The power of explosive bombs exploding in a dense crowd was far greater than that of solid bombs. One explosive bomb shattered three shield vehicles and knocked down dozens of Han soldiers.

But these traitors seemed to have been given a shot of blood as they continued to push the remaining shield carts forward slowly. The situation in front of them made Sun Yingyuan a little confused.

He didn't know why these Han troops had changed so much. If today's bombardment had been carried out before they surrendered, these Han troops would have fled without a trace.

More than a hundred steps away, in front of dozens of artillery pieces, no matter how tenacious they are, they will eventually become cannon fodder. Sun Yingyuan waved his hand and sent an order:

"Carry out another round of shelling, and then switch to shotgun shells. The Longteng Army will blast all these traitors to pieces!"

"Here!"

Sun Yingyuan gave an order, and eighty artillery pieces fired a salvo for the first time:

"Rumble..."

Eighty artillery pieces fired a salvo, and the ground shook instantly. More than 20 shield vehicles pushed by the Han army were directly destroyed. The Han army's charging position was suddenly filled with blood mist, and the screams of the Han army were even louder.

Like ghosts crying and wolves howling...

"Rumble..."

Just after the explosion, another explosive bomb fell on the Han army's position covered in blood mist. The soldiers of the Longteng Army on the opposite side could see some human parts flying into the air...

"Quickly, change the shotguns and kill these ungrateful soldiers!"

The artillery battalion commander Qian immediately ordered the replacement of shotgun shells. The Ming army artillerymen loaded shotshells for the artillery quickly. Their shotshells were also fixed. The ammunition package was inserted into the barrel of the gun and pressed firmly, and then a solid shell was loaded to suppress it, and then ignited.

This series of movements, after months of repeated training, can be completed in just a dozen breaths.

"Rumble..."

The ground shook again, and eighty-one artillery pieces were ignited almost at the same time. Solid shells led the way, and tens of thousands of shotgun shells were bombarded at the Han army that had not yet reacted.

After the previous round of bombardment, the Han army suffered extremely heavy casualties. They could no longer hold on. Many Han troops began to flee, and the position was in chaos.

At this moment, the Ming army's artillery began to bombard again:

"Puff puff……"

The solid bullets destroyed dozens more shield vehicles, and the dense shells instantly penetrated the shield vehicles and bombarded the Han army.

The sound of shotgun blasts piercing the Han army's cotton-padded armor immediately sounded on the Han army's position, and some Han soldiers who abandoned their shield vehicles were immediately blasted into sieves by the shotgun...

The surrounding area was covered by shotguns for hundreds of steps. If there were not shield vehicles to block the situation, the scene would have been even more cruel.

Under continuous bombardment by the Ming army, the brave Han army only lasted for half an hour. Finally, they gave up all their shield vehicles and began to flee. The Ming army's artillery chased them and fired another round of volley:

"Rumble..."

During the bombardment, another shell fell into the crowd of Han soldiers.

"Rumble..."

Then there was a loud noise, and several fire gun soldiers who were still hiding in the shield car and did not dare to move flew out sideways.

Hundreds of Han troops running behind were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest by shotguns. The Han troops in front were also frightened to death by the cries and howls of their companions...

Dorgon originally wanted to use the Han army to approach the Ming army and fire cannons, but he never expected that the Ming army's artillery could be reloaded so fast, nor did he expect that after half an hour of shelling, the Ming army's artillery did not stop to cool down the barrel. Could it be that

Aren't you afraid of exploding your body?

Seeing that more than half of the Han troops who had been trained for several months suffered casualties, and the remaining Han troops could no longer hold on and abandoned their shields and chariots and fled in all directions, he hurriedly shouted:

"Quickly, Ming Jin asked the Han army to retreat, and the Qing artillery immediately opened fire on the Ming army..."

The Han army, which originally did not dare to return directly to the formation, immediately ran to the rear military formation after hearing the order to retreat.

The Han army suffered too many casualties, so they withdrew one after another, but there was no response to Dorgon's order to bombard the Ming army.

Jiannu mainly uses red cannons. The iron lumps weigh several kilograms, and it takes some time to unload them from the carriage, install them, and debug them.

Nearly five thousand Han troops pushed shield carts to attack the Ming army's formation, but less than half of them escaped and did not get within a hundred steps of the Ming army.

The combat effectiveness and accuracy of the artillery of the National Protectorate Army taught Dorgon a harsh lesson today, making him feel helpless and frustrated for the first time...

"Master, you can fire back..."

Just when Dorgon was thinking about how to fight the next battle, the Jiannu artilleryman Jia La Zhangjing came to ask for orders.

Dorgon waved his hand and said:

"Immediately fire artillery at the Ming army's formation, and the cavalry is ready to attack."

This was Dorgon's last resort. The artillery blasted through the Ming army's formation, and the cavalry took advantage of the situation to cover them up.

Dorgon has experienced hundreds of battles, and they have never been in such a mess as they have been in the past few days. More than 20,000 slaves attacked Tashan for three days without breaking the city. You must know that there are only 3,000 defenders in Tashan City.

After suffering heavy casualties, they were about to break through Tashan and start a killing spree. Unexpectedly, reinforcements from the Ming army suddenly arrived and basically eliminated all the reconnaissance cavalry they sent.

"Rumble..."

The Jiannu artillery finally began to show off its power. Ten red cannons fired almost simultaneously, and ten solid bullets weighing more than ten kilograms roared towards the Ming army's formation.

