The artillery certainly didn't have much accuracy, but the six guns aimed in the direction of the castle tower could still ensure a range of damage.

Zhang Qian and the guards at the head of the city who stood beside him were all shattered to pieces by the whistling metal projectiles, and what remained on the head of the city was scattered flesh and blood.

These cannons hit, and the remaining soldiers at the head of the city immediately did not dare to continue to stay at the head of the city, and ran towards the city with a wolf howl.

"Charge charge, as long as someone in the city comes up, they will bombard me!"

Guo Liang, the commander of the artillery team, shouted loudly on the side of the artillery, looking very excited, and the artillerymen were also very motivated.

Not only the artillery of the artillery team is so energetic, but the rest of the teams are also similar, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion know that they are fighting to defend their hometown, to defend their own food and clothing, and to get a better life for themselves and their families in that atmosphere of emphasizing discipline and collective consciousness.

This is the root of their will, and in this battle under Lanyang City, but there is a little bit of entertainment interest, the unscrupulous and ferocious brutality of the left army has been preached by officers at all levels, although the soldiers and horses of the left army in Lanyang County are all officers and soldiers, but to kill such beasts, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion do not have a little psychological burden.

Everyone is restless in their hearts, feeling that they are heroes who do the right thing for heaven, and this kind of thing can be preached to the villagers and elders when they return to their hometowns. It is at the east gate of Lanyang County. Li Meng concentrated nine battalions, and in front of the remaining three city gates, in front of each gate was a battalion of foot soldiers. In addition, the horse team keeps moving at any time, and if the opponent does not leave the city at the east gate, the horse team will rush over as soon as possible.

The soldiers of the left army in the middle of Lanyang City are also veterans who have experienced a long battle, although they are really straw, the shells on the city tower are bombarded, and a few soldiers run down, and soon, Zhang Guerrilla and a cadre of officers all know. When I heard this, I was shocked.

The first reaction was whether the army had come back, and when I heard the report of the soldiers running back from the city, I knew that it might be the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty outside the city.

The guerrilla's head was still a little confused, and none of the officers present were sober in their heads, and the landed people had not even put on their clothes.

"Could it be that there is some misunderstanding outside the city, Lao Liu, you go to the city and shout below, saying that we are also officials of the Ming Dynasty

I assigned a person to go up to the city to communicate, and I wanted to go back to sleep, but this guerrilla always felt unsteady. At the generals who yawned and looked like they were going back to rest, they said loudly:

"A bunch of bastards, all put on their clothes and armor, gather all the men and horses in their hands, and stop raising pigs in private houses."

"Zhang Tou, aren't the officers and soldiers outside the city, ......what are we afraid of?"

"You are x, don't make noise to Lao Tzu, do it quickly, if you have nothing to do, you will go back and cuddle with that mother-in-law and sleep and not eat. Hurry up and prepare for Lao Tzu, it's late, Lao Tzu's knife is not welcome! ”

Zhang guerrilla scolded here and drove all these reluctant officers out. This guerrilla had already beaten his own soldiers to gather the soldiers and horses directly under him, and after he finished speaking, he was almost assembled, and he ran towards the east gate directly with him.

Although the corpses were all thrown outside the city, the city was full of civilians who had been killed, and the smell in the air was no longer right, Zhang Guerrilla thought to himself:

"These bunnies don't clean up when they're done, they have to be cleaned up again. Otherwise, you will have to get the epidemic and ......."

The county seat is not large. Soon he reached the eastern gate, where the officer who had been sent out to give a shout had arrived a step ahead of him. Guerrilla Zhang could still hear the general's shouting, and then there were a few loud "booms", and he saw the officer's men running down from the city tower crying.

Shouting something while running, looking at the appearance that his mind was not very normal, several pro-soldiers carried this subordinate to Zhang Guji, and the subordinate cried and said:

"Big ...... My lord, it was blown up by the shelling......"

Looking carefully at the bodies of his subordinates, there are still some pieces of flesh and blood, obviously blown up and splashed up, although Zhang Guerrilla and his subordinates are beast-like butchers, but seeing such a scene still can't help but feel evil

At this time, the soldiers and officers guarding the rest of the city gates also came to report the news, and each of them looked terrified, and shouted when they came:

"Surrounded, surrounded."

