"Bang" A Huai Army shield car was shot. The rebels' artillery was imitated by the three-pound field gun of the Huai Army. Its power was relatively small at a long distance. The Huai Army's shield car was very strong. The shield car that was shot only vibrated, and the broken wood chips splashed behind were blocked by sandbags. Therefore, except for two minor injuries, no engineers were killed. Although the rebel artillery fire was dense, the shield car formation was evacuated, and there were not many shield cars hit. With good protection shield car and sandbag protection, the Huai Army only injured more than 30 auxiliary soldiers, most of which were slightly injured. Such losses were almost negligible.

The rebel artillery fired, which immediately exposed their gun positions to the sight of the scattered soldiers on the chariot of the tower. The scattered soldiers fired flag signals and reported the rebel artillery to their own artillery.

"Fire the cannon!" Wang Quan roared.

On the Huai Army artillery positions, twelve-pound field artillery and six-pound field artillery spit out flames one after another. White smoke rose up, and rows of black shells smashed hard at the Gaojinku rebel artillery position on the city wall at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the Ganzhou city wall was not high, only two feet tall, it was extremely strong. The strong rammed earth was covered with large blue bricks. When the Huai Army's six-pound cannon was hit, it only splashed a burst of broken bricks and stones, which did not cause damage to the city wall. When the twelve-pound field cannon shells were shot, they only left pits on the city wall. The rebel general's cannon position at the top of the city was protected by sandbags, and solid shells were smashed up. The shells drilled into the sandbags one after another. The soft sand absorbed energy and reduced lethality to the minimum.

When the straits on the watchtower saw that the shelling of their side had not had much effect, they called out flag-speaking signals and reported all the situation at the top of the city to the brothers below.

After receiving the report, Li Guodong said angrily: "This thief Gao Jinku has also learned how to use sandbags to deal with our army's cannons."

"Replace the mortar cannon with a flowering bullet and bombard the city, which can break the high thief." Wang Quan suggested.

Li Guodong thought for a moment and said slowly: "The flowering bullet is not effective against sandbags. Unless the siege mortar can fire flowering bullets, the five hundred kilograms of flowering bullets can blow the sandbags away. Don't waste the precious flowering bullets. Let's let the Wanglou car move forward and shoot the rebel gunners with scattered soldiers."

After the order was passed, more than 200 engineers pushed fifty tower-looking vehicles and slowly approached the city wall. A total of 300 scattered soldiers equipped with rifled rifles stood on the fifty tower-looking vehicles.

To push the tower-watching vehicle to the range of scattered soldiers, it is necessary to approach within 200 steps of the city wall. The three-pound field artillery imitated by the Gao family army can range up to 400 steps. Seeing the Huai army pushing the tower-watching vehicle, the rebel gunners immediately concentrated their artillery fire and aimed at the tower-watching vehicle to bombard it.

The formation of the Wanglou car was loose, and the wooden poles of the Wanglou car were very small, with sandbags on the base, and the high platform was high, so the rebels were not easy to hit, so the rebels could only aim the muzzle at the auxiliary soldiers who pushed the cart and bombarded violently.

The whistling shells kept hitting. Although the auxiliary soldiers who pushed the tower car were protected by sandbags, many people were unfortunately shot. Some were beaten to pieces by the shells, and some people had broken legs and arms flying into the sky.

"Show the smoke screen!" Liu Laogen shouted according to Li Guodong's order.

In the shield car formation in front of the tower car, the engineers rushed out in the fierce artillery fire of the rebels and carried piles of firewood. They put the firewood on the ground and lit the fire.

The firewood with saltpeter, sulfur and red phosphorus added ignited a large fire and released thick smoke. Whether it was sulfur, saltpeter and red phosphorus, it could emit thick smoke when it was burned. The thick smoke rose up, covering the sky and the sun, blocking the vision of the rebel gunners, making it impossible for them to accurately shoot the shield cars and the Wanglou cars of the siege of the Huai Army.

