On July 3, the 20th year of Wanli, early in the morning.

The strong wind rolled up a piece of yellow sand and swept through the dense military formations in front of Ningxia Town. Tens of thousands of soldiers from Sanbian Town in the front army lined up in various arrays, with flags like clouds and spears like forests, and a solemn aura filled the world.

Huang Laifu moved his eyelids slightly, and he narrowed his eyes and glanced at Ningxia City in front. At this time, he was facing the south gate. After several months of war, not to mention the bumpy walls, even the city tower was destroyed by artillery fire.

The Ming army under the city was about to attack the city, but there was no movement on the city wall. However, Huang Laifu could estimate that those chaotic troops must be hiding behind the city wall.

It was still summer. Although it was early morning, thick armor was worn on his body. Soon, thick beads of sweat appeared on his face, and his whole body was extremely hot. Huang Laifu glanced at Li Rusong not far away. At this time, he was staring at the situation on the city. His tall body was covered with a set of thick iron armor, and a scarlet cloak cloak was covered with a hint of might to him. Although sweat kept coming out, his figure was still motionless.

Beside him, there were generals of various towns covered in clothes standing, eagerly waiting for Li Rusong's orders.

"Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang."

Li Rusong looked at it for a long time and suddenly shouted.

Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers rushed forward, clasped their fists and said, "The last one is here."

Li Rusong said: "You two men took the bids and put down their troops and bulldoze the land and fill the city 50 steps away from the city."

The two said, "The last general will receive the order." After that, the two turned around and left.

Li Rusong said again: "Wang Lue, Lin Guotai!"

Liaodong deputy general Wang Lue and Datong deputy general Lin Guotai hurried forward: "The last general is here!"

Li Rusong said: "You two will take the bids and put down the horses, and then bulldoze near the city."

The two of them also took the order and left.

Li Rusong said again: "Where is Huang Laifu?"

Huang Laifu hurried forward, clasped his fists and said, "The last one is here."

Li Rusong glanced at Huang Laifu and said, "After Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang bulldozed the soil, immediately guns and cannons to cover Wang Lue, and Lin Guotai two generals filled the city!"

Huang Laifu said, "The last general will take the order!" Huang Laifu also turned around and returned to his military formation.

At this time, everyone understood Li Rusong's tactics, which was to fill the city with tens of thousands of earth bags, and finally fill it up to be as high as the city wall, so that he could directly climb the city to fight. As a main general, Li Rusong saw at a glance that the firearms equipped by Huang Laifu's subordinates were many excellent, so he asked his guns to cover the siege.

The world was quiet, and suddenly the red flag was raised at the central army. According to the Ming army's flag order, this was a signal of waiting for orders at the front. Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, who were always paying attention to the flag orders there, immediately passed down the orders, and the troops were waiting intently.

Soon, the sound of the trumpet sounded, and immediately the army of Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers made a deafening cry. Each of their soldiers held a license in one hand and grabbed a mud bag in the other, shouting loudly, and rushed forward desperately.

When they rushed to about fifty steps away from the city, each soldier threw away the earth bag in his hand and hurriedly ran back with his head in his arms. At this time, the heads of chaotic soldiers continued to emerge from the city. Under the command of some generals on the city, they began to shoot arrows or set off firearms and bird guns at the sergeants under the city.

Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang led the army. After rushing a few times, soon, a mound of soil was raised fifty steps away from the city.

At this time, the white flag in the central army was raised, and according to the Ming army's flag order, this was a signal of waiting for orders at the right team. Huang Laifu, who was here, immediately sent various orders to prepare his army to set off.

Soon, the sound of the horn sounded, and Huang Laifu took the lead. Jiang Dazhong and other servants hurriedly followed Huang Laifu, and the two thousand soldiers under him, who also rushed to the pile of soil after Huang Laifu and others.

Soon, Huang Laifu led his troops to the pile of earth bags, and the dense piles of earth bags had accumulated, which had almost become higher than the city wall. Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, the brothers of Li Ruzhang, were leading their soldiers to scatter the pile of earth bags, and shoot arrows or fire guns at the top of the city.

At this time, the sound of a trumpet sounded again at the central army. Deputy General Wang Lue of Liaodong and Deputy General Lin Guotai of Datong were the generals who were in charge of their subordinates. While holding the earth bag and holding the shield in the other hand, they rushed over and over, and still put the earth bags under the city wall.

After everyone's efforts, the soil bags under the city soon accumulated higher and higher.

At this time, the rebels on the city did not understand the Ming army's meaning? The sharp arrows, guns, cannons, rolling stones on the city walls were even more like rain. It seemed that the city was trying hard, and they had no concerns about the weapons inventory in the city. For a moment, Wang Lue and Lin Guotai's soldiers under the city were hit by arrows, guns, and screams came from time to time.

"Cover, cover!"

