As the thieves approached, all kinds of firepower in the city began to open fire. The first is the Furlong cannon, which is lighter and easier to move, but of course less powerful. However, the shotgun it fires is more powerful than the bullets fired by the musket, and can penetrate ordinary shields very effectively, but the accuracy at long distances is not particularly good, as for the close range, the city wall of Kaifeng is a little higher, and the depression angle of this thing is small, so that the thieves can't hit it when they run close.

The next thing that was fired was the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Musket, which were less powerful, but there were many more of them, and they still caused a lot of casualties. However, when the "thief army" continues to approach, these things are not very easy to use. Not to mention the tiger squat cannon, what about the musket, the downward angle of the musket in this era is also very limited, because at this time the front-loading smoothbore guns are used, if the muzzle is too low, the bullet will slip out of the barrel.

However, there are actually still means of attack in the city, one is bows and arrows, especially crossbow arrows, and the other is a device called a hanging box that was researched by several craftsmen in Kaifeng City. The shape of this instrument is actually similar to the pendant of later generations. All of them have a rotatable arm on a pedestal, one end of which is a counterweight for balancing, and at the other end, the crane is a lifting pulley, but at one end of the suspension is a box-shaped structure that can accommodate several soldiers.

With the help of this mechanism, the soldiers were able to reach out of the walls for a considerable distance. In this way, it is very effective to eliminate the shooting dead spots under the city walls. The effect is somewhat similar to that of Western bastions, except that the strength does not allow the use of artillery on them. This kind of thing, Chen Yongshou has been useless before, but now, looking at the "thief army", it seems that it is going to be real, and this kind of thing has of course also come in handy.

More than a dozen sets of hanging boxes stretched out from the city wall, and the officers and soldiers on the hanging boxes fired muskets and bows and crossbows continuously. For the soldiers of the revolutionary army who originally rushed to the city, they only needed to prop up their large shields to prevent most attacks, but now, the attacks of the officers and soldiers can come from the side. But on the side, the revolutionary army was unprotected. As a result, this round of blows immediately knocked down dozens of revolutionary soldiers.

This round of attacks was unexpected by the revolutionary army. Huang Guo, who was in the distance, frowned, and said to the herald beside him: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”

The gong sounded, and the soldiers who were still in the city turned around and retreated, and after a short time they retreated, but they retreated in a hurry, but the bodies of some soldiers who died in battle remained in the city, and there was no time to take them back. But when it gets dark, you can still go over and drag the corpses back.

The attack was a failure. Because although the revolutionary army was numerous, it was impossible to dig the city wall slowly and leisurely against the fire from three directions. After the soldiers retreated, Huang Guo left his adopted son Huang Laiheng with a hundred cavalry to continue to stay nearby to prevent the officers and soldiers from coming down from the city to cut off their heads, and he retreated with the rest of the people.

As soon as he returned to the barracks, Huang Guo went to ask Huang Zide for his guilt, and described in detail the new equipment that appeared on the side of the city. Huang Zide hurriedly asked people to find Xuan Yi and Liu Jiexuan.

After Xuan Yi came in, Huang Zide asked Huang Guo to retell the situation just now. Then he asked, "Dao Chief, is there a way to deal with that thing of theirs?" ”

Xuan Yi frowned and thought for a while: "Poor Dao has an idea, and I don't know if it will work, so I can only try." ”

"Tell me quickly!" Liu Jiexuan also said.

"Poor Dao thought, in their hanging box, they can only put muskets and crossbow arrows, and no matter how powerful things are, they are estimated to be useless." Xuan Yi said, "If it's just muskets and crossbow arrows, it's not too difficult to block it." Marshal, General Liu, we can make such a car......"

At dusk the next day, Gao Gaoping had just come down from the city wall and was about to go back to his house to rest, but he saw a military academy rushing from the city and shouted: "Governor Gao, Governor Gao, the thief army is here again!" ”

Gao Gaoping was taken aback, because generally speaking, it was such a time, and after a while, the sun should set, and the thief army should honestly prepare for sleep. At this time, is it to prepare for a night battle?

"Is Mr. Chen here?" Gao Gaoping hurriedly asked.

"Yes, Mr. Chen has arrived." The military school replied, "Do you want to go over and have a look?" ”

Gao Gaoping took his personal guards and followed the military academy up the city wall again, and came to the vicinity of the city wall. Seeing Chen Yongshou and several of his subordinates pointing towards the thief army.

"Mr. Chen, what tricks are the thieves going to do?" Before the high school level could walk over, he shouted first.

"Governor Gao, look over there!" Chen Yongshou pointed over there.

