After Qin Liangyu reminded him, Mu Tianbo naturally saw that the rebels outside the city did not have the frustration of not being able to defeat the city at all. On the contrary, the morale is high, as if they have not suffered a defeat before!

Thinking like this, he was worried, and couldn't help but ask Qin Liangyu: "Do these rebels have any other tricks?" Qin Dudu has been in battle for a long time, do you know what their future move will be? ”

Qin Liangyu listened, frowned and thought for a while and said: "Judging from the news from the previous family visit, that Sha Dingzhou is in collusion with Annan, but in this situation, it shouldn't be that Annan should send troops over, right?" And as far as the situation on Annam's side is concerned, it is impossible to send troops over......"

After guessing for a while, she still couldn't confirm it, so she had to comfort Mu Tianbo and said: "Don't worry, even if the rebels have a move, we also have a move." The emperor drove the expedition in person, which is definitely not comparable to the rebels. As long as we persevere, victory will be ours after all! ”

The most taboo thing about defending the city is that there are no reinforcements from outside, if this is the case, even if the city is strong, there will be a day when it falls. But Kunming City is different, and the largest reinforcements are coming.

Therefore, when Mu Tianbo heard this, he finally just solemnly said to Qin Liangyu: "Then please leave everything to Governor Qin!" ”

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Two days later, the rebel camp erupted in earth-shattering cheers. Mu Tianbo, who was resting in the Guogong Mansion, was frightened and hurriedly rushed to the city to watch.

As soon as he went to the city, he saw that Qin Liangyu and the others were there, so he hurriedly rushed over, and asked loudly at the same time, "Governor Qin, what happened?" ”

Qin Liangyu heard his voice, turned to look at him, his face was grim, and after the salute, Qin Liangyu pointed to Mu Tianbo outside the city and said, "Three Hongyi cannons suddenly appeared in the rebels!" ”

"Hongyi cannon?" Mu Tianbo was stunned when he heard this, this heavy artillery, there are not many in the entire Ming Dynasty. Most of them were deployed in the north to defend Liaodong and build captives. In the border land of Yunnan, there may be some Hongyi cannons!

Looking closely, I saw that at the gate of the rebel camp in the distance, surrounded by rebels, all kinds of toasts rushed to where they were. In the middle of the surrounding circle, there were indeed three cannons, although he had never seen the appearance of the Hongyi cannon, but Qin Liangyu fought in the south and the north, and he had seen a lot, so he would definitely not admit his mistake.

Thinking like this, he confirmed to Qin Liangyu with a slightly pale face: "Governor Qin, this ...... This Hongyi cannon is very powerful, and the national public means that it is as powerful as the legend? ”

Hearing his question, Wang Yangzu also looked at Qin Liangyu with a worried expression. and their personal guards, etc., also looked at Qin Liangyu.

"It's not that exaggerated!" Qin Liangyu immediately shook his head and said, "However, the Hongyi cannon is indeed a siege weapon, and the city gate cannot withstand the bombardment, so it must be sealed with soil." ”

"In fact, if the Hongyi cannon is not operated properly, it will be easy to explode, and it is not so easy to hit accurately." Ma Xianglin, who was on the side, saw that his morale was not right, and he also interjected, "Also, the Hongyi cannon can't be used for a long time, and you have to rest for a while after a few shots!" ”

When Long Zaitian heard this, he also echoed and said: "In the past, when the last general was ordered to go to the Central Plains to suppress thieves, I also saw it. Although this Hongyi cannon is powerful, it does have many shortcomings. ”

Qin Liangyu saw that Mu Tianbo's face looked a little better, so he continued to comfort: "The old body doesn't hide it from the Guogong, this Hongyi cannon is indeed useful for attacking the city. But as the old man said, as long as the city gate is blocked, there are only three Hongyi cannons, and the city wall of Kunming will not collapse. In the end, it is still people who decide the winner. With the old body and others here, the prince just waits to meet the emperor! ”

As soon as he heard the word "emperor", Mu Tianbo immediately remembered the reinforcements, and his face looked a little better, and he immediately clasped his fists and saluted Qin Liangyu and the others: "Okay, then everything is left to everyone!" ”

After Mu Tianbo left, Qin Liangyu frowned and seemed to say to himself: "Where will this rebel's Hongyi cannon come from?" ”

One thing is for sure, there is absolutely no way that the rebels will have Hongyi artillery. This situation can be corroborated by the fact that the rebels did not use Hongyi artillery to attack the city at the beginning.

Qin Liangyu took this matter to heart, and then began to deploy against the advantages and disadvantages of the Hongyi cannon.

For those who have never seen the Hongyi cannon, but have only heard of it, it seems that the Hongyi cannon is very powerful, just like Mu Tianbo; However, for those who have seen the Hongyi cannon and know the advantages and disadvantages of the Hongyi cannon, such as Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and Long Zaitian, it can only attract their attention. As for the loss of faith as a result, that is impossible.

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Outside the city, at the gate of the rebel camp, when he heard that the Hongyi cannons had arrived, Sha Dingzhou deliberately let the three Hongyi cannons be placed at the gate of the camp in public, just to let everyone see it, not only to boost their morale, but also to strike at the defenders of Kunming City.

