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Chapter 407
The sound of cannon remained.

Outside the city are endless torches scattered everywhere.

Zhang Heng lay on the second city wall, opened his eyes wide, and watched the cannon bombard the first city wall, splashing bricks and tiles.

Zhenjiang Fort is also known as Jiulian City. It is composed of nine enclosures, large and small. In addition to the outer wall, there is also a wall between the enclosures. This is how the first and second walls are formed. The first is the outer wall. The second wall is the wall between the enclosures.

In the entire Zhenjiang Fort, only the square city in the south is the strongest, a solid "city wall" that is not afraid of the bombardment of cannons. The city wall of the city is not as strong as Fangcheng. As soon as Mao Wenlong came, it was widened and thickened. However, the foundation is still a little thin, so that it can be easily loosened with cannons.

Following the sound of the cannon hitting the city wall, Zhang Heng's heart clicked, and he couldn't help saying: "It's broken..." Although the voice was very small, the soldiers beside him could still hear it clearly, and couldn't help but Turning his head to look, his face was full of fear.

Zhang Heng was also shocked!Some of the Tartars dared to pull the cannons down so close and concentrated on that section of the city wall, causing many cracks in this section of the city wall.

Sensing the terrified eyes around him, Zhang Heng said: "It's okay, don't we still have a city wall here? When the Tartars rush in, how to fight, how to fight as usual."

After listening to Master Zhang's words, all the soldiers felt more at ease again.

Zhang Heng was very anxious. The Frangji on his side had already fired a lot of artillery at that emplacement, but the emplacement there was still firing, and it was hardly affected. Zhang Heng didn't know what happened to the Tartars. It was done, although I vaguely guessed some of it, but I haven't seen the real situation, so I still can't be sure.

I don't know how many shots were shot, the west wall finally couldn't bear it, there was a sound of bricks and stones collapsing, the city wall was already shorter, and the west wall was no longer completed.

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"it is good!"

Huang Taiji watched the results of the bombardment from a distance, and when he saw that the west wall of Zhenjiang Fort had finally collapsed, he applauded happily.

"Khan, have you finally collapsed?" the general asked afterward.

"Haha! The power of this cannon to attack the city is really great! It took only half an hour to blow down the city wall. It's really sharp. It's broken, it's broken!" Huang Taiji laughed.

"Amazing!"

"Great!"

"Great!"

After Jin Xiaobaile, the generals nodded and said yes. During the day, Huang Taiji pressed the time to attack the city until the middle of the night. Now it seems that it is true. The city wall of Zhenjiang Fort has already crossed a piece. If you fight for a while , it is estimated that the crossing will become wider and wider. If it is wide enough, it will be possible to attack the city.

Hearing the praise from everyone, Fan Wencheng felt anxious. Although the cannons were still firing, it was obvious that the accuracy was not as good as before. Half of the cannons fired before were able to hit, but now they only hit about [-]%. Obviously, although the Ming Dynasty However, the gunner who fired the gun would obviously be afraid, which caused the accuracy to drop a lot.

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Zhang Heng lay on the second city wall, motionless, staring at the place [-] paces west of the city, hoping to see that place clearly, why did his cannon hit that place many times, the Tartar cannon When the gun was fired, nothing was reduced.

Another burst of cannons struck, roaring towards the city wall, tearing apart the already collapsed place even more.Zhang Heng squeezed sweat in his hands.

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"Khan, it seems to have collapsed again..." a certain general of Houjin shouted loudly.

"Well, I see..." Huang Taiji looked very happy and replied.

"Khan, let's attack the city, the city wall has already crossed such a section, it is enough to rush in..." the general said impatiently.

Huang Taiji shook his head, smiled and said, "Don't worry, the city wall isn't wide enough, and you can't rush in too many people at one time. Let the cannon fire again."

The general didn't say anything more. Indeed, the wider the opening, the greater the chance of success.

……

Zhang Heng was still lying on the second city wall, staring at the area three hundred paces away, wanting to see what happened, but, although there were some torches in that area, it was still too dark to see clearly.

With another round of firing, Zhang Heng's heart became even more nervous. The city wall had collapsed so badly that it could not withstand the bombardment of the cannon.Although the cannons on my side were counterattacking, there was still no good way to deal with that cannon position. Because the muzzle had to be lowered, the gunner had to show his head from time to time, and people were hit by flying arrows from time to time.