Gao Gaoping squinted his eyes and looked over there, but his eyes were not good, and after looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't see the situation over there. So he said: "When I was studying, I hurt my eyes, and my eyes were not good, so I can't compare to you." What the hell is going on over there? ”

Chen Yongshou said: "Governor Gao, the thief army brought some equipment, and it looks like a chariot from a distance. ”

The so-called chariot is a kind of four-wheeled bottomless wooden cart, covered with cowhide to resist the arrows on the city, and people push the cart forward in the cart, which can cover the nurses and soldiers to attack near the city wall. A car can hide about ten people. According to the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", it is recorded that the chariot is covered with a void at the bottom, such as an axe blade, carrying four wheels, and its cover is covered with a single rope and covered with raw cow leather. Ten people can be covered, and the tomb god pushes it, until it reaches the city to attack.

This kind of thing can withstand ordinary bows and arrows, and if it is made thicker, it can even withstand the shotguns emitted by ordinary small cannons, such as Furlong cannons and the like. Of course, if it is hit by a solid shell fired by an artillery, even if it is a solid shell fired by a Fran cannon, this thing will probably not be able to withstand it.

"The thieves want to rush to the city with their carts to cover their digging of the city walls." Chen Yongshou continued to explain, "They were afraid of our artillery, so they chose to attack at night, so that our artillery's artillery would not be able to hit accurately, and when they rushed to the city, the artillery would not be able to hit them. Rolling wood and stones and the like, most of them can't touch this thing. With this cover, they were able to dig the walls. ”

"So what's good?" Gao Gaoping was a little anxious.

Chen Yongshou was not flustered: "My lord, I still hurry up and prepare the second city wall." In addition, we can burn these things by throwing oil from the city and igniting it. It's just that adults also know that the quantity of fire oil here is limited, so let's see if we can get some more lamp oil and vegetable oil from the people, as long as it can be burned. ”

Gao Gao Ping listened and said: "Then this place will be handed over to General Chen, and the old man will go back to collect the oil immediately." ”

Chen Yongshou said: "The last general will send it to the governor." ”

Gao Gaoping went down to the city, hurried back to the yamen, and then ordered the officials to go to all parts of the city to ask for lamp oil. Then he himself rushed to the palace of the king of Zhou and asked to see the king of Zhou.

As soon as King Zhou heard that Gao Gaoping was visiting at this time, he knew that something must have happened, so he hurriedly asked Gao Gaoping to wait in Yin'an Palace, and he went to change his clothes and rushed over. As soon as King Zhou entered the Yin'an Palace, he saw that Gao Gaoping was already waiting there. When Gao Gao Ping saw the salute, King Zhou hurriedly asked: "Governor Gao is visiting at this time, is there something to find Xiao Wang?" ”

Gao Gao Ping hurriedly explained the situation to King Zhou, and then said: "Lord Wang, if you want to break the thief army's chariot now, you need to have a large amount of oil. There are not many such things in the army, but fortunately, vegetable oil, lamp oil and the like, as long as the oil can be burned, it can be used. Weichen thought, how many people still have oil at home now? Your Highness, there may be some here. So I came here to ask His Highness for help. ”

King Zhou turned to a eunuch beside him and said, "How many of these oils are there in the house now?" Let someone count it, and send it to the city as much as possible, except for what is necessary. ”

The eunuch answered and withdrew. King Zhou said again: "Governor Gao, as long as it is a matter of defending the city, as long as it is used by Xiao Wang, you just need to say it." Tonight, the thief army attacked the city overnight, and the matter of defending the city will require you to worry a lot about it. ”

Then King Zhou personally sent Gao Ping out, and when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, King Zhou said again: "Xiao Wang's net worth and life are all entrusted to Mr. Sir must defend the city! ”

……

By the time Gao Gao Ping brought all kinds of grease he had gotten from King Zhou's mansion to the city, there were already several chariots burning under the city. But there were many more carts leaning under the city walls.

"Mr. Chen, what's the situation?" Gao Gaoping asked.

"Burned some." Chen Yongshou said, "However, there may be a yellow sand compartment in the middle of the thief army's chariot, and the fire burns slowly, and the people inside have time to run." Although they were still killed and wounded by our guns and arrows when they ran out, it was night, and they ran a little farther away from the flames, so we couldn't see clearly. And we don't have much fire oil. Fortunately, the governor came up with new grease. ”

"It won't be a problem tonight, will it?" Gao Gao Ping asked again.

"Governor, you forgot, even if we don't care, it will take more than a month for them to dig down this section of the city wall." Chen Yongshou smiled, "Naturally, there won't be any problems tonight." ”

Gao Gao Ping could still laugh when he saw Chen Yongshou, but he was also greatly relieved in his heart.

……

The next day, in the evening, the revolutionary army attacked again, and this time they threw in more carts, and although the city fought back and destroyed many of them, the holes dug in the walls were getting bigger and deeper. Some caves are already accessible to people. After the evening of the third day, the revolutionary army no longer used large-scale attacks with carts, but concentrated only on digging several caves that were already large enough to enter the city. And it's time to make the final preparations before blasting.