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(Today I will discuss a question for you, that is, the discussion of the pig's foot style in the recent comment area, for the pig's foot character, I don't think there is much to say, but for his style of acting, I think it is like this, after all, the pig's foot is not very old, and it is from a modern past, and there are many things in ancient times that are not as general as historical military scientists, so many times it is to cross the river by feeling the stones, and it is necessary to gradually accumulate experience, and then it can gradually mature, as for the ideal, the pig's foot is there, But in the troubled times, it is not good to say, if you are not careful, you may hang up, more often, the pig's foot is to take care of the things in front of you, temporarily while mixing, while thinking about the next step, so sometimes there will be some contradictions, after all, he has to gradually understand those historical figures, until he breaks with them! What's more, when the strength of the rebels was not strong at that time, more often the rebels would unite with each other, so as to confront the government and the strength of the official army, which is not a contradiction, there are no permanent friends, but only eternal interests! Do you think so? ）

These simple return cannons have not even cut off the bark, they look very rough, but this does not affect their power, the key parts of these return cannons are made of hard wood, the shaft of the cannon is simply made of iron, each cannon is made of whole logs, the length is more than three zhang, and even catches up with the height of the city wall of Longzhou City after it is raised.

Therefore, the weight of these return guns is also quite considerable, each weighing several tons, and it is impossible to lift them by manpower alone, so if you want to move them into range, you must put logs under the gun rack to push them to move.

Several artillery carts slowly moved in the direction of the city wall under the impetus of the generals of the Xingtian Army, looking from a distance, as if a swarm of ants were carrying a huge piece of food.

And Huang Shengqiang once again commanded his artillery team, under the cover of the shield cart pushed by Zhao Erdonkey's sentry guard, pushing the five Furlong machine guns towards the city.

On the first day, the Furlong machine that was blown up by the enemy was only broken up by the gun carriage, and in two days the craftsmen in the battalion rushed to build another gun carriage and repaired the Furlong bronze cannon, so that the cannon could return to the battlefield.

And on the shield carts in front, each shield cart is also equipped with two tiger squat cannons, the last siege because of the enemy's sharp artillery fire, so that the tiger squat cannon of the Xingtian Army did not have a chance to play a role at all, and one was damaged in plain water, but today with these shield cars, the tiger squat cannon can play their role.

Thousands of people slowly pressed towards the city wall like ants, and anyone standing on the city wall would never be indifferent when they looked at such a scene, and the faces of every officer and soldier standing on the city wall and Xiang Yong became solemn, and even Yang Yulin clenched his fists tightly.

"Four hundred steps...... Three hundred and fifty steps...... 300 steps...... Two hundred and fifty steps...... "There are soldiers in the city who specialize in observing the distance of the enemy army and constantly report the distance between the mutant army and the city wall, and Yang Yulin never gave the order to open the cannon, just quietly watched the mutant army and the tall return cannon that poured in like ants outside the city, and secretly calculated how to deal with it in his heart.

Seeing that the mutant army was getting closer and closer to the city wall, some of the officers and soldiers defending the city began to stir a little, and couldn't help but want to use their firearms, but they were still stopped by Yang Yulin loudly, and ordered that if someone opened fire without authorization, they would not be spared, which suppressed the desire of his officers and soldiers to fire.

And the reaction of the defenders also made Xiao Tianjian, who was standing behind the formation, a little worried, because this time the officers and soldiers behaved very abnormally, because in Xiao Tianjian's impression, the officers and soldiers were often undertrained, and the officers and soldiers were very flustered when they were about to fight.

The more the officers and soldiers did not fire, the more Xiao Tianjian felt that things seemed to be a little bad, after all, this time a large number of soldiers under his command were also put into the battlefield, although it was not the task of the main attack, but because they were mainly responsible for providing fire support for Li Zicheng's troops, they would definitely attract the heavy firepower of the defenders, so if the general of the other defender was a calm general, then it would not be of any benefit to them, and now judging from the performance of the official army, the defender in the city is indeed not an incompetent person, In this way, it seems that today's battle is still not optimistic!

And Li Zicheng looked very optimistic, and pointed at Xiao Tianjian with the horsewhip in his hand and smiled at Xiao Tianjian: "The officers and soldiers have been frightened, and they have not dared to fire until now, forgive them for being difficult to hold Longzhou City this time!" ”

Xiao Tianjian laughed dryly, some despised Li Zicheng's opinions, speaking of which, Li Zicheng is also a famous general in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places for several years, and he can't even see this kind of crisis, which makes Xiao Tianjian look down on Li Zicheng a little, but when he turned his head and saw Li Zicheng's gaze, he dispelled the idea that he had just despised him, because although Li Zicheng said it very easily, but there was a trace of solemnity in his eyesto cheer up his soldiers.

"Command the drums, let the sons and daughters work harder, and hurry up!" Li Zicheng pretended to swing his horsewhip lightly and commanded his own soldiers.

