Chapter 60: Decisive Battle Eight

Gao Gao, a rare sect leader on weekdays, moved back to the barracks to live with great fanfare, and immediately became a topic of conversation for the rebel soldiers after the battle. What a kindness it must be for the Sect Master to come back and share the weal and woe with everyone.

In this regard, even Cai Wenyuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up, the sect leader's trick of buying people's hearts has really reached a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, just simply moving back to the barracks to live, it can make the soldiers use their lives.

On that day, when it was close to noon, with a burst of gold, the rebels who were originally attacking the city as usual immediately began to retreat, and the corpses under the city did not have time to be retracted.

"What's going on?" Yu Jiao, who supervised the battle at the head of the city, couldn't help but wonder a little, this is not like the style of the rebels playing with their lives, why did they retreat at noon?

Seeing the chaotic formation of the rebels, Chen Hu beside him guessed: "My lord, could it be that the rebels have suffered heavy casualties for several days in a row, and they can't stand it and want to withdraw their troops." ”

Yu Jiao nodded slightly, Xiaohu's words made some sense. In just a few days, the rebels have suffered at least 20,000 casualties, but such a heavy price has not been able to shake the city of Nanjing, and it will be unbearable for anyone to rest.

"Xiaohu, quickly report this matter to Lord Shen, everything is at his command." Yu Jiao instructed that if the rebels really wanted to withdraw their troops, then Lord Shen's plan would have to be carried out in advance.

At this moment, although Shen Chongming, who was hiding in the yamen, had not slept all night, he still did not feel sleepy at all. Zhao Ziqian's attitude towards herself last night once made Shen Chongming wonder if it was worth it for so many years of hard work, and this time he risked losing this little life and leaving the three wives in the family to be widowed.

Sighing, Shen Chongming couldn't help but shake his head, the woman's heart was needled, she really couldn't think of what the reason for this, when she thought of the surprise in her eyes when she first saw her, all her doubts began to waver again.

"My lord, General Chen Hu asked to see him, saying that he had something important to report." Just as Shen Chongming kept complaining to himself, a guard walked in lightly and bowed down and said.

"Let him in." Saying that, Shen Chongming hurriedly cleaned up his mood, but he couldn't be seen by his subordinates that he looked so depressed.

"The last general, Chen Hu, meets your lord." Chen Hu gave a salute, and said hurriedly without waiting for Shen Chongming to speak: "My lord, the rebels attacking the city outside the city suddenly withdrew their troops, and Lord Yu suspected that the rebels had suffered heavy casualties and intended to retreat. ”

"The rebels retreat?" Shen Chongming frowned, but it was a strange thing. With their own deliberate connivance, the rebels' siege of the city has been going smoothly in the past few days, and they are all eager to attack the city day and night.

After thinking about it carefully, Shen Chongming felt that Yu Jiao's suspicions were somewhat reasonable, could it be that he took people outside the city last night and scared the courage of the bandit leader Zhao Wenyi, maybe because of such an incident, he thought that he had dug a big pit for him this time, so he waited for the time to fill in the soil and bury it.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, Shen Chongming immediately got up and said, "Let's go, follow this official to the city to have a look." ”

"Strategist, give the order to open fire." Looking at the towering city walls that had been stained dark red with blood in the past few days, Zhao Wenyi commanded expressionlessly. Do your best to fight, if there is no new progress, then you can only accept fate.

Cai Wenyuan nodded helplessly, and passed down this order with some reluctance. The sect leader insisted on using those more than 30 artillery pieces today, but his several attempts to dissuade him had no effect, and now he could only obey his orders.

"Artillery?!" Yu Jiao, who had been closely watching the movements of the rebels outside the city, couldn't help but exclaim when he looked at the big guy with smoke in his clairvoyance. Obediently, I didn't expect the rebels to have such a big guy in their hands.

"Quick, inform the Shenji Battalion, just say that the rebels have artillery, and ask them how sure they are that they can knock these things down." Yu Jiao turned back to the guards and ordered, It's been a long time, why haven't I seen Lord Shen here.

Suddenly hearing that the rebels had artillery, the Shenji battalion, which had already placed all the Franco cannons they had brought, immediately panicked. Now dozens of artillery pieces are placed under the city, and if you want to shoot the shells outside the city, you can only raise the elevation angle, but the distance is not too far at all

Although this Franc cannon is not very heavy, but each one has nearly a thousand catties, and if you want to toss this thing to the city wall as high as seven or eight zhang, it is not at all something that can be done in one hour or two hours.

"Ignition!" With Cai Wenyuan's loud shout, the gunners holding torches immediately stretched out the torches in their hands to the more than 30 guns lined up, the fuse sneered and sparked, Cai Wenyuan couldn't help but reach out and cover his ears, it is said that the movement of this thing is not small.

Unlike him, dozens of gunners had a calm face, and only then did they crouch down and cover their ears when they saw that the exposed fuse had burned out.

These people are not simple, the leader is named Zhou Sen, and it is said that Cai Wenyuan spent a lot of money to invite a master some time ago. It's just that the specific way to come from, except for Cai Wenyuan, others don't know it clearly. However, one thing is certain, this person is indeed a capable person, and with the strength of one person, he has trained a team of gunners of these dozens of people in less than two months.

