The shell was ferocious, and went straight to the outer trench, where the soldiers of the Nanyue Army were most concentrated. Everywhere I went, there was a constant crackling sound, limbs flying, broken flesh and limbs, and blood mist rising, I don't know how many lives and limbs of the soldiers of the Nanyue Army were lost by this shell, and the place where the shell passed was a mess.

However, in Zheng Zhiguan's mind, even if such soldiers and officers are killed, it may not matter if they kill one of Li Huayu!

The cannonball continued to viciously clash in the ranks of the Southern Cantonese army, either piercing the soldiers' chests and abdomen, bouncing up and smashing on their heads, or rolling close to the ground, knocking people in all directions.

"Don't panic!"

"If there is chaos and retreat, the whole team will be killed!"

Seeing the panic fluctuations of the soldiers in the troops beside him being hit by the artillery fire that was so close to the fire, especially those Dongfan soldiers, who once again showed signs of collapse, Li Huayu knew that when this army fell short for Shanjiu, whether it could become a real elite would be able to persist at this moment. Ignoring the flying of cannonballs, he stood up in the middle of the team and roared angrily.

Liang Kuan on the side remembered that tears were about to fall. The young marshal stood here, with dozens of personal guards beside him, and in front of him was his own official position to recognize the flag, isn't this exposing himself to the muzzle of the gun? Isn't it to sue the other party that there are important people in our army here?

Since the formation of the Southern Guangdong Army, the southern conquest and the northern war have been the two most powerful weapons. The first is the courage of the soldiers to stand up for hand-to-hand combat no matter how strong the enemy is, and the second is to rely on artillery power. Years of military use have given officers a good understanding of the power of artillery. Within cannon range. No place is safe. Whether it is the lowliest soldier or the commander or general of an army, it is possible to be killed by artillery fire in the middle of a breath.

In particular, in order to boost morale, Li Huayu exposed himself and the flag to the enemy's artillery range, and this big flag stood on this side, which set up the best target for the Zheng army, and would attract more and more Zheng army's artillery to bombard the position of the flag recognition.

However, at this time, it is already difficult to ride a tiger, no matter how dangerous it is, Liang Kuan did not dare to step forward to remove Li Huayu's recognition flag. If the banner falls. Represents the collapse of the chain of command. The impact on the morale of the military is difficult to describe. If he boldly stepped forward and removed Hua Yu's recognition flag, he was afraid that the fort would immediately shout and kill Li Huayu, and maybe this battle would be reversed when he landed.

In the blink of an eye. Another five-pound solid iron ball roared with a dozen small bullets. Crackling fractures. In front of Li Huayu, the first-class guards battalion firecrackers were smashed into a bloody mist. The severed arm and stump shot up, and seeing that this armored soldier could be regarded as a casualty and loss.

The solid iron ball bounced and rushed viciously towards Li Huayu and his handsome banner standing at the foot of the earthen wall. There was a muffled sound, but one of Hua Yu's personal soldiers swooped over, gave up his body in front of Hua Yu, and took the shot for Hua Yu, his body immediately rose up a cloud of blood mist, and when the blood mist dissipated, everyone couldn't find where his body was, only found his eight-petal hat iron pointed helmet on the ground.

Two small bullets knocked Li Huayu's flag bearer into a bloody flight and fell to the ground immediately. A cannon hit the chest and abdomen, punching a huge blood hole in the body, and the internal organs and intestines that were coiled in the middle slowly came out, and the crimson flesh flew in the air. The other cannon hit his left leg, breaking the entire thigh, and blood gushed out like a fountain, cutting off flesh and blood, and the blood mist was filled, which was not at all surprising in this killing battlefield full of dead and wounded.

However, he fell to the ground, and the recognition flag of Li Huayu also fell.

"Li Huayu is dead!"

"Li Huayu is dead!"

Seeing Li Huayu's recognition flag falling to one side, Zheng Zhiguan, who was on the fort, couldn't help but be overjoyed. He instructed his soldiers to make a big noise, publicizing that his artillery fire had killed Li Huayu, the eldest marshal of the Southern Guangdong Army, and knocked down his commander's banner.

In an instant, the entire middle fort became the eye of the storm, falling into what seemed to be an eternal calm. However, the troops of the Nanyue Army galloping here from all over the country were in an uproar!

