After Songshan Castle lost the bastion and urn city outside the west gate and the fort on the bastion, the defenders on the city basically lost the ability to fight back when faced with heavy artillery bombardment by the Tatars.

There are a lot of cannons under the city wall, but the range is not enough, so they can only be used in close combat. They basically cannot play a big role before the Tatar infantry rushes into the city.

As for the other general cannons, their range cannot be compared with the so-called God-blessed general heavy artillery of the Manchu Tatars, and they cannot hit the Manchu Tatar artillery array.

Under such circumstances, the Manchu Tatars moved their heavy artillery positions forward, and the power of the heavy artillery became even more astonishing.

Facing the bombardment, the defenders on the west wall of Songshan City could not raise their heads at all. They could only hide behind the battlements or crawl on the wall to avoid the bombardment.

The city was filled with smoke and cannons were rumbling outside the city. The entire Songshan City was like a shivering lamb waiting to be slaughtered on the west coast of Liaoning, south of the Xiaoling River, and could be swallowed up by the Tatar army at any time.

At the end of the day, the newly repaired outer wall of Songshan West City collapsed again, and the rammed earth wall inside was once again exposed amidst the flying dust.

The huge and dense iron bullets fired by the Tatar heavy artillery began to hit the rammed earth city wall directly. Every iron bullet hit was a crater.

Fortunately, the Manchu Tatars knew that this area was relatively weak. The large numbers of projectiles fired from heavy artillery were all aimed at this section, and the damage to other areas was not significant.

At this point, Yang Zhen and others knew that this section of the Western Wall might completely collapse within a few hours, so they quickly issued an order for the garrison on top of that section of the city to evacuate.

They were asked to withdraw to the north and south sides of this section of the city wall, lie in wait, and wait patiently until the city wall collapsed and the Manchu Tatar cavalry infantry came to charge the city.

They did not wait long for this moment.

At the end of the day, with an earth-shaking loud noise, the upper middle section of the west wall of Songshan City completely collapsed, forming a huge gap about three feet long.

The ruins of earth and stone piled up by the collapse of the wall formed a ramp at the gap, which was enough for a large number of people to rush in.

As the middle section of the Western Wall collapsed, a roar like a mountain roar and a tsunami was heard from the Manchu Tatar army that had already assembled on the western outskirts of Songshan.

The sound of artillery stopped, the horns blew, and the drums sounded. The Tatars were white, white, yellow, yellow, red, and blue. Countless flags were flying. Countless horses and infantry were like a flood that burst a dam and began to move towards

Songshan Castle is coming.

At this time, Yang Zhen was in the city. Witnessing this situation, he was both shocked and grateful.

What shocked him deeply was that this newly repaired section of the city wall could not hold up for even a day before it was blown down by heavy artillery from the Tatars.

From now on, facing more and more heavy artillery from the Manchu Tatars, it will be even more difficult to simply defend the city.

At the same time, what made him deeply fortunate was that he had already prepared a response to the critical situation before him. Just behind the gap, he had ordered people to build a moon city early.

Nowadays, thousands of officers and soldiers from various departments in Songshan City, as well as regular soldiers of musketeers, grenadier posts, artillery posts, and auxiliary soldiers of the reserve teams of each sentry have already laid an ambush, waiting for the Tatars to be filled.

Rush into the Moon City.

The Manchu Tatar bombardment stopped, and Xia Chengde's men boarded the city again. Li Shouzhong's musketeers, Jin Shijun's grenadiers, and Dunn's artillery men who were sent by Yang Zhen to assist in the defense of the west city also quickly boarded the city.

The city was fortified.

Everyone saw the Tatars shouting and charging outside the city, so they all advised Yang Zhen to go down to the city and retreat to the back of Yuecheng to take command. After all, it was relatively safer there.

However, Yang Zhen did not agree. Instead, he asked Guo Xiaowu, Ma Keqing, Qiu Biyong and others to follow him and set up the highest headquarters of Songshan City on the top of the city.

Guo Xiaowu stood on the left holding the banner of the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition, and Ma Keqing stood on the right holding two long flintlock muskets modified from Rumi guns.

Qiu Biyong lit a fire beside them, methodically sorted out the flying generals and tens of thousands of enemies piled up in front of them, and unscrewed the caps at the end of the long wooden handles of the flying generals' grenades one by one, and removed the tens of thousands of enemies.

Insert the enemy's fuze through the reserved fuze port, and then pull out the fuse for later use.

Since the Manchu Tatars launched their cavalry and infantry troops to attack the city, they would no longer use heavy artillery to bombard the city.

The lesson of the failure of Prince Su's Hauge infantry and artillery coordinated attack on the city had already passed through the mouths of Lianghuangqi Gushan'e Zhenma Guangyuan, Ye Keshu, Aobai and others, and was known to Huang Taiji and other Eight Banners' upper-class dignitaries. They did not dare to try again.

The company camp of the Manchu Tatars was on the western outskirts of Songshan City, about two miles away from the west wall of Songshan City. The Manchu Tatars' vests and infantry came in a surging force, like an overwhelming mountain, and they soon arrived in front of them.

The cold wind was like a knife, blowing the flags and making hunting noises. Yang Zhen, who was on the top of the city at the corner of the West Wall and the Ximen Urn City, had a panoramic view of the scenes inside and outside the city.

