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Chapter 1224 Pingyang City under the Artillery

"Commander Tang, Commander Tang, wake up, wake up!"

Commander Pingyangwei made Tang Yao feel as heavy as a mountain and his whole body ached, but when he heard someone calling him again and again, he couldn't help struggling desperately.

"Ah!" He suddenly struggled out of his deep sleep, only to see two familiar faces appear before his eyes.

"Prefect Wang, Deputy Envoy Li!" He couldn't help asking hastily, "What's wrong, but the thieves started attacking the city again?"

"Listen..." Li Yi'ao, sub-training Hedong and in charge of Yanfa Water Conservancy and participating in politics, smiled wryly, and pointed to Tang Yu's ear with his finger.

"What..." Tang Yao looked puzzled, but just as he opened his mouth, there was a deafening rumble.

He couldn't help being startled, and stammered and asked, "What... what is this sound? Hongyi Cannon?"

It sounded a bit like the sound of a cannon, but it was too loud, and it was breathtaking.

"That's right, it's the sound of cannons!" Li Yi'ao said with a wry smile.

"And it's a heavy Hongyi cannon, say... maybe it's the Great General Wu Jian!"

"General Wujian? No...can't you?" Tang Yao was almost dumbfounded.

Wujian is a Buddhist term, and it is a free translation of "Abi".

It is generally used in conjunction with hell to refer to the eighth hell of hell among the six realms of the Three Realms—the Infernal Hell.

And the Great General Wu Jian named after it is said to be the secret weapon of the Ming army, specially used to deal with the powerful northern captives and western bandits.

No one in the world knows how big this Great General Wu Jian is, only Li Yi'ao heard it mentioned by chance when he was reporting his duties in Beijing, so he doesn't know if it's true or not.

When Zhang Tianlin and Zhang Rukui attacked the city earlier, he had made such a remark in order to cheer up the Ming army defending the city, but he did not expect it to be a prophecy.

It is not known whether the Ming army has General Wujian or not. I am afraid that by this time the "Shun thief" General Wujian has already spread the wind and rain all over the city.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look!" Tang Yao couldn't help suggesting after finally getting all dressed up.

That's what Wang Shunzheng, the magistrate of Pingyang, and Li Yiao, the deputy envoy, came together this time, so why not?

Surrounded by the crowd, the three of them arrived at the South Gate City not long after, and when they stretched their heads to look outside, they were shocked.

I don't know when, more than forty cannons were densely lined up outside the city, spread out in a line, and the muzzles were pointing obliquely at Pingyang Fucheng.

Among them, there are seven cannons that are particularly large and look particularly frightening. Looking at the black holes in the muzzles, they are like fierce tigers roaring silently, almost wanting to devour people.

"Then...those gates are the legendary 'Great General Wujian', right?" the magistrate Wang Shunzheng couldn't help asking.

"No...no, 'The Infinite General' is much bigger than this..." Li Yi'ao bit the bullet and said.

Just kidding, if you say that he is the Great General Wu Jian at this time, how can anyone in the city have the will to defend him to the death?
While everyone was talking, the rebel army's "General Qingtian Cannon" was loaded one after another.

A gunner had already corrected the parameters and ignited the fuse under the order of the officer.

"Boom~boom~boom!" With a deafening bang, seven huge iron balls smashed hard on the city wall of Pingyang Mansion one after another.

Wang Shunzheng, Li Yiao and Tang Yao felt that the ground was shaking under their feet and the city was about to be destroyed, and their faces turned ashen.

It turned out that Zhang Shun deliberately ordered General Qingtian's cannons to concentrate their firepower and fire a volley. Its huge sound and power really had a huge deterrent effect on the city defenders.

"This... can this city wall hold it back?" Everyone looked at each other, and a terrible thought came to their minds.

In fact, don't say that these young soldiers who have hardly ever been on the battlefield, even if they are old soldiers who have never seen or heard such a powerful Hongyi cannon, it is inevitable that their livers will be broken.

However, at this moment, from the perspective of the rebel army, the artillery is actually even more terrifying.

