On the morning of May 13, the weather was gloomy, and it is unknown whether it was because there was no sun in the first place, or because the smoke from the north kept blocking the sun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the morning, after two days of cessation of shelling on the positions of the officers and troops, they opened fire again, and one after another the projectiles hit the wall of Shimen Pass, leaving craters one foot square after another, and the debris was splashed everywhere.

Sixty artillery salvos were fired, although the city wall of Shimen Pass was not destroyed, but the earth-shattering sound still made Liu Guoneng in the north of the gate and Zhang Liwei, who had just come from Shennanyu to sit in the town, very nervous.

The offensive of the official army was stopped for two days, which not only gave Liu Guoneng time to adjust the defensive deployment of Shimen Pass, but also allowed him to smoothly wait for the reinforcements sent by Wang Jiayin, the "King of Hengtian".

It is said that there are only more than 1,000 people and horses in the reinforcements, which is not reinforcements at all, and although Shimen Pass is steep but narrow, no matter how many people can only camp in the open space behind the city, they will not be able to play much role unless the official army breaks through Shimen Pass.

Therefore, in the eyes of Liu Guoneng and his henchmen, the one sent by King Hengtian was not so much reinforcements as it was the supervision team, because there were not many reinforcements, but it was one of Wang Jiayin's latest figures who came with reinforcements.

This character is Zhang Liwei, he is Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law, that is, Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law.

Wang Jiayin's wife and daughter died of illness before he rebelled, but because they were married couples, they had a deep relationship, and even Zhang Liwei, the younger brother of his wife, looked at him differently and cared for him very much.

After Wang Jiayin's rebellion, he became bigger and bigger, and his name became more and more famous.

Wang Jiayin misses the old love very much, so he is also very happy, and directly appoints him as the commander in front of the account, who is responsible for accompanying him to protect the safety of Wang Jiayin's diet and daily life, and can be regarded as Wang Jiayin's absolute confidant.

At this juncture, Wang Jiayin's most trusted commander in front of the tent was sent to Shimen Pass, and the meaning was self-evident.

First, of course, Wang Jiayin attaches great importance to the location of Shikou, once the Shimen Pass is broken, Shikou will be lost, and the southern portal of Shennanyu will be opened in an instant.

Second, of course, I don't feel at ease with Liu Guineng, after all, Liu Guoneng is not an old brother who worked hard with Wang Jiayin, he came from King Gao Yingxiang, even if Wang Jiayin trusts him, the old brothers around Wang Jiayin don't trust him.

In short, for various reasons, in the early morning of May 13, Zhang Liwei came to Shimen Pass with more than 1,000 people.

The arrival of Zhang Liwei brought several important news to Liu Guoneng, first of all, the Liang Department of the official army attacked Huangluling, and now the fire is all over Huangluling, Wu Yangui only fled back to Shanshenyu with a few personal soldiers, and he also knew that the sin was too great, and he did not dare to go back to Shennanyu to see Wang Jiayin, but asked Wang Zuohang to help send someone to report and plead.

Secondly, the fire that spread from Huangluling has now burned to Shanshenyu, and Wang Jiayin ordered Wang Zuojiao to lead his troops to Ningxiang outside the mountain to station.

Again, the outpost of the official army Hong Chengchou has come to the area of Ningxiang and Guangwuzhuang, and the back road of the western line of Shennanyu is also not safe.

After saying this, Zhang Liwei said in Liu Guoneng's big tent: "Therefore, the Hengtian King sent his younger brother here to tell the Liu family brother that Shimen Pass is very important to Shennanyu, Shimen Pass is here, Shennanyu is there, Shimen Pass is going to be lost, and Brother Liu doesn't have to go back to Shennanyu!" ”

Liu Guoneng listened to the various news brought by Zhang Liwei with a solemn face, and when he heard this, he said with a calm face: "Brother Zhang means that the people are locked up, and the people are dead!?" ”

After Liu Guoneng finished saying this, the thieves of the Heaven Collapse King who gathered in the big tent at this time were in an uproar, and Liu Wengui scolded with a black face: "Let the fuck fuck off!" Lao Tzu's life is his own, whoever the fuck wants, you have to ask Lao Tzu's knife to agree or not! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liwei was not angry, but said with a wry smile: "Who said it wasn't? The little brother came here this time, just to bring a few words to you for the Hengtian King! Brothers, don't be angry, don't be angry! ”

The atmosphere in Liu Guoneng's tent was extremely embarrassing, but these people suddenly heard the roar of official and military shelling outside the Guancheng to the east of the camp.

