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Chapter 633 Defeat the enemy again
The so-called "ground listening" is also called "urn listening".It is recorded in the work "Mozi" in the Warring States Period: When the enemy found that the enemy was digging a tunnel to attack the city, he dug a well in the part of the city near the city wall.

Then, put an urn covered with thin cowhide in the well, and let a person with keen hearing lie on it and listen to the movement underground.

Although the ancients didn't understand the principle, Zhang Shun had received higher education in the later generations, so he could understand what was going on as soon as he heard it.Isn't this the principle that the propagation medium of soil is faster than air and attenuates slower.

So, early on, he ordered people to dig dry wells in many places in Ziwei Star Castle, and put pottery urns in case the besiegers dug tunnels, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.

It is said that digging tunnels in ancient times is also a technical job. One is to ensure that the tunnels will not be dug sideways, and the other is to ensure that the tunnels will not collapse during excavation. Non-professionals cannot do it.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, also knew that this time the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed the "Shun bandits", and the siege of the city would certainly not be avoided.So he recruited excavators early and prepared wood just in case, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.

Whenever a section of tunnel was dug underground, Hong Chengchou hurriedly asked his soldiers to build a shelf with wood to prevent the tunnel from collapsing.

Moreover, the excavated soil also needs to be packed by soldiers in baskets and baskets, and carried out from the tunnel bit by bit.Although the speed is very slow, it is safe to sweat and not bleed.

Of course, the rebel army could not just ignore this matter, so Zhang Shun hurriedly dispatched four battalions of Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Chaotic King and Xiao Qinhu to attack.

According to Zhang Shun's command, the four battalions went around from the right side of Ziwei Xingbao to attack the left side of the officers and soldiers.It happened to be against Chai Shihua, the general soldier of Gansu, and Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Lintao.

Originally, Chai Shihua, the general soldier of Gansu Province, and Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Lintao Province, were also veteran generals, and they were already in full battle, guarding the left side of the tunnel digging soldiers.

Who would have imagined that Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Chaotic King and Xiao Qinhu's fourth battalion would only move forward two hundred steps after reaching the left side of Ziwei Star Castle, and would not move forward any more.

Gansu General Chai Shihua and Lintao General Soldier were overjoyed, they only thought that the rebels dared not go forward to invite battle.

Unexpectedly, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao and others separated left and right, only to see fifty or sixty cannons dragged out by hundreds of mules and horses in the formation.

It turned out that Zhang Shun ordered Li Shi'an to lead his "Flying Iron Cannon" to hide in the formation.He took advantage of the rebel artillery's light weight, strong mobility, and rapid deployment and shooting advantages, and deliberately bullied the opponent's disadvantages that the light artillery was not as powerful as the rebel army, and the heavy artillery was too heavy to deploy in time.

The place where the officers and soldiers dug the tunnel was only about [-] steps away from the Ziwei Star Fort. The artillery in the original castle could not hit it, but the distance was too far.The shells fired by the artillery in the castle are almost no threat.

However, when these field artillery were launched two hundred steps outside the castle, the distance from the entrance of the tunnel dug by the officers and soldiers was only about one hundred to two hundred steps, and the threat of the artillery suddenly increased greatly.

Before Chai Shihua and Wang Chengen could come up with a countermeasure, the Second Artillery Regiment under Li Shi'an had already launched its artillery and fired at the officers and soldiers guarding in front of the soldiers digging the tunnel.

Li Shi'an divided the sixty cannons into three groups, and bombarded each group with twenty guns.Suddenly, a shell flew into the formation of officers and soldiers, and there was a burst of wailing and screaming.

Gansu General Soldier Chai Shihua and Lintao General Soldier Wang Chengen had no choice but to order their soldiers to retreat a little further to avoid being passively beaten.

But behind him is the entrance to dig the tunnel, where can the officers and soldiers retreat?There was a burst of gunfire, and then dozens of people were mercilessly knocked down.

The splashed blood fell on the face of the young soldier Chai Shihua, and he touched it with his hand, and he touched the blood.

