Go back to before the cannon fired. At this moment, the herald immediately came to Li Hu and said loudly, "Commander! The artillery is all ready, and the rear army is all gathered! Do you want to fire a gun?! ”

Li Hu looked intently, and saw that in the gloomy weather, the artillery was under the protection of the volunteers, less than two hundred meters away from the city gate, at such a distance, even if there were artillery on the city wall, but those artillery that had not been maintained for many years could still be barely used, and the devil knows how powerful it was.

Maybe if you accidentally put a little more gunpowder, the artillery on the city wall will blow up by itself.

The artillery of the Volunteers can reach a distance of up to three thousand meters, of course, there is no other prediction at the head, because this is useless, and the Volunteers will definitely not use it at the longest distance.

But at a distance of 200 meters, the artillery of the Volunteers was trained to die, and more than 20 shells were wasted every day, which is the consumption of no artillery.

Under a lot of training, the artillery is at a distance of two hundred meters, basically pointing where to hit that! This is also an exaggeration, but no matter how much the volunteers miss the shelling of the city wall, they will not hit the cannonballs in the city and cause casualties among the people.

Attacking the Leizhou Peninsula, Chen Zijian's eyeballs set out to fight the five legions, the death target of the people did not exceed 1,000, if it was exceeded, not only would there be no credit for coming back, but a certain percentage of the monthly money would be deducted.

Why is there such a fucking order? It's very simple, because the people here are their own people, they all belong to the Chinese people, and the current war is just a change of the ruling class, at least in Chen Zijian's view.

As long as he gains dominance, too many casualties are caused, and Chen Zijian still has a large number of people to do things for him, and it is a waste to have too many casualties.

Chen Zijian's order to the legion was to bring a citizen back, whether voluntarily or forced, and there would be a reward of 100 coins when he arrived in Zhangjiacheng.

Before bringing back a common man, reward a silver coin, at that time Zhangjiacheng was short of manpower, increase the reward, now, manpower is still lacking, but for the legion battle, bringing the people back is undoubtedly an easy thing.

In the face of the army, how many civilians dare to resist? For such a task, Chen Zijian lowered the reward standard.

When Li Hu saw this scene, he said coldly, "Pass the order!" Shoot now! ”

"Yes!"

Hearing the order, the standard-bearer immediately began to wave the flag. At the same time, the artilleryman, receiving the order for shelling, directly shouted "The corps commander has an order!" Shoot the cannon and bombard the city walls now! ”

In an instant, heaven and earth were slaughtered, and everyone felt an invisible pressure,

At the same time, as this shout sounded, the various commanders of the Volunteer Army kept giving orders, and the defenders of the city finally realized that something was wrong.

"What's going on? It's a thief! The thieves are coming to attack the city! ”

"Not good! The thieves are ready to attack the city, hurry up and prepare to defend the city! ”

For a moment, a terrible shout immediately sounded on the city wall. Because they clearly saw that not far away the artillery began to light the torches, and it is needless to say what it was to do.

The distance of two hundred meters is an awkward distance for the guards, which can be seen with the naked eye, but no attack can reach it.

Not to mention the artillery, Zhanjiang City didn't know where to find it out of the corner temporarily, and it was seriously rusty, so it was just a scare and scare. There is no need to mention archers, two-hundred-meter archers, even if there is no such master in the imperial court, there are no people like that in a remote county like Zhanjiang City.

The volunteer artillery placed artillery outside the city, and there was nothing to do to defend it. What else can I do? Failed to organize officers and soldiers to rush out? It has such guts.

If they dared to open the gates of the city and go out, the volunteers would like the guards to do so.

Now that the credit for long-range firepower is taken by the artillery, the Minnie gunners can only pick up a little of what is leftover, and if there are officers and soldiers who come out and give them heads, everyone wants it.

The thieves light the torches, and they don't have to think about it to know that they are ready to attack the city!

So, the guards immediately began to prepare, shouting nonsense. At the same time, the guards hurried up to the city walls to prepare.

This time to defend the city, without the confidence of the guard, not to mention anything else, the weapon alone is shabby, all kinds of rusty broadswords, spears.

However, immediately after that, they saw a creepy scene

I saw that there was no sign of attack on the thief's side, but some pitch-black cannon barrels were ignited. Right in the next moment

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble......

Fifty guns were lit one after another.

In an instant, a terrifying sound like thunder erupted directly in front of the army. The next moment, the fiery red cannonballs blasted directly in one direction of the city wall with the power of ten thousand jun.

But in the next second, only a loud bang was heard, and those guards were all dumbfounded.

I saw a cannonball bombarding the city wall, and the power was almost like heaven's punishment. The shells were directly blasted open on the brick-covered walls of the city, revealing the dirt inside.

Zhanjiang City is a poor place, and the city wall should not be expected to use good materials.

Seeing this scene, the guards were completely paralyzed in fright, and some took the opportunity to escape, and in the face of artillery bombardment, the guards had no way at all, such a battle was not something they could bear. Throw your weapon in your hand, pull your legs and run.

