At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 153 The Yuan Army Attacked Huai'an City Again and Was Repulsed, Sizhou Academy of Sciences Improves the Range of the Gun
In Huai'an City, which was also at night, everyone in the Sizhou Army was very nervous.

Outside the city is the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, who escaped from the siege of more than 20 troops.

Today is the second day since the last Tuotuo siege.

The last time Tutuo attacked the city, the Sizhou army killed more than 1 people, leaving only nearly 9000 people.

This time, in the face of Prime Minister Tuotuo's onslaught, can he stop it?
Regarding this point, neither Feng Guoyong nor Deng Youde has much confidence.

At this time, Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde, Zhou Dexing, and Zhang Qi were all discussing matters in Feng Guoyong's residence.

The surrounding area outside Feng Guoyong's mansion was heavily guarded, and even a fly would never want to fly in.

"Deng Youde, how many people are willing to help us defend Huai'an City?" Feng Guoyong's expression became serious.

Deng Youde showed a hint of joy on his face: "I contacted Jueshengwei the day before yesterday, and in every part of Huai'an City, there was news that the Yuan army would massacre the city if it captured Huai'an City. Since the Yuan army slaughtered Qinghe and Qingjiang first, the common people Everyone believed it. Afterwards, the common people asked to join the Sizhou Army one after another to help our Sizhou Army tide over the difficulties."

Feng Guoyong: "How many people join?"

"Excluding men, women and children, there are about 4 people." Deng Youde replied.

Feng Guoyong: "That said, we will have about 5 people defending the city this time."

Deng Youde: "Today, I taught the [-] newly joined people to practice the basic formation, and I didn't teach the others due to lack of time."

Feng Guoyong looked at Deng Youde with a hint of gentleness in his eyes: "For us, it is enough. This time, if we can defend Huai'an City, you Deng Youde will be the first."

Deng Youde said with a smile: "General Feng has won the award. These are all credits to everyone. Don't put this credit on me alone."

Feng Guoyong shook his head, then looked at Zhou Dexing again: "The golden juice I asked you to prepare yesterday, as well as rolling logs, falling rocks and other things, how are you doing?"

Zhou Dexing grinned and said: "Don't worry, General Feng, there is enough gold juice to greet the Yuan army. This is thanks to the help of the people in Huai'an City! Others, with the help of the people in Huai'an City, have already piled up like a mountain. This time, the subordinates It seems that this city wall can definitely be defended."

Feng Guoyong nodded: "It's a good thing to have confidence, but you shouldn't be careless because of it."

Zhou Dexing nodded his approval.

Then, Feng Guoyong set his eyes on Zhang Qi: "You have not closed your eyes for almost two days when you inspected Huai'an City. Take a good rest tonight, and I will arrange for others to go when inspecting Huai'an City. Tomorrow, get enough energy. Be ready to fight at any time. Maybe tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow, we will face the Yuan army's siege again."

On Zhang Qi's tired face, there was a trace of smile lines, he nodded and said: "Yes. After the discussion is over, I will go to catch up on sleep."

Feng Guoyong nodded, and then set his eyes on the military map again: "Everyone persists, I believe the general must have already taken action. What we have to do is to persist until the general rescues us."

Everyone nodded solemnly.

Yin time the next day.

Dark clouds billowed, covering the entire city of Huai'an.

The sudden gust of wind was roaring, as if surrounded by the shouts of countless enemy troops.

Huai'an City is about to usher in an unprecedented bloody battle.

In the blink of an eye, it was already time.

At this time, Tuotuo led an army of nearly 22 troops and launched another fierce attack on Huai'an City.

All the people in Huai'an City were awakened by the earth-shattering fighting sounds.

Accompanied by lingering tension and apprehension.

The Sizhou army stationed in Huai'an City all looked serious. They clenched the weapons in their hands and their eyes were full of determination.

Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde, Zhou Dexing, and Zhang Qi didn't talk nonsense. They pointed their swords at the sky and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" All the officers and men of the Sizhou Army roared.

After Feng Guoyong, Deng Youde, Zhou Dexing, and Zhang Qi saw that the morale of the soldiers had been boosted, they all looked calm and commanded freely.

Golden juice, rolling logs, falling stones, arrows, etc., also entertained the invading Yuan army.

The Yuan army screamed one after another.

After going on for an hour, Tuotuo saw that nearly 1 people had died before the army had knocked down a city gate, and his face was gloomy.

As for the Sizhou army killing more and more on the city wall, it was beyond Tuotuo's expectation.

It was not until more and more people were shot and landed on the city wall that the Yuan army realized that these dead people were not the Sizhou army at all, but the people of Huai'an City.

Tuotuo, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, was furious about this matter.

He even beat the drums himself to boost the morale of the Yuan army.