At this time, he hugged his fists and said to the two people standing in front of the Hongyi cannon: "I really look forward to it day and night, and finally look forward to Brother Ruan, and this ......"

The one he called Ruan Brother was the rebel Nguyen Phuc Quan, and after hearing Sha Dingzhou's words, he introduced him: "This is the Franco, named Carlos, who is the best at this Hongyi cannon!" ”

This person named Carlos could hear their conversation, probably what they were saying, so he followed with a grunt, Sha Dingzhou saw it, a little curious, and asked Ruan Fuquan: "What does he mean?" ”

"He said that the reward of 100,000 taels from afar cannot be missing from them." Ruan Fuquan listened, smiled and said.

When Sha Dingzhou heard this, he couldn't help laughing, it was only 100,000 taels! As long as Kunming City is laid, the wealth accumulated by the Mu family for nearly three hundred years, not to mention 100,000 taels, is 200,000 taels, so what!

Of course, he wouldn't say this, for the reward of 100,000 taels, he agreed, and said to Ruan Fuquan boldly: "Please tell this ...... Carlos, just said that as long as he can bombard Kunming City as soon as possible, he will add 50,000 taels of hard work to them! ”

Carlos was very happy when he heard this. They came to the Far East for money!

If you come here, it will only take half a year at most, and you can get 100,000 taels for nothing, and now these Far Easterners are even willing to give an extra 50,000 taels, such a good thing, it is really worth it.

If the two armies are deadlocked and the outcome is unknown, then Carlos may not be so satisfied. However, now that this side has the advantage, as long as he operates these heavy artillery to bombard the city without the defense of the equivalent artillery, this kind of work is safe and easy, and 150,000 taels of silver is really equivalent to nothing for them.

As soon as Carlos was happy, he patted his chest and promised that he would definitely bombard Kunming City as soon as possible. His words were naturally translated aloud by Ruan Fuquan, and he was immediately greeted with bursts of applause from the toasts.

Sha Dingzhou didn't feel that his morale was almost up, so he welcomed Ruan Fuquan and the others in, and immediately threw a big banquet, as if he had won the battle, and made a fuss until the evening, and he was drunk one by one before he was happy.

Early the next morning, the rebels moved almost their entire army. As long as they are qualified, they all go to the Hongyi cannon place on the north gate to watch.

Sha Dingzhou, Wu Bikui and others were naturally here, watching Carlos and others measure the range and arrange the Hongyi cannon position, and when everything was ready, a deafening sound sounded in Kunming City.

At the same time, there was a "boom", and the smoke of gunpowder rose. Sha Dingzhou and the others opened their eyes wide and looked at it, and saw where the city gate was, and an iron bullet was hit on the arrow tower at the head of the city, and a corner was immediately blown down, and the bricks and tiles fell to the ground with a "bang", and the dust raised suddenly filled the city.

Seeing the power of the Hongyi cannon, the rebel soldiers couldn't help but cheer loudly.

Ruan Fuquan also happily introduced: "This cannon has a doorway, which is called a test cannon. Then, these Franc manifolds will adjust the muzzle of the cannon, and they will definitely be able to hit the city gate next! ”

"Okay!" When Sha Dingzhou heard this, he immediately said happily, "As long as we break through the city gate, we are ten times as many as the officials and soldiers in the city, and this Kunming City will definitely be able to be captured!" ”

Wu Bikui was a little disappointed when he heard this, so that most of the credit for Kunming's contribution was his Sha Dingzhou. Thinking like this, he began to sum up in his heart, should he also have more contact with his allies?

While he was thinking this, he heard another "boom" on the ground. Almost in the blink of an eye, an iron bullet was seen smashed into the city gate.

When Sha Dingzhou and the others saw it, they even forgot their identities for a while, and immediately said happily: "Hit, hit, such a big power, the city gate must be broken!" ”

However, they overjoyed themselves, and when the dust cleared, they saw that the gate had indeed been smashed into a hole, but the dirt behind the gate was tightly blocked, which meant that the gate was not the same or not.

At this moment, everyone looked at each other. They didn't expect that the officers and soldiers in the city would simply block the city gates!

Even Carlos was stunned, originally thinking that it would take more effort to work an easy job, and immediately he chattered for a while, and then began to get busy again.

Ruan Fuquan, who was on the side, heard this, and said to Sha Dingzhou and the others: "He said that it was useless to smash the city gate, so he was ready to bombard a corner of the city wall, and the city wall collapsed. ”

Hearing this, Sha Dingzhou and the others regained their optimism. As long as you can knock down the walls, that's good.

However, they did not expect that after a busy day outside the city, the bombardment stopped, and finally blew off a gap in the city wall, but it was immediately filled with soil in sacks by the officials and soldiers in the city, and it was immediately re-built.

This time, even Carlos is not optimistic. He immediately said to Ruan Fuquan: "I didn't expect that in such a remote place, there are still people who know how to defend against artillery bombardment, this matter is a bit difficult to do!" ”

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