"There are soldiers and horses at the four gates, look at the banner, it is the army of the mountain by the river......"

Another petty officer approached him and said:

"Could it be a mistake?"

Hearing this, Di Zhang Guerrilla slapped him and slapped him, and said viciously:

"Open your eyes and see, let's plant the flag on the head of the city, they are blind and can't see that we are the soldiers of the left commander, this is clearly to come over and fight with us!!"

This guerrilla turned around and said viciously:

"Go to the city and gather all the soldiers and horses for me, damn, a Shandong army still wants to fight with an old army like us, if anyone still sleeps with a woman in his arms, he will be cut directly!!"

His subordinates scattered in all directions, but Zhang Guerrilla ordered a few personal soldiers to force two petty officers to go to the city with knives, and after these two petty officers went to the city, they also learned the lessons of the previous place, how dare they stand up and walk over, simply lie on the brick face of the city, crawl over.

The potholes on the city wall are not counted, and there are some minced flesh of those who were killed before, and they are so disgusting that they don't dare to get up when they get close to the battlement, and shout directly at the top of their voices:

"The officers and soldiers in the city are also the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers and horses of the prince Shaobao and the general of the thief, the commander Zuo, everyone outside the city must not misunderstand, so as not to hurt the harmony of their own family!"

"Boom!" , another cannon came up from the city. However, it was not clear what people were doing, and the cannonballs were smashed on the tower, and the bricks and stones were scattered everywhere. The two petty officers hurriedly covered their faces with their hands, and the fragments of masonry cut a lot of small wounds in their hands, and the pain was terrible.

This momentum is indeed terrifying, and the two petty officers are naturally terrified, but they dare not go down, and these soldiers are also going to kill people with swords in their hands.

After the cannon was fired, some people in the city shouted at the top of their voices:

"Nonsense, how can there be officers and soldiers in the city. It is clear that you are pretending to be the soldiers and horses of Zuo Dashuai, wantonly doing evil in the city, and today my Shandong soldiers and horses are here, just to eliminate harm for the people! ”

The two petty officers of the Left Army were just about to speak to defend themselves, but suddenly they shuddered, and they were horrified to think that when the officers and men besieged the thieves, they should at least say "surrender and recruit peace and not kill." Today, they directly said "eliminate harm for the people," and it seemed that they were going to kill them on a large scale.

This guerrilla is also not ambiguous. More than 3,000 people have been gathered to open the west gate of Lanyang County, according to the report of those subordinates on the head of the city, it shows that the other party has concentrated most of the soldiers and horses at the east gate, and they have concentrated their superior forces to rush out from the west gate, as long as they can converge with other left army soldiers and horses outside Kaifeng City, then they are not afraid of anything.

When the left army entered Lanyang City, it did not want other soldiers and horses outside the city to come in, nor did it want the residents in the city to run out, so they simply followed the strategy of defending the city and made the city gate hole. The things were piled up, and it really took some effort to carry them out this time, and the officers below were holding swords and forcing the soldiers to carry them quickly.

There are also people who secretly stare at the movement outside the city, and there are about 1,000 people outside the city. There is no change in strength.

The debris in the city gate cave was emptied, and Zhang Guerrilla and the officers below selected the outlaws who dared to fight and rush under their respective subordinates, and lined up at the front of the team, vacating an area.

At the sound of an order, the city gate was forcefully pulled open by the soldiers, and these selected forwards rushed out with their swords and guns held high, shouting.

It was really sudden. The impact of these soldiers was also ferocious. And it is to fight more and fight less, and the left army and horses in the city. Those officers who were sent to other city gates to guard also ran towards the west gate of Lanyang County, thinking that you Lao Zhang gathered his troops and horses by himself, but don't leave your brothers in the city.

The more people gathered at this west gate, the more confident this guerrilla attack became, and after those rushed out, the soldiers and horses directly under the swift command were also ready to line up.

The impact of the two waves, and the advantage in numbers, Zhang Guerrilla is very sure.