"What big young marshal died?!"

"Damn! This group of guys actually killed the big young marshal?! Rush up to Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu wants them to give the whole army to the eldest young marshal! ”

Over the years, the Nanyue Army has formed a system independent of the Ming Dynasty, if it were not for a legal identity, these officers and generals of the Nanyue Army and officials at all levels would not have taken Zhu Youzhen in their eyes at all.

They only knew Li Shouhan in their eyes.

But today, the eldest son of the lord took the lead in leading the assault, but unfortunately was killed by artillery fire, how did this happen? Not to mention how to face Li Shouhan's thunderous anger after the war, it is not easy to forgive himself emotionally.

Most of the commanders of the various troops had this idea in their hearts, and at the moment they all waved their troops and rushed towards the two remnant batteries, first, to stabilize the battle situation, and secondly, to snatch Li Huayu's body back!

Li Huayu's handsome flag tilted to the side with the fall of the flag bearer, and when he saw that he was about to land, a hand in the oblique stab reached over and grabbed it!

"Lao Tzu is not dead yet!"

Li Huayu wiped a handful of flesh and blood from his face, and roared angrily at the city. Waving the flag in his hand, "Sons, fire!" ”

Seeing that Li Huayu was safe and sound, he was impenetrable to be guarded by more than a dozen personal soldiers around him, and the whole army was immediately safe.

The gunners quickly adjusted the firing angle of the four guns, and aimed the muzzles of the guns at the most dense artillery fire of the defenders at the head of the city, "Let you taste our shells!" ”

The stormy artillery rushed to the various gun positions on the battery, and the distance between the two armies was only more than 100 steps away from the artillery, which made the hit rate of the artillery of the Nanyue Army reach an unprecedented height, and the artillery of the Zheng Jiajun had just been fired, and a group of gunners were nervously cleaning the chamber of the artillery there, preparing to fire again.

"Gan Yi Niang! If it were so simple during the artillery exam, Lao Tzu's target shooting results would definitely be excellent! A gun commander glared at the cannon and lunged at the people on the battery, and the thought came to his mind.

With a characteristic high-pitched whistling sound, the five-pound artillery shells flew around on the fort one by one with dozens of shotguns, jumping up and down, rolling. Everywhere you go. Broken limbs and flesh flew everywhere, and the artillerymen of the Zheng army, who were lucky enough not to die, couldn't help but turn pale and scurry around.

After the four guns fired a volley, everyone watched the situation at the head of the city. After this rain of metal bullets, there was no Zheng gunner who could stand up around the artillery at the head of the city, either lying on the ground or lying on the gun mount, allowing the blood in his body to dye the cannon scarlet.

"The Lord is blessed with all the blessings! The gods bless you! ”

"The Lord is blessed with all the blessings! The gods bless you! ”

Under Liang Kuan's military order, the people around Li Huayu shouted in unison, quickly spreading the news that Li Huayu was safe and sound around the battlefield to calm the army's morale.

Li Huayu is safe and sound. This suddenly raised the morale of the army to a new height. The cannonballs have to go around in front of the big and young marshal, what does this mean?!

"One more round, and the infantry is ready to take the city! Follow Lao Tzu's flag! Li Huayu was completely washed away by the smoke of gunfire, and his mouth was the same as that of Zhang Xiaohu and other old guys. Calling himself Lao Tzu.

The four eight-pounder guns again opened fire in unison. It perfectly illustrates what it means to be a rain of bullets. What is the perfect combination of speed and accuracy, and what is the classic shelling.

Originally, it was a cannon salvo, but these skilled gunners fired the effect of a fire bolt and a slow shot!

Perhaps the skilled gunners of the Zheng army at the head of the city could fire a cannonball once in two minutes. But these Nanyue troops under the city were not gunners, but they beat the eight-pounder cannon to the level of the Franc machine, and they could fire it almost once in a minute!

They opened fire, cleared the chambers, loaded, and opened fire, and the guns were manipulated accurately and ruthlessly in their hands. The perfect artillery operation opened the eyes of the Zheng officers and soldiers in the city, and it turned out that the artillery could still be fought like this.

However, this was the last shred of their consciousness.

