On the city of Ruzhou, Liu Zhong, a rebel general of the Shun army, would come to the city every day to stand for a while to pay attention to the movements of the Wei army outside the city.

It has been many days since Gao Yihuan's army arrived, and in the past few days, the pieces of wood in the Wei army camp have gradually turned into siege machines, towering in the camp.

The Hongyi cannon transported from the Runing Cannon Casting Workshop also arrived recently.

Looking at Gao Yihuan's posture, Liu Zhong couldn't help but feel a little weak, so he didn't dare to take it lightly.

I was helpless, I did something wrong, and my heart was empty.

When Liu Zhong thought of the picture of the mine, he always felt that one day he would be cut off by someone, and then the landscape would be built.

Under the pressure of the army approaching the city, the tower-like man has not been able to eat or sleep well recently, and everyone has lost a lot of weight.

At this time, he was standing on the city wall, and a big hand suddenly put on his shoulder, and he turned his head to see that it was Shen Zhixiang.

"General Liu, why are your eyes red." Shen Zhixiang saw that Liu Zhong's eyes were red, and he was shocked.

Liu Zhong said with a melancholy face: "Guogong, this Gao Yihuan is really grinding." You see, he has been preparing for many days, but he just doesn't attack the city. It's like putting a bow on an arrow but not firing it, only pointing the arrow at me, which makes me nervous, and I can't be at peace for a moment. ”

After Shen Zhixiang heard this, his face was full of depression, and he patted Liu Zhong's shoulder again in the middle of a sound, "General Liu, don't worry about when Gao Yihuan will attack the city, but you need to remember that you and Gao Yihuan have an inextricable enmity." If you put your heart sideways, either defend the city or the city will be broken, and you have no other way to go! You just need to remember this, just work hard when defending the city, it's useless to think about anything else~"

Liu Zhong naturally knew this, and when he thought that he would fall into Gao Yihuan's hands, he shuddered.

Shen Zhixiang patted him on the shoulder, "General Liu, you can defend the city with peace of mind, with my three thousand athletes at the critical moment, the city will definitely not be lost~"

A few miles away from the city, Gao Yihuan was leading a group of people to look at the southern city of Ruzhou.

"Sun Cheng, come here and point out, which section of the city wall is it?" Gao Yihuan glanced at Chengchi, turned his head and asked.

Sun Cheng brought a few miners, looked at the city wall and discussed for a while, and then hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, there are three tunnels in total, side by side, and the location is three zhang, six zhang and nine zhang on the east side of the south gate."

Gao Yihuan nodded, and then looked at Chen Huiting and the craftsmen, "Chen Qijian, are you sure?" ”

Chen Huiting looked at it, also discussed for a while, and arched his hand: "Dashuai, the craftsman said that if the gunpowder is sufficient, you can give it a try, but after all, it has not been blown up before, and they dare not guarantee that they can blow up the city wall at once."

Gao Yihuan wants a one-shot deal, but he can't do it without guarantees.

When Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, he bombed the city, but the method was wrong, he just dug a hole in the city wall and did not seal it, and the result was just a firework, and there was nothing to do on the city wall.

Gao Yihuan didn't want to make jokes like Lao Li.

At the moment, Gao Yihuan and Duoduo were less than two hundred miles apart, and both armies maintained a high degree of vigilance.

As soon as Gao Yihuan beats Ruzhou, Duoduo can know, and in a day or so, he can feel Ruzhou. Even if Wang Deren stopped it, it wouldn't take much time.

If he wants to take Ruzhou, he must not give the defenders in the city time to ask for help.

This required that once he really started to attack the city, he had to attack the city in a very short time, and he thought about it, and there was only one way to blow up the city.

If he doesn't bomb the city, with his troops, he will attack the city, I'm afraid that as long as the city has enough food and grass, he may not be able to defeat it in a month or two.

