Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 565
In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, the Qing army's camp was joined by horns, and the sound of drums soared into the sky. The officers and soldiers patrolling the city were all attracted. The cannon coats of the red cannons were uncovered, and they moved forward slowly under the push of the Qing soldiers, and the sound of chant one after another resounded through the earth!The Qing army finally took action!
This is the Qing soldiers preparing to bombard the city, the iron bomb hits, but they don't have eyes, all the soldiers are worried about Chen Youlong's safety, they stepped forward and clasped their fists: "General, please go down to the city."

Chen Youlong waved his hand, "No hurry, go to the Wengcheng to have a look."

For city defense, the city gate is often the weakest point. Once the city gate is breached, the city can be declared lost. Therefore, many large cities are building a city wall outside the city gate, and then installing a gate to protect the city gate.

Chen Youlong led the soldiers and walked towards Wengcheng. Along the way, the soldiers on the enemy's platforms and horses were nervously on guard. The soldiers loaded a rocket into the swarm, and the French artillery team was also loading ammunition. .

Naturally, these weapons couldn't reach the red cannons of the Qing army. What they wanted to fight were the countless peasants who poured out of the Qing camp, pushing carts and preparing to dig soil to fill the river.

This is the case with war, there is no question of whether you can't bear it.

When Chen Youlong and his party arrived at Dongmen Wengcheng, He Tengjiao was also there. He heard the movement outside the city and was afraid in his heart, but he didn't see it with his own eyes, and he was really uneasy, so he hurried to the city.

Seeing him, Chen Youlong clasped his fists and bowed quickly, then stood behind He Tengjiao, and Ma Jinzhong, who was beside him, leaned his head over, pointed to the bottom of the wall and said, "Chen Zongbing, look!"

Chen Youlong looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that the artillery group of the Qing soldiers in the city was almost all aimed at the city wall in the southern section of Dongcheng. The artillery of the Qing army was aiming at a section of the old city wall. Fu Shangrui, a traitor, had helped Duoduo a lot.

"Fu Bandai really took his heart and soul to the Manchu master. I think this guy has told Duoduo all about our situation." Although Ma Jinzhong smiled, his teeth rattled, obviously hating Fu Bandit very much in his heart.

Chen Youlong felt remorse on his face, "At the beginning, even if a certain person risked his life, he should have killed him."

These traitors are really annoying, ranging from Hong Chengchou to ordinary green battalion soldiers, they are all fucking bastards.

From the eight imperial merchants supplying the enemy with ironware and food, to King Sanshun bringing artillery to the Manchus, and later surrendering troops in various towns, it was these beasts who had forgotten their ancestors that made this group of savages grow little by little.

Look at the troops attacking Wuchang, those weapons were all from the hands of the Han bandits, it's fine for this group of people to surrender, without them, the officers and soldiers would still be fighting and fighting the Tartars.

But not only did they not resist, they also sent soldiers, land, money, grain, and craftsmen to the Manchus, and gave all the fucking things of their ancestors to the Tartars. Such a sharp weapon, the official army is less than the Qing soldiers.

He Tengjiao's complexion was not good. Fu Shangrui was the governor of Hubei, and he was relied on as his confidant. He knew more about Huguang's affairs than him, just like a roundworm in his stomach.

There is such a person who knows him well, who is on the side of the Qing court, and he can't sleep well.

At this moment, when he was carefully observing the movement of the Qing army, he suddenly heard someone shouting "Be careful" from behind, and his body was pushed down. There was a whistling overhead, and a loud noise came from behind.

Chen Youlong and Ma Jinzhong straightened up and patted the dust on He Tengjiao's body. He Tengjiao looked back and saw that a corner of the city gate and building behind him had been cut off, and tiles and sawdust were falling down.

This is in the artillery team of the Qing army. Someone saw a group of people standing on Wengcheng and fired a cannon. Fortunately, He Tengjiao's clothes are relatively simple today, otherwise it might not be a cannon.

This sudden change frightened all of He Tengjiao's soldiers to death, they all rushed forward and protected him with their shields.

Seeing this, Chen Youlong hurriedly dispersed them, the shield could not stop the red cannon, "Master, hurry down to the city."

He Tengjiao's face was also pale, obviously he was very frightened, and wanted to go down to the city immediately, but if he left like this, he would inevitably show timidity in front of the generals and affect morale.

When Wang Yuncheng saw He Tengjiao's appearance, he understood the officer's thoughts very well, and immediately pulled him, "The supervisor is also the safety of the Chu land, how can he put himself in danger, and quickly follow the general to the city."

He Tengjiao got off the ladder as soon as he saw it, but he still didn't forget to turn around and say, "I'm just asking a few people in the city."

The red-clothed cannon is a sharp weapon of the country. The Qing army could make it by itself, and captured a lot in Liaodong, Beijing, and Nanjing. Before Huguang, it was not an important place on the nine borders, but it was less. There are quite a few, but there are less than ten red cannons, which is far behind the Qing soldiers.

At this time, the artillery of the Qing army under the city began to bombard the city wall. Amidst the rumbling sound of the artillery, green smoke filled the air, and bullets hit the city, the brick walls shattered, and the smashed ones were dented.

The horse-faced enemy building at the head of the city became the focus of the Qing army's artillery strikes. When a cannon hit it, half of the wall was cut off, and sixty artillery pieces were bombarded in turn.

The ten old cannons in the city were also dragged to the east city by the Ming army. A hundred households in the artillery team looked anxiously outside the city. I'm going to be smart, I'm going to blast those bunch of birds to death."

The artillery of the two armies fired at each other, and the golden army had the numerical advantage. In the midair, it seemed that there was a rain of bullets.

Up and down the city, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the blue smoke from the muzzle rose to the sky one after another, and then was blown away by the wind. Under this piece of green smoke, tens of thousands of civilians were driven away by the Qing soldiers. Moving forward, like ants moving a house, they poured piles of soil into the river against the push of their shoulders.

The shells hit the city, and the city wall vibrated slightly, like an earthquake, but the defenders were not afraid and focused on their tasks. The archers kept shooting downwards to prevent the civilians from filling the river. With one shot, countless civilian husbands fell on the road.

As soon as a civilian man threw a piece of soil into the moat, he was shot by an arrow and rolled directly into the river, so that the people behind could save a few trips.

The world has been in chaos for more than ten years. Duoduo brought elite soldiers, but the people in Wuchang City were not bad either. Chen Youlong had recruited Li Pingmiao and his colleagues to fight since the reign of Chongzhen. I've read it over and over again, and I haven't seen any scenes. If I fight against the Eight Banners in the field, I may have no idea, but I will naturally not be afraid if I rely on the city to resist the green battalion.

Although the Qing army was instructed by Fu Shangrui to bombard the old city wall with [-] cannons in red without interruption, it would not take a day or two to blow it down.

(Thanks to someone who looks like a dog for five hundred book coins)
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