Chapter Ninety-Four: The Offensive and Defensive Battle of Changsha V

In order to avoid long nights and dreams.

Under Zhang Xuan's order, it was ready in just one day and night.

This is also because this tunnel is so spacious that even horse-drawn carriages can pass. The gunpowder can only enter the depths of the tunnel through the carriage, and the only thing to be careful about is that it seems to be in disrepair, several ventilation holes have been blocked, and there are few people, and when there are too many people, some people can't breathe.

However, these are all minor problems, with Hu Quede, a veteran of the tomb, things underground are not difficult for them at all.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan still urged all parties to step up their attacks. The artillery fire continued, and in some places the walls had even knocked down the bricks.

Since the rammed earth wall is newly built, the rammed earth wall is not too strong, and if it is a long time, the rammed earth wall is even stronger than the ordinary masonry wall. Many rammed earth walls can also be used as fortifications to resist Japanese artillery fire during the Anti-Japanese War.

But the new ones are not so hard.

When a layer of bricks is beaten to a pulp, the rate of damage to the city wall is greatly accelerated after the rammed earth is exposed.

Almost as soon as the cannon went down, large swaths of rammed earth fell off. In just one day's work, a large area of empty soil was left on the ground, almost accumulating into a small slope.

Even if the city of Changsha is repaired day by day, the city wall cannot be repaired. The houses could only be demolished behind the city walls and a second layer of fortifications was built. That is, from top to bottom, almost everyone in Changsha City already knows that it is a matter of time before the city is blasted open.

They didn't expect it, though. The first thing that Changsha City was breached was not the city walls, but the place where they thought the city walls were the strongest, that is, where Tianxin Pavilion was located.

Zhang Xuan looked at Changsha City and Tianxin Pavilion from afar.

Tianxin Pavilion as the highest place in Changsha City, Zhang Xuan looked at the city from his place, only to see the city walls on both sides, as if two dragons were teaching here, the Tianxin Pavilion city tower is three stories high, just look at the city tower here, it is much higher than the city wall of Kaifeng City.

Moreover, although Zhang Xuan had never entered Changsha City, he also knew from listening to various information that Tianxin Pavilion was not just an attic at the bend of the city wall. But there is also a very complex structure behind the corner of the city wall, and even Zhang Xuan suspects the existence of a secret door here.

After all, there are tunnels here, and it is natural to have one more secret door.

It's just that after today, this Tianxin Pavilion is estimated to not exist.

A torch ignites a fuse-cable on the ground. The sound of burning spread into the tunnels, and thousands of soldiers hid in the camp with bated breath, waiting for the sound of explosions to come.

In Zhang Xuan's arrangement, bombarding the city wall and filling in the trenches are all these things

Except for some of the gunners who are veterans, most of the rest of the soldiers are surrendered. And Zhang Xuan's old department is in the process of repairing, firstly, because in the last war, as the main force, they killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800, and there will always be some losses. You have to cultivate well.

Second, it is to recuperate and wait for the time when the city is broken.

And at this moment, Zhang Xuan was transferred to one of his old departments, Wang Jincai's department.

It's just a fight that waits for a while.

Time seemed to slow down all of a sudden, and after the fuse-rope entered the ground, Zhang Xuan felt that the air seemed to be condensed. Everything stood still.

In the midst of this death-like silence, an earth-shattering roar suddenly erupted.

Zhang Xuan couldn't tell whether he saw the explosion first, heard the explosion first, or came together.

I saw that in the southeast corner of Changsha City, the ground rushed out to the sky, and for a while the smoke was filled, and the roaring sound was better than the thunder that rushed straight into Zhang Xuan's ears, and the ground trembled with it, Zhang Xuan seemed to feel that the earth was a huge beast, and he was hurt by the sound of the explosion just now, and he couldn't help but shake it slightly, to ask for pain.

After the smoke cleared, Zhang Xuan looked over with a clairvoyant mirror, and the expression on his face couldn't help but froze.

