Boom!
The first counterattack from the Ming Army came from the Red Barbarian cannons. Yan Yingyuan had not positioned the Red Barbarian cannons directly facing the front; instead, he had hidden them near the corner where the east and south city walls met. When the Eight Banners soldiers attacked the city, they held shields in front of them, leaving their flanks largely unprotected.
There were ten Red Barbarian cannons in total, one of which had been damaged by a Jiannu projectile. The remaining nine, loaded with large solid shot and cluster-shot, fired in a coordinated volley under the command of Wang Zhong, a commander of the Brocade Guard.
Chapter 186