After testing the firepower of the Ming army's fortress, the Qing army landed on a large number of fishing boats toward the coast of Qiongshan.

The turrets on the coast do not have much damage to these small fishing boats.

In addition, the main warships of the Qing army were all outside the range of artillery.

In order to save the ammunition stored on the fort, the Ming army officers and soldiers decided to let these Qing troops land.

In one morning, hundreds of fishing boats carried five or six trips back and forth, transporting two or three thousand Qing soldiers to the shore.

Looking at the dense Qing army officers and soldiers on the coast and the temporary wooden shed that stretched for a mile, the Ming army officers and soldiers guarding Qiongshan were all in a state of depression.

Before, the attacking party was the Ming army, and the defending party was the Qing army.

The Ming army could calmly gather troops to defeat them one by one.

The Qing army guarding Qiong could only defend passively.

Now, both sides have changed their identities and the Ming army has become the defensive side.

More than a dozen county towns in Qiongshan, whether it is Qiongshan, Lingao, Chengmai, or even Yazhou to the south, are the places where the Qing army might have landed.

Therefore, the Ming army had to transfer thousands of troops on the island to more than a dozen different county towns.

At this moment, Qiongshan County, which had the strong defense of the Ming army, had only 500 soldiers.

And these five hundred officers and soldiers were facing a Qing army green camp with a height of tens of thousands.

"Go and notify Lingao quickly. The officers and soldiers of the towns in Chengmai area will immediately rush to help Qiongshan." A general of the Ming army under the city tower gave orders to several detectives.

At this time, the Ming army could only pray that the artillery on the city wall could withstand the Qing army's invasion.

The number of Qing army officers and soldiers who landed on the island was about two or three thousand, and was commanded by General Huang Zanzhong.

Looking at the Qiongzhou City that was so close to you, General Huang couldn't help laughing loudly.

"Some thieves who were in panic all day long, fleeing south like a broken dog. The army rested overnight and attacked the city on time tomorrow." General Huang gave the order.

Because the Qing army was afraid of artillery on the fort, the Qing army that landed this time was just infantry.

A large number of heavy artillery were on large ships such as carving ships and lucky ships.

These large treasure ships were parked at a distance from the sea because they were afraid of artillery. A large number of ships were also used to transport Green Camp soldiers to land.

Therefore, at this time, the Qing army on the shore lacked heavy artillery to attack the city.

However, General Huang had no such concern at this time, and he only had Qiongshan City in his eyes.

Early the next morning, the army made fire and cooked food. After a full meal, the Qing army of each battalion, led by the garrison, led by the garrison, headed towards Qiongshan.

In order to destroy the Ming army's coastal defense fortress, the Qing army also specially dispatched 800 Qing troops to seize the Ming army's fortress.

"Kill!" With a few cannons, a large number of Qing soldiers shouted, waving steel knives toward Qiongshan County in front of them.

Due to the heat in the south, the Qing army's combat preparations in Guangdong were relaxed.

Many Qing army officers and soldiers were not wearing armor. Of course, the Tartars only regarded these green camp soldiers as consumables, and they really didn't care about their military equipment.

However, the scene of thousands of Qing troops rushing towards Qiongshan County at the same time really put pressure on the five hundred Ming soldiers guarding the city.

"The Qing army has entered three hundred steps, and the flying thunder bombs are ready." Seeing the dense Qing army officers and soldiers reaching about three or four hundred steps below the city, a Ming army artillery leader shouted loudly.

On the Ming army's city tower, there were four mortars.

Unlike the previous Ming army mortar cannons, the four mortar cannons have a huge cannon, just like a large water tank.

Ming Jun carried square gunpowder tanks and stuffed them into the barrel of the mortar.

"put."

With the order of the gunner, the four gunners lit the gunpowder lead rope.

"Bang bang bang!" A series of thunder filled with bursts of black smoke.

