Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 237 The City Wall Collapsed
The next day, Jiannu laid out twenty Hongyi cannons and aimed them at the city wall.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" There was a continuous sound of loud crashes, and the brave men guarding the north city wall could clearly feel the tremor of the city wall.

In just one morning, a large piece of brick covering the north city wall was blasted to pieces.

Not only the bricks, but even the solid glutinous rice juice rammed earth under the bricks was hit by the solid iron bullets of the Hongyi Cannon to create a crater about a foot deep.

Jiannu concentrated ten Hongyi cannons, aimed at the pit and continued to bombard it.

Accompanied by every impact of the iron bullet, there will be broken soil falling from around the pit, and the entire pit will expand at a speed visible to the naked eye and become deeper.

Wu Erdan took a look and said, "My lord, if the bombardment continues like this, the city wall will collapse sooner or later."

"Will it collapse sooner or later?" Zhi Tingjian said worriedly, "Ten days at most, this section of the city wall will collapse!"

Yan Yingyuan had no expression on his face, and asked Wu Erdan: "Erdan, how about going to Xicheng?"

Wu Erdan immediately ran to the west gate tower, across the canal to ask Xiangyong who was stationed at the east gate of the west city, and ran back after a while to report to Yan Yingyuan: "My lord, the situation in the west city is similar, and it is estimated that it can only last for a dozen days."

"Ten days? Ten days?!" Yan Yingyuan frowned slightly, and began to pace back and forth on the top of the city.

Zhi Tingjian suggested: "Puheng, why don't we also demolish the houses in this section of the city wall and build an urn city?"

"Repair, of course the Wengcheng still needs to be repaired." Yan Yingyuan nodded and said, "It's just that the method of the Wengcheng has already been used once, so the Wengcheng alone may not be able to stop Jiannu's attack, and another measure must be added. "

"Another measure?" Zhi Tingjian asked blankly, "What measure?"

Yan Yingyuan pondered and said: "A measure that can quickly repair the gap in the city wall."

"Quickly repair the gap in the city wall?" Zhi Tingjian asked in amazement, "How can this be done?"

Wu Erdan also said: "Yes, even if there is a small gap in the city wall, it will take at least half a day. It takes time to collect soil, transport it, and fill it. Moreover, Jiannu will definitely try to obstruct us."

Yan Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "The Holy Majesty said that there are always more solutions than difficulties, as long as you use your brains..."

Speaking of this pause, Yan Yingyuan suddenly said: "Damn, where are the more than a thousand water boats in the Hecao Yamen?"

"The tank boat?" Wu Erdan said after being stunned for a moment, "The tank boat was left on the street after it was dragged into the city. Half of it was on the street in the east city, and the other half was on the street in the west city. My lord asked, what are you doing here?"

Yan Yingyuan said: "Whether you can hold Shanyang or not depends on these tank boats."

"Ah?" Zhi Tingjian and Wu Erdan looked at each other in blank dismay, what about these tank boats?
……

Soon, another ten days passed.

The time came to April [-]th in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

Outside the city, Duoduo asked Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu to bring him a saddle, and sat and watched the Hongyi cannon attack the city.

A gust of cold wind blew, Dodo shivered, and He Luohui immediately reprimanded Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu: "Are you two dog slaves reincarnated as pigs? Don't you know how to start a fire?"

Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu quickly found firewood and started a bonfire.

"Slave dog, you are the only one who is clever." Duoduo scolded He Luohui with a smile.

Looking up again, I saw that the crack on the north wall of Shanyang Dongcheng was even bigger.

After ten days of continuous bombardment, the north wall of Shanyang East City was finally about to collapse.

Looking at the cracks in the city wall like spider webs, especially the huge cracks connected with the huge pit that anyone can get into, Doduo's mouth showed a sinister smile.

Yan Yingyuan, this king wants to see, what other tricks can you come up with?
"Master, according to this crack, it will only be a day or two before the east city of Shanyang is broken." He Luohui said with a smile.

Duoduo hummed lightly, and while bringing his slightly frozen hands to the fire, he asked again: "What's going on in the west city? When will the city wall be smashed down?"

"It's almost too soon." He Luohui said with a smile, "It's only a day or two behind Dongcheng."

After a pause, he continued: "Master, this cannon in red is really the most powerful siege weapon in history. Ever since King Sanshun surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, there is no one in the world that our Qing soldiers can't break through. Fortified City."

Hearing this, Duoduo waved to Shang Kexi who was in front of him directing the firing.

Shang Kexi hurriedly came to Duo Duo, knelt down on one knee and said: "My lord?"