Waiting outside the city is a certain battalion of the Dengzhou Army under Ma Gang, and the top and bottom of this team saw the marshal leading the soldiers and horses in the east gate, and they all felt that the battle must be in the east gate, and there should be no battle to fight on their side.

However, the West Gate and the East Gate are opposite, the distance is the farthest, and the North Gate and the South Gate may still have a chance to play a dozen, but this West Gate must be out of play.

Although no battle was expected, it was always necessary to do it, with the musketeers at the front of the corps and the good ammunition, and the spearmen standing in formation.

The sentries at the head of the city had already been knocked down by the firecrackers, and there was not even a ghost shadow on the city, and the commander of the firearms was also listless.

The left and right are also idle, simply to correct the formation of the firearms, at the moment these two hundred firearms are standing in five rows, the formation is more square than the spearmen behind, looking so neat, the firearms commander only smiled and stopped.

Many of the firecrackers had already changed to a second firerope, and some of them were blowing the fire, so as not to extinguish the firerope.

The soldiers suddenly watched as the gate of the city was opened, and a group of soldiers with swords and guns swarmed out, all of them startled.

The first to react was the firearms commander, who almost jumped up from the ground, grinned and shouted the order:

"Ready!! Get ready!!! ”

Although the firecrackers were standing there and couldn't move, they were all screaming, and they were really excited, thinking that there was no fight, who would have thought that the other party would actually send them to the door.

Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses are brutal and ferocious, and some of these soldiers have counted one day, and they have earned it after two days, and they have taken the lives of ordinary people and their own lives inappropriately.

There was no one in the city, and the battalion of the Dengzhou army confidently and boldly placed the queue one hundred and twenty steps away from the city gate.

The outlaws rushed out of the city gate for more than twenty steps. The few people at the top of the group looked at the other side and shouted and raised their firearms, looking at the posture of the shot, and slowed down slightly. This is also a strategy, because the Ming army firearms are used to shooting outside the range, let the opponent hit first, and then kill it while the charge is loaded.

The few people at the head of the city who had seen the range had already been killed, and the outlaws thought they had a plan, but no matter how slow they were, the people behind them always crowded forward. Still in the distance of eighty paces.

I saw the officer on the right side of the firearms team slash the waist knife in his hand forward, shouting something, and then there was a continuous loud sound like a bean.

"Shoot the first time, fire !!"

This first shot was a tactic that had been arranged a long time ago, anyway, as soon as the city gate was opened, people would definitely pour out of the city, and they could pour fire as continuously as possible to cause the greatest damage.

The other party had already rushed to seventy paces, and the fire guns in the first row exploded violently, and a bloody hole was opened in the chest of the soldiers of the left army who rushed in front. directly screamed and fell, but the soldiers in the back didn't know what was happening in front of them, and they were still rushing outside, and their footsteps couldn't stop at all.

The front row fell, the back row rushed up, and similarly, the second, third, and fifth rows of firearms of the Jiaozhou battalion fired in turn, and this time the queue was adjusted neatly. It was a neat battle, and in this neat array, the power of firearms was wielded to the maximum.

After the first row of firecrackers finished, they immediately crouched. The rest of the action was also the same, and the five rows of firecrackers were completed in a very short time.

The soldiers of the left army who rushed out of the city on the opposite side fell in rows, but the soldiers behind did not care about the lives of their comrades, and still pushed desperately.

It is impossible to turn back, in order to ensure that the charge does not retreat, the left army has arranged for the warlord to be behind, and it is a death to turn back, so it is better to push his companions forward. Consume the opponent's firearms. Then his gang rushed over again, and the city gate was narrow. Retreat is definitely death, it is better to rush over and survive.

With such a dense crowd and such continuous firepower, it's okay to be shot in the chest, at least it's a whole corpse. The muzzle of the gun on the opposite side trembled slightly, and the lead bullet came to the head, not fast, but the strength was enough, some soldiers crowded a few steps, and saw that the head of the companion in front of him seemed to be a watermelon hit by a stick, "bang" shattered, blood splashed.

