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The earth is trembling, as if the sky is burning, everything in front of you is rushing, and the dull roar makes people's eardrums 'want to break'. People couldn't breathe, and the boiling Lijiabao was floating in an instant, as if floating in the smoke, which was very unreal.

When a gust of wind blows, people's eyes can't be opened, what is going on? It was Emperor Guan who was furious, and a huge roar came from the soles of his feet. Lijiabao is like a wild horse galloping, the mountains are roaring with a tsunami, and the overwhelming air is raising thousands of layers of dust.

Before anyone could recover their strength, three blue 'colored' signal flares in the sky emitted a strange roar and 'shot' into the sky above Lijiabao.

Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The thunderous cannonballs had pierced the sky, the rushing smoke blinded people's eyes, and the sky above Lijiabao was filled with gunsmoke.

Xun Xi held the telescope motionless, if it was said that Xun Xi was usually a cannon barrel, now he has completely changed his appearance and learned the depth of Li Guolou. There was no expression of joy and sorrow, and he stood majestically in the artillery position, and there was smoke in front of him.

The observer on the command tower reluctantly put down the two flags in his hand. He couldn't give direction to the artillery, the smoke was too big.

Did the Lijiabao wall collapse? The commander of the Qing army waited anxiously, but he couldn't see clearly, dozens of shells flew sideways in each round, making people applaud, and the clouds of smoke in his sight, with blood and 'flesh', blew the enemy into pieces. The probability of survival of those hiding in the city is too low. The towers on the top of the city have disappeared, and in the dust, the cannonballs whistling by, pouring down wave after wave of cannon rain on Lijiabao.

"Good! Fuck it! The soldiers who were hiding in the forward position finally saw the city wall of Lijiabao clearly, a large section of the collapsed city wall has become a slope, and the houses and buildings in Lijiabao city are still faintly visible.

On the battlefield, Xu Zhanbiao couldn't help boasting: "Lord Li, my sappers are still powerful, and artillery is the icing on the cake." ”

Li Guolou also saw the power of Nobel's new explosives for the first time, and he did not independently develop them, but bought the patent rights of the new explosives from Nobel through his intermediary, the French minister Wittoma. The kind of self-reliance and arduous innovation requires countless 'fine' efforts and manpower, and even the precious lives of scientific researchers.

The Qing people were opportunistic and refused to pay royalties. And he is different, accepting new ideas from the West and paying inventors, although he is not recognized by the Chinese people, and there is no return, no one says that he has done good things for the Qing Dynasty.

On the contrary, some people think that he 'spent' 280,000 silver and bought back a few notes, which is really more than worth the loss. It was believed that the Qing Arsenal would make explosives, and Nobel's new explosives were of little use.

Thinking of the hardships and helplessness of the reform of the Qing Dynasty, Li Guolou felt sour, and replied dryly: "Vice Marshal Xu, the loess explosives you used, but the ones I brought are much more powerful than the black 'color' explosives, and knowledge is combat effectiveness." ”

"Oh! Is it? I think it's almost the same, and next time the two city 'gates' will be compared with two kinds of explosives. Xu Zhanbiao refused to give in, and hoped that Li Guolou's support for the Northwest Army would continue to flow. He suffered from the lack of power of the explosives, and many times a castle had to dig tunnels several times and blast them continuously, which was caused by the lack of power of the explosives.

Li Guolou glared viciously and said, "Vice Marshal Xu, if it weren't for my support, you would have died tens of thousands more." I have all my support for you, and you deserve to be a baron. ”

Hearing that Li Guolou accidentally 'exposed' and 'darkened' his heart, Xu Zhanbiao laughed twice, just this bit of morality, young people are insatiable, and the purpose of coming to the northwest is finally exposed.

The speed of Li Guolou's promotion has violated the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, and the official assessment is a round of three years, with a total of 18 grades, and according to the normal promotion speed, it will be promoted to one level in three years at the earliest. But who called him favored? What awaits him is four levels in a row and a knighthood. Seeing the power of loess explosives, he was even more mad, and he had never felt a sense of accomplishment, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, revealing the ambition of young people.

The civil officials were superior and reserved, and Li Guolou was a little carried away at that moment, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, kept solemn and held a telescope, watching the dust 'swinging' over Lijiabao.