In the end, he even ordered: after Huai'an City is captured, the city will be massacred, and no one will be left behind!
The front troops of the gates of the Yuan army put up all their strength, set up ladders, and stormed towards the wall, while the Chinese army in front of the gates fired arrows at the Sizhou army on the city wall. The rear army fired blunderbuss and cannons towards the Sizhou army on the city wall.

After all, the firearms and guns in Huai'an City are limited, and it is impossible to expect the general to send troops to help at the moment.

In this situation, Feng Guoyong believes that the Sizhou army is conducive to quick victory.He ordered the gunners and gunners at the city gates to aim at the densely populated places of the Yuan army, fire guns and bombard them.

I saw that where the firecrackers were shot, the screams of the Yuan army kept ringing; where the guns sounded, fireworks rose into the sky, and the Yuan army fell down piece by piece.

Relying on their large numbers and power, the Yuan army rushed back and forth many times, but still could not break through Huai'an City, which was firmly defended by the Sizhou army.

The two sides fought from morning to night, and none of the soldiers and civilians of the Sizhou Army in Huai'an City retreated timidly.

The earth is bleeding everywhere.

The corpses lay like a mountain, bleeding profusely.

The sky was getting dark, and amidst the smoke, the Yuan army's attack was temporarily repelled.

Huai'an City, defend it.

Feng Guoyong sent people to conduct post-war statistics.

soon.

Feng Guoyong obtained information on the results of the war: Sizhou Army had 730 soldiers, 3 of whom died in battle; Huai'an City had 300 civilians, and [-] died in battle.

Feng Guoyong fell into a long silence.

At this time, Tuotuo, who was in the large tent of the Chinese army outside Huai'an City, also frowned, staring fixedly at the desk next to the post-war situation of the Yuan army:

The Yuan army had 22 people, 29 were killed and 30 were seriously injured.

Tuotuo looked at the information repeatedly, clenched his fists, slammed it on the desk and said angrily: "Damn it!"

There is another person in the big tent of the Chinese army, and this person is Bo Timur.

At this moment, Bo Timur looked at the prime minister's frightening look of anger, shrunk his head, then lowered his eyes to the empty wine glass on the desk, as if there was something he was interested in in the empty wine glass.

Tuotuo looked fiercely at Bo Timur: "Why did this battle end like this?"

When Bo Timur heard this, his body trembled, his lips trembled and he could not speak.

Can he say that he was beaten up?

This battle was played very muddled.

"Say!!" Tuotuo yelled, looking at Bo Timur firmly.

Bo Timur's heart trembled, feeling extremely wronged in his heart.

But this is wronged, he can't say it.

At least, not in front of Prime Minister Tuotuo.

"Prime Minister. His subordinates think that it has a lot to do with the guard of Huai'an City."

"What's the relationship?" Tuotuo had already calmed down at this moment, and asked Bo Timur with a moody expression.

Bo Timur wished he could slap himself a lot at this moment, how could he know what the relationship was, it was just a casual remark.

But he also had a quick wit, and hurriedly said: "The guard of Huai'an City, Feng Guoyong, has been known to his subordinates. This man is on the side of the rebels of the Sizhou Army. He is a general who can recruit and fight well. Among them, in terms of record, except for Cheng De, he is No.1 on the bright side."

"Hehe!" Tuotuo looked at Bo Timur with a sneer.

Bo Timur felt Tuotuo's gaze, his scalp was numb, and he lowered his head and did not speak.

Tuotuo stared at Bo Timur for a long time, then he took his eyes away from Bo Timur.

"Is there any news from Ru Zhongbai?" Tuotuo asked Bo Timur calmly.

Bo Timur's face froze.

Oops, I forgot to deliver this letter to the prime minister in time.

next moment.

Bo Timur trembled, took out a letter from his arms, and tremblingly walked towards Tuotuo.

Seeing this, Tuotuo seemed to understand something, especially when he saw that the letter seemed to be soaked in sweat, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

In the next moment, Tuotuo stood up, raised his foot, and kicked Botimur's abdomen fiercely. Botimur was kicked to the ground immediately, and a trace of blood spilled from his mouth.

But Bo Timur did not dare to show any dissatisfaction, but quickly got up, knelt down on one knee in front of Tuotuo, lowered his head, and held the letter in both hands.

Tuotuo took the letter and took a quick look at it.

"Snapped!!"

Tuotuo slammed the letter onto the desk.

Bo Timur suddenly turned bitter.

"They're all a bunch of trash! Sooner or later my Great Yuan will be ruined by you trash!" Tuotuo said angrily, the loud voice sounded to Bo Timur's ears, as if the sky had suddenly thundered.

Tuotuo paced back and forth in the big tent with a sullen face.

Bo Timur lowered his head, his heart was already so wronged that tears were about to fall.

He only felt that he had suffered an innocent disaster from Ru Zhongbai.

