The sun slowly rose over the horizon as usual, neither early nor late.

For the Qing army in the city, this meant that a fierce battle was about to begin.

But isn't this a challenge for the Ming army? When the soldiers of the Ming army saw the cannons at the head of Nanchang City, they understood that this war would not be easy.

But not a single one complained, and everyone actively prepared for war, digging tunnels and debugging the gun mounts.

Zhu Youlang kept shuttling and inspecting in the Ming army to boost morale.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Ming army felt infinite honor.

The Son of Heaven has always been with them, what else do they have to complain about?

Due to Lu Guisheng's rebellion, Hong Chengchou should know Zhu Youlang's routine.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang specially ordered the firearms battalion of the Huben Army to make all preparations and suppress the firepower as much as possible.

Because the Qing army at the head of the city will not give up, their guns are aimed at almost all directions, if the Ming army does not suppress the artillery, the unlucky ones are the soldiers digging tunnels.

The battle began when the soldiers waved their shovels and shovels to cut the ground for the first time, and the Qing army at the head of the city did not rush to open fire, but waited until the Ming army dug half of the tunnel before opening full fire.

Its ruthless and vicious intentions can be said to be obvious.

Their purpose was simple: to seal the hole with artillery to collapse the pile of soil.

Zhu Youlang had already prepared and immediately ordered the Tiger Ben army to fight back.

It's just that the height of the Ming army's field artillery mount is still a little difficult to adjust to the highest, and the threat to the city head is limited under the upward fire.

Although some of the bricks on the arrow stacks were blasted open, they did not cause much damage to the Qing army.

Zhu Youlang couldn't help frowning.

If you shoot at each other like this, it is obvious that the Ming army will suffer.

"The order goes down, and the engineer battalion is ordered to quickly erect a high platform, and I must be able to mount the cannon on it no matter what method they use."

Since the height of the gun carriage itself is not enough, let's build one out now.

The purpose of Zhu Youlang's establishment of the engineer battalion was to be able to quickly change the battlefield environment in actual combat and provide the soldiers with the most favorable means of warfare.

Sandbags were ready-made, and quite a few were left in the filled trenches.

After Zhao Xu gave the order, the soldiers of the Huben Army Engineer Battalion immediately started to set up a high platform in a race against time.

Although they had thought a lot before the war, when they actually fought, they found that there were still some problems that they did not think of.

Problems are not terrible, as long as they can be solved in time.

"Quick, keep going! Drop these sandbags on them. ”

"It's too loose here, smash it tighter."

"Can you fucking be careful, you kid will have to set up a cannon on it for a while, can you afford it if it slides down?"

Although the engineer battalion worked hard, the objective issue was also very head-scratching.

After all, there had just been a rainstorm, and the entire sandbag had been topped.

I've done a lot of work now, but I'm not completely done.

These sandbags are not soft like wood and stone, and they are slippery, like loaches in a rice field.

Zhao Xu saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

Although the artillerymen were still bombarding the city, the effect was obviously not very good.

The Qing army was already free to shoot at several holes that had been dug.

That is, their crosshairs are a little poor, and if the hit rate is higher, I am afraid that the hole has been sealed.

He made a package ticket in front of His Majesty the Emperor, if something missed, not only would he lose face, but His Majesty's face would have nowhere to go.

This is in front of Kuidong Zhuxun, King Zhong, King Jin, Zhang Benbing and other military generals.

In any case, your majesty's face must not be tarnished!

"Quick, faster. It is time for you to repay Your Majesty. ”

This sentence is not appropriate for anyone to say, but it is perfect for Zhao Xu.

If he didn't have the attention of the Son of Heaven, he would be a small army leader like a general at most now, how could he possibly achieve the high position of the chief soldier of the first army.

He also often used his own example to inspire the soldiers.

A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, everyone can have their own dreams.

Zhao Xu doesn't know in other places, but as long as he is willing to pay, there must be a way out in Daming.

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"Hong Jingluo, what is the thief doing?"

Geng Jimao, who was dressed in military uniform, stood at the head of the city, and saw that the Ming army was using sandbags to build something like a high platform, and he was extremely puzzled.

Hong Chengchou didn't understand it at first, but when he caught a glimpse of a lot of artillery near this high platform, an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

The thief must have been trying to mount the cannon on it, right?

"Maybe they want to raise the artillery?"

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Both sides know very well that the role of artillery is fire suppression. Benjing slightly wanted to use artillery to seal the thief's attempt to dig the tunnel, and the thief wanted to use the artillery as a cover to buy time for digging the tunnel. ”

Hong Chengchou carefully checked it and found that the truth was unusually clear, and sighed: "So you can't let the thief set up this high platform." ”

With that, he turned around and ordered: "Pass the order, aim the cannon at the high platform, and bombard it at all costs." ”

"Honorable Order!"

Although the gunners of the Qing army were not as strong as those of the Ming army, they were also very hard working in life and death.

It's just that moving a giant object like a red-coated cannon is not an easy task, and it took a lot of effort for them to move the muzzle of the cannon.

"Fire, shoot!"

After a roar, the lead bullet whistled towards the high platform that the Ming army had just erected.

Although the crosshair is a little poor, it is better than the quantity.

A few shells hit the sandbags, and the high platform that the Ming army had painstakingly erected collapsed in an instant.

It feels like a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, and it works very well.

"Thief, mother!"

Although it was not Kui Dong Zhuxun who built the high platform, Liu Tichun couldn't help but burst into foul language at this moment.

Hong Chengchou, this old thief, is really cunning, and he knows very well what to do when and when to do it.

The weakness of the Ming army was also targeted by him.

Zhao Xu saw that the high platform that had been erected with great difficulty collapsed, and his heart was very broken.

This meant that the engineer battalion had to be rebuilt.

The only consolation was that the Qing army mobilized almost all of its artillery to prevent the Ming army from erecting high platforms, so that the soldiers digging the tunnels were under less pressure, at least for now.

Zhao Xu learned the previous lessons and ordered the engineer battalion to be as scattered as possible when erecting high platforms, and to build them at the same time.

In this way, when the Qing army uses artillery to bombard, it will be very difficult to which one to bomb.

In the unlikely event that all the Qing troops were bombarded, the effect would most likely be poor.

After all, the accuracy of the redcoat cannon is limited, and without sufficient firepower coverage, it is likely to miss the air.

For the Ming army, as long as there is a part of the high platform to be erected, it can be effective, after all, the accuracy of the Ming army's artillery is much higher than that of the Qing army.

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