The accumulation of superiority on the battlefield is gradual.

As the Ming army occupied more and more buffer zones, the Ming army's positions were gradually advancing.

Hong Chengchou couldn't stand it anymore, so he personally went to Geng Jimao's camp to persuade him, and Geng Jimao agreed to show his housekeeping skills.

Although the firearms of the Geng family were not as advanced as those of the Shang family, the firearms unit was also famous because the gunners were more experienced.

After some preparations, the gunners of Geng's army began to bombard the Ming army's position.

Geng Jimao did not bring much artillery this time, but with the original artillery of the green battalion of the Qing army in Jiangxi, the number can also be considerable.

After all, Geng Jiajun relied on gunners instead of cannons to stand alone in the world, and with these gunners, the cumbersome red-coated cannons of the Qing army seemed to be a lot more flexible.

Suddenly, there was a loud burst of artillery, and the Ming positions were greatly impacted.

Many sandbags that had just been erected were smashed to pieces, and some Ming soldiers were even killed directly.

Zhao Xu keenly found that the artillery bombardment of the Qing army was much denser, which was obviously abnormal.

He reported the battle situation to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.

After listening to Zhao Xu's report, Zhu Youlang immediately concluded that this must be Geng Jimao's obstruction.

After all, the strength of the Jiangxi Green Battalion is not enough to carry out such a dense bombardment.

And now that Shang Kexi has withdrawn his troops, the only card that Hong Chengchou can play is Geng Jimao.

Zhu Youlang can guess the result with his eyes closed!

In fact, the Fujian cannon is still a lot worse than the Guangdong gun, mainly because Guangdong has a Franc machine, and many of the guns are the latest type.

But the style of the Fujian cannon is much older.

But these are not critical, because Geng Jimao obviously does not blindly pursue one-sided things such as caliber and rate of fire.

Judging from the posture of the gunner, this must be a practitioner.

There is something about being able to shell so intensively in such a tense environment.

It happened that Zhao Xu and Li Dingguo were both around, and Zhu Youlang said directly: "The two Qing family, the artillery of the captives has already had a great impact on the advance of our army, and it seems that the hot air balloon will be used." ”

Zhu Youlang's Prussian artillery was sharper than the Qing army's artillery from any point of view, but the advantage in this kind of bombardment process was not obvious.

On the one hand, it is a matter of quantity, and on the other hand, it is also because the Qing army has more ammunition.

In this case, Hong Chengchou can bombard without scruples regardless of the cost. And the Ming army seemed to be a little stretched, for fear that they would not be able to continue after the battle.

The best way now is to suppress the firepower of the Qing army as much as possible, and give the main force of the Ming army time and space to advance forward.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youlang couldn't think of a better way than a hot air balloon.

It's a pity that Liu Xingming is not by his side at the moment, otherwise this task should naturally be handed over to Liu Xingming.

Li Dingguo naturally knows what the Son of Heaven means, but there is still a certain risk in using a hot air balloon.

The main reason is that the Ming army has used this trick many times, and Hong Chengchou must be mentally prepared. In addition, it is daytime, and if the hot air balloon does not fly high enough, it can easily be knocked down by the firecracker.

If you fly too high, the direction of flight is not very controllable.

There is no doubt that the bombing in a hot air balloon at this time is a test of the operator's level.

"Does Your Majesty have a candidate in mind?"

Li Dingguo asked tentatively.

Zhu Youlang glanced at Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu immediately understood and said, "Your Majesty, there are more than a dozen soldiers in the Huben Firearms Battalion who can skillfully operate hot air balloons. ”

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction.

That's what he wants.

The battle situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is no need to hesitate.

The Tiger Benjun, as the descendant he cultivated, did not disappoint him.

"Okay, Mr. Zhao will hand over this task to you."

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Xu deliberately kept a certain distance from King Jin since he was "wooed" by Li Dingguo.

Although the Son of Heaven had made it clear that he would not be suspicious of him, he also had to show it in order to clear himself.

said that Zhao Xu took the order and left, and soon a hot air balloon was pounded up by the soldiers of the Tiger Army.

A dozen or so soldiers who usually participate in training jumped into the basket and took a deep breath.

For them, this is an extremely important moment in their lives.

After all, training is one thing, actual combat is another thing entirely.

If you can kill the Tartar in actual combat, it will be even more remarkable.

"Don't be nervous, do your job. Ben will be waiting for you with good news. The Tiger Ben Army is all good, Your Majesty is proud of you, and the Ming Dynasty is proud of you! ”

Zhao Xu shouted at the top of his voice, he felt that this kind of cheering was necessary.

What Liu Xingming can do, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army can naturally do.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Amid the cheers of the crowd, the Tiger soldiers cut the rope and the hot air balloon floated up.

The soldiers were stunned.

Obediently, it turns out that this thing can really fly.

Most of them had only heard of it, but this time they saw it with their own eyes and felt something completely different.

As they watched the balloon fly higher and higher until it turned into a tiny black dot, they realized that it was very dangerous.

Everyone couldn't help but be in awe of the dozen or so soldiers.

If they can win this battle, they should be credited with the first credit.

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Geng Jimao's own soldiers made the Qing army stabilize the situation for a while.

Many of the buffer zones that had been seized by the Ming army were now "borderlands" again.

Hong Chengchou can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Just as he and Geng Jimao were chatting a few words, an explosion suddenly sounded not far away.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers were blown away in an instant, and their bodies were even blown into several pieces.

Blood splattered everywhere, yellow and white mixed together, and the smell in the air was disgusting.

Hong Chengchou was naturally shocked by this huge movement.

"Cannons? The thief fired the cannon again? ”

Geng Jimao was also shocked and asked Hong Chengchou.

"Lord Jingnan, this is not a cannon, it is a thunderbolt."

Although Hong Chengchou had not seen this thing with his own eyes, he had heard Lu Guisheng mention it.

It is said that the power of this thing is much greater than that of ordinary firearms, and if you throw a dozen of them in a concentrated manner, it can even be compared to a cannon.

"If this scripture is not mistaken, this thunder may have been thrown from the sky."

"Thrown from the sky?"

Geng Jimao's eyes widened, obviously not very convinced.

"Is Hong Jingluo joking, how could a good person fall this thing from the sky? Could it be that a thief can fly? ”

"Maybe it really will..."

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said, "King Jingnan should have heard of Kong Ming Lantern, right?" ”

"Of course."

Geng Jimao said without hesitation.

"The essence of this thing used by the Ming army is similar to that of Kong Ming lanterns, but it is magnified several times, and many people can sit inside."

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