Seeing that the brothers under his hands had been filled, Kong Sixi took a small red flag, waved it vigorously, and shouted: "Cannon God Grandpa Confucius bless!" Amen! Ignition"

Of course, he is not a Catholic, but he has only learned the "Western spell" from his Portuguese teacher, so it is very effective to recite a sentence before every cannon fire, anyway, he has been playing with cannons for so many years, and he has never encountered an explosion.

"Amen!" One of the gunners also recited a "secret mantra" and bowed to the cannon with his hands folded before using the torch to lead the way. Then he stared nervously at the hissing sparkling lead.

Although the Qing Dynasty is currently under strict law, and the coated minions responsible for casting cannons are also conscientious, technical problems cannot be solved by cutting off their heads. Even after the Industrial Revolution, England was unable to achieve a yield rate close to 100% for a long time (more than 100 years after the Industrial Revolution). It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the hollow casting process appeared, and the process problem of casting cannons was completely solved.

Therefore, the Hongyi cannon used by the Qing army also has a fairly high probability of exploding!

The lead sparked and quickly burned into the fire door. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire from the fire door, followed by a puff of smoke from the muzzle of the gun, and then a loud sound of the earth shaking.

A stone bullet was sprayed out of the muzzle of the cannon, tumbling and flying towards the Fengyang city wall more than three miles away, quickly turning into a black dot, and hammering heavily on a section of rammed earth city wall at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A hole appeared in the wall, and a puff of sand was raised, and if you looked closely with a telescope, you could see that large and small pieces of mud were rolling down.

"Hit!" Kong Sixi said loudly, "Hit, good luck!" ”

The gunners around him also cheered quickly: "Hit, good luck"

Kong Youde, who was standing behind a chest wall and watching, also put down the telescope in his hand and exhaled heavily: "Okay! Punched a hole, Fengyang City is really not very strong, let's put 20 Hongyi cannons, a cannon can shoot at least 12 stone bullets in an hour, 20 is 240 rounds, 12 hours a day is more than 2800 rounds! In two days at most, the Fengyang City Wall will collapse! ”

He's going to be wide! The rammed earth city wall of Fengyang was destroyed by Gao Yingxiang again, and then it was hastily repaired, but it was not very strong at all, and the 20 Hongyi cannons could collapse in a day.

Shang Kexi patted his chest and said to Shuo Zhan: "Meler Zhangjing, as long as the tattered city wall of Fengyang collapses, we will personally lead the troops to charge and take down Fengyang City within one day!" ”

Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi's subordinates had caught the "tongue" before and inquired clearly. There are not many troops guarding Fengyang, that is, two associations under the Central Capital Left Behind Division, plus a regiment of the Left Army of the New Army. Add together five or six thousand people. And the total number of troops under Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Bai Guangen is more than 30,000, which is an overwhelming advantage!

"Good!" Shuo Zhan nodded heavily, "That official reported to King Su for two days to demolish the Fengyang City Wall, and then one day to take Fengyang City!" ”

"Okay, just report it to Lord Su like this!"

In fact, Haoge did not put forward the request to break the city in three days, it was Shuo Zhan's own initiative to add the code, and now it seems that it can be completed.

"Take Fengyang City in three days, it seems that Monk Kong Youde is still a little capable!"

Hauge received a military report from Shuo Zhan in the Yingwu Acropolis, twenty or thirty miles east of Donghaoshui.

"Lord Wang," Ao Bai, who was sweating profusely, immediately came up, "Now I'm afraid that the Nankou on the Dingyuan side will go north to Fengyang, according to the report of Tanma, there can be forty or fifty thousand people there, if it goes north, Monk Kong Youde can only retreat." ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Haoge put down the Tang newspaper in his hand, picked up the paper fan on a broken table next to him and fanned the wind hard, "Nankou's horse team is still too small, so it can only be gathered to protect the left and right, and it is not enough to spread it out." So they don't know our specific location at all, and their every move is under our surveillance. Nankou wants to go north to Fengyang, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Bai Guangen have enough time to escape, and it is a big deal to retreat to the Huaihe bridgehead and maneuver with Nankou. And we just went south, even if we can't cross the Yangtze River, we can still plunder it by the river, wouldn't it be happy? ”

