XLII. Siege

Yangzhou is not inferior to Jinling.

The person who died in Jinling at the beginning, still thinking about it, Zhu Wu has palpitations.

In these years, the Israeli army relied on the dead to capture the city, and anyway, there were people who were hungry and hungry.

If you attack Yangzhou, there are not 20,000 or 30,000 people, and it is estimated that you will not be able to get down. But Zhu Wu's soldiers were not captured strong men, so they were reluctant to fill it in like this.

Fortunately, Yangzhou City has a shortcoming, the canal.

At the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, Yangzhou's waterway is unusually developed, and there is a wharf outside the city wall.

Why is Yangzhou rich, there are many people who do business, if you want to get rich first to build roads, the water surface of Yangzhou's canal is not much narrower than the Yangtze River.

A water fortress like the Dadu can easily sail in and dock on the shore.

The people on the city wall looked at the three giant ships of the Dingyuan Army with frightened eyes.

It's not that they haven't seen the world, even the great ships of the Persians.

However, they had never seen a battleship armed to the teeth.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and under the afterglow of the sun, the battleship on the water was like a sleeping beast.

It's chilling.

The Buddha and Da Shi Ti Mu Er also stood on the city wall, looking at the Dingyuan naval army on the water, dumbfounded.

"A million army is not enough!"

The Buddhist captives muttered to themselves, "Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui can be released first, let go." The imperial court, when the power of the whole country, exterminate Zhu Wu! ”

On the Dadu, Zhu Wu was also looking at Yangzhou City.

"Commander, let's attack the city!"

"I'll take someone on board!"

The generals around him asked for battle, but Zhu Wu still looked at the city.

I thought in my heart, "Yangzhou, how much vitality is left?" How many did Fu Youde eliminate? ”

The waterways go hand in hand, one strange and one positive, and now we must exchange the minimum price for the greatest result.

"Boss~~~"

Zhu Wu turned back amid the shouts of the generals beside him, "Let's open the formation first and try the results." ”

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the faces of the generals, Chang Yuchun, the Liao family brothers, the Feng family brothers, the Yu family father and son, the double knife Zhao Pusheng, and the Miao tycoon~~~

These people, any one of them can take charge of themselves, and no one is willing to be the queen of others, and they are all eager to try.

In the end, it fell to a young man with a face like sinking water, and a man with a messy beard, standing on the back row.

"Deng Yu, Hu Dahai, the two of you have been in our army for the past few days, I haven't talked to you alone, let's set the Yuan Army, what's the matter?"

"The Tiger Wolf Division!"

Hu Dahai bowed down and replied, "In the troubled times, it is our blessing to be able to serve under the command of the Ming Lord!" ”

Deng Yu pursed his lips, with a rare perseverance on his face, "I am willing to be a pioneer for the chief manager and attack Yangzhou!" ”

He was only sixteen years old, about the same age as Blue Jade. But he followed his father and brother to fight against the Yuan since he was a child, and after his father and brother died, he took the remaining thousands of men and horses to Zhu Wu.

"Good! The two of you are now under Feng Sheng's command, Feng Sheng! ”

"The last general!"

"Siege!"

"Whoa!"

The generals under Feng Sheng's command replied with a bang and went down to rectify the soldiers and horses.

"Chief, what about me!"

Chang Yuchun hurriedly said, "What should I do if I fall into the camp?" This life was all mine before, right? ”

Zhu Wu smiled, "Chang, what's the hurry!" As he spoke, he whispered in Chang Yuchun's ear, "You are a trump card, and you are very useful!" ”

Chang Yuchun suddenly smiled and stopped shouting.

Zhu Wu continued to turn his head to look at the city.

"Yangzhou is in an emergency, will Gaoyou come to the rescue?"

On the city wall, there are densely packed with officials and soldiers, crowded with people, and countless people transporting materials to defend the city.

Bow and arrow, fire oil, nail beat, rolling wood thunder stone. Several teams of color-eyed men, under the command of the officers, corrected the beds.

There are more people, and the Buddhist family seems to be more stable.

Look at the sky, "It's getting dark, I guess the thieves won't attack the city today, right?" ”

Da Shi Ti Mu Er glanced at the city, "At night, everyone is blind, what is he going to beat?" Zhongcheng rest assured, our Yangzhou City is high and deep, and the thieves will die as many as they come~~~"

Bang!

Bang!

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise on the water.

Then, in sight, a flaming circular projectile drew a graceful arc in the air.

"What is this~~?"

The Buddhists were stunned, and there was a loud bang.

The projectile slammed into the ground in front of the city wall, creating a large pit of white smoke.

"Mom! There are ghosts! ”

On the city wall, after a short period of distraction, some people and officials began to run and scream.

"Kill!"

Da Shi Ti Mu Yu red eyes shouted.

The flash of the knife flashed, and the panicked man immediately became quiet.

"This thing can't hit us, I'm afraid of a bird!"

Da Shi Mu roared, but his palms were full of sweat.

"What the hell is this? When did the cannon make such a big move? ”

Lying on the city wall and continuing to look down, suddenly, my heart was half cold.

Dingyuan's warship leaned on the dock, countless soldiers unloaded things from it like ants, and countless soldiers, under the urging of the officer, formed a team on the shore.

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"Shhh I can't hit it! ”

Under the city, Xi Yingzhen took a group of craftsmen and looked at the city from afar on the warship.

"Let the gunboats come closer!"

In addition to Zhu Wu's Dadu flagship, the Dingyuan Navy also had two huge building ships and battleships, which were used as batteries.

On board, the artillery gun with the largest caliber of the Dingyuan Army is installed.

"Any further on, it's stranded!"

"Stranded, stranded, as a fort!"