Another burst of cannons struck, and the broken brick flew up and splashed far away.Zhang Heng heard it clearly, and let out a "huh".The sound of the cannon firing this time was obviously different. The last sound was particularly strange, and the fire light from that area was also different. However, due to the darkness and smoke, it was still unclear what happened.

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On the Yalu River.

Shang Kexi was sleeping on the bed, jumped up suddenly, grabbed a piece of clothing, hung up the binoculars, and ran towards the deck.In his dream, he dreamed that Zhenjiang Fort was under heavy bombardment, section by section of the city wall was bombarded, and countless soldiers were killed and injured on the wall. This dream was too scary and too real, Shang Kexi didn't care about anything, and ran to the deck , looking northwest.

"Yuanji, what's the matter?" Lei Dayong was awakened by Shang Kexi's violent footsteps, thinking that something serious had happened, so he also got up to see the situation.

"Dayong, I had a nightmare. I dreamed that the walls of Zhenjiang Fort were blown away." The night covered many things, so that people who were close at hand could not see their faces. You will find that Shang Ke's face is very scary.

"Oh, the city wall was blown away? No way, there are cannons in Zhenjiang Fort, and there are experienced gunners. How could they be afraid of the Tartars' cannons attacking the city? After a few blows, the Tartars' cannons will be killed. How is it possible to blow down the city wall safely?" Lei Dayong yawned, not realizing that Shang Kexi's face was quite scary, and said disapprovingly.

Shang Kexi didn't say anything. He picked up the binoculars again and observed from a distance. It seemed that he could faintly hear some sounds like explosions. Along with the sound of the waves, these sounds seemed to exist or not.

Lei Dayong finished yawning a few times, saw that Shang Kexi did not speak, and said: "Yuanji, it's okay, don't worry, even if something happens, there is our sentry ship upstream, and the news will be sent back soon, you can't see it here." Go to Zhenjiang Fort!" Lei Dayong reminded.

Hearing what Lei Dayong said, Shang Kexi put down the binoculars, turned his head and said, "I hope so, but today I feel very restless, and the sound and light of the fire seem to be different from those in the past!"

"Hey... Yuanji! Don't think too much about it. These days, aren't the Tartars clamoring all night? They don't throw hundreds of grenades down there that day, and it's normal for there to be some movement! Let's wait until the sentry ship from upstream arrives. .” Lei Dayong said.

After hearing this, Shang Kexi hummed, and then began to observe with the binoculars.

Lei Dayong was blown away by the disturbance and the sea wind, and his drowsiness was completely blown away. Seeing that Shang Kexi insisted on observing there, he didn't go back to the cabin, and accompanied Shang Kexi to observe.

After a while, Shang Kexi's binoculars moved violently, Lei Dayong followed the light, and noticed that Shang Kexi's complexion changed drastically.Immediately knowing that it was not good, he immediately became anxious and asked, "Yuanji? What's the matter, but something happened?"

"The sentry ship from the upper reaches has come down... Hurry up, hang up the signal light, hurry up, hang up the signal light..." Shang Kexi suddenly shouted loudly.

When Lei Dayong heard it, he was shocked!Sure enough, something happened. A lot of sentry ships were deployed upstream to monitor the situation of Zhenjiang Fort in sections. If something happened, they would report here immediately.Although this is an outlet to the sea, it is not very far from the shore, but going out at night is quite dangerous.

After a while, many lights were raised on the ship, which were signal lights used to convey messages.

The sentry ship saw these signal lights from a distance, and came straight towards the battleship.

This sentinel ship is a centipede ship, with numerous oars on both sides, it can move freely without the wind, and soon arrived at the side of this battleship.

There were gradually more people on the deck of this ship. Peter, Captain Rekaz, sailors, and apprentices all got up, and the deck was bright red under the light.

With a muffled "bang", the two ships leaned together.

"What happened to Zhenjiang Fort?" Shang Kexi shouted impatiently towards the centipede ship.

"My lord, the humble position is upstream, and I heard the sound of cannons firing from Zhenjiang Fort, which seems to be quite violent." The people on the boat immediately agreed loudly.

