Can you live forever

Chapter 108
The moment he heard the gunfire, Zhang Zhixiang fell silent.

Since last night, he has opened warehouses to release grain, and every household has distributed grain, and then asked the people to dig tunnels at home or on the street, and organized the villagers to dig trenches, all for this time, the people have A place to hide.

However, even if he repeatedly emphasized, some people did not take it seriously.

Even if he was coerced and lured, he was unwilling to dig his own land. When someone inspected it, he just waved two hoes casually, and filled the soil back as soon as the person left.

The number of trenches dug by the organized people is definitely not enough.

I don't know how many people will die before the shelling by Wang Jiajun ends.

Behind the city wall, Peng Jin, the magistrate of Lu'an, who was trembling all over, dragged Zhang Zhixiang and complained: "The cannon has been fired! Yang Zhao has fired the cannon into the city, little celestial master, you shouldn't provoke him with hostages!!"

"Will it be okay if the city is broken?"

Zhang Zhixiang asked back, and Peng Jin was silent. Wang Jiajun and Fujunwei were both guest troops, and they would not keep any sympathy.

As the old saying goes, banditry is like a comb, and soldiers are like a grate.

An army like Zhang Zhixiang and the others who have committed no crimes is a miracle.

Since Lu'an has been "occupied by the rebels", as long as the imperial court wins, the [-] troops outside will enter the city no matter what!Even the general can't stop it!

why?
Because this is the only chance for the soldiers to make a fortune, a bounty from the court?That's only a few silver coins, how much of it can fall into the pocket?Only the ones they snatched and put in their pockets are real!
Not only Lu'an.

Walking all the way back to Nanjing from Lu'an, they had to scan it all, in the name of hunting down the rebels.

Peng Jin inexplicably felt a wave of scholarly righteousness, and he reprimanded: "You! You shouldn't have fled to Lu'an, no, it's all you, if it weren't for you, South Zhili would not have survived this military disaster!"

Zhang Zhixiang was a little speechless, he took a deep breath and asked, "Should a good person be pointed at by a gun?"

"you……"

Peng Jin wanted to say something, but Zhang Zhixiang had no intention of arguing with him. After the city gate was blasted open, Zhang Zhixiang had "Wang Yanghao" removed.

The meaning is very clear, you don't bombard the city and the city, and I don't threaten hostages, otherwise everyone will die.

Anyway, you have an absolute advantage in military strength, if you want to win, come and attack the city!
Yang Zhao understood what Zhang Zhixiang meant.

Then he ordered to stop the shelling of the city, and concentrated the artillery to the west gate. He had no intention of bombarding the city wall. He wanted to bombard the city wall. If the cavalry directly entered the city, how could they occupy the city for you? And keep the chance?
Wang Jiajun received 9000 rounds of shells from the Ministry of Industry, and he has 1000 rounds himself.

A total of [-] shells, let alone the city wall of Lu'an, even the city wall of Nanjing, can blast a gap!

Three hundred cannons fired in unison, and the sound of the explosion shook the mountains.

There was no way for people to stand on the top of the city, and with just one round of salvo, countless cracks were shaken inside the city wall. The overwhelming explosion roared to the world, announcing the changes of the times.

The era of cultivators?No, it's the age of the cannon!
The explosion silenced everything.

Even Yang Dun and the two battalions of cavalry were silent. Even with a distance of hundreds of meters, the horses were frightened and uncontrollable. The shock of the soldiers can be imagined.

The idea of ​​these cavalry is probably the same as that of the Mongols.

Are cavalry better than infantry?

That's an old-fashioned way of thinking. Ever since they had artillery and the Mongols lost the Central Plains, leaving only cavalry and archery, they have also become more hospitable.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols invaded the border for only one thing...to seek trade.

Until the rise of Manchuria, there were no serious problems in the north for more than 200 years. The so-called civil fort... also had to have that ability first, and it wouldn't die in four years. He had to be a new generation of genius to succeed.