Because the distance was too close, and there were people in front who had not retreated, the Jiannu artillery could not fire to correct the situation. As a result, eight shells flew over the heads of the Long Teng army and directly bombarded the Tashan city wall.

"Bang bang bang..."

The Tashan city wall trembled when eight solid bullets hit it. The sudden shelling shocked the Tashan defenders who were watching the battle at the top of the city.

Below the city is the Longteng Army that has rebuilt Jiannu, and Jiannu has no chance to attack Tashan again.

Tong Hanbang and the others in the city couldn't figure out what the significance of Jiannu's shelling of the Tashan city wall was at this time.

After all, the red cannon was the most powerful firearm in the late Ming Dynasty. Although only two solid bullets bombarded the Longteng Army's formation, it still brought great psychological shock to the Longteng Army.

Since the musketeers in the front row of the phalanx had withdrawn to the wings, two artillery shells hit the center of the phalanx, killing only three artillerymen.

However, the solid bullets bounced all the way and destroyed several field guns placed in the array.

Fortunately, the artillery shell did not fall in the military formation of musketeers, otherwise the consequences would be serious.

The red cannon was actually called the red cannon. It was originally a naval gun on European sea ships, with a caliber ranging from 2 pounds to 24 pounds.

Because many Europeans who came to China at that time had red hair.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! They were called Red-haired Barbarians by the Chinese at that time, mainly the Portuguese and Dutch.

The red cannon's shells mainly include solid iron bullets and shotgun shells. After using the cannon to fire solid shells, the shells will advance forward in a gentle parabola.

Its effective range is about three miles, destroying all enemies it encounters along the way, and it will also bounce off hard ground.

Just like stones floating on the water, such a solid bullet is enough to destroy an entire column of enemy troops, penetrate an entire infantry regiment, and is as unstoppable as thunder.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Just as the Jiannu artillery was preparing to fire again, there was another whistling sound in the sky, and then Jiannu saw many things with fire tails landing above their heads!

The unidentified explosives were the rockets of the National Defense Army, also known as Maokang Shenjian. Only a few dozen were launched this time, and a dozen of them landed on the Jiannu artillery position.

"Rumble..."

After the rocket exploded, it caught fire and ignited the gunpowder of the Jiannu artillery. A series of explosions suddenly occurred at the Jiannu artillery position. The artillery was basically wiped out in one pot, and the red cannons were overturned...

The other rockets that did not hit the Jiannu either landed in the wasteland or exploded in the mountains and forests.

It did not cause any harm to the slaves, but it completely destroyed their confidence.

"Quickly, pass the king's order, and the army will quickly enter the mountains and forests ahead..."

Dorgon didn't want to stay at Tashan for a moment, so he hurriedly ordered the army to evacuate quickly.

The Zhengbai Banner Manchu soldiers hurriedly protected Dorgon's retreat, and Dorgon could no longer take care of the other troops for the time being.

"Hunt for the slaves!"

Seeing Jian Nu's defeat, how could Sun Yingyuan miss the opportunity to pursue Jian Nu and immediately sent an order to hunt him down.

The Ming army cavalry had been waiting impatiently for a long time. After receiving the order from the commander to pursue, they quickly pursued and killed...

"Kill..."

Seeing the defeat of Jiannu, the city defenders also rushed out under the leadership of Tong Hanbang, and followed Teng's army to kill the Jiannu infantry who fell behind...

The Zhengbai Banner Manchu soldiers led by Dorgon ran wildly and finally entered the mountains and forests more than ten miles ahead, before the Ming army stopped pursuing them.

When the pursuing troops of the Ming Dynasty withdrew their troops and returned to the city, Dorgon ordered an inventory of the troops and found that only a few of the Manchurian soldiers under the Zhengbai Banner of Jiannu were trampled to death because they ran too fast and fell off their horses. Other than that, there were no casualties.

The Mongolian army of Zhengbai Banner suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the Han army of Zhengbai Banner suffered nearly 4,000 casualties. In addition, nearly 6,000 Aha, Qiding, and savage armored soldiers were missing.

Dorgon knew that with the Ming army's current combat effectiveness, the missing people must be in serious danger.

The small battle of Tashan actually caused nearly 10,000 casualties to the Zhengba Banner. Dorgon became more and more angry as he thought about it, and suddenly opened his mouth and spit out two mouthfuls of blood.

Judging from the unbeatable records of Jiannu Zhengbai Banner and Dorgon over the years, today's battle at Tashan is definitely a shame for Dorgon, and he cannot accept it for the moment.

If Dorgon knew that his biggest rival, Prince Jiannusu and the leader of the Zhenglan Banner, Hauge, was completely wiped out, and even Hauge himself was captured alive by Huang Degong, perhaps Dorgon's mood would be much more balanced...

Rufeng Mountain

On Rufeng Mountain, the Ming army began to attack again. This time Ma Ke was chosen as the vanguard, with Wang Tingchen supporting behind him. Knowing that Emperor Shenwu was watching them, Ma Ke was rarely brave.

After learning that his son Hauge's army had been wiped out, Huang Taiji became furious and began to use the artillery prepared for the national defense army to bombard the Ming army in Shanhaiguan one after another.

The artillery shells roared, and a round solid iron ball came from the slave position. All the Mako troops lined up around the hills looked at the direction where the shell fell in fear.
To be continued...