"Get up quickly." Duoduo raised his hands to signal Shang Kexi to get up, and said with a smile, "This is the front of the two armies, King Zhishun doesn't need to be so polite."

Shang Kexi smiled, and asked: "What is the order of the prince to summon the servants?"

"It's nothing." Duo Feng said with a smile, "I just want to express my gratitude to you, but it's a pity that King Gongshun and King Huaishun have been taken away by Pseudo-Shun, so I don't know whether they are dead or alive at this time?"

"My lord is really a shameful slave." Shang Kexi was about to say a few words modestly, when suddenly there was a click behind him.

Immediately there was a shout from the Eight Banners Han army in front: "Collapse! Collapse! The city wall is going to collapse, the city wall is going to collapse!"

Duoduo, He Luohui, and Shang Kexi hurriedly turned their heads, and they saw that the city wall on the crack in front of them was shaking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was already in danger.

"Boom!" Another shell hit the city wall.

This cannonball finally became the straw that broke the camel's back.

In the next instant, the already crumbling city wall collapsed.

Accompanied by the collapse of the city wall, huge clouds of smoke and dust quickly spread close to the ground, covering a range of dozens of steps around the gap in an instant, and then the dust rolled up, forming a mushroom cloud.

"Okay!" He Luohui clenched his fists tightly, "The city wall has finally collapsed!"

After finishing speaking, he turned back to Doduo and said, "Master, I request that you personally lead Bayala as the vanguard..."

"Hey, no rush." ​​Duoduo waved his hand and said, "He Luohui, have you forgotten the lesson of the turret? Yan Yingyuan can build another city wall inside the turret, but it's hard to guarantee that he won't build another wall in the gap ahead. If this is the case, our warriors with white flags rushing in, wouldn't we be throwing ourselves into a trap?"

"Master, this is what you are when it comes to leading troops to fight." He Luo would give a thumbs up.

He Luohui actually thought of this, but deliberately pretended not to think of it, and gave Doduo a high hat without any trace. This flattery made Doduo very comfortable.

Duoduo smiled and said: "You take two Niulu to guard the earth platforms on both sides of the gap, suppress the Ming army at the top of the city with a big bow, and then let Baoyi go forward to clean up the ruins of the gap, and there is no need to clean up all the ruins of the gap. , you only need to clear the shooting range of the red cannon, and once the Ming army really builds another city wall in the gap, then give them a few more shots!"

"Hey!" He Luohui immediately stepped forward with two Niulu banner men, and dispatched thousands of coats at the same time.

Although Xiangyong of the Ming army guarding the city walls on both sides of the gap tried his best to obstruct it, he still couldn't stop the coating operation.

By noon, the smoke and dust covering the gap had completely dissipated, and most of the collapsed city bricks and rammed-earth ruins had been cleaned up by the coat inlaid with white flags, and the sight became clear at once.

Putting down the binoculars, Duoduo smiled triumphantly and said, "Sure enough, it's not what I expected."

With the help of binoculars, Duoduo could see clearly just now that the Ming army had indeed repaired the city wall in the gap ahead of time.

If nothing else happened, this city wall was a fully enclosed city wall, which happened to form an urn with the original city wall. If the bannermen with white flags rushed in, there was a high probability that they would be burned by the Ming army.

I have to say that the Ming army or Yan Yingyuan really likes fire attacks.

But now, since it has been seen through in advance, it is useless.

"King Zhishun." Duoduo said to Shang Kexi with a smile, "Now it's up to you."

Shang Kexi said: "My lord, just look at it, the servant has carefully observed it just now, no matter the height or strength of this city wall is not comparable to the outer city wall, it can be knocked down within two hours at most! "

"Okay!" Duoduo slapped his thigh and said, "This king restricts you to knock down the city wall before dark."

"Hey!" Shang Kexi turned around and returned to the artillery position.

Immediately the rumbling gunfire sounded again.

……

At this time, Yan Yingyuan was guarding the north gate tower on the right side of the gap.

If Duoduo knew that Yan Yingyuan was here, he might ask Shang Kexi to adjust the shooting angle of the Hongyi cannon, and first send a wave of firepower to the north gate tower.

It's a pity that Duoduo doesn't have clairvoyant eyes.

Seeing that the Hongyi cannon outside the city was silent for a while and fired again, Yan Yingyuan turned around and said, "Damn, let the Xiangyong guarding the inner city wall withdraw quickly."

"Yes!" Wu Erdan agreed, and hurried to the back of the horse path to support the parapet and gesture.

Seeing Wu Erdan's gesture, the hundreds of Xiangyong who had been guarding the inner city wall hurriedly retreated.

Before the hundreds of Xiangyong were completely withdrawn, the first row of shells had passed through the gap and roared towards them.

