Zhangzhou City was surrounded by the Ming army for more than a month, although the main force of the Ming army left, but the people outside the city and the 16,000 Ming army did not rest, the outside of the city was dug out of the criss-crossing trenches, the long walls are one after another, it is bound not to give the Qing soldiers in the city a chance to break through.

After Wang Yan left, Li Chengdong sent troops out of the city to try several times, but the Ming army was insidious, not only buried the bomb outside the city, but the fire guns in the hands of hundreds of red-haired ghosts were even faster and more ruthless, plus the Ming cavalry, he tried several times and failed.

Outside the city, the newly cast Hongyi cannon transported from Guangjing joined the battle half a month ago, which was after Wang Yan persuaded Su Guansheng to allocate 100,000 taels of silver, the cannon casting workshop cast ten guns in the new method, one of which was blown up during the test cannon, the craftsman died on the spot, and the remaining nine were transported to the front line of Zhangzhou by fire.

With the advantage of firing range, these Hongyi cannons built high platforms outside the city and built artillery arrays that were large enough to overlook the overall situation.

The whistling iron bullet smashed into the city head from time to time, accompanied by the cracking sound of earth and stone tiles, the city tower in the north of Zhangzhou City was hit by an iron bullet, breaking a corner, and a large piece of wood chips and tiles fell down with a clatter.

After a month of shelling, all kinds of fortifications on the city of Zhangzhou were damaged, but Li Chengdong strengthened the city very strongly, and the Ming army wanted to rely on a few Hongyi cannons to break the city, at least for half a year.

At this time, the Qing army in Zhangzhou was also accustomed to the shelling of the Ming army, and the soldiers were all squatting under the city wall, and the bold ones also leaned out from time to time to observe the movements of the Ming army outside the city and see the city wall that was hit by the shelling.

The Qing army in Zhangzhou seems to have been killed for a long time, but Li Chengdong's heart has become more and more uneasy as time goes by, according to Zhang Cunren's promise to him, the Qing soldiers in Jiangnan should have entered Fujian, but it has been a month, why haven't the reinforcements appeared outside Zhangzhou City?

Li Chengdong took a team of generals and colonels to inspect the city wall to check the situation on the city wall, and the shells smashed on the city wall from time to time, but he was not worried about the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, because in the past half a month, he had already figured out that the Ming army only had nine Hongyi cannons, and the probability of hitting him on the city wall several miles long was very small.

Suddenly, a whistling sound came straight towards him, a black iron bullet gradually enlarged, and smashed towards his position, the traitor's pupils instantly dilated, and his eyes leaked an incredible color, trying to dodge, but the degree of the cannonball was too fast, and before he could make a move, a deafening loud noise followed, he only felt a slight vibration of the city wall, and the iron bullet eliminated a wall, and the position that hit him was only a foot away.

Li Chengdong couldn't help but be shocked into a cold sweat, but he also secretly exhaled a breath, he looked back at the frightened Qing army generals and colonels beside him, but pretended to be calm and smiled: "Zhangzhou City is reinforced by this town, the city wall is extremely strong, even if the Ming army transfers a hundred heavy artillery, it will not want to break the city." The generals don't have to be depressed, after holding on for some time, as soon as the Jiangnan reinforcements and Governor Zhang's troops arrive, the Ming army outside the city will not be arrogant. "\uooob" is, yes. Many Qing generals echoed in whispers with unnatural expressions.

On the other side, on the artillery array of the Ming army, Chen Yujie, the commander of the artillery team who came with the new artillery, put down the clairvoyant mirror in annoyance, and shouted: "Clean up the gun chamber, move the muzzle of the gun to the left for one minute, and then put it ~"

Several artillery soldiers immediately poked the cannon chamber with a long rod wrapped in a wet cotton cloth, and then changed to a long rod wrapped in dry cotton cloth and poked it again, and then adjusted the gun position to reload, but Li Chengdong on the city wall had already disappeared.

The artillery team lost its target, but the shelling did not stop, this half a month, the Ming army has formed a pattern, starting from early in the morning, several artillery guns bombarded in turn, until dusk, of course, sometimes a few cannons will be suddenly put on at night, so that the Qing army is annoyed.

As usual, at dusk, under the reflection of the remnant sun, the shelling that had lasted for a day stopped again, and after half a month of bombardment, although the northern city of Zhangzhou was beaten to a thousand holes, it was still intact on the whole.

The Ming army has already arranged various fortifications under the city, the Qing army in the city cannot come out, and the Ming army responsible for locking the city has no ability to attack, and the two sides are so consumed, so the days of siege are relatively boring.

"Is Wang Duzhen in the tent?" He Zhen came to Wang Shixiu's tent and asked the soldier.

"Here, the general will report to his humble duties." After the soldier finished speaking, he spoke again to the tent.

With permission, He Zhen picked up the account and came in, Wang Shixiu saw him, put down the "New Book of Ji Xiao" in his hand, and said with a smile: "What is the matter with General He?" \uooob He Zhen clenched his fists and arched his hand, walked to the desk, put a warrant in front of Wang Shixiu, and said: "Wang Duzhen, the Guogong army has crossed Beixi and is now camping fifty miles east of Zhangzhou City. This is the military order that Guogong has just arrived, the first is to order the town to quietly lead 4,000 Dubiao cavalry to the Guogong camp tonight, and there will be 4,000 men and horses in the Guogong camp overnight. The second is that the prince asked us to urge the people to dig tunnels leading directly to the city and use medicine to blow up the city. ”

Wang Shixiu heard this, opened the warrant and watched, and then frowned and thought: "The city of Zhangzhou is strong, if you attack according to the usual tactics, it is difficult to achieve results, digging tunnels does find another way, if you can really blow up the tower wall, it will reap miraculous results." As for why Guogong changed troops overnight, he must have come up with some kind of trick. ”

He Zhen also nodded, "The strategy of bombing the city is indeed feasible, although the city of Zhangzhou is strong, but we have enough medicine, we are not afraid that it will not collapse." If they succeed, how many fewer people will die in the brothers, and even if they don't, it will only be a waste of medicine and some human effort. ”

"General He is right, 30,000 people, after the construction of the fortifications of the locked city, there will be no task, and now it is just right to use it."

"But how do you dig this tunnel? This method of siege is rarely used by our army. ”

Wang Shixiu stood up, took a drawing from the shelf behind him, spread it on the table neatly, and then called He Zhen to watch it together.

This is a Ming army through more than a month of observation, drawn Zhangzhou city defense map, not only to draw the whole, but also detailed to each part, the city tower, the horse face, the enemy tower, the city gate, are marked in detail, the height of each section of the city wall, thickness, have also been marked.

Wang Shixiu pointed to the map and said, "Since the order of the Duke of Guo has come, then we must act according to the order." Tonight, the governor of the town will go to the state-owned village and dig the tunnel, and he will hand it over to General He. The moat of Zhangzhou City may be a relatively big problem, how to dig it, General He can choose to shell Beicheng for many days, and then ask the opinions of the craftsmen. ”

It was the fourth watch of the night, when people were sleeping, Wang Shixiu led 4,000 cavalry to quietly leave the Ming army camp outside Zhangzhou City, and soon after, a Ming army of about 4,000 people led the war horse back to the camp.

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