The roar of artillery fire sounded one after another, and in the billowing smoke, Cai Wenyuan got up from the ground in a mess, looked around, but found that the war horse that was originally under his crotch had already run a hundred steps away.

"Livestock!" Cursing in a low voice, Cai Wenyuan quietly looked at the guards nearby, only to see that they couldn't even open their eyes with their gray faces, and it was impossible to notice their embarrassment.

Quietly relieved, Cai Wenyuan stood on tiptoe and looked at the situation at the head of the city. It doesn't matter if you look at it, you almost dropped your chin, and there was a sea of fire!

"Brother Zhou, Gao!" After a long time, Cai Wenyuan ran to Zhou Sen, who personally commanded the gunners this time, and gave a thumbs up and praised.

Zhou Sen, who was originally expressionless, smiled indifferently when he heard this, bowed down and said: "The military advisor has won the award, thanks to your high opinion, my subordinates are afraid that they will not do well and disappoint you." ”

This week, Sen's nationality is unknown, and his appearance does not look like Pan An, and he looks like Song Yu, so he can't see anything strange at all. So except for Cai Wenyuan, who knew something about him, the rest of the rebels didn't know anything about him at all.

But if this name is spread to the city, there will definitely be many generals of the Shenji Battalion who will recognize him, especially Brother Erdan. Isn't this the bastard bastard who united with Eunuch Ji to frame adults in the Shenji Camp back then?

This Zhou Sen is the other Zhou Sen! It's just that after that incident, Zhou Sen, who was expelled from the Shenji Battalion, changed his name and surname, and then mixed into the craftsman supervisor and took a job. With seven or eight years of experience in the Shenji Battalion, this guy is also well-known for his familiarity with artillery, and once became a master of building artillery, and he also knows the performance of artillery.

It's just that he is in the craftsman's prison, no matter how skilled he is, he can never get rid of the humble identity of the craftsman, which is absolutely impossible for Zhou Sen, whose nature has not changed for many years. By chance, Cai Wenyuan contacted him around the corner, and Zhou Sen resolutely joined the rebels without hesitation. Isn't personal future won in the game again and again?

"Hehe, Brother Zhou is too modest, then in your opinion, can our artillery fire suppress the Shenji Battalion in the city?" Cai Wenyuan asked with a smile, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

This is also the main reason why he has always been afraid to use these artillery pieces easily, for fear that this gunner team, which has been trained for less than two months, will not be able to defeat the Shenji Battalion in the city.

Zhou Sen smiled, glanced at the apprentices who were adding gunpowder to the barrel in an orderly manner, and turned back and said: "Please rest assured, according to the observation of his subordinates in the past few days, there should only be one kind of artillery used by the Shenji Battalion in the city. Although our more than 30 artillery pieces seem to be clumsy and heavy, and they are old, they are not much worse than the Franc cannons of the Shenji Battalion in terms of range. ”

Hearing this, Cai Wenyuan was full of smoke, isn't there still a gap, it's really terrible.

"But don't worry, the place chosen by the subordinates is a dead end for the city, and if they want to use artillery against us, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky!" A rare look of pride appeared on Zhou Sen's face, Shenji Battalion, this time I want you to see how powerful I am Zhou Sen, and the shame of the year will be returned to you as it is!

"Dead end?" Cai Wenyuan couldn't help frowning, although he was not very proficient in tactics, but the officials and soldiers were condescending, how could they find a dead end in front of them?

Looking at Cai Wenyuan's expression, Zhou Sen didn't need to guess to know what kind of doubts he had in his heart, and explained with a smile: "Military Division, the terrain of the city is limited, and from the experience of his subordinates, their artillery can't be used to deal with us. ”

Looking at Zhou Sen's confident look, Cai Wenyuan couldn't help but nodded, the master of the craftsman is the master of the supervising gun, it seems that he is worthy of his reputation.

"My lord, the rebels' artillery is on good accuracy, and most of it has been smashed on the top of the city. It's dangerous here, so you might as well take shelter in the city. Seeing Shen Chongming's footsteps hurriedly go up to the city, Yu Jiao, who was busy directing the soldiers to put out the fire, was about to send him down the city as he spoke.

"Don't worry, let the official take a look first." Shen Chongming was surprised, such a powerful target, if it weren't blind, it would be possible that there were still artillery masters among the rebels.

At this moment, the general of the Shenji Battalion, who had already learned the enemy's situation, hurriedly ran over. "Grandpa, the rebel artillery is very orderly, even if we transport the artillery to the city, we are helpless against them."

Seeing Shen Chongming's puzzled face, the general hurriedly explained the reason in detail, and said: "Although we can do our best, but if this cannon goes down, our artillery will have to fall off the city." ”

These words made Shen Chongming interested, and regardless of the dissuasion of the generals, he walked to the wall battlement with clairvoyance and observed. Let's see, what is so powerful about the formation arranged by this master that it can make the people in the Shenji Camp feel tricky.

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