The Qing generals watching the battle behind only faintly saw a few black objects flying over the city wall.

The black can hit the city two or three hundred steps away from the city wall.

A Qing army officer and soldier who had the luck to carry his home was hit hard by the black can, and his blood plasma splattered in an instant.

Before the Qing generals behind were puzzled, they saw the place where the black tank hit suddenly exploded.

Fireballs rushed to the sky, accompanied by dust, mud, sand and flesh that soared into the sky.

The huge shocks even shaking the sand slope behind them.

Four gaps were blown out in the Qing army's queue.

Many Qing army officers and soldiers were shocked to the ground by the shock waves generated by the explosion.

"What's going on!" A Qing army general from behind said in dismay.

The garrisons of the Qianlong Qing army standing on the sand slope to watch the battle were stunned.

On the battlefield, Qing soldiers were even more bombed and overturned by people and horses. They were far away, and were overturned by explosion shock waves, or hit by sand and gravel, and some blood was shed.

At the moment when the place where we stood was only black pits and flesh and blood.

"Flying thunder bombs hit the enemy, it's a good thing." A Ming army assistant commander shouted to the gunners on the city wall.

Taking advantage of the Qing army's moment of being so sensible, the four mortars with huge cannons on the city wall were also ready for a second launch.

"Let it go!" This time, four black cans directly hit the Qing army vanguard who was more than 200 steps away.

The Qing army officers and soldiers here were even more dense, and they had already rushed to the city gate.

When the sound of cannons came, the Qing soldiers subconsciously raised their shields.

But what we welcomed was not a shell, but the earth-shaking explosion and flying sand and stones.

At this moment, under the city, the four-door catapulted carts of the Ming army were also ready and began to project black tanks at the Qing army outside the city.

This black jar is not another thing, it is the gunpowder jar used by the Ming army when they blocked the Qing army in Anhua County a few days ago.

The huge lethality of the gunpowder tank shocked the Ming generals present.

Therefore, the Ming generals urgently informed the craftsmen of the Firearms Division who came with the ship, asking them to think about whether they could make the gunpowder tank fly out like shells.

The craftsmen of the Firearms Division, who came with the ship, thought about it for more than ten days and finally decided on two plans. One was to use a catapult cart, and by making a simple catapult cart, the gunpowder tank was launched like a stone.

The second type is a mortar, which adds copper plates to the bottom and around the gunpowder tank, and allows the gunpowder tank to fly out through the kinetic energy of the gunpowder.

Because all the gunpowder tanks are filled with black gunpowder, one gunpowder can add dozens of kilograms of gunpowder because the explosion is extremely powerful.

However, due to this expedition, the Ming army basically did not bring mortars to defend the city.

Therefore, the Ming army officers and soldiers on the island searched for more than half a month before searching for and renovating the four copper mortars on the fortress, which were as big as large water tanks.

The catapult cart uses the principle of leverage. One end is filled with heavy objects and the other end is filled with stone bullets to be fired. Before launching, one end of the ammunition must be pulled down with a winch, pulley or directly with manpower. The other end of the attached heavy objects also rises at this time. After putting the stone bullet, it is released or cut off the rope to let one end of the heavy object fall, and the stone bullet is also thrown out. This kind of stone throwing machine was introduced through the Islamic region during the Mongolian expedition to the west and attacked the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, the trencher produced by the Ming army was lightweight, with a range of only 100 steps, but it was more than enough for defense.

After all, the Qing army is now attacking the city, and the Ming army is on defense.

With the sound of earth-shaking explosions, the Qing army officers and soldiers who were siegeing the city were seriously injured.

"What's going on? What kind of firearm is this?" General Huang, who was leading the army to fight, his eyes were red.

As the vanguard, the five or six hundred Qing soldiers who rushed up were still able to stand at this moment.

The battlefield was filled with dust, smoke filled with gunpowder, and flesh and blood were splattering.
Chapter completed!