Liaodong deputy general Wang Lue shouted wildly at Huang Laifu, Li Rubai and others here.

Among the two thousand war soldiers brought by Huang Laifu, half were musket soldiers, and there were 200 large guns. Immediately, two hundred large guns were mounted on the pile of earth and opened fire at the scattered troops on the city wall.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

White smoke filled the sky, and a loud bang soared into the sky. With the vibration of the big gun lifting, two hundred big gun lifting spewed out a series of scorching fire, and there were screams on the city wall immediately. The power of the big gun lifting was huge, and the power of a big gun lifting was twice that of a bird gun. Many rebels on the city wall had huge blood holes. For a moment, the city was in chaos.

Soon, the gunman retreated, and since most of the mounds were occupied by the soldiers of Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers, and in order to maintain the sustainability of firepower, the remaining eight hundred bird gunmen in the Wuzhaibao army were divided into three rows. The first row was 400 people first stepped forward, scattered behind the mounds, and shot on the city wall.

"Baobabababababa..."

More than 400 bird gunmen from Wuzhai Fort opened fire together, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the city, and the chaos on the city screamed again.

Soon, there were two hundred people in the second row and two hundred people in the third row. They stepped forward one after another and kept shooting at the city. At this time, the big gun was loaded again and the medicine was loaded, and then they followed them forward to shoot, and the deafening sound of the gun kept ringing.

As the fires continued to emerge from the various gun barrels, there were constant screams on the city.

In addition, among the thousands of killer teams with cold weapons in the Wuzhai Fort army, hundreds of them were equipped with bows and arrows. These people crawled next to the bird gunners and kept shooting arrows on the city under the cover of the mound.

For a moment, the rebels on the city wall ran around like ants on a hot pan and screamed. The firepower of the rioters on the city was completely suppressed.

The Wuzhai Fort muskets were so powerful that the Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang brothers who were huddled beside them could see clearly. They couldn't help but exclaim: "What a powerful firearm!" The generals under the two were also envious of the Wuzhai Fort military's good and sharp muskets.

Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang's Xuanfu army had only three-eyed guns and a small number of bird guns. Although the three-eyed guns could be released continuously, forming dense firepower, and the gun body was short and the gun mouth was large, and there was no danger of explosion. However, the three-eyed guns had a short range, only more than twenty steps, and they could not hit the city wall fifty steps away. They could only use bird guns, strong bows or rockets to shoot.

In addition, the quality of the bird guns used by the Xuanfu Army of Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang is indeed not good. They explode the chamber at any time. When their bird guns are shooting, they try not to aim at the face and shoot far away from their bodies. This is naturally not accurate. Huang Laifu could see clearly that when one of their bird gunsmen was shooting, the bird gunsmen suddenly exploded, causing blood on their hands, face and body to be blown away. Although they were not dead, the screams made the remaining bird gunsmen feel heartbroken.

However, the Xuanfu Army muskets of the two brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang are not good, but they are equipped with another powerful weapon, which is the rocket. Rockets have always been a regular weapon of the Ming army, and only have gunpowder devices on the arrows. After the gunpowder is ignited, the arrows are pushed forward. Although the range is not as far away as the bird gun, they are comparable to bows and arrows, reaching about fifty steps, especially to form dense covered firepower.

At this time, there are several types of Daming rockets. The ones that fire 20 at a time are called "Fire Dragon Arrow", the ones that fire 32 are called "Fei Lian Arrow", and the ones that are 100 are called "Hundred Tigers Running Together". The "Fei Lian Arrow" and "Hundred Tigers Running Together" are both installed on chariots. At this time, only the chariot camp under the governor of Gansu, Ye Mengxiong, was equipped with them. This time they did not go out to fight, and the chariots could not be pushed up such a high mound.

So at this time, the Xuanfu Army used 20-shot "Fire Dragon Arrows" and 32-shot "bee" to shoot on the city on a large mound. Amid the sharp whistling sound, dozens of arrows continued to fly from the large mound toward the city. It was indeed faster than the arrows shot by the archers of Wuzhaibao, and it was labor-saving and had strong coverage, but it was not very accurate and was too wasteful.

Because the smoke from the musket was pungent and perfunctory, Huang Laifu couldn't see the situation in the city clearly. He ordered the shooting to stop first and see what was happening in the city.

Slowly the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and Huang Laifu saw clearly the situation on the city. At this time, the city was in a mess. The rebels on the city were all shrunk their heads and did not dare to look up and look down. The strength of the counterattack on the city was greatly reduced.

Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Liaodong deputy general Wang Lue and Datong deputy general Lin Guotai quickly led his generals back and forth to the city like a tide. Slowly, the earth bags under the city were piled up and higher.

Looking at the rebels on the city again, they still didn't dare to stretch their heads out.

It seems that there is hope for breaking the city, and there are cheers in the Ming army under the city.
Chapter completed!