"Bang! Bang bang! Bang! ……”

A tight sound of firearms like popping beans sounded at the head of the city, and under the fort, large white smoke rose in mid-air and quickly condensed in the air. I saw that dozens of Zheng soldiers on the fort, who were already in a panic, fell, and their bodies were pierced by projectiles, spraying out bloody arrows, and the whole person staggered backwards and fell out.

"Kill!"

The Nanyue army under the city took advantage of the chaos on the city and let out bursts of shouts, and hundreds of Dongfan soldiers climbed up the fortress wall that was riddled with shells under the leadership of their respective team officers and commanders.

Seeing the Dongfan soldiers with knives in their mouths and red eyes on the city wall, Zheng Zhiguan couldn't help but be stunned.

"My lord! It's hard to hold here! Come on! There is a small boat hidden in the back, you go to Xiamen to ask for help from the marshal! ”

One of the generals pushed Zheng Zhiguan violently, which made him sober up.

Right! I'm going to ask the commander for help!

Without saying more, Zheng Zhiguan immediately took a few of his henchmen and soldiers to go straight to the secret place by the sea and got on a small boat and fled to Xiamen Island.

"The official has fled!"

"Leave us behind!"

"Pony Eminem! You sons of bitches! ”

Although there was chaos on the fort at this time, Zheng Zhiguan's actions fell into the eyes of the Zheng soldiers, and suddenly, the exclamations and curses on the fort rang out. The soldiers no longer had the courage to counterattack the eastern soldiers of the Nanyue Army who were climbing to the top of the city, and they only thought about how to save their lives and how to escape.

"They've all fled! Let's run away! ”

"It's coming! Those barbarians are here! ”

As soon as a Zheng soldier let out an exclamation, he was cut in two by a Dongfan soldier who was the first to jump up to the city with a long knife and a slanted shoulder strap!

On the fort, Deng Shi became more and more panicked.

"Those who kneel on the ground and abandon their weapons are regarded as surrenders!"

"Those who descend will not die!"

The officers stopped their high-spirited killing, signaling that they could aim their swords and guns at those who were still trying to resist or flee, and not kill those who had already surrendered on their knees.

When Lu Yunsheng and the others' troops rushed to the middle fort, the battle had basically ended here, but in some corners there were bursts of swords and guns and the roar of firearms, which was the sound of the soldiers of the Nanyue Army searching for the remnants of the enemy in various parts of the fort.

Outside the fort, in the short distance of dozens of steps from the city wall to the outer moat, there were piles of meat and mud parts, all kinds of stumps and broken arms, and scattered large intestines and small intestines. Scattered knives and guns, armor. The broken wheels of the gun truck, the shells stained with flesh, were everywhere. There were corpses everywhere as far as the eye could see, layer upon layer, especially along the edge of the outer trench.

The ground was covered with blood, and the pools of dark red blood were mixed with the mud and sand, and it was very slippery to step on. The blood flowed silently from the bodies of the wounded and dead on both sides of the attacker and defender.

The sea breeze will blow in all directions with the smell of gunsmoke and a disgusting smell of blood. There were also bursts of desperate moans and cries in the wind. Many of the upper and lower parts of the battery were hit by cannons, and their hands and feet were broken. The Zheng soldiers, who had broken their bones or been hit in the body by a volley of firearms, were unable to flee and just sat in tears and waited for their deaths.

"Count the number of prisoners. Send someone to the East Battery. Bring in a health camp. A large number of our brothers are injured here! ”

Lu Yunsheng was the first officer to rush to the Middle Fort, and he was the highest rank here except for Li Huayu, so he had to arrange for his subordinates to rush to the East Fort for help. Heal yourself and the wounded in captivity.

"Liang Kuan! You crumb! Hit the streets! Red deer! ”

As an old chief, Lu Yunsheng was naturally not polite when he saw Liang Kuan, and the swear words in his mouth were like the rising tide of the sea. There are people in the north and south regions of the Nanyue Army, and it is not uncommon for all ethnic races, such as Li Huamei, who has Tianzhu female soldiers by her side. There are many types of people, and all kinds of swear words are circulated in the army, and Lu Yunsheng is one of the best.

"As a guard battalion officer next to the young marshal, you can't protect the young marshal well, but you let the young marshal take such a risk, if the young marshal makes a mistake, I think your pig's head is too fat!"

