“yang?? n！ With a short shout, the craftsmen of the color eyes after returning to the cannon led several gunners to pull the hook on the cannon shaft forcefully, and the front counterweight box that had lost its restraint sank, quickly bouncing the long pole behind, and the fire bomb that had been ignited on the tail tip was pushed out heavily, drawing an arc in the air, and flying towards the distant city.

The huge wooden cannon body shook and brought up a cloud of dust, and experienced gunners turned back to cover their eyes with their sleeves. As if as if a signal, more than 100 return cannons began to fire one after another, and in a short time, the dark night sky was covered with bright red flames.

"Hey, hey, hey." Immediately afterwards, the gunners shouted the trumpet and pulled down the high gun rod with the hook in hand, accompanied by the "squeak" wooden shaft friction sound, the winches on both sides raised the weight box little by little. Seeing that the cannon was ready, the loader on the side "slashed" the match in his hand and went towards the fire bolt tied to the tail tip.

Looking at the little fires that appeared from time to time on the square position, Bo Yan who was standing on the high place was a little excited, in his heart, these weapons of war were like playing a beautiful music, the firelight was like a jumping note, and even the noisy noise was extraordinarily pleasant.

At this moment, there was no general around him except his own soldiers, and Ashuhan and Ashu each led a team of 10,000 people to ambush behind the artillery array, preparing for a possible night attack in the city. The new annexed army led by Lu Wenhuan was required to go to rest early in order to recuperate.

Not far behind him, most of the Han army who had just arrived were sitting around eating, and the Nanren husbands who had been forcibly recruited with the team were busy pushing the grain and grass into the warehouse. The docks were still unloading, and a steady stream of rice, grain, timber, and ordnance was being pulled to the rear camp.

Suddenly, a moving fire appeared in the sky in the distance opposite, and Boyan knew that it was the return cannon arranged in the direction of the south gate and began to bombard. Tonight's artillery bombardment will last all night, and in addition to directly hitting the defenders in the city, it will also have the effect of exhausting the enemy.

"Wait, that's just the beginning." Boyan clenched the horsewhip and said secretly, turning around and walking towards his Chinese army account.

When the first fire bomb fell, Liu Yu had already galloped from the big school field to the west gate, and was about to turn the corner of the city, when there was a muffled sound in his ears, he was slightly stunned, and then continued to ride forward. Listening to the sound, it seemed to come from outside the city, and there was no vibration in the city, it must have hit the ground outside the city.

Galloping under the wall of the West Gate, and just reining in his horse, he heard a sound of breaking through the air, and a fireball the size of a watermelon slammed into the street, and then bounced off and flew to the houses not far away with the flames along the way.

Liu Yu, who was only ten steps away, was thrown all over the body by the splashed soil, mixed with gravel and hit his body in great pain, the horse under the crotch was frightened, and stood upright, and Liu Yu, who was caught off guard, was thrown to the ground at once.

When he endured the pain and got up, the horse had run away and did not know where to go, Liu Yu limped to the city wall, only to hear a loud cry from the city, an unlucky forbidden army was hit hard, fell from the wall, and saw that he could not survive.

After settling down, Liu Yu found that the city wall was already full of defenders, some young forbidden soldiers had a frightened look on their faces, and the elderly soldiers also looked solemn, several personal soldiers found him, and hurriedly ran down from the city tower, Liu Yu looked left and right, but did not see the figure of the little follower.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, there was a loud bang on the castle tower, and a fire bomb hit the roof of the building, smashing the entire floor and shaking it, and countless bricks and rubble flew down. Liu Yu was anxious when he saw it, and pointed above to look at the pro-soldiers, who didn't know why, so he nodded.

"Quick, quick, go up and save people." Liu Yu pulled his steps and ran to the city tower while shouting, and the soldiers were startled by his movements, and hurriedly grabbed him desperately, and shook their hands urgently.

"Sister Pheasant, isn't she on it?" Liu Yu stopped and asked loudly, and the soldiers understood what he meant, and they all shook their heads, indicating that there was no one above. As soon as Liu Yu wanted to ask where the person was, his eyes skimmed not far away, dozens of forbidden soldiers were struggling to push a tall catapult to the wall, and the small figure in the lead was not the golden pheasant slave.

As time went on, more and more fire bombs fell into the city, and several houses around were on fire, and Liu Yu could only hope that there was no one inside. Under this kind of bullet rain, not to mention firefighting, it is impossible to save people, through the guò walkie-talkie, Liu Yu asked about the situation of the rest of the gates, and the main direction of attack of the Tartars is indeed the west gate and the south gate, and there is no movement outside the two gates in the northeast.