These soldiers in the left army are indeed beasts, and they are in a desperate situation, and the death and flesh of their companions did not make them afraid, but they fought fiercely, and even shouted and charged.

The so-called trapped beast is still fighting like this, five platoons have fought, these soldiers of the left army can't hear the other party's firearms continue to start, but the pace is even faster a little, according to the convention, crush the firearms team in front of them, there will be a chain reaction, and those foot soldiers behind are also rushed.

Now they couldn't see anything at all, there was a complete smoke of gunpowder in front of them, a group of people rushed up with a wild shout, Zhang Guerrilla climbed onto the roof of a nearby house, watching the soldiers rush outside, the first wave was obviously a lot slower, but after the fire boom outside, the pace of those forwards was obviously accelerated.

It seemed that this desperate charge was very effective, and Zhang Guerrilla shouted the pro-soldier order below, ready to let the waiting second team rush to follow.

After the fifth platoon of firearms soldiers finished fighting, the firearms commander said "Left and right!" According to the pre-drill, the five rows of firecrackers ran away to the left and right.

Although there were already soldiers of the left army who had rushed to a distance of more than fifty paces, this distance was still enough to run away, and the musketeers ran away not for their lives, but for the melee hand-to-hand combat of the spearmen in the back row.

"Brothers, after the firecracker is over, it is our spearmen who will really decide the victory."

Mr. Qian, who led the team, walked at the right end of the first row with an axe and gun, shouting at the top of his voice, most of the soldiers were recruits, and they should have been nervous to watch the other party's bloody charge, but looking at the shooting of the firecrackers, as well as the encouragement of their own commanders, they were all enthusiastic.

Hearing this, they all shouted in unison, and the rhythm of the drum beat was also slightly accelerated, and the axe and gun in the hand of the Qian general led by the Jiaozhou battalion were flattened and shouted:

"Onward, flat stab!!"

The spears of the soldiers in the first row were all flat, and the spears in the back rows were also tilted forward, and the smoke of gunpowder was almost dissipated. The left sergeants who rushed forward were also in front of them.

When they arrived, the outlaw forwards of the left army were a little dumbfounded, and these outlaws paid attention to slashing and killing with knives and axes. Moreover, the use of such weapons does require certain martial arts and combat experience, which is also different and majestic.

But the opponent's spear was more than ten feet, how could his own weapons reach the other party, and a few fast left sergeants who were charging couldn't hold their feet, and were pushed by their companions behind, and directly hit the tip of the spear. He stabbed a few bloody holes, and immediately fell to the ground screaming.

Some of their brains turned quickly, and they wanted to take the weapon in their hands to chop the spear and wooden pole, but at most the knife slanted the spear, and the lower end of the spear tip had an iron sleeve of nearly half a foot to about a foot, just to prevent chopping.

The soldiers in the first row are the ones with the best psychological quality, and they are also very nervous when they see the enemy approaching, but during the training on weekdays, the generals and veterans have said, "Our spears are the longest in the world, as long as we stand in line." With a spear on the side, the other party must not be able to rely on it, the key is that we don't panic ourselves, you will stab out with all your strength."

Leaning forward, swinging his arms vigorously, he stabbed at the gaze of the opposite, and as for those who rushed in through the gap between the spears and spears, there were comrades in the second and third rows to deal with them.

The vanguard of the outlaws of the Zhang guerrilla organization is wielding a sword, and you are hugging me and squeezing forward. But it was only a futile movement in front of the spear array of this battalion.

The spears in the first three rows looked like ever-expanding serrations, and they also looked like snakes that kept spitting out, but every time they stood out, there was always blood on the tips of the spears. There's always someone in front of you who pounces.

As soon as the first wave of outlaws and the spear team of the Jiaozhou battalion rushed up to take action, those who were lucky to have survived the fire shot fell down one after another before the spear was stabbed.

These Shandong soldiers and horses were a row of forty spearmen, and the soldiers of the left army rushed out of the city gate, and they didn't have time to spread their formation, just in time to meet the opponent's spear array.

The chaotic column charged, ran into the orderly horizontal formation, and with the fighting qualities of the soldiers of the left army, it was simply impossible to rush into the opponent's array under the opponent's spear attack.

