Early the next morning, the Ming army officially began to attack the city!

The main direction of attack is mainly the south city and the east city.

On the southern side, Li Dingguo led his troops to attack, while on the eastern side, the Son of Heaven personally led the Tiger Ben army to supervise the battle.

In terms of the ratio of troops, there were more troops in Nancheng, so Li Dingguo attacked Wangze, Zhonghe, and Baohe at the same time. Zhu Youlang led his troops to climb the Shuangfeng Mountain, set up Prussian light artillery on it, and aimed at the head of Zhongxiao Gate more than 100 meters away.

In fact, Twin Peaks is more of a mound than a mountain.

Its highest point is only a few tens of meters, but it is this height that gives the Ming army the choice of setting up artillery.

The deterrent effect of artillery bombardment on the city is huge, but the angle must be found well.

Even on the ground, that kind of bombardment would not hurt the tower at all.

But if it's a flat shot, even a little from the side, the effect will be very good.

However, it is difficult to transport a cannon of the magnitude of the Hongyi cannon to the Twin Peaks, but the Prussian light artillery is relatively better.

Rao is like this, and the soldiers of the Ming army also put a lot of effort into transporting this thing.

Zhu Youlang's intention was to use a two-pronged approach, so that the Wuchang Qing army was exhausted and did not know which side to focus on defending.

Then he ordered Liu Xingming to take advantage of the chaos to take a hot air balloon to throw a small number of Ming soldiers into the city, create chaos and even cooperate with the Ming army to seize the city gate.

The key to this strategy is to work together and not go it alone.

Fighting is sure to kill people, but Zhu Youlang hopes to minimize the casualties of the Ming army.

"Let's test it!"

Zhu Youlang is still very confident in this batch of artillery, and he really wants to see how powerful it is!

As soon as the Son of Heaven gave the order, the artillery of the Tiger Ben Army began to operate in an orderly manner.

They have mastered the use process of this light artillery, and there will be no mistakes.

But when a cannon rang out, a cannonball flew out and headed straight for the head of Dongcheng.

The barrel of the gun with a huge recoil shock moved backwards.

The Qing army at the head of the city was obviously not aware of the danger, and did not wake up until the cannonball smashed into the tower.

Stones and timber flew, and many Qing soldiers were directly killed.

Some of the Qing soldiers were injured by the blasted stones and wood, and let out a painful wail.

"The thief must have set off a cold cannon on the Twin Peaks!"

The distance of more than 100 meters is not too far, and Zhou Peigong immediately ordered someone to verify it.

After the sharp-eyed sentry confirmed that the Ming army had climbed the Shuangfeng Mountain, Zhou Peigong was so angry that he jumped to his feet.

One hundred dense and one sparse, one hundred dense and one sparse. Why didn't he think that the Ming army might use the terrain to exert its strength?

"Go and tell the Governor and ask him to fetch two more cannons to the East City."

Wuchang is the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and the number of guns is naturally very sufficient.

There are several red-coated cannons alone, and the rest of the small cannons are countless.

It was only Hu Quan who saw that the main forces of the Ming army were concentrated in Nancheng, so he piled up all the cannons at the head of Nancheng, ready to fight the Ming army to the death.

It won't take too long to temporarily transfer it now, but during this period of time, the Qing army only has the power to parry, and has no ability to fight back.

As he spoke, another cannonball smashed and exploded not far from Zhou Peigong's side.

The huge explosive force lifted Zhou Peigong off and threw him far away.

"Ahh

Zhou Peigong is just a weak scholar, and he is extremely weak all day long.

This fall made him snot and tears, and his stomach turned over until he wanted to vomit.

"The thief who killed a thousand knives, I will make you die a good death!"

Helped up by the Qing soldiers, Zhou Peigong wiped his face with his sleeve and cursed loudly.

It's really strange how the cannon of the Ming thief can fire so fast, and the interval is very short, one cannon after another.

Could it be that the thief really casts a demon spell?

As soon as this idea was born, Zhou Peigong shook his head suddenly.

How can there be a demon law in this world, it is nothing more than a blind method.

It's like digging a tunnel, the real purpose of which is to blow down the city walls.

It's just that it looks like the city wall collapsed suddenly, which is unacceptable for a while.

But if you think about it, it must have something to do with the tunnels dug by the thieves.

Hmph, you have cannons and we don't?

Come on, hurt each other, who instigates whose grandson!

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At this moment, Hu Quancai, who supervised the battle at the head of Nancheng City, was also in a hurry.

The thieves seemed to have been prepared for a long time, tearing down the door panels of the shops on the pier outside the southern city, and ordering the soldiers to build a pontoon bridge on the perimeter of the moat.

It won't take long for the pontoon bridge to be erected, and the thieves can quickly cross the moat.

This first line of defense was so easily breached.

Hu Quancai was really remorseful. At that time, he only ordered the army to move the merchants and goods on the docks to the city, but did not remove these door panels.

Now these things have become a tool for thieves to build bridges.

Hu Quancai had no choice but to order the soldiers to shoot arrows, but the arrows shot at this distance were not powerful enough, and they were already crooked when they hit the moat.

As long as the Ming army blocks it with a shield, it can offset this wave of damage.

Hu Quancai hated the root of his teeth, but there was nothing too good to do.

This distance is awkward, the angle of bombardment with artillery is not enough, and the force of shooting with arrows is not enough.

It's really infuriating.

On the other side, Li Dingguo watched calmly as the Ming army crossed the river by bridge.

He was a general who was very good at finding details.

When he arrived at the pier, he felt that the door panels of these shops could be put to good use, and at that time he suggested that the Son of Heaven remove them for later use.

The Son of Heaven gladly agreed after listening to his advice.

Now it seems that the actual effect of dismantling the door panel to make a pontoon bridge is very good, but there is no way to do it in the eyes of Dongyu.

Of course, Li Dingguo is not arrogant at all.

After all, crossing the river by bridge is only the first step in the siege, and it is also the easiest step.

There are many more challenges ahead of him.

But it has reached this point, and there is no reason to back down.

Even if you fill in the number of lives, you have to beat Wuchang, otherwise all your previous efforts will be in vain.

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"Your Excellency the Governor, the head of the East City has been bombarded by the artillery of the Ming thieves. They moved the artillery to the Twin Peaks, which overwhelmed us. Mr. Zhou, please quickly transfer a batch of artillery to Dongcheng, so that we can return fire. ”

Hu Quancai was in a hurry, and he wanted to vomit blood when he heard the news.

The thief is really cunning, and he will attack the west.

But in the current situation, Hu Quancai could not judge which side the main direction of attack of the Ming army was, so he could only defend everywhere.

"Send ten cannons to Dongcheng and give Bendu a hard beating!"

Hu Quancai gritted his teeth with hatred.

The thief is too good at taking advantage of the advantages in front of him.

However, this kind of thing is impossible for Hu Quancai to consider. Even if he thought about it, what could he do? Ordered to raze the Twin Peaks to the ground? It can only be said that this is a loophole in the construction of Wuchang City.

"Order!"

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