The Wanglou car soon entered the range of the rifled rifle within 200 steps, and the straitors on the car had already loaded the projectiles. Seeing that they entered the range, the straitors picked up the rifled rifle and aimed at the rebel gunners hiding behind the sandbags on the city.

"Bang" With a crisp sound of gunfire, a stream of white smoke rose from a car looking at the tower. The movements of a rebel gunner loading shells behind the sandbag on the city were as if solidified. A blood arrow sprayed on his forehead. The picture paused for about two seconds, and the rebel gunner staggered to the ground.

Then there was another burst of crackling gunfire, and blood splashed in the Gao family gunners on the top of the city. At least one hundred people fell down one after another, screaming one after another.

"What a powerful musket!" Gao Jinku was so shocked that he almost sat on the ground. This musket is too powerful. It can kill people's lives within two hundred steps. The Huai Army has such a powerful musket, how can we fight this battle?

But Gao Jinku didn't know what it was called a rifled rifle. It was imported by Li Guodong at a high price, and a total of about 1,000 rifle guns were imported. The operation of rifle guns was extremely inconvenient, especially the reloading of bullets was very slow. It was not an experienced veteran and could not be operated at all. Therefore, there were only 500 scattered soldiers using rifle guns in Li Guodong's hands. These scattered soldiers were all incorporated into the Ye Buying Camp. One thousand rifle guns were used for 500 people, and half of them were used in rotation.

At present, Li Guodong's night-time uninvested military uniforms are all unified, whether they are night-time uninvested or scattered soldiers, and they are all wearing grass-green military uniforms suitable for southern combat. They also have a set of yellow-brown military uniforms, which are used in the north. The night-time uninvested military uniforms are the same as the nature's color to hide themselves.

After the bullets, the straitor took out the bullet from the bullet belt that was straddled on his back, bit off the tail of the paper shell, and then stuffed the bullet into the muzzle, pushing the strip into the inside. When it was difficult to push, he took out a small wooden hammer and hit the iron through the strip, and hit the bullet hard. Then the straitor opened the cover of the medicine pool on the rifled gun, took out the sharp-mouthed medicine pot, squeezed the medicine into the medicine pool, and then covered the cover. This completed the loading.

The loaded straits aimed at the target again and pulled the trigger. The spring steel strip drove the hammer and hit the iron sheet heavily. The flint rubbed against the steel sheet and ignited the lead-in medicine. The rifled rifled made a crisp gunshot sound, and a high-speed rotating bullet rushed straight to the target.

As scattered soldiers suppressed the rebel artillery, the Huai Army's gunners pointed their target at the city wall and banged violently. The whistling shells kept hitting the city wall, causing bricks and stones to splash, the female wall shattered, and pits of varying depths appeared on the city wall.

The scattered soldiers on the watchtower car continued to fire, killing the rebels on the top of the city, and blood flowed into a river.

Although the rebel gunners can see the tower car, the accuracy of the smoothbore cannon is touching. How easy is it to hit the small tower car? They were suppressed by scattered soldiers. It was very troublesome to load the shells smoothly and aim at the target, let alone concentrate firepower to attack the tower car.

Being beaten like this for nothing can fight back, and it will be a huge blow to morale. After a while, the rebel gunners no longer dared to get onto the artillery position and retreated one after another.

The shield car protects the tower car, and the tower car covers the shield car, and the Huai Army's formation is step by step towards the city wall.

The auxiliary soldiers rushed out from behind the shield car with sandbags, rushed to the edge of the moat as fast as possible, threw the sandbags into the moat, then turned around and ran back to the back of the shield car, picked up a sandbag and rushed out to fill the moat.

The Gao family soldiers on the top of the city fired guns and arrows, and fired fiercely at the Huai Army auxiliary soldiers who were filling the moat. Many auxiliary soldiers who were carrying sandbags to fill the moat screamed and fell into the river.

The Huai Army musketeers and crossbowmen who were following the shield chariot formation immediately launched a counterattack. The musketeers and crossbows shot volleys, beating many Gao Family Gunners and archers who had exposed their heads to shoot guns and archers, which fell down from the top of the city.
Chapter completed!