Several big men threw off their upper clothes, showed their strong muscles, stood in front of several big drums, waved the heavy drumsticks in their hands vigorously, and struck heavily on the thick cowhide drum surface, making a rumbling sound, and the huge drum sound was like a muffled thunder rolling in all directions, and entered the front of the military array.

It wasn't until the people's army outside the city approached a distance of 200 paces that Yang Yulin waved his hand heavily and shouted: "General cannon, light cannon!" ”

After listening to the order, several gunners standing next to the five iron guns placed on the south wall did not hesitate to put the red-hot iron pestle into the fire door on the black gun, and the city wall shook violently a few times, accompanied by the thick smoke and huge roar, several already loaded iron bullets whistled and flew away from the cannon chamber, flew through the air, and smashed heavily on the position of the several return cannons that were slowly approaching the city wall.

The landing point of the solid shells was invariably chosen in front of the road that the return cannon must take, and after the shell landed, it first raised a cloud of dust and then bounced up and continued to fly forward, even if it crashed into the return gun.

The people who pushed the return cannon forward were all the troops of the Xingtian Army, and the two shells passed directly between them, and when even a cloud of blood mist was raised, the originally dense crowd was suddenly opened out of two bloody paths, and more than a dozen soldiers were scattered and fell in a pool of blood on the spot, and the death was easy, but the people whose arms and legs were cut off by the cannonballs lay on the ground and let out a terrible wail.

And another cannonball smashed directly on the wooden beam of a return cannon, which was finally built by the craftsmen to create a return cannon shook violently, and then tilted and fell down, so startled that the soldiers in charge of pushing the cannon scattered and fled, even so, there was still an unlucky soldier who was crushed under the wooden frame, and died in front of the battle on the spot.

Xiao Tianjian's hand clenched the whip in his hand fiercely, his heart seemed to be bleeding, these generals are his precious heart, although he also knows that fighting will inevitably kill people, but he has not yet fought with the other party, he has lost more than a dozen generals on his side, which makes him feel very bad in his heart, which also confirms the ominous premonition he just had, the main general of the defenders is really a calm and ruthless person, the first selected target is his return cannon, it seems that today's battle is really enough for them to see.

Fortunately, the Xingtian Army was strictly disciplined, and although it suffered such a big loss, it was only a little chaotic, and it was soon calmed down by the officers, and a part of the personnel was assigned to rescue the wounded, while the rest of the people continued to push the artillery cart forward and move slowly.

Li Zicheng glanced at the performance of Xiao Tianjian's subordinates, nodded sincerely, and said: "Brother Xiao's soldiers are really brave, and Brother Fool admires it!" After these days of contact, Li Zicheng is very optimistic about Xiao Tianjian, so after getting acquainted, he began to commensurate with Xiao Tianjian's brothers, which also makes them closer.

Xiao Tianjian smiled bitterly, watching the wounded who were rescued back being sent to the back camp, knowing that these wounded who were hit by the cannon were estimated to be useless, even if they were rescued, I am afraid they would definitely be disabled, and they would not be able to fight in the future, and secretly shouted in his heart that it was a pity, but on the surface, he still replied calmly: "Let General Li laugh!" It seems that the defenders in the city are not ordinary people, and they know how to deal with such a situation! I'm afraid this battle is another hard battle! ”

Li Zicheng nodded but did not continue, and turned his attention to the battlefield ahead.

Just about one hundred and twenty paces from the city wall, several shield carts stopped, and the soldiers hiding behind the carts quickly took some baskets from the carts, and quickly began to dig on the spot, filling these baskets with earth and stones, and neatly stacking them, forming a fortification at a very fast speed, and constantly thickening these fortifications to a sufficient thickness.

Followed by the Fran cannons belonging to the Xingtian Army, these Furang cannons were pushed hard by the gunners and entered this temporary position at a rapid speed.

The day before yesterday, they suffered a big loss in the first battle of the defenders' artillery counterattack, and today Xiao Tianjian learned to be obedient, specially transferred a group of recruits, and pushed the shield cart to repair a bunker under the city for these Fran machine guns, in case they were destroyed by the artillery fire on the city.

You must know that not only the artillery is important, but more importantly, their gunners, it is not easy to train a gunner, in addition to long-term training, it also consumes a lot of ammunition for them to practice, for a Longzhou City, Xiao Tianjian does not want to wear out his baby bumps in a battle, so he attaches great importance to the protection of these gunners and artillery.

As soon as a few Furlong cannons arrived, Huang Shengqiang immediately ordered to reload and aim at the targets in the city, both of them and the defenders had the same idea, that is, to suppress the opponent's firepower as much as possible, and before the return cannon was in place, they had to suppress the general cannons in the city.

Although the Furlong machine has the advantages of fast loading and lighter gun body, there are also many shortcomings, the biggest disadvantage is that because of the process, the combination of the sub-gun and the mother gun will leak a large amount of gunpowder gas, and the diameter of the shell is smaller than the inner bore diameter of the mother gun, so the range and power of the Furlong machine are not as good as the front-loading guns of the same caliber and length, and the casting process is complicated, which is also the main reason why the Furlong machine was gradually eliminated by the forward-loading guns that are not advanced.