"But it's true?" Shang Kexi asked in astonishment, it seemed that his nightmare was real, the Tartars really attacked the city with cannons.

That man is also a famous general, he has already jumped onto the ship, he walked a little closer, saluted, and said: "My lord, I can't hear it, but those barbarians said it, they said, It's the Zhenjiang Fort fighting."

"Are you sure? It wasn't the sound of a grenade? Did you hear it wrong?" Shang Kexi asked.

"Answer people, those barbarians said, for sure, it is definitely not the sound of grenades. They said that they make a living from this, and they will never get it wrong. It must be cannon." The general said with certainty.

Lei Dayong frowned in the dark. Those barbarians were those who were specially sent upriver to listen to the Tartar cannons. They were quite familiar with cannons. If they said it was the sound of cannons firing, it was probably You can't be wrong, the cannons at Zhenjiang Fort fired, either from your own cannons or from the Tartars' side, and Zhenjiang Fort wouldn't fire first unless the situation was critical. The goal is not to kill how many Tartars, nor to drive away Tartars, but to "entangle" the word, that is to say, it is only necessary to hold Tartars back, so as long as Tartars If you are still besieging the city, you will not use cannons unless there is an emergency... If the artillery was fired by the Tartars, it means that the Tartars may be determined to use up the losses of the cannons to attack Zhenjiang Fort by force. It can be said that Zhenjiang Fort encountered a dangerous situation.In short, as long as the artillery fires in the direction of Zhenjiang Fort, there is no doubt that Zhenjiang Fort is in danger.

"Don't worry, Shang, Zhenjiang Fort has elite artillery. Those barbarians are definitely not our opponents. I believe we can destroy those cannons soon. And those barbarians, without cannons, will not be able to block the waterway. In this way, we will be free." Peter comforted from the side.

Shang Kexi grabbed Qian Lijin and held the binoculars tightly. Since it was not very bright, the expression on Shang Kexi's face was very blurred. In the faint light, one could see a clue, which was quite scary.

"Yuanji, this is the news from the sentry ship downstream. Zhenjiang Fort is too far away. Let's wait for the news from the sentry ship upstream. Now, even if the Tartars are attacking the city, we have nothing to do. !" Lei Dayong sighed, and now they are waiting for water, and if there is no water, they will not be able to go up, if they only go up some small boats, it is obviously useless.

There were quite a few soldiers from Dongjiang Town on board, and they all gritted their teeth after hearing the situation, but as Lei Dayong said, even if the Tartars attacked the city, there was nothing they could do.

Shang Kexi let go of the binoculars, turned to hold the ship's side, and squeezed it hard. From the dim light, he could see the face distorted by nervousness, anxiety, and resentment.

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"What's going on here? The Tartar's gun emplacements seem to have some tricks!" Zhang Heng has been listening to the situation of the Tartar cannons. After listening for a long time, he finally heard some tricks. I was dumb for a few doors, so I asked an experienced gunner.

"Returning to my lord, the younger one also saw it, saw the light and sound of the fire, and reckoned that it was the Tartar's cannon that exploded..." The old gunner pondered for a while before answering.

"The chamber exploded? It took only a few shots, and the chamber exploded?" Zhang Heng asked in disbelief.

"Back to my lord, I think it's an explosion, or our cannon hit..." The soldier saw that this lord Zhang didn't believe his words, so he immediately changed his statement and stopped insisting. Bomb exploded.

Zhang Heng fell into confusion again, his cannon hit the tartar's cannon?probably is?But bomb?Zhang Heng suddenly remembered that the Tartar's cannons were not his own. The Tartar's cannons had been used for a long time, and the river was blocked for a while. They were old enough, maybe...

Zhang Heng suddenly understood what he wanted to understand, and then blurted out: "Yes, it should be like this, that's right."

The surrounding soldiers looked at their Master Zhang with a hint of excitement and joy in their voices, and they all turned their heads to watch.

Zhang Heng ran happily and ran towards Mao Wenlong.

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"Commander, Commander!" Zhang Heng shouted from afar, this conclusion must be let Mao Wenlong know immediately, it will have a crucial impact on tonight.