Chai Shihua couldn't make a decision, so he hurriedly led his own soldiers to find Wang Cheng'en, the commander in chief.Wang Cheng'en, Lintao General Soldier, is a veteran general, about forty-seven or eight years old, and he was crowned as Prince Shaobao by Chongzhen.

When he saw Chai Shihua, he couldn't help being shocked.This young soldier who inherited his father's shadow was bloody and angry.

Lintao Commander Wang Chengen couldn't help but said in surprise: "Chai Zongbing, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you were injured?"

"Other people's blood!" Chai Shihua from the Gansu headquarters wiped it casually twice, but his face became even bloodier. He said anxiously, "Now I have become a living target for thieves, how should we do this?"

Lintao Commander Wang Cheng'en couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and asked, "Who is the commander in chief of the army now?"

"It's Governor Hong!"

"Since Governor Hong didn't give an order, why should Zongbing Chai be in a hurry?" Wang Chengen smiled pointedly.

"It's not that I can't help that Governor Hong won't be shot, but let's be shot!" Chai Shihua replied as a matter of course.

Come on, it's a jerk!Lintao Commander Wang Chengen shook his head secretly, but said: "Wang is a general, he only knows about generals, but not others. If Chai Zongbing has other ideas, I will not accompany him!"

Chai Shihua only thought that Wang Chengen was timid, so he couldn't help but walk away.After walking two or three steps, he turned his head and said sarcastically: "I once heard that Wang Zongbing bravely won the three armies, but now I know that the imperial court and the three armies are so cowardly!"

Lintao Commander Wang Cheng'en was neither angry nor angry, but just bid farewell.When Chai Shihua went away, the guards beside him couldn't help but said angrily: "What kind of thing is he, dare to get angry with the general? The general has a good temper today, otherwise how can he be arrogant?"

"You can't say that!" Wang Chengen bowed his hands and said, "After all, he is the son of Chai Guozhu and the younger brother of Chai Shixiu, and he will always sell him some face wherever he goes. What's more, this person is young and vigorous, and he takes the initiative to attack. We wait It’s exactly what one could ask for.”

"First of all, regardless of whether this matter is successful or not, at least the thief's artillery turned around, and our army was spared the situation of being passively attacked. Second, who is the thief in front of us? Cao Wenzhao, the former general of Lintao. I don't dare to say victory lightly. How can this man be able to take down the "big and small Cao"? In the end, even if this battle is not victorious, it is Chai Shihua, the general soldier of Gansu, who violated the military order without authorization, so what has he to do with us? ? So, why don't I sit and watch the success or failure!"

Not long after, Chai Shihua, the General Soldier of Gansu Province, led [-] troops under his command and went straight to the formation of the rebel army.

Seeing officers and soldiers attacking, Li Shi'an couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly ordered his soldiers to fire artillery shells quickly.

The sixty cannons were divided into three rows and fired in rotation, just like platooning guns, which Zhang Shun called "cannon platooning".

Although aimed at long-distance targets, the rebel artillery fired solid bullets, which still caused considerable losses to Chai Shihua's subordinates.

When the officers and soldiers finally approached the rebel army fifty or sixty paces away, Li Shi'an hurriedly asked the gunners to replace them with shotguns, and the gunners on the castle also took the opportunity to block the forty or fifty paces in front of the rebel army formation under the command of King Zhanshi. shot.

Now Chai Shihua was just about to lead the officers and soldiers close to the rebel army, when he was suddenly hit by an unprecedented blow.

Rows of soldiers and rows of officers and soldiers were instantly shattered by live ammunition and shotgun shells.The rain of blood was scattered everywhere, corpses were flying everywhere, and human lives were like worthless.

Before the officers and soldiers could react, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and the King of Troubled Times couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly ordered the whole army to charge and hit Chai Shihua with a counterattack.

The soldiers under Chai Shihua's command were severely injured, and their foothold was still unstable. How could they resist?Immediately, Cao Wenzhao and others smashed him with a drum, and chased him for more than a hundred steps.It wasn't until he saw the Lintao Commander-in-Chief coming to meet him from a distance that he stopped and retreated slowly in formation.

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