Liu Guoneng, Zhang Liwei and others hurriedly ended their deliberations, came out of the big tent and looked east, fortunately this time the projectile shot by the official artillery did not fly through the city and fell into the camp, otherwise the camp would have to retreat.

Liu Guoneng looked at the officers, soldiers, and horses on the north peak of Shimen Pass, who had been calm for two days, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Liu Guoneng was thinking about when the artillery bombardment of the official army was going to be the end, but he suddenly heard a shout from outside the city, could it be that the official army only fired so many rounds of artillery today, is this ready to be attached to the siege of the city? !

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Guoneng was shocked and immediately ordered Liu Guocheng to immediately lead the main force defending the city to the city to prepare for battle.

Because the previous official army only shelled, not attacked the city, a large number of men and horses guarded the city, and many of them were hit by shells hitting the city, and because there were too many people and horses at the head of the city, the projectile of a cannonball could often cause several casualties, so Liu Guoneng simply let the extra men and horses wait behind the city, and then go to the city when the officials and troops launched a real attack.

At this time, Liu Guoneng gave an order, and Liu Guocheng hurriedly went up to the top of the city with the people and horses under the gate, and the scene he saw surprised him.

I saw that in the open area below Guancheng, more than 20 siege tower vehicles almost the same height as Shimen Guancheng were slowly moving in the direction of Guancheng under the drag and push of thousands of former thief soldiers.

"There's a building car! There are building cars! The official army is attacking the city! The official army is attacking the city! ”

Before Liu Guocheng could go down to report, some panicked subordinates shouted loudly.

Liu Guoneng heard the exclamation on the Guancheng, and immediately ordered the thieves under his command to continue to rush to the Guancheng with men and horses, and it has been several days since he took a large army to reinforce Shimen Pass, and he has been passively beaten, and he didn't even have a chance to meet with the official army.

However, although Liu Guoneng had been unhappy for many days, he raised his eyes and looked at the north peak of Shimen Pass, which was shrouded in smoke, and still did not dare to personally rush to the gate with his men and horses.

I can think of using the mountains on both sides of Shimen Pass to suppress the officials and troops outside the Guancheng, so wouldn't the officials and soldiers think of using this mountain to throw rocks down and interfere with the defenders of the Guancheng to defend the city?!

Otherwise, why would the officers and soldiers take such a big risk to go up and seize this mountain?

Thinking of this, Liu Guoneng couldn't help but look up at the mountain peak on the north side of Shimen Pass again, but vaguely saw that something was falling through the smoke and falling towards the head of Guancheng!

Liu Guoneng suddenly realized, and hurriedly shouted: "Pay attention to the rolling stones!" There's a rolling stone on it! ”

Liu Guoneng's words were only heard by the people around him, because at this time, the thieves on the city were shouting and shooting arrows under the city, and the people were full of voices, who could always pay attention to what he said.

And Liu Guoneng soon found out that what he said was wrong, and it was not a stone that fell from it at all, but a grenade that they had never seen and heard of!

One by one, grenades fell from the sky, fell into the crowd on the city, and then exploded with a "bang", spraying out countless scattered thistles and iron triangles, shooting into the body, head and face, and even eyes and neck of the thief army, and for a moment the entire Guancheng was in chaos.

This batch of explosive iron projectiles fell from the sky, which frightened the thieves on the city, who were originally shooting their former companions mercilessly and condescendingly, but now suddenly found that they had become the prey of a group of officers and soldiers who were even higher, and they were also iron bullets that could explode.

This point made the thief army on the city suddenly riot, you fight for me, you want to stay away from the northern section of the city, and hide as far as you can.

Under pushing each other, I don't know how many thieves fell to the city and died because of this.

There were also several grenades that were not thrown accurately, and they fell into the pile of people who were gathering and waiting to go to the city, and after the explosion, although they did not kill anyone on the spot, they injured many people and caused chaos.

Of course, the power of grenades at this time was not as great as that of later generations, after all, explosives were used in later generations, and in this time and space at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no shadow of explosives at all.

But even so, Emperor Chongzhen is still quite satisfied with the power of the grenades produced by the Armed Forces Academy, in his opinion, he does not need to go beyond this time and space how high or far, now he only needs to lead the Ming Dynasty to the forefront of this era, after all, there is still a long time to continue to surpass on this issue in the future.