"Staff Zhang, what are you? Why don't you direct the cannons? Could it be that there is some happy event? By the way, I would like to thank Staff Officer Zhang for shooting down a few cannons of the Tartars. Now, it has been longer and longer since the Tartars fired the cannons. It's not as good as before, and the guns seem to be a lot less!" Mao Wenlong first asked, and then praised Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng felt a little embarrassed, and said: "Commander, it's not the ability to be an official. This..., Commander, how should I put it? Anyway, it's not a bad thing."

"Oh, how do you say that?" Mao Wenlong became interested.

"Marshal, I don't dare to take credit for it. It is possible that the cannons of the Tartars were destroyed by the lower officials, but it is absolutely impossible to account for the majority. It is more likely that the cannons of the Tartars exploded by themselves..." Zhang Heng told the truth To tell the truth.

"What, you didn't destroy it? You blew it up yourself?" Mao Wenlong asked in surprise.Not only Mao Wenlong was surprised, but the soldiers and generals around Mao Wenlong were also surprised!
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I found out that our cannons seem to be difficult to hit the Tartar's emplacements. I don't know why, but the Tartar's emplacements made different noises one after another, and then fired. The number of cannons decreased, Commander, according to the experienced gunners, it should be the cannons of the Tartars that exploded." Zhang Heng analyzed.

Everyone looked at Zhang Heng in surprise, listening to this strange conclusion.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhang Heng looked at him in disbelief, and hurriedly said, "The commander-in-chief forgot, where did the Tartars' cannons come from?"

"Oh?" Mao Wenlong seemed to understand something suddenly, and then said with a smile: "I understand now, this Tartar is indeed a barbarian! Their cannons are from our Ming Dynasty, haha... I know, I know Ah! No wonder the Tartars took such a risk and came so close to attack the city, it turns out..." Mao Wenlong figured out the key point, and burst out laughing.

"Father, what's going on?" A follower asked in confusion.

"Hahaha..., the Tartars got their cannons from me, Daming. They are already very old, and the river has been closed for a long time. I guess the cannons are too old to be used, so the Tartars can't use them any more. Use it to take the risk of taking the cannon up to [-] steps up the city wall to attack the city. This is a one-shot deal! Hahaha... Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, even if you are extremely smart and bold, I want to see it, no more Da Pao, what other means do you have for attacking the city? Let me see how you still surround me, Mao Wenlong...hahahaha..." Mao Wenlong laughed while explaining, this time, he burst into tears, tonight is the key, Even on a decisive night, if you know the details of your opponent, there is no doubt that if you are prepared, your chances of winning will increase.

Everyone laughed after hearing this explanation.The haze caused by the Tartar attack seems to have been swept away tonight.

"All generals obey orders." Mao Wenlong shouted loudly.

"The end is here." Everyone shouted in unison.

"Today, the Tartars are trading with hammers. Their cannons are about to be scrapped, so they took the risk of attacking the city. It is estimated that the cannons will be fired for a while. When the cannons of the Tartars are almost destroyed, it is estimated that the Tartars will attack the city. So, today is the day when my Dongjiang man and the Tartars will see blood, no matter what today, we must defend the city wall, if the Tartars have no other way to attack the city, victory is just around the corner, do you understand?" Mao Wenlong said loudly.

"The future will understand." Everyone shouted.

"Okay, all the generals are in their positions according to the previous arrangement, ready to fight the Tartars to the death." Mao Wenlong announced loudly.

"The last general obeys." The generals took the order, and then went out to the city wall. Now the situation of the other side is clear, the details are almost revealed, the decision has been made, and the rest is to desperately.

After everyone had left, Mao Wenlong said to Zhang Heng in relief, "Consultant Zhang, it is thanks to you that you have seen through the details of the Tartars. Otherwise, I don't know how to arrange it here, and I am at a loss!"

"The commander-in-chief is serious. It is the duty of the subordinate officials to advise the commander-in-chief. Moreover, the subordinate officials are also responsible for failing to solve the cannon of the Tartars. I feel deeply guilty and ask the commander-in-chief to punish me." Zhang Heng also felt guilty. Wondering why his own cannon, Franji fired so many cannons, but it seemed useless against the Tartars' cannons, and seemed to hit it occasionally. This kind of mysterious situation also made Zhang Heng puzzled, although he had some guesses. , However, without seeing the truth, I still refuse to believe it.

(End of this chapter)