In view of the fact that the east gate faces Guangzhou City, and it is the place where the Taiping army blasted, and last year, Yunlong and Wu Jin were loyal to the Xinhui City, and the east gate was also guarded, so Zhou Shixiang transferred two teams of guards to Ge Zheng, and asked Liao Ruixiang to organize 300 Xinhui young men to assist in the defense. Happy? Wen? Fiction www.lwxs520.com

Because the west gate was blocked by the Qing army, and faced Tan Jiang, the Qing army was the least likely to capture the city, so Zhou Shixiang asked the west gate guard Shao Jiugong to draw a team of troops to the east gate, and the original dozen guns on the west gate were also transferred to the east gate.

Including more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, Xinhui City has a total of more than 70 large and small artillery, and the medicine required is very large, but fortunately, the Han military banner prepared a large amount of gunpowder in the city last year, so there is no shortage of medicine. Later generations of Zhou Shi did not know much about the artillery of this era, and only learned a little about it under the terrified introduction of several Han army banner captives. Generally speaking, most of these artillery pieces are solid bullets, and only six Hongyi cannons have the effect of "flowering" in later generations, but they are not the kind of shells that crack and kill the enemy, but fill a large number of lead and small iron balls in the barrel of the cannon, and the distance after firing is not as far as the solid iron bullets, only one or two miles away, it seems that this kind of shells have the same effect as shotguns.

There are all kinds of copper cannons, some of which fire a few catties of bullets, and some of which fire more than a dozen catties of big guys, and there are tiger squat cannons that existed in the early Ming Dynasty, and the big pole guns can also be used as small cannons at close range.

It is true that the flowering shell is the artillery that Zhou Shixiang wants to have, but the reality is that he has no ability and no technology to improve these artillery, so he retreats to the next best, and can only hope that these cannons can cause the same huge casualties to the Qing army in Guangzhou as they killed and injured Li Dingguo's army last year.

In addition to artillery, the means of defending the city that the defenders could use in this era were basically used by the Taiping army, such as golden soup, sandalwood, falling rock, lime, and even swinging knives. If someone is listening in the tunnel, they will dig up the earth and pour water, and they can also prevent rockets from falling in the city and causing a fire in the city.

The men sent to the nearby mountains to search for the remnants of the Ming army have not returned, and the Taiping army has not been able to replenish more manpower for a while. Zhu Er led the cavalry team to explore outside the city every day, focusing on the direction of Guangzhou, but the cavalry team did not dare to get too close to the direction of Guangzhou. Because there are already scouts of the Qing army. The cavalry under Zhu Shuang's horse was not good at kung fu. Unable to confront the Qing army's sentinels, most of them retreated after discovering them. Even if they encountered only a few Qing cavalry, the cavalry team could not help them. Fortunately, the Qing army sentinel had no intention of entangling with this small-scale cavalry of the Taiping army. Probably also saved the meaning of searching for information, so the two sides did not fight.

The news of the Qing army's sentry cavalry activities was reported to Zhou Shixiang, and there was no doubt that Zhou Shixiang believed that the Qing army in Guangzhou was about to enter Xinhui. The preparations for defending the city were constantly urged to step up, and everyone clenched their fists and waited for the Qing army to attack. Among them, although many people were suspicious or afraid, but under the general mobilization of the whole city and the high pressure of the Taiping army, any abnormal movement was temporarily suppressed, and everything could only be known when the Qing army really discovered it

The Qing army in Guangzhou arrived two days later than Zhou Shixiang expected, but when he saw the Qing army outside the city. Zhou Shi was not surprised by their "tardiness". Obviously, the Qing army in Guangzhou had already received the news of the loss of Xinhui, and they reorganized their forces in the shortest possible time, and brought in a large number of siege equipment, which was visible at a glance. The green flag of the green battalion, the blue flag of the Han army, the yellow flag of the Han army, and the big flag of the superintendent battalion are densely packed.