Xi Ying continued to order, and the two huge warships slowly moved towards the shore.

Bang!

Adjust the angle of the cannon and fire again.

Open!

This time it was closer, and another projectile hit the city wall, and the masonry splattered.

The ground shook like the mountains, and a few timid people in the city immediately peed their pants.

"Shhh

Xi Yingzhen gritted his back molars, shook his head and sighed, "It's still out of reach, um~~~ Damn, the paper is shallow after all, and you still have to fight!" ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, "Ask the manager for instructions, send out the sappers!" ”

A moment later, a strange scene appeared.

Countless Dingyuan soldiers carried something like an iron pipe, and under the cover of shields, they began to tinkle in the land below the city.

"They~~~?" The Buddhist family is unknown.

Tashi's instincts told him that this was not a good thing.

So, immediately shouted, "Shoot them, shoot!" ”

Whoosh!

Arrows rained down on the city.

Bang!

The bed is fired.

Several Dingyuan soldiers who were digging on the ground were shot through, bringing a burst of blood mist.

"Don't stop! Then shop! ”

The officers of the Dingyuan Army under the city didn't blink their eyelids, and the soldiers who were buried in their work worked harder.

These are not the real soldiers of the Dingyuan Army, they are all sappers selected from the original surrender.

In a short time, the iron pipes were buried in the ground, getting longer and longer, and slowly extending to the bottom of the city wall like a ghost drawing on the cabinet.

"Shoot the arrows, let them go, don't let them go to the base of the wall, shoot!"

On the city wall, Da Wet Sticky Harmony jumped like thunder.

The further forward they went, the more protection the Dingyuan Army had to dig into the ground, the far away was the shield, and in the back was a moving iron shell, and the arrows could not penetrate it at all.

On the Dadu, Zhu Wu looked at the scene in front of him and smiled.

This old way, the head is really good!

The improvised rails were all worked out, and the tracks were laid on the ground. Assemble the siege tower in the distance, and under the assembled siege tower are iron wheels.

When the time comes, in the iron siege tower in the bag, push the huge siege tower forward.

On the shore, the Dingyuan army is in the ranks preparing to attack the city.

Hu Dahai and Deng Yu looked at each other.

After a while, Hu Dahai asked, "Commander, didn't you let us attack the city?" This is~~~? ”

Feng Sheng smiled, "Brother, the manager cherishes our surnames and lives, and is unwilling to fill them with human lives, so he specially created these magic weapons to help us fight!" ”

Speaking, he looked left and right, and whispered, "Look at the old way of the commander over there to build the siege tower!" ”

Hu Dahai and Deng Yu looked in the direction he said, and sure enough, an old Taoist jumped up and down there, very busy.

"That one, who knows astronomy and geography, knows five hundred years before and eight hundred years later, immortal!"

Feng Sheng suppressed his voice, "Grapevine, our manager has a destiny, he is the real person who came to assist our manager!" ”

"Shhh!! There's this! ”

"Lao Dao is so powerful?"

People of the time are more superstitious.

The more vague and ambiguous this kind of mysterious thing is, the more people believe it.

"Awesome? The armor on our bodies, the guys in our hands, and the artillery are all made by veterans. Have you seen the artillery? Fight out, one die! ”

Feng Sheng continued, "Does Guo Xiaosan know? The head of the brother Guo Ying. When he hit Hezhou, he died thoroughly, and he forced Lao Dao to pull back from the ghost gate! ”

Others can be disbelieved.

But to pull people back from the ghost gate, Hu Dahai and Deng Yuxin.

At this moment, there was a sudden cheer from the side.

The siege tower of the city wall is high, and it has been erected.

"Uptown!"

Feng Sheng pulled out his waist knife and roared in front of the battle.

Hundreds of unarmed soldiers got under the siege tower, and some tied their horses to the front of the siege tower.

"Listen to my number, one, two, three, go!"

Squeak! Squeak!

On the city wall, the officers and soldiers lost their minds again for a short time.

I saw that under the city, in the harsh friction sound, people pushed horses, and the huge siege tower was like a cart, and I pushed it forward quickly.

"Bed! Shoot them down! ”

In the midst of the wet and harmonious screams, a quilt roared out.

"Hit!"

However, Da Shi Ti Mu Yi couldn't laugh.

The arm-thick crossbow bolt pierced the siege tower and pierced the iron plank on it.

However, it failed to collapse.

The attacking towers were built with iron pipes.

Click!

The three siege towers in the advance are still some distance from the city wall under the city, and they stop in an inverted zigzag shape.

Then, I saw that at the bottom of the building, many soldiers were beating big hammers and nailing something to the ground.

Then, there was a cry from the city.

"Uptown!"

Feng Sheng brandished his sword, "It's time for us to get on!" ”

Deng Yu and Hu Dahai took the lead, rushing to the bottom of the siege tower with weapons in hand, and countless soldiers followed them and climbed up the stairs.

"Fire oil, stones!"

On the city wall, the officers and soldiers were also shouting.

Just when they were about to be resisted.

The siege tower in the middle suddenly lowered the protective plate, revealing the soldiers holding iron pipes inside.

"What?"

Before the officers and soldiers in the city could react.

Bang bang bang!

A continuous stream of explosions rang out.

The city fell to the ground in heart-rending screams.

Bang bang bang!

Those projectiles seemed to have eyes, and where someone hit them, the officers and soldiers panicked.

"Don't panic!"

Da Shi Ti Mu Yi drew his waist knife and shouted at the head of the city.

Hula! Syllable!

At this time, the bridges of the other two siege towers were erected on the city walls.

"It's over!"

Da Wet Sticky Mu Er's heart was cold.

In the line of sight, one by one, the heavily armored Dingyuan soldiers jumped down from above.