"Guard their respective city gates, don't help others without request, pay more attention to the movement outside the city, the Tartars may not be without a trail." Putting down the walkie-talkie, Liu Yu called the golden pheasant slave to ask carefully, and learned that there was indeed no one in the nearby house, so he was a little relieved.

In Wang Lixin's Yamen, Hu Sanxing, Ye Yingji, Meng Zhijin and several other civil officials gathered at him, and everyone stared at the southwest with a worried face. Needless to say, the fire must have been caused by the burning of wooden houses, which are densely populated in the city, and if they spread, it would be an unforeseen disaster.

"It's going to be hard for everyone, you will lead the people, appease the people all the way, prepare the water dragon cart all the way, and when the Tartar cannon stops for a while, quickly lead people to extinguish the fire." Wang Lixin assigned all his personal soldiers, plus the subordinates of the government office, and went separately under the leadership of each person.

How many years have passed, and once again I have tasted the feeling of being besieged by the enemy. Wang Lixin, who usually went to bed early, suddenly lost his sleepiness, and more than an hour had passed since the delayed shelling, but the ammunition of the Tartars was still ringing as if it were inexhaustible. This is very rare, and if it is expected, the subsequent attacks should follow.

Xuanhua Town, Guabu County, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhenzhou on Huainan East Road, is only separated by a river from Jiankang Mansion City, and the famous Huang Tiandang is on the opposite side of the river. Knowing the Privy Council, the ambassador of the two Huai systems, Li Tingzhi of Yangzhou stood by the river and looked at the firelight on the other side and was silent, and the commanders of all the armies behind him surrounded him.

In addition to the garrisons who stayed in Yangzhou, Li Tingzhi brought more than 20,000 people to come, plus the 7,000 pro-troops originally stationed here, the total number exceeded 30,000. However, most of them were defeated troops who had experienced the Battle of Dingjiazhou, and when they saw the momentum of the Tartars on the other side, they were afraid of engaging in battle.

Li Tingzhi didn't want to attack too early, according to his plan, he would wait until the Tartar soldiers could not advance an inch, and the veterans of the division were exhausted and had no food and grass to follow, that was the time for him to take his subordinates to fight hard. And the Jiankang City in front of him, can he still hold on to that moment?

"Marshal, why don't you take the navy to attack, the Tartar navy is transporting supplies, so it's good to find a gap and burn those things." It was the commander Su Liuyi who spoke, and the arrow wound he suffered had basically healed. Standing on the other side of the bank and watching the fire, his brother Liu Shiyong was there to kill the enemy, which made him a little impatient.

"It's not time yet, these days, you have to step up your training, and when you use soldiers, you have your own plans." There are not many naval troops in Yangzhou, and there are only more than 500 warships in total, and fighting across the river is far from enough, and Li Tingzhi does not want to have any more losses.

The Tartar had not noticed his army yet, and he was very careful on weekdays, trying to restrain the whereabouts of the army. Premature exposure is not conducive to future battles, and the Great Song Dynasty cannot afford another defeat, Li Tingzhi hopes that his efforts will be exchanged for a victory.

On the mountain rock on the waist of Niushou Mountain, Li Shiyi's heart kept moving with the light of the fire in the city, his luck today was not good, he wandered around the mountains for a long time, and he didn't hunt a single living animal, so he had no choice but to pick some wild fruits and come back to wrap his belly.

Now, however, he didn't feel hungry anymore, and he didn't even go to sleep in the order of his shift. The loud sound of the fire bomb falling could be heard far away on this side of the mountain, and the thought of the struggling brothers in the city made his heart twitch as it did in Lugang.

Before he became a spy, no one would think that he was afraid of death, but Li Shiyi would always think of those old brothers who were fighting in front of the battle, there were not many of them, and even the head of Wang Du, who was very casual on weekdays, was sacrificed in Lugang. Li Shiyi sighed, his eyes pressed to the telescope in his hand, and he tried to distinguish the dark figure in the lens.

The shelling lasted nearly four hours, until dawn, when it was completely stopped, and the Tartar gunners were probably tired. Li Shiyi just breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to go down to the cave to rest, but before he could take off the telescope on his eye socket, he suddenly found something strange in the lens.

"Get up, get up quickly, damn, are you sleeping dead, hurry up and turn on the microphone and connect with the city!" Li Shiyi looked at it for a moment, confirmed what he had seen, and immediately turned around and ran into the cave and shouted, and the two sergeants were dimly woken up by him, and they both squinted their eyes and looked at him in confusion.