Li Fuguo, who once served as the commander of the Qing High Command Green Battalion and is now a test of 100 households in the Guards Battalion, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after seeing the banner displayed on the opposite side: "There is a superintendent flag here, could it be that the governor of Guangdong has personally led the troops?" ”

Shao Jiugong heard the words and sighed: "There are Ping and Jing Erfan, the governor of Guangdong is a ball, this time it is Shang Kexi's old guy who came in person!" ”

The generals of the Taiping Army in the city listened, their faces were all pale and pale, even Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but burst out, although he was extremely contemptuous of the old guy Shang Kexi in his mouth on weekdays, but he still couldn't help but feel a little pressure when the other party appeared in front of him, this person was not comparable to the Qing generals he had met before, in terms of military experience, the old guy also came out of the sea of blood for decades, in terms of fame, although the Han people all gritted their teeth at it, but on the side of the Qing court, the old guy was also a real hero of the Southern Expedition, one of the only two remaining Han vassal kings. If Shang Kexi really came in person this time, I am afraid that this battle will really kill people.

As soon as the Qing army arrived, they launched an attack on Xinhui, and the direction they chose to attack the city was the east gate. At the sound of the trumpet, about 2,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion rushed towards Xinhui City, and the soldiers of the Green Battalion who rushed to the front were all wearing double armor, and the officers with duties also wore iron armor.

In addition to hundreds of green battalion soldiers carrying ladders, there were also hundreds of people pushing shield carts in the crowd of the Qing army, and there were several phalanxes in the crowd, and the phalanx was full of archers.

At the back of the green battalion, there are more than 100 Han army banner soldiers supervising the horse slowly forward, these Han cavalry are used to supervise the formation, if you find that the green battalion soldiers in front dare to turn back, they will immediately step forward and kill. Because they knew that there were artillery in Xinhui City, these Han cavalry who supervised the formation did not dare to go too deep, and looked at the city from time to time while riding their horses.

The more than 2,000 green battalion soldiers who attacked did not know that there was artillery in Xinhui City, but this would be very bold, most of these were the green battalion soldiers of the Ming army, and they did not think that they had the ability to hold Xinhui City. Although the cannon has no eyes, it is also unlucky to be afraid of death, as long as it moves quickly, the cannon will not hit itself.

"Fire!"

Ge Zheng waved his hand and gave the order after the Green Battalion rushed into range of the Red Yi Cannon.

"Fire!"

The Han captive gunners who heard the order did not move at first, and when the Taiping saber on the side drew their swords, they were immediately so frightened that they took the burning torch that had been prepared long ago into their hands and burned it against the fire signal primer that exposed the chamber. After the fire was triggered, the gunners' faces were as ugly as their dead fathers.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The eight Hongyi cannons on the east gate erupted with rage, and the cannonballs whistled out from the muzzles of the cannons, flying towards the Qing army in the distance. The sharp sound of the cannon was very piercing. With a loud bang, a cannonball hit a shield car, which was torn apart on the spot, sawdust flew sideways, and the wooden wheel bounced into the air, and then smashed to the ground in an instant, with a "thunderclap" sound, and shattered into a ball. Several green battalion soldiers pushing the shield cart were blown to two places by the cannon, and with the missiles of lead, iron pieces, and stones, dozens of green battalion soldiers were killed or wounded, and within a few feet, there was a mess. The screams rose and fell with each other, and many of the green battalion soldiers were directly hit by the cannons, and their bodies were blown up into many pieces, and their hands and feet flew all over the sky, so it was not terrifying. The Green Battalion soldiers, who were not killed on the spot, only hated that they could not die sooner, and rolled on the ground in pain, screaming miserably. The green battalion soldier who was blinded by the explosion was even more frantically scratching his eyes, but he couldn't see them anymore, and the broken eyeballs were taken out by his fingers, and they were so stuck to the palm of his hand that he couldn't even tell what it was. (To be continued.) (lwxs52０。 com))