It's all Ru Zhongbai's fault!
He is innocent, and he was affected by Ru Zhongbai's letter.

He was very curious about what the letter said, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Tuotuo was still in a rage, so he consciously extinguished this thought.

As a result, the entire Chinese military tent fell into an eerie silence.

At this time in Siyang City, a team took advantage of the night and headed towards Suqian City.

In this team, Li Xiaoci and Cheng Ying rode at the forefront on horseback.

Behind them, followed by 8000 people: 5000 people led by Cheng Ying, 3000 people led by Li Xiaoci.

In fact, they didn't know that there was another army following behind them.

This team is 4000 people led by Guo Xing and Cheng Neng.

Guo Xing is the leader and Cheng Neng is the deputy.

In fact, they were secretly sent by Cheng De to supervise the actions of the original Cui Ying (now Cheng Ying).

Although Cheng De believed Cheng Ying's verbal promise in front of Cheng Ying, he didn't believe it at all in his heart.

In Cheng De's view, only practical actions are the most convincing.

Cheng De's task for Guo Xing and Cheng Neng was to attack Cheng Ying and his troops directly with Li Xiaoci if Cheng Ying rebelled.

Moreover, Cheng De placed four masters, Cheng Wu, Cheng Jing, Cheng Kong, and Cheng Fan, beside Li Xiaoci.

Once Cheng Ying had objections, she would be able to catch the thief first and the king in the first place, taking Cheng Ying down.

Cheng Ying didn't know all this.

Cheng De stayed in the courtyard of Wanhu Mansion in Siyang City, looking through the letters from Sizhou City with a lighted candle on the stone table.

The content of the first letter was that Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan were pregnant, and Cheng De was about to become a father.

In the second letter, Ma Xiuying brought Liu E, Guo Hui, and Shen Lingling into the General's Mansion, and recognized them as his younger sisters. This signal to the outside world is that these three will be Cheng De's women from now on. .

Ma Xiuying mentioned in the letter that because of Cheng De's status and power, she and Luo Yan are the only two in the General's Mansion, which has already aroused a lot of criticism.Out of consideration for protecting her reputation, she made the decision to welcome Guo Hui and Shen Lingling into the mansion.Of these two people, one was sent by the Guo family to be his concubine, and the other was a marriage to win over Shen Wansan.

Ma Xiuying mentioned that since Guo Hui is still young, it will take a few years before she can really touch her.

As for why Liu E was admitted to the General's Mansion, Ma Xiuying also explained: Cheng De's aunt, Hu, revealed to Ma Xiuying that her daughter Liu E was interested in Cheng De and intended to marry Liu E to Cheng De as a concubine. Kiss up and kiss up.Ma Xiuying decided to agree.

Cheng De couldn't laugh or cry.

He just sighed in his heart: In this life, he is so lucky to be able to marry such a virtuous wife as Ma Xiuying.

As for him, there was little reason to object.

He just silently made a note in his heart: those who criticize Ma Xiuying, hmph, wait for me!

The third letter was written by Li Shanchang.The content of the letter mentioned that the Academy of Sciences has made great improvements in the range of guns in the research of guns.

The shooting range of the firecracker has been increased from the original 33 feet [-] feet [-] inches to [-] feet [-] feet [-] inches.

Li Shanchang mentioned that Wang Lu, the vice president of the Academy of Sciences, has already led skilled craftsmen to create a new type of firecracker, and it is estimated that sixty new firecrackers will be produced within a month.

Li Shanchang also mentioned that the range of the firecracker can be improved this time, thanks to the help of Tao Chengdao and his disciples.

Li Shanchang explained that Tao Chengdao led a group of disciples to Sizhou City not long after Cheng De went to Huai'an City.

Seeing Li Shanchang's few words about Tao Chengdao in his letter, Cheng De couldn't help being curious about Tao Chengdao.

This person was able to improve the firearm in a short period of time, which proves that this person is very capable of researching firearms.

In his previous life, he had no impression of this person.

Perhaps it is a folk wizard!
What kind of person this person is, after repelling Tuotuo, he will be able to understand when he meets him.

In addition, Li Shanchang finally mentioned a person named Li Yuan.

According to Li Shanchang, this person is researching gunpowder and has made considerable progress.

Li Shanchang revealed his ambition - to develop a powerful gunpowder weapon.

After reading the letter, Cheng De had great expectations for Li Yuan.

On the firecracker, Tao Chengdao made improvements. I believe that the improvement of the cannon should not be far away.

If in the future, firecrackers and cannons that are more powerful than the Yuan Dynasty are used, then the balance of victory on the battlefield will be tilted a little more towards the Sizhou Army.

The casualties of the Sizhou Army will be much less.

As for the further future, it may no longer be a fantasy for the Sizhou army to be victorious in all battles.

Cheng De couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth when he thought of this.

(End of this chapter)