To the left and to the right, they were all spearmen who were ready to fight. Forward is to die. The only thing that can be done is to retreat, and the fire guns kill a batch. The spears killed a group, and there were no more people pushing behind these outlaws, but the battlefield was already full of corpses.

As soon as the blood of the previous charge disappeared, even if the soldiers of the left army died, they began to tremble, helpless in the face of the enemy, but the other party could kill themselves at any time, there was no way to fight such a battle!

Qian Zong at the right end of the first row of the spear phalanx saw that the nearest enemy was almost one step away from the tip of the spear, and the soldiers of the third faction in the second row used their spears to stab down with their spears, stabbing to death all the wounded enemies who fell in the range of the first row of spears.

"Step forward, three steps!!"

According to the command, the commander-in-chief gave the order, the soldiers prepared and marched forward to wait for the drums to sound, and such actions on the battlefield were different from marching.

The soldiers were slightly aligned, the drums "banged", the soldiers maintained the assassination movement, shouted in unison, took a step forward, the drums sounded again, the soldiers shouted again and walked out of the second step, and the third drum sounded, and shouted again......

The soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion, who were more and more courageous in the battle, were like rainbows, pressing forward step by step, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion took three steps, but the forwards who took the lead in the left army retreated more than a dozen steps in a hurry.

Now they are frightened, and they think they are strong and ferocious, and when they meet those who are braver than them, the brute bravery that these beasts rely on disappears, and all that remains is fear.

The spear phalanx was still dozens of steps away from the city gate, and some soldiers of the left army fled along the city wall in a hurry to both sides, but as soon as they ran out of the right side of the spear phalanx, they were beaten into rotten watermelons by the reloaded firearms.

At present, the only way to retreat was the city gate behind them, originally they were only one step away from the tip of the spear, but now it was dozens of paces, the drums beat hard but incoherently, and the soldiers of the phalanx shouted step by step, walking unfast, but making people feel irresistible.

There was a piercing sound of "squeak", which was still guarding against the Jiaozhou battalion catching up, but the soldiers of the left army who were slowly retreating suddenly became noisy and scattered. Ignoring the Jiaozhou battalion soldiers behind him.

"The surname is Zhang, you bastard who kills with a thousand knives, Lao Tzu x your ancestors for eighteen generations!!"

"You didn't ...... to give birth to a son"

Suddenly, he exploded and cursed viciously. The soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion phalanx, who were approaching step by step, were a little stunned, and the west gate of Lanyang City gradually closed.

After watching the battle outside the city gate on the roof of the house, Zhang Guerrilla finally understood that he should go out of the city to fight with his own soldiers and horses, and he should not pay attention to this.

In the Ming Dynasty, the most elite was the pro-soldier general, and there were often hundreds of pro-soldiers who rushed to the large array of thousands of people and tens of thousands of people, and Zuo Liangyu also had such a personal guard in his hands, and Zhang Guerrilla was born in this personal guard. But looking at the appearance of more than 1,000 people outside, they are more elite than the guards he has seen, how can this battle be fought.

Close the city gate quickly, don't let the other party chase ** into the city, as for the soldiers outside the city, the soldiers are worth a few dollars, just coerce some civilians and young people, and have everything.

These forwards of the left army, who had just rushed with their lives, suddenly cursed viciously towards the city, and the atmosphere of slaughter on the entire battlefield suddenly became lighter.

This kind of extremely arrogant officers and soldiers on the left. Seeing that the city gate is closed, these soldiers and horses in Shandong are extremely fierce, and they can't be beaten, so what else to fight.

Speaking of which, there were less than 120 people left outside the city, and the rest of the officers and soldiers of the left were corpses.

If the Jiaozhou battalion is rushing and fighting, these abandoned soldiers of the left army will never dare to surrender, and as soon as you kneel on the ground, the other party will kill. Rushing to the front will directly cut you down, but the other party is approaching step by step, but he can surrender.

They looked at each other a few times, and these people threw away their weapons in unison. directly knelt on the ground, shouting "spare your life" and "surrender" in your mouth.