It seems that the city wall is intact, as Wu Quede said, the explosion point is not directly below the city wall, but a little outward, so the impact of the explosion seems to be concentrated in the land outside the city wall, almost blasting out a big crater outside the city wall.

If it weren't for the fact that the moat was intercepted upstream, and there was no water flowing now, it is estimated that the water from the moat would have filled this large pit into a pond.

It looks good, too.

But that's not what I wanted.

Yue Qijie is on Tianxin Pavilion.

Of course, in the First World War, Yue Qijie's department collapsed, and he bears indelible responsibility. But so what, and how many people in Changsha City can use it now? Although Yue Qijie is a little old and mediocre, no matter what, he is close to Ma Shiying, and he can be regarded as having some experience and ability.

In the arrangement, let Yue Qijie be in charge of the southeast corner.

Zhang Xuan was far away, and he could feel the earth-shattering explosion, not to mention Yue Qijie.

Yue Qijie almost moved the whole world to move, the buzzing sound lingered in his ears, his chest seemed to be squeezed by something, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, in Tianxin Pavilion, there are many such soldiers.

Fortunately, Yue Qijie did not go to the city, so he just spit blood.

The soldiers who were really on duty above the city did not end up very well, and some of them were not injured at all, so they fell to the ground and died. Many were overturned by the sudden blast of the explosion.

Either it's fine

, something is an internal injury, it looks like nothing, but in fact, the internal organs have been damaged.

However, no matter how you say it, the power of black powder still has limitations, so there are not too many people who are really shocked to death.

Just when the soldiers of Tianxin Pavilion led by Yue Qijie were celebrating the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, they realized that they were a little too happy to be happy.

Although the explosion site was not directly below the city wall, it still smashed a big hole under the southeast corner of the Changsha city wall, that is, a considerable section of the face of Tianxin was already suspended. Moreover, in the explosion, the Changsha city wall was also greatly damaged.

Visible cracks spread all over the city walls, and in some places, even a hand could reach into them.

It seemed to take a slight delay in reacting, and a piece of masonry fell from the city wall, making a start, and then it was like an avalanche, and countless pieces of rammed earth fell from the city wall like flowing water.

A puff of smoke and dust kicked up and almost covered everyone's eyes.

Zhang Xuan originally thought that this collapse had failed. Just like when Li Zicheng collapsed and opened the city, he was comforting himself, anyway, he didn't spend much effort, just spent some gunpowder. In the blink of an eye, he saw this scene.

Hope suddenly arose in his heart. Holding the clairvoyant mirror with his hand and looking at Tianxin Pavilion, he vaguely saw the eaves of Tianxin Pavilion. Knowing that Tianxin Pavilion is still there. When the wind blew, I realized that this Tianxin Pavilion had become half.

The southeast corner of Changsha City almost collapsed outward, and most of the moat was filled.

And the quality of Tianxin Pavilion is still very strong, and only a few pillars are left to support half of the attic. Still standing above the ruins.

The entire ruins have turned into a large gentle slope, and Zhang Xuan can even see many people's hands and feet sticking out of the ruins, which shows that many of them are buried under the ruins.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't have any extra curiosity, and said sharply: "Wang Jincai." ”

"The end will be." Wang Jincai shouted.

Zhang Xuan put away the clairvoyant mirror and said, "I'll leave it to you here." ”

"Please rest assured that the last general will definitely take Tianxin Pavilion for the general." Wang Jincai said.

After Wang Jincai went down, an order was given, and all the gates of the camp were opened, and the soldiers of the brigade rushed out in the unit of sentry, shouting one by one, almost like a red-eyed beast, rushing forward without dying.

The momentum of grabbing merit is not much different from Wang Jincai's eating.

The rumbling drums also sounded in response to the occasion, and within a while, the team rushed over a distance of several miles and came to the ruins of Tianxin Pavilion. However, at this time, the defenders of Tianxin Pavilion also seemed to have reacted.

For a while, a tragic battle broke out in Tianxin Pavilion.