"Boom! Boom!" At least three solid iron bullets smashed heavily on the inner city wall, and the not-so-strong inner city wall immediately trembled slightly, and at the same time, soil fell from the top of the wall to the ground.

One of the iron bullets even hit the battlements at the head of the city, smashing one of the battlements in an instant.

Wu Erdan imagined the situation after the iron bullet hit his head, and he shuddered for a moment.

"My lord, Jiannu's Hongyi cannon is really sharp." Wu Erdan said awe-inspiringly, "I really can't bear it."

"Don't panic." Yan Yingyuan's tone was very calm, "Jiannu's red cannons are indeed very sharp, but it is Jiannu who will enter the city in the end, so we just need to be able to carry Jiannu!"

After a pause, he asked again: "Do you remember what to do after the city wall collapsed?"

"Don't worry when you're older." Wu Erdan said with a serious face, "We have rehearsed several times, and we will definitely not make too many mistakes. After all, this is not too complicated."

Yan Yingyuan nodded slightly.

……

In the evening, Dodo also began to get excited.

Unable to sit still on the saddle, Duoduo took his binoculars to the position of the red cannon.

Shang Kexi's red-clothed cannon position is only [-] paces outside the city. This distance is actually very dangerous. If the Ming army set up a tiger-squatting cannon on the top of the city, they would be able to hit them.

But Shang Kexi is not afraid, because the tiger squatting cannon is not accurate at all.

The accuracy of the muzzle ammunition of the tiger squat gun is extremely poor, and the blunderbuss can't hit the chariot at all.

Although the artillery positions of the Eight Banners Han Army were very close to the city wall, there was a row of chariots as a barrier.

Shang Kexi even hoped that the Ming army would use the tiger squatting cannons to attack them. In this case, he didn't mind having an artillery battle with the Ming army's artillery and destroying the Ming army's tiger squatting cannons first.

It's just that the Ming army never used the tiger squatting cannon from the beginning to the end.

"My lord, why did you come to the front?" Shang Kexi said, "This place is dangerous."

"It doesn't matter." Duoduo waved his hand and said, "You are not afraid, why should I be afraid?"

Speaking of this, Doduo opened the binoculars again, aiming at the gap in the city wall ahead.

The gap opened by the Hongyi cannon is about ten feet wide, and the whole is funnel-shaped, or V-shaped, so the angle of the inner city wall that can be seen is actually very small.

However, the artillery that followed Shang Kexi and the others was the artillery with the highest tactical literacy in the Ming Dynasty. All of them were skillful in operating artillery, had rich operating experience, and were extremely accurate.

"My lord, it's almost here." Shang Kexi said, "There is still a quarter of an hour at most, and it will collapse!"

"Stone map!" Duoduo immediately turned his head and said to a white-flagged Jiala Ezhen next to him, "Hurry up and prepare, and rush into the city as soon as the city is broken!"

Tasting soup is such a good thing, not to mention Xianglan Qi, Zhengbai Qi has no share.

Duoduo would only leave such a good thing to Xiangbaiqi. In any case, he was the banner owner of Xiangbaiqi first, and his second status was the General Dingguo of the Qing Dynasty.

"Hey!" Shi Tu hurriedly brought one of Jiala's banner men to both sides of the gap in the city wall.

"Hoo!" Accompanied by screams one after another, iron bullets whizzed past the gap one after another, and then there was a huge impact sound from the gap.

Vaguely, Shi Tu heard a click.

Shi Tu hurriedly pulled down his armor, raised his bow and shouted, "Boys, get ready..."

Before the words fell, there was another scream of "咻", and then there was another loud bang in the gap.

In the next moment, there was a loud rumbling sound in the gap, as if something had collapsed. Needless to say, the inner city wall inside the gap must have collapsed!
"Kill Minggou!" Shi Tu jumped up fiercely holding his bow.

"Kill Minggou!" A Jiala, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, more than a thousand bannermen also rushed up, followed Shi Tu and rushed to the gap in the city wall, and then crossed the gap in the city wall and rushed into Shanyang City.

Shi Tu was the first to rush through the gap, and soon saw the whole picture of the inner city wall.

I saw that the inner city wall was completely attached to the outer city wall to form an urn city.

The size of this urn city is about [-] steps in a radius, not too big, but it can accommodate thousands of people.

The Ming army obviously wanted to repeat the fire attack on the turret, but it was a pity that the inner city wall was also blasted by the red cannons into a gap more than three feet wide.

A group of Ming soldiers appeared in the gap in the inner city wall.

Shi Tu nocked the arrow, drew the bow again, and shot it with a whoosh.

(End of this chapter)