Mr. Qian, who led the troops on Ximen's side, scolded in a low voice, thinking that the momentum of Lao Tzu's side had just risen, but your side had fallen, but the other party had descended like this, and he couldn't step forward to kill people.

At that moment, the firecrackers and the soldiers of the last two rows stepped forward to tie people up. Except for the firecrackers who bind people. The rest of the soldiers also cautiously approached and stepped forward, if there was any movement among these kneeling soldiers of the left army. This side will immediately kill the killer.

However, the troops of the left army were not so reckless, although they were outlaws, they were not willing to die on impulse in vain.

There are also dozens of firecrackers staring at the city, as long as someone comes forward, they will be beaten down immediately, but there is no movement on the side of the city gate, presumably after filling in this city gate hole, the soldiers and horses in the city have already left this area, and the leader of the team Qian Zong saw that the battle was almost over, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, turned his head and saw that a horse team ran from the east direction, and looked at the flag, but it was the logo of his own marshal Li Meng.

This Qian always was happy in his heart, his side had just won a big battle, and the boss came, which was a very face-revealing thing, and hurriedly shouted at his soldiers and horses, and after those prisoners were tidied up, they quickly lined up at a safe distance and waited for Li Dashuai's review.

Hearing what the commander said, the soldiers of this battalion were all very excited, and hurriedly ran to a position about 200 steps away from the city gate to line up.

There was no queue here, and Li Meng was already in front of him surrounded by personal guards, and Mr. Qian took a step forward and loudly reported the results of Fang Cai's battle.

Li Meng immediately looked at the corpses under the city and the prisoners who were firmly bound, laughed and said:

"Zhou Zhandong, you fought well, I heard that you started fighting here, I wanted to rush over to take a look, who would have thought that the fight was already over, the training was good, and these sons of yours fought well, and returned to Shandong to discuss the merits."

This week, Zhandong is Li Meng's personal soldier, Li Meng is more familiar with him, and he is even more happy when he hears the marshal call out his name, and he vigorously praises himself and his soldiers.

Li Meng's voice was very loud, and the soldiers of this battalion also heard it clearly, and they were all happy.

Although the officers and soldiers on the left in the city now look little different from the local chickens and dogs, but this is on the battlefield after all, Zhou Zhandong still stood by Li Meng's horse and asked:

"Great Marshal, one hundred and thirteen prisoners, what should be done. Please show me down. ”

Li Meng immediately looked at the more than 100 captives who were hanging their heads under the city, groaned, and asked:

"Are these people begging you for mercy?"

Zhou Zhandong was a little confused. I wondered why the marshal asked this, but he still replied solemnly:

"After the gate of this city was closed, they saw that there was no way back, and they threw down their weapons and begged our army for mercy and surrendered."

Li Meng nodded on the horse and asked with a smile:

"Zhandong, the civilians in Lanyang County, have they ever begged for mercy when facing these beasts? It must be kowtowing and crying blood! ”

Hearing Li Meng's words, Zhou Zhandong was stunned for a moment, and then his left fist struck his chest, nodded and agreed:

"Marshal, the last general will know how to do it."

After speaking, he walked towards the captives, and Li Meng said loudly behind him:

"Zhou Zhandong, don't cut off your head."

After finishing speaking, Li Meng and his guards galloped away in the direction of the east gate, and the Qian general thought for a while, turned his head and beckoned the firearms commander.

Just a few commands. The firecrackers all put down the firearms, pulled out the swords at their waists, and walked towards the dead prisoners who were tied up, looking at the Shandong soldiers who came over with swords in their hands, of course the bound captives understood what was going on, but they couldn't move, and they could only scold there, and soon they were pressed down and wiped their throats

After this short engagement, Li Meng also had a general understanding of this army that was harming the people in the city. For their recruits, such a unit is, at best, just to give them more experience and train their courage.

Except for the east gate, it seems that there are no major problems with the other three gates. Anyway, Tang Er's horse team can go over at any time to support.

Before Li Meng and his guards returned to the east gate, the heralds scattered out and went to each battalion to announce the order to attack, but the gates of Lanyang County were still closed, and they must have been stuffed inside.