"Or is the prince wise," Ao Bai showed a flattering smile, "Let's go south next?" ”

"Of course!" Haoge said, "Let's bypass Dingyuan, wade directly across the pond, and go to Dagunling to station." ”

"To Big Gun Ridge?" Ao Bai was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it to drink the Yangtze River if you don't go?" ”

"Hehe, you know how to rob people and things, why don't you read the Analects every day these days?" Haoge smiled and said, "Actually, this king also wants to grab a handful, but most of the Nankou in Dingyuan will not ignore us, although they are mainly infantry, they are not slow." If they chase you all the way, you won't be happy! ”

"Oh," Ao Bai nodded, "Is the prince trying to fight Nankou in the Great Spear Ridge?" ”

Hauge smiled but didn't say anything.

Ao Bai thought about it and said, "But we only have more than 18,000 people on hand, is it a little less?" If you want to win, you still have to wait for Kong Youde and Shang Kexi to come south. ”

"Of course 18,000 is a little less, and most of them are still real Manchuria, so I can't afford to consume them!" Haoge said with a smile, "But Nan Kou doesn't dare not come over, let's confront them in the area of Dagunling, and wait for Kong Youde and Shang Kexi to take Fengyang, and then transfer them together." When the time comes, the two sides will join forces, and the forty or fifty thousand people will have it, and the initiative to fight or not will be able to control my hands, how much can Nankou win?

Even if they win, our Eight Banners True Manchuria will not have much to lose, it's a big deal to retreat to Fengyang Mansion City As far as the overall situation is concerned, Fengyang Mansion City is in hand, and we are still winners! ”

"High!" Ao Bai was overjoyed when he heard this, "Lord Wang, you are really tall, Ao Bai admires!" ”

The momentum of 18,000 cavalry (the clothed minions also have horses) is quite amazing! Even if the light cavalry sent by Zhu Cihong was suppressed by the Eight Banners and could not reach close to reconnoitre, he could judge a rough idea from a distance by observing the smoke and dust stirred up by the march of a large number of cavalry.

The news that the Tatar cavalry brigade waded across the pond and marched to Chuzhou was soon sent to Zhu Cihong, who was stationed in Dingyuan.

"What? Bypassing Dingyuan and going south? What do the Tartars want to do? ”

Haoge's deployment obviously exceeded Zhu Cihong's expectations, don't look at him as cunning and cruel, all kinds of ways to make money from the whole person emerge in endlessly, but when it comes to fighting wars, he is actually half a layman. That is, in Dagukou, the first warrior of Manchuria, Duolong, but that was a special situation, it was based on the sudden rise of the Ming army, which had always been a waste of wood, which was completely beyond the expectations of Duolong and Geng Zhongming, and this was a big victory in vain.

However, his current opponents, Haoge and Aobai, have already mastered the situation of overcoming the new army, and they will not stupidly collide with the preset position set up by Zhu Cihong!

Even if they want to collide, they won't use their precious Eight Banners to bump into it! Let Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Bai Guangen have tens of thousands of traitors under them, and use the Eight Banners to send them to death? With this IQ, can you still open the Great Qing Kingdom?

And once the Tartars' IQ is on the line, it's really not that easy to beat them!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," the military advisor Li Yan suggested, "The minister suggests that regardless of the Tartars going south, concentrate the whole army to the north, and first attack the Tartars around Fengyang Mansion City!" ”

Wu Sanfu shook his head: "No, no, the Tartar ranger sentinel must be scattered between Dingyuan and Fengyang." As soon as our soldiers moved, the Tartars on Fengyang's side soon knew. When the time comes, they will shrink to the edge of the Huai River and build a fortress to hold on, what should we do? Do you want to storm it?

The Tartar cavalry inserted into Chuzhou will not wander around and leave! If we don't keep up, they can all go to Yangzhou Mansion! ”