This is probably Wu Zheng’s only mastery of the musket tactics of this era.

Sixteen artillery pieces were deployed on the northern city wall from beginning to end.

Being condescending is the only way to increase the range. Whether it is field battles or offensive and defensive battles, it is correct to deploy on the city wall.

Everything is ready, only the north wind is not allowed.

When Wu Zheng was uneasy, the Qing cavalry came after all.

When the Qing army's horizontal black cavalry line appeared in the eyes of the defenders, the new recruits began to become nervous.

Their hands were trembling.

Everyone's eyes were secretly aiming at Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng was also nervous, and this time he tried with an unprecedented attempt to strengthen his determination to form 30,000 new recruits and 30,000 musketeers.

The Qing cavalry stopped advancing three miles away from the city wall.

A team of scout cavalry of dozens of people rushed towards the city gate, then quickly turned in front of the city gate, and at the same time, he used a bow to shoot arrows on the head of the city.

Dozens of arrow shadows swept over the heads of the defenders with a scream.

Although it did not hurt anyone, the shock to the recruits was unparalleled.

Wu Zheng did not move, his face remained calm, even if it was pretending.

Because Wu Zheng's every move at this time was a kind of guidance for the new recruits in the defenders.

Calmness, calmness and unchanging face without changing one's face is an introductory cultivation that a general must practice.

Wu Zheng knew that these dozens of scouts were just fire reconnaissance by the Qing army.

They are testing the counterattack ability on the city wall, thus deciding which relatively weak part to launch an attack.

After three consecutive rounds of cavalry and shooting, the Qing army scouts returned to their own formation when they saw that there was no reaction in the city.

Wu Zheng originally thought that the enemy should be attacking the city now, right?

But what I didn't expect was that from afar, the Qing generals led by the army waved their hand.

The Qing cavalry slowly spread from the middle to the sides.

From the middle, there were actually small cannons loaded with eight carriages.

Wu Zheng was stunned now.

Before Wu Zheng could come back to his senses, eight small cannons began to shoot at the top of the city.

Fortunately, the solid bullet was fired. If it was a flower bullet, Wu Zheng really didn't know how many new recruits on the city wall still had the courage to stay peacefully.

But even so, many recruits screamed and jumped up.

This made the foreign musketeers in the first row roll their eyes and look at them.

In fact, these solid bullets at most cause some damage to the city wall buildings and are basically ineffective in personnel.

The panic of these recruits made the secret meaningless.

But just when Wu Zheng was about to order the artillery bombardment of the Qing army's artillery positions.

A strange thing happened, and the Qing cavalry began to move towards the city gate and began to accelerate.

Wu Zheng was very puzzled. The Qing army understood why there was an ambush on the city wall, so why did it attack instead.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. In the eyes of the Qing army, unknown things are terrible, and it is in common sense that there are guards lying ambushing and resisting on the city wall.

Since entering the pass, the Qing army has been invincible and has no city that cannot be captured. More importantly, the Ming army has been defeated when it comes to the news.

Needless to say, the five thousand Qing cavalry were going to capture a small county town with a wall of only one meter high.

Perhaps the Qing army commander was still sneering. How could the defenders who could not even hear a few cannons be able to stop a volley of my five thousand cavalry?

The so-called accidental battle was just right, and the panic of the new recruits actually reduced the Qing army's vigilance. As a result, Wu Zheng did not order the artillery and was determined to lead the Qing army closer. Inadvertently, he achieved this. This was probably God's will.

If the Qing army had kept at 200 steps and not 150 steps, the musketeers would have no effect at all.

But the Qing army had already launched a general attack at this time, and they were still trying to seize the time to attack the city. For the cavalry, there was only one way - cavalry and shooting!

Close to the city wall, interspers left and right, and ride and shoot sideways.

The defenders at the city were killed with dense arrows, and then the gates were blasted open with artillery, and the cavalry rushed in again.

Therefore, when the attack was launched, the Qing army's artillery kept firing at the top of the city, rather than shooting directly at the city gate.

It’s slow to speak, it’s fast to speak.

The cavalry in Sanlidi charges only in one breath.

The Qing cavalry rushed to the city wall in three rows, and then approached the city wall after approaching the city wall, and then quickly turned left and right toward the city gate, forming three rows on the left and right, and shooting arrows on the top of the city sideways.

Dense arrows come like locusts. This arrow is different from solid shells. The shells are straight bullets, but the arrows run with arcs.

This is also the reason why crossbowmen can be suppressed on the city wall.

The recruits on the city wall began to suffer casualties.

But this did not affect the Ming army's counterattack.

Because the arrows of riding and shooting have to cross the city wall to kill soldiers, the target point must be higher than the city wall, otherwise it will be blocked by the city wall.

The battlements opening is lower than the highest point of the city wall, so battlements are often not targets. At this time, whether it is siege or defending the city, shooting does not require aiming. They are often aimed at one direction to kill with the surface.

Wu Zheng quickly ordered the artillery to aim at the Qing army's artillery position, and the muskets began to "three-stage strikes" and fired at the same time.

This is a massacre.

It even exceeded Wu Zheng's imagination.

Even if the recruits are fired, a row of projectiles will often be fired without aiming. The Qing cavalry is like crashing into it by themselves and then falling down in pieces, forming a gap.

The subsequent cavalry could not stop the horses from running wildly. They had just filled this gap, and the second row of musketeers was just firing, and the first row of musketeers who had been firing retreated and loaded.

After three rounds, the new recruits were getting more and more convenient to fire, and at least hundreds of Qing cavalry had fallen under the city.

In fact, the equipment of the Qing cavalry was no less than that of the Ming cavalry. They wore leather armor, and there was also a silk vest in the leather armor.

In this era, silk fabrics were also extremely luxurious in the Ming Dynasty. Ordinary officials could not afford to wear them. However, they were used by the Qing court to equip the army, which was a heavy bet.

This is to protect the cavalry from being injured by arrows, because only the infantry can restrain the cavalry, and only the crossbows are the most lethal. It is common for cavalry to be injured by arrows, but the arrows have barbs. When healing, the arrows will often cause a second trauma.

Silk fabrics are dense and tough, and arrows are often shot continuously. Once you are hit by an arrow, the silk fabric will fall into the body with the arrow. In this way, just pull the silk fabric, you can easily remove the arrow.

This is an effective way for the wounded to recover quickly and re-enter the battlefield.

Therefore, the Qing cavalry was not afraid of arrows on the city wall at all, but today, they miscalculated.

The three-wheeled musket fired, just in the blink of an eye.

Nearly one centimeter in diameter, hot projectiles made of lead are obviously much more lethal than arrows.

Hundreds of people fell down in a blink of an eye, leaving the Qing army without any time to react.

At the same time, sixteen artillery guns fired at the top of the city, and the location of the Qing army artillery was covered with smoke and dust.
Chapter completed!