear the barrel of the cannon quickly, add more gunpowder and fire again!"

Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment and then explained: "General, the maximum amount of medicine was used just now. If you increase the amount of medicine, the chamber will explode."

Dang Shousu frowned and shouted, "Do you think you really don't know how to shoot? Just increase the amount of medicine and shoot a few fewer rounds!"

Zhang Qi didn't dare to argue anymore and could only give orders.

The gunners were frightened and tremblingly cleaned the gun barrels, as if they were deliberately delaying time.

Seeing this, Dang Shousu simply ordered his own soldiers to supervise.

Unexpectedly, before the barrels of our own guns were cleared, the Yi army's artillery fired.

There was only one stone bullet, but it hit the city wall.

Dang Shouxu's expression changed and he immediately shouted: "Send the order, pay attention to the artillery!"

Because they suffered heavy losses under the artillery fire of the Qing Army and the Yi Army, the Shun Army has really changed a lot now.

Not only did the ratio of guns and artillery in the army increase, but a variety of measures to deal with shelling and muskets were developed.

At this time, Fengxiang City's superiors used sacks filled with soil to pile up a lot of soil.

Only four or five people could enter each siege. Unless the Yi army's artillery shells happened to hit it, the damage caused by the ricocheting iron bullets and splashing shells to the soldiers inside would be very limited.

After Dang Shouxu gave the order, he took a few soldiers and rushed into a nearby earthen siege to take shelter.

Sure enough, soon there was continuous shelling outside the city.

Boom boom boom...

Dozens of rings in a row.

After that, the city wall began to tremble continuously, and explosions were heard everywhere.

Dang Shousu's expression changed after hearing this. Just listening to the explosion, he felt that the power of the Lei army's explosive bombs seemed to be much greater.

He was about to take a risk and look up when he saw a shell falling a step away from the wall and exploding violently!

boom!
Dang Shousu felt that everyone was shaken off the ground.

A section of the earth fence was broken open by the air wave, the earth flew around, and shrapnel shot through the earth. Two or three soldiers were injured and screamed.

Although Dang Shousu was fine, he was disgraced.

His face was extremely ugly.

He could confirm that the power of the Yijun's explosive bombs was indeed greater, and the explosion power was probably two or three times that of before.

He didn't know how Wei Jun did it.

Could it be that larger artillery was used?
The Yi army's artillery fire was very fast, and not long after one round, there was the second round.

Most of the artillery shells are shells, and a few are iron shells.

The Shunjun at the head of the city were beaten so hard that they could not even lift their heads. Even so, there were still many casualties.

There were even some miscellaneous soldiers who fled hurriedly down the city and were killed by the supervising team arranged by Dang Shousu on the horse road.

Dang Shousu took advantage of the break in the shelling to look up outside the city and saw the Yi army infantry carrying ladders and other siege equipment quickly approaching the moat.

Busy shouted: "Fire! Fire!"

The gunners of the Shun Army at the top of the city had to take risks and fire.

Four Hongyi cannons and six Hongyi cannons opened fire one after another.

But they are all iron bullets.

The infantry formation of the Yi army was sparse, and even if artillery shells fell inside, the casualties would often be single digits, or even none at all.

As for damaging the morale of the Yi army, let alone talk about it.

Anti-artillery interference is a necessary item in the training of the Yi army.

At this time, the Yi army's artillery kept firing, clearly suppressing the Shun army's artillery fire on the city, and even occasionally the Shun army's artillery positions were hit and misfired.

Therefore, even after being bombarded, the morale of the Yi army was still high.

There was no shouting, but he quickly rushed to the moat and set up a flying bridge.

Then he rushed to the city wall.

Dang Shousu once again risked his head to watch and ordered: "Archers, musketeers, and tiger squatting cannons, all be beaten on the forehead, hard!"

Under the military order, even if the Yi army's artillery fire was fierce, Shun's soldiers had to take the risk of showing their faces.

However, the troops under the city were already prepared.

Rows of musketeers had already aimed at the city head, and when they saw the Shun army emerging above, they immediately fired at them.

There is also a new Tiger Crouching Cannon, no, it is a mortar.

He started firing at a high elevation angle and directly hit the trumpet bomb on the top of the city.

The vanguard carried hundreds of mortars under the city wall. Although the small explosive shells were not as powerful as field artillery, they couldn't rely on there being so many.

Hundreds of trumpet bombs were fired, and the city suddenly exploded!

The powder barrels of two red cannons were even hit and exploded, killing all the surrounding soldiers!

"General! General! The Yi army's artillery fire was too fierce. There were many casualties among our brothers. There is no way to fight back!"

Dang Shousu held the general's helmet, his face covered with dust, and was about to say something when he felt the city wall shake violently.

The city gate not far away looked like some monster had risen from the ground. When it jumped up, dense cracks appeared, and it seemed that it would collapse at any time.

The surviving Shunjun soldiers on the city wall were either confused or stunned, and had no idea what was happening.

"The city gate is broken!"

The shrill and anxious shouts were faintly heard from the city, and Dang Shousu and others came back to their senses.

Then people were panicked.

How can the city be defended if the city gates are broken down?

Dang Shousu's face looked even more ugly. Fortunately, his face was covered with dust and dirt, so others couldn't see his face clearly.

He has fought with Li Zicheng for many years. Although his ability is mediocre, he has rich experience.

At this critical moment, he decisively ordered: "Send the order, all the remaining soldiers on the wall will retreat into the city and prepare to fight with the Yi army in the streets!"

Street fighting was another method used by the Shun Army to offset the enemy's superiority in firepower such as guns and artillery.

There are many Shun soldiers and they are familiar with the layout of the buildings in the city, so they should be able to gain some advantages in street fighting.

Now Dang Shousu no longer wants to defend Fengxiang for ten and a half days. He just wants to hold off the Yi army for a day or two through street fighting so that the defenders of other cities can be prepared. (End of chapter)