Where are the foreigners in Tumubao...

Don't think that Manchuria can beat Ming Dynasty in the later period, just think that nomads are still very powerful.Manchuria is powerful because of its powerful artillery. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Industry had been hollowed out long ago. The Ming army in Liaodong retreated to use ultra-low-precision weapons such as three-eyed guns. Do you still expect firearms to dominate?

Anyone who knows the firepower configuration of Qi's army knows how much hips were stretched in the late Ming Dynasty.

Cannon is the main theme of war.

Mongolia can sweep the world, except for cavalry and shooting, it is cannon. Since the invention of artillery, all nomads who can do things are cavalry + cannon!

Actually.

As long as there are enough artillery, the only thing left for the cavalry is to clean up the battlefield.

"The wall is down! The wall is down!!"

The artillery fire lasted for nearly 10 rounds, and finally a large area of ​​the city wall was blown down. The inside and outside of the city could be seen at a glance, but after the smoke cleared, Yang Zhao's smile gradually froze...Where is the person?
He expected to see panicked enemy troops, but he saw no one at all.

give up?Ran?

Suspicious and deceitful, Yang Zhao still did not rush forward. He asked the soldiers to advance on chariots, do fortifications first, and build a pontoon bridge on the moat, and then enter the city with a large army.

But just as the five hundred soldiers advanced to the moat, a pile of burning sparks and gun muzzles suddenly appeared on the flat ground inside the city...

Bang! !

A round of volleys and several cannon fires immediately caused the vanguard to panic, causing dozens of casualties. The rest began to lean against the chariot and put up their shields in order to protect themselves.

"The defenders are underground?"

"No, they dug a trench..."

Yang Zhao understood, and his intuition told him that the trenches were useful when the artillery bombarded them. At least the artillery was not easy to aim at. Apart from the trenches, the collapsed city walls were also shelters for the defenders, so it was still not easy to charge forward at this time.

"Continue to bomb! Cover the forward and build fortifications."

"Go up to another 1000 people, relying on chariots, and suppressing firepower with firecrackers. Whoever dares to show their faces will call their names!"

"Wait until the pontoon bridge is paved, and then let the cavalry charge!"

Yang Zhao played very methodically, with such stability that it was breathless and full of pressure. In the trench, Zhang Zhixiang and the others were blown to the point where they couldn't lift their heads.

This firepower.

Even if you are miraculous, you have to avoid it.

"Little Heavenly Master, what should we do?"

Rao Xu Ding had been a battalion commander on the Nine Sides, and he didn't know how to fight this battle. He had never seen such a density of firepower in his entire life as a soldier.

The battle lasted only half an hour, and it was still far from dark.

I really don't know how to keep it.

This meant that the guards of the Wang family were tough enough. If they were replaced by other troops, their morale would have collapsed long ago.

"When they come in and the two armies clash, it will be difficult to fire."

"But they have [-] cavalry, how can we stop them! The gates on the other three sides of the city have also been blown open. They can build floating bridges to attack at any time. Our troops are simply not enough to defend the four walls!"

"Retreat if you can't hold it! Fight street battles, fight public security wars, no matter what, you must persist until dark. When Yu Dayou comes, there is hope of turning defeat into victory!"

"Damn him, this battle is really hard to fight! If I can capture those [-] cannons, I'd like to have a good time!"

Xu Ding spat out a mouthful of sand, and felt ruthless in his heart. Fight, the enemy's attack is as fierce as possible. It's best to rush into the city. When Yu Dayou arrives, he will attack the artillery position and hand over the artillery. Then we'll see who the hell is. Fry who! !
(PS: I don’t mean to wash Yingzong. To lose is to lose. No matter who he loses to, he has lost and has become the son of heaven. However, when we look at history, we can’t just look at the labels. We have to look at how he lost. It will not be "later generations will mourn but ignore it".)
(End of this chapter)