"The artillery is loaded with solid shells first, wait until the enemy approaches, and watch me fire the cannon," on the city tower, the general of the city guard ordered loudly, "Attention, damn it, that means you, pay attention to me, don't load so much gunpowder, if the barrel of the cannon blows up and delays the fighter, Lao Tzu will throw you down from the city tower,"

"The archers are ready for me, everyone brings more arrows, if you can take a few pots, get me a few pots, this arrow is not something you use to scare people on weekdays, but it is the same as the arrows used by the border army in northern Xinjiang to prevent the Tartars, it is very heavy, the boys have to give Lao Tzu enough strength, give me all the strength of his mother's playing girls, I don't blame you for not shooting, if I see that person shot but didn't shoot dead, then wait for Lao Tzu's fists and feet to serve,"

The Ming Dynasty is so strange, for the north, those who have to confront the Tartars all day long, is there still a place where there will be war, the swords and arrows used by the soldiers are all of the highest quality, although not like the royal forest army in the capital, the armor used is the best, but it is not bad, at least the swords and arrows hit the enemy, it is either dead or wounded.

And the land south of the Ming River is another scene, here is very calm all the year round, the most every year is the harassment of the Japanese Bandits, so the weapons used by the officers and soldiers here, especially the bows and arrows, are particularly imaginary, light and fluttering, in addition to being able to threaten and threaten people, nothing else is at all, something has happened before, the Japanese harassment of the people along the coast, was bumped into by the patrol, and shot at them with arrows, and the arrows hit them, But even the cloth clothes worn by the Japanese fell to the ground without penetrating them.

This situation was particularly serious before, especially during the Zhengde period, until Qi Jiguang was in charge of the southeast coastal defense, and made many achievements before it improved, many cities that were unwilling to leave the East China Sea were equipped with a large number of such solid iron-headed arrows, which were much heavier than those things that scared people, but on weekdays, the soldiers patrolling outside were still those light things, and they would not use this kind of thing that could kill people, but now, when life is on the horizon, if this is not taken out, Then it's really hopeless.

Zhang Fan was on the city tower, sitting there and watching all this in front of him without saying a word.

"My lord, in my humble opinion, did my lord go down to the city tower," Liang Chao said to Zhang Fan, "After all, this city tower is too dangerous, and when it starts, the sword has no eyes, if the adult has any damage......

"Do you think I don't know," Zhang Fan glanced at him and said, "No one would want to be in this kind of place, I also want to go down, but if I leave now, what will these soldiers who defend the city think when they see it, even the commander is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can they have the reason to fight to the death?"

"This ......" Liang Chao listened to Zhang Fan's words, and was speechless for a while, Zhang Fan did not prevaricate him with any careless words, but said the actual problem, yes, if the commander of an army fled the front line during the war because he was afraid of death, only those soldiers were left to fight, and it is estimated that no one would be able to fight bravely.

"But my lord, if it is ......" Liang Chao hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "Please forgive me for my humble duties, in case the adults have any damage, let these soldiers in the city see it, wouldn't it make them even more demoralized,"

"That's why I want you to stay by my side," Zhang Fan said, "I don't think I'm a martial artist, but now I'm a general, and I'm ready to be ordered at any time, but I can't lead the army to kill the enemy, and that's all I can do now,"

"Do you want to protect your lords," Liang Chao asked.

"Yes, I mean that," Zhang Fan said, "but I have other requirements, if I am really unfortunate enough to be hit by the loss, you must immediately help me block the wound, don't let these soldiers in the city see it, if I am really unlucky to the extreme, die on this chair, you must also immediately hold me up, don't let me fall, and...... Gotta keep my eyes open,"

"My lord," Liang Chao heard Zhang Fan's words, and immediately shouted in a low voice, "The lowly position will definitely not let the adult have such a thing, and the lowly position will definitely protect the adult,"

Zhang Fan saw Liang Chao's resolute look, and his mouth, which he was going to say something, also closed his mouth, looked at Liang Chao and nodded.

The beacon tower on the upper floor of Yangzhou City has already been lit, and the wolf smoke is billowing out, although it is clear that no one will come to the rescue, but it is still constantly burning, as if it is heralding something.

Suddenly, the war drums on the city tower were beaten, and the war drums sounded, which not only boosted morale, but also showed that the enemy army was about to arrive, and when they heard the drums, the soldiers on the city tower who were already looking at the situation in front were still nervous for a while, and Zhang Fan also stood up and looked ahead.

