The middle-aged man in gray looked hesitant and said.
"What if Master Wang is defeated?"
The head of the Wang family twitched the corners of his mouth, and then spoke.
"Then we must also prepare a basket of food and a pot of juice to welcome the King!"
However, the person we will welcome at that time is not the Ming Dynasty King Master, but the Qing King Master!
Although the landlords and gentry represented by the Wang family were very dissatisfied with the Manchu rule.
But they really did not dare to participate in the battlefields of the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
The rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty could lead to a catastrophe of confiscating the family and exterminating the entire clan!
The most they can do is to be a facilitator who favors the Ming Dynasty!
Before the outcome is decided on the battlefield, smart people like them who can survive in troubled times and keep their family fortunes will not take sides arbitrarily.
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On the other side, there is a gap in the outer city of Guangzhou that was blasted by heavy artillery.
The Ming army was ready to launch an offensive, and the Qing army's heavy troops had already pressed into the gap, preparing to block the Ming army.
The next moment, the Ming army's artillery group, which had just paused for a moment, started roaring again.
Cannonballs were fired one after another towards the opening, either hitting the mound, or simply crossing the mound and shooting into the city.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The solid bullets smashed into the mounds of earth, causing rocks and earth to fly into the air. The green battalion soldiers of the Qing army who were hiding behind the mounds and preparing to block the Ming army's attack were knocked upside down and suffered heavy casualties.
The explosive bombs drew arcs in the air and landed behind the mound.
Explosions continued to sound, raising clouds of dust and dirt all over the sky, as well as broken limbs.
The Ming army's rifle gunners stood a hundred meters away from the mound, conducting suppressive fire on the mound.
The gunshots were not very uniform, because with the accuracy of rifled guns, deliberately pursuing salvo fire would be inferior.
It would be better to let the soldiers shoot individually in order to achieve maximum density of firepower delivery.
Lead bullets flew across the sky one after another, and the Qing troops who kept protruding their heads were killed.
Under the cover of musket and artillery fire, the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming Army launched an attack on Guangzhou City.
A Ming army soldier stepped forward wearing double armor, holding a broadsword, spear, or blunt weapon such as iron bone, mace, etc., and formed a formation to kill towards the mound.
As the Ming army's offensive troops continued to approach, the Qing army hiding behind the mound's curved surface began to fight back.
Collapse! Collapse!
Amidst the trembling sound of the bowstring, arrows were thrown towards the outside of the mound.
For a moment, the jingling sounds of arrows hitting the armor were heard one after another.
However, the light arrows thrown can be used to deal with unarmored farmers or bandits.
But against the heavily armed and heavily armored Ming army, it had little effect.
In order to block the Ming army's attack, Qing army archers began to use hard bows and armor-piercing arrows. They poked their heads out from behind the mounds, pointed their bows at the Ming army's heavy armor formation and fired.
Dang Dang Dang!
The hard bows and armor-piercing arrows used by the Qing army were very lethal, and a large number of the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army who rushed at the front fell instantly.
Many people had their armor pierced by heavy arrows, hit their vital organs, and died miserably on the spot.
Some people were even shot in the face by Qing army archers...
However, the Ming army's charge continued without stopping, advancing towards the mound.
Bang! Bang!
Those Qing army archers who poked their heads out and fired a hail of arrows had no time to feel proud when they were greeted by a barrage of bullets.
The lead bullets fired from the rifled guns were so accurate and powerful that in the blink of an eye, those Qing army archers who poked their heads out from behind the mound were knocked down in large numbers.
On the battlefield, the sound of guns, cannons, and bows and arrows sounded continuously.
A number of heavy armored soldiers from the Qing army gathered behind the mound, preparing to meet the heavy armored soldiers from the Ming army.
Zeng Qizhao personally put on heavy armor and brought his own soldiers and servants to the front line, preparing to go into battle.
Suppressed by the firepower of rifled guns, the heavy armor of the Ming army quickly reached the bottom of the mound and then began to climb.
One by one, the Ming army grenadiers took out grenades from their waists, lit them, and threw them toward the inside of the mound.
One grenade after another drew arcs in the air and landed behind the mound!
Immediately afterwards, explosions sounded one after another.
The heavy armor of the Qing army, which had just gathered to block the Ming army, was blown away and one man fell over.
The Ming army Zhongbu took advantage of this opportunity and launched a charge with shouts.
A Ming Army heavy armor shouted "kill" and rushed to the top of the mound, preparing to rush towards the inside of the mound.
However, what greeted them was not the panicked green soldiers of the Qing army, but armor-piercing heavy arrows from the Qing army.
The first few Ming soldiers who showed up were within the range of the hedgehogs in a swarm of arrows in just an instant.
Under the influence of the power contained in the arrow, the body fell towards the outside of the mound.
Then it declined to the foot of the mound!
The Ming army's artillery began to extend its firing range, but due to the obstruction of the mounds formed by the collapse of the city wall, the killing effect of the artillery was not very satisfactory.
The Qing army was still resisting, and arrows were flying across the battlefield.
Seeing this, the frontline commander of the Ming army ordered the rear to dispatch direct-firing mortars and rockets to the front to open up the situation.
And let the grenadiers continue to move forward and throw grenades into the inside of the mound.
A rifle gunner of the Ming Army also began to advance towards the mound in a skirmish line. They touched the top of the mound, stuck their heads out, and aimed at the Qing troops inside the mound to shoot.
Immediately afterwards, both sides exchanged muskets and bows, and both sides suffered casualties!
Seeing this scene, Zeng Qizhao showed joy on his face. They were finally able to cause damage to the Ming army instead of being beaten unilaterally!
However, Zeng Qizhao's pride did not last long before the Ming army slapped him with facts.
Large-caliber curved-firing mortars began to fire from the outside of the mound and toward the inside of the mound!
One round fired and the bullets fell towards the inside!
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the continuous explosions, a group of archers that Zeng Qizhao finally organized suffered heavy losses.
Under the ravage of fragments and shock waves, they turned into corpses.
Then, there were bursts of whistling sounds like the whispers of demons!
Rockets landed on the inside of the mound one after another. At the moment of the explosion, the earth and rocks on the ground seemed to be churning.
The next moment, the ear-piercing charge horn sounded!
The heavy armored infantry of the Ming army crossed the top of the mound, and with the momentum of a tiger descending a mountain, they attacked the Qing army's defenders who had suffered heavy losses from bombs and rocket bombs.
The Ming army's shelling and rocket fire came to an abrupt end!
On the current battlefield, it is time for the Ming army to perform heavy steps.
Facing the sudden bombardment and rockets, the Qing army's archers and heavy armor suffered heavy losses.
But they still haven't been broken up!
The archers of the Qing army began to retreat, and the armored green battalion soldiers were ready to rush forward to fight with the heavy infantry of the Ming army.
In an instant, the soldiers from both sides clashed together!
It was like two torrents colliding violently, splattering countless blood splashes.
The clanging sound of weapons clashed continuously, and the heavy steps of both sides strangled each other, waving their weapons vigorously in an attempt to kill each other.