The sharp roar was endless, and many people couldn't help but cover their ears. The yellow earth under your feet is trembling, and you can only feel the meaning of life when you are there.

The Hui army hid in the corner of the city, at a loss, and the shells exploded around them, trying to counterattack but unable to see the enemy. But seeing large sections of the collapsed city wall is terrifying. The defenders and artillery of a large section of the plot have disappeared, and I keep asking what to do next. What about the commander? What about the cannons? What about comrades-in-arms? The Hui army, which had been bombarded by artillery and was not organized, was on the verge of despair.

Bang! The head rolled to his feet out of nowhere.

"Smack!" I don't know whose hand hit me in the face.

"Huh!" How the ears bleed.

"Ahh My feet are gone.

Shrapnel flew everywhere, the Hui troops buried in the rubble were wailing, no one came to save them, and no one was running on the city walls.

Cao Kezhong was uninhibited and uninhibited, and he was happy all night, but before he got out of bed, he was frightened by the deafening shelling. He came to the courtyard with his pants and shouted, "Assemble, assemble!" Emergency gathering. ”

The soldiers of the pro-barracks under his command jumped out from everywhere, and they lined up in disheveled clothes. I hate that the Qing army doesn't pick a good time to fight, and the genius is 'Meng' and 'Meng' bright, so that no one can live.

Cao Kezhong was tidying up his clothes and waiting for a herald to report the battle situation to him, but no one came in outside the compound. The panicked appearance of his subordinates made him look hateful, and he scolded and said, "What are you panicking about? Just scaresome shelling. Lao Tzu has seen a lot, and when the cannon chamber is hot, the cannon full of dogs will stop. Tao Maolin, you take a team to the west of the city, and I go to the east of the city. Why didn't Zhang Hua send a herald? ”

Zhang Hua was on duty in the east of the city yesterday, and he should report to him in case of emergency, so Cao Kezhong looked at the big 'gate' of the courtyard with some dissatisfaction.

A puff of smoke filled the mouth of the city 'gate', Tao Maolin waved his hand anxiously, and shouted: "The first whistle, the second whistle follow me." ”

Cao Kezhong and Tao Maolin each led more than 200 personal soldiers, went separately, and went straight to the city in the smoke of gunpowder.

The streets of Lijiabao were all soldiers, old and young with big swords and spears, all running to the head of the city, and the 'female' who was still making love in the bed just now also carried a spear to the battlefield. Many of these 'women', as well as civilians, were taken captive, but people always bow to reality, and now they have all joined the Hui Army, dedicating their lives for a noble cause.

This war is no longer a war between two armies, the Hui people are the general mobilization of the whole family, even the elderly, women, and children. Many old, weak, sick and disabled people who have no power to tie the power of 'chickens' have committed suicide one after another, just not to drag down their families, and they already feel that there is no hope in life. The people in the old base areas of the Hui people have long been brainwashed, and in their eyes, the Qing army is a demon.

The war is so cruel and ruthless, it was supposed to be a war between two armies, and it evolved into a war for all the people, which is also one of the reasons why the Qing army will brutally kill, the Qing soldiers have a precedent of being killed by civilians and even 'women' and children, and the so-called guerrilla tactics will produce the evil result of slaughtering civilians. How can you tell the difference between enemy soldiers and civilians? A nation that kills people with knives even children has left the trajectory of war and turned into a massacre. The essence of war is to kill people, and the two sides have long been inseparable, and it is a fantasy to find the righteous side from the killing.

Lijiabao is a large fortress with a population of more than 7,000 people, and more than half of the population has become warriors. Originally, they worked together to defend the Qing army, but they still had illusions, thinking that they could resist the invasion of the Qing army by defending their hometown with their concerted efforts. But the loud rumbling noise in the early morning frightened them, and the tall city wall collapsed in an instant, and hundreds of cannonballs poured down. The entrance of the city's 'gate' became the hardest hit area, and even the urn city fell with a bang.

The originally organized and continuous team collapsed all of a sudden, especially the "women" and "women" organizations, and those "women" and "women" who boiled water and cooked were so frightened that they crawled and fled home. Some are still struggling to hold on, some are missing, some are wailing, and smoke is billowing from the gates of the city.