Sure enough, as previously suspected, the Fusang army did not rush directly to attack the city, they stopped outside the range of artillery, and then divided half of the men and horses to march directly towards the east gate of Yangzhou City, obviously preparing to attack two cities at the same time.

Half an hour later, someone immediately reported that there were about 4,000 Fusang soldiers at the east and south gates, and 1,000 at the west and north gates.

"My lord, it seems that this time, these Fusang people are obviously prepared, and they don't even give the people in the city a chance to escape," Wang Meng said angrily after hearing this.

"What is the situation of the people in the city?" asked Zhang Fan.

"My lord, the people in the city also know that the enemy is outside the city now, and they are also very nervous," Li Yang came over to report, "and this time, they did not block the two gates in the northwest, waiting to escape from the city,"

"Since the people refused to flee, and now that the four city gates were guarded by enemy troops, it was even more important to defend the city," Zhang said.

The drums continued, and the Fuso army outside the city moved again, and the enemy troops on the southeast side, with the vanguard on foot, had begun to move towards the city gate.

The nervous mood suddenly filled the entire city tower, whether it was Zhang Fan and the others, or those sergeants who were guarding the side of the artillery, holding torches and ready to fire the cannon, they were all nervous.

Gradually, the Fusang army got closer and closer to the range of the artillery on the castle tower, and finally, the drum sounded, and the momentary silence on the castle tower was disturbing, and then, the herald on the Chen tower sounded a banner, and the roar and roar of the artillery also sounded.

The deafening sound of artillery firing, accompanied by the sound of shells flying through the air, was particularly piercing at this moment, and the Fusang soldiers who were marching to this side under the city heard the cannon sound, and they did not maintain that neat formation, and rushed towards the city gate with their swords.

Zhang Fan on the city tower could see that the cannonballs fell in the enemy's formation, relying on the weight of the cannonballs and the huge inertia, after killing a few people on the ground, he continued to roll forward, all the way can be said to be a river of blood, the broken limbs of the wall were red with blood, but the surrounding Fusang soldiers did not seem to be affected by this bloody scene at all, their footsteps did not stop at all, and they continued to run forward with the sword in their hands.

"Hurry, hurry up, reload Lao Tzu," the city tower once again remembered the roar of the defending general, "Damn, you can't go crazy, hurry up and load the gunpowder, and be stunned there and not moving,"

Gradually, the Fuso army was getting closer and closer, and the people on the castle tower could clearly see that there were people in the enemy camp dragging the long ladders used for the siege.

"Knock those ladders off for me," the growl sounded again.

The four artillery pieces on the two towers in the southeast of Yangzhou City began to bombard one after another, although the range of the artillery is long, but because the killing of the flowering shell is large, but the range is too close, the solid bullet only relies on the weight and inertia of the shell itself to kill the enemy, although the artillery is indestructible, but in the face of the swarming enemy, and did not cause them much damage.

The enemy had run out of range of solid bullets, and few of the long ladders had not been destroyed, most of them were still intact.

"Archer," the general's roar remembered again, "the artillery is still a flowering shell, hurry up and clear the barrel," although the roar showed the anxious heart of its master, but these words were orderly, so that the soldiers guarding the city on the tower could carry them out clearly.

"Shoot the arrows,"

At the sound of an order, the city tower immediately shot arrows, many people are the first time to use this kind of arrows that are much heavier than the original ones they used, very unaccustomed, some because of insufficient force and can not shoot the enemy, some because of too much force, floated to the sky, but those who shot the soldiers can clearly find that their own arrows with great lethality, simply ignore the enemy's light armor, one arrow killed.

Seeing this, the archers immediately became more confident, and they shot their arrows with more force, and their accuracy seemed to have improved a lot.

At this time, the sound of artillery rang out again, and the shells did not fly far away, but when they fell in the enemy formation, there was another explosion, and as the shrapnel flew in all directions, a large number of Fusang soldiers around them died instantly.

In the city, although the archers were still shooting arrows and the artillery was constantly firing, there were less than 200 archers, and there were only four cannons, and the Japanese invaders under the city were 8,000 people, and each of them was not afraid of death.

Gradually, the Fusang soldiers who were left at the forefront had arrived at the city of Yangzhou.

"The archers and gunners continue to shoot at me, and the axemen in the back step forward, ready to meet the enemy," the general's voice roared again.

Two hundred heavily armoured soldiers armed with swords and axes walked up to the tower and stood at the edge of the tower, ready to meet the enemy who was about to appear on the tower.

"It's started," Zhang Fan couldn't help but say in his heart when he saw this scene,