Chapter 39: Destroying the Cannon

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General Luo, the commander of Shazhouwei, assigned the sergeants who escaped from Hamiwei to the command of Adu, and presented a sword to give him the right to command. The remnants of the Hamiwei were gathered together and counted, about a thousand people.

"The Tatar captives, the thief's heart is not dead, and he has committed many offenses. Now he has captured Hami and is eyeing Shazhou. Only by striking at him head-on can we dampen its vigor and kill its majesty! Wait until you have eaten and drunk enough today, recuperate your energy, and set out with me tomorrow morning!" Adu said loudly to the crowd.

"Ah, go out to fight the captives, it would be good to be able to hold Shazhou!" "Just rely on us people?" "Don't think that if you save us, we will be our uncle!" Everyone immediately discussed.

Adu drew his sword and said loudly to everyone: "This sword is given by General Luo, giving the right to kill and kill, if anyone violates the order, he will not be pardoned!"

The crowd was silent. Adu continued: "The court is furious when the Tartars invade! 100,000 reinforcements will arrive soon! The captives have come from afar, and they have become the end of the crossbow. As long as the soldiers share the same hatred for the enemy, they will definitely be able to fight and win!"

At this time, General Luo came over and said to everyone in a loud voice: "Imperial reinforcements will arrive immediately! This is the new general of the Hamiwei's guard, and you should listen to the general's command." Those who violate military orders will be killed!"

"Yes, General!" replied in unison.

After two days and two nights of rapid marching, Adu led his troops to the city. Abdul ordered his soldiers to line up in the distance, and he himself broke under the southern gate of the city. The thieves at the head of the city hurriedly opened their bows and arrows and fired at Adu. Ah Du drew his sword and swung it up and down, and a stream of sword qi shot down all the arrows! The guard at the head of the city looked at it, and there was only one person under the city, and there were only a thousand soldiers in the distance. Yu Shi ordered the lieutenant general to lead the army out of the city to meet the battle.

As soon as the city gate opened, the lieutenant general took the lead and led the army to rush out of the city gate and rush straight towards Adu! Adu raised his sword, shouted "Ride!" and rushed forward to meet the enemy. The lieutenant general rushed to Adu's side and slashed Adu's head with his sword, and Adu gently blocked it with his sword, and the lieutenant's saber fell to the ground immediately! Adu swung his sword and slashed horizontally, and the lieutenant fell down in an instant, his head in a different place. Immediately afterwards, Abdu drove his horse to kill the enemy. Adu swung his sword and rushed left and right, and the thieves screamed endlessly

Yu Er, they retreated one after another, and retreated into the city.

Adu rode a tall horse, alone and kept swaying and shouting under the city. The thieves at the head of the city did not dare to open the door to meet the battle, but only fired arrows from a distance. From time to time, Adu grabbed the arrow in the air with his hand, broke it in two, and laughed arrogantly!

"Bombard him with artillery!" The thief general, unable to stand the humiliation, ordered the artillerymen to transport four Hongyi cannons to the city gate and fill the shells. Just wait for an order, open the door and fire. Sensing the anomaly, Abdul turned and straddled away.

When Adu came to the sergeant's ranks, he ordered all the sergeants to dismount and rest. Abdul pulled out his dry food and began to eat it in large gulps. When the other sergeants saw it, they followed suit. When the Tatar generals saw this, they were furious and ordered to open the city gates and bombard the Ming army with artillery. However, the range of the artillery was insufficient, and although the explosion was lively, the Ming army was unscathed! The Tatar generals gave another order to advance the artillery one mile! When Adu saw it, he saw that the situation was not good, and led his army to retreat. The thieves were afraid of the ambush and did not pursue them.

Abdul led his army to a safe place and ordered each of his troops to pick up a few pebbles and carry them on his body. The crowd was bewildered. A sergeant asked curiously, "Will our stones be thrown farther than their shells?" and Adu replied with a smile, "It will be useful then!"

At night, the Tartar artillery wanted to pull the Hongyi cannon into the city, but the boot captivity general ordered the soldiers to build an artillery array on the spot and send people to defend it strictly, and when the enemy army came tomorrow, they would immediately bombard and kill them by surprise. And the crowd called it a good plan.

In the middle of the night, Abdul led his army to sneak outside the city gates. Through the faint moonlight, Abdul observed carefully. There were many of the four Hongyi cannons, lined up in a line, just waiting for the Adu army to arrive, and they would bombard immediately. However, in the desert area, the night was so cold that the artillery sergeant actually lit a bonfire. The flickering flames shone on the thief's face, flickering and dimming. Adu ordered the sergeants to approach the artillery position slowly, telling them to enter the enemy line as soon as possible, stuff all the pebbles they were carrying into the barrels of the cannons, and then immediately retreat when they heard the order.

When he was only a hundred or so away from the artillery array, Adu gave the order to quickly attack the enemy formation. Before many of the thieves could react, they were already in different places. In the midst of the chaos, the soldiers stuffed all the pebbles they were carrying into the muzzles of the guns. The thieves in the city noticed something strange and swarmed out to reinforce the enemy defending the artillery. Adu ordered the whole army to retreat, and in an instant, Adu and they all withdrew from the battle at night. The artillery hurriedly adjusted the muzzles of the guns and bombarded them at Adu, only to hear a few loud "booms," and all four guns exploded! Adu looked at the smoke of the enemy's fires and laughed incessantly. All the sergeants shouted in unison: "The thieves have been tricked!"

The next day, Abdul pondered how to destroy the enemy's food depot. Abdul decided to go into the tiger's den alone and find the grain depot.

That night, Abdul ordered the sergeants to shout and shoot arrows outside the south gate of the city, and feigned an attack. The thieves immediately gathered at the south gate and fired back with arrows. In the darkness of the night, the Tartars did not dare to go out of the city to attack, so it could only be so. Adu came to the east gate alone, drove the true qi of his whole body, used light skills, flew into the city, grabbed a thief soldier defending the city, and jumped into the city!