It turned out that the four gates of Pingyang Fucheng had huge urns, which was not conducive to the attack of the rebels.

Therefore, the cannon of General Qingtian was used by the rebel army to concentrate on bombarding a section of the city wall. After several rounds of attack, this city wall was damaged a lot.

However, under a round of salvo, a horizontal crack appeared on the originally solid city wall.

Immediately, the crack became bigger and bigger, and then there was a loud "bang", and a large piece of the wall skin fell down with bricks and soil.

The soldiers didn't know that this rammed earth wall was supported by structures and would not collapse easily, but they were only affected by the intuitive feeling.

The volunteer soldiers couldn't help but their morale was greatly shaken, and they cheered repeatedly.

I am happy and worried, and I am worried and happy.

Hearing the loud noise at the foot of the city wall and the cheers of the rebel soldiers, the prefect Wang Shunzheng of Pingyang, his deputy Li Yiao, the commander Tang Yao and the soldiers on the city couldn't help but look ugly.

"What should we do? Can we just sit and wait for death?" The magistrate Wang Shunzheng couldn't bear it first and asked.

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer!" Tang Yao said firmly, holding back his fear.

"The Qin thieves are fierce, everyone knows that if Pingyang City is destroyed, you and I will be sinners through the ages!"

Do you know why this Pingyang Mansion is so stubbornly guarded, and why is it so capable of defending the city?
It turned out that when the Shaanxi rebels entered Shanxi in the fourth year of Chongzhen, they successively captured Xizhou, Puzhou, Jishan, Hejin, Wenxi and other places, and threatened Huozhou, killing and looting a lot, which made Pingyang government deeply worried .

Therefore, after the Shaanxi rebels left, the Pingyang government learned from the pain, reorganized their military equipment, and repaired the city to prevent the rebels from coming again.

It's hard to die, but this time it was "Guotianxing" Zhang Tianlin, "Random Soldier" Dang Shousu, "Soap Eagle" Zhang Rukui and others who came to attack the city again.

These people call it "free and undisciplined" at a good level, and "thiefy nature is hard to change" at a bad level.

Although Zhang Shun made repeated orders, strict military discipline, and ensured food and supplies, some people still couldn't stop "old habits that die hard."

For example, when you see someone's wife and daughter, the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep raised by someone, or the silk and satin, it's hard not to be tempted.

As the saying goes: it is easy to learn bad, but difficult to learn good.

Once most people have tasted the sweetness of getting something for nothing, it is difficult to do some serious business in a down-to-earth manner.

Today, the soldiers under Zhang Tianlin's command are so virtuous, although he has chopped off several people who violated military discipline in a row, and generally maintained order.

But after all, there are some places that the management can't take care of, and there are still people sneaking around and taking chances.

It's hard not to think of the "Qin thieves entering Jin" at the beginning.

For this reason, Zhang Tianlin deliberately "refuted the rumors", but it turned out that it was okay not to refute the rumors, but once the rumors were refuted, it reminded people of the "Qin thief" who made money in the city.

It's a pity that Pingyang is not like Zelu and other places who have had contact with Zhang Shun's rebel army, nor is it close to Shaanxi like Puzhou, and understands the style of the rebel army. Zhang Tianlin's propaganda is counterproductive.

"First declare that you will not torture or kill, and then do whatever you want after entering the city. This is the old trick of the 'Qin thief', and it is unbelievable!" The whole Pingyang mansion "see through" the treacherous plot of the "Qin thief".

Of course Zhang Shun didn't know that he had already changed from "King Shun who is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness" to "King Jie and Zhou who is licentious and cruel".

However, no matter how Pingyang Mansion perceives it, given Pingyang's strategic position, this battle still has to be fought.

"Get ready for the dead first, and when the fierce battle between the two sides is in full swing, follow our military orders!" Zhang Shun couldn't help sneering as he looked at Pingyang City, which had a huge "scar" due to the wall falling off.

It is the principle of nature to follow the opposite and follow the law. Is there anything in the world where you can conquer the world without fighting?

(End of this chapter)