Seeing that the leading team of Tatar vests were approaching the city wall, Yang Zhen ordered Guo Xiaowu to wave the flag and blew the iron whistle that he had held in his hand for a long time.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the anger that had been accumulated for a long time on the city was released. The general cannons on both sides of the gap in the city were redeployed, filled with shotguns, and opened fire first. "Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

"The roar resounded throughout the city in an instant.

Jing Aobai, who had made atonement for his sins with a yellow flag, led the charge ahead with the yellow flag Baya La. He saw artillery fire at the top of the city. For a moment, smoke filled the air and bullets rained down. But he did not flinch, but stared.

Turning a blind eye and roaring:

"Charge, charge, charge! Charge with me! Charge into the city and kill them all! Charge into the city and kill them all!"

Immediately behind Obai's team, Zhenghuangqi Gushan'e Zhen Tan Tai also shouted loudly to convey the order:

"I, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, have decreed that the first person to climb the city will be the first to achieve success, and will be rewarded with the title of World Lord, and be given the title of Batur! The first person to reach the city will be the first to achieve merit, and will be rewarded with the title of World Champion, and be given the title of Batu Lu!"

The two leading generals, one after another, shouted encouragement. The large number of Tatar vests in front of them and behind them faced the bullets, arrows and artillery fire flying on the city. They did not dodge and stood up bravely.

, rushed over.

Ao Bai and Tan Tai were both strong generals that Huang Taiji admired very much. When he came up this time, he sent them to lead the charge and take the lead. This shows that he is determined to win Songshan City and wants to win it in one fell swoop.

However, Huang Taijiqian should not have done anything wrong. He wanted to surrender to Yang Zhen and wasted a few days in vain.

If he had assembled all the heavy artillery to attack the city on the first day he came to the city, then Yang Zhen might not have had the chance to rush to repair another moon city in the west wall.

If this is true, then this time, it may really be possible for the Manchu Tatars to take Songshan in one go.

Yang Zhen stood behind an intact battlement, listening to the noise of the people getting closer and closer below, and dodging the rain of arrows fired at the top of the city from the waistcoats, taking the time to fire cold shots.

Seeing that the city was filled with more and more Tatars, and the two yellow flag vests in the lead had climbed into the gap along the ruins caused by the collapse of the western wall, Yang Zhen quickly put down the musket in his hand and took the big gun of the Eastern March Advance Battalion from Guo Xiaowu.

Flag, turned around and ran to the other side of the city wall, waving vigorously in the direction of the Moon City under the city wall.

In fact, Yang Zhen no longer needed to wave the flag to convey instructions. The leading team of Tatars charging into the city had already crossed the gap with bullets and arrows and poured into the Moon City within the western wall.

Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yang Shen and others, who had been waiting inside the Western Wall for a long time, blew their whistles at almost the same moment when Yang Zhen waved a big flag at the top of the city to order a counterattack.

Suddenly, a large number of musketeers, grenadiers, and artillerymen hidden behind the walls and fences of the Moon City opened fire together, and the guns fired in unison, knocking over the Manchu Tatar vests who were the first to pour into the Moon City.

Aobai, who was among the first group of people to climb over the gap in the city wall and poured into the city, was just in a state of ecstasy when he suddenly saw the Moon City Fence standing in front of them.

"No, there's an ambush, I've fallen into a trap!"

Just when Obai realized this and screamed in his heart, Zhen Tan Tai, the leader of Zhenghuang Banner Gushan'e who then rushed into the city, suddenly shouted:

"Rush, rush, rush, you can't stop! You can't stop! Rush over quickly, rush over is victory!"

Oboi, Tan Tai, and the Bajala guards beside them were all wearing heavy armor and were not afraid of arrows. Even ordinary musket projectiles could not penetrate the multiple layers of cotton armor they wore.

Therefore, facing the situation of breaking through the city wall and being trapped in a tight siege, the two of them were a little surprised and panicked, but they did not panic.

When Obai heard Tan Tai's cry, he lost no time in shouting: "Don't retreat, don't retreat, rush up, rush through the fence, and kill them all!"

At this moment, the more than 3,000 advance battalion regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers scattered around Yuecheng saw that the enemy was trapped in a tight siege and refused to retreat. While frightened, they poured more bullets, bullets and arrows into Yuecheng.

Although the heavy armor worn by this group of Tatars was not afraid of arrows and projectiles, the horses they rode on were unable to withstand such an attack. They soon neighed and stopped moving forward, crowding into the Moon City.

It was too late, but it was too late. The Tatar army poured into the city on horseback, but it happened in the blink of an eye.

After the leading troops with two yellow flags from the Tatars poured into the city, Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from a watchtower in the western suburbs of the city, was overjoyed and ordered the drums to be beaten repeatedly to cheer up.

Following the two yellow flags, the troops with the two white flags, the blue flag and the red flag saw that the front army's vests had entered the city. They thought that the overall situation was determined and victory was within their grasp, so everyone fought bravely and fought to be the first to hold up the guns and bows at the top of the city.

Crossbow grenades jumped over the gap in the city head and rushed into the city.

Their influx caused the small moon city to be overcrowded. Oboi and Tan Tai's troops were advancing, unable to advance, unable to retreat, and immediately fell into chaos.

At this moment, Yang Zhen, holding a smoking weapon in his arms, appeared on the south side of the gap in the west wall and shouted loudly toward the Moon City in the west wall:

"Li Lu, light a fire, detonate ten thousand enemies, detonate ten thousand enemies, blow them up, blow them up!"
Chapter completed!