At this time, there was no inspector with a knife to cut people in the back, and the task of the inspector army was to see the fleeing guards and kill people to demonstrate, but now, the inspectors have run out.

However, how could the Volunteer artillery stop there.

Seeing that the artillery is fierce, it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot! It's better to use all the shells here than to blow the walls open.

"The Legion Commander has an order! Don't skimp on shells! Fill in and refire! Blast the walls open! ”

A death order was given directly from above. Immediately after that, the artillery did not say a word, and immediately refilled the shells, and the artillery bombarded again and again, firing artillery at one place, and there were many artillery shots on weekdays, so this time it was a practice.

Rumble!

rumble

Rumble......

The continuous sound of cannons was deafening, and both the dignitaries and ordinary people in the city were now fair, trembling with fright from the constant cannonade.

The range of Zhanjiang City is only about 2,000 meters in radius, and the range of artillery can reach 3,000 meters.

Fortunately, the volunteers only shelled the city walls, and even so, the shock of the artillery bombardment outside the city still reached the city.

The county commander slumped on the Taishi's chair, and the cup of tea next to him continued to ripple.

In an instant, a huge cannon fire rang out into the sky, and the entire city wall seemed to be shaking. And seeing the city wall crumbling, everyone was so frightened that their faces were almost pale.

"What's going on?! Is this a heavenly punishment?! ”

"The thieves are attacking the city!"

The advent of artillery, that is a cross-generational product. The large-scale use of artillery is terrifying, and in this era, artillery is almost a god-like means.

The walls were bombarded continuously, and the entire wall shook violently. No guard dared to appear on the walls.

Immediately afterwards, the three-story thick city wall was bombarded by continuous artillery bombardment, and a three-meter-wide opening was opened.

It was at this time that the opportunity for Chu Xiao and others came!

Li Hu saw through the telescope that there were no guards on the city wall. The fierce shelling just now was enough to scare all the guards who had no knowledge into fleeing.

Thinking of this, facing the city gate that had just been blown open, Chu Xiao's cold voice immediately resounded on the battlefield.

"All ready!"

"Go into the city, and in case of any resistance, allow killing."

"Yes!"

"Capture everyone alive!"

"Rush!"

When it was time to earn credit, the well-equipped volunteers couldn't wait.

So, after Li Hu's order, the entire volunteer army moved forward.

Some people in the city, fearing the killing of their families in the city by the volunteers, courageously faced the coercion of the volunteers.

"This! Don't retreat, meet the enemy immediately! ”

"Don't let thieves into the city! Rise up and resist! ”

At this time, in the face of the attack of the volunteers, those who did not have many guards with some courage finally showed the spirit of not fearing death. Whenever there is a disaster, there will be a group of people who use the spirit of stupidity in the eyes of others to face the disaster, or the killing of the enemy. They may have lost their lives and been killed by the enemy, but they still stood up, and even if they died, they died before others. These people are called the backbone of Huaxia.

However, less than 200 people, can stop the Volunteers?

Of course not!

Of the tens of thousands of people in the city, less than 200 dared to stand in the way of the volunteers.

The Volunteers are going to enter the city, and it is easy to break through the guards!

Zhang Niu followed his brother forward, pointed his gun forward, and shot at any time. muttered, "Damn, let the artillerymen rob the credit again, and we can only get a little soup." ”

You will get as much credit as you put in as much effort as you can, that's for sure, just half an hour of shelling, almost scared the guards of the city gate, and there was just a little resistance from the guards, how much credit can be gained.

It's no wonder that Zhang Niu was indignant, but as a Minnie spearman, he could only watch the artilleryman eat with his mouth full of oil.

Li Hu saw the guards who looked at death as if they were at home, "Those people have good courage, capture them alive, three silver coins per person." ”

can still block the direction of the Volunteers there, Li Hu took a fancy to the courage of those people, and their courage is commendable.

The possibility of taking these people for their own use is still very high, first of all, the volunteers have no blood feud with those guards, and the confrontation between the two parties is just a change of dynasty.

On the premise that there is no hatred, ensure the safety of the families of those guards, and contain them greatly.

So, Li Hu's order was quickly sent to the front, and when he heard that there was an income of three silver coins for capturing a guard alive, he immediately removed the muzzle of the Minnie gun, joking, ordinary people were only one hundred coins per person, and the value of less than two hundred people in front was almost six hundred silver coins, who would be willing to kill such a large silver coin.

The large force of the Volunteers stopped, and a thousand men stepped forward.

The class that came forward belonged to the class that grandma didn't love and uncle didn't love, pikemen.

Speaking of Mitsubishi spearmen, they are a little better than logistics soldiers, and they are a step worse than Minnie spearmen, and they belong to a class of troops that are more than enough than the top.

Finally had a head start to earn credit, much to the delight of a group of pikemen. One by one, they stepped forward with red eyes. I want to talk about "The Thief at the End of the Ming Dynasty" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~