Obviously, the soldiers and horses of the left army in the city were lying down at the head of the city and waiting, and the ants were attached to attack the city. Take a ladder up the ladder. Although this method is dignified, the other party is condescending. It's hand-to-hand combat again, there must be some damage on the Jiaozhou battalion's side, and there is still any damage to deal with such soldiers and horses, but Li Meng is unwilling.

The order to attack the city has been issued to each battalion, and Guo Liang, the commander of the artillery team at the forefront of the team, has also received the order, and the artillery has been bombarded a few times piecemeal from the first cannon to the present, and no one dares to appear on the city.

When Li Meng went to the west gate, Guo Liang concentrated six guns to bombard the city gate, the city gate of this county is really not a solid goods, a round of volleys, the city gate opened a big hole, but it also leaked out of the sand, stone, bricks and wood filled inside, the soldiers and horses of the left army are not ambiguous.

After the Zhang Qianzong in the upper city was bombarded, the soldiers and horses of the left army immediately filled in the city gate of the Jiaozhou battalion in this direction, which was to be opened, but it took a lot of earthwork work.

Guo Liang thought to himself, I have the most powerful weapon in the whole army in my hand, and this task of breaking the city should be completed by the artillery team.

After a cannon was loaded with ammunition, it was tried to bombard the city wall, although the city wall of Lanyang County was dilapidated, the power of the three-pounder cannon was still a little small, that is, it was just a dent.

Li Meng did not issue any orders for this siege, he just let the military salaries below plan on their own, and after the test firing of the cannon, Guo Liang walked towards the side of the formation and said a few words to Li Meng. Li Meng nodded, and the heralds scattered the orders again, and the entire brigade retreated two hundred steps.

At the moment, it was almost four hundred steps away from the city wall, and the sentry who was lying behind the battlement to observe the Shandong soldiers and horses was very surprised, thinking that these killing gods were definitely leaving.

Guo Liang discussed with Ma Gang and Zhao Neng for a while, made some arrangements, and then nearly 400 gunpowder soldiers came out, and the artillerymen of the artillery team gathered all the gunpowder bags together, tied them up, loaded them in a big cart, and walked towards the city.

The city wall in the east of Lanyang County, the moat has been filled by the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion, and it does not delay the action, the soldiers at the head of the city looked at the other party walking towards the side of the city wall, and they don't know what the other party is going to do, but they can't let the other party come so close.

According to the news from the West Gate, this group of Shandong soldiers was so ruthless that they wanted to merge, and they didn't even leave anyone who surrendered, so they could only fight.

As soon as a few soldiers of the left army bent their bows and arrows and wanted to shoot at the city, they were beaten into a sieve by the volley of the firecrackers below, and the next people did not dare to raise their heads.

When the cart arrived at the bottom of the city, a dozen artillerymen with shovels and pickaxes began to dig at the base of the city wall by the city gate.

Although the city wall of Lanyang County is dilapidated, it takes effort to dig it like this.

In the midst of the stalemate, more than a dozen people in the city gate were heard shouting together:

"All the adults outside the city, we are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, such a fire, my family Zuo Marshal is blamed, or reported to the imperial court, you will not end well."

Shangchengtou was afraid of being beaten, so it was estimated that he thought of this method to get the voice out, but the Jiaozhou battalion responded quickly, and a group of people shouted back:

"Don't be shameless, you are still pretending to be officers and soldiers, you are clearly thieves, beast-like thieves......"

The artillerymen dug out a hole about two feet deep in the ground under the city wall, which was very wide, and lifted the gunpowder bag from the cart and put it into the hole, and some artillerymen took the long strips of cloth rolled in the gunpowder and stuffed them into the medicine bags, and then a group of people walked towards the side of the formation while putting the strips of cloth.

The strip of cloth was more than 200 paces long, except for one artilleryman, the rest of the people ran back to the main formation, and the artilleryman took the torch to the strip of cloth.

He didn't run far, there was a loud bang behind him, the ground shook, and the artilleryman who lit the fire stumbled and lay on the ground, holding his head and not daring to move.

The city wall next to the city gate of Lanyang County collapsed......