The Taiping army can bomb the city, Gao Yihuan can't blow it up for no reason, and there seems to be no successful case at the moment, which makes the bombing of the city very sudden, and it is difficult for Shen Zhixiang and Liu Zhong to think that he will bomb the city.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, and said in a sullen voice, "This matter, Ben Shuai must be 100% sure!" Do you have any ways to improve your certainty? ”

Chen Huiting's face was embarrassed, and several people discussed for a while before saluting: "Boss, I think there are two ways at the moment. The first is to let the lowly lead people, find a section of the city wall to try, and estimate how much explosives should be used. In addition, use the red-coated cannon to bombard the city wall to be blown up first, and the city wall will be loosened, and it should be able to collapse at once at that time. ”

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows and nodded, "This method is good, first use the cannon to loosen the soil, and then use gunpowder to suddenly blow it up, and the defenders can't react at all." ”

"Good!" Gao Yihuan exclaimed, "Chen Qijian, you immediately take the craftsman to Jiaxian, and try the city wall of Jiaxian." ”

"Humble duty, this will bring people over!" Chen Huiting hurriedly saluted and received his orders.

Gao Yihuan then immediately ordered: "Jin Xiangang, you set up artillery to bombard the city." Li Jiyu, you led 3,000 men and horses, in the interval of the shelling, to attack the city and confuse the Qing army! ”

Duoduo hoped that Gao Yihuan would attack Ruzhou, but he couldn't do it if he didn't do it, and he had to make an appearance that he was attacking Ruzhou to confuse Duoduo.

Jin Xiangang, Li Jiyu and others hugged their fists one after another, "Humble and orderly!" ”

This battle is not trivial, Gao Yihuan's 35,000 men seem a little thin.

In order to deal with the Duoduo army, Gao Yihuan had to increase his troops, and he transferred two battalions of Jin Xiangang and Huang Bingzhong, leaving only 10,000 people to guard his home, and most of his family was bet on Ruzhou.

At the head of the city, Shen Zhixiang comforted Liu Zhong with a few words, thinking that there was still no movement outside the city today, so he prepared to go down to the city.

However, at this moment, he squinted his eyes at the outside of the city, and when he took a step, he suddenly stopped.

He hurriedly walked back to the city wall, looked out, and saw that the Ming army artillery array outside the city was crowded, and thousands of soldiers and horses in the camp walked out with various equipment.

At this time, there was a sound of war drums outside the city, and Liu Zhong couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhixiang, "Gao Yihuan, the straight thief, is finally going to attack!" ”

Liu Zhong's eyes were red, and he immediately perked up, and shouted loudly with some nervousness, "Gao Yihuan is going to attack the city!" Cheer up Ben! ”

Shen Zhixiang had a hint of excitement in his eyes, he stood by the city wall and looked out, and saw that on the Wei army's artillery array, the soldiers were loading ammunition, and two miles away from the city, more than 3,000 high-ranking soldiers were gathering with weapons.

At this time, Liu Zhong walked up to him, "Guogong, Gao Yihuan is finally going to attack me." ”

Shen Zhixiang was just about to encourage him a few words, when the artillery array outside the city suddenly "Boom!" Rumble! Rumble! There was a loud bang, and a cloud of white smoke filled the air in an instant.

", squat!" The shouts of the city's head rang out.

The two soldiers hurriedly escorted Shen Zhixiang and squatted down, everyone only heard a loud noise, a cannonball smashed on the city, directly cutting off a wall battlement, several soldiers dodged and were not in a hurry, they were hit by the rubble, and immediately fell to the ground and rolled, wailing.

After the first shot, Shen Zhixiang straightened up in some shock, and when he saw the soldiers in the city, he was a little confused, and immediately shouted, "Don't panic!" Just a test gun! ”

As soon as he hit the cannon, not far from him, it was probably the artillery team under the city that saw his figure, which made him curse secretly in his heart, "Gao Yihuan's cannon is really fucking accurate, this city can't stay." ”

"General Liu, you only defend the city! I'll call someone to inform Lord Yu! Shen Zhixiang said to Liu Zhong, who was startled on the side.

When Liu Zhong reacted and stretched out his hand to speak, he was already under the guidance of his personal guards, hurriedly got out of the city and threw Liu Zhong a back.

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