Cao Kezhong took the soldiers of the pro-military camp to the 'gate' of the east city, and knew that it was over, and even the urn city had become a ruin, and asked the living guards, Zhang Hua was nowhere to be seen, and he was afraid that there were no bones. The walls that had been held on were torn apart like rubble.

What to do? What to do? Cao Kezhong was still thinking about the second set of battle plans in his mind, the shelling stopped instantly, and just as he wanted to speak, the horn of the charge horn sounded, and the siege of the Qing army began.

Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The stopped cannon sound sounded again, and the artillery of the Qing army extended into the city, and the air was 'chaotic', blowing down the houses of the residents, and many wooden houses began to burn.

Cao Kezhong wanted to command the battle, but when he looked around, the Hui soldiers were fighting separately, and they had already climbed up to the ruined city and shot at the advancing Qing army. Cao Kezhong was quite 'agitated', with such a brave warrior, the dilapidated Lijiabao could also withstand the siege of the Qing army.

Rumble!

A cannonball hit a Hui soldier who shot at the head of the city, turning this brave Hui soldier into cannon fodder in an instant. The Daqing howitzer group began to move forward, dragging it from a distance of 1,000 meters to a distance of 900 meters, and it was still moving forward, and it was much closer, and it was already 800 meters away from the city gate.

The small copper cannon followed the charging troops to advance together, and the cannon fingers hit wherever they wanted, and the power of a 'door' and 'door' copper cannon was huge, and the power of the explosion made it a dead place within ten meters. The Hui army, who hid in the city and opened fire, as long as he 'exposed' his head, there would be shells 'shooting' at him later.

Rumble!

The cannonballs fell impartially on the wall of the city, where the two Hui soldiers were reloading, and the two of them looked at each other, saying goodbye to their comrades, goodbye to heaven.

Rumble! Rumble!

The Qing artillery searched for the target's 'shooting' attack, and each 'door' copper cannon played its greatest function. The Bronze Cannon is a front-loading cannon, the gunner measures the distance with one thumb, and there is a screw wrench on the gun carriage to adjust the distance and angle, and then ignite the fuse and fire the cannon. They all crouched on the ground to reduce the target, and there were infantry soldiers standing beside them, one was to search for the target, they could also guide the artillery in the direction of the 'fire', and the other was to block the artillery bullets.

At this time, artillery was favored in every way, and an artillery soldier was worth more than a sentry. The battalion officers and sentry officers of the Qing soldiers will also climb the city as daredevils, but they will never use artillery to make unnecessary sacrifices. Even if the charge is charged, there is an infantry 'door' to protect the safety of the artillery, and if the infantry standing next to the artillery falls to the ground, another infantry will immediately take over.

The Qing army was platoon guns 'shooting', holding 'Mao' guns high and 'shooting' at the city. More than a dozen Qing soldiers pushing the ladder hid under the wet quilt and rushed in the rain of guns and bullets!

The slope in front of him was splashed with water in many places, and with some coagulated blood, it shone with a cold and slippery light, and it was obviously not easy to climb the slope.

In front of you is a low wall, the low wall is actually not high, only about the mouth of the person's chest, but it is rammed very strong, there is a slope in front of the low wall, counting the slope, the wall is actually as high as two zhang. Before this low wall, there are three ditches, the first two ditches are fine, although the width is half a zhang, the depth is half a zhang, the following is also full of sharp wooden thorns, the key is the third ditch, deep up to one zhang, wide up to one zhang, full of spikes not to mention, the front of the trench is also all layers of rejection horses, sharp wooden piles, this is the biggest difficulty to overcome before climbing the city wall.

In front of this piece of rubble, the Qing army built a fortification, and directly competed with the Hui army at the head of the city.

Now the low wall has been bombarded in pieces, but it is still seriously hindering the advance of the Qing army, behind the Qing army appeared a large number of sandbags carrying sandbags, there are two or three thousand people, they use bags of sandbags to build a road, and even build simple fortifications.

Soon the front-line commander of the Tu Si Peng Ding Yue and? Soldier Z Tusi Mo Baoguo had already arrived here to command the battle, and the simple fortifications surrounded by sandbags just covered their figures.