Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 199
Here, He Xuanjiao and hundreds of people have made preparations in the woods three miles outside the South City. The two red cannons weigh about one ton and are more than two meters long. They are all arranged from two angles. For example, Fang Tan’s gun body is thin at the front and thick at the back, and is covered with black paint. The muzzle of the black hole appears to have a caliber of no less than 100mm. After adjusting the rear sight and front sight, the trajectory has been calculated. It is the south gate of Huai'an.

More than a dozen artillerymen are well-trained veterans. They were originally Liu Zeqing's subordinates. This time they followed Li Huajing to the Green Willow Villa to copy the mountain and kill the village to grab the flower girl, but they were forced to surrender by Zhu Yousong. , Now they have become warriors loyal to the court.

Now they loaded the gunpowder and filled the two cannons with solid bullets, and reported to He Xuanjiao when everything was ready.

After receiving He Zhaoxiong's order, He Xuanjiao couldn't wait to lower the sword, "Fire! Hit me hard!"

The two soldiers in charge of lighting the fire will hold torches and light the fuse, which emits white smoke in the early morning air and makes a slight chattering sound.

Boom, chatter!
With two loud bangs, the ears of He Xuanjiao and the soldiers in the field were squeaked. A shell hit the wall above the city gate, and several Huai'an soldiers at the crenel were about to be blown away. In the sky, a gap several feet wide was blown out at the crenel.

Another shell precisely hit the gate of the South City Gate, and with a bang, a ball of flames burst into the ground. When the flames and gunpowder smoke dissipated, there was nothing left of the South City Gate, and broken bricks and stones were everywhere at the gate of the city. .Some of the soldiers on the top of the city were knocked down, while the rest fled in all directions, and some of them jumped out of the city because they were confused by the bombing.

He Xuanjiao saw that the two cannons were really accurate, and the city gate had already been blown open. Leaving the artillery aside, He Xuanjiao led the servant girl Xiaohong and hundreds of soldiers to rush towards the city gate like flying arrows.

Here He Zhaoxiong's brigade is only a few hundred meters away from the city gate, which is much closer in comparison. The old man saw how powerful the cannon was, and it took only two cannons to send the city gate to the sky. He was overjoyed and gave an order, The 8000 people were divided into two echelons, and he personally led the first echelon and rushed towards the city gate with thunderous roars.

As for the small moat, it is no longer a problem, because the echelon led by He Zhaoxiong is all villa soldiers. The 2000-odd horses are best at water warfare. How can this small river ditch several feet wide stop the team of the Iron Arm Canglong? , so now the bridge is saved, the more than [-] soldiers from the Green Willow Villa will rush to the forefront.

The city was originally heavily guarded, but the main thing was not to guard against them, but to guard against Zhu Yousong in the city, but now the soldiers on the top of the city have been stunned by these two cannons, including Du Dewei, never dreamed that this group of companies How could there be such an astonishingly powerful cannon in the team of beggars with uneven costumes?
While people were panicking, He Zhaoxiong rushed into the city gate with countless soldiers.

"Don't run, fight back, stop them!" Du Dewei shouted hoarse, and the rolling logs, stones, bows and arrows and a few guns on the city also fired, but the effect was not great, or it was too late. It's too late.

He Zhaoxiong had already entered the city with the first echelon of troops. Under the command of Du Dewei, the guards planned to drive out the Huazi team, which was not in the eye of this team, and the two sides met at the gate of the city.

Although the generals in Huai'an looked down on these bandits and grassroots bandits, in terms of combat effectiveness, they, who claimed to be the official soldiers of the imperial court, could only bow down. The subordinates are well-equipped and have enough food and pay, but they neglect training. At most, they go out to rob houses, bully the people, and get some big girls and daughter-in-laws for Liu Zeqing. In terms of combat effectiveness, they should be the bottom of the group of generals in the four towns. .

In addition, the Zhuang soldiers of the Green Willow Villa often deal with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, robbing the rich and helping the poor, killing officials and seizing the government, and have fought against the generals of the imperial court many times. This kind of hand-to-hand combat, the Huai'an soldiers will be defeated at the first touch.

Soon He Zhaoxiong led people to attack the top of the city along the horse road. They wanted to snatch the city gate and put down the suspension bridge, so that the second echelon behind could also rush in. Coming over, the two sides started a hand-to-hand fight above and below the city.

As a result, He Zhaoxiong and Du Dewei fought against each other at the head of the city.Du Dewei has just passed forty this year, he is considered a prime man, he is a tall man with a horse spear, and he can be regarded as a number one in charging and attacking. When he saw He Zhaoxiong distracted, he stabbed.

Don't look at He Zhaoxiong's age, people in the world call him a black dragon with iron arms, he has practiced hard kung fu, especially his pair of arms is very powerful.Seeing that the lance was approaching, the old man turned around to get past the point of the spear, swung his arm and hit the lance pole, with a crisp click, Du Dewei's horse lance broke in two.

Although the pole of the horse lance is not made of gold and iron, it is made of hardwood through multiple processes, and its strength is similar to that of gold and iron. Desperately out of his wits, the old man was taken aback just as he stepped forward and slashed with his saber.

Du Dewei, who still had half of the lance in his hand, had no choice but to parry with the lance, but at this time his lance could no longer be called a lance, it could only be called a mallet, but he still blocked the knife.

But this time the old man used the trick of adding a kick to the knife, Du Dewei blocked He Zhaoxiong's knife but did not avoid the old opponent's kick, and Du Dewei flew down the wall with a yell, and landed head first, despite some Helmet, but there is a bird's use, two hundred catties of living people were cut from the three-foot-high city wall, cut to pieces, and killed on the spot.

Once the main general died, the dragons would have no leader. They couldn't stand it, so the Huai'an soldiers on the top of the city would flee in all directions, like birds and beasts.He Zhaoxiong grabbed the top of the city and cut off the ropes of the suspension bridge. Although the suspension sedan chair had been blown to pieces by the two bombs just now, it still worked when it was placed across the moat, because it was a bridge after all, and a bridge has the function of a bridge. .

At this time, the chivalrous girl He Xuanjiao and the maid Xiaohong led people to rush there. Seeing that the suspension bridge was lowered, she led the second echelon behind with 6000 people, rushed up the suspension bridge and poured energy into the city gate.

They came to King Qin's rescue, and they knew that there were tens of thousands of Huai'an soldiers in the city, and the gate of the city was the gate of life to them, and since they took it, they must not lose it.Therefore, the experienced He Zhaoxiong asked He Jinwu, the leader of the personal army, to lead five hundred soldiers to guard the south gate. He, his daughter He Xuanjiao, and the servant girl Xiaohong led more than [-] people to Dongping Bo's Mansion to kill.

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