Chapter 347: Gunpowder Damp (Second Update!) Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass! )

The changes made by the Ming army made Hong Chengchou scratch his head.

After the targets were dispersed, the power of the redcoat cannon did drop a lot.

In the past, it only took several cannons to shoot at the target at a time, but now it is better to aim at each other.

This was too difficult for the gunners of the Qing army at the head of the city.

But no matter how hard it is, you have to bite the bullet.

If you wait until the Ming army builds a high platform and sets up a cannon, the unlucky one will be the Qing army.

It's just that Hong Chengchou was not carried away, and deliberately left a few cannons aimed at the Ming army digging tunnels.

As soon as they moved, the gunners would fire at a single shot.

For the Qing army, there is no room for mistakes in any way now.

As long as one thing is not done well, the result is a catastrophe.

Hong Chengchou felt as if he had a knife hanging over his head, and the knife could fall at any time.

It's a terrible feeling of trepidation.

The two sides fought with wits and courage, and they were very cautious when they saw the moves.

Because both Zhu Youlang and Hong Chengchou knew that this battle might play a role in changing the pattern of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Seeing that the tunnel could not be dug out for a long time, Zhu Youlang also adjusted his strategy in time.

Don't you Hong Chengchou have to guard against everything? Well, I'll make you unable to prevent anything.

Zhu Youlang ordered the soldiers of the engineer battalion to start digging tunnels in a scattered manner, not limited to a few fixed points, but scattered in all directions.

In this case, in the end, a few successful dug were selected to transport the coffin to blow up the city.

Anyway, there are a lot of soldiers in the Ming Army Engineer Battalion, and it is completely possible to do this.

The Qing army's artillery was limited, and it was already very reluctant to suppress the Ming army and seize the high platform. The remaining artillery sealed at most a few openings in the tunnels. It is not possible to achieve comprehensive coverage.

Aren't you Hong Chengchou greedy and can't chew too much?

I will give you a taste of the bitter fruit.

Zhu Youlang's decisiveness made the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army shocked.

His Majesty the Emperor reacted quickly throughout the whole process, and was able to make targeted changes according to the opponent's arrangement, rather than going all the way to the dark.

This made the soldiers more convinced that the final victory would belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the time when they had just fought with the Qing army, the soldiers of the Ming army had no psychological pressure at all at this moment.

In their opinion, the Qing army was nothing more than that, and even some of them were far inferior in combat effectiveness.

Now that he has played with confidence, he must take advantage of this momentum to pursue the victory and not give the Qing army time to breathe.

After this battle, I'm afraid the north hasn't reacted yet, right?

Time passed quickly, and seeing the high platform of the Ming army dug up and dug into the tunnel, Hong Chengchou's heart was half cold.

There is no way, as long as the Qing army lets go of an opening, and if it makes a mistake once, the person will be gone.

And it is impossible to do so without making mistakes in such situations.

"What should Hong Jingluo do now?"

"Only prepare in advance at the location where the Ming army dug tunnels. As soon as they blew down the walls, they sent people to plug up the prepared stones and wood. ”

After thinking about it again, Hong Chengchou only came up with this way.

There is no doubt that the Ming army will blow up the city wall next.

Sadly, Hong Chengchou knew that this was the case, but there was no good way, so he could only make preparations first, and once things really developed in this direction, he would immediately remedy it.

Geng Jimao's face was pale, and his throat stirred slightly, wanting to say something, but the words were still swallowed by him.

That's it, now that we've come to this point, there's no point in arguing. Let's go through this paragraph first.

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"Your Majesty's tunnel has been dug up, just waiting for your order!"

After unremitting efforts, the Ming army finally dug a good tunnel, and there were more than one, there were two!

You must know that this was done under the full firepower of the Qing army.

No wonder Zhao Xu was so excited.

Zhu Youlang nodded.

He was very satisfied with the performance of the engineer battalion this time, and it was the most outstanding from any point of view.

It is naturally good to dig out two tunnels. In this way, it can attack at the same time, so that Hong Chengchou can't take care of both the beginning and the end.

"Blow it up!"

"Yes!"

Everyone waited with bated breath for this moment, and when the Son of Heaven really opened Chrysostom, the relevant personnel breathed a sigh of relief.

Everything is according to the process, needless to say.

The fuse had already been laid out, and everyone except the soldiers who lit the fuse retreated to safety.

The soldier in charge of the ignition took a deep breath to keep himself calm, and then opened the fire breaker.

But there was a crisp sound of a stab, the fuse was ignited, and the soldier ran out at a rapid speed.

Although the lead is long enough, it is better to run to a safe area as soon as possible to be on the safe side.

Everyone, including Zhu Youlang, held their breath and waited for the moment when the city wall exploded and collapsed.

Soon, soon! They watched as the sparks splashed and burned towards the underground leads.

But after waiting for a long time, they didn't wait for a loud noise.

Instead, there was a muffled sound on the other side.

This is supposed to be coming from the tunnel on the other side.

But it doesn't look like there's any visible damage to the walls, let alone collapse.

Everyone stared at Zhu Youlang tightly, what was going on? How did it come to this?

Hasn't this trick been tried and tested in the past?

Zhu Youlang kept asking himself, and suddenly realized.

It must have been raining heavily in the last few days, causing the gunpowder to get damp.

In this case, the performance of the gunpowder in the coffin was greatly affected and was not suitable for blasting at all.

He ignored that!

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Above the city, a smile finally appeared on Hong Chengchou's face.

When he saw the Ming army ignite the fuse, he was ready for the city wall to be blown up, but now everything is intact, and it doesn't even look like there has been an explosion.

God help me.

Geng Jimao's complexion also eased a lot.

As long as the city wall is fine, he is still very confident in holding Nanchang.

How many soldiers are there in the Ming Army?

There are quite a few of them!

And the Qing army's superiority in grain and grass is incomparable to that of the Ming army.

There was enough food in the city to feed the army for half a year.

Consume with Lao Tzu? Hmph, can you afford it?

Geng Jimao felt more and more that they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.

Or the Ming army will withdraw if it runs out of food itself.

"Hong Jingluo, it seems that this is the will of heaven. We're saved! ”

Zhang Chaoxuan, who was on the side, seized the opportunity to pat his ass and said: "Hong Jing's foresight is not shocked, and the lower officials admire it." ”

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and nodded very helpfully.

This Zhang Chaoxuan has no other skills, but his work on sycophants is indeed a must.

I have to say that Hong Chengchou was very comfortable to be photographed. The current situation can be regarded as very good for the Qing army.

Since the Ming army could not blow up the city walls, they had to attack the city head-on.

And this is exactly what Hong Chengchou is not afraid of.

"Pass the order, order the soldiers to be ready to prevent the Ming army from attacking the city head-on, and there must be no slack!"

Nanchang City is a first-class city, and there is an urn city, and the Ming army will pay a heavy price if they want to attack the city.

Hong Chengchou now wants to see what the Yongli Emperor will do.

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