Although it was said that Li Huamei had something to say, and when she saw Li Huayu, she wanted to slap his mouth, but after all, it was an angry talk between sisters and brothers who expressed concern, and Lu Yunsheng could still carry it clearly. So, the worries, anxieties, fears, and frightes that were all vented on Liang Kuan's head.

Facing the old chief, Liang Kuan didn't have any words to refute, so he had to show a simple smile, showing a pair of white teeth on his gunpowder-smoked black face.

"You shit! Do you dare to have a hippie smile with Lao Tzu here?! Lu Yunsheng picked up the scabbard in his hand and was about to whip. was pulled by Li Huayu on the side.

"Lord Lu, don't be angry. I'll talk about it when the battle is over. Now you and I will take the West Fort and conquer Gulangyu Island! ”

Since Li Huayu came out to speak, Lu Yunsheng happened to get off the donkey, and on the surface he hated and dropped a sentence to Liang Kuan, "I'll settle accounts with you when I go back!" He immediately turned his head and saluted Li Huayu: "Young Marshal, your subordinates have only fought hard repeatedly, and this West Fort will be handed over to our brothers in the third town!" ”

"Sir, this can't be! Although my troops have suffered some casualties, they are still fighting strongly, and it is a pity to let them retreat at this time. Or I'm going to be the vanguard in the front, and the brothers in the third town are holding down these recruits in the back! "Friendship is friendship, but in the face of military exploits, Liang Kuan is unwilling to give in at all.

"You! ……”

After a quarrel, the middle battery fell into a tense and busy pre-battle preparation. The banner of the Nanyue Army was erected on the battery, indicating that this place had been occupied by the Nanyue Army, and warning the fleet at sea not to fire any more artillery here.

This time, people should make full use of the cannons on the middle battery, so that these artillery produced in Nanzhong, which belonged to the Zheng army just now, opened fire on their old masters, provided sufficient fire support for the charging troops, and destroyed the defensive facilities on the west battery and the defenders' will to resist as much as possible.

When the soldiers of the Third Town supervised the Zheng prisoners to move the huge 24-pound and 32-pound guns from their original gun positions and pointed the muzzles directly at the neighboring West Battery, the last stronghold of the Zheng army on Gulangyu, an unexpected thing happened.

On the West Fort, the Zheng Junjun flag, which was fluttering in the sea breeze, was stopped and slashed, and the ropes and flags fell to the ground. Then, a white flag made of white cloth temporarily tied to a wooden stick appeared at the head of the fort with trepidation.

"Brothers of the Nanyue Army, don't fight! We surrender! ”

A frightened sound rang out from the battery.

Just now, the scene of the Nanyue army braving the rain of falling artillery with bayonets and wielding long knives was clearly seen by these people, and the scene of flesh and blood flying made them paralyzed.

After completely controlling Gulangyu Island, the three forts on Gulangyu Island immediately became a major help for the Nanyue Army, using the ready-made artillery and ammunition here to provide fire cover for the ships that broke into the west waterway of Xiamen and entered the inner harbor, and carried out artillery battles with the fort on the south bank of Xiamen Island, which was called Jincheng Tangchi by Zheng Zhilong's brothers, and was the first to be completed and the core fort with the most complete facilities.

Gulangyu Island went from being the outer gateway of Xiamen Island guarded by the Zheng Jiajun to the cornerstone of the Southern Guangdong Army's capture of Xiamen in a blink of an eye.

Dozens of fast crab boats shuttled back and forth here, unloading soldiers and supplies on makeshift pier trestles, and then transporting the lightly wounded ones.

Seeing that the sun was gradually sinking in the west, dyeing the surface of Gulangyu Island and the nearby sea in a brilliant golden color, Zheng Zhilong, who commanded the battle on the Sunshine Rock, couldn't help but feel that the sun was waning.

In the distance, Kinmen, while Li Huayu attacked Gulangyu, was captured by Li Shouhan himself. Completely blocked the passage for the Zheng family's sailors to escape to the sea!

"Handsome! You see! ”

Zheng Zhilong looked in the direction of the staff's fingers, and the naval division of the Nanyue Army, which was completely free of flank artillery interference, under the leadership of the Three-headed Tiger and the Aomei, took more than ten large ships as the lead, covering nearly forty fast crab boats to fly in the direction of Xiamen Island, and the target was exactly where the fort on the south coast of Xiamen Island was! (To be continued......)

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